US09133930B2
A transmission controller determines whether a shift returning to low, changing a speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission to the lowest when a vehicle decelerates, is being performed or not, calculates a primary pressure measured lower limit value at which a belt begins to slip actually, based on a deceleration of the vehicle and the speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission, and sets a lower limit value of a target value of the primary pressure during the shift returning to low as the primary pressure measured lower limit value.
US09133924B2
A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a variator, a plurality of clutches including a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch, and a variator bypass clutch, and a plurality of gearsets including a first gearset, a second gearset, a third gearset, and a fourth gearset. The transmission is operable in a plurality of operating modes, including at least mode in which the variator is utilized to provide a transmission ratio varying within a defined range and at least one mode in which the variator is bypassed to provide a fixed transmission ratio.
US09133920B2
A system for controlling a transmission throttle valve allows the transmission response to be correlated with changes in engine torque. The apparatus described herein solves the problem of older vehicles which utilize a fuel management device having a throttle lever that contains no ready attachment point for a throttle valve control device. The apparatus includes an eccentric mount which is installed on the rotatable throttle member of a the management device. The eccentric mount is positioned so as to have an axis of rotation nominally aligned with the axis of rotation of the throttle shaft. An eccentric having an attachment point for a throttle valve cable is installed on the eccentric mount, establishing a fixed mechanism so as to correlate the rate of the transmissions throttle valve travel via displacement of the cable as the throttle member rotates the eccentric.
US09133915B2
A transmission has an input member, an output member, at least four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes actuatable in combinations of four or more to establish a plurality of forward gear ratios and at least one reverse gear ratio.
US09133906B2
A centrifugal-pendulum vibration absorbing device comprising having a support member coupled to a rotary element that is rotated by power from a drive device, and a mass body coupled to the support member so as to swing about a pendulum fulcrum and rotate about a center of gravity. An order of vibration of the mass body is determined on the basis of an order of vibration to be damped generated by the drive device in consideration of at least a rotational angle of the mass body about the pendulum fulcrum and a rotational angle of the mass body about the center of gravity.
US09133905B2
A torsional vibration damper arrangement includes a vibration damper device (10) having a deflection mass carrier (12) and at least one deflection mass (14) which is supported at the deflection mass carrier (12) such that it can be deflected out of a basic position at a maximum distance from the axis of rotation (A) into a deflection position at a shorter distance from the axis of rotation (A), wherein the secondary side (96) has at least one circumferential supporting element (102, 104; 102′) having at least one circumferential supporting region (106, 108) and a secondary-side mass element (98) which is preferably shaped like an annular disk. First connection elements (118) connect the secondary-side mass element (98) to the at least one circumferential supporting element (98) and to the deflection mass carrier (12).
US09133896B2
In a roller type one-way clutch comprising: an outer race; an inner race that is apart from the outer race on an inner diameter side in a radial direction and concentrically arranged to allow its relative rotation; a plurality of rollers that are arranged between the outer race and the inner race and transmit a torque between the outer race and the inner race; and a plurality of block bearings that are arranged between the rollers and between the outer race and the inner race, the roller type one-way clutch is characterized in that a curvature in a circumferential direction of a bearing surface of the block bearing facing an outer peripheral surface of the inner race is higher than a curvature in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the inner race.
US09133895B2
A vehicle front structure includes a cable member, one end portion of which is connected to a clutch pedal and the other end portion of which is detachably held by a retaining member arranged between an engine and a wall-like member arranged in front, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the engine, the cable member being arranged running across in back, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the wall-like member, and a protruding pressing member that is provided on a wall surface that faces a rear, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the wall-like member so as to face the cable member, and that detaches the other end portion of the cable member from the retaining member by pushing the cable member toward the rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction when a load is input from the front of the vehicle in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
US09133884B2
A ball spline device includes a shaft engaged into a nut member and having a number of longitudinal channels and recesses aligned with each other for engaging with ball bearing members, the nut member includes a number of grooves, and two deflecting devices are engaged onto the shaft and the nut member and each include a number of curved guiding pathways each having an inlet portion communicating with the recess of the nut member for guiding the ball bearing members into and out of the curved guiding pathways of the deflecting devices, and an outlet portion communicating with the groove of the nut member for guiding the ball bearing members into and out of the grooves of the nut member.
US09133881B2
A radial roller bearing assembly, in particular for a needle bush (1), which substantially comprises a thin-walled outer ring (4), which can be inserted into a bore (2) or a housing (3), having two ribs (5, 6) directed radially inward, and a needle cage assembly (7) that is held in the outer ring (4) by said ribs (5, 6). According to the invention, the needle cage assembly (7) is formed by a needle cage (8) and a plurality of bearing needles (9) guided therein in the circumferential direction at regular distances, which roll on the inner shell surface (10) of the outer ring (4) and on the outer shell surface (11) of a shaft (12) to be borne or a separate inner ring. Furthermore, at least two seals (15, 16) are arranged axially next to the side surfaces (13, 14) of the needle cage (8) which protect the needle bush (1) from contamination from the outside and from the loss of lubricant. According to the invention, at least one of the seals (15 or 16) is formed as a multi-lip seal, made of an elastomer, consisting of a single ring, which extends over the part of the inner shell surface (10) of the outer ring (4) arranged between the related rib (5 or 6) of the outer ring (4) and the adjacent side surface (13 or 14) of the needle cage (8) and over the inner shell surface (17), the face (18) and the outer shell surface (19) of the rib (5 or 6).
US09133878B2
To improve sealability of end portions of under seal in a linear guide apparatus. A seal mechanism of the linear guide apparatus includes under seals and side seals to provide seals between a guide rail and a slider. Auxiliary lip is attached on an inner surface of an end cap and in sliding contact with the guide rail. The auxiliary lip is bent in its middle and covers the end portion of the under seal from two directions. The auxiliary lip includes an axial direction lip and an intersecting direction lip integrally formed with the axial direction lip and continuously extending from an end portion of the axial direction lip.
US09133875B2
A pipe hanger method and apparatus wherein a bolt is threaded upwardly through a first opening within a lower arm portion of a saddle, then, in one form, through an opening in a liner, then through a larger opening in the upper arm portion of the saddle. The opening is non-cylindrical in shape. A nut is then installed on the bolt. The nut has a tapered end portion which interoperates with the shape of the opening in the upper arm of the saddle. The nut is hand-tightened and then is aligned with the opening so that the small end portion would drop into the opening. A wrench is then used on the head of the bolt to rotate the bolt for the purpose of drawing the nut and bolt together and applying a clamping force on a pipe positioned within the saddle. The liner extends along the inside of the bolt and then extends about the pipe, between it and the bight of the saddle, and then in one form extends along the inside of the upper arm portion.
US09133868B2
A fastener is provided including a bolt having at least one threaded end, a first sleeve configured to fit over the bolt, and a second sleeve configured to fit over the first sleeve. At least one nut is configured to cooperate with threads in the threaded ends of the bolt. The first and second sleeves are configured to impart an outwardly radial load when the nuts are tightened on the bolt.
US09133861B2
A pneumatic brake servo for motor vehicles having a servo housing, the interior of which is divided into at least one working chamber and at least one vacuum chamber by at least one axially movable wall which can be loaded with a pneumatic differential pressure, having a control valve which controls the differential pressure and is arranged in a control housing for connecting the working chamber to the vacuum chamber or to atmosphere. The movable wall includes a diaphragm plate and a rolling diaphragm, and the working chamber is sealed by a sealing ring which bears against the control housing and which is clamped in the radial direction in relation to a longitudinal axis of the brake servo. An actively loaded area of the movable wall is reduced by division of the working chamber into a prechamber and a main chamber to avoid stick/slip effects and reduce disruptive noises.
US09133860B2
A pressure vessel, provided preferably for use in bladder accumulators (27), has a multipart vessel body (1) composed of a tubular central part (3) that at at least one of its two ends, has a termination region (5, 7). A cover part (9) at least partially forms the termination region (5, 7) and engages at the edge over the central part (3), at least in the region of its end (13, 15), so as to form a fixed connection.
US09133856B2
A fan blade assembly includes multiple blades sandwiched between a base and a cap. The base has a hollow shaft and has multiple mounting slots, positioning tubes and fixing holes. Each of the blades has a mounting seat having two lugs. The lugs of any two adjacent blades are inserted into the respective mounting slot. The mounting seat has at least one first through hole to allow insertion of the respective positioning tube, and has at least one second through hole. The cap has a mounting sleeve mounted on the shaft, multiple positioning posts each inserted into the respective first through hole and multiple threaded tubes each inserted into the respective second through hole. The fan blade assembly also includes multiple fastening screws each extended through the respective fixing hole and each screwed into the respective threaded tube.
US09133855B2
The invention relates to a rotor (10) for a turbo machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, with rotating blades (12) that are joined to a basic rotor body (16), whereby at least one channel (22) extending between the high-pressure side (HD) and the low-pressure side (ND) of rotor (10) radially underneath a blade platform (18) of at least one rotating blade (12) is provided, whereby a slope of a principal axis of extension (H) of channel (22) relative to an axis of rotation (D) of rotor (10) has the same sign as a slope of a principal axis of extension (R) of a radially inner boundary of the flow channel of rotor 10. In addition, the invention relates to a turbo machine having a rotor (10) as well as to a method for manufacturing a rotor (10) for a turbo machine.
US09133853B2
Apparatus is provided featuring a bearing cartridge in combination with a pedestal. The bearing cartridge may be configured to be coupled to a pumping assembly combination and having a predetermined centerline. The pedestal may be configured with an axial channel to receive and support the bearing cartridge and allow the bearing cartridge to slide therein. The bearing cartridge and the pedestal are configured to couple together substantially at or above the centerline of the bearing cartridge in order to reduce center height requirements of the apparatus, where the center height is defined as the distance between the centerline of the bearing cartridge and the bottom surface of the pedestal supporting the bearing cartridge. The apparatus takes the form of a pump or pumping assembly, arrangement or combination, including a slurry-type pump or a centrifugal pump.
US09133850B2
A method of preventing surge in a dynamic compressor is disclosed. The method includes providing an anti-surge valve having an adjustable opening for increasing the flow through a dynamic compressor. The next step is sensing process conditions in the dynamic control to determine a compressor load variable. A control system estimates a process disturbance model using the compressor load variable. The control system then adjusts a safety margin using a rate limited response and initiates a closed loop response using process feedback based on the process disturbance model. The control system adjusts the opening of the anti-surge valve according to the safety margin and closed loop response.
US09133848B2
An electrical machine (20) coupled to a compressor (12) having a rotatable shaft (16), comprising: a rotor forming part of the rotatable shaft and having at least two magnetic portions (22A, 22B) separated by an inclined non-magnetic portion (24) shaft, a stator comprising a laminated magnetic iron stack (28) surrounded by a winding (30) and disposed along a periphery of the rotor to define a first annular gap (32), a ring (34) of non-magnetic material disposed around the stator, a DC coil (38) disposed around the non-magnetic ring, and a casing (40) of magnetic material disposed around the DC coil and having radial walls (40A, 40B) that project inwardly towards the rotor by defining a second annular gap (42) therebetween.
US09133845B2
A scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber formed at the rear of a swivel scroll to support the swivel scroll, the swivel scroll swiveling while engaging with a stationary scroll to compress a refrigerant, and a back pressure adjustment device to automatically apply first middle pressure or second middle pressure lower than the first middle pressure to the back pressure chamber based on a compression ratio.
US09133843B2
A scroll compressor includes a compression mechanism having a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The fixed scroll includes a first end plate, an outer peripheral wall extending from an edge of the first end plate, a first oil groove, and a first wrap inside of the outer peripheral wall. The orbiting scroll includes a second end plate in sliding contact with an end of the first wrap and an end of the outer peripheral wall, a second oil groove, and a second wrap. The first oil groove is disposed on a surface of the outer peripheral wall, extends along an inner periphery of the outer peripheral wall, and is configured to receive lubricating oil at a high pressure corresponding to a discharge pressure of the compression mechanism. The second oil groove is disposed on a surface of the second end plate, and is communicatable with the first oil groove.
US09133839B2
In a method of detecting a fault in a fluid-working machine including a plurality of working chambers of cyclically varying volume, each working chamber is operable to displace a volume of working fluid which is selectable for each cycle of working chamber volume to carry out a working function responsive to a received demand signal. An output parameter of the fluid working machine, which is responsive to the displacement of working fluid by one or more of the working chambers to carry out the working function, is measured. It is determined whether the measured output parameter fulfils at least one acceptable function criterion, taking into account the previously selected net displacement of working fluid by a working chamber during a cycle of working chamber volume to carry out the working function.
US09133838B2
In a method of operating a fluid-working machine, the volume of working fluid displaced during each cycle of working chamber volume is selected taking into account the availability of other working chambers. The status of each working chamber is monitored and a working chamber treated as unavailable if it is found to be malfunctioning. A working chamber may be treated as unavailable if it is allocated to an alternative working function. A fault may be detected in a working chamber by determining whether a measured output parameter of the fluid working machine fulfills at least one acceptable function criterion taking into account the previously selected net displacement of working fluid by a working chamber during a cycle of working chamber volume to carry out the working function.
US09133833B2
Methods and apparatus for moving aliquot samples of fluid using a shuttle valve are disclosed.
US09133832B2
An apparatus for removing a liquid and a material that is not a liquid in contact with the liquid from a borehole penetrating the earth includes a mechanical pump configured to pump the liquid and material from the borehole and a motor configured to be coupled to the mechanical pump. The apparatus further includes a variable speed motor drive configured to be coupled to the motor. The variable speed motor drive is configured to energize the motor in continuous cycles to operate the pump, each cycle comprising operating the pump at a first speed for a first time interval to remove the liquid and not the material and operating the pump at a second speed greater than the first speed for a second time interval to remove the liquid and the material.
US09133827B2
A method for lubricating at least one blade pitch bearing of a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor hub with a number of rotor blades, with each rotor blade being supported to the rotor hub by at least one blade pitch bearing. At least one rotor blade is pitchable and a rotor blade pitch control device adapted to control pitching of the at least one rotor blade. The state of lubrication of at least one blade pitch bearing by a lubrication detection device generating at least one lubrication information signal indicating a degree of lubrication of the at least one blade pitch bearing by measuring the electrical capacitance and/or resistance of the at least one blade pitch bearing. A rotor blade lubricating device is actuated to perform at least one action to lubricate the at least one blade pitch bearing, if the lubrication information signal indicates that the at least one blade pitch bearing is not sufficiently lubricated.
US09133826B2
A cooling arrangement is provided for a wind turbine. The wind turbine has a nacelle. The cooling arrangement includes a cooling device and a platform. The cooling device is arranged on top of the nacelle and which is configured to remove heat of the wind turbine to the ambient air. The platform is located on top of the nacelle and which is configured to be approached by a helicopter. The platform includes a barrier, which surrounds at least a part of the platform. The barrier includes at least a part of the cooling device.
US09133825B2
There is provided a power generation park (100) having a power output (108) for providing electrical output power (150) to an electricity network (128). A power generation device (102a, . . . 102n) has a converter device (106) configured for receiving input power (142) from a power generator (104) and providing, in response thereto, the electrical output power (150) to the power output (112). The power generation park (100) also has a controller (122) being configured for receiving an oscillation indicating signal (126) indicative of a power oscillation in the electricity network (108), the controller (122) being further configured for providing a damping control signal (132) in response to the oscillation indicating signal (126); the converter device (106) being configured for modulating the electrical output power (150) in response to the damping control signal (132) so as to damp the power oscillation in the electricity network (128).
US09133824B2
A method of controlling the yawing of two-bladed wind turbine is described. The yaw speed of the turbine is increased when the wind turbine rotor blades are in a substantially vertical position, and the yaw speed may be reduced when the blades are substantially horizontal. By modulating the yaw rate based on the rotational angle of the blades, the effect of the yaw moments on the wind turbine structure is reduced, and the wind turbine may be designed to take into account such reduced forces.
US09133812B2
An ignition apparatus which facilitates improvement in energy efficiency as well as materializing an excellent ignitability through effectively utilizing energy used for inductive discharge as a blowout power. The ignition apparatus is used for an ignition plug that includes a center electrode, a ground electrode and a cavity surrounding at least a portion of a clearance formed between the two electrodes to thereby form a discharge space. The ignition apparatus includes a voltage application portion which applies voltage to the clearance and a power supply portion which supplies electric power to the clearance. In addition, a capacitance portion for storing a capacitance is provided, in parallel with the ignition plug, in a voltage application path of the voltage application portion.
US09133805B2
The invention relates to a fuel injector comprising an actuator module 2 arranged in a holding body 1, wherein the holding body 1 is braced by means of a tension nut 13 to a nozzle body 12 by means of at least one interposed intermediate body designed as a throttle plate 11, wherein the throttle plate 11 is penetrated by at least one high pressure channel 16, an inflow channel 18 having an inflow throttle, and an outflow channel 19 having an outflow throttle, and wherein a valve actuated by the actuator module 2, said valve having at least one valve pin 4 and a sealing sleeve 5, is arranged between the actuator module 2 and the throttle plate 11, forming a leakage chamber 21 facing the throttle plate 11. According to the invention, a fuel injector is provided, wherein the leakage discharge out of the leakage chamber 21 is ensured without impairing the tightness of the fuel injector in the areas adjacent to the throttle plate 11. This is achieved in that a horizontal leakage outlet channel 20, which extends from the cylindrical outer circumference of the throttle plate 11 to a region underneath the leakage chamber 21 and is hydraulically connected to the leakage chamber 21 by way of a leakage channel 22, is recessed in the throttle plate 11.
US09133801B2
A fuel injector including an injection control device valve spring preload adjustment device is disclosed. The fuel injector includes a transverse access passage extending at an acute angle to a longitudinal axis of the fuel injector. The preload adjustment device includes at least one transverse slot that creates a cantilevered thread portion. The cantilevered thread portion is deformed at a deformation angle to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to form a locking feature.
US09133800B2
A fuel quill passageway assembly for an engine is disclosed. The engine includes a head pot; a cylinder head having an outer wall situated adjacent to the head pot, an inner wall, and a water jacket situated between the outer wall and the inner wall; and a fuel injector situated adjacent to the inner wall. The assembly may include a first sleeve extending through an aperture in the head pot toward an aperture in the outer wall of the cylinder head. The assembly may also include a second sleeve extending from the aperture in the outer wall of the cylinder head, through the water jacket, to an aperture in the inner wall of the cylinder head. Additionally, the assembly may include a seal joining the second sleeve to the first sleeve.
US09133796B2
Systems and methods for a multi-path purging ejector are disclosed. In one example approach, a multi-path purge system for an engine comprises an ejector including a restriction, first and second inlets, and an outlet, and a shut-off valve hard-mounted to an intake of the engine and coupled to the outlet.
US09133794B2
An EGR gas cooling device for hybrid vehicle provided in an EGR system for refluxing a part of exhaust gas of an engine as EGR gas to an intake passage and configured to cool the EGR gas in a hybrid vehicle including the engine and a motor as travel drive sources of the vehicle includes an EGR cooler for cooling the EGR gas using a refrigerant flowing in a strong electric cooling circuit for cooling the motor.
US09133790B2
A propulsion system has a nacelle, and inside this nacelle, a dual flow turbojet engine includes a fan case in which are located a fan and an assembly of fixed flow-rectifying vanes. This propulsion system includes a thrust inverter located between the fan and the assembly of the fixed flow-rectifying vanes. In particular, the thrust inverter includes a plurality of windows formed in the fan case and thrust inversion flaps to send back the secondary airflow toward the outside and toward the front of the nacelle, through the windows. The thrust inversion flaps pivotally move between a normal operating position in which they allow the passage of the secondary airflow and block the windows, and a thrust inversion position in which they block the passage and clear the windows.
US09133785B2
An oxygen sensor system for a vehicle includes a pump control module, a correction module, and a fuel control module. While fueling of an engine is cut off, the pump control module selectively turns ON an air pump that pumps ambient air into an exhaust system of the vehicle upstream of a universal exhaust gas oxygen (UEGO) sensor and a catalyst. The correction module receives an output of the UEGO sensor, selectively determines a correction for the output of the UEGO sensor when the air pump is ON and the fuel is cut off, and adjusts the output of the UEGO sensor based on the correction to produce a corrected output. The fuel control module, during fueling of the engine, selectively controls the fueling based on the corrected output.
US09133783B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a fuel system configured to deliver a gaseous fuel to an engine. While the engine is shutdown, diagnostic routines may be performed to identify fuel system leaks or breaches. When the engine is subsequently restarted, fuel rail pre-priming is adjusted based on the presence of fuel system leaks.
US09133779B2
Apparatus and methods for providing natural gas possessing at least one desired quality to at least one engine include providing raw natural gas and methane gas through first and second conduits, respectively. Based upon measurements of the desired quality or qualities of the raw natural gas, the electronic controller selectively varies the flow of methane gas to provide a blend of raw natural gas and methane gas that possesses desired quality or qualities to the engine(s).
US09133778B2
A device capable of supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel while improving the utilization rate of vaporized fuel. A temporary transition from a third state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: closed, condenser 30: decompressed) to a fourth state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: open, condenser 30: decompressed) is achieved. This temporarily increases an internal air pressure P of a condenser 30, and the kinetic energy of a vaporized fuel V leaked out of a first fuel tank 40 through the second vaporized fuel path VL2 is able to sweep away a first fuel F1 in a liquid state accumulated in a vacuum pump 36 to the first fuel tank 40.
US09133775B2
A system for a vehicle includes a misfire indication module, a valve control module, and a fault indication module. The misfire indication module selectively indicates that misfire occurred within a cylinder of an engine. The valve control module controls lifting of a valve of a cylinder of the engine and, in response to the misfire indication module indicating that misfire occurred within the cylinder, transitions lifting of the valve from one of a low lift state and a high lift state to the other one of the low lift state and the high lift state. The fault indication module selectively indicates that a fault is present in a variable valve lift (VVL) mechanism of the cylinder based on whether the misfire indication module indicates that misfire occurred within the cylinder after the transition to the other one of the low lift state and the high lift state.
US09133770B2
An enclosure assembly for enclosing a portion of a fuel delivery system of an engine, such as a portion of a fuel nozzle body that extends away from the engine, is disclosed herein. The enclosure assembly includes a nozzle body cover portion operable to enclose a fuel nozzle body. The enclosure assembly also includes a fuel line cover portion unitary with the nozzle body cover portion and operable to enclose a portion of a fuel supply line connected to the fuel nozzle body. Both the nozzle body cover portion and the fuel line cover portion are defined by a first and second half-shells operable to cooperate together in a clam shell arrangement.
US09133765B2
An opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine is disclosed that has the pistons symmetrically arranged in the opposed cylinders. In one embodiment, the inner pistons are exhaust pistons and the outer pistons are intake pistons. Alternatively, the inner pistons are intake pistons and the outer pistons are exhaust pistons. The pistons are coupled to the crankshaft that is situated between the opposed cylinders. Central axes of the two cylinders are offset by a predetermined distance. The connecting rods that couple between the crankshaft and the pistons are arranged adjacent to each other on journals of the crankshaft. The journal to which the pushrods couple is not a split-pin type. Instead, it is one that has a common central axis. Furthermore, the crankshaft is a one-piece or unitary structure.
US09133764B2
A six-stroke engine system including an engine with a combustion chamber including an exhaust valve that expels exhaust gasses during an exhaust stroke, and a blowdown exhaust valve that expels blowdown exhaust gasses during recompression. An intake line directs air into the combustion chamber, and an exhaust line directs exhaust gasses from combustion chamber. A blowdown exhaust line directs blowdown exhaust gasses out of the combustion chamber and into the intake line. The blowdown exhaust gasses are expelled through the blowdown exhaust valve during recompression, and exhaust gasses are expelled through the exhaust valve during the exhaust stroke.
US09133760B2
A brake negative pressure generating device of a vehicle includes: an electrically-driven supercharger for drawing in, compressing, and supplying outside air; a vacuum chamber connected to an inlet opening of the electrically-driven supercharger and supplying negative pressure for brake force boosting; a negative pressure supply passage for connecting the inlet opening of the electrically-driven supercharger and the vacuum chamber; and a first negative pressure control valve for opening and closing an inlet passage. Accordingly, the electrically-driven supercharger is run to supplement brake negative force if the brake negative force is not sufficient.
US09133758B2
A split-cycle air hybrid engine includes a rotatable crankshaft. A compression piston is slidably received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft. An expansion piston is slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft. A crossover passage interconnects the compression and expansion cylinders. The crossover passage includes a crossover compression (XovrC) valve and a crossover expansion (XovrE) valve defining a pressure chamber therebetween. An air reservoir is operatively connected to the crossover passage. An air reservoir valve selectively controls air flow into and out of the air reservoir. In an Air Expander and Firing (AEF) mode of the engine, the engine has a residual expansion ratio at XovrE valve closing of 15.7 to 1 or greater, and more preferably in the range of 15.7 to 1 and 40.8 to 1.
US09133755B2
An engine component incorporates an installation feature for minimizing probability of misassembly of the component to or within an engine structure. For example, a ventless thermostatic valve may be made distinguishable from a vented, but otherwise identical, thermostatic valve, via the provision of tabs extending upwardly from the top of the ventless thermostatic valve. The tabs may be received into a corresponding tab-receiving groove of an associated engine part. As such, the tabs of the ventless component may offer a tactically sensitive distinguishing feature to signal that something may be amiss during an engine installation. The corresponding tab-receiving groove may be a widened aperture within a radiator elbow sleeve into which an upper portion of the ventless thermostatic valve may be mated and secured between an elbow sleeve flange and a cylinder head. Finally, a method of using the installation feature to reduce opportunities for misassembly error is disclosed.
US09133751B2
The invention relates to a device (10) for supplying to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system a reducing agent (42), in particular a urea-water solution for the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust-gas flow of a diesel engine, having a tank (40) for the reducing agent (42) and having a delivery module (14) for delivering the reducing agent (42) out of the tank (40) via an in particular electrically heatable suction line (16). According to the invention, a) the suction line (16) which runs outside the tank (40) is connected to a pump sump (12) situated in the region of the tank base (44), b) an in particular electrically operated pump sump heater (30) is arranged in the region of the pump sump (12), c) at least one in particular electrically operated heating rod (36) extends into the tank (40), and d) at least one fill level sensor (18) runs outside the tank (40). The pump sump heater (30), the heated suction line (16), the heating rod (36) and an optional elastic compensating element (26) in the region of the pump sump (12) permit a substantially temperature-independent supply of the reducing agent (42) to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system of a diesel engine. The pump sump (12) which is mounted on the bottom of the tank (40) furthermore makes it possible for the reducing agent (42), which must be available in the exact dose for correct execution of the SCR method, to be supplied virtually completely independent of position, and nevertheless uniformly, to the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system.
US09133742B2
An oil filter system for a vehicle may provided at a cylinder block of an engine for collecting engine oil from a blow-by gas generated in a crank case. The oil filter system may include a blow-by path to recirculate the blow-by gas so that the blow-by gas generated in the crank case is combusted together with a fuel-air mixture, a filter case that is a space formed between the crank case and the blow-by path, a filter partition disposed to divide the filter case into two spaces, and configured to collect the engine oil contained in the blow-by gas, and an oil pan mounted in the cylinder block for collecting the engine oil that have been collected by the filter partition. The filter partition may collect the engine oil in a forward direction flow and a reverse direction flow of the blow-by gas.
US09133741B2
Provided are an arrangement capable of reliably preventing freeze of a PCV channel without requiring additional piping and an intake manifold having this arrangement. This arrangement for freeze prevention of a PCV channel includes a PCV channel returning blowby gas containing un-combusted fuel gas as a main component thereof and leaked into an engine to an intake port, an EGR channel returning exhaust gas exhausted from the engine to the intake port, and a heating portion as a common portion between a PCV outer wall of the PCV channel and an EGR outer wall of the EGR channel.
US09133735B2
A variable valve timing apparatus, and internal combustion engine incorporating the same, that allows the timing of the opening and/or closing of intake and/or exhaust cylinder valves to be altered relative to a reference timing. As a result, the timing of the valve event can be adjusted relative to a phase of the crankshaft and/or the cycle of the pistons.
US09133728B2
A fluid pressure reversing valve includes a housing, a coil carrier, a coil wound on the coil carrier, a bearing, an armature axially displaceable in the bearing, a core, a flux guiding device, a first connection bore, a control chamber, a first valve seat. A connection sleeve comprises a second connection bore, a first valve seat for a valve element of the armature, and a second valve seat for the valve element of the armature. The connection sleeve communicates with a fluid to be controlled. A third connection bore is connected with the control chamber. A valve element abuts against the first valve seat in a first position so as to form a connection between the first connection bore and the third connection bore, and against the second valve seat in a second position so as to form a connection between the third connection bore and the second connection bore.
US09133726B2
A gas turbine engine component includes a pressurized fluid source, an airfoil, and a seal member for selectively providing sealing at an end of the airfoil. The seal member includes a stowed position for non-sealing and a deployed position for sealing. The seal member is operatively connected with a pressurized fluid source for moving the seal member between the stowed position and the deployed position.
US09133721B2
A cooling system for a transition duct for routing a gas flow from a combustor to the first stage of a turbine section in a combustion turbine engine is disclosed. The transition duct may have a multi-panel outer wall formed from an inner panel having an inner surface that defines at least a portion of a hot gas path plenum and an intermediate panel positioned radially outward from the inner panel such that at least one cooling chamber is formed between the inner and intermediate panels. The transition duct may also include an outer panel. The inner, intermediate and outer panels may include one or more metering holes for passing cooling fluids between cooling chambers for cooling the panels. The intermediate and outer panels may be secured with an attachment system coupling the panels to the inner panel such that the intermediate and outer panels may move in-plane.
US09133718B2
A turbine engine component (10) with a non-aluminide protective coating (14) containing silicon and chromium and a process for forming such non-aluminide protective coatings (14). The non-aluminide protective coating (14) is formed by applying a silicon-containing fluid composition to the turbine engine component (10) as a silicon-containing layer (20) and heating the silicon-containing layer (20) to a temperature effective to form the non-aluminide protective coating (14).
US09133710B2
The invention relates to a plowing device having a plow chain which is guided inside a channel (2) having an inner radius (A1) and the chain links of which each have chain bends (5) and chain limbs (6) connecting the latter. In cross section, the chain limbs (6) each have an outside radius that extends along a chord length, wherein the inner radius (A1) of the channel (2) and the outer radius of the chain limbs (6) have a ratio of 1:0.8 to 1:1.2 in relation to one another.
US09133707B2
A downhole signal transmission system provides electric radiofrequency signals that are coupled to electrically conductive or non-conductive fluids through electrical insulators. A plurality of signal repeaters are tuned to the frequencies of the radiofrequency signals, and a plurality of transmission lines terminated by resonance circuits are also provided such that the terminating resonance circuits resonate on the frequencies of the electric radiofrequency signals. The plurality of signal repeaters and plurality of transmission elements are arranged to be redundant such that a failure of one or more of the signal repeaters or a failure of one or more of the transmission elements does not substantially affect the operation of the data transmission system. The signal repeaters and transmission elements also are arranged such that a failure of any of the signal repeaters or a failure of any of the transmission elements is communicated to the surface.
US09133697B2
A system for treating a subterranean zone (110) includes a downhole fluid heater (120) installed in a wellbore (114). Treatment fluid, oxidant, and fuel conduits (124a, 124b, and 124c) connect fuel, oxidant and treatment fluid sources (142a, 142band 142c) to the downhole fluid heater (120). A downhole fuel control valve (126c) is in communication with the fuel conduit (124c) and is configured to change flow to the downhole fluid heater (120) in response to a change of pressure in a portion of the wellbore.
US09133696B2
Disclosed herein is a segmented seat for use in wellbore servicing systems, comprising an annular-shaped seat with an upward facing surface for receiving an obturator, the seat defining a central passageway. The segments are locked together at their faces by protrusions and matching recesses.
US09133694B2
A downhole hydraulic tool employing multiple nozzles in a selectable fashion from an oilfield surface. At least one of the nozzles of the tool is equipped with a burst disk such that fluid pressure directed from the surface may be utilized in activating the nozzle. The pressure may be driven to exceed a predetermined level for sake of the activating by way of sealing off access to other nozzle(s) therebelow, for example, by way of standard ball drop techniques. Thus, nozzle selectivity may be taken advantage of when a first nozzle wears out without requiring time consuming removal of the tool from the well for sake of remedial repairs or replacement.
US09133693B2
An expandable pipe section, intended to be joined with a corresponding pipe section for use in connection with a well casing of a production well for hydrocarbons, where the pipe section is configured to be screwed on or off an adjoining expandable pipe section, the pipe section at one end being provided with a male end having externally arranged threads and where the adjoining expandable pipe section is provided with a correspondingly shaped female end having corresponding internal threads. The distance between adjacent threads at their widest point is less than the maximum width of a thread. Those parts of the pipe being provided with threads are provided with at least two step wise arranged parts with a cylindrical surface being coaxially arranged with the pipe wall(s).
US09133692B2
A fracturing and gravel packing tool has features that prevent well swabbing when the tool is picked up with respect to a set isolation packer. An upper or multi-acting circulation valve allows switching between the squeeze and circulation positions without risk of closing the low bottom hole pressure ball valve. The multi-acting circulation valve can prevent fluid loss to the formation when being set down with the crossover tool supported or on the reciprocating set down device and the multi-acting circulation valve is closed without risk of closing the wash pipe valve.
US09133689B2
An apparatus and method for selectably opening a valve body having a central passage and a plurality of apertures therethrough. The apparatus comprises a sleeve slidably located within the central passage of the valve body adapted to selectably cover or uncover the apertures. The apparatus further comprises a shifting tool slidably locatable within the sleeve having at least one sleeve engaging member selectably extendable therefrom in parallel to a central axis thereto engagable upon the sleeve wherein the shifting tool is moveable. The method comprises positioning the shifting tool within the sleeve in a first or second position, extending the sleeve engaging members from the shifting tool in parallel to a central axis of the shifting tool into engagement upon the sleeve, and axially moving the shifting tool and the sleeve to the other of the first or second positions.
US09133685B2
An apparatus is described for controlling fluid flow in a downhole tubular. Fluid is flowed through a flow control system having a flow ratio control system and a pathway dependent resistance system. The flow ratio control system has a first and second passageway, where the ratio of fluid flowing through the passageways dependent on a characteristic of the fluid flow. The pathway dependent resistance system includes a vortex chamber with a first inlet directing flow primarily tangentially into the vortex chamber and the second inlet directing flow primarily radially into the vortex chamber. Undesired fluids, such as gas or water, in an oil well, are directed, based on their relative fluid flow characteristics, into the vortex primarily tangentially, thereby restricting flow when the undesired fluid is present.
US09133681B2
An improved downhole tool apparatus for limiting the extrusion of a sealing elements in downhole tools that use segmented retaining assemblies, retaining shoes or retaining limiters. The apparatus provides for locating the retaining bands for the retaining assemblies in a groove on the inner surface of the retaining assembly so that the bands are protected from breaking prematurely by inadvertently contacting the wellbore, casing within a wellbore, or other object.
US09133674B2
A downhole tool actuation system has a fluid path defined by a bore formed within a tubular body of a tool. A reciprocating sleeve is located within the bore and the sleeve has a segmented seat with a fluid by-pass. At least one seat segment is positioned by an outer diameter of the sleeve to complete the seat, and a relief is formed in a wall adjacent the outer diameter of the sleeve. When the seat is occupied by an obstruction, only a portion of the fluid path is obstructed and fluid impinging the obstruction causes the sleeve to move in the direction of flow until the at least one segment is relieved by the relief thereby releasing the obstruction.
US09133673B2
A tractor assembly is provided for downhole advancement in a well. The assembly comprises an uphole tractor and a downhole tractor. Each tractor in turn comprises uphole and downhole housings to accommodate uphole and downhole anchors with the anchors configured for interchangeably engaging a wall of the well. Additionally, a hydraulically driven piston is disposed through each of the housings of each tractor for actuation of the engaging.
US09133659B2
A door seal for a doorway in a vehicle for public passenger transportation has at least one reinforcing element coated with an elastomer, the reinforcing element having a lesser elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the seal than in the transverse direction.
US09133656B2
A window balance may include a shoe body with an elongate portion and an enlarged portion. The elongate portion may include at least one carrier section for supporting a coil spring and an enlarged portion may include a locking element and a cam in communication with the locking element. The width of the enlarged portion may be greater than the width of the elongate portion. The spring may rest in the carrier section and may be secured to a window jamb with a fastener or a mounting element.
US09133653B2
A closure device is provided for opening and/or re-closing a wall element, with an unlocking/locking device for opening and re-closing the wall element. A holding device is provided by which the wall element is arranged in a first function position from which it is re-closed again or by which the wall element is arranged in a second function position, from which the wall element is openably held. A control device is provided that releases a tensioning device of the unlocking/locking device. For a first release period with which the wall element is loaded with a force in the direction of the second function position. When the wall element on actuation of an actuating device is closed or arranged in the first function position and at least locks the tensioning device after the second release period when the wall element on actuating the actuating means is opened.
US09133648B2
A lock with a disengageable lock cylinder that is part of a mechanism for locking the door of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The lock includes components for detecting an attempt at breaking into the lock, where the components are intended to be connected to a security device of the vehicle.
US09133645B2
Fittings can be configured to mechanically couple a rod to a post. In certain embodiments, rods and posts are joined to form railing systems. Fittings can include a first threaded end coupled to a second end. The second end can include a compliant member configured to provide an interference fit between the fitting and the rod.
US09133643B2
A drilling rig including a base structure, a lifting device attached to the base structure, and a rig floor comprising a derrick and drilling equipment disposed thereon, in which the lifting device is configured to lift the rig floor so that at least one box may be inserted between the base structure and the rig floor, the rig floor having load points attached thereto and configured to be aligned with the lifting device.
US09133642B2
The invention concerns an assembly comprising a platform assembly (100) intended to receive passengers and a cylindrical structure (200), the platform assembly being mobile within the cylindrical structure. The assembly has very high stability as well as offering the passengers strong sensations of being raised up in the open air, with minimum obstruction of a panoramic view.
US09133639B2
A pool cleaning robot comprising: a housing; an impeller and a motor; at least one filter compartment configured for accommodating a filter unit therein; an impeller outlet formed in a housing top surface; at least one additional outlet other than the impeller outlet configured for being fluidly connected to an external suction and filtering system; at least one bottom inlet formed in said housing bottom configured for a first fluid communication with the impeller outlet via said filter unit, thereby defining a first fluid path; and at least one bottom inlet formed in said housing bottom configured for a second fluid communication with said additional outlet via a second fluid path at least partially different from the first fluid path, said second fluid path constituting a part of an external suction and filtering fluid path created when said additional outlet is fluidly connected to an external suction and filtering system.
US09133636B2
There is provided an impalement prevention apparatus for use with a plurality of spaced-part bars. The apparatus includes an elongate top portion shaped to extend overtop of exposed ends of the bars. The apparatus includes a pair of elongate spaced-apart side portions connecting to the top portion and extending downwards therefrom. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced-apart end portions each connecting to and extending between the side portions. The top portion, the side portions and the end portions form an enclosure extendable around the exposed ends of the bars.
US09133635B2
The present disclosure relates to tie components that allow for the length of an overall tie assembly to be adjustable, after being anchored in place. Such tie components may exhibit a swiveling capability where a portion thereof may rotate with respect to a corresponding adjustment member, resulting in movement of the tie component and adjustment member back and forth relative to one another, as desired. One or more tie components of a tie assembly may be anchored (e.g., to a wall), yet the overall length, or tension, of the tie assembly may be adjusted. A tie component may include a first portion having an anchor end that may be fixed to a wall, and a swivel end located opposite thereof. The tie component may also include a second portion having an adjustment end that may engage with an appropriate adjustment member, and a swivel end located opposite thereof. The respective swivel ends of the first and second portions of the tie component may be rotatably coupled.
US09133630B2
The invention could be a repair system and method for re-securing doors to their respective door frames when a screw fastener that originally used to secure the door to the respective door frame no longer engages and secures to the screw fastener's original screw hole in the door or frame, comprising a fastener anchor comprising a double open-ended hollow cylinder having a threaded exterior side and a hollow interior, the hollow interior forming a threaded lengthwise center channel that is continuously connected to the two open ends, one open end being tapered while the remaining other open end being shaped to receive a portion of a rotating instrument; a securing fastener having a threaded portion that can removably engage the threaded lengthwise center channel; wherein the threaded exterior side is capable of engaging and securing to the respective screw hole after the screw hole has been enlarged.
US09133618B2
The embodiments herein disclose a method and system for fabricating a non load bearing partition wall with an internal cavity having partition. The non load bearing partition wall comprises at-least two pre-cast concrete panels arranged in back to back fashion. The pre-cast concrete panel comprises several ribs for enhancing the stiffness matrix. The two ribs are adopted at the two opposite edges of the pre-cast concrete panel and one rib is adopted at the center. The non load bearing partition wall comprises a cavity formed between the pre-cast concrete wall panels. The cavity uses the concept of monolithic property to prevent bending along the width and length, with a special method of anchorage. The panel comprises an inbuilt duct facility to add service fixtures and also to allow for modifications after installation.
US09133605B2
A hydraulic system has a variable displacement pump that sends fluid from a tank into a supply conduit from which separate open-center control valves convey the fluid to each one of a plurality of hydraulic actuators. The control valves have open-center orifices connected in series between a bypass node and the tank, thereby forming a bypass passage. Pressure at the bypass node controls displacement of the pump. A valve arrangement is connected between an outlet of the pump and the bypass node and is responsive to an amount of fluid flow through the supply conduit to the plurality of hydraulic functions, wherein as the amount of fluid flow increases, the valve arrangement causes fluid flow to the bypass node to decrease. Thus the pressure at the bypass node varies as a function of the operation of the control valves.
US09133602B2
The present invention provides an information management system suitable for a construction machine, which drives a solenoid valve separately from normal control to thereby make it possible to perform failure diagnosis for the solenoid valve and each sensor easily and with satisfactory accuracy. A controller has a failure diagnosis mode selected by a control panel of a display device. When the failure diagnosis mode is selected by the control panel and instructions for failure diagnosis related to a specific solenoid valve of a plurality of solenoid valves are given, the controller outputs a failure diagnosis drive signal to the specific solenoid valve, inputs an output value from a sensor related to the specific solenoid valve among a plurality of sensors, and displays, based on the output value from the specific sensor, information as to whether the specific solenoid valve and the specific sensor are normal on a display device.
US09133588B2
The invention provides a system, method, and components for assembling and disassembling boardwalks, decks, and platforms. The invention has a number of extruded and interlocking components. It is installed by driving piles, preferably helical piles, into a ground surface. The invention provides a comprehensive set of assembly members, including and not limited to brackets that attach to the piles, headers, joists, cross braces, decking, and decking fasteners for holding the decking in place. In particular, a multiple-way adjustable bracket connects the piles to the rest of the structure.
US09133576B2
A washing machine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a washing tub that washes laundry; a storage drawer provided under the washing tub; a detergent bottle seat provided inside of the storage drawer, a detachable detergent bottle containing a liquid detergent being seated on the detergent bottle seat; a detergent bottle connecting part connected to the detergent bottle, the liquid detergent flowing into through the detergent bottle connecting part; and a detergent pump that supplies the liquid detergent to the washing tub.
US09133571B2
A method of forming a needled fiberglass glass insulation product is provided. The formation of the needled insulation product may be conducted in a process in which the fibers are formed, a binder is sprayed onto the fibers, the fibers are collected and formed into a fiberglass pack, the fiberglass pack is passed through the oven, and at least partially cured insulation blanket is passed through a needling apparatus. The reduction in thickness and increased density caused by the needling process permits the production of lower thickness and high density insulation products.
US09133568B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a composition comprising 10 to 45% of the total solids weight lignin, polyacrylonitrile or a polyacrylonitrile copolymer, and a solvent to form a lignin-based polyacrylonitrile-containing dope and the resulting products. The dope can be processed to produce fibers, including precursor, oxidized and carbonized fibers. The oxidized fibers are of value for their flame resistant properties and carbonized fibers are suitable for use in applications requiring high strength fibers, or to be used to form composite materials.
US09133564B2
An ammonothermal growth of group-III nitride crystals on starting seed crystals with at least two surfaces making an acute, right or obtuse angle, i.e., greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees, with respect to each other, such that the exposed surfaces together form a concave surface.
US09133563B2
A device for repositioning a device during an electropolishing process. A fixture is disclosed that is configured to reposition the device during the electropolishing process in order to more evenly electropolish a surface of the device.
US09133561B2
Provided are a plating method and a plating apparatus for a cylinder, which are capable of forming a plating layer having a uniform thickness in a technology of plating a cylinder, effectively preventing current concentration in cylinder end portions when being combined with a plating technology using divided insoluble electrodes, and performing plating with a more uniform thickness over the full length of a cylinder without generating defects such as rashes and pits irrespective of the size of the cylinder. The insoluble electrode has a shape in which a lower part thereof is curved inward, and is capable of rotating about an upper end thereof. Further, a thickness of a plating layer on an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder is adjusted by controlling an interval of closeness to the cylinder.
US09133556B2
The present invention aims to provide an activated cathode enabling a long-time stable operation with hydrogen overvoltage maintained at a low value, keeping a high remaining rate of the catalyst element after a cease of operation for a short-circuiting and after an electrolysis operation at a high current density, restricting catalyst loss to a little, and having a strong resistance to contamination caused by electrolyte impurity elements.The present invention relates to a cathode for hydrogen evolution with a catalyst layer formed on the cathode substrate, having, at least, three elements comprising platinum, cerium and palladium, as essential element, in a state of metal, metal oxide, or hydroxide, contained, where the mole fraction of respective element being x, y, and z, within a range of 5 mol %≦x≦90 mol %, 5 mol %≦y≦55 mol %, 5 mol %≦z≦65 mol %.
US09133553B2
A structural plate with external reinforcing means is provided for an electrolyzer module. The structural plate defines at least one degassing chamber and a half cell chamber opening. The external reinforcing means contact the structural plate for mitigating outward displacement of the structural plate in response to fluid pressure within the structural plate. The structural plate and the external reinforcing means define interlocking features for achieving contact and corresponding mechanical reinforcement.
US09133550B2
An etching composition, a method of forming a metal pattern using the etching composition, and a method of manufacturing a display substrate are disclosed. The etching composition includes about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of ammonium persulfate, about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of an organic acid, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chelating agent, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a fluoride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chloride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 2% by weight of an azole-based compound and a remainder of water. Thus, a copper layer may be stably etched to improve a reliability of manufacturing the metal pattern and the display substrate.
US09133546B1
A system for forming a thin film on a substrate uses a plasma to activate at least one gaseous precursor in a plasma generator fluidly coupled with a reaction space. The plasma generator is operative to generate a plasma from at least a portion of the precursor gas with at least one pair of plasma electrodes, one plasma electrode having a non-native electrically conductive adlayer exhibiting property characteristics that cause the adlayer to be substantially conserved and chemically active with at least one of the gases present within the plasma generation region.
US09133532B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet, including the steps of i) preparing high-carbon steel materials comprising C: 0.7 to 0.9%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.5% or less, P: 0.05% or less, and S: 0.03% or less in wt % and remaining Fe and other inevitable impurities; ii) heating the high-carbon steel materials again and manufacturing a steel sheet by performing hot rolling in an austenite region in which a finishing temperature for the hot rolling is an Ar3 transformation temperature or higher; iii) rapidly cooling the steel sheet at 520 to 620° C. before phase transformation is started in a Run-Out Table (ROT); iv) uniformly maintaining a cooling retention temperature so that the cooled steel sheet is subject to phase transformation in any one temperature between 520 to 620° C.; and v) winding the steel sheet in the cooling retention temperature. Also provided is the high-carbon steel sheet made by the above-described method.
US09133521B2
The present invention relates to a diagnostic composition for Alzheimer's disease which includes an agent measuring the methylation level of HMOX1 gene promoter, a diagnostic kit and a method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease using the same.
US09133514B2
A method for detection, visualization and/or comparison of polynucleotide sequences of interest using specially designed sets of long and short probes that enhance resolution and simplify visualization and detection. Probe compositions useful for practicing this method and procedures for identifying useful probes and probe combinations. These methods are useful for the detection of genomic rearrangements, especially those associated with various diseases, disorders and conditions including cancer or for assessment of genomic rearrangements associated with therapy. The probe compositions may be used in kits for detection of genetic rearrangements or in companion diagnostic products or kits, such as kits for the diagnosis or assessment of predisposition to cancer such as colorectal cancer.
US09133512B2
This invention discloses systems and methods for determining the sequence of amino acids in a short peptide chain that constructs a protein. The protein is firstly hydrolyzed to various short peptides and amino acid enantiomers. Then, the systems and method are used to separate the short peptides and the amino acid enantiomers, identify qualitatively each of the amino acid enantiomers, and obtain the molecular mass signal for each of the peptides. After that, the identified amino acid enantiomers are used to construct any possible short peptides in an order from the smallest molecular weight dipeptide to higher molecular weight short peptides, and the correct short peptides is confirmed by matching the molecular weight obtained from the mass spectrometry measurement, then, the short peptides are combined to give a large peptide. The process is continued until the whole amino acid sequence of the peptide chain of protein can be determined.
US09133508B2
A method is disclosed for improved isothermal amplification of nucleic acids comprising the step of release of an essential component from a matrix under predetermined conditions. Furthermore, the invention relates to a kit comprising mesophilic enzyme and a matrix with embedded essential components for isothermal amplification. A composition comprising a matrix and a mesophilic enzyme and a method for embedding a mesophilic enzyme are disclosed as well.
US09133494B2
The present invention concerns a method for improving the expression levels of proteins, wherein hydrophobin fusion proteins are expressed, thereby inducing the formation of protein bodies, and wherein said hydrophobin fusions are co-expressed with a target protein or with a further fusion of the target protein.
US09133490B2
Methods of using polymerase chain reactions to enrich a target sequence in a sample containing reference sequences and target sequences having high homology and amplifiable by the same primer pair are provided herein. In particular the methods provide a robust means to improve the fold enrichment of the target sequence and minimize reaction-to-reaction, well-to-well and run-to-run variations in the enrichment methods.
US09133484B2
A transfection agent is provided that has lower toxicity and can be applied in the clinical setting. The transfection agent comprises a peptide surfactant.
US09133478B2
The present invention relates to new insertion sites useful for the integration of exogenous sequences into an intergenic region (IGR) of a vaccinia virus genome, where the IGR is located between or is flanked by two adjacent open reading frames (ORFs) of the vaccinia virus genome, and where the ORFs correspond to conserved genes, and to related plasmid vectors useful to insert exogenous DNA into the genome of a vaccinia virus, and further to recombinant vaccinia viruses comprising an exogenous sequence inserted into said new insertion site as a medicine or vaccine.
US09133464B2
Method and system for expression systems, based on ade1 and ade2 auxotrophic strains of yeast and fungi, including P. pastoris are disclosed. The expression systems are useful for increased cellular productivity of transformed cell lines and for production of recombinant glycoproteins at industrial scale.
US09133449B2
Method for incorporating a lysine derivative (particularly an Nε-benzyloxycarbonyl-lysine (Z-Lys) derivative) having useful functional group such as heavy atom, selenium, reactive functional group, fluorescent group or crosslinker, which is suitable as a non-natural amino acid, into a desired protein in a site-specific manner. A mutant pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase has substitution of at least one amino acid residue selected from tyrosine residue at position 306, leucine residue at position 309 and cysteine residue at position 348 each constituting a pyrrolysine-binding site in the amino acid sequence for pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase of SEQ ID NO:2. The substitution of the amino acid residue is: of tyrosine residue at position 306 by glycine or alanine residue, of leucine residue at position 309 by glycine or alanine residue, and/or of a cysteine residue at position 348 by valine, serine or alanine residue.
US09133446B2
The present invention provides AP that has a high specific activity and preferably has superior reactivity with respect to various luminescent substrates generally used for high-sensitivity immunoassay analysis. Further preferably, the present invention provides AP having a thermal stability higher than that of CIAP. The alkaline phosphatase of the present invention is derived from the genus Shewanella and has the following characteristics: (A) molecular weight: about 104,000; (B) optimum reaction pH: about 9.5; (C) stable pH range: 5.5 to 10.4; (D) thermal stability: 65° C., and (E) specific activity: 5,000 U/mg or more.
US09133439B2
The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into insulin producing cells. In particular, the present invention provides a method to increase the expression of NGN3 and NKX6.1 in populations of cells expressing markers characteristic of the pancreatic endocrine lineage.
US09133438B2
Methods of developing and using cell lines, such as stem cell lines, for therapeutic or cosmetic use. In one embodiment the cell lines are used to treat a wide range of degenerative and metabolic disorders including, but not limited to, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac deficiency. Also described are methods of using such cell lines to screen for compounds that play a role in regulating a variety of processes.
US09133434B1
A method of protecting a host grass from stress, such as caused by insect pests, by artificially inoculating the host grass with an endophyte-containing composition is disclosed. The endophyte produces loline at a level sufficient to confer protection to the endophyte-infected host grass and does not produce detectable levels of alkaloids having toxicity to ruminant animals such as sheep, cattle, goats, or deer. In vitro cultures of the endophyte Neotyphodium uncinatum, var. U2 are disclosed as well as infected plants and seeds. The infected plants and seeds produce 5.0-20,000 μg lolines per gram dry weight of grass and do not produce detectable levels of alkaloids having toxicity to ruminant animals such as ergovaline, peramine, lolitrem B and epoxy-Janthitrems.
US09133420B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for cleaning medical and dental instruments. The disclosed compositions are preferably non-foaming or generate low foam to allow visual inspection of the cleaning process as well as safe handling of the instruments. The disclosed compositions preferably employ select proteases, a carbonate and a nonionic surfactant.
US09133419B2
A method for removing chlorhexidine and/or avobenzone from fabric materials utilizes an acidic detergent composition including phosphoric acid and a surfactant in a flush cycle of a washing machine adapted to perform separate flush, wash, and bleaching cycles. The acidic detergent composition is present in the flush solution in a sufficient quantity to provide a pH less than about 5 and, advantageously, above about 2. The acidic detergent composition is advantageously substantially free of a chlorine-based oxidant.
US09133417B2
The present invention relates to a liquid cleaning and disinfecting composition and, in one embodiment, a liquid cleaning and disinfecting liquid hand dishwashing composition, comprising an alkyl or substituted alkyl branched alkyl chain amine oxide.The present invention further relates to methods of disinfecting dishware and/or dishwashing implements and/or skin using such a liquid detergent compositions.
US09133414B2
The invention relates to a method for improving properties of protection against spalling of transmission lubricating compositions containing sulphur-containing and sulfur-phosphorous compounds comprising a step for adding into the initial transmission lubricating composition, compounds (c) reducing by at least 5% the active sulfur mass content, as measured by the ASTM D1662 standard, in the final composition.The invention also aims at a lubricating composition comprising: (a) from 60 to 90% by weight of one or more base oils, of mineral, synthetic or natural origin, (b) at least one anti-wear and extreme pressure phosphorous or sulfur-phosphorous additive, (c) at least one anti-wear and extreme pressure sulfur-containing additive, wherein: the ratio between the elementary sulfur mass content, as measured according to the ASTM D2622 standard, and the elementary phosphorus mass content, as measured according to the ASTM D5185 standard, S/P, of said lubricating composition, is comprised between 20 and 40, preferably between 25 and 35; the ratio between the active sulfur mass content at 150° C., as measured according to the ASTM D1662 standard, and the elementary sulfur mass content, as measured according to the ASTM D5185 standard, Sactive/S, of said lubricating composition, is less than 0.34, preferentially less than 0.33.
US09133400B2
The invention involves a process for hydrocarbon conversion. The process can include providing a feed to a primary upgrading zone and then treating the product from the primary upgrading zone with a feed-immiscible ionic liquid to remove carbon residue compounds.
US09133396B2
A liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal compound having a formula (I), where R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C1-C10 alkoxyl, C2-C10 alkenyloxy, C1-C10 ether, C1-C10 aldehyde, C1-C10 ketone, and C1-C10 ester; A is selected from the group consisting of and X1, X2, X3 and X4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen group, —CF3, —CHF2, —CH2F, —OCF3, —OCHF2 and —OCH2F, at least one of X1, X2, X3 and X4 being halogen group, —CF3, —CHF2, —CH2F, —OCF3, —OCHF2 or —OCH2F.
US09133381B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one fluoroolefin and an effective amount of stabilizer that may be an epoxide, fluorinated epoxide or oxetane, or a mixture thereof with other stabilizers. The stabilized compositions may be useful in cooling apparatus, such as refrigeration, air-conditioning, chillers, and heat pumps, as well as in applications as foam blowing agents, solvents, aerosol propellants, fire extinguishants, and sterilants.
US09133377B2
A heat-activable powder adhesive composition for use in bonding a component to a surface such as glass is disclosed. The composition of the disclosed invention includes at least two polymers, at least one solid di- or poly-isocyanate in powder form, and a catalyst. Each of the two polymers has a melting point above 40° C. The two polymers are selected from the group consisting of di-functional polymers and multi-functional polymers. The preferred method of preparing the composition of the disclosed invention includes first forming three parts, including a first melted part comprising the polymers, a second melted part comprising the polymers and a catalyst, and a third part comprising the isocyanate. Once cooled, each of the first and second parts forms solid blocks which are fragmented and sieved. The three dry parts are then brought together to form the adhesive powder of the disclosed invention. The adhesive powder can be pre-applied to the attachment surface of a component to be bonded. The composition does not require either a deactivating agent or a blocking agent for deactivating the isocyanate or the catalyst nor does it require either a deactivated isocyanate or a deactivated catalyst.
US09133376B2
A composition including at least one curable structural adhesive, and at least one chemically crosslinked elastomer on the bases of a silane-functional polymer, wherein the elastomer is in the form of an interpenetrating polymer network in the structural adhesive. The composition can be used to form a shape-memory material and is suitable for reinforcing cavities in structural components such as, for example, in automobile bodies.
US09133374B2
Resin systems and methods for making and using same are provided. The resin system can include a first aqueous resin comprising at least two polymerized monomers and a second aqueous resin comprising at least two polymerized monomers. The first aqueous resin can be present in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 95 wt %, based on the total weight the resin system. The second aqueous resin can be present in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 95 wt %, based on the total weight the resin system. The at least two polymerized monomers of the first and second aqueous resins can be the same monomers.
US09133367B2
An optically clear adhesive, a dicing die bonding film, and a semiconductor device, the optically clear adhesive including a curing agent; and an acrylic copolymer, the acrylic copolymer including an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, and at least one of a phosphate group and a silane group.
US09133360B2
The present invention is directed to a method of treating a reinforcement cord, comprising the steps of A) atomizing a mixture of at least one polymerizable monomer, a halogenated saturated hydrocarbon, and a carrier gas to form an atomized mixture; B) generating an atmospheric pressure plasma from the atomized mixture; and C) exposing the reinforcement cord to the atmospheric pressure plasma under conditions suitable to form a polymer strongly bonded to the reinforcement cord and capable of bonding to rubber.
US09133355B2
An aqueous ink composition includes at least 60% water by weight, an acrylic latex polymer suspension, a polyurethane suspension, a polyethylene wax suspension, and an organic solvent that comprises about 10% to about 30% of the ink composition. In methods for preparing an aqueous ink composition, a combination of the aforementioned components is provided. The combination is subjected to conditions under which the ink composition becomes substantially uniform and then the combination is subjected to filtration.
US09133354B2
The present disclosure provides a curable aqueous latex ink comprising a curable material, a photoinitiator and a polyester polymer, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method.
US09133349B2
Disclosed are a composition for forming a zinc oxide-based film, said composition containing, as an essential component, a zinc compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 mutually independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a process for producing the zinc oxide-based film, and the zinc compound. The composition makes it possible to form a high-quality zinc oxide-based film, which has transparency, homogeneity and electrical conductivity, at a low temperature of 300° C. or lower.
US09133343B2
Provided are dyes and compositions which are useful in a number of applications, such as the detection and monitoring protein aggregation, kinetic studies of protein aggregation, neurofibrillary plaques analysis, evaluation of protein formulation stability, protein thermal stability shift assay and analysis of molecular chaperone activity. These dyes and compositions are also useful as probes in nucleic acid and protein detection.
US09133333B2
The present invention is directed to a polymer blend, the blend including a diene-based elastomer grafted with a substituted acrylamide polymer through a sulfur atom, and from 1 to 20 percent by weight of an additional polymer miscible with the substituted acrylamide polymer.
US09133321B2
The invention relates to the use of pentyl esters of furandicarboxylic acid in softeners.
US09133310B2
The present invention is directed to a copolymer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST).
US09133308B2
There are provided a resin composition including: (a) a maleimide compound with at least two N-substituted maleimide groups per molecular structure; and (b) a silicone compound with at least one amino group per molecular structure and also provided a prepreg, a laminated plate, and a printed wiring board that are formed by using this resin composition. The multi-layered printed wiring board produced by using the laminated plate produced by laminating and molding the prepreg obtained from the resin composition of the present invention has excellent glass transition temperature, coefficient of thermal expansion, solder heat resistance, and warp characteristics. The multi-layered printed wiring board is useful as a highly integrated printed wiring board for an electronic device.
US09133303B2
The method for the production of a polyester with improved melting properties and crystallization properties comprises the steps of (a) production of a pre-polyester melt with an average molecular weight (Mn) of 2000 to 16000 g/mol, (b) solidifying and shaping the melt into pre-polyester particles, and (c) thermally treating the pre-polyester particles in a solid phase in the presence of a transesterification catalyst whereby a molecular weight increase (ΔMn) of more than 2000 g/mol occurs. In addition, the prepolyester particles have a carboxyl end group content (XCOOH) of between 0.25 and 0.6 before step c and during the thermal treatment step c, the proportion of the esterification reaction (E) to the polycondensation reaction (E+T) is between 0.5 and 1.
US09133297B2
Provided are ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyols and polyurethane compositions made by reacting the inventive polyol with an isocyanate. The inventive ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyol is made by co-polymerizing an alkylene oxide, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride and a hydroxy functional compound in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) complex catalyst such that the polyol has an ultra-low level of unsaturation. The inventive polyols may be used to produce prepolymers, which in turn may be useful in making thin films which in turn may provide such items as medical examination gloves and scientific gloves. The inventive ultraviolet (UV)-curable polyurethane compositions may also find use in or as coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers and the like.
US09133293B2
Provided is a copolymer rubber, comprising a copolymer having a star-shaped block structure (SIB-PA)n-X, wherein SIB is a block comprising styrene, butadiene, and isoprene as constituent monomers; PA is a block comprising butadiene or isoprene as a constituent monomer; X is the residue of at least one coupling agent; and n=2-4. Also provided is a process for preparing the copolymer rubber and use thereof.
US09133291B2
Process for transferring polyolefin particles from a first gas-phase polymerization reactor to a second gas-phase polymerization reactor in a multistage polymerization of olefins carried out in at least two serially connected gas-phase polymerization reactors,wherein the first gas-phase reactor is a fluidized-bed reactor comprising a gas distribution grid and a settling pipe, which is integrated with its upper opening into the distribution grid and contains a bed of polyolefin particles which moves from top to bottom of the settling pipe, the process comprising the steps of introducing a fluid into the settling pipe in an amount that an upward stream of the fluid is induced in the bed of polyolefin particles above the fluid introduction point; withdrawing polyolefin particles from the lower end of the settling pipe; and transferring the withdrawn polyolefin particles into the second gas-phase polymerization reactor, process for polymerizing olefins comprising such a process for transferring polyolefin particles, reactor suitable as first gas-phase polymerization reactor in the process for polymerizing olefins and process for discharging polyolefin particles from a fluidized-bed reactor.
US09133289B2
The present invention provides a paint film which is superior in scratch resistance, weather resistance, stain resistance, chemical resistance, bending durability and impact resistance and is useful as a scratch resistant film or a decorative film.The film is obtained by cross-linking a vinyl compound copolymer with polyisocyanate, wherein the vinyl compound copolymer comprises the following monomer units: (A) a mole % of a vinyl compound which has no siloxane structure, nor hydroxyl group; (B) b mole % of a vinyl compound which has a polydimethylsiloxane structure and no hydroxyl group; (C) c mole % of a vinyl compound which has a linear or branched alkyl group having a hydroxyl group, the alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (D) d mole % of a vinyl compound represented by the formula: CH2═C(R)—COO—Y wherein R is H or CH3, and Y is a saturated hydrocarbon group with a hydroxyl group at an end and, optionally, one or more lactone, carbonate, ester, ether, or urethane groups.
US09133285B2
A curable composition has an olefin polymer including hydrolysable silane groups on its main chain; and to a latent compound suitable for releasing a curing catalyst under the action of a rise in temperature and/or actinic radiation.
US09133277B2
Provided is a method for solubilizing cellulose in which cellulose can be solubilized in a short period of time with a low amount of excess decomposition and without the use of a catalyst or other chemicals. A starting material containing cellulose is pulverized to reduce the crystallization thereof, adjusted for moisture content, reacted with water in the absence of a catalyst, and converted into a water-soluble component. At this point, the reaction is performed at a temperature of 100° C. or more and less than 300° C., and a total pressure of 0.05 MPa or more and less than 10 MPa. Water is added and extracted from the water soluble component, and solid-liquid separation is performed to separate the solids and the aqueous solution.
US09133274B2
A method for engineering an immunoglobulin having a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of the immunoglobulin and determining the binding of the immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen, where the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, comprising the steps of providing a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin having at least two structural loops, modifying at least one nucleotide residue of each of the structural loops, transferring the modified nucleic acid in an expression system, expressing the modified immunoglobulin, contacting the expressed modified immunoglobulin with an epitope, and determining whether the modified immunoglobulin binds to the epitope.
US09133268B2
The invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various cancer cells containing a targeting moiety and a therapeutic moiety. The targeting and therapeutic moieties are linked via an acid cleavable linkage that increases therapeutic efficacy of the immunoconjugate.
US09133266B2
Vitronectin-derived cell culture substrates and methods of using the same for culturing pluripotent stem cells are presented.
US09133260B2
The present invention relates generally to novel GIP analogs and GIP hybrid polypeptides with selectable properties, useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic diseases and disorders, for example those which can be alleviated by control plasma glucose levels, insulin levels, and/or insulin secretion, positive inotropic effects, reduction of catabolic effects, slowing of gastric emptying. Such conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, critical care, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.
US09133248B2
The invention provides methods for propagating a monkey adenovirus in a cell including a human cell, comprising one or more gene products isolated from a human adenovirus. Also provided are methods for propagating wherein the monkey adenovirus comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a human adenovirus gene product. The invention further provides a monkey adenovirus. including a replication-deficient monkey adenovirus, obtained by such propagation methods.
US09133246B2
A collagen membrane having fusion protein bound thereto is described, in which the fusion protein includes collagen binding peptide and antibacterial peptide. The collagen membrane is usefully employed in vivo to promote cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation associated with bone tissue regeneration, for bone induction and regeneration. The fusion protein may also be applied to other collagenic graft materials, for use as a biomaterial for regenerating other tissues such as the skin.
US09133239B2
The invention provides peptides, portions and derivatives thereof, that are useful for reducing cell migration, and for reducing symptoms of pathological diseases that are associated with undesirable cell migration, and in particular MMP-induced cell migration. This invention also provides peptides that are useful for detecting (e.g., imaging) cancers.
US09133235B2
The present invention provides conformationally-defined macrocyclic compounds that bind to and/or are functional modulators of the motilin receptor including subtypes, isoforms and/or variants thereof. These macrocyclic compounds, at a minimum, possess adequate pharmacological properties to be useful as therapeutics for a range of disease indications. In particular, these compounds are useful for treatment and prevention of disorders characterized by hypermotilinemia and/or gastrointestinal hypermotility, including, but not limited to, diarrhea, cancer treatment-related diarrhea, cancer-induced diarrhea, chemotherapy-induced diarrhea, radiation enteritis, radiation-induced diarrhea, stress-induced diarrhea, chronic diarrhea, AIDS-related diarrhea, C. difficile associated diarrhea, traveller's diarrhea, diarrhea induced by graph versus host disease, other types of diarrhea, dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (emesis) and post-operative nausea and vomiting and functional gastrointestinal disorders. In addition, the compounds possess utility for the treatment of diseases and disorders characterized by poor stomach or intestinal absorption, such as short bowel syndrome, celiac disease and cachexia. The compounds also have use for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, such as inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and pancreatitis. Accordingly, methods of treating such disorders and pharmaceutical compositions including compounds of the present invention are also provided.
US09133228B2
Polyamide compositions containing guanidinyl radicals, including tetramethylguanidinyl radicals, are described. These polyamides are useful for medical applications, for example, for treating human papilloma virus infections.
US09133218B2
Disclosed are pesticidally active pyridyl- and pyrimidyl-substituted thiazole derivatives, processes for their preparation, compositions comprising those compounds, and their use for controlling insects.
US09133208B2
The present application discloses a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein X is gamma-emitting radionuclide. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof, and a physiologically acceptable vehicle and a method of imaging a region in a patient, which includes administering to the patient a diagnostically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof.
US09133203B2
Disclosed herein are acylated derivatives of 7H-pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinazoline-1,3-diamine and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives.
US09133199B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (VII)I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein: X is NR7; Y is O or N—(CH2)nR19; n is 1, 2 or 3; m is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are each independently H, alkyl or cycloalkyl; R4 and R4′ are each independently H or alkyl; or R4 and R4′ together form a spiro cycloalkyl group; R19 is H, alkyl, aryl or a cycloalkyl group; R6 is OR8 or halogen; and R7 and R8 are each independently H or alkyl. Further aspects relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and use therefore in the treatment of proliferative disorders and the like.
US09133188B2
The present invention provides methods of synthesizing compounds of formula (1) and intermediates thereto. The present invention also provides intermediates useful in the synthesis of compounds of formula (1).
US09133187B2
Compounds having the formula I wherein Z, Z1 Z2 Z3, R3a, R3b and Rb and as defined herein are inhibitors of ERK kinase. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders.
US09133186B2
Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an AMPK activator. A compound represented by the formula: its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein a group represented by the formula: is a group represented by the formula: R1 is each independently halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like; m is an integer of 0 to 3; R2 is hydrogen, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; X is —O—; and Y is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl.
US09133185B2
Compounds of formula (I) described herein are both phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme inhibitors and muscarinic M3 receptor antagonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract characterized by airway obstruction.
US09133183B2
Described are compounds of Formula I which find utility in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases and metabolic bone disorders through inhibition of c-FMS (CSF-1R), c-KIT, and/or PDGFR kinases. These compounds also find utility in the treatment of other mammalian diseases mediated by c-FMS, c-KIT, or PDGFR kinases.
US09133175B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): Said compounds being modulators of Kv3 channels and of use in the prophylaxis or treatment of related disorders.
US09133174B2
The present invention provides a novel method for producing a compound represented by general formula (VII) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a synthetic intermediate thereof: wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Rc represents a C1-6 alkyl group, X represents a group selected from a heteroaryl group etc., R11 represents an atom or group selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, etc., R16 and R17 each independently represent an atom or group selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, etc., and R15 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group.
US09133173B2
To provide a novel carbazole compound that has an excellent carrier-transport property and can be used for a transport layer or as a host material in a light-emitting element. Further, to provide an organic semiconductor material and a material for a light-emitting element using the carbazole compound. A carbazole compound in which the 4-position of a dibenzothiophene skeleton or a dibenzofuran skeleton is substituted with the 2- or 3-position of a carbazole skeleton directly or via an arylene group can be synthesized. The carbazole compound is found to have a suitable carrier-transport property, a good film quality, and be used suitably as a material of a light-emitting element and an organic semicondcutor material. Note that nitrogen of the carbazole skeleton is substituted with any of a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, and a naphthyl group.
US09133172B2
This invention recites dihydrofuran substituted azetidine derivatives of Formula (1) stereoisomers thereof, veterinarily acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and their use as a parasiticide in mammals and birds. The substituents A, R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4, R6, and n are as described herein.
US09133171B2
The present invention relates to disubstituted 5-fluoro pyrimidine derivatives containing a sulfoximine group of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders, in particular of hyper-proliferative disorders and/or virally induced infectious diseases and/or of cardiovascular diseases. The invention further relates to intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of said compounds of general formula (I).
US09133170B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
US09133165B2
The invention relates to sulfonic acid salts of heterocyclylamide-substituted imidazoles, and to solvates and hydrates thereof, to the use thereof for treating and/or preventing diseases, and to use thereof for producing drugs for treating and/or preventing diseases, in particular for use as antiviral agents, in particular against cytomegaloviruses.
US09133164B2
The invention relates to MIF inhibitors; compositions comprising an effective amount of a MIF inhibitor; and methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with MIF.
US09133162B2
The present invention provides novel substituted quinoline compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein tyrosine kinase activity, and in modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.
US09133159B2
The invention provides novel 1-heteroaryl-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes, and related processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, as well as compositions and methods employing these compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including but not limited to depression and anxiety.
US09133157B2
Compounds of Formula I are disclosed: wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4A, R4B, R5, R6 and R7 are defined herein. The compounds encompassed by Formula I include compounds which are HIV protease inhibitors. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HIV and the prophylaxis, treatment, or delay in the onset of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
US09133146B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorder. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
US09133141B2
The present invention provides cysteine and cystine bioisosteres for the treatment of schizophrenia and drug addiction. The invention further encompasses pharmaceutical compositions containing such bioisosteres and methods of using the bioisosteres for treatment of schizophrenia and drug addiction.
US09133138B2
Disclosed is a use of a quinazoline compound of Formula I having 2,4-diaminoquinazoline as a parent nucleus in preparation of a medicament for treating diseases caused by flaviviridae infection, especially a use in combating Hepatitis C virus infection and Dengue fever virus infection.
US09133120B2
The invention relates to fluorinated fentanyl derivatives that function as opioid receptor agonists, which activate target opioid receptors in a pH-dependent manner, and are thus selective for the receptors in inflamed (acidic) milieu; uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09133110B2
A biguanide derivative compound with N4-N5 substitution, which is represented by Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method of preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient are provided. The biguanide derivative may exhibit excellent effect on activation of AMPK and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in a low dose, compared with conventional drugs, and thus, may be useful to treat diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndrome, cancer, etc.
US09133108B2
Adiponitrile is made by reacting 3-pentenenitrile with hydrogen cyanide. The 3-pentenenitrile is made by reacting 1,3-butadiene with hydrogen cyanide and by isomerizing 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile. Phenolic compounds, such as phenol and cresols, are present as a catalyst impurity or as a catalyst degradation product. Phenolic compounds are removed during the nitrile manufacturing process.
US09133103B2
Compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of an affective disorder, which compound is represented by formula I: in which: the dotted line represents a single or a double bond; and R5 and R5′ are independently —H, —OH or —OR6, where R6 is a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; X is —CH2O—; Z is —CH2CH2O—, —CH(CH3)CH2O— or —CH2CH(CH3)O—; m is 1; and n is an integer of 1-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, or hydrate thereof.
US09133101B2
This invention relates to processes for the preparation of (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropionamide (I) and intermediates thereof. Formula (I).
US09133098B2
Process for producing organolithium compound and process for producing substituted aromatic compound
A method for producing an organolithium compound includes the step of reacting an aromatic compound or a halogenated unsaturated aliphatic compound and a lithiating agent in the presence of a coordinating compound containing three or more elements having a coordinating ability in a molecule, at least one thereof being a nitrogen element, or a coordinating compound containing three or more oxygen elements having a coordinating ability in a molecule, at least one of the groups containing the oxygen elements having a coordinating ability being a tertiary alkoxy group, at a temperature of −40° C. to 40° C.
US09133095B2
This disclosure relates to chrysene compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a chrysene compound.
US09133091B2
Disclosed are processes and systems for the production of aromatic carboxylic acids, such as purified terephthalic acid. The processes result in reduced volatile aromatic monocarboxylic acid contamination throughout various stages of the PTA process when compared to known processes. This permits the various effluent streams to be recycled back to several stages in the production process, which allows for the efficient production of pure PTA at a lower cost.
US09133090B2
A novel divinyl ether compound having the formula (I): wherein A indicates a single bond or a double bond which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, which have low toxicities, which are useful as a starting material for a polymer composition having excellent curability, adhesiveness and transmission in the ultraviolet light region, and further, having a special reactivity alone or with other compounds, and a process for producing the same.
US09133088B1
The invention relates to a process for hydroxylating phenolic substrates such as phenols or phenol ethers. The process comprises reacting the phenolic substrate and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction mixture; and simultaneously removing water from the reaction mixture. The process improves the reaction rate, yield, and product selectivities.
US09133085B2
The present invention provides a process for purifying a monoterpene or sesquiterpene having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The process comprises the steps of derivatizing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) to produce a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, separating the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, and releasing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) from the derivative. Also encompassed by the scope of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The purified monoterpene can be used to treat a disease such as cancer. The present monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) may be administered alone, or may be co-administered with radiation or other therapeutic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents.
US09133082B2
Compounds are disclosed that are useful for treating ophthalmic conditions caused by or related to production of toxic visual cycle products that accumulate in the eye, such as dry adult macular degeneration, as well as conditions caused by or related to the misfolding of mutant opsin proteins and/or the mis-localization of opsin proteins. Compositions of these compounds alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents are also described, along with therapeutic methods of using such compounds and/or compositions. Methods of synthesizing such agents are also disclosed.
US09133081B2
Methods for the removal of impurities, for example, carbon monoxide, from a polymerization feed streams are provided.
US09133080B2
The present technology generally relates to a method for producing a naphtha product from a biorenewable feedstock. The method includes hydrotreating the biorenewable feedstock to produce a hydrocarbon product stream, hydrocracking hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon product stream to produce a distribution of cracked hydrocarbons, and separating a biorenewable naphtha fraction from the distribution of cracked hydrocarbons.
US09133079B2
Disclosed herein are processes for producing and separating ethane and ethylene. In some embodiments, an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) product gas comprising ethane and ethylene is introduced to a separation unit comprising two separators. Within the separation unit, the OCM product gas is separated to provide a C2-rich effluent, a methane-rich effluent, and a nitrogen-rich effluent. Advantageously, in some embodiments the separation is achieved with little or no external refrigeration requirement.
US09133072B1
A tactical capsule charge system includes a plurality of plastic containers connected serially, mechanically, and explosively by detonating cord. Each plastic container contains composition C-4 that is detonated by the detonating cord that passes through the interior of the container. The quantity of PETN inside the container is enhanced by tying a knot in the detonating cord in the interior of the container or by wrapping the detonating cord in the interior of the container with PETN sheet. Any number of containers may be used and they may be spaced along the detonating cord at any desired interval.
US09133065B2
A high efficiency magnesium fertilizer and a method for applying the same to an agronomic carrier or directly to soil. The magnesium fertilizer product is a powder comprising two or more forms of magnesium mixed with a suitable formulating agent.
US09133059B2
A cementitious composition including at least one cementitious and/or pozzolanic material and at least one desugared molasses. A method of preparing a cementitious composition including forming a mixture of water, at least one cementitious and/or pozzolanic material and at least one desugared molasses. An admixture for cementitious compositions including: (i) at least one desugared molasses; and (ii) at least one alkanolamine and/or at least one polyhydroxyalkylamine.
US09133055B2
Provided is a glass base material having excellent sodium feeding capability as a glass base material for solar cells such as compound semiconductor solar cells. The invention is concerned with a glass base material which is used for solar cells, wherein on at least one surface thereof, a sodium concentration in a depth of 0.2 μm from the surface of the glass base material is 0.55 or larger in terms of a relative value relative to a sodium concentration in a depth of 1 μm from the surface of the glass base material.
US09133050B2
Glass bodies and methods of making glass bodies and more particularly glass bodies, for example, microlenses and arrays of microlenses and methods of making the same are described. Cordierite powder is vitrified to form a glass body or glass bodies for instance a microlens or microlenses.
US09133044B2
The invention relates to a reactor for treatment of waste water for being subject to both anoxic/anaerobic and aerobic treatment within one single reactor volume. The anoxic/anaerobic reaction zone is separated from the aerobic reaction zone by a separator which also works as a hydrodynamic separator between the two reaction zones. The reactor makes it possible that the effluent water has a lower proportion of suspended solids and also that it produces less sludge than reactors of comparison. The reactor is further more energy efficient than prior art reactors. Several reactors according to the invention may be arranged in parallel so as for the inlet waste water may be treated in a modular way, and thus allowing the maintenance of the units to be facilitated.
US09133039B2
The invention relates to kinase inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disorders, especially cancer.
US09133034B2
The invention is directed to chelating agent modified graphene oxides having the following formula G(AB)x; wherein G is graphene oxide, A is selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)m—, —NH—, —S—, —O—Si(—OR1)2(—CH2)m—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)—O—, —C(═O)—O(CH2)m—, —C(═O)—NH—, —C(═O)—NH—(CH2)m—, —P(═O)2—O—, wherein m is 1-12 and R1 is H, or C1-C12 alkyl; and B is a chelating moiety; wherein the ratio of basic graphene oxide units:x is from about 1:0.00001 to about 1:0.5. Such chelating modified graphene oxides have broad applications in diverse technical fields.
US09133029B2
A method for making lithium iron phosphate is provided. In the method, an alkali is reacted with a ferric salt in water to form a red colored ferric hydroxide precipitate in the water. The red colored ferric hydroxide precipitate is mixed with deionized water, organic solvent, and emulsifier to form an water-in-oil emulsion. The phosphoric acid solution and iron metal powder are added to the water-in-oil emulsion to form ferrous hydrogen phosphate. A lithium source is introduced to the water-in-oil emulsion and reacted with the ferrous hydrogen phosphate to form a precursor in the water-in-oil emulsion. The precursor is heated in a protective gas at a heating temperature in a range from about 600° C. to about 800° C. to form lithium iron phosphate.
US09133023B2
A nanopore sensor comprises second electrophoresis electrode or micropump, second fluidic reservoir, second micro-nanometer separation channel, substrate, sub-nanometer-thick functional layer, first micro-nanometer separation channel, first electrophoresis electrode or micropump, and first electrophoresis electrode or micropump that are sequentially assembled. An opening and a nanopore are provided through the substrate and the sub-nanometer-thick functional layer, respectively. A first electrode for measuring ionic current is provided in the first micro-nanometer separation channel, and a second electrode for measuring ionic current is provide in the second micro-nanometer separation channel. The present invention provides a simple method to prepare a sub-nanometer functional layer having a nanopore extending through the sub-nanometer-thick functional layer. The pore size is comparable to the spacing between two adjacent bases in a DNA strand required for single-base resolution sequencing. The shape of nanopore overcomes nucleotide conformation effect on the identification as bases translocate through the nanopore.
US09133017B2
A MEMS structure incorporating multiple joined substrates and a method for forming the MEMS structure are disclosed. An exemplary MEMS structure includes a first substrate having a bottom surface and a second substrate having a top surface substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the first substrate. The bottom surface of the first substrate is connected to the top surface of the second substrate by an anchor, such that the anchor does not extend through either the bottom surface of the first substrate or the top surface of the second substrate. The MEMS structure may include a bonding layer in contact with the bottom surface of the first substrate, and shaped to at least partially envelop the anchor.
US09133012B2
Systems and methods for fuel dispenser security are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a user seeking access to a protected function of the fuel dispenser is presented with a challenge that is encrypted using a secret key that is unique to the fuel dispenser. To access the secured function, the user must obtain a session password from a server which authenticates the user, decrypts the challenge using a counterpart of the secret key, determines whether the user is authorized to access the secured function, and returns the session password extracted from the challenge only when the user is authorized. The server can thus control access to certain fuel dispenser functions according to a set of user access privileges. The challenge can also include additional information which can be used by the fuel dispenser and/or by the server to store a log of access activity.
US09133010B2
A beverage server with conveniently separable barrel body and base has a barrel body, a base, an upper connecting plate disposed at a bottom surface of the barrel body, and a lower connecting plate disposed at an upper surface of the base. The lower connecting plate and the upper connecting plate are removably connected with each other via a rotary clamping unit. The present invention has a simple structure, and its barrel body and base can be separated without the need of using external assisting tools, and its rotary clamping unit is not easy to fall off and lost, and its rotary clamping unit will not wobble after the barrel body and the base are separated.
US09133009B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for forming droplets in a microfluidic circuit, the device comprising a chamber (3) containing a first fluid and defined by two opposite walls (10, 11) that diverge relative to each other in at least one given direction, and a microchannel (8) containing a second fluid and leading into a zone of said chamber (3) that is upstream relative to the given direction, the outlet of the microchannel (8) into the chamber (3) constituting an enlargement in the flow section for the second fluid, and the enlargement giving rise to droplets (14) of the second fluid forming within the first fluid.
US09133004B2
A filling system pressure-fills containers with a filling material using filling elements for filling containers against a counter-pressure using a multi-phase treatment process that includes pre-pressurizing a container to a first pressure, filling them, and relieving the containers to ambient pressure. The system has a single pressure-measuring device, and a control device. The pressure-measuring device detects an internal-pressure profile for all filling elements during the treatment phases, and provides timing control of treatment duration of the phases. The control device either monitors or corrects treatment durations of all treatment phases of all the filling elements based at least in part on an internal-pressure profile detected by the pressure-measuring device.
US09132999B2
A method of connecting sections of a crane suspension assembly together includes attaching a frame to a member of a first section; connecting a tension member between the frame and a connector used in the assembly; moving the tension member so that the connector pivots about a pin to a position where a second hole in the connector is in alignment with a hole in a second section member; putting a second pin through the hole in the connector and the hole through the second section member; and disconnecting the tension member from the connector. The method may also include attaching a frame with a winch to a section of the crane suspension assembly; connecting a line from the winch to the connector; activating the winch to move the connector so that it pivots about a pivot axis; and securing the connector in its second position.
US09132988B2
An assembly for maintaining the orientation of a coil having a longitudinal axis and an interior diameter defining a bore, the assembly comprising a core having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of members extending from the perimeter of the core and having inner and outer surfaces, where the plurality of members are biased radially outward; where the assembly has an expanded state where the members are radially unconstrained, the expanded state defining an expanded diameter greater than the interior diameter of the coil.
US09132986B2
Machine for winding tubes (1) in spool form, comprising a structure (10) carrying a rotating reel (11), a device for feeding a tube (1) to the reel (11) in a longitudinal direction (X-X), a blade (12) for cutting the tube (1), movable in both senses along a transverse direction (Y-Y), a unit (20) for measuring the length of the tube (1), a device (22) for marking the tube (1) when a predefined length of the tube to be wound is reached, said device being arranged upstream of the machine, and a device (30) for detecting a marking (1b) applied to the tube (1), which device is arranged upstream of the cutting blade (12) at a predetermined distance (D) from said blade in the longitudinal direction (X-X).
US09132973B2
A cartridge for carrying glass substrate is provided, and the cartridge comprises a pair of side beams each is provided with at least two pillars along a first direction. Each of the pillars is configured with a plurality of fixtures detachably juxtaposed vertically. A plurality of supporting units is arranged between the fixtures of the side beams so as to define a plurality of supporting surfaces vertically. And a plurality of free locking units detachably are secured to the fixtures on the common surface so as to allow the moving of the fixtures on the common surface as a whole. With the provision of the cartridge of the present invention, the damaged glass substrate can be conveniently and effectively removed without tempering other glass substrates which are intact and undamaged.
US09132949B2
The invention pertains to a method of connecting at least two containers for enabling a transfer of liquid from one container to the other container, comprising the steps of: a) Depositing a first cassette including at least a first container on a first tray. The first container has a plurality of connecting means. b) Depositing a second cassette including a second container on a second tray. The cassettes or the containers include a data storage means. c) The data are read by respective data reading means. d) The data are processed and it is verified whether they match each other. e1) In case of a negative result, the second cassette is removed and the steps from step b) onwards are repeated. e2) In case of a positive verification result, the containers are connected. f) Removing the second cassette. g) Repeating steps b) to f) a plurality of times.
US09132947B2
A sealing disc (10) is used for closing orifices of containers (5). It has a film (20) for inductively coupling heat into the sealing disc (10). A sealing layer (25) is provided on that side of the film (20) which is intended to face the interior of the container (5) in order to seal, in sealtight fashion, the sealing disc (10) on the orifice of the container (5). Lines of weakness (26) are provided in the sealing layer (25) so as to form a removal opening (27) once the film (20) has been drawn off. One or more layers (40), which are connected detachably to the film (20), are provided on that side of the film (20) which is remote from the sealing layer (25). The layers (40) detach mare easily from the lam (20) than the sealing layer (25) and also detach more easily from the orifice of the container (5) than the sealing layer (25). The layers (40) are formed such that said layers tightly close the removal opening (27) once the film (20) has been drawn off and the layers (40) have been placed onto the sealing layer (25) again.
US09132940B2
Described herein is a reusable, multi-purpose bag, comprising a flexible, resiliently deformable body comprising a first material and a second material. The first material has a first degradation temperature and an absorption ratio of at least two to one of absorbed water weight to bag weight. The first material forms an anterior panel and a posterior panel, and the anterior panel is coupled to the posterior panel to define a cavity therebetween. The second material has a second degradation temperature that is lower than the first degradation temperature, and at least a portion of the anterior panel is bonded to at least a portion of the posterior panel by the second material.
US09132937B2
The invention relates to an attachment frame (2) for transport pallets, comprising receiving elements that are provided on the bottom side of the transport pallet and cooperate with corresponding engaging elements in the upper side of the transport pallet. The attachment frame is composed of a rigid base frame (3) and lateral walls (5) foldably hinged thereon, wherein two opposing lateral walls are designed so that they can be folded down against the pallet surface and the two other opposing lateral walls are designed so that they can be folded down onto the previously folded-down lateral walls. Engaging elements (8) are provided in the upper edges of the lateral walls for corresponding receiving elements in the base frame lower edges.
US09132928B2
A battery powered banding tool is adapted with a punch for use in tightening and securing center punch type band clamps. A hand-held electrically powered drill is configured for rotationally driving a band tensioner mounted thereto. The band tensioner includes a gear box, and a mount including a generally U-shaped rigid strap which engages the rear of the driving tool to secure the gear box. The gear box contains a worm gear axially coupled to the chuck for powered driven rotation thereby. The worm gear is in intermeshing relation with a winder gear disposed within the gear box and configured for rotation about an axis disposed generally perpendicular to the worm gear axis. A winder, defining a band-receiving slot, is affixed to the winder gear and rotationally driven thereby. A punch assembly, defining a band-receiving slot, is disposed in forwardly spaced aligned relation with the winder. The punch assembly includes a pivotal punch that functions to allow the user to lock a center punch band clamp by deforming the band within the confines of the band buckle upon impact.
US09132921B2
A method and apparatus comprising a refueling controller. The refueling controller is configured to receive a number of operator commands for moving a refueling boom on a tanker aircraft in a desired direction. The number of operator commands defines at least one of an azimuth movement and an elevation movement of the refueling boom during flight of the tanker aircraft. The refueling controller is further configured to generate a number of intermediate commands for moving the refueling boom in the desired direction as defined by the number of operator commands. The number of intermediate commands defines at least one of a roll movement and a pitch movement such that the refueling boom moves in the desired direction.
US09132920B2
A nacelle includes a front air inlet section, a mid-section and a rear section formed from two half-shells connected each other by a locking device actuated by a control handle equipped with a secondary locking system. The secondary locking system includes a blocking member to block the control handle in a locking position. In particular, the blocking member has a rod accommodated in the control handle and prolonged by a head. The blocking member and a region of the internal face of one of two cowls of the middle section come into abutment one against the other in order to prevent the closure of cowl if the control handle is not situated in its locking position.
US09132919B2
An environmental control system, includes an air cycle machine for conditioning an interior space with cooling air, the air cycle machine including a fan coupled to a shaft that rotates about a shaft axis, the fan being located at a distal end of the air cycle machine; a speed sensor module having a speed sensor for sensing a rotational speed of the shaft; wherein the speed sensor module includes an outer portion having a first bore aligned on the shaft axis, an intermediate portion having a second bore aligned on the shaft axis, and an inner portion aligned on the shaft axis; and a diffuser assembly including a cylindrical assembly for ducting a first portion of the cooling air to an inlet side of the fan and for communicating a second portion of the cooling air directly to a discharge side of the fan without passing the inlet side.
US09132910B2
A method for attaching a component to an internal portion of an aircraft fuselage is disclosed herein. The method includes mounting a vibration isolator assembly to the internal portion of the aircraft fuselage. The vibration isolator assembly has a protruding engagement portion having a flange. The method further includes defining an opening in a vibration-deadening body. The method further includes positioning the vibration-deadening body over the vibration isolator such that the protruding engagement portion is received within the opening. The method further includes pressing a retaining member onto the protruding engagement portion such that the retaining member engages the flange. The retaining member will retain a portion of the vibration-deadening body below an end of the protruding engagement portion. The method still further includes attaching the component to the protruding engagement portion.
US09132902B2
An improved marine drive system for a marine vessel includes a longitudinally extending drive shaft assembly, a hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly pivotally attached between the drive shaft assembly and the vessel. The cylinder has a first fluid filled cylinder chamber that retains a coiled spring that urges a translatable cylinder piston through a second fluid cylinder chamber to extend the piston rod from said hydraulic cylinder lowering the drive shaft assembly. Fluid lines in communication with switch controlled valves allow for selective evacuation of fluid from the first fluid filled chamber to reduce fluid pressure to move the piston in response to fluid pressure in the second cylinder chamber to collapse the spring to retract the rod to raise the drive shaft assembly. An additional fluid line and switch controlled valve allows for selective removal of fluid from the second fluid filed chamber to reduce fluid pressure to move the piston in response to the spring to extend the rod to lower the subsequently raised drive shaft assembly.
US09132899B2
An outboard motor for a marine vessel application, and related methods of making and operating same, are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the outboard motor includes a horizontal-crankshaft engine in an upper portion of the outboard motor, positioned substantially positioned above a trimming axis of the outboard motor. In at least another embodiment, first, second and third transmission devices are employed to transmit rotational power from the engine to one or more propellers at a lower portion of the outboard motor. In at least a further embodiment, the outboard motor is made to include a rigid interior assembly formed by the engine, multiple transmission devices, and a further structural component. In further embodiments, the outboard motor includes numerous cooling, exhaust, and/or oil system components, as well as other transmission features.
US09132897B2
A boat lift having a plurality of flotation tanks positioned under each of opposite sides of a frame of the boat lift. Trunk lines receive water through a port near the rear of the trunk lines, and communicate water into a plurality of flotation tanks. Water flow is regulated so that the plurality of the tanks fill relatively evenly to maintain a surface of the boat lift that is generally horizontal at all times. Hingeable connection of the dock to a bulkhead, along with lateral stabilization, participate in maintaining a generally horizontal attitude for the boat lift. Water is expelled from the plurality of flotation tanks by pumping water from the flotation tanks, allowing the frame of the boat lift to rise.
US09132884B2
A chain guide of a bicycle derailleur for displacing a chain between gears that includes inner and outer side plates, a pivot shaft and a thermoplastic connector. The pivot shaft pivotably connects the chain guide to the bicycle derailleur. The thermoplastic connector injection molds the pivot shaft to one of the inner and outer side plates.
US09132878B2
An electric motorcycle according to the present invention includes a body frame having a head pipe supporting a steering shaft and a frame portion extending substantially rearward from the head pipe, an electric motor generating traveling power to be transmitted to a driving wheel, and an electric motor case housing the electric motor, wherein the electric motor case forms a part of the frame portion.
US09132866B2
A vehicle body and a cap are provided for closing off a hollow space formed by one or more structural components of a motor vehicle body with a carrier plate configured to the geometry of the hollow space, whose outer edge is provided with a thermally activatable sealant and/or adhesive and at least one function part is embedded in the carrier plate.
US09132864B2
A vehicle structure includes a longitudinal structural element at each of its side edges, at least two shells superposed in such a manner as to form a housing, each shell being connected to the structural elements; at least one battery component comprising an energy storage unit arranged in the housing; and at least one fastener element connecting a shell to a member situated in the housing or to the other shell, the fastener element(s) being arranged in such a manner that the or at least one battery component is in compression in the shell-superposition direction, essentially corresponding to the vertical direction.
US09132863B2
A vehicular wheel house portion structure that can improve working efficiency when applying a sealer is obtained. In unhemmed portions, an end portion of a wheel house outer panel is cut off in alignment with an application center position of a sealer in a hemmed portion. Because of this, a sealer application center position in the hemmed portion and sealer application center positions in the unhemmed portions become substantially the same.
US09132859B2
Provided a vehicle skeleton member including: a portion obtained by joining a plurality of members constituted by a composite material of a thermoplastic resin and a reinforcing fiber, and an axis parallel to a front-rear direction and/or a right-left direction of the vehicle body is included in a joined surface by vibration welding.
US09132854B2
The present disclosure relates to fault management apparatus and method for an independently controlled steering system in a four wheel drive system. The apparatus includes: a steering system unit that is disposed at four wheels of a vehicle, controls steering of the wheels, and collects and transmits the state information of the wheels; and a control unit that controls the steering system unit in accordance with the state information transmitted from the steering system unit. According to the present disclosure, when there is a fault in one or more wheels of a four wheel drive vehicle, it is possible to stabilize the vehicle body by actively adjusting the steering angles of the wheels that normally work and the speed of the vehicle in accordance with the fault environment.
US09132842B2
A fuel supply arrangement adapted for use with a locomotive system. The fuel supply arrangement includes a flow line to supply the fuel from a tender car to an engine car. Further, a quick disconnect coupling is provided on the flow line. A first control system is provided on the flow line configured to stop the supply of the fuel in an event of breaking of the flow line.
US09132839B1
A method of customizing a vehicle component control system of a vehicle includes creating a performance characteristic. A stimulus is presented via a stimuli presentation system. An actuation sensor detects actuation of a vehicle component of the vehicle component control system in response to the stimulus. A controller determines the performance characteristic based on the detected actuation. The performance characteristic is stored in a memory device. A vehicle control characteristic of the vehicle component control system is adapted based on the performance characteristic.
US09132834B2
To provide a driving system for a vehicle that can fulfill both drivability and regeneration efficiency. The driving system for the vehicle includes: an engine; a motor generator connected to a wheel; a clutch that changes transmission state between a disengagement state in which the engine is disengaged from the motor generator and an engagement state in which the engine is at least slightly engaged with the motor generator; and a one-way clutch capable of transmitting only power in a forward rotational direction from the engine to the motor generator, in which, when the power of the engine is transmitted to the motor generator, a first transmission method for transmitting the power through the one-way clutch with the clutch left disengaged and a second transmission method for transmitting the power through the clutch with the clutch engaged are changed in accordance with a vehicle state.
US09132828B2
A shift control method in a vehicle having a dual clutch transmission may include determining whether or not power-off downshifting is started and whether or not torque handover is started, determining whether or not the vehicle has entered a rough terrain, calculating and storing a speed change rate of an engaging input shaft right before the vehicle enters the rough terrain, calculating a target transfer torque of an engaging clutch, and gradually increasing a transfer torque of the engaging clutch by an amount until arriving at the target transfer torque of the engaging clutch, controlling the target transfer torque of the engaging clutch to be maintained until a slip rate arrives at a reference value, and completing the power-off downshifting by gradually reducing the transfer torque of the engaging clutch by the amount of torque that the engaging clutch was gradually increased.
US09132824B2
A fuel saving system for a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and having a hydraulically activated automatic transmission. The system includes a hydraulic pump able to supply pressurized transmission fluid to the automatic transmission, an energy storage device, and at least one motor powered by the energy storage device including a motor that is mechanically connected to the hydraulic pump and a motor that is coupled to the engine. The system also includes a controller that is responsive to one or more operating conditions to turn off the engine when the vehicle is stopped and to use the motor that is mechanically connected to the hydraulic pump so as to activate the pump to supply sufficient power to the transmission to maintain engagement of the transmission in a driving gear. The controller is also responsive to one or more operating conditions to activate the motor that is coupled to the engine so as to restart the engine with the transmission engaged in a driving gear.
US09132818B2
A fluid pressure booster for a braking device includes a control piston on which an input brake operation acts in an advancing direction, and a reaction force based on fluid pressure of a booster fluid pressure generation chamber acts in a retracting direction. A pressure increasing valve is provided between a valve chamber communicating with a fluid pressure generation source and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. A pressure reducing valve is provided between a release chamber communicating with a reservoir and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. At least one contraction portion is formed between an outer periphery of a front portion of the pressing rod and an inner periphery of a front portion of a valve seat member.
US09132813B2
A brake control system in a vehicle which executes anti-lock brake control for controlling a braking force applied to a wheel to prevent the wheel from being locked during braking of the vehicle is provided. The brake control system includes an initiation determiner section for determining whether or not an initiation condition used to initiate the anti-lock brake control is met the initiation condition including a condition in which a decrease rate of a wheel speed which is a rotational speed of the wheel is not less than a predetermined threshold; and a brake control section for initiating control of the braking force applied to the wheel in the anti-lock brake control, if the initiation determiner section determines that the initiation condition is met.
US09132809B2
A parking brake actuator for a disc brake caliper having at least one service piston. The parking brake actuator includes a tapered collet having an axial bore for receiving the service piston; a release piston, said release piston in axially alignment with the service piston and said tapered collet, said release piston having an internally disposed taper for co-acting with the taper of said tapered collet; and a biasing means, said biasing means structured and arranged to apply a force to said release piston sufficient to place the parking brake actuator in an actuated condition.
US09132807B2
A method for autonomously driving a motor vehicle in a car wash as well as a corresponding car wash is proposed in order to enhance the comfort and safety when autonomously driving through the car wash. The position and the orientation of the motor vehicle are detected by a sensor system of the car wash and transmitted to the motor vehicle. This makes it possible to automatically enter and move the vehicle onward in a car wash.
US09132802B2
A deviation in rotational angle caused between an adjustment gear and a sensor housing is compensated for with a profile of a cable winding groove of a pulley of an attitude control mechanism to accurately synchronize the inclination angle of a seat back and the rotational angle of the sensor housing with each other. Thus, it is possible to keep an inertial element support surface, which serves as a sensor reference surface, accurately horizontal even at any seat back inclination angle to improve the accuracy of an acceleration sensor.
US09132800B2
Provided is a vehicle seat with an improved rigidity of a seat-base side frame, in which a load from a shoulder anchor portion can be dispersed. The vehicle seat includes: a seatback frame which includes side frames, a shoulder anchor portion which is disposed in the upper portion of the side frame, and a pair of seat-base side frames which is disposed below the side frames; in which one seat-base side frame which is connected to the lower portion of the side frame includes a lower seat-base side frame and an upper seat-base side frame connected to the upper portion thereof, the upper seat-base side frame includes an upper frame reinforcement portion formed along a shape of an edge in a connection portion, and the lower seat-base side frame includes lower frame reinforcement portions formed along a shape of an upper edge in the connection portion.
US09132791B2
A bracket for a vehicle blind spot monitor. The bracket can have upper and bottom members that are spaced apart from each other and connected by a side member. The upper, bottom and side members of the bracket can also form an opening where a blind spot monitor can be located. The bottom member can have a debris-blocking flange that protects or shields the outer radar surface from debris such as rocks, sand, etc., that are thrown up from a road surface towards the blind spot monitor. The bracket can have a plurality of protrusions to guide the blind spot monitor into the bracket opening. The bracket additionally features clips that affix the blind spot monitor to the bracket prior to installation on the vehicle.
US09132790B2
Provided is an in-vehicle network equipped with a function whereby configuration verification is performed while preventing an increase in the processing load (and cost) for each in-vehicle control device, thus improving vehicle security. This in-vehicle network system is equipped with a configuration management device that authenticates an in-vehicle control device. The configuration management device delivers to the in-vehicle control device, via a registration device connected to the in-vehicle network, configuration verification data that is used to perform configuration verification (see FIG. 1).
US09132787B2
A keyboard mounting assembly includes a base having a body portion with an edge, and a keyboard tray having a support portion configured to engage a keyboard. The keyboard tray further includes an edge-engaging portion configured to releasably engage the edge of the base for pivotal movement between a first position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are not parallel to one another, and a second position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are generally parallel to one another. The assembly further includes an interlock mechanism between the base and the keyboard tray that is operable to releasably secure the base and the keyboard tray in the second position.
US09132781B2
The present document describes a ladder rack system for displacing a ladder between a loading/unloading position on one of a side, a front and a rear of a vehicle and a stored position on a roof top of a vehicle, the ladder having a first ladder end and a second ladder end, the ladder rack system comprising: a first assembly to be mounted on a first end of the roof top for receiving the first ladder end; and a second assembly to be mounted on a second end of the roof top at a distance from the first end for receiving the second ladder end, the second assembly comprising: a pivoting rail to be pivoted between the loading/unloading position in which the pivoting rail extends substantially vertically or at an angle on the one of a side, a front and a rear of the vehicle and the stored position in which the pivoting rail extends longitudinally along the roof top; and a carriage slidably mounted on the pivoting rail for receiving the second ladder end and for sliding along the pivoting rail when the pivoting rail is in the loading/unloading position; wherein when the carriage is slid on the roof of the vehicle, the pivoting rail can be pivoted in the stored position longitudinally along the roof top.
US09132779B2
A dash mount for securing a plurality of electronic devices to the front dash of a vehicle. The dash mount includes a base having a top surface with a top slot formed therein, as well as a rotatable mounting screw with a threaded portion extending upward, through the top slot, to project above the top surface. The dash mount also includes a support bracket having a first arm receivable within the top slot and a second arm with a device connector located at its distal end. The mounting screw extends through a straight aperture in the first arm to threadably engage with a first electronic device located on the top surface, to secure both the support bracket and the first device to the base, while the device connector on the second arm receives and supports a second electronic device in a location spaced from the first device.
US09132777B1
A vehicle incorporates a storage area with a dynamic floor section. That dynamic floor section includes a plurality of interconnected panels that slide and fold so as to be displaceable between a home position and a shifted position. Advantageously, the movement of the panels allows better access to objects resting on the dynamic floor section.
US09132775B2
An environmental movement detection section detects the speed of a vehicle and detects a mobile object in the vicinity of the vehicle. A collision probability prediction section predicts the probability of a prospective collision between the vehicle and the detected vicinity mobile object. On the basis of approach speeds, collision probabilities and sideward passing speeds when passing other mobile objects to sideward that have been determined from standard movements, a movement standard learning section learns relationships between approach speed, collision probability and sideward passing speed. On the basis of learning results at the movement standard learning section, a path characteristic point generation section determines a standard sideward passing speed for when passing the vicinity mobile object to sideward that corresponds with the detected approach speed and the predicted collision probability. Thus, standard mobile object states may be determined efficiently.
US09132767B2
A cargo holding apparatus for securing cargo in a pickup truck cargo bed and facilitating unloading of the cargo is provided. The apparatus has a holding element, a pair of straps each attachable to a respective support member of the holding element, and a pair of clamping members attached to a left side wall and a right side wall of the cargo bed, respectively, at a position adjacent to a rear wall of the cargo bed. Each strap is fed through a respective clamping member. The clamping member securely holds the strap when in an engaged aspect and allows the strap to slide unrestricted when in a disengaged aspect.
US09132765B2
A casing includes an engine support which is fixed to a main body of the casing and on which an engine generator is mounted. The engine support is drawable from the main body of the casing in a forward direction relative to the front side of the trailer.
US09132761B2
Disclosed is a vehicle seat that is capable of changing a property of S springs with a simple configuration and therefore improves a seating property by changing the property of the S spring in response to a physique of a passenger.In regard to a vehicle seat 1 in which S springs 6 are stretched in a seat cushion frame that supports a seat cushion on which the passenger sits, a restriction member 13 that is detachably attached to each of the S springs 6 and partially restricts an extensional deformation of the S springs 6 is provided. The restriction member 13 includes a pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16 that is hooked on a horizontal portion 8 and a back-end horizontal portion 12 of the S spring 6, and a long wire portion 14 that connects the pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16. When the pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16 of the restriction member 13 is hooked, extensional rigidity of the S spring 6 may be raised and therefore bending rigidity of the S spring 6 may be changed by changing the hooking position of the pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16 of the restriction member 13.
US09132755B2
A seat assembly includes a seat including a back and an armrest assembly. The armrest assembly includes a fastener supported on the back of the seat and that defines an axis. A fixed spacer is disposed about the fastener, and a spring bushing is disposed about the fixed spacer. An armrest includes a frame having a rotating bushing supported on the spring bushing. As a result, the frame and the armrest can pivot relative to the fastener and the back of the seat. The spring bushing applies a radial force against both the rotating bushing and the fixed spacer.
US09132752B2
A motor vehicle including a motor vehicle seat with an adjusting device for the multiple adjusting of a motor vehicle seat is provided. In one example, a backrest adjusting device with a discontinuous detent fitting arrangement for adjusting a backrest part relative to a sitting part, including a detent fitting arrangement connected in a stationary manner with the sitting part via connecting means, and at least one actuating arrangement rotatable about at least one rotation axis for actuating the detent fitting arrangement is provided. The at least one rotation axis is constructed in an integrated manner with at least one of the connecting means, and a method for this is provided.
US09132747B2
A control device of a vehicle drive device includes: a hydraulic power transmission device including an input-side rotating element to which power from an engine is input and an output-side rotating element outputting power to drive wheels; a first electric motor directly or indirectly coupled to the input-side rotating element; and a second electric motor directly or indirectly coupled to the drive wheels.
US09132743B2
A valet EVSE system employs a plurality of outlet stations which are configured with an electrical outlet and brackets for receiving a portable EVSE unit. The portable EVSE unit is configured to removably mount to the brackets and draw power from the electrical outlet. In one embodiment a given station is adapted to receive and supply power to two portable EVSE units. A housing is provided with a pivoted cover for securing the plug of the EVSE unit with the outlet disposed in the housing.
US09132742B2
A system, method and program product for siting charging stations. A mobility detection module collects traffic data from vehicle sensors distributed in an area. A map matching module maps detected traffic in the area. A vehicle flow module temporally characterizes mapped traffic flow. An electric vehicle (EV) requirements (EVR) evaluator determines an optimal number of charging stations and respective locations for siting the charging stations.
US09132741B2
An automotive vehicle capable of receiving power from a power distribution circuit including a power line and return line includes a controller disposed within the vehicle. The controller is configured to be electrically connected with the power distribution circuit, determine a difference between a resistance of the power line and a resistance of the return line, and control a current flow through the distribution circuit based on the determined difference.
US09132738B2
An electric vehicle includes: a vehicle-mounted electric power storage device; an electric power generation mechanism that is configured to generate charging electric power for charging the electric power storage device; an electric power supply device that is configured to supply electric power to external equipment that is not a component of the electric vehicle, by using output electric power from the electric power storage device; and a controller that is configured to control electric power to be supplied by the electric power supply device, according to information indicative of an upper limit of the electric power for charging the electric power storage device.
US09132731B2
A controller (8) controlling a drive force distributed to each wheel (1-4) of a vehicle sets dynamic drive force target values (Fxf**, Fx3**, Fx4**) to the wheels, and determines a variation amount target ratio related to variation amounts (ΔM, ΔFx, ΔFy) of a vehicle yaw moment (M), a vehicle front/aft force (Fx), and a vehicle lateral force (Fy) such that a vehicle behavior generated by the dynamic drive force target values does not vary. The controller (8) determines sets of the drive forces (Fxf(j, k), Fx3(j, k), Fx4(j, k)) realizing the variation amount target ratio, selects drive force command values from these sets such that each drive force command value is within a drive force limiting range, and controls a drive force regulating mechanism (20, 12, 13, 15,16) according to the selected drive force command values.
US09132730B2
A method for the distribution of drive torque to the wheels of a driven axle of a motor vehicle. The bend slip between a bend-inside and a bend-outside wheel of an axle of the motor vehicle during cornering is calculated. The inner drive slip between the bend-inside driven wheel and the bend-inside nondriven wheel is calculated. The drive torque is distributed as a function of a difference between the inner drive slip and the bend slip, multiplied by a scaling factor.
US09132728B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic tank (1) with at least one insert part which is provided in the interior of the tank (1) and is inserted into the tank (1) through an opening (3) in a tank wall (2) and is sealed against a peripheral flange (4) provided in the region of the opening (3). The flange (4) is formed integrally with the tank wall (2) and is countersunk therein.
US09132709B2
A suspension device includes a piston rod having a projecting part projecting from one end of a cylinder of a shock absorber to the outside of the cylinder, a lower mount rubber provided in the piston rod, and a cover plate provided in the piston rod and configured to transmit a shock received by the piston rod to the lower mount rubber, the lower mount rubber includes an inner circumferential groove configured to restrict the cover plate from being displaced with respect to the lower mount rubber in a state in which the piston rod is not arranged inside the lower mount rubber and the cover plate and the cover plate is fixed around the projecting part of the piston rod in a state in which the piston rod is arranged inside the cover plate.
US09132702B2
A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a pair of shoulder main grooves disposed axially outermost side, and at a center main groove between the shoulder main grooves to form a pair of middle portions. Each middle portion is provided with a middle sub groove, axially outer middle lateral grooves, and inner middle lateral grooves. The respective number of outer and inner middle lateral grooves are of from 40 to 50 in each middle portion. Each of the outer and inner middle lateral grooves includes a shallow bottom part having a depth smaller than that of the shoulder and center main grooves. The shallow bottom part is provided with a groove bottom sipe that extends along a longitudinal direction of each lateral grooves and includes a first portion, and a second portion having a depth smaller than the first portion.
US09132698B2
The present invention has its object to provide a high performance studless tire, which has both good braking force and high handling stability on ice or snow, at higher productivity and at a lower price for customers. The studless tire comprises a tread made of a rubber composition that contains 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of a fatty acid and/or a derivative of the fatty acid per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
US09132697B2
There are provided a modified natural rubber made from a modified natural rubber latex, in which a polar group-containing monomer is graft-polymerized to natural rubber latex, and a rubber composition comprising such a modified natural rubber and carbon black and/or silica. Also, there are provided a modified natural rubber latex in which a tin-containing monomer or an alkoxysilyl group-containing monomer is graft-polymerized to natural rubber latex and a modified natural rubber made therefrom and a rubber composition comprising such a modified natural rubber.
US09132689B2
Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits.
US09132683B2
A stamp includes a printing unit and an actuator unit connected thereto by a connecting element. A printing plate is arranged in or on the printing unit to be moved from a neutral position into a printing position against a resetting force. The printing unit is arranged within a housing, including a support element having a pan bottom and at least one contiguous lateral wall stabilizing an ink storage body for receiving stamp ink. The printing plate is arranged abutting against the ink storage body for accepting stamp ink. The support element includes at least one sealable liquid-tight opening in the pan bottom that can be used to connect the support element to the actuator unit of the stamp and/or which can serve as a refill opening for stamp ink.
US09132681B2
Techniques related to printing are described herein. According to an example, color patches are to be printed on a substrate. The substrate can be positioned on a substrate support for operation of a color sensor in a color measurement zone. Dimension and location in the substrate of the color patches are selected such that, for each color patch, at least a portion of the color patch can be positioned on a support projection in the color measurement zone. In some examples, color analysis techniques are described.
US09132676B2
In one example, a printhead assembly datum includes stationary first and second points and a movable third point that define a datum plane for the printhead assembly. The stationary first and second points define a line in the datum plane and the third point is movable so that the datum plane pivots on the line in response to movement of the third point. In another example, a printhead assembly includes a body, a printhead attached to the body, and a datum for adjusting a position of the printhead relative to a component external to the printhead assembly. The datum is formed by first, second, and third datum points on the body that define a triangle representing a datum plane that is tiltable on the base of the triangle by moving the vertex opposite the base.
US09132673B2
A semi-conductive media transport is used with an ink jet printing system. A belt is held flat and slides across a conductive platen, causing electrostatic charges on the belt. The belt is made semi-conductive to prevent charge buildup. The belt has an effective surface resistivity between a lower limit to preclude a buildup of electrostatic charges, and an upper limit to enable electrostatic tacking of the media to the belt. The resistivity limits vary depending upon belt velocity, thickness, material, belt and media dielectric constant, and slot width. A pair of charged nip rollers tacks the media substrate to the belt. An AC corotron is disposed above the belt to establish a net neutral charge state on the media substrate and the belt. Platen slots directly below the ink jet print heads will maintain the net neutral charge state on the media substrate and the belt.
US09132672B2
Methods and devices determine the media properties of a sheet of media exiting a printing device. The methods and devices apply the media properties to a predetermined velocity equation to calculate a corresponding sheet exit velocity for the sheet of media that will optimize stack quality in a particular output tray. Then, the methods and devices change process controls sheet movement elements within a media path of the printing device to cause the sheet of media to exit the printing device at the sheet exit velocity.
US09132665B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes one or more light field cameras recording image data of a substrate during printing to the substrate and a control unit processing the image data received from the one or more light field cameras to identify defect areas in the substrate.
US09132664B2
A method and device for printing containers in multiple colors on at least one outer surface thereof. The device includes at least one printing group, with at least two ink jet print heads in each printing group. Each of the print heads is designed to be moved out of the printing position after completing a printing task, and then another print head is moved into the printing position to perform a printing task.
US09132661B2
In accordance with an embodiment, the marking apparatus comprises a marking section configured to print, with a color erasable material, a mark in the margin area of a sheet and a marking control section configured to overprint, using the marking section, a mark at a specific position of the sheet every time an image is formed in the image printing area of the sheet with a color erasable material.
US09132648B2
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a fluid cartridge and a label stiffener applied to the fluid cartridge to provide stiffness to enable fluid within the fluid cartridge to empty under pressure.
US09132645B2
An inkjet printhead includes multiple inkjets arranged in a jetstack of the printhead. Each inkjet includes an inkjet nozzle and an actuator that controllably dispenses drops of a heat activated phase change ink according to a predetermined pattern. One or more heaters are arranged along the jetstack to heat the phase change ink to a temperature above the melting point of the ink. The printhead includes at least one pulsating heat pipe thermally coupled to the jetstack.
US09132643B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto an ejection target medium, a housing that houses the liquid ejecting unit, and a wall that is disposed at a position above the liquid ejecting unit and extends from the housing in the vertical direction so that the liquid adheres thereto.
US09132637B2
At an area corresponding to a pressure chamber, the width of a lower electrode film in a nozzle row direction is narrower than the width of the pressure chamber in the same direction. A vibrating plate at the area corresponding to a pressure chamber includes an area P1, an area P2, and an area P3. The area P1 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer to be an activation portion is stacked. The area P2 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer to be an inactivation portion is stacked. The area P3 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer is not stacked. When the thicknesses of the vibrating plate at the areas P1, P2 and P3 are set to, respectively, t1, t2, and t3, the following expression is satisfied: t1>t2≧t3 (1).
US09132636B2
A liquid ejection head includes a substrate and a flow path forming member on the substrate, the flow path forming member forming an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected and a liquid flow path. The flow path forming member is formed of an inorganic material, contains at least a flow path side wall portion forming a side of the liquid flow path and has a member covering a substrate side end part of an inner wall of the flow path side wall portion.
US09132634B2
An apparatus includes a bypass flow path between an ink supply port and a vent port and a primary flow path between the ink supply port and an ink delivery port. A first flow velocity of the bypass flow path is higher than a second flow velocity of the primary flow path. The first flow velocity induces bubbles to travel via the bypass flow path instead of the primary flow path.
US09132628B2
A recording head controlling apparatus includes: a restoration unit configured to restore a clock signal and an image signal from a serial signal in which the clock signal and the image signal are superimposed and store it in a storage unit; and a transmission control unit configured to receive a synchronization signal of a driving waveform to drive each piezoelectric element and transmit the image signal stored in the storage unit to a driving unit for driving the piezoelectric element at a timing corresponding to the synchronization signal.
US09132625B2
A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles, and the agglomerates being produced are fixed in a sol-gel matrix. A surface produced in this way has a structured coating on a substrate and the coating has microparticles. The coating has agglomerates fixed in a sol-gel matrix and including microparticles encased antiadhesively by adsorption of nanoparticles and preferably formed of silicon carbide. The surfaces advantageously have a self-repair function since, in the case of abrasion of structural elevations, the antiadhesive casings of the microparticles are exposed and the antiadhesive property of the coating is maintained.
US09132617B2
Scent releasing articles and methods for producing the same are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes absorbing a first amount of fragrant oil with a polymer material and positioning the polymer material between opposing layers of mesh material each defining a plurality of interstitial openings to form a composite structure. The composite structure is then heated and pressed to fill at least a portion of the interstitial openings of the opposing layers of mesh material with a portion of the polymer material. In one form, the method further includes contacting the composite structure with a second amount of fragrant oil. In another embodiment, the polymer material is positioned between a mesh material defining a plurality of interstitial openings and an oil impermeable barrier material, which can optionally also include a mesh layer. Other embodiments include unique methods, systems, kits, assemblies, equipment, and/or apparatus which involve scent releasing articles.
US09132612B2
A composite construct comprising a side wall extending at least partially around an interior of the composite construct. At least a portion of the side wall comprises at least one laminate, and the at least one laminate comprises at least one layer of material that comprises a first renewable polymer. The composite construct can also comprise at least one injection-molded element comprising at least a second renewable polymer.
US09132611B2
Resin composition, prepreg using same, metal foil with resin, adhesive film, and metal-clad laminate
A resin composition comprising a polyamideimide and a polyfunctional glycidyl compound, the polyamideimide having 2 or more carboxyl groups on at least one end of the molecular chain.
US09132608B2
An optical element is provided includes an optical layer having a flat incident surface on which light is incident and a wavelength-selective reflective layer disposed in the optical layer. Of light incident on the incident surface at an incident angle (θ, φ), the optical element selectively directionally reflects light in at least one specific wavelength range in at least one direction other than a specular reflection direction (−θ, φ+180°) while transmitting light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, and is transparent to light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range.
US09132605B2
A dry adhesive comprising a microporous and nanoporous surface, and a compliant surface having a hardness of about 60 Shore A or less, the microporous and nanoporous surface and the compliant surface being capable of forming upon contact a dry adhesive bond with each other, wherein the microporous and nanoporous surface has Ra between about 0.2-3.0 μm and Rsm between about 20-2,000 nm.
US09132604B2
The present invention refers to a thermal panel of thermal foam, characterized in that said thermal panel includes three isolating layers, in which the first layer, is an aluminized layer or film which serves as a film reflecting to temperature; the second layer, is a corrugated plastic sheet that serves as a temperature diffuser; and the third layer is an isolating foam plate, which serves to isolate any change of temperature in the environment.
US09132602B2
Crosslaminates of thermoplastic films have at least one of the films formed as a fluted structure, and two films are laminated to one another in such a manner that pockets are formed which contain gas. The pockets allow passage of gas between at least two adjacent flutes, whereby the product has an improved handle, and bags formed of the laminate have good stacking properties when filled with coarse particulates. The flute pitch is generally no more than 3 mm, while the pocket length is less than 50 mm. The bonding method involves spot bonding between the films, achieved by adhering the films together between crown portions of bosses on one film with molten material on the other film under a low pressure process, for instance achieved by provision of air pressure through adaptation of production apparatus, for instance die portions.
US09132600B2
The bag 1 has an opening 20 which is reclosable by way of zipper profiles 24, 26. A spout 30 is formed from flanges of the zipper profiles and folds out from the inside of the bag for use in dispensing its contents. After use, it is folded away and the bag sealed by the zipper. Zippers useful in making the bag are also disclosed (FIGS. 4 to 7), one being a slider zipper. A method of making the bag and apparatus for carrying out the method are disclosed (see FIGS. 8 to 16), as is incorporation of the process in reel-to-reel, pre-made bag and form-fill-seal types of process.
US09132594B2
A method for laminating a film on to an optical article and a bi-layer adhesive for use in the method. The bi-layer adhesive includes a latex adhesive layer and an HMA layer sequentially disposed on the film and dried to form a solid layer of uniform thinness throughout to provide optical quality. Various types of films may be employed to provide an optical function. Following optional pre-treatment steps, the adhesives are coated on to the film. An optical hot press technique is used to deliver heat and pressure over a short period of time to form a functionally-enhanced optical article with high adhesive strength.
US09132590B2
A method of molding a wind-turbine blade in a mold is described. The method includes arranging a number of markers on an interior of the mold; arranging a composite layup in the mold; and assembling and curing the composite layup in the mold such that a negative impression of a marker is formed on a surface of the composite layup, which negative impression facilitates correct positioning of the blade relative to a component in a subsequent assembly step. A mold for molding a wind-turbine blade; a wind-turbine blade molded using such a mold; and a positioning device for positioning a drilling and/or milling tool relative to a root portion of a wind-turbine blade molded using the inventive method are disclosed. A method of manufacturing a wind-turbine blade is also disclosed.
US09132587B2
A scanning 3-D printing system comprises a printing platform movable in a printing direction and in an indexing direction, the printing platform comprising a printing head configured for dispensing building material while the printing platform is moving in a printing direction one pass at a time, and layer by layer, a roller configured for leveling the dispensed building material one pass at a time, wherein the roller is rotatably mounted on a roller axle, and wherein the roller axle extends over all passes of the printing system and is stationary in the indexing direction, a scraper configured for scraping excess building material off the roller, and a trough configured for collecting the building material scraped off the roller.
US09132583B2
A method for producing a valve device is provided. The airbag has at least one substantially air-permeable textile, fabric layer and with a film. The textile layer and the film are arranged in a deep-drawing tool with at least area-wise reciprocal overlapping. The film is deep-drawn in deep-drawing regions by the deep-drawing tool to form a plurality of depressions of the film. The textile layer is connected to the film in regions of the film differing from the deep-drawing regions by the deep-drawing tool.
US09132573B2
A device stores and mixes a liquid and a solid component, in particular, the device mixes and stores a monomer liquid and a powder for producing bone cement. The device contains two chambers of which the first chamber contains the solid component and is separated from a second chamber that contains the liquid component by means of a separation that can be opened. A mixing facility that can be driven by means of a pressure difference is arranged in the first chamber. In the present storage and mixing system, a vacuum that is available in the operating theatre is used to mix a monomer liquid and a bone cement powder in a vacuum and to operate a mixing facility simultaneously. Moreover, the vacuum can also be used to open a separation between monomer liquid and mixing space and to transfer the monomer liquid into the mixing space.
US09132564B2
In a method for cutting a loaf-shaped food, a loaf of the food is advanced toward a cutting device by a feed apparatus and the loaf is cut into slices, strips or cubes by said cutting device, which includes that the loaf is fixed during the feed movement by a vacuum gripper that is advanced together with the loaf; a negative pressure is generated within an interior of a contact element of the vacuum gripper and acts upon a fixing region of the surface of the loaf in a suction region of the contact element, in order to prevent hygienic problems associated with vacuum pumps, the negative pressure is generated by a piston-cylinder unit, the piston of which defines the interior of the contact element.
US09132552B2
A robot includes a master device including an input unit, the input unit including a first end effector and a first joint, a slave device configured to be controlled by the master device and including a robot arm, the robot arm including a second end effector, a second joint, and a motor configured to drive the second joint, and a controller configured to calculate a friction compensation value to compensate for friction of the second joint based on a speed of the input unit in response to the input unit being in motion, generate a control signal based on the friction compensation value, and transmit the control signal to the motor configured to drive the second joint.
US09132551B2
A teleoperated robot system has a watchdog to determine if the rate of data transmission from a computing device such as a robot controller located in the station used by the operator of the teleoperated robot to the remotely located industrial robot has fallen below a minimum data rate or the time for transmission of data has exceeded a maximum time. Upon the occurrence of either or both of the foregoing, one or more types of corrective action are undertaken to bring the teleoperated robot and the processes performed by the robot.
US09132550B2
An apparatus manages robot components in a robot. The apparatus includes a component monitoring unit to monitor a state of the robot components and a breakdown decision unit to judge whether or not any robot components are broken down based on the monitoring results and generate breakdown information corresponding to the breakdown decision results. The apparatus further includes a recovery policy management unit to choose a recovery policy model necessary to recover the breakdown using the breakdown information and a breakdown recovery unit configured to recover the broken robot component based on the chosen recovery policy model.
US09132541B2
A pneumatic hammer mechanism is disclosed. The hammer mechanism features: a flying mass, which is movable along an impact axis; an impact surface, which limits a movement of the flying mass along the impact axis in the impact direction; an exciting piston, which limits a movement of the flying mass along the impact axis opposite from the impact direction; a pneumatic chamber between the flying mass and exciting piston; a drive for periodically moving the exciting piston with a stroke along the impact axis, wherein the flying mass is excited to a periodic movement between the impact surface and exciting piston. The stroke is selected as a function of a maximum length of the pneumatic chamber such that the periodic movement of the flying mass on the path between an impact on the impact surface and a minimum approach of the exciting piston intermittently has a velocity of zero.
US09132532B2
A ratchet wrench has a through cavity in which a reversing lever is disposed. The reversing lever has a pair of protruding lips formed thereon opposite from one another. A cooperating ledge is formed on the head in the cavity and on the pawl which is adjacent to the reversing lever. A spring-loaded pusher is disposed longitudinally in a blind bore in the reversing lever and the pusher engages a pocket in the pawl. A cover plate is disposed on a shelf recessed on the bottom of the wrench and spaced apart from the reversing lever.
US09132531B2
A tool for removing a nut includes a housing, a cage, and a canted coil spring. An interior sidewall of the housing defines an orifice that extends from top surface of the housing to a lip. The interior sidewall includes a three-lobed cam and a groove. Each lobe has a lobe center line, a counterclockwise cam inner surface on one side of the lobe center line, and a clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the lobe center line. The canted coil spring is received by the groove of the interior sidewall and the groove of the cage. The canted coil spring rotatably couples the cage to the housing. During nut removal, the housing rotates counterclockwise relative to the cage, causing the jaws of the cage to interface with the interior sidewall.
US09132528B2
A system for refurbishing at least one article attached to an assembly includes a refurbishing vessel that contains at least one wall and at least one open portion; means for providing an abrasive media to the vessel, wherein the abrasive media is caused to flow around the surfaces of the at least one article when the vessel is positioned on the at least one article; means for conformably sealing the at least one open portion against the flow of abrasive media, wherein a seal is created that conforms to the contours of the at least one article and prevents the abrasive media from escaping between the at least one article and the at least one wall; and means for removing the abrasive media from the vessel.
US09132527B2
A backing plate unit for a rotary grinding machine includes a backing plate with a front face for mounting a grinding disc and a back face opposite the front face, a drive shaft that can be attached to the tool adaptor of the rotary grinding machine, and a suction hood that is rotatably fixed to the drive shaft. The backing plate 10 includes suction openings that penetrate the backing plate so that the suction hood 30 vacuums dust through the backing plate to the back face of the backing plate.
US09132522B2
A method of surfacing a surface of a spectacle lens, includes a step of determining a fixed rotation speed (Vrot) of the lens based on geometric characteristics of the surface, wherein the step of determining the rotation speed (Vrot) includes the following steps: generating (102), based on the geometric characteristics of the surface (12), a file of geometric altitude values of the surface, the file being centered on a zero geometric altitude value at a predetermined reference point; determining (103) a value representative of the greatest difference (MaxHk) in geometric altitude values on the surface; deducing (107) the rotation speed (Vrot) from the value of the greatest difference (MaxHk) in geometric altitude values on the surface and from a geometric value of the cylinder at a predetermined far-vision control point.
US09132519B2
A method is provided for fabricating a cooling apparatus for cooling an electronics rack, which includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, one or more coolant-cooled structures, and a tube. The heat exchanger is associated with the electronics rack and disposed to cool air passing through the rack, includes a plurality of coolant-carrying tube sections, each tube section having a coolant inlet and outlet, one of which is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to facilitate flow of coolant through the tube section. The coolant-cooled structure(s) is in thermal contact with an electronic component(s) of the rack, and facilitates transfer of heat from the component(s) to the coolant. The tube connects in fluid communication one coolant-cooled structure and the other of the coolant inlet or outlet of the one tube section, and facilitates flow of coolant directly between that coolant-carrying tube section of the heat exchanger and the coolant-cooled structure.
US09132515B2
A welding fixture clamp includes a stationary clamp jaw having a first guide surface and a pivotal clamp jaw having a second guide surface. The second guide surface slides relative to the first guide surface as the pivotal clamp jaw pivots about the pivot axis. Side shields are secured to one of the pivotal clamp jaw and the stationary clamp jaw to extend over the other one of the pivotal clamp jaw and the stationary clamp jaw to shield the first guide surface and the second guide surface from weld splatter and debris. A pivot pin connects the side shield to the stationary clamp jaw and operatively connects the pivotal clamp jaw to the stationary clamp jaw to pivot about the pivot axis.
US09132512B2
The invention relates to a device for the thermal deburring of workpieces, having at least one deburring chamber and one feeding device for introducing a fuel gas mixture into the deburring chamber. A supplementary gas supply is provided for at least the deburring chamber or for the feeding device such that the fuel gas mixture located at least in the deburring chamber or in the feeding device can be mixed at least partially with supplementary gas. Further, a method for the rapid ventilation of a device for the thermal deburring of workpieces is also provided.
US09132508B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor or stator blade (1a) of a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine (2), comprising forming a airfoil (8a) made of at least one first material and attaching a blade root (4a) made of at least one second material to the airfoil (8a) by means of a thermal spraying method. The invention further relates to a rotor or stator blade (1a) produced according to such a method.
US09132507B2
In a laser welding method for an endoscope, when the thickness of the plate of an outer cylindrical member is set as h, the thickness of the plate of an inner coil-shaped member is set as hc, the maximum welding energy of laser welding that does not change the inner and outer diameters of the outer cylindrical member in the place where the inner coil-shaped member is not placed inside the outer cylindrical member is set as E1, and the minimum welding energy that enables the outer cylindrical member to be fixed by welding to the inner coil-shaped member is set as E2, the spiral weld beads do not overlap, the welding depth H from the outer cylindrical member to the inner coil-shaped member holds true h
US09132504B2
An apparatus includes a connector and is configured to mount to a machine having multiple axes of control. A control signal on the connector determines a path of a rotating tool holder.
US09132503B2
A stud welding apparatus comprising a power supply including power electronics operable for supplying a variable welding voltage together with one of a pilot current and a welding current that is much larger than the pilot current; and a current measuring circuit operable for measuring the electrical current to the weld head; and an input circuit electrically connected between the power electronics and the power supply output, the input circuit including a first inductance, a first resistance, and a switch operable to bridge the first inductance and the first resistance; and a welding circuit electrically connected between the power supply output and the weld stud, the welding circuit having a welding circuit resistance and a welding circuit inductance, and the welding circuit inductance is much smaller than the first inductance of the input circuit; and a voltage measuring device is operable for measuring a voltage across the welding circuit.
US09132498B2
A lead/lag torch angle adjustment system for a weld held. The weld head device includes a torch head assembly that includes an electrode. The weld head device also includes a support device that supports the torch head assembly and a barrel assembly that is operatively connected to the torch head assembly and the support device. The barrel assembly is configured to change at least one of a lead angle and a lag angle of the electrode with respect to a workpiece. The barrel assembly includes an adjustment mechanism that includes a first section that is operatively connected to the torch head assembly. The adjustment mechanism also includes a second section that is configured to accept the mount plate. The barrel assembly also includes a mount plate that is operatively connected to the support device and at least one barrel clamp. The barrel clamp is configured to attach to the mount plate and also configured to accept the second section. In some embodiments, the second section is conical shaped, and a transverse movement of the at least one barrel clamp produces a force on the conical shaped second section that forces the second section towards the mount plate.
US09132495B2
Beam soldering involves using a beam of light emitted from a source to reflow adjoining pairs of solder pads on components being joined. In some scenarios, material between adjacent solder pads on at least one of the components is absorptive of a certain spectrum of light and, consequently, can be damaged by such spectrum of light. A beam soldering tool is configured with a filter through which the light from the light source travels to a plurality of adjoining pairs of solder pads. The filter filters out a certain spectrum of light which could otherwise be damaging to material between adjacent solder pads.
US09132492B2
A saw blade for use with a reciprocating saw includes a first section having an attachment portion configured to engage the reciprocating saw. The saw blade also includes a second section having a body coupled to the first section, a cutting portion formed on the body, and an attachment portion configured to engage the reciprocating saw. The first and second sections are usable together with the reciprocating saw as a single saw blade. The second section is separable from the first section such that the second section is usable with the reciprocating saw independently of the first section.
US09132471B2
A method of manufacturing a twist beam axle assembly includes inserting a tubular sleeve within a twist tube, deforming a portion of the sleeve and the twist tube such that an outer surface of the sleeve engages an inner surface of the twist tube along at least a portion of the deformation, and fastening the sleeve to the twist tube.
US09132470B2
A support tube adapted to carry a motor-vehicle accessory and to slide in a bearing tube provided with a latch element is hollow, cylindrical, centered on an axis, and formed with a plurality of outwardly open notches. These notches are each in turned formed by a flat latch face extending generally perpendicular to the axis, an outwardly open indent adjacent the latch face, a cam face extending from the latch radially outward to an outer surface of the tube, and a flat base face extending generally parallel to the axis from an inner edge of the latch face to an inner edge of the cam face.
US09132469B2
A method including the steps of forming an inner ring of the wheel hub, as the joining of a spindle and an insert ring fitted onto the spindle, on the side of a first end of the spindle; axially blocking the insert ring on the spindle by plastically deforming the first end of the spindle so as to form an upset collar therewith, which axially protrudes from the insert ring; and once the step of forming the upset collar has finished, frontally obtaining on the collar, on the side opposite to the insert ring, a frontal toothing by axially impressing on the collar one or more knives in sequence, carried in an axially sliding manner by a plate.
US09132465B2
Disclosed herein is a system for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell stack, in which the concept of automation is introduced to the entire process for manufacturing the membrane electrode assembly and, in particular, bonding and stamping processes for the membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer are integrated. According to the present invention, it may be possible to reduce the installation area of the system and reduce the production cycle type, thus facilitating mass production.
US09132461B2
A floor support for a grain bin floor made from a sheet of galvanized steel having a top surface, a bottom surface and flat ends. The floor support has a plurality of flanges and notches disposed within the top surface and a plurality of openings disposed through the sheet of galvanized steel. Positioned between each opening is a first bend. Positioned on either side of selected first bends is a second bend thereby forming a z-shaped floor support.
US09132458B2
At least three processing machines are positioned on a supporting structure including a plurality of beams spaced apart from each other. The at least three processing machines include a first processing machine, a second processing machine supported by at least one of beams which support the first processing machine, and a third processing machine supported by beams different from all the beams which support the first processing machine. A distance between the first processing machine and the second processing machine, at which an amount of vibration transferred from the first processing machine to the second processing machine becomes smaller than a predetermined amount, is determined, thereby positioning the first processing machine and the second processing machine with a distance not less than the determined distance.
US09132456B2
A cleaning method for a working mechanism for a medical manipulator, the working mechanism including a shaft, a force transmitting member in the shaft, a working unit at one end of the shaft with a working unit moved by the force transmitting member, and a cover over a portion of the working unit, with a gap between the cover and shaft, and a hole is disposed on a side of the cover. The method includes the steps of inserting an end of the shaft with the cover into one end of a tube, sealing the tube and shaft with a sealing element, disposing a sucking and discharging element on another end of the tube, and immersing another end of the shaft into a cleaning agent. By activating the sucking and discharging element, sucking and discharging of the cleaning agent is carried out repeatedly, from the other end of the shaft.
US09132449B2
A coating system is provided that includes an undercoat composition that includes a thermoplastic dispersion. In certain preferred embodiments, the coating system is a multi-coat system that includes the undercoat composition and an overcoat composition that includes a thermoplastic dispersion. In one embodiment, the coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of a food or beverage container.
US09132448B2
Devices and methods for curing materials with radiant energy are described. The devices include a first reflector and a second reflector that are semi-ellipses. The ellipses that define the first reflector and the second reflector have axes of different lengths, and the reflectors are aligned such that the focal points of the reflectors are overlaid. A radiative energy source at a near focal point of a reflector can provide energy to cure a coating on a substrate at a far focal point of the reflector. The different sizes of the two reflectors decrease focusing error of the radiative energy and provide improved efficiency to the curing system.
US09132445B2
The present invention relates to highly ordered arrays of nanoholes in metallic films and to an improved method for producing the same. The method according to the invention for producing an highly ordered array of nanoholes in metallic films on a substrate comprises the following steps: a) providing microspheres comprising poly-N-isopropylamide (polyNIPAM), the microspheres being selected from pure poly-N-isopropyl-amide (polyNIPAM) hydrogel microspheres and polymeric or inorganic beads carrying poly-N-isopropylamide (polyNIPAM) hydrogel chains, b) coating an aqueous dispersion of said microspheres onto a substrate and drying the dispersion, which results in a non-close packed ordered array of the microspheres, c) generating a metallic film on the substrate, d) removing the microspheres from the surface of the substrate which results in an ordered array of nanoholes on the substrate, and e) optionally increasing the thickness of the metallic film by selective electroless plating.
US09132443B2
A fastener ring for fastening a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, on a neck of a reservoir, the ring including a reception mechanism suitable for receiving the dispenser member, and a substantially-cylindrical attachment skirt for coming into engagement around the neck of the reservoir. The skirt defining an inner wall that defines a top first inner wall section for coming into engagement with the neck, and a bottom second inner wall section for extending out of contact with the neck. The attachment skirt includes an orientation tab that interrupts the bottom second inner wall section and that projects radially inwards relative to the second section.
US09132440B2
An apparatus and method for accurately measuring and dispensing a predetermined amount of product from a dispensing system to a given surface area is disclosed. The dispensing system (100) includes a container (102) having a main chamber (106) to hold product and a dosing chamber (108) having an opening (110) in communication with the main chamber (106). The dosing chamber (108) is configured to hold a metered amount of product (112) received from the main chamber (106). A spray head (128) when connected to the container (102) is brought into operable and fluid communication with a dip tube (114), optionally cut to a selected length, which is positioned within the dosing chamber (108) for dispensing by activation of a trigger (136) product (112) to a given surface area or air space.
US09132438B2
An apparatus is disclosed including: a brush member including a brush member input in fluid communication with plurality of hollow bristles; and an expandable member. In some embodiments, the expandable member includes an expandable member input configured to receive a pulsating fluid flow from a fluid supply source; and a conduit having that defines a fluid flow path from the expandable member input through the conduit to the brush member input. In some embodiments the expandable member is configured to expand and contract in response to the pulsating fluid flow to cause a reciprocating motion of the brush member.
US09132437B2
A folding clamshell shower has a body containing a water passage, a water diversion unit and an outlet unit. The outlet unit is rotationally and pivotally connected with the body to form the folding clamshell structure. The outlet unit is provided with at least two outlet functions; the water diversion unit is mounted at the rotary pivot joint site of the outlet unit and the body, and comprises a water diversion body; the rotation of the water diversion body relative to the body can be driven by the rotation between the outlet unit and the body, the relative rotation between the water diversion body and the body controls outlet functions of the shower to pause or switch.
US09132436B2
Gas distribution assemblies are described including an annular body, an upper plate, and a lower plate. The upper plate may define a first plurality of apertures, and the lower plate may define a second and third plurality of apertures. The upper and lower plates may be coupled with one another and the annular body such that the first and second apertures produce channels through the gas distribution assemblies, and a volume is defined between the upper and lower plates.
US09132428B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (100) for positioning a sample carrier plate, wherein the apparatus (100) comprises a main body (102) for receiving the sample carrier plate, positioning stops (106, 108) which are disposed in opposing first corner regions of the main body and are prestressed for clamping the sample carrier plate and mounted displaceably, an actuating device (114) which is disposed in a second corner region of the main body and is equipped such that by actuating the actuating device (114) the positioning stops (106, 108) can be transferred between an operating state engaging the sample carrier plate and an operating state releasing the sample carrier plate, and comprises a force transmitting element (118) which is equipped to transmit an actuating force from the actuating device to the positioning stops.
US09132426B2
A biochip for multiplex genetic identification is disclosed. An biochip for separating and detecting a plurality of DNA fragments includes a set of inputs and chambers for receiving a sample matrix of genetic material and reagents needed to conduct a polymerase chain reaction amplification of the genetic material. The biochip also includes a plurality of separation and detection chambers that physically separate different DNA fragments that have been marked with labels that emit similar colors, thereby enabling the independent detection of the different DNA fragments.
US09132424B2
A microchip is provided. The microchip (A) includes a substrate structure including a fluid channel (2) configured to contain a sample solution, wherein the fluid channel is maintained at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure prior to injection of the sample solution into the fluid channel.
US09132422B2
A fluidic assay system assembly comprising: (a) a disposable fluidic cartridge (1) comprising at least one reaction chamber (3) connected to a network of fluidic channels (2) with at least one inlet channel and one outlet channel. The said inlet and outlet channels end at the down side of the fluidic cartridge with at least two connecting pores (4), (4′); (b) a disposable vessel (5) comprising a connection tube (22) immersed in a sample container (6) and ended at the cap of the vessel with an external connection pore (7); (c) a fluidic manifold (8) that is interdependent with the bulk system (12) comprising a fluidic network connected (9) to active fluidic parts (10), (11). The said channel network ends at the top side of the fluidic manifold with at least one connecting pore (13). Wherein the first and the second pores of the fluidic cartridge are interfaced by direct physical contact with the sample container and the manifold pores, respectively.
US09132416B1
Nano-structured noble metal catalysts based on hexametallate lattices, of a spinel block type, and which are resistant to carbon deposition and metal sulfide formation are provided. The catalysts are designed for the reforming of hydrocarbon fuels to synthesis gas. The hexametallate lattices are doped with noble metals (Au, Pt, Rh, Ru) which are atomically dispersed as isolated sites throughout the lattice and take the place of hexametallate metal ions such as Cr, Ga, In, and/or Nb. Mirror cations in the crystal lattice are selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and the lanthanide metals, so as to reduce the acidity of the catalyst crystal lattice and enhance the desorption of carbon deposit forming moieties such as aromatics. The catalysts can be used at temperatures as high as 1000° C. and pressures up to 30 atmospheres. A method for producing these catalysts and applications of their use also is provided.
US09132409B2
The present invention provides low profile, thick (“stubby”) longitudinal fins having a cross section which is a parallelogram, trapezoid or a triangle extending from 10% to 100% of a coil pass and comprising from 3 to 45 weight % of a coil in a radiant section of a furnace for thermally cracking one or more of paraffins and naphtha. The fins provide an additional surface through which heat may be transferred to the coil making the coil more efficient reducing greenhouse emissions.
US09132407B1
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy or sugary materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation.
US09132397B2
An apparatus for mixing a viscous flowable medium includes a receptacle for receiving the viscous flowable medium and has a substantially vertically arranged rotatable stirring axle and a stirring assembly that comprises at least one stirring element. In one embodiment, the stirring element is arranged at a lower end of the stirring axle substantially perpendicular thereto for rotation of the stirring element around the stirring axle. The stirring elements are shovel-like and are open towards an end of the stirring axle remote from the lower end and inclined with a slant angle in rotation direction towards a bottom of the receptacle, such that said viscous liquid upon rotation of the stirring axle is at least partly directed upwards in the receptacle by the at least one shovel-like stirring element.
US09132390B2
A hollow fiber membrane comprising a reinforcing structure embedded within a membrane wall is provided. A generally tube-shaped reinforcing structure for a hollow fiber membrane is also provided. The reinforcing structure comprises i) a plurality of warp filaments, the plurality of warp filaments being generally parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other circumferentially; and, ii) one or more wrap filaments, each of the one or more wrap filaments extending obliquely between at least two of the plurality of warp filaments.
US09132389B2
The invention provides permeable magnetically responsive filtration membranes that include a filtration membrane polymer base suitable for fluid filtration; hydrophilic polymers conjugated to the surface of the filtration membrane polymer; and magnetic nanoparticles affixed to the ends of a plurality of the hydrophilic polymers, wherein the hydrophilic polymers are movable with respect to the surface of the filtration membrane polymer surface in the presence of an oscillating magnetic field.
US09132387B2
The invention relates to a process for working-up a reaction mixture (5) comprising polyetherol and dissolved alkali metal comprising catalyst, wherein at least alkali metal ions of the dissolved alkali metal comprising catalyst are partially or completely removed from the mixture by a membrane separation process, the process comprising following steps: (a) feeding the reaction mixture (5) comprising polyetherol and dissolved alkali metal comprising catalyst into a first chamber (1) of a separation unit (3), (b) feeding a solvent into a second chamber (7) of the separation unit (3), the first chamber (1) and the second chamber (7) being separated by a membrane (9), (c) transporting at least the alkali metal ions of the alkali metal comprising catalyst from the first chamber (1) into the second chamber by passing through the membrane (9).
US09132378B2
A portable oxygen generator comprises an air pump, a molecular tube and a molecular seat, the molecular tube is detachably fixed on the side wall of the molecular seat, the air pump is disposed at the lower part of the molecular seat. An air filter bucket, an oxygen storage bucket and an exhaust silencing bucket are disposed inside the molecular seat, the air filter bucket is provided with an air inlet communicated with the outside air. An air channel, an oxygen channel and an exhaust channel are disposed inside the molecular seat, the air channel is respectively communicated with the air filter bucket, the air pump and the molecular tube, the oxygen channel is respectively communicated with the molecular tube and the oxygen storage bucket, the exhaust channel is respectively communicated with the molecular tube and the exhaust silencing bucket, the air channel, the oxygen channel and the exhaust channel are respectively connected with a solenoid valve.
US09132374B2
Pleated filter medium and filters having pleated filter medium are provided. In one embodiment, a pleated filter medium is provided having pleats with rectangular sides and a length direction parallel to the fold between the two sides of a pleat. comprising several rows of distance elements extending in a cross direction relative to the folds in the pleated filter medium The rows are distanced from each other along a length direction, whereby each row of distance elements is constituted of a line of glue elements distanced from each other and applied to a side of the filter medium. Rows of glue elements are applied to both the inside and the outside of the filter medium, the rows on the inside being displaced in the length direction in relation to the rows on the outside.
US09132371B2
A filter element for an air inlet system includes a filter medium supported on a central tube. An inflow protection element is for flow deflection is arranged in an inflow area of the filter medium. The inflow protection element as well as the central tube and an axial end of the filter medium are embedded into a terminal disk.
US09132368B2
The manner in which a liquid filtration in which a liquid is separated from a solid substance by means of a filter can be best realized generally depends on the specific conditions. The invention relates to a filter device for separating a mixture of solid substance and a liquid.
US09132367B2
A filter cartridge includes a key ring with at least first and second protrusions to engage a lock-out assembly in a filter head, permitting the cartridge to connect to the filter head. A filter system includes a filter assembly, including a filter cartridge and a cartridge housing, connected to a filter head, in which the filter head includes an adapter assembly with a lock-out mechanism. The lock-out mechanism is unlocked by a key ring on the filter cartridge. A method of installing a filter assembly includes using protrusions on a key ring on a filter cartridge to unlock an adapter assembly in a filter head to allow for connection between the filter assembly and the filter head.
US09132366B2
A fuel filter includes a filter member formed in a bag shape by a filter material sheet; and a frame member disposed inside the filter member. The frame member includes a base frame spreading out inside the filter member, and a cantilever spring formed in the base frame. The base frame includes first frames extending in a long-side direction, and second frames connected to the first frames and extending in a short-side direction perpendicular to the long-side direction. The first frames include a bent portion which is bent between portions wherein adjacent second frames are connected. A base end portion of the cantilever spring is connected to a second frame, and an end portion of the cantilever spring is disposed between adjacent second frames.
US09132363B2
An extraction apparatus comprises an extraction vessel configured to remove an extracted material from a source material in contact with a process fluid to form a mixture. The apparatus further comprises a separation chamber and a process fluid circulation conduit, the conduit comprising a separation portion configured to receive the mixture and permit a portion of the extracted material to separate from the mixture within the separation chamber. The apparatus further comprises a temperature regulator configured to permit re-circulation of a temperature regulation fluid and regulate the temperature of the process fluid.
US09132358B2
A card-insertion remote-control talking doll is disclosed, which includes a shell, eyes capable of winking and driving motors thereof, and further includes: a speaker, a remote control and a driving control circuit disposed inside the shell; wherein a card slot for inserting a card is disposed on a remote control shell, a plurality of keys of an input keyboard is disposed below the card slot; and push button bulges opposite the positions of the plurality of keys are disposed on at least one side of each card. The doll has the functions of voice interaction and learning.
US09132352B1
A system and method for receiving an ordered set of images and analyzing the images to determine at least one position in space and at least one motion vector in space and time for at least one object represented in the images is disclosed. Using these vectors, a four dimensional model of at least a portion of the information represented in the images is formulated. This model generally obeys the laws of physics, though aberrations may be imposed. The model is then exercised with an input parameter, which, for example, may represent a different perspective than the original set of images. The four dimensional model is then used to produce a modified set of ordered images in dependence on the input parameter and optionally the set of images, e.g., if only a portion of the data represented in the images is modeled. The set of images may then be rendered on a display device.
US09132347B2
An example game system includes a game apparatus, an operating device, and a hand-held device. The game apparatus receives first operation data from the operating device and second operation data from the hand-held device, and performs a predetermined game control process. Furthermore, the game apparatus generates a first game image of a virtual game space representing a result of the game control process, based on a first virtual camera, and the game apparatus also generates a second game image based on a second virtual camera. The first game image is outputted to a first display device provided independently of the hand-held device. The second game image is outputted to a second display device of the hand-held device. Moreover, the game apparatus performs as the game control process a process for controlling a position of the second virtual camera based on the first operation data and an attitude of the second virtual camera based on the second operation data.
US09132346B2
A handheld projecting device that illuminates a visible image comprised of one or more video objects that appear to interact, connect, and/or form paths with physical objects and/or other video objects within a user's environment. In at least one embodiment, a projecting device animates and projects one or more video objects that appear to responsively adapt to the position and orientation of at least one physical object for unique graphic and tactile effects. In some embodiments, a projecting device may connect together physical objects and video objects to form a user-defined object path, such as a racetrack or adventure trail. Video objects may be rendered and illuminated as three-dimensional objects to simulate real world objects.
US09132335B2
The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a lower portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The lower portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.
US09132322B1
A tennis racket including a shaft that has a handle and a head attached thereto having a diamond-shaped frame. A length dimension of the frame is longer than a width thereof and is parallel to the shaft. A string groove is continuously disposed around the frame. A plurality of string holes is disposed within the string groove. A single length of string is continuously disposed through the string holes to string the tennis racket. A pair of tie off members is centrally disposed within the string groove on one side of the frame proximal a first corner of the frame. A central portion of the string centrally disposed within the frame forms a sweet spot which is larger than the sweet spots of other tennis rackets due to the diamond shape of the frame thereby propelling the tennis ball with more power and a more accurate aim.
US09132319B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a solid core of at least one layer and cover of at least one layer are provided. Thermoplastic ethylene acid copolymer ionomer compositions are used to form the core layers. Preferably, the ball contains a dual-core having an inner core and surrounding outer core layer. Low modulus and high modulus ionomer compositions may be used in the core structure. The ionomer compositions have varying levels of hardness. The resulting ball has high resiliency and rebounding properties.
US09132318B2
Golf balls having a very high positive gradient multilayer core are provided. The multilayer core includes an outer core layer and a very soft, low compression inner core layer. The inner core layer is formed from an unfoamed composition and has a center hardness that is at least 40 Shore C points less than the outer surface hardness of the outer core layer.
US09132306B2
A method for mechanochemical treatment of solid wastes containing perfluorinated or polyfluorinated compounds is provided. It belongs to the field of environment-polluting wastes treatment, and comprises the following steps: mixing the solid waste containing perfluorinated or polyfluorinated compounds with the defluorination reagent under normal temperature and pressure conditions, putting the mixture into a planetary high-energy ball milling reactor; adopting the mechanochemical reaction to realize high-effective degradation and defluorination of perfluorinated or polyfluorinated compounds. When being adopted to degrade perfluorinated or polyfluorinated compounds, this method enjoys such advantages as simple treatment procedure, mild reaction conditions (conducted under normal temperature and pressure conditions), lower energy consumption and operating cost, complete degradation and defluorination of the target pollutants, completely inorganic and harmless end products and free of liquid or gas byproducts.
US09132301B2
A speed responsive engagement device having a rotating wheel having a plurality of outwardly projecting spaced apart teeth with each pair of adjacent teeth being separated by a circumferential surface with a constant radius and a pawl arranged for pivotal movement between an unengaged position and an engaged position in which the pawl engages one of the teeth and a circumferential surface and a resilient means arranged to urge the pawl towards the engaged position when the pawl is not in contact with the circumferential surface. When the wheel rotates each tooth contacts the pawl, generating an oscillating movement of the pawl with an amplitude dependent on the speed of the rotation. When the speed of rotation reaches a predetermined value the oscillating movement brings the pawl into the engaged position, preventing further rotation of the wheel in the first direction.
US09132298B2
Devices and methods for rescuing people from high-rise facilities, for example, upper floors of multi-storey buildings. A rescue device from a high-rise building includes several flexible spokes interconnected on one end to form a pyramidal figure, wherein the spokes are located on the edges, an aerodynamic deceleration element fastened to the spokes, connectors located between the adjacent flexible spokes, in so doing the connectors are located at some distance from the ends of the flexible spokes, a buffer element fastened in a point of connection of the flexible spokes and a means of fastening an object to be rescued fastened in the point of connection of the flexible spokes on the other side with respect to the buffer element, in so doing each of the flexible spokes is embodied as curved sideways from a central axis of the device.
US09132297B2
A rope grab for a vertical fall protection system is provided. The rope grab includes a housing with an elongated member passage. The elongated member passage is configured to receive an elongated member. A locking cam is pivotally coupled to the housing and selectively engages an elongated member received in the elongated member passage. A cam spring is coupled between the housing and the locking cam to provide a relatively slight biasing force on the locking cam in a direction towards an elongated member received in the elongated member passage. A locking arm, pivotally coupled to the housing, has a first end that is configured to be coupled to a safety harness of a user and a second end that selectively engages the locking cam to lock the locking cam on an elongated member in the elongated member passage during a fall event.
US09132296B2
A chitosan solution is formed from chitin, which is a homopolymer of beta (1-4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. Rinsed, dried and ground chitin undergoes a process of deacetylation to convert some N-acetyl glucosamine to glucosamine, a primary component of chitosan. The chitosan solution is prepared by mixing 5chitosan with an alpha-hydroxy acid such as glycolic acid. An aqueous chelated silver solution is prepared by mixing silver oxide with a carboxylic acid such as citric acid. The chitosan solution can then be mixed with the silver solution resulting in a cationic complex. The cationic complex of the present invention may then be electrostatically bonded with generally negatively charged surfaces. In use, citrate promotes uptake of the silver by microbes. The antimicrobial complex can be applied via several methods of application, including an impregnated wipe, a foam, a gel, a spray, a lotion and an ointment.
US09132295B2
An emulsion having stabilized perfluorocarbon(s) that includes an aqueous solution, an oil solution and a third phase which includes at least one perfluorocarbon and methods of making the stable perfluorocarbon containing emulsions. The aqueous and oil phases are first mixed together to form the emulsion. At least one perfluorocarbon is then added to the emulsion. Either the aqueous based solution or oil based solution may include at least one thickener. Moreover, the perfluorocarbon containing emulsion remains stable for a period of at least two weeks.
US09132293B2
A powdery composition C1 contains for 100% of the mass: 5 to 70 mass % and more particularly 10 to 50 mass % of at least one compound of formula (I): R—O-(G)x—H, wherein R is a linear saturated aliphatic radical including 12 to 22 carbon atoms, G is the remainder of a reducing sugar selected from the group including glucose, xylose and arabinose, and x is a decimal number greater than or equal to 1 and lower than or equal to 10; 95 to 30 mass % and more particularly 90 to 50 mass % of one or more alcohols of formula (II): R′—OH, wherein R′ is a linear saturated aliphatic radical including 12 to 22 carbon atoms identical to or different from R as defined in formula (I), wherein at least 90 vol % of the particles have a diameter lower than or equal to 250 micrometers, more particularly a diameter lower than or equal to 150 micrometers.
US09132272B2
Methods and systems described herein can be used to automatically turn on and off stimulation of a target dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and/or adjust stimulation parameters. At least one of an input signal (indicative of an electrical field resulting from an electrical signal propagated by adjacent distal sensory nerve fibers toward the target DRG), an output signal (indicative of an electrical field resulting from an electrical signal propagated by adjacent proximal sensory nerve fibers away from the target DRG) or a DRG signal (indicative of an electrical field produced by cell bodies of primary sensory neurons within the target DRG and resulting from an electrical signal propagated by sensory nerve fibers within the target DRG) is/are obtained and analyzed. Delivery of electrical stimulation is turned on and off and/or at least one of pulse amplitude, pulse width and/or pulse repetition rate is/are adjusted based on results of the analysis.
US09132248B2
The present invention relates to a portable atomizer. The portable atomizer includes a casing, a liquid storage case, an atomizing device and a power supply. The atomizing device further includes a liquid guiding assembly which includes a second suction nozzle and a liquid guiding rope; one end of the second suction nozzle is inserted into the storage cavity of the liquid storage case; the other end of the second suction nozzle intercommunicates with the atomizing cavity of the suction nozzle holder; a part of the liquid guiding rope is surrounded by the heater, and two ends of the liquid guiding rope are guided into the second suction nozzle. The present invention enables to guide the stored medicinal liquid uniformly onto the heater, providing an easy access to fresh medicinal liquid for a user.
US09132245B2
Handheld carboxy therapy applicators are disclosed. In one implementation, a handheld carboxy therapy applicator includes a heater module, a humidification module, and a hypodermic needle. The heater module is configured to receive a flow of gas and to warm gas within the flow of gas. The humidification module is in fluid communication, such as in a serial connection, with the heater module. The humidification module is configured to receive the flow of gas from the heater module and to humidify the gas within the flow of gas. The hypodermic needle is in serial connection with the humidification module. The hypodermic needle is configured to receive the flow of gas from the humidification module and to inject the flow of gas into a tissue of a patient.
US09132225B2
Apparatus and methods for extracorporeal blood filtration involving the connection of a patient's cardiovascular circulation to an extracorporeal circulatory circuit, and filtration devices suitable for use in such apparatus and methods are disclosed. Such filtration devices include a filter medium comprising a layer of non-woven fabric (21) impregnated with porous beads (22) and carrying a porous screen (23) on at least one side. This invention enables the removal or particular molecular species such as pro-inflammatory cytokines from a patient's circulation, and is of particular utility in cardiopulmonary bypass and haemodialysis-like procedures.
US09132224B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting the direction of the fluid flow through a dialyzer, as well as an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus which comprises a device for detecting the direction of the fluid flow through the dialyzer. The devices and methods according to the present invention are based on the change in a physical and/or chemical property, for example the substance concentration or the temperature, of a fluid flowing into the one chamber of the dialyzer and the measurement of the change in the physical and/or chemical property of the fluid flowing out of the one chamber of the dialyzer.
US09132219B2
A method of predicting serum potassium concentrations in a patient during hemodialysis includes measuring serum potassium concentrations of the patient over a hemodialysis treatment session time and an ultrafiltration rate calculated by a difference between pre- and post-dialytic body weight of the patient during an initial hemodialysis treatment session divided by a total treatment time of the treatment session and estimating a potassium mobilization clearance and a pre-dialysis distribution volume of potassium for the patient. Serum potassium concentrations of the patient can then be predicted at any time during any hemodialysis treatment session with the estimated potassium mobilization clearance and pre-dialysis distribution volume of potassium of the patient.
US09132217B2
A dialysis device for operation in multiple modes and for maintaining a known gradient of potassium ion or other electrolyte between the blood of a patient and a dialysate fluid is described. The dialysis device is capable of being used for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, and the dialysis device is capable of operation with a dialysate purification unit outside of a clinical setting or with a supply of water that can be supplied in a clinical setting. The dialysis device has a composition sensor containing a potassium-sensitive electrode for measuring a potassium ion concentration in one or more of the patient's blood and the dialysate fluid and an infusate pump operated to adjust a potassium ion concentration in the dialysate fluid based at least in part on data from the composition sensor.
US09132216B2
A cannula for insertion through a biologic tissue. The cannula includes a shaft having proximal and distal end portions with a lumen therebetween. The cannula further includes a tip having a proximal end portion, a distal tip end, and a lumen therebetween. The proximal end portion of the tip is secured to the distal end portion of the shaft so that the lumen of the tip is in fluid communication with the lumen of the shaft. The tip includes an opening that extends proximally relative to the distal tip end to permit the flow of fluid into the lumen of the tip even in the event that the distal tip end becomes obstructed.
US09132215B2
This centrifugal blood pump apparatus includes an impeller provided in a blood chamber, a permanent magnet provided in one surface of the impeller, and a permanent magnet provided in an inner wall of the blood chamber, for attracting the permanent magnet. A centerline of the permanent magnet is arranged at a position different from that of a centerline of a sidewall of the blood chamber such that a rotation centerline of the impeller matches the centerline of the sidewall of the blood chamber during pump operation. Therefore, high torque transmission efficiency is obtained.
US09132214B2
The disclosure pertains to a perfusion system that is easy to set-up, use and monitor during a bypass procedure. In some embodiments, the disclosure pertains to a perfusion system in which at least some of the disposable components used with the perfusion system are configured to be able to communicate set-up and/or operational parameters to the perfusion system in order to unlock further functionality within the perfusion system.
US09132208B2
The invention is directed to a process for making a tissue repair implant having a porous sponge-like structure to repair bone, cartilage, or soft tissue defects by producing a connective tissue homogenate from one or more connective tissues; mixing the connective tissue homogenate with a carrier solution to produce a connective tissue carrier; optionally mixing one or more natural or synthetic bone fragements with said connective tissue carrier to produce a tissue repair mixture; freezing or freeze-drying the tissue repair mixture to produce a porous sponge-like structure and create a three-dimensional framework to entrap the natural or synthetic bone fragments, treating the frozen or freeze-dried porous sponge-like structure with one or more treatment solutions to produce a stabilized porous sponge-like structure. A crudely fragmented connective tissue from one or more connective tissues is optionally mixed with the tissue repair mixture before freezing or freeze-drying. The tissue repair implant having a porous sponge-like structure is optionally combined with one or more bioactive supplements or one or more agents that have bioactive supplement binding site(s) to increase the affinity of growth factors, differentiation factor, cytokines, or anti-inflammatory agents to the tissue repair implant. The invention is further directed toward applying such tissue repair implant for tissue repair.
US09132206B2
Improved hemostatic agents take the form of granules or particles that can be used to stanch, seal, or stabilize a site of hemorrhage, including a noncompressible hemorrhage.
US09132204B2
The present invention is directed to methods, compositions and articles comprising olfactory-active compositions. An article of the present invention comprises a structural component and an olfactory-active composition. The article may control the release, release rate or absorption of the olfactory-active composition. The article may be of various shapes and sizes. A method of use of an article comprises providing fragrance to an environment.
US09132203B2
There is provided a gelatin-ICG complex that can suppress leakage of ICG included therein. The complex has a gelatin derivative including at least one of a phospholipid covalently bonded to a gelatin or a cholesterol covalently bonded to a gelatin, and indocyanine green.
US09132191B2
The invention includes compositions and methods useful for treating preventing abnormal thrombus formation and subsequent cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients and patients with increased cardiovascular risk.
US09132175B2
Herein a Bacillus exosporium molecule delivery (BEMD) system that provides a means to deliver molecules of interest (MOIs) to an environment is disclosed. The system results in the display of MOIs on the exosporium surface of Bacillus family members such that they can be delivered to an environment in a stable and active form. In addition, methods of making and using the system are described.
US09132173B2
The present invention relates to a vector for use in the treatment of Huntington's disease, which vector comprises a cholesterol 24-hydroxylase encoding nucleic acid.
US09132157B2
The present invention is an oral dosage composition for prevention and treatment of hepatic inflammation such as NASH. The present invention is an oral dosage composition for prevention or treatment of hepatic inflammation, contains the radical scavenging active spirulina powder effective in preventing, ameliorating, and curing NASH or the like.
US09132154B2
Disclosed are therapeutic, blood-derived activated leukocyte compositions, methods of making them, and methods of using the compositions to repair or promote the prevention and healing of wounds.
US09132152B2
The present disclosure provides a method of generating an induced pluripotent stem cell; as well as nucleic acids and genetically modified host cells useful in generating iPSCs. The present disclosure provides iPSCs, and methods of use of same.
US09132145B2
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating obesity or obesity-related disorders in a subject suffering from or predisposed to developing obesity or an obesity-related disorder, or for inhibiting the infectivity of HIV, by administering oleuropein, an analogue or derivative thereof, or the major metabolites of oleuropein including oleuropein aglycone, hydroxytyrosol, and elenolic acid or their analogues, or derivatives thereof, an iridoid glycoside, or a secoiridoid glycoside or analogues or derivatives thereof, or any combination of the foregoing including olive leave extract. The invention also relates to methods for screening/diagnosing a subject having, or predisposed to having obesity or a related disorder by measuring the expression profiles of an adipogenic gene selected from PPARγ2, LPL and αP2 gene and gene product, or other adipogenic, lipogenic, or lipolytic genes and gene products in an individual. The invention further provides for screening for novel oleuropein analogues.
US09132141B2
The present invention is directed to methods for treating orthomyxovirus infections comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09132137B2
A multiphasic estrogenic/progestogenic contraceptive regimen that provides for the reduction or elimination of estrogen in the initial phase is disclosed. Also described is a contraceptive kit that may be used to practice the method of the invention.
US09132135B2
The present invention is directed to various methods for treating organophosphorus poisoning in an animal that is at risk of exposure to an organophosphorus compound or preventing organophosphorus poisoning in an animal that has been exposed to an organophosphorus compound, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of galantamine or a salt thereof, or a biologically active analog, derivative, fragment or variant thereof.
US09132129B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (A), as further defined herein, having antiviral activity, more specifically HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of such compounds as active ingredients. The invention further relates to the use of such compounds, optionally combined with one or more other drugs having antiviral activity, for the treatment of animals suffering from viral infections, in particular HIV infection.
US09132123B2
There is disclosed a combination of inhibitors of Tissue Transglutaminase (TG2), inhibitors of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and CFTR channel activators (potentiators) for separate, sequential or simultaneous administration to CF patients carrying the ΔF508-CFTR mutation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US09132122B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors-subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US09132117B2
Compositions and methods for providing anti-diabetic and anti-hyperlipidemia benefits to diabetic subjects currently on medication but not meeting recommended targets for blood glucose, HbA1c, blood pressure and total cholesterol.
US09132115B2
The present invention is directed to the modulation of lipid rafts, caveolin proteins, or caveolar functions and processes by platinum(IV) compounds. Caveolae and/or lipid rafts are associated with cell transcription regulation, membrane and cellular transport, cell membrane receptor function, cellular trafficking, antigen presentation, cell differentiation and activation, cytokine modulation, membrane structure and function, and protein modulation. Caveolae, caveolin proteins and lipid rafts are known therapeutic targets for numerous biological functions. Diseases and disorders currently known to be therapeutically targeted through caveolae and/or lipid rafts include diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, viral and prion diseases, neuronal disorders, degenerative muscular dystrophies, and autoimmune disorders.
US09132111B2
Disclosed are topical antimicrobial compositions. The compositions are useful for disinfecting and treating microbial infections of the skin or mucosa of humans and animals. The antimicrobial compositions include a salt of amino acid anion and quaternary ammonium cation, comprising the general formula:
US09132099B2
Devices and methods for reducing, eliminating, preventing, suppressing, or treating tissue responses to hemostatic devices e.g., biological sealants or vascular procedures are disclosed. The invention employs a combination of resorbable, biocompatible matrix materials and a variety of therapeutic agents, such as antiproliferatives or antibiotics, applied to a vascular puncture or incision to achieve hemostasis following diagnostic or interventional vascular catheterizations and to treat neointimal hyperplasia and stenosis. A matrix of a material such as collagen provides a reservoir of a therapeutic agent such as rapamycin (sirolimus) and its derivatives and analogs for delivery at a tissue site at risk for vasculoproliferation, infection, inflammation, fibrosis or other tissue responses.
US09132093B2
Controlled release and taste masking compositions containing one or more active principles inglobated in a three-component matrix structure, i.e. a structure formed by successive amphiphilic, lipophilic or inert matrices and finally inglobated or dispersed in hydrophilic matrices. The use of a plurality of systems for the control of the dissolution of the active ingredient modulates the dissolution rate of the active ingredient in aqueous and/or biological fluids, thereby controlling the release kinetics in the gastrointestinal tract.
US09132090B2
The invention is a sterile pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration comprised of an oil-in-water emulsion, in which Propofol is dissolved in a water-immiscible lipophilic agents, and surface stabilizing amphiphilic agent, and tonicity modifying water-soluble hydroxy group and preservative preferably, lipophilic organic compound (butylated hydroxytoluene, butylated hydroxyanisole) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US09132088B2
Lacrimal implants, methods of making lacrimal implants, and methods of treating ocular, respiration or other diseases or disorders using lacrimal implants are disclosed.
US09132084B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations, methods, and systems for treating regional fat deposits and fat-related conditions and indications. Methods comprise administering a pharmaceutical formulation consisting essentially of a long-acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, for example, salmeterol, suitable for subcutaneous administration. Methods further comprise administering a pharmaceutical formulation that is suitable for subcutaneous injection comprising: (a) a lipophilic long-acting selective beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and/or glucocorticosteroid, or a salt, optical isomer, racemate, solvate, or polymorph thereof; and (b) at least one subcutaneously acceptable inactive ingredient.
US09132082B2
The present invention is related to novel oral compositions comprising an irreversible gastric H+/K+ ATPase proton pump inhibitor (PPI) as a gastric acid secretion inhibitor and one or more small carboxylic acid molecules as parietal cell activators in the gastric lumen. Unexpectedly, the compositions of the present invention are capable of enhancing the anti-acid activity of PPI in the stomach. The present invention further relates to a method of using such compositions to reduce gastric acid secretion in a mammal.
US09132079B2
Agents for treating keratin-containing fibers, in particular human hair, and methods for the use of such agents are provided. The agent includes at least one copolymer (a) and at least one copolymer (b). The copolymer (a) includes at least one structural unit of a formula (I) and at least one structural unit of a formula (II). Copolymer (b) includes at least one structure unit of formula (AI) and at least one structural unit of formula (A2). The agent is contained in a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
US09132078B2
The present invention relates to a liquid dual phase cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the composition containing as a demixing agent a film forming agent such as polyvinylpyrrolidone and derivatives thereof. The compositions of the invention are particularly useful as makeup removers.
US09132074B2
The disclosure relates to sunscreen compositions having a synergistic combination of ultraviolet light (UV) filtering agents that provide a high sun protection factor (SPF). Compositions according to the disclosure have high SPF values without requiring high overall amounts of UV filtering agents. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods of using the described compositions for protecting keratinous substances such as skin and hair from UV radiation.
US09132072B2
The present specification provides an agent for coloring keratinic fibers, wherein it contains (a) at least one compound of formula (I) and (b) at least one non-ionic surfactant. The present disclosure also provides a method of using such an agent as a coloring composition for human hair, wherein the method comprises application of the agent to the hair, an application time of from 5 to 45 minutes, and rinsing the agent from the hair.
US09132064B2
A catheter assembly incorporating a pre-biased indicator, the assembly includes a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and catheter walls defining a catheter lumen. The assembly further includes a base located at the proximal end of the catheter, the base defining an opening to the catheter lumen, the base having a first end and a second end. An inflatable balloon having a predetermined fill volume is located at a distal end of the catheter. An inflation valve is located on the base; the inflation valve is in fluid communication with the balloon through an inflation lumen defined by the catheter walls. The pre-biased indicator located on the base in fluid communication with the balloon is configured to provide a discrete visual signal that the pressure of a fluid in the balloon is different from a predetermined level of pressure or the volume of the balloon is different from the predetermined fill volume.
US09132059B2
The present invention provides a mechanism for reorganization of the brain through tactile stimulation. A board is provided that has a dual contact path for tracing by the user's fingers. The contact can be continuous or intermittent and the paths can be mazes, labyrinths, spirals or any other design to stimulate the brain.
US09132056B2
A crutch with wheels has a frame structure comprising a straight front frame part, a curved rear frame part and a strut extending between the straight front frame part and the curved rear frame part. A handle is provided in the upper part of the front frame part and a wheel is provided in the lower part of the front frame part. The upper part of the rear frame part is connected to the front frame part and a pair of wheels is provided in the lower part of the rear frame part. A tubular part is fixed to the lower part of the handle, which tubular part is detachably insertable into or over the upper end of the front frame part and in that a lower part of the tubular part is designed for connection to a ferrule when the handle is withdrawn from the front frame part.
US09132055B1
An athletic massage device is described with improved pressure absorption and distribution, along with methods for using the same. The athletic massage device may comprise one or more massage rollers covered by one or more layers of pliant material, which allow a user improved control over how to adjust applied pressure. In some embodiments, devices are provided with a deep core construction with a pliant outer perimeter. A hard spine may house a motor and rechargeable battery to create vibrations, which may be adjustable. An inner core layer of a pliant material may overlay the spine. An outer surface layer of a more pliant material may overlay the inner core. Protrusions from the spine may extend into the inner core layer to improve pressure or energy transmission. Embodiments may be provided in the form of balls, massage sticks, rolling pins, or dumbbells. A docking station may provide a recharge connection and storage for the massage rollers.
US09132050B1
A new and useful protective cushion for a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair and to a new and useful method of providing the protective cushion to a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. A substantially monolithic, nonmalleable, resilient body is provided that has a substantially closed C shape, a relatively soft, cushion like texture and a thickness that is slightly greater than a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. The C shaped body is biased to a closed shape and can be easily manually operated to open the C shaped body and enable it to surround a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. The contour of the protective cushion is designed to fit easily and comfortably about a wheelchair leg shaft, and the bracket blade and wheelchair post that typically form the foot rest bracket for supporting a wheelchair foot rest.
US09132048B2
A water-absorbent sheet structure comprising a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin is sandwiched with a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, characterized in that at least one side of the upper side and the lower side of the water-absorbent sheet structure is subjected to embossing, wherein a central region W1 of a water-absorbent sheet structure 1 along a longitudinal direction of the structure 1 is subjected to: wavy embossing 2 comprising one wavy embossing extending along the longitudinal direction, wherein the embossing comprises one or more discontinued segments of the embossing, and linear embossing 4 in a direction from each of tips 3 of wavy forms formed by the wavy embossing 2 towards an edge portion contouring along the longitudinal direction of the water-absorbent sheet structure 1, and wherein a branched structure of embossing formed by the wavy embossing 2 and the linear embossing 4 has an approximate Y-shape-form, and wherein the edge portion contouring along the longitudinal direction of the water-absorbent sheet structure 1 comprises non-embossing regions W2, W2′ not subjected to embossing, extending along the longitudinal direction, and further wherein an area of the embossing provided on the water-absorbent sheet structure 1 is from 2 to 25% of an entire area of the water-absorbent sheet structure 1; and an absorbent article comprising the water-absorbent sheet structure, sandwiched between a liquid-permeable sheet and a liquid-impermeable sheet. According to the present invention, some effects are exhibited that a water-absorbent sheet structure which has a fast permeation rate of a liquid and is less likely to cause liquid leakage can be provided by subjecting at least an upper side or a lower side of the water-absorbent sheet structure to a specified emboss shape even when the water-absorbent sheet structure contains very little amount of pulps.
US09132043B2
A pull-activated applicator includes a barrel, a pledget, a finger grip, and a deployment element. The pledget includes a withdrawal string and is located within the barrel. The barrel, the pledget, and the deployment element are configured such that application of a force to the deployment element in a first direction deploys the pledget and withdrawal string from the barrel in a second direction generally opposite the first direction.
US09132023B2
A prosthetic ankle and foot combination has an ankle joint mechanism constructed to allow damped rotational movement of a foot component relative to a shin component. The mechanism provides a continuous hydraulically damped range of ankle motion during walking with dynamically variable damping resistances, and with independent variation of damping resistances in the plantar-flexion and dorsi-flexion directions. The mechanism also provides for adjustment of a second piston element with respect to a shin component when a first valve is closed and a locking valve is open to adjust a reference angular position independently of the damping function that occurs during walking. An electronic control system coupled to the ankle joint mechanism includes at least one sensor for generating signals indicative of a kinetic or kinematic parameter of locomotion, the mechanism and the control system being arranged such that the damping resistances effective over the range of motion of the ankle are adapted automatically in response to such signals. Single and dual piston hydraulic damping arrangements are disclosed, including arrangements allowing independent heel-height adjustment.
US09132021B2
An intervertebral implant for being implanted between adjacent vertebrae is provided. The implant includes a generally elongate implant body having a length extending between opposite longitudinal ends thereof, a superior face and an inferior face. The superior face and inferior face include cortical teeth adjacent to the implant body longitudinal ends. Additionally, the superior and inferior faces include longitudinally central teeth intermediate the cortical teeth and have bone engaging ends. The central teeth have a sharper configuration than that of the cortical teeth bone engaging ends for biting into the softer central bone material of the vertebrae. The cortical teeth are arranged in a first density per unit area and the central teeth are arranged in a second density per unit area that is less than the first density.
US09132018B1
An ankle replacement prosthesis includes a tibial component, attached within a cavity formed in the tibia, and a talocalcaneal component, attached within a slot formed within a talocalcaneal compound, previously formed by fusing the talus and the calcaneus. Preferably, the talocalcaneal component includes a neck, to which a head, having a contact surface engaging a contact surface within the tibial component, is adjustably attached. These contact surfaces may both be spherical, with the contact surface of the talocalcaneal component being formed as a ball fitting within a socket formed by the contact surface of the tibial component, or these contact surfaces may include mating feature that limit inversion/eversion rotation of the foot, while providing for dorsal/plantar rotation thereof.
US09132011B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument including a femoral trial component configured to be coupled to a surgically-prepared distal end of a patient's femur. The femoral trial component has a fixation side configured to engage a posterior aspect of the surgically-prepared distal femur.
US09132001B2
Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of the graft. The implantable graft is preferably fabricated by vacuum deposition of metallic and/or pseudometallic materials into either single or multi-layered structures with the plurality of microperforations either being formed during deposition or after deposition by selective removal of sections of the deposited film. The implantable medical grafts are suitable for use as endoluminal or surgical grafts and may be used as vascular grafts, stent-grafts, skin grafts, shunts, bone grafts, surgical patches, non-vascular conduits, valvular leaflets, filters, occlusion membranes, artificial sphincters, tendons and ligaments.
US09131990B2
An implant for partially replacing surfaces that are subject to stresses includes a base that is inserted into an area removed from a bone. The base includes at least one surface for replacing the removed area of the bone and an adapter for receiving the base. The system for inserting the implant includes an angle determining system that includes a set of elliptical plates having different diameters to determine the cutting angle of the implant to be utilized to replace the surface of the bone. The system also includes an oscillating drill with hollow drills that have beveled tips.
US09131969B2
A spinal plate for installation on one or more vertebrae. The spinal plate can be an asymmetrical cervical plate. The cervical plate can have a thicker side, a thinner side, one or more threaded fastener holes, and one or more locking fastener holes. The shape of the cervical plate can match the shape of a vertebra to facilitate installation, thus, the thickness of both the thicker and thinner sides, and shape of the cervical plate between the thicker side and the thinner side can match the shape of a vertebra. The cervical plate can include locking features that secure one or more locking fasteners in the one or more locking fastener holes, and thereby secure one or more threaded fasteners in the one or more threaded fastener holes.
US09131953B2
A surgical instrument that comprises at least one microcontroller arranged in the handle of the instrument and that communicates with the surgical apparatus—without the interposition of a radio link via the cable that already exists between the surgical apparatus and the surgical instrument. Safe data transmission is ensured not only in the high-interference environment of an active RF surgical apparatus, but also in, for example, water jet, argon plasma and cryosurgical apparatuses, endoscopes. A differential transmission technique is selected, wherein one or more conductor pairs (insulated conductors) are utilized, one of the conductors of said conductor pairs transmitting the signal and the other transmitting the inverted signal. By subtracting the two signals, the actual data signal is yielded on the receiver side. If feedback interferences from the environment act on the data transmission link, the subtractions performed on the respective receivers cancels out the interferences.
US09131949B2
An apparatus, method and system for classifying a shockwave is described, particularly for use in an Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (SWL) system. The method for classifying a shockwave generated and directed towards a stone in an extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy treatment comprises receiving an acoustic signal at a passive unfocused acoustic sensor, determining whether at least one characteristic of the received acoustic emissions exceeds a respective pre-determined threshold value, and classifying the shockwave as effective or ineffective in dependence upon said determination. A method for predicting the outcome of an SWL treatment is also described.
US09131943B2
This invention presents a non-pneumatic tourniquet device designed for quick, easy application to an injured digit, such as a finger or a toe. One preferred embodiment comprises an frame, which is affixed to a flexible layer or membrane, and allows for an opening for the insertion of the injured digit through the device. This easy to use apparatus temporarily checks the bleeding or blood flow by applying an external pressure or a compression to the blood vessels in an appendage and also allows for exsanguination of the injured area.
US09131941B2
Disclosed herein are implantable fistula treatment devices and related methods. In some embodiments, an anorectal fistula treatment device may comprise a disc-shaped distal anchor comprising a concave side and a convex side, an outer edge region, an inner sealing region protruding from the concave side, and an attachment region configured for attachment to a connecting member. The inner sealing region may have a greater thickness than at least a portion of the attachment region and the outer edge region may be oriented at an acute angle to the inner sealing region. The distal anchor may have a tapered edge and the outer edge region and inner sealing region may be configured to form separate seals against tissue about a distal opening of an anorectal fistula.
US09131939B1
A locker for securing one or more tensioning members and a method of using the same is described. The locker includes a locker body having a passageway through which tensioning members extend. A movable member is coupled to the locker body and traverses the passageway. The movable member is movable between a latent position within the passageway in which the one or more tensioning members are movable relative to the locker body and an activated position within the passageway in which the one or more tensioning members are locked relative to the locker body. A hub surrounds the locker body such that the locker body is retractable with respect to the hub. Retraction of the locker body causes the movable member to move distally from the first position to the second position.
US09131930B2
A filling device (300) for breaking at least one ampoule (700) and for filling a syringe (600) from the ampoule is disclosed. The filling device has a base body (310), which delimits at least one hollow space (315). At the distal end, each hollow space has a removal opening, which is connected to a port (313) for the multi-use syringe. A breaking unit is designed to break the ampoule located in the hollow space. In some embodiments, the breaking unit comprises an actuating element, which is used to slide at least two ampoules onto a wedge-shaped structure, respectively, by way of a single actuating movement in the longitudinal direction, in order to apply a lateral force on the tips of the ampoules. In other embodiments, the breaking unit comprises an actuating element (320) that can be inserted in the transverse direction and acts directly on the tips of the ampoules in order to shatter or shear them off.
US09131929B2
Disclosed are solid and frozen haemostatic materials and dressings consisting essentially of a fibrinogen component and a fibrinogen activator. Also disclosed are methods of treating internal wounded tissue in a mammal by applying one or more of these haemostatic materials and dressings.
US09131922B2
Provided herein are systems and methods (i.e., utilities) that are directed to correcting misalignments or offsets between a series or sequence of medical images. The utility corrects offsets between a series of medical images obtained where an imaging device (e.g., ultrasound probe) is supported by a positioning mechanism where there is misalignment between an imaging axis or other reference point of the imaging device and the axis of movement of the positioning device. The determination of this offset between these axis allows for calculating a transformation that allows for placing each of the series images into a common frame of reference.
US09131918B2
Embodiments for providing a plurality of 3-dimensional ultrasound images by using a plurality of volume slices in an ultrasound system are disclosed. The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a target object to acquire ultrasound data; a volume data forming unit configured to form volume data by using the ultrasound data; a user input unit for allowing a user to input a user instruction; and a processing unit configured to set a plurality of volume slice regions having different widths in the volume data in response to the user instruction and form a plurality of 3-dimensional ultrasound images by using volume slices defined by the volume slice regions.
US09131917B2
An acoustic sensor is configured to provide accurate and robust measurement of bodily sounds under a variety of conditions, such as in noisy environments or in situations in which stress, strain, or movement may be imparted onto a sensor with respect to a patient. Embodiments of the sensor provide a conformable electrical shielding, as well as improved acoustic and mechanical coupling between the sensor and the measurement site.
US09131916B2
A radiation imaging apparatus has a camera installed on a gantry, and a method creates volume data of a subject through images of the subject photographed by the camera and calculates an optimum dose of radiation based on the volume data of the subject. The radiation imaging apparatus includes the gantry, and the camera installed on the gantry to photograph a subject.
US09131915B2
Method and apparatus of denoising recurrent signals comprising: providing first and second noisy signals each comprising a deterministic signal and (different realizations of) white noise; selecting one of the noisy signals as an input signal and the other noisy signal as a desired signal; providing an estimate of the deterministic signal in the input signal; determining the error between the estimated deterministic signal and the desired signal; adjusting the estimate of the deterministic signal using the error and producing an adjusted estimate of the deterministic signal.
US09131908B2
According to one embodiment, an image generation unit generates a first image during a large aperture period and a second image during a small aperture period. An image combining unit generates a composite image based on the latest second image and the specific first image. A display unit displays the composite image in real time. A determination unit determines whether to update the first image based on an index associated with the anatomical positional shift between the first image and the second image. A driving control unit enlarges a aperture to the large aperture, when the determination unit determines to update, and maintains the aperture at the small aperture, when the determination unit determines not to update.
US09131898B2
A balloon catheter comprises a catheter and a balloon located on the distal end of the catheter. A pair of stimulating electrodes for receiving a constant current stimulating signal when the balloon is inflated with an electrically conductive medium and a plurality of sensing electrodes for producing voltage response signals are located on the catheter. The voltage response signals are indicative of the values of the transverse cross-sectional area of the balloon adjacent the sensing electrodes. A first lumen accommodates the inflating medium to and from the balloon, and a second lumen accommodates electrically conductive wires to the stimulating and sensing electrodes. A pressure sensing element is located in a protective housing in the second lumen, and communicates through a communicating opening in the protective housing and through a communicating port in the catheter with a hollow interior region of the balloon. The balloon catheter may also be provided with a guide wire engaging element for engaging a guide wire externally of the balloon catheter.
US09131895B2
An electrode configured to provide electrical contact with a subject's skin and includes a conductive layer and a gel layer. The conductive layer spreads current and transmits electrical signals to and/or receives electrical signals from the subject's skin and has a first conductive surface through which electrical signals are transmitted to and/or received from the subject's skin. The first conductive surface is on a side of the conductive layer that faces toward the subject's skin if the electrode is installed on the subject. The gel layer is formed on the same side of the conductive layer as the first conductive surface. The gel layer has a first interface surface that directly contacts the subject's skin if the electrode is installed on the subject, and to conduct electrical signals between the subject's skin and the first conductive surface. The first interface surface has a surface area larger than that of the first conductive surface.
US09131893B2
A health monitoring system, and methods of use and manufacture thereof are disclosed. The health monitoring system may include a computing system and a diagnostic test coupled to a diaper. The diagnostic test may include one or more sensors configured to produce a visual indication of one or more analytes contained in a sample produced by a subject. The diagnostic test may include a machine-readable code. The computing system may be configured to read the machine-readable code to allow an application running on the computing system to automatically perform at least one task related to a production of a data point based on the visual indication. The health monitoring system may aid in identifying a potential abnormal health condition of the subject by providing automatic longitudinal analysis of analytes contained in samples produced by the subject over a period of time.
US09131891B2
Apparatus for monitoring a clinical condition of a subject is described. A motion sensor monitors the subject, and generates a signal in response thereto. A control unit analyzes the signal, and, in response to the analyzing, (a) identifies a sleep stage of the subject, and (b) identifies a clinical parameter of the subject in the identified sleep stage. The control unit monitors the clinical condition, by comparing the clinical parameter to a baseline clinical parameter for the identified sleep stage, and generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
US09131886B2
An automatic apparatus for obtaining and analyzing a blood sample contains a supply of lancets and test strips, which are located alternately on a carrier band. A lancet or alternatively a test strip may be clamped on a holder, which is mounted so it is movable. The movement controller of the holder comprises a three-dimensional control curve and a guide element, which engages at different depths in the control curve as a function of its relative position. The control curve comprises two guide paths, which run on different parallel planes. The contour of the first guide path determines the movement path of the lancet and the contour of the second guide path determines the movement path of the test strip. The test strip executes a transverse offset perpendicular to the puncture axis of the lancet.
US09131878B2
Adjusting a pulse qualification criterion includes receiving a signal representing a plurality of pulses, where the signal is generated in response to detecting light scattered from blood perfused tissue. A characteristic is determined. A pulse qualification criterion used for qualifying a pulse is adjusted in accordance with the characteristic. The pulses are evaluated according to the pulse qualification criterion.
US09131877B2
A laser apparatus that allows selection of a wavelength of output light from a plurality of options. The laser apparatus includes: a resonator made up from an output mirror and reflection means having a plurality of reflective surfaces fixed in position; a laser medium disposed on an optical axis inside the resonator; branch means branching an optical path of a light beam formed on the optical axis when light oscillates in the laser medium into a plurality of optical paths having an end at one reflective surface of the reflection means, the branch means forming a first optical path coinciding with the optical axis when located out of the optical axis, and forming a branch path by moving the light of the optical axis parallel when located on the optical axis.
US09131875B2
A device for measuring a length of a cervix includes an elongate measurement member extending along a longitudinal axis and including a measurement scale thereon, a hollow member coaxial with and disposed over the elongate measurement member, a flange offset from the longitudinal axis and attached to a distal end of the hollow member, a handle attached to a proximal end of the measurement member, and a locking mechanism on the handle. The hollow member is freely rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the measurement member to place the flange in a first position and in a second position perpendicular to the first position without moving the measurement scale. The locking mechanism is configured, when locked, to fix the hollow member relative to the measurement member and, when unlocked, to allow the hollow member to slide axially along the measurement member in the first and second positions.
US09131870B2
Methods for achieving suppression of blood pool signal to image contrast-enhanced organs and vascular walls using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technology. MRI data is then acquired with phase sensitive reconstruction so that blood pool signal is suppressed compared with the tissues of interest.
US09131868B2
The determination system includes a presented-speech sound control section for determining a speech sound to be presented to a user; auditory/visual stimulation presentation sections for presenting the determined speech sound as an audio/a character; a group-wise summation section for taking a summation of an event-related potential of an electroencephalogram signal of the user for each group of speech sounds; a first determination section for, from the event-related potential having been subjected to summation for each group, making a group-by-group determination of comfortableness as to whether the user is comfortably hearing to the speech sound, to at least determine whether the user is listening to the speech sound with strife, or to determine whether the user is annoyed by the speech sound; and a second determination section for, from the event-related potential, making a speech sound-by-speech sound determination of intelligibility as to whether the user is clearly hearing the speech sound.
US09131858B2
An implantable sensor module includes a housing having an inner shell and an outer layer formed to extend over and enclose the inner shell to form an outer wall of the housing, the inner shell having a thickness extending between an inner wall of the inner shell and an outer wall of the inner shell, the outer layer having an inner side engaged against the outer wall of the inner shell and having a thickness extending between the inner side and the outer wall of the housing, wherein the inner shell and the outer layer form a substantially flat portion. A flexible diaphragm is formed within the inner shell and extends between a first edge and a second edge, and a shoulder extends adjacent to the first edge to extend the outer layer laterally away from a central medial line extending between the first and second edges of the diaphragm.
US09131857B2
A battery-free electronic blood pressure measuring apparatus comprising a cuff (40), an airbag (22) to push air into the cuff (40), a power generation unit which has a generator (42) and an operating handle (28) coupled with the wall of the airbag (22) to generate electrical power, and a display device (44) to receive electrical power from the power generation unit, detect a blood pressure signal from the cuff (40), generate and display a blood pressure measurement. A method for electronically measuring blood pressure with a battery-free sphygmomanometer comprises pressing an airbag and a generator-driving structure attached to the airbag wall, which leads to electrical power generation and cuff inflation by the airbag at the same time, and measuring the blood pressure with the generated electrical power.
US09131849B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for facilitating access to the left atrium, and specifically the left atrial appendage. The apparatus may comprise a sheath with first and second curved sections that facilitate location of the fossa ovalis and left atrial appendage. The apparatus may further comprise tissue piercing and dilating structures. Methods are also disclosed.
US09131847B2
Light scattering and absorption techniques for the detection of possible abnormal living tissue. Apparatus and methods for utilizing multiple blood content detection sensors and/or contact sensors for beneficially providing data to better guide an endoscope or colonoscope to locate abnormal tissue, tumors, or tissues that precede the development of such lesions or tumors.
US09131843B2
A personalized real-time automated cardiovascular monitoring system monitors abnormalities in a patient's cardiovascular activity data through the use of individually adjusted electrocardiogram Holter apparatus (Holter/ECG device) that provides an automatic medical diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities and generates abnormality alert signals representative of certain abnormalities in patient's cardiac activities. The signals are transmitted using a wireless network through a bi-directional wireless protocol. Individual parameters indicative of patient's cardio activities are personalized to allow for adjustments of chronic patients. A base Holter/ECG unit, includes the wireless/electric electrodes and their respective wireless/electric connections, and a Holter/ECG recording unit affixed to the base unit. Data is collected and subjected to statistical analysis.
US09131834B2
An endoscope includes: a distal end portion provided at a distal end of an insertion portion; a front-view observation window for observing an insertion direction of the distal end portion, which is provided facing toward the insertion direction; a lateral-view observation window for observing a circumferential direction of the distal end portion, which is formed along the outer circumferential lateral surface and has a lateral observation field of view; a light-emitting member having an emission end surface for emitting light in a distal end direction of the distal end portion; a groove portion formed on the outer circumferential lateral surface of the distal end portion so as to be longer than the emission end surface of the light-emitting member along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential lateral surface of the distal end portion and opposed to the emission end surface, on a proximal end side with respect to the lateral-view observation window; a plurality of particles for scattering light arranged in the groove portion; and a transparent infill filled between the plurality of particles.
US09131828B2
The dishwasher may include a tub forming a washing space, a rack received in the washing space of the tub and having an accommodating space to receive items to be washed, and a support provided in the accommodating space of the rack to receive and support the items to be washed. The support may be inserted into the rack, and may have a rotation shaft that is formed outside the accommodating space.
US09131815B2
Connector for connecting a vacuum hose to a vacuum cleaner body includes a central tube removably connected to the body and an enclosure that at least partially encloses the central tube and the vacuum hose when positioned partly over the central tube. The connector retains the vacuum hose to allow for swiveling of the vacuum hose about the central tube and prevents rotation between the central tube and the enclosure.
US09131811B2
A hygiene compliance monitor for a dispensing container that dispenses material when a dispensing nozzle is actuated, includes a flexible main section having a receiving aperture through which the dispensing nozzle extends, so as to enable the main section to be removably attached to the dispensing container. Extending from the main section is a secondary section that is terminated by an attachment sleeve that is configured to removably retain the dispensing nozzle therein. A token, such as a magnet, is carried by the attachment sleeve and is detected by a sensor carried by the main section. Thus, when the dispensing nozzle is actuated to dispense material, the sensor detects the presence and non-presence of the token and accordingly updates a count value that is presented on a display that represents the number of actuations of the dispensing nozzle.
US09131806B1
A beverage mixing system includes a housing, a sealing feature, a locking feature, and an agitator. The housing has an opening separating inner and outer surfaces and a boss that extends through the housing such that part of the outer surface forms an inner bore of the boss having a terminus pointing toward the opening. The agitator has a base, a shaft, and a mixing element coupled to the base such that the base, in cooperation with the sealing feature, circumferentially seals the opening of the housing to form a cavity defined by the inner surface. The shaft passes through the inner bore. The locking feature when engaged permits independent or simultaneous translational and rotational movement of the shaft while an area between the terminus of the boss and the shaft remains mechanically sealed during the movement against liquid or powder encroachment into a clean area of the inner bore.
US09131798B2
The brewing apparatus (1) comprises a guide and support structure (2), that bears a movable receiving assembly (7) capable of receiving a capsule or similar (10), containing a quantity or measure of a substance for the preparation of a beverage, and a substantially stationary cooperating assembly (6). The movable assembly (7) is able to assume a closed position in which it is coupled with the cooperating assembly (6) to create a brewing chamber, and a separated open position. Between such assemblies (6, 7) there is a gripping device (20) including a pair of movable jaws, capable of assuming a relative retaining position in which they are capable of receiving and retaining a capsule or similar (10) inserted between said assemblies (6, 7) while the latter are in the separated open position. The jaws (21) can be parted by respective pusher members (23) of the movable assembly (7) to release the capsule (10) retained, when the receiving assembly (7) is at least close to the closed position, to allow a capsule (10) to be positioned in the brewing chamber.
US09131784B2
A bedding assembly for use with a mattress, the assembly including a circumscribing padding sized and shaped to extend from or rest on top of a top perimeter surface of the mattress, the padding having one or more contiguous sections, each section having a vertical outer surface positioned adjacent to sidewalk of the mattress, a horizontal bottom surface adjacent the to surface of the mattress, and an angled surface extending from the outer surface to the bottom surface, and a cover sized and shaped to secure the padding sections together in a shape that circumscribes a central portion of the mattress, and a fitted sheet sized and shaped to hold the padding and cover on the mattress.
US09131783B2
A seating unit is provided with a detachable bezel that is selectively engaged and disengaged to a receiving module. The receiving module is assembled to an interior of the seating unit and operably coupled to the activation device (e.g., linear actuator for adjusting the position of the seating unit). In operation, the receiving module is configured to receive command signals via a communication interface between the receiving module and the detachable bezel. Typically, an intermediate material of the seating unit intersects the communication interface. Further, the receiving module is configured to invoke the activation device as a function of the command signals. The detachable bezel resides external to the seating unit and is freely wielded by a user upon being disengaged from the receiving module. Additionally, the detachable bezel includes touch-activated controls that, upon receiving user-initiated actuation, generate the command signals via the communication interface.
US09131782B1
A modular pod mattress with an integral mattress subsurface platform rail system, a plurality of modular pods to be securely fitted into the mattress subsurface platform rail system, a first compartment to house a mattress lining, and a second compartment to house a mattress topper. The mattress subsurface platform rail system comprises a plurality of rails for forming a series of track mounting spaces for receiving and securing the plurality of modular pods. Each modular pod consists of a plurality of coils springs with varying elasticity that is dependent on the user's height and weight distribution. The modular pods may be removed and replaced pod by pod once worn as opposed to replacing the entire mattress.
US09131775B1
Among other things, a seat includes a base; a back-supporting surface coupled to the base; and a seating surface movable relative to the base in a direction of motion toward and away from the back-supporting surface. The back-supporting surface has a lower portion nearer the seating surface that is movable, relative to an upper portion of the back-supporting surface that is farther from the seating surface, in the direction of motion as the seating surface moves in the direction of motion.
US09131773B2
A combination drawer assembly includes a combination drawer holder and one or a number of basket drawers. The combination drawer holder includes a bottom frame, and two support frames connected to the bottom frame in parallel. The support frames provide horizontally aligned seat tracks. Each basket drawer is slidably mounted in two horizontally aligned seat tracks, and prohibited by the respective seat tracks from falling out of the combination drawer holder.
US09131770B2
Container with a bottom wall, two side walls, and a back wall connecting them, and at least one drawer which can be pulled from the opening of the container, opposite this back wall, wherein on the upper edges of the two side walls, at least one locking device is provided. Such known containers are not flexible enough for practical use. The goal of refining a generic container in such a way that there are more combination possibilities in handling is attained in that the upper side of the container, opposite the bottom wall, is open and another container or a lid, covering the open upper side, can be optionally locked in via the locking device.
US09131769B2
An equipment rack includes a frame, a first pair of mounting rails and a second pair of mounting rails. Each pair of mounting rails includes a front mounting rail and a rear mounting rail and the front and rear mounting rails each include a first planar surface defining in part a first equipment-mounting interface when the front and rear mounting rails are coupled to the frame through a second planar surface of each of the front and rear mounting rails in a first configuration. The front and rear mounting rails each further include a third planar surface and a fourth planar surface defining in part a second equipment-mounting interface when the front and the rear mounting rails are coupled to the frame through the first planar surface in a second configuration. The first and second equipment-mounting interfaces can be defined by an equipment rack standard.
US09131764B2
An eyeglass fillet fastener detachably assembled to an eyeglass having a connecting hole or a frame of goggle without temple. The eyeglass fillet fastener includes a connecting member and a sliding member, wherein one side of the connecting member has a fastening portion for fastening with the connecting hole, and the other side of the connecting member has a flexible positioning member and a pivoting portion, and the sliding member is pivoted in the pivoting portion by the flexible positioning portion, so that a user is able to move the position of the sliding member.
US09131762B2
A backpack includes a bag having an interior packing space and a back wall that has a top and a bottom. The back wall includes an opening proximate the top of the back wall. A back contacting surface is attached to the top of the back wall and the bottom of the back wall. A frame is removably mounted to the back wall between the back wall and the back contacting surface. The frame includes a bend configured to space the back wall from the back contacting surface. The frame is insertable and removable to and from the back wall through the opening.
US09131758B2
Provided is a key locator comprising a) a bent rod-shaped first member having opposing first and second end portions and b) a second member that selectively retains keys. The first member incorporates a bent interior region between the end portions. The end portions are not urged against each other and allow the bent interior region to hang from or clasp to an edge. The first end portion substantially permanently and flexibly engages with the second member. In one embodiment, the second end portion is substantially rigidly affixed to the key locator such that container movement necessarily causes key locator movement. In another embodiment, the container is rotatably mounted to the second end portion and comprises a hinge that attaches a first face to the container. The first face moves between an open configuration that exposes an interior portion of the container and a closed configuration that seals the interior portion.
US09131749B2
Woven textile structures constructed using dual-loom technology are provided. Filaments are woven in such a way as to create a first set of different discrete layers of the same fabric in some regions of the textile and a second set of discrete layers of the same fabric at other regions of the same textile. The different layers are used to construct various textile structures such as a woven bag.
US09131748B2
A bladder assembly for an article of footwear includes a main body. The main body defines a first chamber and a second chamber, and the second chamber includes a first inner surface and a second inner surface. The bladder assembly also includes a viscous fluid contained in the first or second chamber and a gas contained in the other of the first or second chamber. Furthermore, the bladder assembly includes a fabric member that is fixed to both the first and second inner surfaces. The fabric member limits movement of the first and second inner surfaces away from each other.
US09131747B2
A shoe sole which assists in and enables correct walking. The shoe sole includes an outsole, a main midsole, a lower midsole and an upper midsole. The main midsole includes an inclined slope, a first extending section which is connected to the lower end of the slope, and a second extending section which is connected to the upper end of the slope. The first extending section is coupled to the outsole from a periphery of either an inward side or an outward side of an upper surface of the outsole. The lower midsole is disposed between undersurfaces of the slope and the second extending section and the upper surface of the outside. The upper midsole is coupled to upper surfaces of the slope and the first extending section.
US09131738B2
A multi-layered construction includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and a baffle disposed between the first and second fabrics. The baffle is attached to the first and second fabrics so as to form a plurality of triangular-shaped chambers between the first and second fabrics. In other words, the baffle forms a zigzag-like pattern between the first and second fabrics. Another multi-layered construction also includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and a baffle disposed between the first and second fabrics. This baffle has a non-rectangular cross-section. More particularly, in certain examples, the baffle may have at least one curved edge and/or at least one tapered edge. In other examples, the baffle may have a vase-like cross-section having at least two curved edges.
US09131733B2
This present invention relates to the field of A battery assembly configured to be combined with an atomization assembly to form an electronic cigarette, comprising a battery, and the battery including a first battery electrode and a second battery electrode; wherein, the battery assembly further includes a first charging electrode electrically connected to the first battery electrode and a second charging electrode electrically connected to the second battery electrode, the first charging electrode extends to an end surface of the battery assembly, the second charging electrode partially or wholly surrounds a side wall of the battery assembly, and both the first charging electrode and the second charging electrode are configured for connecting with an external charger. By implementing the battery assembly of the present invention, the battery assembly and the electronic cigarette with the battery assembly can be directly charged, which makes charging be convenient.
US09131732B1
A non-addictive smoking composition and corn-cob pipe kit including a mixture of dried corn silk strands and dried corn cob leaves in a range of approximately 80-90% and 10-20%, respectively, by volume, of the mixture to provide a nicotine-free, non-addictive smoking alternative. The kit also includes a smoking pipe having structural components to resemble a corn-cob pipe. The pipe has a detachable tube, stem, and mouthpiece.
US09131727B2
The present invention relates to instant acidified milk beverages and methods for producing such instant acidified milk beverages. More specifically, the present invention provides a powdered composition which can be added to a liquid milk product with minimal mixing to produce an instant acidified milk beverage having a smooth texture. Even more specifically, the powdered composition includes at least one edible monobasic salt of polyprotonic acid. The powdered composition may include a buffer salt, and other optional ingredients such as sweetener, thickener, fiber, bulking agent, anti-caking agent, fruit juice solid, flavor, and colorant, etc.
US09131726B2
A composition of matter is disclosed and formed from a stable, defatted whole grain flour derived from Salvia hispanica L. whole ground seed using a suitable solvent that is free of cyanogenic glycosides, vitamin antagonists, and gluten. The composition includes minerals, about 30% wt/wt protein, about 30-40% insoluble fiber and about 2-3% of fructo-oligosaccarides.
US09131718B2
The invention describes compositions that include rebaudioside D, processes to produce rebaudioside D and formulations that provide ratios of rebaudioside A to rebaudioside D to decrease the aftertaste of rebaudioside A.
US09131714B2
Conventional dried materials have a low oil adsorption property and oil retention ability. Therefore, a dried material that has an excellent oil adsorbing property and oil retention ability has been desired. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an oil-adsorbing composition that has an excellent oil adsorption property and oil retention ability; a method for producing the oil-adsorbing composition; and a method for using the oil-adsorbing composition.
US09131708B2
The present invention relates to compositions containing probiotic microorganisms and methods of making and using probiotic associations containing these microorganisms. More particularly, the invention relates to an association of probiotic lactic acid microorganisms including newly identified strains of microorganisms and their use in dietary products. These microorganisms are cultured to produce a protective shell that enhances shelf-stability of compositions and products of the invention. The isolated microorganisms include new strains of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis, and Streptococcus thermophillus.
US09131706B2
The invention relates to a handling system for transporting, removing or inserting rod-like elements from or into a storage frame, the rod-like elements, like smoking rods, serving for storing products, each having a sausage-shaped body and a loop for a pendulously storage of the products. The handling system comprises a robotic device with at least one robotic arm being movably in three dimensions, at least one gripping device for reversibly gripping the rod-like elements, wherein the gripping device is attached to the robotic arm of the robotic device. Moreover, a preventing unit for preventing uncontrolled movement of the products hanging up on the rod-like elements is provided.
US09131691B2
Use of amide compounds represented by formula (I), for preventing or reducing settlement and/or fouling of marine fouling organisms on a surface of a submerged object is provided, wherein “-A-” has a formula —(CnH2(n-m))- which is either unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1 to C4 alkyls, and wherein the formula —(CnH2(n-m))- represents a divalent alkyl, or a divalent alkenyl having one or more double bonds, n is 1 to 15, m is 0 to 4, and 2(n-m)=2, and R is selected from piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, isobutylamino, piperazinyl or morpholinyl. Amide compounds of formula (I), a category of antifouling compounds, can be either isolated from natural resources or synthesized, which are nontoxic and environmental-friendly.
US09131681B2
A process for making particles comprising a hydrophobic dopant for subsequent release therefrom is disclosed. The process comprises providing an emulsion comprising a hydrophilic phase and a hydrophobic phase dispersed in the hydrophilic phase, and reacting the precursor material to form the particles comprising the dopant therein. The hydrophobic phase comprises a precursor material and the dopant.
US09131679B2
Ethoxylated phospholipid-enriched soybean oil as an effective adjuvant in herbicidal compositions and method for killing or controlling the growth of weeds which comprises applying on the fields a herbicidal composition containing glyphosate and the ethoxylated phospholipid-enriched soybean oil.
US09131677B2
The invention relates to the field of organ and biological tissue preservation and in particular to solutions for use in preserving organs and/or tissues prior to transplanting into a subject.
US09131669B2
A transgenic non-human mammal containing a heterologous lambda light chain gene locus, and/or a heterologous kappa light chain gene locus, and/or a heterologous heavy chain gene locus, each of which can re-arrange so that immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes are formed and expressed in B-cells following antigen challenge.
US09131667B2
A centrifugal filter apparatus including a canister housing having a frusto-conical internal surface, and outlet adjacent the minor diameter of the internal surface and an inlet spaced axially toward a major diameter, a central annular filter element and centrifugal radial rotating fins extending radially from adjacent the external surface of the filter element to adjacent the generally frusto-conical internal surface of the canister having a generally frusto-conical outer surface conforming to the frusto-conical internal surface of the canister. In one embodiment, the filter apparatus includes a plurality of reaction canisters, where the outlet of the first canister is the inlet of the second canister and the radial fins drive reaction products from the first canister to the second canister.
US09131665B2
A tubular bird feeder for seed includes a seed metering valve above the feed holes which may be operated manually, or by a battery powered motor where the battery is charged by a solar cell and the motor responds to a remote control device from the indoors. The perches at the feed holes are made to suddenly buckle when too big of a creature alights thereon. A easy refill procedure uses a swing away cap.
US09131660B2
A system for remote animal care is presented and includes a housing and a mobility portion coupled to the housing and operable to move the housing. The system includes a data communications system and communicatively coupled with an external data communications system, and an electronic data processor controlling the mobility portion. Further, the system includes a food storage portion and a water storage portion. The system may also include receiving a plurality of location data associated with an animal, determining a location of a debris item associated with the animal, and a cleaning portion coupled to the housing. Also, method for animal care is presented. The method includes providing a mobile housing having a cleaning portion and determining a location of a debris item associated with an animal. The method also includes moving the mobile housing to the location of the debris item and cleaning the debris item.
US09131659B1
A portable anchoring device providing a temporary anchoring means for pet leashes includes a round base containing a suction cup, a durable handle, and a clasp to which a dog leash can be attached. The suction cup provides removable attachment to a smooth horizontal or vertical surface via a second handle which pivots to actuate the suction cup and anchor the device.
US09131658B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-110 RZ, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races B1:1 to B1:28 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), as well as an extraordinary high number of substantially equally sized dark green leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-110 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-110 RZ.
US09131655B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1W11 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1W11 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1W11 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1W11 or a locus conversion of PH1W11 with another maize variety.
US09131653B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 2453832. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 2453832, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 2453832 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 2453832.
US09131646B2
A green wall planting support apparatus includes at least one plant support structure and a plurality of baskets. The plant support structure includes a vertical main plate that has a plurality of basket hanging portions. A water supply unit includes at least one main pipe connected to a water source, and a branch unit that is coupled to the main pipe and that has a plurality of watering conduits. Each basket has a basket body with a receiving space. The basket body has a basket hanger portion that is detachably connected to one of the basket hanging portions. The watering conduits convey water into the receiving spaces of the baskets, respectively.
US09131644B2
A modeling framework for estimating crop growth and development over the course of an entire growing season generates a continuing profile of crop development from any point prior to and during a growing season until a crop maturity date is reached. The modeling framework applies extended range weather forecasts and remotely-sensed imagery to improve crop growth and development estimation, validation and projection. Output from the profile of crop development profile generates a combination of data for use in auxiliary farm management applications.
US09137932B2
An electric power conversion apparatus includes a channel case in which a cooling water channel is formed; a double side cooling semiconductor module that has an upper and lower arms series circuit of an inverter circuit; a capacitor module; a direct current connector; and an alternate current connector. The semiconductor module includes first and second heat dissipation metals whose outer surfaces are heat dissipation surfaces, the upper and lower arms series circuit is disposed tightly between the first heat dissipation metal and the second heat dissipation metal, and the semiconductor module further includes a direct current positive terminal, a direct current negative terminal, and an alternate current terminal which protrude to outside. The channel case is provided with the cooling water channel which extends from a cooling water inlet to a cooling water outlet, and a first opening which opens into the cooling water channel.
US09137927B2
According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes: a substrate, a heat transport mechanism, and a pressing member. The television apparatus comprises a housing; a substrate situated in the housing and including a first component mounted thereon; a second component thermally coupled to the first component; and a pressing member. The pressing member comprises a wall portion configured to attach into an edge of the substrate, and to press the second component to contact the first component.
US09137924B2
An avionics module including an electronic circuit board, a case in which the circuit board is positioned and including at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice for cooling air, a first corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a first face of the circuit board and a first facing wall of the case, and a second corridor for the circulation of the cooling air formed between a second face of the circuit board and a second facing wall of the case. The module includes at least one baffle for controlling the distribution of the cooling air between the first and second corridors. Preferably, the baffle is fixed to the electronic circuit board.
US09137917B2
One or more apparatuses and methods are disclosed for data entry from a removable portable device cover which are configured to cover, surround, and/or encapsulate at least a portion of an exterior shell of a portable electronic device. In one embodiment of the invention, a physical keyboard is operatively connected and/or attached to a removable portable device frame of the removable portable device cover, wherein the removable portable device frame is designed to fit a portable electronic device. In some embodiments of the invention, the operative connection and/or attachment of a physical keyboard to a removable portable frame may be accomplished by using straps, connector ports, and/or wireless protocols. Furthermore, a physical keyboard operatively connected and/or attached to the removable portable device frame may be a foldable physical keyboard which enables easy touch-typing for a user if the foldable physical keyboard is fully expanded.
US09137909B2
The present invention provides a splice type display back plate and a liquid crystal display device. The splice type display back plate includes at least two stents spliced together, each stent being disposed with enhancing ribs respectively, enhancing ribs including: at least two first enhancing parts disposed separately with interval at splicing locations of stents and second enhancing part connecting the at least two first enhancing parts; the first enhancing parts of two spliced stents overlapping and engaged chimerically. The display back plate of the present invention is formed by splicing two stents so as to reduce the weight of the back plate and material cost. Also, with enhancing ribs disposed on the two stents respectively, the enhancing ribs are located at splicing positions and connected in overlapping and chimerical manner to enhance the mechanical strength.
US09137903B2
A microelectronic assembly may include a substrate including a rigid dielectric layer having electrically conductive elements, a microelectronic element having a plurality of contacts exposed at a face thereof, and conductive vias extending through a compliant dielectric layer overlying the rigid dielectric layer. The vias electrically connect the substrate contacts respectively to the conductive elements, and the substrate contacts are joined respectively to the contacts of the microelectronic element. The vias, compliant layer and substrate contacts are adapted to appreciably relieve stress at the substrate contacts associated with differential thermal contact and expansion of the assembly.
US09137902B2
Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for forming highly-conductive features including stabilized silver-containing nanoparticles at low processing temperatures of no more than about 140° C.
US09137901B2
The present subject matter relates to a method and system for pulsed air-actuated micro-droplet on demand jetting, especially for jetting high viscosity liquids. A needle extends from a liquid chamber and terminates in a drop-forming orifice outlet from which micro-droplets are generated. At least two air jets direct a timed pulse of air at the drop-forming orifice outlet of the needle. The pulsed air is synchronized with the formation of a desired volume of liquid at the orifice outlet to extract and propel a micro-droplet at high velocity to a substrate. The air jets are turned on prior to the forming of the desired volume at the orifice outlet of the needle, and turned off after the micro-droplet had been produced.
US09137898B2
A press fit passive component, such as a resistor or capacitor, adapted to fit within, or partially within, a via of a printed circuit board. In one example, the press fit passive component has a cylindrically shaped body with solderable terminals at either end of the body, and a dielectric collar disposed at least partially about the cylindrically shaped body. The component is placed in the via and soldered in order to provide a mechanical and electrical connection to the printed circuit board.
US09137894B2
A display panel includes a periphery area, an active display area adjacent to the periphery area and having two opposite sides connecting with the periphery area, a driving chip disposed at the periphery area for driving electrical elements in the active display area, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting the driving chip and the electrical elements in the active display area. The distance from a first part of the wires to the center of the driving chip is farther than the distance from a second part of the wires to the center of the driving chip, and the width of the first part of the wires on a reference line perpendicular to the opposite sides of the active display area is greater than the width of the second part of the wires on the reference line.
US09137889B1
Compact ASIC, chip-on-board, flip-chip, interposer, and related packaging techniques are incorporated to minimize the footprint of optoelectronic interconnect devices, including the Optical Data Pipe. In addition, ruggedized packaging techniques are incorporated to increase the durability and application space for optoelectronic interconnect devices, including an Optical Data Pipe.
US09137888B2
The present invention is a power distribution mounting component operable at high voltages. More specifically, the power distribution mounting component includes: an insulating layer; current-carrying first conductor layers sandwiching the insulating layer; and a second conductor layer (thinner than the first conductor layers) interposed between the insulating layer and at least one of the first conductor layers. Each the second conductor layer between the insulating layer and the overlying current-carrying first conductor layer is sufficiently thinner than the first conductor layer and is therefore formed in close adhesion to the insulating layer, thereby increasing the partial discharge inception voltage of the power distribution mounting component and therefore its insulation reliability.
US09137886B2
The present invention relates to a printed circuit board which includes: a solder pad on which a solder ball is mounted; an insulator formed on the solder pad; and a protrusion formed under the insulator to support the solder ball when mounting the solder ball and can stably mount the solder ball.
US09137884B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus for plasma processing comprising of a chamber for plasma processing with an external wall, and at least one induction coil for providing a radio frequency induction field that is adjacent to the chamber. It further includes an end terminal of the induction coil that is connected to a radio frequency power supply, another end terminal of the induction coil that is open-ended, and a grounded terminal of the induction coil that is located at substantially central position of the induction coil.
US09137882B2
A touch screen panel includes a substrate having an electrode forming part, a routing wire forming part and a pad forming part; a plurality of first electrode serials arranged in a first direction in the electrode forming part; a plurality of second electrode serials arranged in a second direction crossing over the first direction in the electrode forming part, and electrically insulated from the plurality of first electrode serials by an insulation; and at least one static electricity discharging pattern formed in the electrode forming part, and connected with any one of the first electrode serials and the second electrode serials.
US09137880B2
A circuit for a dimmer system is disclosed, in which a phase-cut dimmer output signal is converted to a dimming control level signal. The phase-cut dimmer output signal is used to generated a pulse modulated signal indicative of the duty cycle of the phase cut dimmer output signal, and the pulse modulated signal is directly converted to a piece-wise linear dimming control level signal. By directly converting the pulse modulated signal to a piece-wise linear dimming control level signal, no further processing is necessary to produce a dimming signal which closely resembles the ideal logarithmic response of the human eye.A corresponding method for a dimmer system is also disclosed, as is a dimmer system.
US09137877B2
Embodiments relate to controlling a lighting control according to at least one of received signal strength indication (RSSI) and a preset lighting mode. Brightness or/and color temperature of the lighting device may be automatically controlled to two or more levels according to the RSSI and a user's taste. A switch application of the lighting device using the RSSI is operated to facilitate a control by a user, and On/Off or/and brightness of the lighting device are controlled according to the RSSI.
US09137872B2
When an output current is shut off by disconnection, a control unit 7 causes a DC/DC converter 3 to immediately stop temporarily for suppression of an over-current at the time of restoration, and further causes the DC/DC converter 3 to repeat an temporary stop and an temporary operation by a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined period of time, in order to check whether the shut-off of the output current is transient or continuous, and causes the DC/DC converter 3 to stop continuously if the shut off is continuous, and extinguish an LED light source 4.
US09137871B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a range of LEDs preferably fed with constant current, which range of LEDs preferably generates white mixed light with at least two LED types of different spectrum, wherein the movement of the color locus of the mixed light, which is caused by the different negative gradients of the temperature dependencies of the intensity of at least two different LED types, is reduced by circuitry without using measurements and feedback variables.
US09137867B2
The disclosed lighting device gradually adjusts from an incandescent bulb color having a 30% dimming rate to a daylight color having a 100% dimming rate. The overall dimming rate is changed to a linear shape, and the ratio of the dimming rates of the incandescent bulb color and the daylight color is adjusted. When changing from the incandescent bulb color to the daylight color, the color is changed to an intermediate color that mixes the incandescent bulb color and the daylight color, and then ultimately is changed to the daylight color, and so it is possible to change the dimming rate without causing discomfort or annoyance in humans, and a comfortable and natural light environment is achieved.
US09137866B2
Emergency lighting devices and methods are disclosed. An emergency lighting device includes a passive resonant converter circuit configured to be coupled to an emergency lighting module and to an input end of a group of solid state emitters, at which the group of solid state emitters receives a normal operation current from an LED driver. The passive resonant converter circuit is configured to receive an emergency operation current from the emergency lighting module and to provide a converted emergency operation current to the group of solid state emitters at an emergency input of the group of solid state emitters in response to the emergency operation current. The emergency lighting module may be a fluorescent emergency lighting module.
US09137861B2
A circuit for operating at least one LED (“driver circuit”) includes input terminals to be connected to an input or operating voltage in the form of a direct current (DC) voltage or a rectified alternating current (AC) voltage, and output terminals to be connected to a load circuit containing the at least one LED. The circuit includes a clocked switch and a control circuit for clocking the switch. The control circuit is in the form of an integrated circuit (IC) and is provided with input and output pins. The control circuit generates a clock signal for the switch depending on at least two actual value signals, such that there is a control loop with the manipulated variable “clocking of the switch.”
US09137859B2
An LED module includes a light-emitting unit composed of a plurality of LEDs connected in series to one another, a sensor unit, a power interrupt circuit inserted into a power supply path through which the light-emitting unit is supplied with power from an external power source, and a control circuit that controls the power interrupt circuit according to output of the sensor unit. The LED module further includes a secondary battery and a voltage supply circuit. The voltage supply circuit supplies the control circuit with voltage equivalent to voltage drop between the ends of a group of LEDs included in the plurality of LEDs that constitute the light-emitting unit while the external power source is supplying power to the light-emitting unit, and supplies the control circuit with voltage output from the secondary battery while power interrupt circuit is interrupting the power from the external power source to the light-emitting unit.
