US09267659B2
A vehicle lamp that includes components structured to be simply coupled to each other. The vehicle lamp includes a light source unit that emits light, a metal plate onto which the light source unit is mounted on a surface thereof and dissipates heat generated from the light source unit, and a fixing plate that is coupled to the metal plate and supports the metal plate. A coupling protrusion is formed on any one of the metal plate and the fixing plate, a coupling groove coupled to the coupling protrusion is formed in the other one of the metal plate and the fixing plate, and the metal plate includes two or more walls that face each other and a connection surface which connects the walls.
US09267656B2
A head lamp for a vehicle is provided. In particular, the head lamp includes a first light source, a first reflector configured to reflect light generated from the first light source, a first optical shield disposed at a front side of the first light source and configured to block a portion of the light, a second optical shield disposed at the front side of the first light source and configured to block another portion of the light so as to form a first shaded line on a front light distribution pattern of the vehicle; and a first lens configured to emit the incident light toward the front side.
US09267647B2
An adhesive melting system comprises a melter, an ultrasonic sensor, and a feed system. The melter contains and melts adhesive. The ultrasonic sensor is positioned to sense a level of adhesive in the melter. The feed system supplies unmelted adhesive to the melter as a function of the sensed level of adhesive in the melter.
US09267645B2
A fluid dispensing system may include a first tank configured to contain a first fluid and a second tank configured to contain a second fluid. The system may also include a conditioning system fluidly connected to the second tank. The conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to a lower region of the second tank. The conditioning system may also include a heat exchanger. In addition, the conditioning system may include at least one conduit fluidly coupled to an upper region of the second tank.
US09267641B2
In an illustrative embodiment, a device stand including a holder, a holder mount, and a base is disclosed herein. In this illustrative embodiment, the holder includes a central support, a plurality of arms extending from the central support, and a gripping portion configured to grip a corner of a device coupled to each of the plurality of arms. The holder also includes at least one mounting lock coupled to a back face of the support. The holder mount includes at least one mounting lock configured to removably couple to the at least one mounting lock on the holder. The holder mount may be attached to the base by an articulation joint. The articulation joint allows a user to manipulate the orientation of the holder in one or more planes for optimal use of a device held within the holder.
US09267638B2
A protective holder for the iPhone®, iPad®, iPod Touch™, electronic books, electronic tablet computers and other portable devices having a frontal LCD, OLED, touch screen, or other display that employs a form-fitting backplate with corner frames for cradling the device while leaving the entire frontal aspect unobstructed is disclosed. The holder may include a series of contoured side grippers on each side of the backplate for clamping the device in place without obstructing the LCD screen (or access to it for cleaning or otherwise). The holder may include a fully-adjustable kickstand for upright hands-free viewing of the device at several landscape and portrait angles and the holder may also include a built-in moveable directional sound reflector and noise shield improves audio performance, and a detachable belt clip allows belt wearing. The holder has an extreme slimline folded profile to facilitate pocket insertion, minimize bulk and create an eye-catching aesthetic.
US09267635B2
A pipeline monitoring system and systems and methods of producing the same. A system for producing a liner for a pipe can comprise a source of material to form a body of the liner and a source of material to form a monitoring sensor in the liner. The system may further comprise a device that receives the material to form the body of the liner and the material to form the monitoring sensor in the liner and produces the body of the liner with the monitoring sensor embedded within the body of the liner.
US09267634B2
The present disclosure provides an inexpensive wrap-around irrigation tube patch composed of a thin, flexible polymer film and having a closure mechanism for quickly and effectively wrapping and sealing the patch around a damaged section of irrigation tubing. In addition, the present disclosure provides a method for sealing water leaks in irrigation tubing, the method including wrapping a wrap-around irrigation tube patch around a damaged section of irrigation tubing and sealing said patch around the irrigation tubing via a closure mechanism.
US09267630B2
A fitting for coupling a capillary to another component of a fluidic device is disclosed. The fitting includes a ferrule configured for enclosing a front part of the capillary and for contributing to a fluidic sealing between the fitting and the other component; a ferrule chuck configured for enclosing a back part of the capillary; and a housing configured for accommodating at least a part of the ferrule chuck and for pushing the ferrule chuck against the ferrule.
US09267625B1
A method of producing a seamless, composite tubular product includes centrifugally casting a metal or alloy into a tubular workpiece having an inner diameter. The method then centrifugally casts a corrosion resistant alloy in the inner diameter of the tubular workpiece to form a composite tubular workpiece having an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The inner diameter of the composite tubular workpiece is formed of the corrosion resistant alloy, and the outer diameter is formed of the metal or alloy. The method then subjects the composite tubular workpiece to at least about a 25% wall reduction at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature of the workpiece using a metal forming process. The metal forming process includes radial forging, rolling, pilgering, and/or flowforming.
US09267616B2
At least one embodiment of the invention relates to an arrangement for thermocyclization of a substance. At least one embodiment of the invention also relates to a method for the thermocyclization of a substance, including: the controllable valves automatically close the PCR chamber after the test fluid has been introduced into the PCR-chamber, and the properties for the memory metal or bimetal elements are used for closing the valves when a predetermined temperature has been exceeded. As a result, the mechanical actuator, which is used to actuate the valves, is thermally coupled to the heating/cooling element in order to carry out the thermocyclization.
US09267614B2
An external seal structure in a vacuum valve in which an upper end plate of a partition wall member is held between a valve body and a cylinder cover. An annular seal member for main fluid is placed between the upper end plate and the valve body to prevent material gas from leaking to atmosphere through an abutting section defined by the valve body and the cylinder cover connected in abutting manner. The main-fluid annular seal member is made of perfluoroelastomer. A fluorinated annular seal member made of fluorinated resin is placed between the upper end plate and the valve body and between the main-fluid annular seal member and the abutting section. A leak port communicated with outside air is provided in the valve body to communicate with between a seal point of the main-fluid annular seal member and a seal point of the fluorinated annular seal member.
US09267612B2
An anti-pressure ceramic valve includes: a valve casing; positioning slots configured near the upper opening of the valve casing; a combination-type top base fixed on the upper opening of the valve casing, forming a flanged tube portion extending upward from the center of the flange; positioning snaps raised from the periphery of the combination-type top base to match and fix with the positioning slots; a water-controlling component housed inside the holding space of the valve casing, including a driving base, a valve stem, a turning valve plate, and a fixing valve plate; a base, fixed onto the lower opening of the valve casing to limit the assembly of the water-controlling component; an anti-pressure gap, formed between the positioning snaps and the top wall of the positioning slot; and a sinking ring surface, formed on the top surface of the flange of the combination-type top base.
US09267609B2
A valve having a housing, a flap rotatably arranged in the housing and connected to a drive shaft mounted in the housing, an electric motor for driving the drive shaft, having a gearing which has at least one toothed segment and which is arranged between the electric motor and the drive shaft, and a sensor, which has a magnet, for determining the angle of rotation of the flap. The toothed segment has at least two detent hooks that engage around the magnet. Furthermore, at least one spring element is provided which preloads the magnet against the detent hooks.
US09267608B2
Delayed valve of the type comprising a water entrance (2), a water exit (3), a plunger (6) supporting a shutter (5) and comprising a tubular tail (8) passing through the seat (4) in a sealed manner and comprising, at least, an opening (9) through which water can penetrate when the shutter is moved away from its seat and an exit opening (8a), characterized in that the raising of the shutter is controlled by the pressing down of a pressing button (10) the internal end of which is conformed to obturate the exit opening (8a) of the tail (8), said pressing button being submitted to the action of a counter spring (11).
US09267606B2
A valve seat arrangement (4) in a hydraulic valve (1) provided with a bidirectional secondary barrier (5) including a first, upstream seal (51) and a second, downstream seal (52) and an intermediate, axially movable seal-supporting element (53), the seal-supporting element (53) including, at a first end, an annular first seal abutment (531) surrounded by a second supporting abutment surface (534) displaced in the axial direction towards a valve seat (42); and the seal-supporting element (53) including, at a second end, an annular second seal abutment (532) surrounding a first supporting abutment surface (532) displaced in the axial direction away from the valve seat (42).
US09267603B2
The system and method for preventing air leakage from the process side to the bearing side of a mill. The system includes a labyrinth seal ring comprising a series of knives defining first and second labyrinth paths from an air inlet to the process side and the bearing side of the system, respectively. The differences in the two paths such as provided by the number of knives used in each path creates a differential pressure drop which biases air from the air inlet to the process side. The labyrinth seal thus provides a reliable and superior method for reducing the potential for particulate in the process side of the mill from damaging the bearing system.
US09267602B2
A seal assembly between a rotor and a stator is disclosed. In one embodiment, the seal assembly includes: a rotor; a stator positioned around the rotor; and a plurality of seal leaves positioned between the rotor and the stator, the plurality of seal leaves circumferentially stacked around the rotor to define a seal ring between the rotor and the stator, wherein gaps between adjacent seal leaves are partially filled, such that contact faces and residual gaps are between adjacent seal leaves, wherein the contact faces generate friction to dampen vibrations during operation. Such damping effects still allow the compliant motion of the seal leaves with minimal leaf vibration. Also, thicker and more resilient leaves may be applied with reduced leakage through the root gaps.
US09267599B2
A motor vehicle parking lock device has at least one locking element for locking a parking lock piston in a positive-fit manner and a release unit having at least one electromagnetic actuator for releasing the parking lock piston. The release unit has a hydraulic and/or pneumatic actuator acting parallel to the electromagnetic actuator and which releases the parking lock piston at least in the event of a failure of the electromagnetic actuator.
US09267592B2
A planetary gear of a differential gear, with a planetary carrier to which planetary wheels are rotatably connected and which are in meshing operative contact with at least one sun wheel, whereby the planetary carrier is connected to a driving wheel, further comprising a roller bearing that is provided with two bearing rings, a bearing inner ring and a bearing outer ring for axial and/or radial position determination of the planetary carrier relative to a fixed housing, wherein a cover is positioned radially between the planetary carrier and the sun wheel.
US09267585B2
Implementations and techniques are generally disclosed for an actuator comprising: a first element, a second element, a third element, a first joint provided between the first element and the second element, a second joint provided between the second element and the third element, and a motor operably coupled to the first joint and configured such that the second element rotates with respect to the first element about a first rotational axis when the motor rotates, wherein the first joint is operably coupled to the second joint and configured such that the third element can rotate with respect to the second element about a second rotational axis when the motor rotates.
US09267583B2
An assembly including a cylinder lock including a rotatable member for actuating an external locking element, and a reduction gear disposed inside the cylinder lock, the reduction gear mechanically linked to the rotatable member and operable to rotate the rotatable member, the reduction gear including an interface member for connection to an actuator for movement of the reduction gear.
US09267581B2
A driver pulley assembly for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes a roller weight guide, having an inner and outer periphery, adapted to be mounted on the main shaft of the CVT. A plurality of ramp windows extend radially along the roller weight guide. A pair of guide rails extend along opposite edges of each ramp window. A plurality of roller weights, mounted on the pair of guide rails, is adapted to move along the pair of guide rails in a radial direction of the roller weight guide. A ramp structure, coinciding with the ramp window, extends in the radial direction of the roller weight guide and abuts the plurality of roller weights. The roller weighs are adapted to move radially outwards along the ramp structure with increasing rotational speed of the roller weight guide. The ramp structures have ramp profiles. CVT systems and vehicles including the driver pulley assembly are also included.
US09267578B2
A belt tension adjustment apparatus for vehicles, including a rotational shaft of a rotor; a first coupling pin and a second coupling pin protruding in a direction perpendicular to the rotational shaft; an outer pulley penetrating the rotational shaft and having a first coupling part extending toward a front direction, the first coupling part enclosing the rotational shaft and having a first slit penetrating at a point corresponding to the first coupling pin, and the first slit having an arc shape convex in the front direction. An inner pulley is disposed between the rotor and the outer pulley, to penetrate the rotational shaft, and has a second coupling part extending in a rear direction. The second coupling part encloses the rotational shaft and has a second slit penetrating at a point corresponding to the second coupling pin. The second slit has an arc shape convex in the rear direction.
US09267577B2
A motor vehicle transmission having a housing, input and output shafts, shifting elements, a first planetary gearset having sun, ring and planet gears and a carrier and a second planetary gearset having planet gears and carriers that are rigidly coupled. The carriers of the first and the second gearsets are fixed, respectively, to the output and input shafts. A sun gear of the second gearset can be connected by a first shifting element to the housing and by a second shifting element to the input shaft. The ring gear of the first gearset can be connected by a third shifting element to the housing and by a fourth shifting element to the carrier of the first planetary gearset. The sun gear of the first gearset and ring gear of the second gearset are rigidly coupled, and the shifting elements are arranged in the housing and are accessible from the outside.
US09267576B2
Multi-stage transmission comprises four planetary gear sets, rotatable shafts and six shift elements. Sun of first set is connected to fifth shaft which is connectable, via first clutch, to drive shaft and is couplable, via third brake, to housing. Drive shaft is connectable, via second clutch, to seventh shaft which is connectable to carrier of fourth set and ring of third set and is connectable, via third clutch, to eighth shaft which is connected to sun of second. Sixth shaft is connected to ring of first set, carrier of second set and ring of fourth set. Third shaft is connected to sun of third set and sun of fourth set and can be coupled, via first brake, to housing. Fourth shaft is connected to carrier of first set and ring of second set and is couplable, via second brake, to housing. Drive shaft is connected to carrier of third set.
US09267570B2
An advanced composite flywheel hub and associated method are described for use in a flywheel rotor assembly that includes a shaft and a rim. The hub includes a shaft engaging portion and a rim engaging portion, and is configured for maintaining engagement with the shaft and the rim during operational rotation of the flywheel rotor assembly. The hub exhibits a bending mode, and includes a first layer having axial fibers for stiffening the hub with respect to the bending mode. The hub can further include a stiffening arrangement for increasing the radial stiffness of the shaft engaging portion.
US09267556B2
An engine clutch transfer torque determining apparatus of a vehicle includes: a power source including an engine and a driving motor; an engine clutch that is located between the engine and the driving motor to selectively connect the engine to the driving motor; and a vehicle controller that controls release or engagement of the engine clutch to implement a driving mode, wherein the vehicle controller releases a clutch hydraulic pressure in the engine clutch when a running state of the vehicle satisfies a transfer torque determining advancing condition, controls a speed of the motor and a speed of the engine while maintaining a speed difference between the motor and the engine in a predetermined relative speed range, and determines a transfer torque of the engine clutch based on a clutch hydraulic pressure and a clutch input torque when the engine clutch slips.
US09267544B2
A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made lower casing 2, a synthetic resin-made upper casing 3 superposed on the lower casing 2, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 4 interposed between said upper casing 3 and the lower casing 2.
US09267537B2
A universal tiltable joint (10) for a lighting fixture (11) includes a first joint portion (12) having an axial joint axis (A), a second joint portion (14) having the axial joint axis, one of the first joint portion and the second joint portion housed co-axially within the other of the first joint portion and the second joint portion, a co-axial gap (60) between the first joint portion and the second joint portion allowing movement at an angle to the axial joint axis, the movement causing at least one of engagement or disengagement of a safety feature (27) on the first joint portion and the second joint portion.
US09267535B2
A snap ring having an easily replaceable support reliably supports a purse line and overcome frictional force between the purse line and the snap ring even without having a side roller requiring a complex structure on an end of a main roller. In the snap ring, in lieu of a side roller having a complex structure, the support having a simple structure is provided in at least one of the first and second side parts of a frame such that the support and the main roller can reliably support a purse line and overcome frictional force between the snap ring and the purse line. Furthermore, each of the support and the main roller is configured so as to be separately replaceable with a new one. Thus, even if the support or main roller becomes worn, it can be easily replaced with a new one.
US09267534B2
The invention provides a lock nut with a nut body which has a threaded section with an internal thread and an adjoining inner annular groove. An annular lock washer made of metal is held in the annular groove. An internal thread corresponding to the nut thread is cut into the inner circumference of the annular washer, and the internal thread of the annular washer is offset axially in relation to the nut thread by a distance which is smaller than a thread pitch of the nut thread. According to the invention, the thickness of the annular washer at the inside diameter thereof is greater than the thickness of the annular washer at the outside diameter to thereof. As a result, the elasticity of the annular lock washer and the holding force of the lock nut can be adjusted.
US09267522B2
A lock pin assembly is provided. The lock pin assembly is structured to coupled a panel board device to a panel board. The panel board device includes a body defining a number of mounting passages. The lock pin assembly includes an elongated body, a first radial extension, and, in an exemplary embodiment, a biasing device. The lock pin body is rotatably disposed in the panel board device mounting passage. The lock pin body is moved between an unlocked, first radial position, wherein said first radial extension does not engage a panel board back plate mounting tab, and a locked, second radial position, wherein said first radial extension engages a panel board back plate mounting tab.
US09267507B2
A blade structure for centrifugal fan includes a hub, a first blade unit, and a second blade unit. The hub includes at least one connection section, to a radially outer end of which an annular body is connected. The annular body has a first side and an opposite second side; and the first and the second blade unit are arranged on and spaced along the first and the second side of the annular body, respectively. By providing the first and the second blade unit around the hub of a centrifugal fan, the air flows and pressure produced by the centrifugal fan can be largely increased at effectively reduced noise.
US09267501B2
A compressor may include a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a seal engaged with the second scroll member. The first scroll member may include a first end plate having a first spiral wrap extending therefrom. The second scroll member may be supported relative to the first scroll member and may include a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom and meshingly engaged with said first spiral wrap. The second end plate may define a discharge port, bypass porting and a biasing passage. The biasing passage may be in communication with the bypass porting during a portion of a compression cycle of the compressor. The seal and the second scroll member may define an axial biasing chamber in communication with the biasing passage.
US09267499B2
An air pump has a body, a piston rod and a seat cap assembly. The body has an outer protrusion and a first engaging part. The outer protrusion protrudes from the body. The first engaging part is longitudinally mounted on the outer protrusion. The piston rod is inserted into the body. The seal cap assembly has a top cover and a sleeve. The top cover is movably mounted on the piston rod. The sleeve is mounted on the body and has a retaining rib and a second engaging part. The retaining rib protrudes from an inner surface of the sleeve and abuts against a retaining surface of the outer protrusion. The second engaging part is longitudinally mounted on the inner surface of the sleeve and is engaged with the first engaging part of the body. Therefore, the relative rotation between the body and the sleeve is prevented.
US09267498B2
An infusion pump for continuously conveying a fluid includes an inlet, an outlet, a first piston movably supported in a first chamber connected to the inlet, a second piston movably supported in a second chamber connected to the outlet, and a connecting channel connecting the first chamber to the second chamber. At least one control element, in a first position, connects the inlet to the first chamber and, in a second position, connects the first chamber to the second chamber. A controller acts upon the first piston, the second piston, and the control element so that, when the control element is set in the first position, the first chamber is filled while the second chamber is drained, and when in the second position, the first chamber is drained and the second chamber is filled, wherein a constant discharge at the outlet is maintained at a predefined flow rate.
US09267493B2
Some on-vehicle devices, such as air dams, air spoilers, and HVAC system baffles, may have movable components that are pulled from one position to another by shrinkage of a linear shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator. Upon an activation signal, the shrinkage of the SMA actuator occurs when it is resistance heated by an electrical current. It is found that useful information concerning the overall intended operation of the on-vehicle device may be obtained by computer analysis of the temporal variation of both current flow through the actuator and its electrical resistance as it is heated to perform its function in the device. A comparison of present current flow and variation of resistance, during activation of the device, with prescribed stored values can reveal malfunction of components of the device as it is being used, in place, on the vehicle.
US09267492B2
The invention captures harvestable mechanical energy, e.g., in the form of wind or moving water, and uses it for electrical generation or other work. In various embodiments a turbine is used to pressurize a fluid, and the pressurized fluid is then optionally stored and then used to drive an electric generator. Because the pressurized fluid can be stored in a pressurized state indefinitely, the invention provides a straightforward way to accumulate the mechanical energy until it is needed. Additionally, the invention allows portions of the system, e.g., a pressure vessel or generator, to be located away from the turbine, reducing the costs of deploying and maintaining the system.
US09267486B2
An internal combustion engine is operable in an efficiency mode providing a first power output range between zero and a transition power output and in a power mode providing a second power output range between the transition power output and a maximum power output. The efficiency mode can include a first ignition timing and a first air/fuel ratio of the mixture to avoid premature auto-ignition, and the power mode can include a second ignition timing and a second air/fuel ratio of the mixture to avoid premature auto-ignition of the mixture. To further enable knock free operation of such an engine, turbulence can be imparted to the mixture to promote a faster burn duration and high temperatures that may lead to premature auto-ignition of the mixture can be avoided.
US09267480B1
A system and method for controlling a power system. A rotor is attached to a crankshaft of an engine. A stator is positioned with respect to the rotor such that the rotor and the stator together form an electric generator for generating electrical power when the rotor is rotated. An electrical current in the electric generator is controlled to control mechanical power provided by the crankshaft when the engine is running.
US09267476B2
A valve (100) comprises a barrel (104) having a central bore (110), an inlet (112), and an outlet (114, 116), and a spool (120) disposed for motion within the central bore, including a ball tip (128), a metering edge (130), and a bore (132). The spool is moveable between a closed position, wherein the ball tip engages a seat (142) to prevent fluid flow through the inlet and the metering edge is disposed in a lower chamber (148) of the central bore to prevent the fluid flow through the outlet, and an opened position, wherein the tip is spaced apart from the seat to permit fluid flow through the inlet and the spool bore into an upper chamber (154) of the central bore to equalize pressure on the spool, and the metering edge is disposed in a flow path of the outlet to permit fluid flow through the outlet.
US09267474B2
In an ignition device, a base section of a discharge chamber is formed by a part of a central dielectric body. A front section of a ground electrode and a front end section of the central dielectric body are projected toward a combustion chamber of a head cylinder of an internal combustion engine by a predetermined height which is measured from a top ceiling wall of the head cylinder. The predetermined height of the front end section of the central dielectric body projected into the inside of the head cylinder is the same or higher than the predetermined height of the front end section of the ground electrode projected into the inside of the head cylinder. The predetermined height of the front end section of the ground electrode is within a range of 3 mm to 25 mm.
US09267473B2
A vehicle fuel pump assembly, method of construction thereof, and a fuel tank assembly is provided. The fuel pump assembly includes a non-conductive plastic reservoir and an electrically powered fuel pump disposed in the reservoir. The fuel pump is configured to receive fuel through an inlet and to dispense fuel through an outlet. A fuel filter assembly having a non-conductive plastic housing is disposed in the reservoir and a coating of conductive material is bonded to the housing. A conductive lead is configured in electrical communication with the coating and is further configured for attachment to an electrical ground.
US09267469B2
A motorcycle includes a body frame, an engine, a lead-in duct, and an air cleaner case. An air cleaner includes a convex cleaner element protruding in a direction opposite to a direction extending toward the lead-in duct, and a convex support frame that supports the inner surface of the cleaner element. The support frame includes an outer frame that supports a periphery of the cleaner element. The cleaner element includes a convex element body and a seal provided adjacent the peripheral edge of the element body to project toward the inner surface of the element body so as to work together with the periphery of the element body to hold the outer frame. The periphery of the element body has a smaller thickness than the other portions of the element body.
US09267468B2
A portable, on-demand hydrogen generation system is provided for producing hydrogen and injecting the hydrogen as a fuel supplement into the air intake of internal combustion engines, more particularly to vehicles. Hydrogen and oxygen is produced with a fuel cell at low temperatures and pressure from water in a supply tank. The hydrogen and oxygen is passed back thru the supply tank for distribution and water preservation. The gases are kept separate by a divider in the tank and the water level in the tank. In the case of gasoline engines, the hydrogen is directed to the air intake of the engine while the oxygen is vented to the atmosphere. The device is optionally powered by the vehicle battery, a stand alone battery, waste heat of the internal combustion engine or solar energy. The system utilizes a vacuum switch or other engine sensor that permits power to the device and therefore hydrogen production only when the engine is in operation. Therefore, as the hydrogen is produced it is immediately consumed by the engine. No hydrogen is stored on, in or around the vehicle.
US09267466B2
A cooler arrangement for connection to an exhaust gas manifold or to an exhaust gas outlet of an engine block of an internal combustion machine includes an exhaust gas cooler comprising at least one exhaust gas duct and a coolant jacket. The exhaust gas cooler is configured to be mounted at the engine block or at the exhaust gas manifold. An exhaust gas recirculation valve is configured to regulate an exhaust gas flow. An actuator is disposed on a side of the exhaust gas recirculation valve opposite the exhaust gas cooler. The actuator is configured to actuate the exhaust gas recirculation valve. A coolant duct segment is arranged between the exhaust gas manifold or the engine block and the actuator. The coolant duct segment is fluidically connected to the coolant jacket.
US09267464B2
Various systems and methods are described for reducing motive flow rate through an aspirator. In one example, a method comprises flowing intake air, heated upon passage through an interstitial space of a double wall exhaust system, through an aspirator coupled to an engine vacuum consumption device to reduce motive mass flow rate at the aspirator as exhaust temperature increases. A position of an intake throttle may be adjusted based on the motive flow rate from the aspirator.
US09267461B2
Provided is a wire rod for an I-type oil ring, which includes right and left rail portions and a web portion connecting the rail portions, which has an oil hole or a molten through hole formed in the web portion, and which has a circumscribing circle diameter of 10 mm or less in its transverse contour. The molten through hole has such a remolten portion formed on its exit side as encloses the exit of the molten through hole. The remolten portion exceeds such a molten portion in the transverse section along the center of the molten through hole as is formed in the molten through hole, and is formed to have 200 μm or less from the outer circumference of the molten through hole and 100 μm or less in the depth direction of the molten through hole.
US09267460B2
A system and method for measuring fuel pressure decreases in a fuel accumulator of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes the ability to stop a fuel flow to a fuel accumulator of the engine. Pressure signals are transmitted to a control system of the engine until the fuel pressure in the fuel accumulator drops by a predetermined amount, at which time fuel flow is re-enabled. The pressure signals are then analyzed to determine the amount or quantity of fuel delivered by each fuel injector. The system and method maintain engine and emissions performance by limiting the amount of fuel pressure decrease in the fuel accumulator.
US09267458B2
A general purpose engine control apparatus can detect misfire occurrence with high accuracy, while reducing adaptation man hours of misfire determination. The apparatus includes a first air/fuel ratio determiner to make a rich/lean determination, an injection amount corrector to calculate a corrected injection amount corresponding to a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, an injection controller to supply fuel to the engine so as to match the corrected injection amount, a second air/fuel ratio determiner to make a rich/lean determination based on a comparison of the O2 sensor output with a rich and a lean determination voltage, a rich/lean period calculator to calculate a rich/lean period according to the determination of the second air/fuel ratio determiner, and a misfire determiner to determine the presence or absence of a misfire based on the rich/lean period. The injection controller stops fuel injection to the engine in the presence of a misfire.
US09267450B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting the opening of a scroll valve of a binary flow turbine. Scroll valve adjustments are used at different engine operating conditions to improve engine performance and boost response. Scroll valve adjustments are coordinated with wastegate and EGR valve adjustments for improved engine control.
US09267449B2
An engine control system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a manifold air pressure (MAP) determination module, a boost control module, and a throttle control module. The MAP determination module determines a desired MAP based on a driver torque request. The boost control module controls a boost device based on the desired MAP and a basic boost pressure. The boost device is actuated using boost pressure and the boost pressure is insufficient to actuate the boost device when the boost pressure is less than the basic boost pressure. The throttle control module controls a throttle valve based on the desired MAP and the basic boost pressure.
US09267446B2
An engine speed management control system for machines such as cold planers to regulate the idle engine speed as components of the machine are operated to perform functions while the engine is idling. An auto engine speed control routine may determine a combination of active functions of the components being performed and a corresponding idle engine speed to generate sufficient power and pressurized fluid flow to perform the functions. Upon detecting a change in the combination of active functions, the algorithm may change the idle engine speed as dictated by the new combination, or may wait for a specified delay period to determine whether further changes occur to the combination of active functions.
US09267438B2
A multi-engine system 10 for use on an aircraft 14 is disclosed. The system 10 may comprise a first aircraft engine 16A and a second aircraft engine 16B configured to drive at least one device 12 of the aircraft 14. A starter 20 may be coupled to one of the first and second aircraft engines 16A, 16B to assist starting of the one of the first and second aircraft engines 16A, 16B. An energy source 24 may be configured to deliver energy to the starter 20 at a rapid rate during rapid starting of the one of the first and the second aircraft engines 16A, 16B, the rapid rate being higher than a regular rate used during regular starting of the one of the first and the second aircraft engines 16A, 16B. The energy source 24 may comprise at least one supercapacitor.
US09267435B2
A cam-type apparatus is included in a support link between outer and inner cases of gas turbine engines for centering the cases one to another. The cam-type apparatus is lockable to allow locking an adjusted position of the cam-type apparatus.
US09267432B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for oxidizing gases. In some embodiments, a reaction chamber is configured to receive a fuel gas and maintain the gas at a temperature within the reaction chamber that is above an autoignition temperature of the gas. The reaction chamber may also be configured to maintain a reaction temperature within the reaction chamber below a flameout temperature. In some embodiments, heat and product gases from the oxidation process can be used, for example, to drive a turbine, reciprocating engine, and injected back into the reaction chamber.
US09267430B2
A method of operating an engine is provided. Output of an engine speed sensor, a mass air flow sensor, an exhaust gas temperature sensor, and an engine torque estimator are monitored with an electronic control module. It is determined if the engine is operating in one of either a transient condition and a non-transient condition based upon output of at least one of the sensors and the torque estimator. Fuel injection timing is set based upon if the engine is operating in a transient condition. An exhaust gas recirculation valve position is set upon if the engine is operating in a transient condition. An intake throttle position is set based upon if the engine is operating in a transient condition. The fuel injection timing, exhaust gas recirculation valve position, and the intake throttle position are set to minimize NOx emissions when the engine is operating in a transient condition.
US09267427B2
Embodiments may provide variable geometry turbine, a nozzle vane for a variable geometry turbine, and a method. The variable geometry turbine that may include a turbine wheel and a plurality of adjustable vanes radially positioned around the turbine wheel. The turbine may also include a flow disrupting feature on one or more outside surfaces of one or more of the plurality of adjustable vanes.
US09267426B2
A desired wastegate valve opening degree is set in accordance with a driving condition of an internal combustion engine; based on a detected rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a set desired wastegate valve opening degree. An ECU determines whether or not supercharging air to the internal combustion engine is required. If the supercharging air is not required and if the opening degree of the wastegate valve becomes a desired valve, a driving current supplied to the wastegate actuator from a wastegate valve driving unit is stopped.
US09267420B2
An engine cooling control device 100 includes: a housing portion 11A that has passages Pain, PAout1 and PA2; a rotor 12 that is provided in an intermediate portion M and has a rotation center at a position where at least two of distances between openings of the passages PAin, PAout1 and PAout2 opening toward the intermediate portion M and the rotation center are different from each other; a sealing function portion 13A provided between the housing portion 11A and the rotor 12; an elastic member 14 that is provided between the rotor 12 and the sealing function portion 13A and individually biases the sealing function portion 13A toward each opening of the passages PAin, PAout1 and PAout2 with respect to different phases of the rotor 12.
US09267399B2
A control valve (1) of a camshaft adjuster, which has a housing (2) having three pin openings (5a, 5b, 5c), spaced apart axially from each other, wherein two pin openings (5a, 5b) are each connected to the tank connection (T) in two axial positions of the control piston (4) and the third pin opening (5c) is not connected to the tank connection (T) in a third axial position of the control piston (4) in a fluid-conducting manner.
US09267398B2
When an intermediate lock by an intermediate lock mechanism is released, one of two lock keys, which restricts a shift in a direction opposite to a direction that valve timing of an intake valve has been controlled by controlling the valve timing of the intake valve to a phase-advance side with respect to an intermediate lock position, is pulled out of an engaging recessed portion. Thereafter, the other of the two lock keys is pulled out of an engaging recessed portion by controlling the valve timing of the intake valve to a phase-retard side with respect to the intermediate lock position. Therefore, the intermediate lock by the intermediate lock mechanism can be released, while avoiding the lock keys from being pushed against the respective engaging recessed portions.
US09267393B2
Aspects of the invention provide an apparatus for cleaning airfoils inside a gas turbine compressor. In one embodiment, an apparatus for cleaning at least one airfoil within a turbine compressor, includes: a hose for applying cleaning material to the at least one airfoil; and an articulation assembly for articulating a nozzle of the hose, the articulation assembly including: a main shaft attached to the hose at a first end; and an articulating trigger for rotating the first end of the main shaft. The apparatus may further include a borescope attached to the articulation assembly and a borescope monitor for viewing the at least one airfoil via the borescope.
US09267389B2
A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine includes a carrier supporting circumferentially arranged gears within gear mount sections spaced circumferentially about a periphery. A shelf is disposed between each of the gear mounting sections. A torque frame is attached to the carrier and includes circumferentially arranged finger sections. Each of the finger sections includes first and second ends that are spaced apart to receive the shelf. A pin extends through openings in the shelf and first and second ends to secure the torque frame to the carrier.
US09267386B2
A fairing assembly includes an outer wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a saddle. The first side wall and the second side wall extend from opposing sides of the outer wall. Together the first side wall, the second side wall, and the outer wall form a cavity within the fairing assembly. The saddle is positioned within the cavity and extends between the first side wall and the second side wall. The saddle has a first rib adapted to connect to the first side wall and a second rib adapted to connect to the second side wall. The first rib and the second rib connect together at a central hub.
US09267376B2
A cable bolt comprising a plurality of flexible steel filaments formed around a central member, the cable bolt having spaced bulbous portions along the length of the bolt each bulbous portion defining a cavity containing a segmented ring that surrounds the central member to engage the filaments of the bulbous portion.
US09267369B2
In some aspects, techniques and systems for modeling fluid flow are described. A flow model represents intersecting flow paths for well system fluid. The flow paths intersect at a flow path intersection. A band matrix and an intersection table are generated based on the flow model. The band matrix represents fluid flow within the respective flow paths, and the intersection table represents fluid flow between the flow paths at the flow path intersection. The flow model can be operated using the band matrix and the intersection table, for example, to calculate fluid flow variables at various locations along the flow paths.
US09267350B1
The present invention relates to rotating heads for oil and gas wells and more particularly, to an improved top pot assembly that utilizes an attachment body for attaching the rubber and the driving head to a bearing assembly for rotation with the inner barrel. The attachment body simplifies the replacement of the rubber on the drilling assembly. The attachment body of the present invention provides a driving receiver for attachment of the driving head to the attachment body. The attachment body of the present invention also provides a stripper receiver for attachment of the rubber to the attachment body. The attachment body attaches to the housing. The housing attaches to the bearing assembly for rotation of the driving head, the rubber, and the inner barrel.
US09267349B2
A device and method of handling a plug in a tubing hanger includes a pressure actuated sequence valve that has multiple outlets. Hydraulic fluid from a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) provides hydraulic fluid that selectively flows through the valve for operating a tool that handles the plug. The valve outlets are ported to separate lines for operating different functions of the tool. Flow to a specific outlet occurs by sequencing the valve to a corresponding position, where the valve is sequenced by changing pressure of the hydraulic fluid. The sequence valve is disposed in a piston that is axially movable within the tool. A stroking rod attaches to the piston, and is actuated by diverting flow to sides of the piston.
US09267345B2
The invention relates to a flow activated circulating valve (1). The valve comprises an outer housing (10) comprising radial ports (11) provided axially between an upper portion (1a) of the valve (1) and a lower portion (1b) of the valve (1). An inner sleeve (20) provided inside the outer housing (10), where the inner sleeve (20) is providing an axial bore (21) through the upper portion (1a) of the valve (1) to the radial ports (11). A cylinder compartment (30) is provided between the inner sleeve (20) and the outer housing (10). A piston (40) is arranged for axial and rotational movement in the cylinder compartment (30), where the piston (40) comprises piston ports (41) arranged to provide fluid communication between the axial bore (21) and the radial ports (11) when the piston (40) is in an open position (P0), and where the piston (40) is arranged to prevent fluid communication between the axial bore (21) and the radial ports (11) when the piston (40) is in closed positions (P1, P2, P3). An actuating device (50) is applying an axial pressure on the piston (40). A sleeve opening (22) is providing fluid communication between the axial bore (21) and the cylinder compartment (30). A fluid orifice (24) provided radially inside the inner sleeve (20). A position controlling device (60) for controlling the axial and rotational position of the piston (40) in relation to the outer housing (10).
US09267341B2
An apparatus including a base, and a drilling tower pivotally coupled to the base to pivot the drilling tower between first and second pivot positions. The drilling tower includes a first portion, and a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion to pivot the second portion between third and fourth pivot positions when the drilling tower is in the first pivot position. A method includes pivotally coupling a drilling tower to a base, which includes providing a first portion of the drilling tower, pivotally coupling a second portion of the drilling tower to the first portion of the drilling tower, and pivotally coupling the first portion of the drilling tower to the base.
US09267339B2
A downhole device for use in a deviated well is described. The downhole device comprises a device body having a longitudinal axis, the device body adapted to be connected to the end of a tool string and a guide member. At least a portion of the guide member is moveable with respect to the device body, one of said moveable portions defining the leading end of the device.
US09267329B2
In one aspect, a drill bit is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a plurality of elements that extend and retract from a surface of the drill bit, wherein the plurality of such elements are in fluid communication with each other to compensate for differing forces applied to such elements during drilling operations. In another aspect, a method of drilling a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment includes: conveying a drill string having a drill bit at an end thereof, wherein the drill bit includes a plurality of elements that extend and retract from a surface of the drill bit, wherein the plurality of such elements are in fluid communication with each other to compensate for differing forces applied to such elements during drilling operations; and drilling the wellbore using the drill string.
US09267327B2
A control system (700) is disclosed that includes a room controller (704) transmitting signals to both a shade control network (716) and a light control network (718), directing that motorized roller shades (106) and dimmable lights (714) be set to desired intensity levels. The control system further includes an intelligent hub (710) that provides a trickle-charge re-charge current via power-over-Ethernet cables to batteries associated with each of the motorized roller shades for re-charging the batteries, thereby eliminating power supplies being installed within walls. The intelligent hub provides for communication with the room controller based on streaming protocol and with the shade control network based on event-based protocol. A computer (414) running user interface software may be connected to the system to facilitate programming.
US09267326B2
A coupling for a door/curtain includes a plurality of coupling mechanisms affixed to ends of slats of the door/curtain. Each coupling mechanism includes a roller mounting bracket having a first roller arranged at an upper portion of the roller mounting bracket, and an extending portion, oriented at approximately 90 degrees with respect to the upper portion of the roller mounting bracket; and at least one second roller. Each second roller is rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the first roller. The first roller and the at least one second roller are arranged so as to cooperate with an outer track, inner track, roller support guide and first and second roller guides of a guide rail assembly to ensure that the door/curtain moves rollingly within the guide rail assembly even when the door/curtain is subjected to a deflecting force.
US09267308B2
A tent includes: a tent main body portion that has an internal space forming sheet member that is able to form an internal space; and a snow filling portion that is provided around an outer circumferential surface of the internal space forming sheet member and in which snow is allowed to be filled, wherein the snow filling portion has a plurality of cells arranged adjacently to one another in a circumferential direction of the snow filling portion, and each of the cells is open at a top and a bottom of the cell.
US09267300B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a surface which is immersed in a liquid, comprising a hollow body, guiding and driving members, a filtration chamber in the hollow body, at least one liquid inlet, at least one liquid outlet out of the hollow body, at least one axial pumping propeller, a single reversible electric motor whose drive shaft, in order to move it, is simultaneously mechanically connected to at least one motorized member and to each pumping propeller. In a first rotation direction of the drive shaft, each motorized member is driven in a forward direction, and each pumping propeller generates the flow of liquid in the normal direction ensuring the cleaning of the immersed surface. In a second rotation direction of the drive shaft, each motorized member is driven in a backward direction opposite the first direction.
US09267297B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a drywall. In the method, a panel made of a plurality of paneling boards (3) placed alongside one another is fixed to a frame structure (1). According to the invention, fixation elements (5) are first affixed to a substructure (2) in the edge area of a paneling board (3) and/or in the joint area (4) of two adjacent paneling boards (3). Then, by means of a clamping tool (7) for example, fastening elements (6) are set alongside the fixation elements (5), the respective paneling board (3) being simultaneously clamped between the substructure (2) and the fastening element (6).
US09267295B2
The present invention relates to the field of mortarless, brick- and stone-like veneer systems for walls. More particularly, the present invention relates to suspension rails for providing mortarless or mortar-optional installations of brick- and stone-like panels for covering walls. Embodiments of the invention provide a cage-type suspension rail configured to be partially embedded in the panel and a universal hanging bracket that provides pullout resistance for the panels. An exemplary suspension rail comprises: a first four-sided frame with horizontally and vertically disposed sides; a plurality of posts disposed on and perpendicular to the first frame or the cross bars; a second four-sided frame in communication with the plurality of posts; an upper tab in communication with the first frame for connecting the rail to a surface; wherein the upper tab is disposed outside a perimeter of the first frame and a perimeter of a second frame.
US09267289B2
An interlocking panel system for top-down installation on an underlying structure including a plurality of panels, with an uphill course and a downhill course where each panel is generally rectangular, having an uphill edge and opposing downhill edge. An interlocking member is disposed along the uphill edge, and a receiving member adapted to receive the interlocking member and a joining flange are disposed along the downhill edge. A panel of the uphill course is affixed to an underlying structure via fasteners through the joining flange. The interlocking member of a panel of the downhill course is insertable into the receiving member of the uphill course, and the position of the panel of the downhill course is adjustable within the span of the receiving member.
US09267273B2
A method and apparatus brings the wall-mount faucet installation outside of the wall to the bath vanity cabinet itself. Therefore, the plumbing is not confined by the wall stud location and distances, yielding all plumbing to be within the furniture sink vanity cabinet. The methods and apparatus enable the installation and future maintenance of wall-mount faucets to be at a minimum effort. The methods and apparatus can substantially reduce the cost of bathroom re-modeling while enabling modular/furniture/prefabricated styles of bath sink vanities to be used with wall-mount faucets.
US09267272B2
A sanitary insertion unit which has a sealing ring (1) with a sleeve-shaped extension (2), the free end region of which extension (2) has a head (3) which protrudes circumferentially and, when the extension (2) is inserted into an associated line section, can be deformed at least in regions in such a manner that the head (3) of the extension (2) is placed onto the inner circumferential wall of the line section (5). The invention also relates to a sanitary insertion unit which has a flow regulator or is designed as a flow regulator, the outer circumference of the housing of which flow regulator bears a clamping edge region for, in particular, sealing and clamping the flow regulator between two interconnected line sections, wherein the flow regulator bears a sleeve-shaped extension, the circumferentially protruding head of which, produced from elastic material, can be deformed, when the extension is inserted into a line section, in such a manner that the head is placed onto the inner circumferential wall of the line section. Finally, the present invention is also concerned with a shower fitting having a line section which is configured in the form of a shower connection and in the line interior of which one of the above-described insertion units can be inserted.
US09267270B2
An excavating tooth is mountable onto an adapter, and includes a tooth body, an insertion cavity and a pair of supporting portions. The tooth body has a base end face and extends in a first direction. The insertion cavity is formed in the base end face and is acceptable to the adapter. The supporting portions project from an innermost part of the insertion cavity. The insertion cavity has a depressed portion and a pair of extending recesses. The depressed portion is formed between the pair of supporting portions. The pair of extending recesses extend in the first direction, and the pair of extending recesses are formed on both sides of the pair of supporting portions. A ground engaging tool includes an excavating tool body an excavating tooth and an adapter having a fixed portion fixed to the ground engaging tool body and an insertion portion inserted in the insertion cavity.
US09267262B2
A lift arm linkage includes a pair of lift arms, a pair of extension arms, and a tool. Each lift arm of the pair of lift arms includes a first lift arm end and a second lift arm end. Each extension arm of the pair of extension arms includes a first extension arm end pivotally attached to the second lift arm end and a second extension arm end. The tool is pivotally attached to the second extension arm end.
US09267261B2
This hinge assembly comprises a lid with a covering web and a hinge adapted for enabling an angular movement of the lid between an open position and a closed position, the hinge including a first cam and a first counter-cam, the first cam and the first counter-cam cooperating over a first angular range. The hinge comprises an additional cam and an additional counter-cam cooperating over an additional angular range. The first angular range and the additional angular range overlap over an angular overlap range that amounts to at least 60° and over the entire range of which both the first cam and counter-cam and the additional cam and counter-cam cooperate simultaneously. The device can be used for road manholes.
US09267256B2
An oil boom skimmer member for oil spill recovery, in particular for collecting oil from a water surface, has a skimmer arrangement integrated into an oil boom member. An oil recovery system, in particular for collecting oil from a water surface, includes a plurality of such oil boom skimmer members connected in series to form an oil spill recovery boom apparatus. A guiding boom is connected to each of the outermost oil boom members, and the guiding booms are also connected to a vessel for operating the system. Through the use of trawl technology the skimmer oil boom apparatus can be operated by only one vessel when needed.
US09267254B2
Provided is a flood protection system for protecting an area from flooding water, wherein the area includes a trench defined at least along a portion of the boundaries thereof and a at least one depression on the side of the trench facing away from the area to be protected. The system comprising a barrier, configured for being at least partially fitted in the trench; and a float coupled to the barrier and being configured for at least partially is disposed in the depression. The float is configured for rising in response to a rise in the water level inside the depression and about the boundaries of the area. The float is further configured for lifting the barrier out of the trench therewith, thereby blocking the waters from entering the area.
US09267245B1
Apparatus and method provides for an improved steering system for an articulated vibratory roller machine. Steering can be accomplished without the use of a dedicated steering actuator. Instead, steering angles may be created by independently driving left and right side drum halves at the front and rear ends of the machine at different speeds and/or directions. This differential action creates the desired steering angle by rotating the front and back halves of the machine about a central articulated joint. As a result, a cost-effective and versatile solution that eliminates the need for conventional steering components and their associated disadvantages is provided.
US09267244B2
A synthetic grass tile system and method are disclosed. An artificial turf tile system has a plurality of connectable tile members and a synthetic turf arrangement adhered to the tile members. The interconnected tile members, having the turf attached thereto, are cut into sections. The sections are then secured on a pallet for sale at a retail establishment. A method for producing a modular synthetic grass tile system follows the following steps: (a) providing a plurality of tile members; (b) snapping the tile members together at their edges to form a grid; and (c) adhering a sheet of synthetic turf to the top surface of the tile members.
US09267236B2
The invention relates to a device for dewatering a fibrous web with a press zone which is formed by a mating element with a curved surface and a permeable press belt which wraps at least partially around the curved surface and has a running side and a contact side contacting a second side of the fibrous web. A permeable carrier belt arranged between the mating element and the fibrous web guides the fibrous web through the press zone. The device is configured so a fluid can flow through the press belt, the fibrous web, and the permeable carrier belt at least in a part region of the press zone. The permeable press belt is configured to generate a pressing pressure in the press zone when a tensile stress of at least 20 kN/m is applied and the contact side is adapted to a quality of the fibrous web produced.
US09267232B2
The present invention is directed to a synthetic turf system including a backing member having a plurality of monofilament ribbons—soft and stiff—projecting there from. A layer of particulate material lies above the backing member and among the monofilament ribbons wherein the soft monofilament ribbons facilitates the stabilization or trapping of the particulate material.
US09267231B2
A method for covering a site with synthetic turf includes laying down a first elongate strip of synthetic turf, laying down a second elongate strip of synthetic turf, with the second elongate strip of synthetic turf is laid down substantially adjacent to the first elongate strip of synthetic turf in a manner such that a portion of the second elongate strip partially overlays a portion of the first elongate strip forming a lap joint. The method also includes the step of applying heat and/or pressure to weld the first elongate strip of synthetic turf to the second elongate strip of synthetic turf along the lap joint.
US09267228B2
A laundry treating device is disclosed, which includes a cabinet that defines an exterior appearance of the device, a tub installed in the cabinet, a lower water holding part recessed in a lower portion of the tub to form a predetermined space, and a water drain hose connected with a side surface of the lower water holding part. The laundry treating device is capable of providing a sufficient water drain height, with improved inner space utilization.
US09267224B2
The present invention provides a laundry processing apparatus (100), which includes: a laundry processing drum (22), used for holding laundry for processing; a driving system (30), used for driving the laundry processing drum (22) to process the held laundry; and a power control system (10), at least used for providing power of a grid for the driving system (30), where the power control system (10) includes an electrical storage device (11). Through the setting, when external grid power outage occur or the fluctuation of the voltage is excessively large, the power control system may switch a power storage device to supply power to the laundry processing apparatus, thereby eliminating the influence on the apparatus caused by unstable voltage of power transmitted by the grid or grid power outage, and avoiding the trouble brought to a user.
US09267223B2
A single- or multiple-head embroidery machine has stitch-forming tools which are formed in each case by a thread-guiding needle that interacts with a double-lock-stitch gripper to form stitches, and also has a feed device for obtaining relative movements between the embroidery material and the stitch-forming tools. The relative movements occur depending on the movements of the needle. In order to avoid a temporal overlap between the stitch-forming phase and the feed movement of the embroidery material, the double-lock-stitch gripper rotates at a rotational speed which corresponds to n times the rotational speed of the machine main shaft, wherein “n” is an integer greater than the number “2”.
US09267215B2
System, method and apparatus for measuring electrolysis cell operating conditions and communicating the same are disclosed. The system includes a selectively positionable member coupled to an analytical apparatus, wherein the selectively positionable is configured to move the analytical apparatus into and out of physical communication with a bath. The system may also include a crust breaker for breaking the surface of a bath and an electronic device for measuring bath level.
US09267207B2
A central tube for linear concentrating solar thermal power plants, has an absorber layer. The absorber layer is generated by cold gas sputtering, wherein suitable method parameters can in particular generate an increased surface roughness by means of pores in the surface region of the absorber layer. An absorber layer can thus be advantageously produced, having a quadratic roughness of no more than 1 μm, measured in a close range of no more than 50 μm diameter, and preferably being made of a corrosion-proof hard alloy comprising tungsten carbide, in particular WC—CoCr, WC—Co, WC—FeCo, WC—FeC, WC—FeNi, WC—Ni or WC—NiCr.
US09267200B2
The invention relates to a method for supplying power impulses for PVD sputtering cathodes subdivided into partial cathodes. In said method, the power impulse intervals acting on the partial cathodes are selected in such a way as to overlap, thereby dispensing with the need to interrupt the drawing of power supplied by the generator.
US09267197B2
The invention concerns mold or mold frame parts for plastic material injection molding made of quenched and tempered martensitic stainless steel consisting, in wt. %, of: 0.02%=C=0.09%, 0.025%=N=0.12% with 0.05%=C+N=0.17%; Si=0.34% Al=0.080% with Si+23 Al=0.20% and Si+0.6 Al=0.25%; and 0.00025=Al×N=0.0020 0; 0.55%=Mn=1.8%; 11.5%=Cr=16% optionally up to 0.48% of copper, up to 0.90% of the sum Mo+W/2, up to 0.90% of nickel, up to 0.090% of vanadium, up to 0.090% of niobium, up to 0.025% of titanium, optionally up to 0.25 of sulphur, the rest being iron and impurities derived from preparation, the composition further satisfying the condition: 6.5=F═(Cr+Mo)+2(Si+V+Nb)−27(C+N)−(Ni+Mn/2+Cu/3)=13.
US09267191B2
A silver-based alloy composition which is soft and workable in an annealed condition, is hardenable through heat treatment, and is tarnish resistant. The preferred embodiment of the composition of the present invention includes a small percentage of palladium and a reduction from typical percentages of copper found in a sterling silver alloy. In one embodiment the silver-based alloy includes no copper at all.
US09267187B2
Systems and corresponding methods are described herein that provide an effective inert blanket over a metal surface (hot solid (charge) metal or molten metal) in a container such as an induction furnace. The system includes a container of metal and a system configured to delivery biphasic inert cryogen toward the metal. The delivery system may include a lance disposed at the top of the container. The lance has a hood that directs both a flow of liquid cryogen and a flow of vaporous gas toward the metal surface. The liquid cryogen contacts the metal surface, generating a volume of expanding gas over the metal surface. The vaporous cryogen creates a reinforcing vapor that slows the expansion rate of the expanding gas, localizing the expanding gas over the metal surface.
US09267161B2
The present invention relates to Corynebacterium sp. that is transformed with an Escherichia sp.-derived fructokinase gene to express fructokinase showing a sufficient activity of converting fructose into fructose-6-phosphate, thereby preventing unnecessary energy consumption, and a method for producing L-amino acids using the strain. The transformed Corynebacterium sp. of the present invention is able to express fructokinase from the Escherichia-derived fructokinase gene to prevent unnecessary energy consumption during fructose metabolism, leading to more cost-effective production of L-amino acids. Therefore, it can be widely used for the effective production of L-amino acids.
US09267154B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of an exogenous sequence into the human PPP1R12C locus, for example, for expression of a polypeptide of interest.
US09267150B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecule compositions comprising minivectors encoding a nucleic acid sequence and methods of gene therapy using minivectors encoding a nucleic acid sequence.
US09267145B2
The present invention relates, in general, to gene expression and, in particular, to a method of inhibiting the expression of a target gene and to constructs suitable for use in such a method.
US09267140B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing transgenic animals using retroviral constructs engineered to carry a transgene(s) of interest.
US09267139B2
Compositions and methods for modulating miRNAs up-regulated or down-regulated in aged individuals and their downstream targets are disclosed. Methods of treating musculoskeletal disorders are also provided.
US09267132B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for cloning a synthetic or a semi-synthetic donor genome in a heterologous host cell. In one embodiment, the donor genome can be further modified within a host cell. Modified or unmodified genomes can be further isolated from the host cell and transferred to a recipient cell. Methods disclosed herein can be used to alter donor genomes from intractable donor cells in more tractable host cells.
US09267131B2
A method of growing cells on a droplet actuator is provided. The method may include providing a droplet actuator including a cell culture droplet including a cell culture medium and one or more cells; and maintaining the droplet at a temperature suitable for causing the cells to grow in the cell culture medium on the droplet actuator. Related methods, droplet actuators, and systems are also provided.
US09267124B2
The present invention relates to variants of alpha amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US09267123B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for correction and/or mutation of genes associated with Parkinson's Disease as well as clones and animals derived therefrom.
US09267121B2
Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US09267106B2
The invention provides methods of preparing bacteria of interest with a stably integrated nucleic acid sequence of interest.
US09267098B2
The present invention relates to laundry care compositions comprising thiophene azo carboxylate dyes.
US09267097B2
A solid block or unit dosed detergent composition as described which can be utilized in a variety of applications for cleaning surfaces and objects, removing suspending soils, and rinsing easily. The detergent composition, when exposed to an aqueous solution such as water, dissolves quickly and completely to create the use solution.
US09267084B2
Methods are provided for hydrotreating high nitrogen feeds with improved results for nitrogen removal, aromatic saturation, and/or sulfur removal. The method includes hydrotreating the feed with a supported hydrotreating catalyst followed by a bulk metal catalyst, the hydrotreated effluent of which can be suitable for use as a feed to an FCC reactor.
US09267082B2
The invention is directed towards a method of removing mercury bearing species from a hydrocarbon containing fluid. The method comprises the steps of: i) adding dithiocarbamate polymer to the fluid in an amount such that the number of mercury bonding sites on the polymer exceeds the amount of mercury atoms by at least 10% and ii) removing the mercury bearing dithiocarbamate polymer with a water/oil separation device. The invention relies upon an unexpected reversal in the solubility of dithiocarbamate polymer at very high concentrations. Because of the high solubility the polymer remains within the water phase of the hydrocarbon fluid and can be removed without the need for cumbersome precipitation methods and complicated solid liquid separation devices.
US09267077B2
A chrome-free acidic aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and one or more organic acids and manganese (II) and (III) ions is applied to an organic polymer surface to etch the surface. The etched surface is then plated with metal.
US09267076B2
Described herein are multi-segmented nanowires, nanosheets and nanobelts, and devices and methods using them for the generation of multicolor and white light.
US09267075B2
The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers and methods for making same. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having anionic sites and labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said particle mixed with a fluid and a cationic crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the particle on degradation of the labile crosslinker and exposure of the anionic sites so as to form a gel. A particularly important use is as an injection fluid in petroleum production, where the expandable polymeric particles are injected into target zone and when the heat and/or suitable pH of the target zone cause degradation of the labile crosslinker and the particle expands, the cationic crosslinker crosslinks the polymer to form a gel, thus diverting water to lower permeability regions and improving oil recovery.
US09267072B2
Methods and compositions are provided that relate to weighted elastomers. The weighted elastomers may comprise an elastomer and a weighting agent attached to an outer surface of the elastomer. An embodiment includes a method comprising providing a fluid that comprises a weighted elastomer, wherein the weighted elastomer comprises an elastomer and a weighting agent attached to an outer surface of the elastomer; and introducing the fluid into a subterranean formation.
US09267064B2
The invention relates to compositions containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and to the uses thereof as heat transfer fluid, expansion agents, solvents and aerosol. The invention specifically relates to compositions essentially containing between 15 and 50 wt. % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, between 5 and 40 wt. % of HFC-134a and between 45 and 60 wt. %, preferably between 45 and 50 wt. %, of HFC-32.
US09267060B2
A reaction product and hot melt adhesive compositions that include the reaction product are disclosed. The reaction product includes the reaction product of a first polymer that includes at least one of polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, a first wax that includes at least one of polyethylene wax, Fischer Tropsch wax and paraffin wax, and a free radical initiator and has a viscosity of no greater than 12,000 centipoise at 177° C.
US09267035B2
This invention relates to rigid isocyanate-based polymer foam comprising a carbon black component comprising at least 50 weight percent of a fluorinated carbon black. Said foam having improved thermal properties, specifically, rigid polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate foams for use in insulation applications.
US09267031B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal polyester-containing liquid composition which is capable of producing a prepreg and a resin film in which surface defects are remarkably reduced even in case of drying at high temperature to remove the solvent in the production process. Disclosed Are a liquid crystal polyester-containing liquid composition comprising a liquid crystal polyester, an organic solvent, and one or more kinds of selected leveling agents, wherein the content of the leveling agent is from 0.001 to 2.0 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the liquid crystal polyester and the organic solvent; and a method for producing a resin film, which comprises applying the above-described liquid crystal polyester-containing liquid composition on a support, and then removing the solvent from the liquid crystal polyester-containing liquid composition on the support at 50° C. or higher.
US09267030B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a composition that includes a phosphorous-containing compound, a cyanate ester, an epoxy resin, and a maleimide. For the various embodiments, a viscosity of the composition increases less than 100% as measured by Gardner Bubble Viscosity a temperature of 23° C. in at least 3 days. For the various embodiments, the composition of the present disclosure can also include an aprotic solvent, such as a ketone. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include a composition that includes the phosphorous-containing compound, the cyanate ester, and the aprotic solvent. For the various embodiments, the composition can also include the epoxy resin and the maleimide. For the various embodiments, the composition does not include an aliphatic alcohol.
US09267027B2
The present invention provides derivatives of native lignin having an ethoxy content of 0.45 mmol/g or greater. Surprisingly, it has been found that phenolic resins comprising derivatives of native lignin having ethoxy contents have acceptable performance characteristics such as bondstrength.
US09267025B2
A method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition including a thermoplastic resin composition as a continuous phase and also including a modified elastomer dispersed into the continuous phase as a dispersed phase, wherein the method comprises, in the stated order: (1) a step for reacting a polyamide resin and an epoxy group-containing polymer together to generate an end-capped polyamide resin; (2) a step for adding EVOH and a modified elastomer to the product obtained in step (1); (3) a step for dispersing the EVOH into the product obtained in step (1); (4) a step for adding a cross-linking agent for cross-linking the modified elastomer to the dispersion obtained in step (3); and (5) a step for cross-linking the modified elastomer using the cross-linking agent; and wherein the thermoplastic resin composition comprises EVOH and an end-capped polyamide resin.
US09267019B2
A rubber composition and a tire using the rubber composition utilizing a functionalized silica dry precipitated silica with a specific surface area in the range of 100 to 300 m2/gm treated with a plurality of silanes coupling agents to form a wet polymer silica masterbatch, then blending the masterbatch with a latex rubber component that includes a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber or a blend of the styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and another conjugated diene base rubber using a plurality of coupling agents simultaneously.
US09267012B2
The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising: at least one (per)fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)]; and from 0.1 to 30 weight parts, per hundred parts of fluoroelastomer (A), of at least one perfluoropolyether block copolymer [polymer (E)] comprising: A) one or more (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene segment (chain Rf), that is to say a segment comprising recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety, and B) one or more polyalkylene segment (chain Ra) comprising recurring units of formula: —(CR1R2—CR3R4)— wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, equal to or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of H, halogens (preferably F, Cl); C1-C6 (hydro)carbon groups, optionally containing fluorine or other heteroatoms, preferably perfluoroalkyl or (per)fluorooxyalkyl.
US09267008B2
A heat-shrinkable white film including an amorphous polyethylene terephthalate; a cyclic olefin resin having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher; and a polyester elastomer having a Vicat softening point of 150° C. or lower.
US09266999B2
There is provided oligomers comprising a highly fluorinated sulfinate oligomers.
US09266998B2
The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group.The present invention also relates to the coating compositions used in said process, and to the coated polycarbonate substrates obtainable via the process, and to their use.
US09266986B2
The present invention provides a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer endowed with stress cracking resistance, chemical resistance and thermal stability. The present invention is a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer constituted of chlorotrifluoroethylene unit, tetrafluoroethylene unit and a monomer [A] unit derived from a monomer [A] copolymerizable with chlorotrifluoroethylene and tetrafluoroethylene, wherein the sum of chlorotrifluoroethylene unit and the tetrafluoroethylene unit amounts to 90 to 99.9 mole percent and the monomer [A] unit amounts to 0.1 to 10 mole percent.
US09266985B2
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a silicone compound which has a specific number of silicon atoms, is well compatible with (meth)acryl monomers, is suitable as an ophthalmic monomer and provides a polymer having excellent durability of mechanical strength in a buffered phosphate solution. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a silicone compound which functions well as a crosslinking agent for a polymerizable monomer. Further, another purpose is to provide a method for preparing the silicone compound, in particular the silicone compound having one specific structure at a high ratio. In the first aspect, the present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1-1): and a method for preparing the silicone compound. In the second aspect, the present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (2-1): and a method for preparing the silicone compound.
US09266976B2
The instant invention relates to an activation of a polymerization catalyst precursor by heat treatment comprising a support material and a catalyst precursor deposited thereon in a fluidized bed activator and to the use of the activated polymerization catalyst in the manufacture of polyolefins. The activation involves heat treatment in the presence of oxygen. After that activation the oxygen in the activator is replaced by inert gas via flushing until the fluidization gas emerging from the activator comprises oxygen in a maximum amount of up to 5 ppm. The catalyst prepared by that method is improved with respect to prevent reactor fouling during gas-phase polymerization or slurry polymerization either in stirred vessel or loop.
US09266970B2
Provided is hydroxypropylmethylcellulose having a high thermal gelation temperature and a high thermal gel strength and a method for producing the same and a food comprising the hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. More specifically, provided is hydroxypropylmethylcellulose having an average substitution degree of a methoxy group of 1.0 to 2.0 per glucose unit, an average substitution degree of a hydroxypropoxy group of 0.05 to 0.4 per glucose unit, and a A/B value of 0.305 or greater wherein A represents a substitution degree of a methoxy group directly substituted for a hydroxy group on carbon at position 6 in a glucose unit free from a hydroxypropoxy group-substituted hydroxy group, B represents a substitution degree of a methoxy group per glucose unit, and the A/B represents a value of A divided by B.
US09266969B2
A cellulose ether having (i) one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of methyl, hydroxyethyl and hydroxypropyl, (ii) one or more hydrophobic substituents, and (iii) one or more cationic, tertiary amino, or anionic substituents, and having a retained dynamic viscosity, %η80/25, of at least 30 percent, wherein %η80/25=[dynamic solution viscosity at 80° C./dynamic solution viscosity at 25° C.]×100, the dynamic solution viscosity at 25° C. and 80° being measured as 1% aqueous solution, is useful for modifying the viscosity of a composition selected from the group consisting of wellbore servicing fluids, cementitious formulations, ceramics, metal working fluids and cutting fluids.
US09266954B2
The present invention provides for prevention and/or treatment of neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders involving abnormal D1-D2 dopamine receptor coupling and/or activation. Methods and agents are provided for modulating dopamine receptor function arising from D1-D2 coupling and/or activation. Agents of the present invention include fragments of D2 receptor or D1 receptor that can disrupt D1-D2 coupling.
US09266952B2
The invention relates to antibodies for inducing cell death by the specific binding of (ROR1), domains thereof or nucleotide molecules encoding (ROR1). There are also provided methods involving and uses of the antibodies of the invention.
US09266933B2
Provided is a polypeptide having angiogenesis inhibiting activity. The polypeptide is derived from Placenta Growth Factor-1. Also provided are a derivative polypeptide of the polypeptide, a preparation method for polypeptide, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide.
US09266918B2
An alkenyl glycoside is prepared by reacting a metathesis-derived unsaturated fatty alcohol containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms with either (1) a reducible monosaccharide or composition hydrolyzable to a reducible monosaccharide, or (2) a hydrocarbyl glycoside produced by reacting an alcohol containing up to 6 carbon atoms with a reducible monosaccharide or composition hydrolyzable to a reducible monosaccharide. Each of these reactions is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst and under conditions sufficient to form the alkenyl glycoside or hydrocarbyl glycoside. The preferred alkenyl glycosides are 9-decen-1-yl glycoside; 9-dodecen-1-yl glycoside; 9-tridecen-1-yl glycoside; 9-pentadecen-1-yl glycoside; 9-octadecen-yl glycoside; or 9-octadecen-1,18-diyl glycoside.
US09266914B2
N-heterocyclic (“NHC”) carbenes and NHC carbene-metal complexes. The NHC carbene having a formula: wherein R1 is an aromatic or aliphatic group, and R2 is an aromatic or aliphatic group, R3 is a fluorinated alkyl chain, R4 is a fluorinated alkyl chain or a proton. NHC carbene-metal complexes having the formula: wherein M is a metal, and each of L1, L2, and L3 ligands is a backfluorinated NHC carbene.
US09266913B2
The disclosure is directed to: (a) phosphacycle ligands; (b) methods of using such phosphacycle ligands in bond forming reactions; and (c) methods of preparing phosphacycle ligands.
US09266908B2
The inventive compounds are small molecule therapeutics that are potent inhibitors of Arginase I and II activity. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the inventive compounds and methods for using the inventive compounds for treating or preventing a disease or a condition associated with arginase activity.
US09266901B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods useful for treating hyperproliferative diseases, including cancer and non-malignant hyperproliferative diseases.
US09266893B2
Disclosed herein is a solid oral dosage form comprising at least one coating chosen from enteric coatings and delayed release coatings, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the structure:
US09266885B2
The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09266881B2
The present invention is directed to triazolopyridinone compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
US09266875B2
Provided are a compound represented by Formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment and a pharmaceutical composition for a radiation sensitizer for cancer treatment, each pharmaceutical composition including the compound of Formula I, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the solvate thereof: wherein, in Formula I, —R1 is a C1-C3 alkoxy, ═O, or —OH, and —R2 is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl including 1 to 2 hetero atoms selected from nitrogen and oxygen, wherein a carbon of the 5- or 6-memberedheteroaryl is optionally substituted with a C1-C3 alkyl a C1-C3 alkoxy, or hydroxy.
US09266874B2
Compounds and methods in the fields of chemistry and medicine are disclosed. Some of the disclosed embodiments include compounds, compositions and methods of using heterocycle amines. Some of the disclosed embodiments include heterocycle amines useful to treat inflammatory disorders.
US09266870B2
A heteroaromatic methyl cyclic amine derivative represented by formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases such as sleep disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, drug dependence, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorder, cephalalgia, hemicrania, pain, digestive diseases, epilepsy, inflammation, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases and hypertension, on the basis of an orexin (OX) receptor antagonist activity.
US09266864B2
This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compound of the formula (I), pharmaceutical agents or compositions containing the compound or a method of using the compound for the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer, as well as the treatment of diseases ameliorated by the control and/or inhibition of lymphangiogenesis.
US09266861B2
The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of pyridazinone compounds as thyroid hormone analogs and their prodrugs. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of pyridazinone compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of pyridazinone compounds in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of a pyridazinone compound. Further disclosed is a method for treating resistance to thyroid hormone in a subject having at least one TRβ mutation.
US09266858B2
Provided herein are processes for the preparation of 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione, or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09266857B2
This invention relates to compounds (Formula (1)) that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where R1-R5, X1, X2 and p are as defined herein.
US09266853B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound that is useful as an orally available anti-HCV agent. The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound has an anti-HCV activity and is useful as a medicine.
US09266852B2
Disclosed is a daidzein derivative as represented by formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compared to the daidzein in the prior art, the daidzein derivative hydrochloride, in particular to the 7-O—N,N-diethyl-aminoacetyl daidzein hydrochloride, prepared by the daidzein derivative of the present invention, has better solubility and effect for treating cardiovascular diseases.
US09266838B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (E)-N′-(1-phenylethylidene)benzohydrazide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of lysine-specific histone demethylase, including LSD1; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat disorders associated with dysfunction of the LSD1. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09266829B2
Quinone Compounds and Their Uses for the Treatment of Cancer Quinone compounds having useful therapeutic activity such as anticancer activity, and compositions comprising such compounds, are described. The use of such compounds and compositions in the treatment of cancer is also described.
US09266828B2
Disclosed herein are Furin/PC inhibitors for inhibiting Furin and other Propprotein Convertases. Method of making the Furin/PC inhibitors, chemical and biological characterization of the Furin/PC inhibitors, and the use of the Furin/PC inhibitors to treat infectious diseases, cancers, and inflammatory/autoimmune disorders, are also disclosed.
US09266827B2
The invention provides bicyclic sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting RORy activity, reducing the amount of iL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such bicyclic sulfone compounds. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a medical disorder. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more bicyclic sulfone compounds described herein. In certain other embodiments, the disorder is rheumatoid arthritis.
US09266826B2
An embodiment of the present invention is a separating agent wherein a group represented by a chemical formula of: or a group represented by a chemical formula of: is introduced on a surface thereof.
US09266824B2
A method of making an amino acid triisocyanate is provided, the method comprising reacting an amino acid trihydrochloride with phosgene to form the amino acid triisocyanate. In some embodiments, the amino acid trihydrochloride comprises lysine ester trihydrochloride salt and the amino acid triisocyanate comprises lysine ester triisocyanate. In some embodiments, there is a lysine ester triisocyanate having a purity of at least about 98%, the lysine ester triisocyanate having a structure resulting from reacting lysine ester trihydrochloride salt with phosgene to form the lysine ester triisocyanate. These lysine ester triisocyanates can be used to make biodegradable polyurethanes.
US09266821B2
A process for reacting, in the presence of a particular calcium containing catalyst, an amine having an active hydrogen and one or more of a fatty acid ester or a fatty acid.
US09266813B2
The present invention provides a series of derivatives of stilbenoid which are useful as new inhibitory agents against head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and hepatoma.
US09266806B1
Catalyst composition produced by combining a cobalt-containing precursor in an alkyl alcohol with a phosphine ligand to the solution; and subsequently adding an iodine compound. Reductive carbonylation processes using the catalyst composition to produce aldehydes are also provided.
US09266799B2
The present invention relates to a method for separating a composition containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrofluoric acid, and for recovering the thus-separated 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrofluoric acid. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing and purifying 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene using a hydrofluorination reaction of the saturated or unsaturated compound having three carbon atoms and including at least one chlorine atom in the presence of a fluorination catalyst.
US09266798B1
Acyclic monterpene alcohols, like linalool, to be converted through a series of highly efficient catalytic reactions a biogasoline blending component, and a drop-in biodiesel fuel.
US09266792B2
An improved process and apparatus for the selective reaction of terpenes (including mono-, sesqui-, di-terpenes, and others in the terpene family), alpha-olefin oligomers (OOA's), and related olefins to their respective dimeric product in high purity using heterogeneous acid catalyst concurrent with full utilization of energy created in the process. Embodiments of the invention carry out a unique and highly efficient dimerization of terpenes, alpha-olefin oligomers (OOA's), and olefins using cost effective catalysts and low cost equipment that are ideally suited for commercialization of jet/turbine and diesel biofuel processes producing fuels with high flashpoints and superb cold flow properties.
US09266790B2
The present invention discloses a method for producing an olefin through decarbonylation of a carboxylic acid having a β-hydrogen atom or a derivative thereof in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one metal element selected from Groups 9, 10, and 11 metals under conditions with a concentration of carbon monoxide of not less than 41 mmol/L.
US09266788B2
A method of treating a plant against a fungal and/or bacterial plant pathogen includes applying to a plant infected with a fungal and/or bacterial plant pathogen an effective amount of composition comprising a salicylate, potassium polyphosphite, and potassium phosphite. A method of fertilizing a plant and treating the plant against a bacterial and/or fungal plant pathogen includes applying to a plant an effective amount of composition comprising a salicylate, potassium polyphosphite, potassium phosphite, and potassium phosphate.
US09266786B2
A method of modulating and in particular, reducing nitrous oxide emission from a substrate for growing on or more plants by applying a microbial based soil additive and a fertilizer blend to the substrate.
US09266783B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of tailored precursor materials in a solid powder form, useful for geopolymeric system containing pentavalent silicon complexes in a solid powder form. The raw materials used are fly ash, sodium hydroxide, and rice husk with and without sodium silicate. The tailored precursors so obtained in solid powder need only water at site, instead of highly alkaline solution for obtaining the cementitious geopolymeric materials.
US09266781B2
The present invention provides a nano complex oxide doped dielectric ceramic material used for a multilayer ceramic capacitor using a base metal as a material of internal electrodes. The doped dielectric ceramic material comprises barium titanate and a nano complex oxide dopant, wherein the molar ratio of the barium titanate to the nano complex oxide dopant is in the range of (90 to 98):(2 to 10), the average particle size of the barium titanate is 50 to 300 nm and the nano complex oxide dopant has the following formula (1): wA+xB+yC+zD. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the nano complex oxide doped dielectric ceramic material and ultrafine-grained and temperature-stable multilayer ceramic capacitors using the nano complex oxide doped dielectric ceramic material as a material of dielectric layers.
US09266768B2
The present disclosure relates to high purity nickel molds for use in forming three dimensional glass substrates, along with methods of making three dimensional glass substrates. The mold compositions minimize imperfections in the formed glass substrates providing optical quality shaped glass articles for use in electronics applications.
US09266767B2
A method for manufacturing a primary preform including providing a hollow substrate tube, supplying to the interior of the tube a main gas flow containing at least one glass-forming gas and at least one secondary gas flow containing at least one precursor for a dopant, creating a plasma reaction zone in the interior of the tube to effect deposition, and interrupting the supply of the at least one secondary gas flow near the reversal points of the supply and discharge sides of the substrate tube.
US09266764B2
There is provided a method for making hollow microspheres by means of dispensing the feed using vibratory energy, preferably ultrasonic energy, hollow microspheres made using the method, and an apparatus for making hollow microspheres.
US09266762B2
A membrane filtration process includes pretreating an influent solution to remove suspended solids, to produce a pretreated solution. pH of the pretreated solution is adjusted to at least 8.3 or lower by injecting CO2 into the pretreated solution, to produce a conditioned solution. Injecting CO2 also serves to supplement bicarbonate in the conditioned solution. The conditioned solution is flowed through a membrane filtration unit, to produce a permeate solution and a retentate solution. The membrane filtration unit comprises reverse osmosis membranes or nanofiltration membranes, or both. The retentate solution is then treated to cause precipitation, to produce a supernatant solution and a reject solution. At least a portion of the supernatant solution is recirculated by combining it with the influent solution prior to the step of pretreating.
US09266757B2
A chemical feeder includes a support plate that is positioned within the housing chamber of the chemical feeder is described. The support plate includes a base plate having an upper surface that has one or more extensions that extend upward from the upper surface. The extensions can, with some embodiments, be in the form of arcuate extensions that can together define an impeller pattern or a spiral extension that defines a spiral channel. The upper surface of the base plate and/or the one or more extensions are adapted to support a solid chemical material thereon. The support plate further includes a plurality of arcuate channel apertures or spiral channel apertures that extend through the base plate. A feed liquid introduced into the housing chamber flows through at least one of the plurality of arcuate/spiral channel apertures and contacts the solid chemical material to form a treated liquid.
US09266754B2
Methods and apparatus of embodiments of the invention relate to treating water including contacting a liquid stream with a source comprising inorganic and/or divalent ions and separating the stream into an effluent and a fluid comprising less sulfate than the stream, wherein the effluent comprises more sulfate and more inorganic and/or divalent ions than the stream. Methods and apparatus relate to treating water including a reaction unit comprising an inlet for feed fluid and an inlet for inorganic and/or divalent ions and a separator unit comprising an inlet for output from the reaction unit, an outlet for effluent, and an outlet for fluid comprising less sulfate than the feed fluid. Some embodiments include introducing the fluid comprising less sulfate than the stream into a subterranean formation.
US09266753B2
A fluid mixing device includes a body, a water controlling valve assembly and a Venturi tube structure. The body is internally formed with inlet channels for communicating with water source, a first channel, an outlet channel communicating between the first channel and outside of the body, and a gassing channel communicating between the first channel and a gas source. The water controlling valve is operable between first and second positions. The Venturi tube structure is disposed within the first channel and includes a necked passage communicating with the first channel and a gassing hole communicating between the necked passage and the gassing channel. When the water controlling valve is located in the first position, the water flow passes through the necked passage and draws gas from the gas source through the gassing hole to come into the necked passage to mix with each other.
US09266751B1
An external tank has a biological destructive lighting system mounted perpendicularly to an electrolytic device within an externally mounted pipe. This pipe has an inflow from a source and an outflow connected to the side of the tank that has a tangentially mounted flow directional device facilitating tangential flow therein. An inner tank housed within the external tank has one or more holes at its bottom portion for permitting liquids to flow therein and up through a outflow piping system connected to an upper conical portion of the inner tank; the clean water flowing therein flows out through a top portion of the external tank using this outflow pipe. A waste pipe is mounted to a side of the external tank facilitating the removal of unwanted materials therefrom including solids like sand and liquids like oil.
US09266749B1
An assembly for the rapid removal of trace levels of ionic species from fast-moving flows of water employs a compressed stack of layers of batting containing ion-absorbing granules, and a confining cage for holding the stack in a rectangular configuration.
US09266746B2
The present invention provides a production method of mayenite in which mayenite can be produced without requiring a high-temperature treatment, and the cost of equipment and heating cost are inexpensive, and in its turn, the production cost of mayenite is inexpensive. The production method of mayenite is characterized in that mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) is formed by baking katoite [Ca3Al2(OH)12]. A baking temperature of katoite is preferably from 300 to 500° C. In addition, it is preferable to use, as the katoite, a product generated by introducing aluminum and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water.
US09266744B2
A method is disclosed for synthesizing borosilicate TON-framework type molecular sieves in a hydroxide media using a 1,3-dimethylimidazolium cation or a 1,4-bis(N-methylimidazolium)butane dication as a structure directing agent.
US09266743B2
In a method for producing a porous SiO2-xerogel starting solution containing a silicon compound is provided and organic monomers and an organically modified alkoxysilane are added to the starting solution. During gelification of the silicon compound, the organic monomers and the organically modified alkoxysilane react in situ to form organic solid skeletal supports in the silicon network. The resulting gel is dried under subcritical conditions and the solid skeletal supports removed by thermal oxidation.
US09266739B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a carbide-derived carbon-based anode active material. The method includes preparing carbide-derived carbon, and expanding pores of the carbide-derived carbon. Here, expanding of pores is performed as an activation process of heating the prepared carbide-derived carbon in the air. The pores formed inside the carbide-derived carbon can be expanded during the activation process in the preparation of the carbide-derived carbon-based anode active material. In addition, by applying the carbide-derived carbon to an anode active material, lithium secondary battery having improved charge-discharge efficiency can be prepared.
US09266727B2
The invention is a hydrogen generator with a liquid reservoir, a reaction area, a byproduct containment area and a hydrogen containment area within a housing. A liquid from the liquid reservoir can react within the reaction area to produce hydrogen gas and byproducts, which flow to the byproduct containment area, and hydrogen gas passes into the hydrogen containment area and is released from the housing through a hydrogen outlet as needed. The liquid reservoir and the reaction area are each within a container made of a liquid impermeable material, the byproduct containment area is within a flexible container made of a hydrogen permeable, liquid impermeable material, and the hydrogen containment area is within a flexible container made of a hydrogen impermeable material. The byproduct containment area is in a volume exchanging relationship with one or both of the liquid reservoir and the reaction area.
US09266726B2
A method for immobilizing biological polymers such as DNA or proteins, on a solid support, by ionocovalent bond, for making biochips, and the resulting chips obtained by the method. Also, a kit for the preparation of the chips.
US09266725B2
In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to methods of making a structure including nanotubes, a structure including nanotubes, methods of delivering a fluid to a cell, methods of removing a fluid to a cell, methods of accessing intracellular space, and the like.
US09266723B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of integrated circuit packaging and, more particularly, to packages using embedded microelectronic die applications, such a bumpless build-up layer (BBUL) designs. Embodiments of the present description relate to the field of alignment correction of microelectronic dice within the bumpless build-up layer packages. This alignment correction may comprise characterizing the misalignment of each microelectronic die mounted on a carrier and forwarding this characterization, along with data regarding the orientation of the carrier, to processing equipment that can compensate for the misalignment of each microelectronic die.
US09266714B2
A device includes a first substrate bonded with a second substrate structure. The second substrate structure includes an outgasing prevention structure. At least one micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) device is disposed over the outgasing prevention structure.
US09266712B2
A saddle accessory apparatus is comprised of at least one panel of fabric material having a saddle seat covering portion shaped and sized to cover a saddle seat when mounted thereupon, and first and second flap portions, each extending from opposing sides of the seat covering portion and sized and shaped to cover the stirrup leathers of an English-style saddle, and all or substantially all of the fenders of a Western-style saddle. The apparatus protects the rider's bare legs when riding in shorts. Another embodiment of the apparatus includes riding implement retention means for retention of crops, bats, rods and the like and preventing them from falling to the ground if accidentally dropped.
US09266703B2
A chain puller for use in marine salvage that includes a chain pulling platform having linearly disposed first and second chain stoppers. Each chain stopper includes a pair of pivotal doors that permit the passage of a chain in one direction while stopping the action of a chain moving in the opposite direction. The action on the pivotal doors uses gravity for vertical alignment. The pivotal doors are spaced apart the distance of a vertical chain-link in the static position and are pivotally spread apart to permit movement of the chain in one direction in the dynamic position.
US09266702B2
A winch includes a motor having a motor housing including a motor case and an integrated first drum support attached to the motor case for closing an end of the motor case. A gear reduction unit is drivingly attached to the motor and has a gear housing including a gear case and second drum support attached to the gear case. A tie plate is connected to the first and second drum supports. A control unit is removably mounted to the tie plate. A rotatable drum is supported by the first and second drum supports.
US09266685B2
A clip separating system (1) is for separating a clip (3) from an accumulation of clips (3) contained within a feeding assembly (5). The clip separating system (1) includes a separating assembly (7) having an inlet (9) and an outlet (11), the inlet (9) of the separating assembly (7) being operatively connected to an outlet (15) of the feeding assembly (5) for receiving the clip (3) to be separated therefrom. A path (10) is defined between the inlet (9) and the outlet (11) of the separating assembly (7). The clip (3) to be separated is positively driven along the path (10) via a corresponding driving component (19) of the clip separating system (1). The outlet (11) of the separating assembly (7) is vertically offset (21) with respect to the outlet (15) of the feeding assembly.
US09266684B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method of applying a fluid pressure to a portion of a transfer member of a transfer assembly. The transfer member rotates about a first rotation axis and comprises leading and trailing portions. The portion of the transfer member is rotatable about a second rotation axis between a first position and a second position. The method comprises providing a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the leading or trailing portion of the portion of the transfer member when the portion of the transfer member is in the first position, rotating the portion of transfer member between the first position and the second position, and maintaining the fluid conduit in fluid communication with the same of the leading or trailing portion of the portion of the transfer member after the portion of the transfer member is moved into the second position.
US09266666B2
A packaging device is provided, comprising a box for accommodating object to be packaged. The packaging device further comprises a limiter located on the both sides of the inner surface of the box. The limiter includes a fixing department and a limiting department. The limiting department is connected to one side of the fixing department and extends in a direction that is far away from the fixing department. The length of the projection of the fixing department, which is projected on a vertical plane perpendicular to the limiting department, is larger than the thickness of the limiting department. The fixing department is clamped fixedly by the box, and the limiting department stretches into the box to clamp the object to be packaged. Implementing the present invention, the limiter can be prevented from sliding out and the damage to the packaged object can be avoided.
US09266661B2
A dispenser has a container and a spreading spring which is in engagement with the inner wall of the container and prevents movement of the sealing piston in a second direction which is opposed to the first direction. The spreading spring is made from synthetic material and has a central part from which a plurality of fingers arranged distributed over the periphery extend radially outwards. Each finger is connected to the central part in a manner articulated at its radially inner end and is in engagement at its radially outer end with the inner wall of the container. The central part and the fingers are constructed in one piece with one another and each finger is connected to the central part by way of a web, wherein in the region of the web a cutout is formed.
US09266659B2
The flexible container (1) with incorporated internal thermal exchange is shaped like an envelope or bag cascade multipocket inside. It is an administrator, portable disposable dispenser of a consumer and/or necessity product to be heated or cooled, exploiting endothermic or exothermic reactions generated by breaking by pressure of the bag (3) of the reactive liquid (31). The peculiarity of this execution is that the reaction chamber (2) is fully immersed into the consumer product (6) and is provided with a valve (10) controlling a possible pressure generated by the chemical reaction, the reaction bags (3, 4) inside developing the concept “bag in bag” or “bag in bag in bag”.
US09266656B2
A carton includes a handle (160) for carrying the carton. The handle includes a handle flap (162a) with a main portion (174a), first (178a) and second (180a) gussets, and an end portion (176a). The main portion is hingedly connected to the first gusset along a first fold line (182a), the first gusset is hingedly connected to the second gusset along a second fold line (184a), and the second gusset is hingedly connected to the first end portion along a third fold line (120).
US09266652B2
The invention relates to a composite film (100) for packaging containers (1), having a film composite made of a plurality of packaging material layers (101 to 108), wherein an inner packaging material layer (108) is designed as a heat-sealing layer and an opening device (10) can be fixed to an outer packaging material layer (101), in particular by sealing to the outer packaging material layer (101), and wherein the packaging material layers (101 to 108) comprise a weakening region (20) in the region of the opening device (10). According to the invention, the weak region (20) is disposed on the side of the inner packaging material layer (108) and is implemented as an at least partial reduction in the layer thickness (D) of the inner packaging material layer (108), wherein the shape of the weak region (20), in particular having a circular cross section, is adapted to the arrangement of cutters (13) that are disposed on a partial circular diameter (T) of the opening device (10) as a part of the opening device (10).
US09266648B2
A disposable reusable bag closure element that provides for improved bag closing and ease of use. The closure in its preferred form a flat synthetic resin tab having a bifurcated hinge co-planar body member with a bag insertion guide in communication with a retainment sealing portion. The bag closure can be formed in multiple linearly attached aligned progressive elements allowing for selective removal and independent use.
US09266646B2
The present application provides a dispensing package for a number of articles therein. The dispensing package may include a tub and a reclosable lid enclosing the tub. The reclosable lid may include a dispensing aperture, one or more mating slots, and a spout flap forming a reclosable spout.
US09266642B2
A light weight pressure vessel (10) has been proposed. The vessel (10) is made of a steel, aluminum or non-metal liner (11) which is reinforced with high strength steel wires (21) of 2000-7000 MPa strength. The matrix is filled with a polymer epoxy resin (45). A top layer of fabric tape (33) soaked in resin (45) has been used to embed the finish end (24) of the wire (21) and to provide a protective layer over the wire reinforced area. The mesh or net fabric wrap tape (33) has periodic openings to allow penetration of polymer epoxy resin (45). A top coat of a UV resistant polyurethane paint (47) has been applied.
US09266641B2
An electronic device case includes a front panel, a back panel, and a spine connecting the front panel and the back panel. A frame configured to hold an electronic device is hingedly coupled the back panel adjacent a first edge of the back panel. The electronic device case includes a first configuration with a second edge of the back panel opposite the first edge disposed adjacent to the frame and a second configuration wherein the frame and back panel are rotated relative to each other around the hinged coupling such that the second edge of the back panel is spaced from the frame.
US09266638B2
A transparent article includes a continuous polyester matrix having at least one incompatible filler dispersed therein. The incompatible filler provides domains in the polyester matrix, each domain having a particular dimension, thus providing a range of dimensions for the domains in the article. To create haze, the dimensions are within the range of from about 380 nm to about 720 nm. Once the range of dimensions is determined, a light absorbent composition can be found which absorbs light at a range of wavelengths that at least substantially covers the range of dimensions of the domains. In doing so, it has been found that the haze of the article can be substantially masked. Method for producing the article and for masking the haze are also provided.
US09266625B1
Systems and methods for automated non-destructive inspection scanning of the top and bottom aerodynamic surfaces or skins of an integrally stiffened wing box (e.g., a horizontal stabilizer) using surface crawling vehicles. Each system uses dynamically controlled magnetic coupling to couple an external drive tractor to a pair of passive trailers disposed in the interior of the wing box on opposite sides of a spar. The external drive tractor is also coupled to an external NDI scanner, which the tractor pushes or pulls across the surface skin being inspected. The systems allow scanning of both surface skins without turning the wing box over. Each system is modular and can be transported to and easily set up in a building or factory.
US09266624B2
Systems and methods for movement of objects are provided. One system includes a plurality of vehicles configured to support the object, wherein each of the vehicles includes omni-directional wheels and a height adjusting device. The system also includes a control system in communication with the plurality of vehicles, wherein the control system is configured to transmit a signal to the plurality of vehicles instructing the plurality of vehicles to move the object in a predetermined direction along the floor. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to adjust at least one of a direction of movement using the omni-directional wheels or a height at which the object is supported while moving the part in the predetermined direction using the height adjusting device.
US09266619B2
A tank and associated fabrication method are provided which may limit the damage otherwise occasioned by the impact of a ballistic projectile. The tank may include a wall assembly defined between outer and inner walls and a plurality of restraining elements that extend between the walls. The restraining elements may be formed to have a plurality of layers of material that form not only the restraining element, but also portions of the inner and/or outer walls. For example, the tank may include a plurality of cells positioned adjacent to one another with each cell forming portions of two adjacent restraining elements and portions of the inner and/or outer walls. A corresponding method for fabricating a tank including a wall assembly having a plurality of restraining elements is also provided.
US09266616B2
Passenger aircraft includes seats, display screens facing the seats, and oxygen masks. When oxygen masks are deployed, imperative imagery is displayed that urges the passenger to at least don their oxygen mask, then optionally help others, etc. In some of these embodiments, the passenger aircraft further includes input devices. Each passenger can enter an input that indicates they have donned the mask, so as to see further imagery for guidance. These inputs could be stored in the flight data recorder for subsequent analysis. In some embodiments, passengers enter self-reported data using the input devices. The self-reported data can be stored in the flight data recorder for subsequent analysis of situations, such as when oxygen masks have been deployed.
US09266615B2
Embodiments of an outflow valve are provided for use in conjunction with an actuator. In one embodiment, the outflow valve includes a frame and a first door rotatably coupled to the frame and configured to be moved by the actuator between an open position and a closed position. The first door includes: (i) a main body, (ii) a bellmouth fixedly coupled to the main body, and (iii) a plurality of longitudinally-spaced slots formed through the bellmouth and increasing the flexibility thereof.
US09266613B2
A 3-seat seating grouping is presented that includes a center seat configured for vertical translation from a lower position to a raised position when converted from an upright to an inclined mode. The center seat can be disposed between an aft-facing seating assembly and a fore-facing seating assembly, and be configured to overlap both when in a lie-flat position. Non-overlapping footspace can be shared between a center passenger and an aft-facing passenger. When upright, a center seat can be at the same height as a non-translating aft- or fore-facing seat, reducing loads on a seat track during aircraft take-off. Seats within the 3-seat group can be angled or aligned with respect to cabin longitudinal axis. A plurality of 3-seat groups can be combined in various orientations to span a cabin. Groups can be arranged to mirror each other to maximize seating directed to an aisle.
US09266609B1
A fixed wing flight vehicle has wing, a center-mounted propulsion unit and a pod that is moveable between a center of the wing and a displaced position at or near one end of the wing. When the pod is at or near the center of the wing, that is, having a center of mass at or near a thrust vector of the propulsion unit, the flight vehicle flies with the characteristics of a regular fixed wing aircraft. However, when the pod is translated to the position at or near an end of the wing, an overall center of mass of the flight vehicle is substantially offset from the thrust vector of the propulsion unit. This causes the flight vehicle to spin like a samara, e.g., a maple seed, so that the flight vehicle can take off or land in a very limited space, much like a helicopter.
US09266607B2
The present invention is related to a compound helicopter with a main rotor providing lift, a pair of additional propulsion devices providing thrust and anti-torque and a fixed wing structure on each side providing additional lift during horizontal cruise flight. The propulsion devices are arranged at each side of a fuselage body with two tail booms, one arranged at each side of the fuselage body, each of both tail booms having one of both propulsion devices arranged at its boom rear end. Each of the two tail booms houses an engine and a drive shaft driving the corresponding propulsion device.
US09266600B2
A primary fuselage structure for an aircraft, including circumferential frames, a floor structure having lateral ends connected to the circumferential frames, at least one strut supporting the floor structure and including a lower end fixed on a circumferential frame and an upper end fixed on the floor structure, and at least one failure-initiating element associated with the strut, including a first arrangement for fastening the strut to a circumferential frame, at a distance from the lower end of the strut, as well as a second arrangement for attaching the circumferential frame to the strut, away from the ends of the strut. A fuselage segment and aircraft, such as an airplane, including the primary fuselage structure are also provided.
US09266599B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to filling and lifting high altitude balloons. For instance, one example system for lifting and filling a balloon having a balloon envelope includes an apparatus for use with the balloon envelope. The apparatus includes a load line, a fill tube having a hollow portion nested within the load line and a termination member attached to the fill tube and load line. The load line is configured to lift the balloon envelope during inflation. The fill tube extends through the load line and is configured to allow lift gas to pass through the hollow portion. The termination member is configured to mate with an opening in the balloon envelope so that lift gas can pass through the hollow portion of the fill tube and into the opening in the balloon envelope.
US09266597B1
An airship hull is provided that is sufficiently light and cost effective so as to make lifting body type airships practical vehicles for carrying people and cargo. The present invention hull design includes three main structural features, i.e., a rigid internal main frame which carries all primary moment and shear loads induced in the vehicle, the vehicle's skin which forms a semi-rigid barrier membrane for the lighter-than-air lifting gas, and a rigid aeroshell frame interposed between the main frame and the skin. The aeroshell frame and skin, in combination, are referred to as the aeroshell. The aeroshell carries the aerodynamic pressure loads induced on the airship.
US09266590B1
An enclosable, modular floating dry dock may include a plurality of floodable flotation modules coupled to a central support member at spaced intervals, such that gaps are formed between successive flotation modules. Each gap may be spanned by a deck and/or wall. A working volume may be defined between an interior of the floating dry dock and a supported watercraft. The working volume may be environmentally enclosed by drapes coupled to the dry dock.
US09266588B2
The invention is a fin for surfboards with a variable stiffness function. This is accomplished by means of a central disc that can be rotated to give different degrees of mechanical support to the fin when rotated to different angles, thus providing variable flexibility.
US09266578B1
A replacement neck assembly for a motorcycle modifies the motorcycle frame to accept a larger front wheel diameter than the factory original, the replacement neck assembly providing the replacement neck, an optional fairing mount, the replacement neck accepting a factory or modified triple tree, whereby the motorcycle frame can accept the large front wheel without affecting the operating height of the motorcycle.
US09266576B1
A wheel support for a bicycle and a bicycle are disclosed. The wheel support includes a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to support the bicycle, and the second end is configured to be tamper evident and to support a wheel. The bicycle includes a frame, a wheel, and the wheel support.
US09266574B1
A bicycle support mechanism includes a shaft that is connectable to a frame of a bicycle. The shaft is in the form of a hollow tube and includes a top end and a bottom end. A support arm is telescopically deployable downward from the bottom end of the shaft. A friction wheel is rotatably supported by the shaft. The friction wheel extends from the top end of the shaft such that the friction wheel and is arranged to be in frictional contact with a bicycle wheel.
US09266569B1
A rear corner vehicle roof structure includes a rear structural pillar and a small cap-like reinforcement member. The rear pillar includes a vertically elongated base portion which transitions into a bifurcated upper end portion forming a longitudinally extending stub arm which is affixed to an associated side roof rail and a laterally extending stub arm which is affixed to an associated rear roof header. The reinforcement member includes a central bridge portion trifurcated to form extensions conforming to the pillar upper portion, the longitudinally extending stub arm and the laterally extending stub arm. The reinforcement member further includes peripherally flanged web segments disposed between circumferentially adjacent pairs of the pillar base portion, longitudinal and lateral stub arms. The flanged web segments are affixed to opposed continuous flange portions of the upper end portion and configured to support the central bridge portion in a spaced relation from the upper end portion.
US09266561B2
A method for adapting the boost factor of a steering system of a motor vehicle during tire pressure loss, in which the occurrence of a tire pressure loss is ascertained, the intensity of the pressure loss exceeding a specified threshold value, and in the presence of a pressure loss exceeding the threshold value, the boost factor of the steering system is reduced.
US09266542B2
A method for determining the configuration of a diesel powered system having at least one diesel-fueled power generating unit, the method including a step for determining a minimum power required from the diesel powered system in order to accomplish a specified mission, and a step for determining an operating condition of the diesel-fueled power generating unit such that the minimum power requirement is satisfied while yielding at least one of lower fuel consumption and lower emissions for the diesel powered system.
US09266539B2
A hopper car discharge outflow is controlled by closure members, at least one of which is movable. The doors are hingeless, being mounted on four bar linkages, such that the distal edge of the doors sweeps predominantly horizontally while the proximal edge of the door moves predominantly upwardly. The doors move through noncircular arcs, such that the size of the vertically projected door opening is abnormally large compared to the clearance heights of the door. The doors are driven by a longitudinal shaft that is mounted within the center sill. It drives a set of single input, double output bell cranks that drive adjacent pairs of doors, and that employs an over-center toggle to hold the doors in the closed position when the car is laded. The actuators may be mounted in shelters midway along the car, and may be offset from the centersill. The actuators may be mounted predominantly vertically such that gravity may obviate the need for a secondary lock. The doors of a transverse car need not all be of the same size. The over center may include a manual release having a fulcrum with a progressive decrease in mechanical advantage.
US09266535B2
Systems and methods which provide for an alarm or notification that a child is in a car seat. The systems generally determine if a child is in the seat and that the seat, and therefore the vehicle, is not in motion. Upon detecting both situations, the notification or alarm is activated. The system will generally provide for an alarm to a smartphone or other remote notification device to improve the likelihood that the alarm will be received.
US09266532B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle, especially of a single-track or dual-track and vehicle. The driving dynamics of the vehicle are controlled by way of brake and/or engine intervention, notably depending on a change of the movement of the vehicle in the three-dimensional space and relative to the earth coordinate system and depending on the effective direction of gravity or the earth's gravitational pull. According to said method, the attitude or orientation and the position of the vehicle in three-dimensional space and relative to the earth coordinate system is determined by means of a satellite navigation system (GNSS) which comprises a receiver, mounted on/in the vehicle, having at least three antennas for reception of satellite navigation signals and an inertial measuring system (INS), mounted on/in the vehicle, for measuring all changes in the movement, position and/or attitude of the vehicle.
US09266531B2
A control apparatus and method for operating a road-bound hybrid vehicle are provided. The vehicles includes a control apparatus for controlling the drive torque of a first drive unit which is associated with a first axle and of the drive torque of a second drive unit which is associated with a second axle. One drive unit has at least one electric motor and the other drive unit has at least one internal combustion engine, wherein a load point increase, by which an energy store for operating the electric motor is charged, is limited by the internal combustion engine and the control unit. The limiting is performed by: in a first step, determining a maximum permissible upper limit for the load increase torque under optimum traction conditions depending on the steering angle and on the vehicle speed. In a second step, performing, as required, a torque-reducing adaptation of the previously determined upper limit to match traction-impairing environmental influences which may be present.
US09266528B2
The present invention relates to a control system for a vehicle (100), the system comprising: control means operable to monitor an accelerator control signal of the vehicle and to control a powertrain of the vehicle to apply an amount of torque to one or more wheels (111, 112,114, 115) of the vehicle (100) corresponding to the accelerator control signal, the powertrain comprising prime mover means (121, 123); and means for determining whether the measured rate of acceleration of the vehicle and the accelerator control signal have an expected correspondence, wherein if the measured rate of acceleration and the accelerator control signal do not have the expected correspondence, the control means is operable to command a change in the amount of torque applied to the one or more wheels by the powertrain.
US09266524B2
The invention relates to a method for managing the power of a hybrid vehicle selectively driven by an electric motor and a heat engine, the electric motor being supplied with power by a power storage unit capable of being recharged by the heat engine, wherein according to the method the level of charge of the power storage unit is monitored so as to select the mode in which the vehicle is driven by the heat engine or that in which the vehicle is driven by the electric motor, said method including the steps of: determining a travelling profile of the vehicle associated with a path of said vehicle; and determining (36), according to said travelling profile, a threshold level of charged (S2), referred to as authorized threshold, below which the mode in which the vehicle is driven by the heat engine is activated.
US09266518B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, a modular component, and a central operating system. The modular component is supported by the chassis. The central operating system includes a component control system, a primary master controller, and a secondary master controller. The component control system is configured for controlling the modular component. The primary and secondary master controllers are in operative communication with the component control system. The primary and secondary master controllers are configured to simultaneously transmit commands to the component control system. The component control system is configured to accept commands from the secondary master controller only when a fault occurs in the primary master controller.
US09266517B2
A sensor assembly for use with a master cylinder is described. The master cylinder comprises an input-side activation element to which a signal transmitter element is coupled. The sensor module comprises a travel sensor for sensing travel carried out by the activation element, and a position sensor for sensing when a predefined position of the activation element is reached.
US09266516B2
A brake cylinder maintaining valve may include spool valves or poppet valves. When the pressure in the brake cylinder drops below its original set pressure, such a maintaining valve may feed brake pipe (BP) pressure through a choke to replenish and maintain brake cylinder (BC) pressure up to a certain point. If the leak is too great, such as when it exceeds the capacity of the choke, the brake cylinder pressure will not be maintained. Such a maintaining valve may be either integrated into the control valve, or it may be mounted remotely to the brake system. If mounted remotely, it may be connected by multiple ways, including through a conventional 4-port access plate.
US09266512B2
A braking device includes a guide piston which surrounds the outer periphery of a rod part of a second slave piston, a cup seal which is mounted on the second slave piston, and a seal member which is provided on the guide piston. The second slave piston includes an enlarged diameter portion which comes into contact with an axial-direction surface of the guide piston when the second slave piston is in the initial position, and the enlarged diameter portion is provided with a cut-out section which extends in the internal diameter direction of the second slave piston.
US09266510B2
Disclosed is a master cylinder for brake systems including a cylinder body having a bore therein, a first and second piston installed in the bore to move forward and backward, and a first hydraulic pressure chamber and a second hydraulic pressure chamber, the first and second hydraulic pressure chambers being divided from each other in the bore. The master cylinder further includes a pressure regulating channel to connect the first hydraulic pressure chamber to second hydraulic pressure chamber to reduce pressure difference between the first hydraulic pressure chamber and the second hydraulic pressure chamber, and a flow control valve provided in the pressure regulating channel to open and close the pressure regulating channel according to the pressure difference between the first hydraulic pressure chamber and the second hydraulic pressure chamber. The first hydraulic pressure chamber is provided with a large hydraulic pressure chamber expanded to an inside of the cylinder body, and a small hydraulic pressure chamber smaller than the large hydraulic pressure chamber.
US09266478B2
A convertible mounting bracket (100) capable of securement onto load carrier bars (200, 202) of different dimensions is presented. The bracket (100) can include an elongate first jaw body (102), elongate second jaw body (110), and a flip-connector (130). The flip-connector (130) can be interconnected to a first end (112) of the second jaw body (110) by a pivot connection (140). In a first orientation (152) of the second jaw body (110), a first (120) of at least two load bar engaging surfaces (121, 123) of the second jaw body (110) is facing a load bar engaging surface (108) of the first jaw body (102). In a second orientation (154) of the second jaw body (110), a second (122) of the at least two load bar engaging surfaces (121, 123) of the second jaw body (110) is facing the load bar engaging surface (108) of the first jaw body (102).
US09266462B2
A cam buckle frame includes a first roller aligned transversally across the frame proximate the free end of an operating lever of a web toothed locking cam. The roller directs the web in contact with the operating lever of the locking cam to provide a self-locking feature without requirement for a torsion spring. Other transverse posts and rollers may be included in the web clamp frame and the corresponding hook end of the tie-down to form a secured pulley arrangement to provide a multiplication of applied tension force. One end of the frame side-wall adjacent said first roller may form an integral hook assembly with a structural latch. An option is to have the frame closed out by connecting opposing walls with a section that provides a center port to allow attachment of various style hooks. A pivoting hook-end used to connect to soft hook loops is described.
US09266458B2
The foldable truck bed extension deck and ramp assembly are mountable in a short-box pickup truck. The bed extension deck and ramp assembly have a comparable length to a full-size pickup truck box when deployed for use, and are jointly foldable to fit into a short-bed pickup truck with its tailgate closed when not used. The bed extension deck has a strong upper surface to resist deformation in rough use. The ramp member can be deployed with its front end matching the surface of the extension deck so that a vehicle can be driven along the ramp member and onto the deck surface without encountering any transition step.
US09266456B2
According to one or more embodiments, a cup holder includes a support, an adjustable arm connected to the support, and a base connected to the support and spaced apart from the adjustable arm, the base being pivotal about the support in a first direction and being translatable to the adjustable arm in a second direction different from the first direction. The support may include a first member and a second member separable from the first member, the first member being connected to the adjustable arm and the second member being connected to the base.
US09266452B2
The invention concerns a vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cab with a lower part and an upper part sprung mounted in relation to the lower part by at least one damper device, wherein the upper part is mounted suspended on the lower part so that on occurrence of vibrations between the upper part and lower part, the upper part can swivel about a fictitious or real axis arranged below the upper part and extending in the vehicle width direction or vehicle length direction.
US09266451B2
Haptic feedback systems, vehicle seat assemblies, and vehicles are provided. The haptic feedback system includes a bottom seat member, a first motor, and a second motor. The bottom seat member includes a seat pan with a first side, a second side, a first bolster, and a second bolster. The first bolster is positioned on the first side of the seat pan and the second bolster is positioned on the second side of the seat pan, wherein the first bolster and the second bolster include a resilient material. The first motor supported by the resilient material of the first bolster and the second motor is supported by the resilient material of the second bolster.
US09266446B2
A belt retractor for a vehicle seat belt includes a rotatably supported belt reel (12) from which webbing can be unwound, a force limiting means which in a force limiting phase permits controlled webbing extension in the webbing extension direction when the belt reel (12) is blocked and a particular force threshold is exceeded, and a change-over device for carrying out a change-over operation before and/or during the force limiting phase in which it is changed from a first force level to a second force level. The change-over device includes a control means adapted to trigger or inhibit the change-over operation at least in response to the recognition of an installed child safety seat (34).
US09266439B2
In the case of a multi-voltage on-board power supply system for a motor vehicle having a hybrid or electric drive, comprising a dc-dc converter, by means of which a high voltage level having a higher direct-current voltage and at least a first energy storage device is connected to a low voltage level having a lower voltage and at least a second energy storage device, wherein the system comprises a charging interface for charging external devices, at least one converter phase of the dc-dc converter can be disconnected from the low voltage level and instead can be connected with the charging interface, and a third energy storage device can be connected to the charging interface in order to supply the third energy storage device with a lower voltage and permit a charging of the third energy storage device by the energy flow from the first energy storage device.
US09266434B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a battery disconnect unit (BDU) and a cartridge. The BDU includes a first positive terminal, a first negative terminal, a second positive terminal, a second negative terminal, a first current path, a second current path, a first switch, and a second switch. The first current path is between the first positive terminal and the second positive terminal. The second current path is between the first negative terminal and the second negative terminal. The first switch is disposed in the first current path. The second switch is disposed in the second current path. The cartridge includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a current path between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal is configured to connect to one of the terminals on the BDU.
US09266420B2
A hydrostatic drive includes a hydraulic pump configured to drive at least two hydraulic motors. The hydraulic motors each include an inlet side and an outlet side. The hydraulic motors are each connected on the inlet side to a respective outlet of a flow divider, which is arranged downstream of the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic motors are each connected on the outlet side to a respective inlet of a flow divider, which is arranged upstream of the hydraulic pump.
US09266419B2
A vehicle drive device in which a friction engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a speed change device are provided on a power transfer path that connects between an input member drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine and an output member drivably coupled to wheels, the elements provided in this order from the input member side.
US09266408B2
A system for mounting a windshield to a small vehicle such as an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”), a utility-terrain vehicle (“UTV”), or a snowmobile comprising a pair of receiving members configured to be mounted to, or integrated with, the vehicle and a corresponding pair of mounting members mounted to, or integrated with, the windshield panel or panel assembly. The receiving member may be integrated to the lighting pod of the vehicle. The mounting members of the system are configured to be respectively releasably received into the receiving members. Each receiving member comprises a receiving cavity and at least one locking opening, and each mounting member comprises at least one resilient locking arm configured to releasably engage the at least one locking opening such that the mounting members can respectively engage the receiving members in a releasable locking engagement.
US09266407B2
A climate control system for a vehicle and a method of control. The climate control system may include a trim component and a ventilation system. The ventilation system may have a desiccant having volcanic rock particles. Air is circulated through the desiccant to reduce air humidity in the vehicle passenger compartment.
US09266406B2
When a predetermined seat air conditioning command is provided to air-condition a predetermined seat, a control part allows conditioned-air to be blown off only from an air outlet air-conditioning the predetermined seat as a control for a predetermined seat state. In the predetermined seat state, when a stop command is provided to stop an air conditioning blower, the control part controls the air conditioning blower to stop sending air, and controls at least one air outlet of a plurality of air outlets into an open state, the at least one air outlet air-conditioning the other seat except the predetermined seat.
US09266404B2
A floor console includes a climate control unit. A bracket of the floor console unit includes an interior surface facing the climate control unit and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. An armrest is supported by the bracket and is moveable relative to the bracket. A gas spring extending from a first end connected to the armrest to a second end connected to the exterior surface of the bracket. The connection of the second end of the gas spring to the exterior surface of the bracket reduces packaging constraints for the climate control unit on the interior surface of the bracket.
US09266400B2
An Insertable indicator with a spare receptacle includes an indicating component and a power getting plug, the indicating component comprises an enclosure and an display screen disposed in the enclosure for displaying content, the power getting plug is intended for connection with a car power getting receptacle for obtaining power therefrom and supplying it to the display screen. The indicating component of the enclosure is pivoted with a side of an exposed end of the power getting plug; and an end surface of the exposed end of the power getting plug is provided with a spare receptacle electrically connected to the car power getting receptacle.
US09266395B2
An axle shaft has an inboard end portion with a spline for engagement with a differential assembly and an outboard end with a flange for mounting a wheel hub assembly. One or both of the end portions have cavities for weight reduction. The inboard end portion cavity extends underneath the spline. The outboard end portion cavity extends completely underneath the flange.
US09266380B2
A writing instrument is provided with a barrel including a bottom opening; a partition disposed in the barrel to divide the barrel into an upper ink reservoir filled with ink and a lower storage filled with an absorbent material; a writing member partially disposed in the absorbent material and extending out of the bottom opening; and a conveying line disposed through the partition. The conveying line includes a venting channel and an ink conveying channel. Each of the venting channel and the ink conveying channel communicate with both the ink and the absorbent material. A smooth writing can be carried out.
US09266378B2
A binding member, including a first disk ring portion configured for reception in a binding recess of a sheet member. The first disk ring portion can have an inner surface that faces radially inward for engaging and retaining a first binding protrusion of a sheet member for binding the sheet member. The first disk ring portion can be configured for allowing the bound sheet members to slide around the first disk ring portion while retaining the engagement. The binding member can also have an axial extension member associated with the first disk ring portion and extending generally in an axial direction with respect thereto.
US09266372B2
A textured heat transfer label includes a textured portion formed from a highly cross-linked UV ink and a thermoplastic background ink. The textured heat transferable label can also include metalized portions.
US09266369B2
An invertible ink stamp comprises an ink absorber/retainer member disposed on top of the ink pad, an absorbent member disposed on the top of the ink absorber/retainer member and having capillary attraction weaker than that of the ink absorber/retainer member but sufficient to absorb excessive ink, the absorbent member having a vent in at least part of the top side or either of lateral sides for conducting to the atmospheric air, an ink tank having an ink supply tube that has its distal open end connected to the ink absorber/retainer member, and a wall member surrounding the whole circumferential surface of the ink absorber/retainer member for avoiding leakage of ink.
US09266365B1
A printer includes a feeding portion, a guide portion, and a processor. The processor determines whether a roll sheet in the printer is an inward facing roll sheet or an outward facing roll sheet. When the roll sheet is the inward facing roll sheet, the processor controls the feeding portion to move the downstream-side end portion of the print medium from the cutting position to an upstream side in the feed direction than the upstream end portion before the printing. And the processor controls the printing portion to start printing. When the roll sheet is the outward facing roll sheet, the processor controls the printing portion to start printing in a state in which a downstream-side end portion of the print medium in the feed direction is positioned further to a downstream side in the feed direction than an upstream-side end portion of the guide portion in the feed direction.
US09266361B2
In a method for providing a substrate with an imprint, in which liquid printing ink is first printed on a strip and there made to dry at least partially, and in which the at least partially dried printing ink is transferred from the strip (B) to the substrate (S), in addition to the printing ink a transfer coating (F), in particular a decorative transfer coating, is also applied to the substrate (S). In particular, the transfer coating (F) can likewise be applied to the strip (B) first and transferred from the strip (B) to the substrate (S). Printing ink can be provided on the strip (B) next to, but also under or over the transfer coating.
US09266360B2
A lamp is provided including a first module and at least one second module, each having a plurality of LEDs distributed over a module surface. The modules are arranged on at least one cooling element for dissipation of lost heat. A reflector deflects light emitted by one of the modules into an exit opening of the lamp. An optical system located between at least some of the LEDs and the exit opening bundles the light of the LEDs into a defined structure on a target surface.
US09266356B2
A speech output device, a control method for a speech output device, a printer, and an interface board can improve the productivity of foreign language speaking workers in industries such as retailing and food services. A data communication unit 191 acquires print data. A data interpreter 193 analyzes and converts to text data at least part of the data acquired by the data communication unit 191. A language converter 194 converts the text data to one or more preset languages. A speech synthesizer 195 generates one or more units of synthesized speech data corresponding to the language-converted text data from the language converter 194. A speech data output unit 196 outputs the one or more units of synthesized speech data generated by the speech synthesizer 195 to a headphone 104.
US09266354B2
An apparatus for printing a curved surface of an object, for example a ball includes a stationary printing unit for printing the object, the printing unit including an inkjet print head producing a print on the object surface in an active region of the print head, a curing unit for curing the print, the curing unit including a radiant heater curing the print in an active region of the radiant heater, a movable holding unit for receiving the object in a receiving region, moving the object from the receiving region into the active region of the print head, moving the object in the active region of the print head during production of the print and moving the object into the active region of the curing unit, and a control unit for controlling the movements of the holding unit, the production of the print and the curing of the print.
US09266340B2
A cartridge 5 is mounted on a carriage 8. The carriage 8 includes liquid introducing parts 710m, 710c and 710y and a guide projection 723. The guide projection 723 is extended from between the liquid introducing parts 710m and 710c toward the liquid introducing part 710y. The cartridge 5 includes an ink supply port 507m connectable with the liquid introducing part 710m to supply magenta ink to the liquid introducing part 710m, an ink supply port 507c connectable with the liquid introducing part 710c to supply cyan ink to the liquid introducing part 710c, an ink supply port 507y connectable with the liquid introducing part 710y to supply yellow ink to the liquid introducing part 710y, and a first groove 580. The first groove 580 is extended from between the ink supply port 507m and the ink supply port 507c toward the ink supply port 507y to allow for insertion of the guide projection 723. This configuration suppresses diffusion of ink leaked from any of the liquid supply ports of the cartridge.
US09266333B2
First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate and a communication hole is located over the third ink absorbing body. The upper side of the introduction chamber is covered by the shutter plate to suppress volatilization of solvent element of waste ink introduced into the introduction chamber. In addition, the communication hole is located in a portion of the upper surface of the third ink absorbing body, so that solvent element of ink absorbed by the third ink absorption body volatilizes.
US09266327B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber forming substrate in which a plurality of spaces to be pressure chambers in communication with nozzles are provided side by side in a nozzle column direction, in which in a region corresponding to the pressure chamber, a lower electrode film is formed with a width of 50% or more and 80% or less of a width of the pressure chamber in the nozzle column direction and the piezoelectric body layer covers the lower electrode film in the nozzle column direction and is formed with a width of 90% or less of the width of the pressure chamber.
US09266326B2
In one example, a piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric material, a first conductor on a first part of the piezoelectric material, and a membrane bonded to the first conductor with an adhesive. The first conductor has a root mean square surface roughness of at least 10 nm at the bonding interface with the membrane.
US09266323B2
A method of controlling a pressure of a fluid in a pressure chamber, which pressure chamber is delimited by an actuator membrane having a first piezoelectric portion arranged in a central zone of the actuator membrane and at least one second piezoelectric portion arranged in at least one peripheral zone of the actuator membrane; and an ink jet printing device. In a neutral stage, a first flexure state of the actuator membrane is provided by applying first and second voltages to respective piezoelectric portions. In an activation stage, the first and second voltages are temporarily varied, without reversing their polarity, such that a curvature of the central part of the actuator membrane and a curvature of the peripheral part of the actuator membrane are changed in opposite directions, in order to expell a droplet of fluid through a nozzle.
US09266316B2
A flexographic printing precursor can be imaged and used for flexographic printing. This precursor has at least two laser-engraveable layers, in which the underlying non-printing laser-engraveable layer is more sensitive than the outermost non-metallic printing laser-engraveable layer. The non-printing layer-engraveable layer comprises (1) a first elastomer, (2) a polymer that is nitrocellulose, a polymer comprising a triazene group, a glycidyl azide polymer, or a poly(vinyl nitrate), and (3) a first near-infrared radiation absorber. The outermost non-metallic printing laser-engraveable layer comprises a second elastomer and a second infrared radiation absorber.
US09266315B2
A separating apparatus for separating a composite substrate into a first substrate and a second substrate previously bonded to each other. The separating apparatus includes a support base having a supporting surface for supporting the composite substrate, a pair of side surface supporting rollers for supporting the peripheral side surface of the composite substrate placed on the supporting surface, and a separating unit for applying a separating force to the boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate constituting the composite substrate supported to the supporting surface of the support base and the side surface supporting rollers, thereby separating the composite substrate into the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09266312B2
A bonding apparatus has a light source, a stage, a component holder formed of a light transparent material, a controller, and a driver configured to drive the stage and the component holder under the control of the controller. The component holder includes an incident surface on which light outputted from the light source is made incident, a first reflection surface which is a surface opposite to the incident surface and reflects the incident light from the incident surface, a second reflection surface which reflects the light reflected by the first reflection surface, and an exit surface from which the light reflected by the second reflection surface exits. The bonding apparatus bonds the first component and the second component together with the photo-curing adhesive while holding the second component on the side of the exit surface of the component holder.
US09266310B2
Structures such as layers of material associated with an electronic device may be assembled using adhesive. The adhesive may be dispensed onto the surface of an electronic device layer in liquid form. The liquid adhesive material may be a liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material. Patterned structures such as touch sensor electrodes, black ink masking layers, and other structures may be formed on the electronic device layer. The use of liquid adhesive material may help the adhesive material flow over the edges of the patterned structures without forming bubbles or voids. Following application of the liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material, the liquid pressure sensitive adhesive precursor material may be cured to form a solid layer of pressure sensitive adhesive. The layer of material on which the solid layer of pressure sensitive adhesive has been formed may then be vacuum laminated to an additional electronic device layer.
US09266296B2
A method for making a plastic film having a three-dimensionally structured and colored surface includes the steps of: providing the film with a three-dimensional surface structure via a shaping process; determining the provided topography of the film surface via a scanning process; and, applying a coloring to the surface after the topography of the surface has been determined. A device configured to apply the coloring to the surface is controlled such that the application of the coloring to the surface is changeable in dependence upon at least one of topological data of the surface and macroscopic shapes of the surface.
US09266295B2
A method of forming a plurality of reflectors for a light emitting device (LED) package includes receiving a first fluid material at at least a first source opening of an upper mold of a transfer apparatus; passing the first fluid material through a transfer passageway of the upper mold; expelling the first fluid material from the transfer passageway through a plurality of openings in a lower internal surface of a transfer chamber of the transfer passageway; depositing the first fluid material on a lead frame, disposed on a lower mold of the transfer apparatus, through the plurality of openings; forming the first fluid material into a plurality of molded structures using the upper mold and the lower mold; and hardening each of the molded structures to form a plurality of reflectors.
US09266290B2
A method is described in which a composite tape or sheet is processed such that it has an improved drapability when applied to a former having a complex geometrical form. The tape or sheet is selectively perforated across its width as it is dispensed, with a suction force being subsequently applied over the tape's surface to thereby cause stretching of the tape. The degree of stretching varies across the width of the tape in proportion to the degree and local density of the selective perforations.
US09266286B1
A 3D printing pen for extruding and curing a radiation-curable pasty polymer composition has a housing that contains a disposable cartridge filled with the composition. The cartridge also contains a piston that is slidable in the cartridge due to engagement of the nut secured in the piston with a lead screw that is located in the cartridge and driven from a motor so that displacement of the piston inside the cartridge expels the composition from the pen through an orifice at the end of the cartridge opposite the motor. The front end of the housing also contains LEDs that emit light onto the thread of composition on exit of the composition from the device. The mode of operation of the 3D printing pen and viscosity of the composition are selected so that after curing the extruded thread maintains its shape without supports.
US09266285B2
The present invention provides a structure for clamping a built-in component in a hollow container, the container being formed by clamp molding using a pair of a first mold piece and a second mold piece, the first mold piece being for forming a first half of the container, the second mold piece being for forming a second half of the container, the structure comprising: a first support member secured to an inner wall surface of the first half of the container and having a first connection portion and a first clamp portion; a second support member secured to an inner wall surface of the second half of the container having a second connection portion and a second clamp portion, wherein the built-in component is clamped between the first support member and the second support member with the first connection portion and the second connection portion coupled to each other.
US09266270B2
A mold-tool system (100), comprising: a nozzle tip assembly (200) having a tip-body assembly (206), the tip-body assembly (206) being configured for reduced axial tilting, at least in part.
US09266253B2
An electric double-blade slot cutting machine include a first cutting unit having a first cutting part and provided along a cutting route and presents a reciprocating movement; a second cutting unit having a second cutting part provided along the cutting route and presents the reciprocating movement, wherein moving directions of the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit is opposite while cutting; a restriction holder for restricting the first cutting unit and the second cutting unit to moving along the cutting route; a transmission unit; and a motor. With the foregoing structure, the electric double-blade slot cutting machine can work with small vibration and stable performances; a speed of the motor is increased for improving work efficiency; and with an extension rod, the electric double-blade slot cutting machine is adaptable for standing utilization.
US09266251B2
A composition for treating cellulosic materials is provided. The composition comprises a dispersion of micronized additives. The dispersion comprises additive particles with diameters in the range of 0.001 to 25 microns. Also provided is a method for the application of the additive-containing composition to wood, as well as wood products which have been treated with the composition.
US09266250B2
A saw blade guard quick release structure and a method for locking and unlocking saw blade guard includes a locating member, a connection member, and a retaining unit. The locating member has two retaining notches. The connection member includes a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The retaining unit is installed on the connection member, including a linking member, a drag member movable along the first guide portion, two retaining members respectively pivotally connected to the drag member and movable along the second guide portion, and a spring member. The method includes mounting the connection member directly on the locating member and selectively engaging the retaining members with the locating notches, thereby locking or unlocking the saw blade guard.
US09266249B1
A wood cutting machine including a central track mounted on a quartet of end legs and a pair of height-adjustable center legs. Cross supports are attached to the central track. A frame, mounted on a pair of tracks disposed on the central track, includes a pair of saw blades mounted on a blade shaft axially attached to the frame via a pair of mounts. A motor housing is in operational communication with the frame and includes an internal motor, which is in operational communication with the blade shaft via a pair of pulleys and an attached belt. A pair of rollers, in operational communication with the frame, secure and stabilize a board placed on the central track, for cutting. The blades rotate and cut the wood as the frame is moved forward over the board.
US09266238B2
Target values for position and orientation of a work point are provided in a robot program, dependent on which the program causes automatic movement of axles of the manipulator by a robot controller connected with the manipulator, to adjust a tool reference point of the manipulator. A robot base is movable via an auxiliary axle. Position values (provided by the robot program) of a planned position and orientation to be occupied by robot base for the tool reference point adjustment are automatically changed so the actual position of the robot base converges on a predetermined reference point, such as the work point or the tool reference point and the auxiliary axle is automatically moved to cause the robot base to occupy the position and orientation that correspond to the changed position values.
US09266232B2
A wrench comprising a bar extending between a left end and a right end, wherein the bar defines a left detent adjacent the left end, a right detent adjacent the right end, and a center detent in the center of the bar; a left handle removably attached to the left end, the left handle defining a chamber suitable for storing at least one socket; a right handle removably attached to the right end, the right handle defining a chamber suitable for storing at least one elongate extender element; a stub element configured at a first end to be slidingly attached to the bar, and configured at a second end to receive a socket, the stub element including a mating detent configured to sequentially mate with each of the left detent, the right detent, and the center detent as the stub element is slid along the bar.
US09266228B2
A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, has a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle. The hammer impact mechanism includes a striker that at least partly surrounds the tool spindle in at least one plane.
US09266225B2
The invention relates to a ring ratchet spanner comprising a ratchet head (1) that is closed all the way round, a lever arm (2) that is seated on the ratchet head (1) and is intended for actuating the spanner, a spanner part (3) that is rotatably mounted in the ratchet head (1), a serrated ring (4) that is provided on the outer circumference of the spanner part (3), and a locking element (5) that interacts with the serrated ring (4). The object of the invention is to create a ring ratchet spanner that can be comfortably placed on any nut and easily actuated when working on a wide variety of pipelines. This object is solved by the closed ratchet head (1) consisting of two halves (6, 7) that can be separated from each other, by one of the two halves (6, 7) of the ratchet head (1) being connected to the lever arm (2), by the spanner part (3) that is rotatably mounted on the ratchet head (1) likewise consisting of two halves that can be separated from each other, and by the two halves (6, 7) of the ratchet head (1) being able to be joined together again in a fixed manner after they have been separated and subsequently placed against the nut to be loosened or tightened.
US09266223B2
Hand tool and method of manufacturing and using same. The hand tool includes a tool mount including at least one heim joint that removably receives thereon a tool head assembly. The heim joint and tool head assembly cooperate to provide the hand tool with a multi-directional, variable angle of attack on a work piece in a manner that accommodates aged, arthritic and otherwise handicapped people having a limited range of arm, wrist and hand movement.
US09266219B2
An abrasive article configured to grind a workpiece having a fracture toughness at least about 7 MPa·m0.5 includes a body comprising abrasive particles contained within a bond material comprising a metal, wherein the body comprises a ratio of VAG/VBM of at least about 1.3, wherein VAG is a volume percent of abrasive particles within a total volume of the body and VBM is a volume percent of bond material within the total volume of the body, and wherein the abrasive particles have an average particle size of 40 to 60 microns.
US09266210B2
A method for machining a work in a work machining apparatus provided with a movable main spindle moving between a work supply position and a work take-out position, includes arranging a tool rest on the movable main spindle to move integrally with the movable main spindle, supplying the work at the work supply position to the movable main spindle, moving the movable main spindle from the work supply position toward the work take-out position, machining the work held on the movable spindle with a tool of the tool rest while moving the movable main spindle from the work supply position toward the work take-out position, and taking out the work at the work take-out position from the movable main spindle.
US09266208B2
Provided is a metal ring manufacture method and a metal ring metal device capable of manufacturing a plurality of metal rings at good efficiency without damaging the metal rings. The metal rings (R) are detached from a drum retaining unit (16) by a metal ring holding unit (28) with the arrangement state thereof being maintained; thereafter, each metal ring (R) clamped in the arrangement state by a pair of fingers (45, 46) of a metal ring clamping unit (29) is delivered sequentially in the arrangement direction by a ring delivering unit disposed in the second finger (46).
US09266202B2
One or more support elements radially extend through one or more openings defined in a turbine engine casing and are configured to centralize and at least partially support a rotor assembly of the engine during an engine disassembly or assembly procedure. The support elements are configured to transfer any rotor assembly weight loads to an engine casing while a bearing support of the rotor assembly is absent or removed.
US09266201B2
Technologies are generally described for providing inductively removable assembly bonding. Inductive elements may be placed strategically at bonding locations between two or more coupled components. At disassembly time, the elements may be heated through Radio Frequency (RF) energy causing the bonds to break and components to separate. For example, inductive elements placed near plastic stake bonds between dissimilar materials in an electronic device may be employed to separate the dissimilar materials during a recycling process. According to some examples, the elements may also be heated through a directly applied electric current via a network of connections designed into the assembly.
US09266199B2
Improved slats for cutting tables are provided by forming from steel elongate receiver plates having a plurality of receiver slats and forming from copper a plurality of insert members. The insert members each have an interlocking section and a tip section. The interlocking sections of the insert members are mated and pressed into the receiver slots so the tip sections extend above the top of the receiver plates and are able to support a work piece above and away from the receiver plates during a cutting operation.
US09266198B1
A cart adapted to perform a welding operation on a workpiece, the cart including a moving platform; a first slide supported on the moving platform defining a first slide plane; a second slide pivotally attached to moving platform, the second slide defining a second slide plane; a second clamp engagable with the second slide to hold a pivotal position of the second slide at a selected slide angle relative to the moving platform; an implement supported on the first slide and second slide, wherein operation of the first slide and the second slide move the implement to a selected position relative to the workpiece.
US09266195B2
A laser welding method includes emitting two laser beams along a weld line from an upper surface side of a workpiece, the two laser beams being transmitted through different optical fibers and having in-focus spot diameters of 0.3 mm or larger; emitting the laser beams such that a leading laser beam of the two laser beams and a trailing laser beam of the two laser beams are each inclined toward a direction in which welding proceeds at an incident angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the workpiece, the leading laser beam being ahead of the trailing laser beam on the upper surface of the workpiece in the direction in which welding proceeds, the trailing laser beam being behind the leading laser beam; and setting the incident angle of the leading laser beam to be larger than the incident angle of the trailing laser beam.
US09266191B2
An additive friction stir fabrication method and system is described which may be used to fabricate and join a rib to a metallic substrate or to repair a defect in a metallic substrate through extrusion. The method may be carried out with or without the addition of preformed ribs. One such method involves feeding a friction-stir tool with a consumable filler material such that interaction of the friction-stir tool with the substrate generates plastic deformation at an interface between the friction-stir tool and a metallic substrate to bond the plasticized filler and substrate together and extrude this material through a forming cavity to form a rib joined to the metallic substrate. Further described is a system for fabricating a rib joined to a metallic substrate through extrusion.
US09266189B2
An example of a structure includes a first component including a first material, and a second component joined to the first component. The second component includes a second material that is dissimilar from the first material. A spacer is disposed between the first and second components, and the spacer eliminates galvanic corrosion of the first component at an interface between the first component and the second component. The spacer includes a first layer consisting of the first material, a second layer bonded to the first layer and consisting of a third material, and a third layer bonded to the second layer and consisting of the second material. The third material of the second layer is different from the first material and different from the second material. Other examples are directed to a method of making the structure, and a method for reducing galvanic corrosion.
US09266185B2
A shock sensor unit includes first and second sensor shafts having bulging portions, first and second positioning pins in contact with the bulging portions, first and second spring members that press the first and second sensor shafts, first and second sensor bodies that contain the first and second positioning pins movably, and first and second detectors that detect movements of first and second spring guides. Each of the first and second positioning pins is located at two positions that are point-symmetrical with respect to a center point between first and second electrodes.
US09266184B2
The present disclosure provides a welding system capable of detecting a size of a welding material and automatically implementing appropriate arc starting parameters. The welding system includes a welder, a welding torch, and a sensor, in which the sensor is configured to detect the size of the welding material, directly or indirectly. The welder is automatically configured to produce an arc having the arc starting parameters determined from the size of the welding material detected by the sensor. The present disclosure decreases operational error by automatically changing arc starting parameters and/or welding parameters based upon a change in welding material size, rather than requiring an operator to manually change the arc starting parameters and/or welding parameters.
US09266177B2
A flange bolt cutter for separating two connected flanges. The flange bolt cutter contains a circular saw blade connected to an flange mount which can be vertically adjusted relative to the flange mount and/or includes two arms which can be pivotally adjusted relative to each other.
US09266169B2
In a closure plate for a slide closure on the spout of a container containing molten metal, two outer longitudinal sides, a flow-through opening disposed on a central longitudinal axis of the closure plate and a closing surface passing from the latter are provided. There are formed on each of these two outer longitudinal sides, at least two shoulder surfaces serving as clamping surfaces or as centring surfaces of the closure plate which are at an angle to the longitudinal axis and tapering inward. At least on the shoulder surfaces on the side of the closing surface, adjoining outer sides are provided which are respectively at a smaller angle to the longitudinal axis than those of the shoulder surfaces.
US09266168B2
An injection head structure of a die casting machine contains: a base including a first inlet and a plunger rod. The base also includes a through hole, a head block having an outlet, and a neck having a guiding hole. The plunger rod is mounted in the through hole and includes a receiving groove, a second inlet, and a feeding orifice. The through hole of the base has an inner conical face formed around an inner wall thereof; the plunger rod includes an outer conical face arranged around an inner wall thereof, such that when the plunger rod is inserted into the through hole of the base, the inner conical face of the base contacts with the outer conical face of the plunger rod so that the base engages with the plunger rod.
US09266167B2
An oxide control system (apparatus and process) for use in a continuous casting mold for controlling, directing and managing the flow of metal oxides which develop on the molten metal surface within the oxide dam. This invention discloses a new oxide dam which provides predetermined outlets which control and manage the flow of metal oxides to locations within the mold cavity and resulting castpart where oxides are acceptable, yet directing the metal oxides away from locations where the oxides are unacceptable on the resulting castpart.
US09266156B2
The invention relates to a device for lateral guidance of a rolled strip transported on a roller bed, particularly a hot rolled strip in front of a winding device (3), having parallel first and second side guides provided on both sides of the rolled strip, said side guides being movable toward or away from one another by adjusting means that are adjustable independently of one another; the invention is characterized in that a control device (14, 15, 16), to which operating forces and/or positions of the side guides and/or of the rolled strip can be fed as output values in the guidance of the rolled strip, is provided for damping the periodic deviation of the rolled strip, and in that the control device (14, 15, 16) controls the positions of the side guides and/or forces that the side guides exert on the rolled strip based on the measured output values.
US09266147B2
A method of producing a monolithic ceramic body from a porous matrix includes providing a porous matrix having interstitial spaces, providing an infiltrating medium comprising a solvent and at least one reactive species, and infiltrating at least a portion of the interstitial space of the porous matrix with the infiltrating medium. The solvent is an inert medium that is not chemically reactive with the porous matrix, and is in a liquid phase when in the portion of the interstitial space of the porous matrix. The infiltrating medium is mechanically convected through the porous matrix. The at least one reactive species, when in a portion of the interstitial space of the porous matrix, reacts with a portion of the porous matrix to form a product, and the product fills at least a portion of the interstitial space.
US09266145B2
The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.
US09266144B2
A roll coater can be modified by the addition of one or more needle tubes that supply coating fluid to the roll coater in discrete locations across the face of the coating roll. The needle tubes supply a localized band of coating material onto the coating roll superimposed over the uniform coating layer already present on the surface of the coating roll from an upstream coating pond creating a stripe pattern over the uniform coating layer. By varying the relative speeds of the coating rolls in the coater, the width of the stripe can also be adjusted.
US09266143B2
The present invention provides a fireproof bulkhead, having a highly porous structure with an intumescent coating, the highly porous structure being formed as a reticulated foam or as a highly porous pimple or nub structure.
US09266123B2
Integrated cyclone stabilizer assembly includes an upper annular ring to be disposed at an upper portion of the cyclone, a lower annular ring to be disposed at a lower portion of the cyclone, and a plurality of struts extending between the upper annular ring and the lower annular ring. The upper annular ring has a plurality of hinge members extending radially therein to support the upper portion of the cyclone therefrom. The lower annular ring has a plurality of hinge members extending radially therein to support the lower portion of the cyclone therefrom. Cyclone assembly include a primary cyclone, a primary cyclone assembly, a secondary cyclone and a secondary cyclone assembly. At least one connecting member couples at least one of the upper and lower rings of the primary stabilizer assembly to a corresponding annular ring of the secondary stabilizer assembly.
US09266117B2
System and method for treating particulate solids comprises a screw feeder for transporting a water-based slurry of contaminated particulate solids through an ultrasound signal of sufficient size, strength and duration to cause the contaminants to separate from the particulate solids. One or more stacks of ultrasonic transducers arranged around the screw feeder may be employed in which the diameter of each transducer preferably is substantially the same as the pitch of the screw feeder.
US09266114B2
A grinding machine for grinding foodstuffs, such as meat or the like, includes an orifice plate at the outlet of a grinding head. The orifice plate has collection passages that discharge a mixture of soft material and hard material through the orifice plate. A separator assembly is located downstream of the orifice plate for separating the soft material from the hard material. The separator assembly includes a tapered, perforated separator chamber that receives the mixture of soft material and hard material, in combination with a rotatable separator screw located within the separator chamber. Rotation of the separator screw functions to separate the soft material from the hard material and force the soft material through the perforations in the separator chamber. An adjustment arrangement enables the axial position of the separator screw to be adjusted within the separator chamber.
US09266104B2
The present invention provides thermocycling devices useful for amplification of nucleic acids in droplets. The thermocycling device utilizes the flow of one or more fluids through a main compartment at temperatures sufficient to conduct a polymerase chain reaction. Methods of amplifying nucleic acids in droplets are also provided.
US09266101B2
A composition of a value added RFCC catalyst and a process of preparation of a composition for a dual function additive catalyst from a spent catalyst are disclosed. The value added spent FCC catalyst offers improved performance, options such as either employing as an additive for passivation of both vanadium and nickel and enhancing catalytic activity, for initial start-up or make-up for attrition losses. The value addition process does not harm any of physical properties of starting material with respect to ABD, attrition index, surface area and particle size distribution. Value added catalyst can be used in a range from 1-99 wt % in fluid catalytic cracking process in which, feeds may have higher metals and carbon.
US09266096B2
The present invention relates to a process for obtaining metal oxide catalysts comprising gallium which are capable of synthesizing higher alcohols from lower alcohols. The process for obtaining said catalysts is also disclosed.
US09266095B2
A process for selective formation of ethanol from acetic acid by hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprising a modified support having cobalt and an alkaline earth support modifier. The active metals may include a first metal of palladium, platinum, and combinations thereof and a second metal of copper, iron, nickel, zinc, silver, chromium, tin, and combinations thereof.
US09266081B2
Improved reactors for catalytic, exothermic gas phase reactions with, as seen in the flow direction of a feed gas, which contains at least one oxidant and at least one component to be oxidized, an entry zone (1), a reaction zone (2) comprising at least one catalyst (4) and an exit zone (3) for the product gas are described. The reactors, at least in the area of the entry zone (1), have means, for example insulating jackets (6) and/or devices for the transport of cooling agents, which decrease the transport of heat produced in the reaction zone (2) into the entry zone (1) and thus decrease the risks of pre-ignition of the feed gas mixture employed or of the course of undesired side reactions in the entry zone (1) and/or wherein the inner walls of the reactor, at least in the area of the entry zone (1), are elaborated from inert material. The feed gas enters into the entry zone (1) as a homogeneous gas mixture with respect to its substance composition via one or more feed lines (30). The reactors can especially be employed for ammonia oxidation, for example in nitric acid plants, in which transition metal catalysts preferably elaborated in honeycomb form with smaller cross sections than the customarily employed platinum gauzes are used.
US09266077B2
A portable feed apparatus comprising a feed container, a mixing assembly that receives a feed from said feed container, at least one feed additive assembly in flowable connection with said mixing assembly, and a controller in communication with said mixing assembly.
US09266071B2
Disclosed is a hydrogen separation alloy which is adoptable to a product having a large surface area of a side where hydrogen permeates and which has such a metallographic structure as to improve hydrogen permeability and to improve hydrogen-embrittlement resistance. The hydrogen separation alloy used herein is represented by the compositional formula: Nb100−(α+β)M1αM2β where M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr and Hf; M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Cr, Fe, Cu and Zn; 10≦α≦60, 10≦β≦50, and α+β≦80. The alloy contains inevitable impurities. And the alloy includes two phases, i.e., an Nb-M1 phase serving as a hydrogen-permeable phase, and a M2-M1 phase serving as a hydrogen-embrittlement-resistant phase. The hydrogen-permeable phase and the hydrogen-embrittlement-resistant phase have an elongated structure resulting from rolling. The hydrogen-permeable phase occupies 35% to 70% of an arbitrary 10 μm×10 μm region in a 50 μm×50 μm observation plane of a cross section of the alloy under an electron microscopic observation, the cross section is taken in a direction of thickness reduced by the rolling and in a direction of rolling and flattening.
US09266070B2
Provided is a method of purifying oil by which nano particles are effectively removed from the oil. According to the oil purifying method, oil is effectively purified at a high temperature using a carbon nanostructure-metal or -metal oxide composite nano porous membrane composed of a carbon nanostructure-metal composite.
US09266066B2
Asymmetric microporous membranes with localized asymmetries, devices including the membranes, and methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. The asymmetric microporous membranes have a first surface and a second surface and an interior bulk defined by the first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface has at least a first region and a second region, the first region having a first porosity comprising a first mean pore size, and the second region having a second porosity comprising a second mean pore size, wherein the ratio of first mean pore size to the second mean pore size is at least about 5:1.
US09266053B2
Systems and methods for producing a product gas are provided. In one embodiment, a plurality of gas separation assemblies separate adsorbable components from a gas source using a plurality of micro-pumps to create gas flow through the gas separation assemblies. Various embodiments include implementation of various pressure swing adsorbtion (PSA), vacuum swing adsorbtion (VSA), and vacuum pressure swing adsorbtion (VPSA) systems utilizing the gas separation assemblies with micro-pumps. In other embodiments, micro-pumps and micro-pump assemblies are arranged in various configurations capable of providing a range of pressures and flow rates.
US09266051B2
The present invention is directed to methods for removing CO2 from air, which comprises exposing sorbent covered surfaces to the air. The invention also provides for an apparatus for exposing air to a CO2 sorbent. In another aspect, the invention provides a method and apparatus for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) bound in a sorbent.
US09266050B2
A filter cartridge includes a filter medium configured as an elongated bellows having a first and a second longitudinal end. The bellows are connected at the first longitudinal end to a base and at the second longitudinal end to a top. The bellows enclose a central passage. The bellows are configured in a shape of a prism.
US09266042B2
An inlet device (17) for a gravity separator (18) for separating a fluid mixture including gas and liquid. The inlet device (17) includes an inlet nozzle (1) for the fluid mixture, a distribution chamber (2) connected to the inlet nozzle for distributing the fluid mixture to one or more axial cyclones (3) constituting an integral part of the inlet device (17) and being connected to the distribution chamber (2). The axial cyclones (3) are provided with a bottom inlet opening, a top outlet opening (9) for the gas rich fluid stream, a swirl inducing element (21), one or more openings (24) to allow liquid to leave the axial cyclones (3), and to be drained to a level below the inlet device (17).
US09266040B2
A filtration system and methods for using same are disclosed. The filtration system can include a frame, and a plurality of filters coupled to the frame and coupled to each other in series. A pump can provide a pressure differential that causes fluid to flow through the filters in series. The first filter can be provided as a pre-filter, and one or more additional filters can include pleated, calendared, micro-fiber filters. Another filter can be a percentage removal nano-filter that is adapted to remove sub-micron particles from the fluid. The nano-filter can include three pleated filter layers. Each pleated filter layer can be oriented approximately concentrically about a common longitudinal axis.
US09266034B2
A distillation apparatus includes a rectifying column, a stripping column located above seen from the rectifying column, a liquid sump unit located at a predetermined stage of the stripping column and configured to hold liquid that has flowed downward, a heat exchanger located in the liquid sump unit, a second pipe for introducing vapor in the rectifying column to the heat exchanger of the stripping column, and a third pipe for introducing fluids flowing out from the heat exchanger of the stripping column to the rectifying column. Further, a flare line having lower pressure than pressure in the rectifying column is connected to a downstream side of the third pipe. The distillation apparatus can switch a first flow toward an inside of the rectifying column through the third pipe to a second flow branching from the third pipe toward a pipe at a lower pressure side.
US09266028B2
An amusement ride is provided that moves a rider in a manner that is synchronized with a video image being displayed on a screen visible to the rider. In one embodiment, the ride is comprised of a rider station for supporting a rider, a trolley that supports the station, a tower that vertically guides the trolley, a motor system for vertically moving the trolley along the tower, an actuator system for moving the station relative to the trolley, a projector system, a screen, and a controller for synchronizing the movement of the station and any rider disposed in the station with imagery projected onto the screen. The controller is adapted to position the station using the motor and/or actuator system in a manner that is synchronized with the imagery being displayed on the screen.
US09266024B2
A method and apparatus for using a contact-list entry of an IM contact-list interface to designate an IM game in progress to facilitate switching between an IM conversation and an IM game.
US09266023B2
A pictorial game allows participants to both contribute and decode pictorial content. The participants' performance, as well as that of artists and their artwork, can be tabulated and presented for community entertainment. Different modes can be used for presenting the images in different platforms, including on standalone platforms, gaming sites, social networking profiles, etc. Supplemental features can be added according to a desired rule set. Speech recognition can be used in some applications of the invention as well. Advertising can be integrated into game play as part of the picture decoding process.
US09266017B1
A computerized method operable on a computer system for compositing data streams to generate a playable composite stream includes receiving a plurality of independent data streams that are included in a broadcast stream. The independent data streams include a video stream and a metadata stream. The metadata stream includes a plurality of user selectable graphics metadata for a plurality of graphics options. The computerized method further includes receiving a user selection for at least one of the graphics options; and compositing the at least one graphics options with the video stream to generate a composite video stream, which includes the at least one graphics option and the video stream.
US09266012B2
Apparatuses and methods for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus may comprise a card receiver for receiving the first group of cards, a single stack of card-receiving compartments generally adjacent to the card receiver, the stack generally vertically movable, an elevator for moving the stack, a card-moving mechanism between the card receiver and the stack, and a microprocessor that controls the card-moving mechanism and the elevator so that an individual card is moved into an identified compartment. The number of compartments receiving cards and the number of cards moved to each compartment may be selected. Apparatuses for feeding cards may comprise a surface for supporting a stack of cards, a feed roller with a frictional outer surface, a drive mechanism for causing rotation of the feed roller, a pair of speed-up rollers to advance the cards out of the feed roller, and a clutch mechanism for disengaging the feed roller from the drive mechanism as the card comes into contact with the speed-up rollers.
US09266006B2
An athletic pace signaling system includes a plurality of light generating modules and a control assembly in communication with the plurality of light generating modules. The control assembly includes a control circuit configured to store a predetermined pace and to cooperatively control the plurality of light generating modules such that each module projects a light associated with a training pace.
US09265996B1
A face insert comprising a planar member composed of a rigid material such as plastic or metal and a polymeric backing is disclosed herein. The planar member, which makes contact with a golf ball during use, includes a plurality of geometrically-shaped holes, each of which comprises a perimeter edge that has a variable radius to further optimize performance of the face insert. In some embodiments, one or more of the holes extends completely through the planar member, i.e. is a through-hole, and the polymeric backing includes at least one protrusion with an angled upper surface that is sized to extend into a through-hole and further improve performance of the face insert. The face insert described herein can be used with any type of golf club head, including putters, woods, irons, and hybrids, and the holes may take any shape, including oval, hexagonal, and chevron.
US09265994B2
A head 4 includes a socket 10 and a weight body 12. The socket 10 has an upper hole part 18 and a lower hole part 20. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The lower hole part 20 and the engaging part 32 can be relatively rotated. By the relative rotation, the weight body 12 can take an engaging position EP and non-engaging position NP. The engaging part 32 has an outermost part E1. The lower hole part 20 has a first portion 20x and a second portion 20y. The outermost part E1 can pass through the first portion 20x while compressively deforming the first portion 20x. A distance D2 between the second portion 20y and an axis line Z is greater than a distance D1 between the first portion 20x and the axis line Z.
US09265993B2
A hollow golf club head incorporating a stress reducing feature including a crown located stress reducing feature. The location and size of the crown stress reducing feature, and their relationship to one another and other club head engineering variables, play a significant role in selectively increasing deflection of the face.
US09265989B2
A connecting adjustment assembly for a fall protection assembly including a back plate assembly and a sliding engagement member is provided. The back plate assembly includes a body and a roller. The body has a first side and an opposed second side. The body further has a first edge and an opposed second edge that defines the length of the body. The body also has a third edge and an opposed fourth edge that defines a width of the body. The body still further has a groove in the second side that passes along the width of the body. The roller is rotationally coupled proximate the second edge of the body. The sliding engagement member includes a first portion with a first post and a second portion with a connection head. The first post is configured and arranged to be at least partially received within the groove of the body.
US09265985B2
An arm cord handle is disclosed that includes a flexible loop handle having a U shaped distal end and having proximal ends joined together at a common base portion. An external strap lies around and against the U shaped distal end in a storage position. The external strap has its ends fastened to the loop handle at a location spaced from the common base portion. The external strap can be deployed to an operational position away from the U shaped distal end of the flexible loop handle so that the arm cord handle is converted into a foot loop handle with the external strap positioned around a user's ankle while the U shaped distal end is positioned around the user's forefoot during exercise.
US09265982B2
A resistance device for stabilizing a person's leg position relative to the ground includes an anchor configured for affixing to a stationary object, a first tether segment, a second tether segment, a first fastener configured for securing adjacent an upper portion of a person's leg, and a second fastener configured for securing adjacent a lower portion of the person's leg. The first tether segment extends between the anchor and the first fastener, and the second tether segment extends between the anchor and the second fastener.
US09265980B2
A flow control assembly for a fire sprinkler system includes a valve housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The valve housing defines a fluid flow path that extends between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. A flow control valve is disposed within the fluid flow path. A swing check valve is disposed within the fluid flow path of the valve housing downstream from the flow control valve. The swing check valve includes a clapper that is connected to an actuator arm. An electrical switch is disposed outside of the valve housing. A mechanical linkage includes a first end that extends through the valve housing and engages with the actuator arm. The mechanical linkage also includes a second end that is coupled to the electrical switch. The first end translates with said actuator arm.
US09265979B2
A firefighting or rescue apparatus includes an aerial ladder, a side stack hose bed and a side access ladder that provides access to the aerial ladder when the aerial ladder obstructs another access ladder. The side stack hose bed is mounted to a frame in a rearward portion of the apparatus. A first side access ladder is mounted to a first side of the frame forward of the side stack hose bed and optionally forward of the rear axle. Another second side access ladder is mounted to a second side of the frame. A movable side stack hose bed cover extends over the hose bed, and can include a rigid plate extending from the first side access ladder toward the aerial ladder. The first side access ladder and hose bed cover cooperatively form a path from a ground location toward the aerial ladder to facilitate access to the aerial ladder.
US09265975B2
A cosmetic or dermatological cleansing preparation comprising one or more anionic surfactants, one or more gel-forming acrylate thickeners selected from cross-linked, alkali-swellable acrylate copolymers, and, optionally, up to 20% by weight of a mixture of ethoxylated mono-, di- and triglycerides of carboxylic acids having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
US09265973B2
An ultrasonic probe that transmits an ultrasonic vibration, generated in an ultrasonic vibrator, from a proximal end to a distal end so that the ultrasonic probe performs a longitudinal vibration in a vibrating direction. The ultrasonic probe including a probe body, a distal asymmetric portion, and a proximal side probe component. The distal asymmetric portion is asymmetric about an X-axis so that a center of gravity of the distal asymmetric portion is deviated from the X-axis and a first lateral vibration of the distal asymmetric portion is superposed on the longitudinal vibration of the ultrasonic probe. The proximal side probe component is bent relative to the probe body at a bending position so that a center of gravity of the proximal side component is deviated from the X-axis and a second lateral vibration of the proximal side component is superposed on the longitudinal vibration of the ultrasonic probe.
US09265955B2
A method and system of cardiac pacing is disclosed. A baseline rhythm is determined. The baseline rhythm includes a baseline atrial event and a baseline right ventricular RV event from an implanted cardiac lead or a leadless device, a pre-excitation interval determined from the baseline atrial event and the baseline RV event, and a plurality of activation times determined from a plurality of body-surface electrodes. A determination is made as to whether a time interval measured from an atrial event to a RV event is disparate from another time interval measured from the atrial event to an earliest RV activation time of the plurality of activation times. A correction factor is applied to the pre-excitation interval to obtain a corrected pre-excitation interval in response to determining the RV event is disparate from the earliest RV activation time. The processor is configured to signal the pulse generator to deliver electrical stimuli to a left ventricle (LV) using the corrected pre-excitation interval before RV sensing time.
US09265949B2
Devices and methods for therapy control based on electromechanical timing involve detecting electrical activation of a patient's heart, and detecting mechanical cardiac activity resulting from the electrical activation. A timing relationship is determined between the electrical activation and the mechanical activity. A therapy is controlled based on the timing relationship. The therapy may improve intraventricular dyssynchrony of the patient's heart, or treat at least one of diastolic and systolic dysfunction and/or dyssynchrony of the patient's heart, for example. Electrical activation may be detected by sensing delivery of an electrical stimulation pulse to the heart or sensing intrinsic depolarization of the patient's heart. Mechanical activity may be detected by sensing heart sounds, a change in one or more of left ventricular impedance, ventricular pressure, right ventricular pressure, left atrial pressure, right atrial pressure, systemic arterial pressure and pulmonary artery pressure.
US09265948B2
A system embodiment includes first and second implantable devices. The first implantable device includes at least one pulse generator, at least one sensor and a wireless communication transceiver, and is configured to use the at least one pulse generator to deliver electrical stimulation to a heart (e.g. pace the heart, defibrillate the heart, or both pace and defibrillate the heart). The sensor is configured to sense physiological data. The second implantable device includes a wireless transceiver and is configured to provide neural stimulation to a neural target. The system is configured to wirelessly communicate, via the wireless transceiver of the first implantable device and the wireless transceiver of the second implantable device, sensed physiological data from the first implantable device to the second implantable device. The second implantable device is configured to control the neural stimulation using the sensed physiologic data.
US09265946B2
Methods of treating language, behavioral and social disorders are described, including methods of treating language disorders associated with electrographic abnormalities in the primary or associative language cortex of persons with autism spectrum disorders, pervasive developmental delay or acquired epileptic aphasia. A language, behavioral and social disorder may be treated by detecting epileptiform activity or an electrographic seizure for a subject's brain and applying neurostimulation to a language cortical region of the subject's brain (e.g., a primary or associative language cortical region). Detection of epileptiform activity or an electrographic seizure and stimulation of language cortex may be performed by a sensing and/or stimulation electrode that is inserted into a subject's brain and connected to one or more neurostimulation devices for monitoring and/or stimulating the language cortex.
US09265924B2
A needle-free connector includes a hollow connector, an elastic block, and a switch assembly. The inner perimeter of the hollow connector forms a first annular wall and a second annular wall. The elastic block is disposed in the hollow connector. The switch assembly has a stop member and a guide tube connected to the stop member, the stop member being pressed between the annular block and the elastic block, the guide tube being disposed in the hollow connector, the external perimeter of the stop member forming a first annular portion against the first annular wall and a second annular portion against the second annular wall, a groove being disposed between the first annular portion and the second annular portion of the stop member, the groove being connected to the guide tube. Thus, the structure stability and closing performance are achieved such that the outside air cannot leak into the connector.
US09265923B2
An applicator assembly includes a container having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior portion defining a chamber, an application member attached to the distal end of the container, and a tearable solution reservoir disposed within the chamber, the tearable solution reservoir comprising a tearing member, wherein actuating the tearing member to tear the tearable solution reservoir brings the container, the tearable solution reservoir, and the application member into fluid communication with each other.
US09265915B2
A method of indwelling a needle assembly includes providing an assembled indwelling needle assembly having an inner needle, an inner needle hub fixed to a proximal portion of the inner needle, a hollow outer needle in which the inner needle is inserted, an outer needle hub fixed to a proximal portion of the outer needle, and a pressing member; pressing down on the pressing member while moving the indwelling needle assembly to puncture a blood vessel; advancing the outer needle along the inner needle such that the outer needle is inserted in the blood vessel; holding the pressing member against the outer needle and holding the outer needle hub such that the outer needle is maintained indwelling in the blood vessel while simultaneously pulling the inner needle hub in a proximal direction such that the inner needle is pulled out from and entirely removed from the outer needle.
US09265911B2
A gas delivery system including a gas delivery device, a control module and a gas delivery mechanism is described. An exemplary gas delivery device includes a valve assembly with a valve and circuit including a memory, a processor and a transceiver in communication with the memory. The memory may include gas data such as gas identification, gas expiration and gas concentration. The transceiver on the circuit of the valve assembly may send wireless optical line-of-sight signals to communicate the gas data to a control module. Exemplary gas delivery mechanisms include a ventilator and a breathing circuit. Methods of administering gas are also described.
US09265909B2
An adjustable headgear assembly (10) for securing a respiratory interface device (26) to the head of a patient that includes a headgear member (12) that fits over the crown and back portion of a human head. The headgear member (12) has upper side portions (14) positionable above and forward of the ears of a human head and lower side portions (16) positionable below the ears and along the back portion of the head. A pair of upper retention members (20) are provided. Each pair of upper retention members (20) extends downwardly and forwardly from the upper side portions (14). A pair of lower retention members (30) extend forwardly and upwardly from each of the side portions. Each pair of upper (20) and lower (30) retention members are structured to engage a respiratory interface device (26).
US09265902B2
The gases temperature supplied to a patient when the patient is undergoing treatment such as oxygen therapy or positive pressure treatment for conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often measured for safety and to enable controlling of the humidity delivered to the patient. The apparatus is related to measurement of properties, particularly temperature (thermister 23), of gases flowing through a heated tube (3), supplying gases to a patient, which utilizes the heating wire (21, 28) within the tube.
US09265901B2
A dispenser includes a dispenser housing, an indicating device connected to the dispenser housing and a container removably engaged with the dispenser housing. The container and the dispenser housing remain connected as the container is moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position relative to the dispenser housing. The dispenser housing includes an upper portion pivotally connected to a lower portion.
US09265898B2
An anesthetic dispensing device (100) particularly adapted to apply anesthetic agent to the oral cavity and upper tracheal area of a medical patient prior to intubation of such patient. An exemplary dispenser (100) includes a handle (110) operably connected to a retractor (112) that carries an anesthetic dispensing device (104). A currently preferred dispensing device (104) includes a fluid-dispersing nozzle (118) in fluid communication with a syringe (116). Sometimes, an optical device (164) is coupled to the dispenser (100) to permit direct visualization of the application of anesthetic agent.
US09265896B2
Provided is a method for producing a puncture needle, which causes no significant pain during use such as when pierced. The method for producing the puncture needle includes the step of processing a pipe-like metallic base material having at one end a grinding surface obtained by machine work with plasma generated in an atmosphere filled with a mixed gas mainly including a main gas and a reaction gas.
US09265892B2
A portable medicament dispensing device having a mechanism which is not susceptible to jamming for dispensing the medication to a user. The device employs employs a coupling for coupling the relative motion between reciprocating body members housing the ancillary components and a barrel plunger associated with the syringe. One embodiment provides a pivoting coupling whereas an alternate uses a rack and pinion system. The advantage of simplifying such mechanisms results in a structure which has smooth unemcumbered motion with fewer parts to avoid mechanical jamming during use.
US09265889B2
A prefilled medical injection device with production specific elements is provided as a single use disposable injection device that is optimally suited for mass production through the Blow Fill Seal manufacturing process. The device utilizes a valve and a needle assembly fused to an insert. The valve and the needle assembly are positioned within the insert forming a conduit. The needle assembly is covered with a needle cap that is detachably coupled to protecting the needle assembly from contamination and a user from accidental needle stick. The insert is engaged to the bellows during the BFS manufacturing process and hermetically sealed by a parison layer that covers exterior portion of the insert and the needle cap. The parison layer is formed and trimmed creating exterior features that facilitate the use of the prefilled medical injection.
US09265883B2
Disclosed is a filter needle in which a filter structure is embedded in the inner space of a fixing member of a syringe needle. The filter structure has an inlet and an outlet, each of which functions as a check valve, and an inlet path and an outlet path provided with a filter, wherein the inlet path and the outlet path are formed at the rear end of the filter structure. Thus, when a medicament liquid flows out from the ampoule and injected into a patient, foreign substances, such as powder generated during the opening of an ampoule, which otherwise might be introduced into the main body of a syringe and injected into a patient, are filtered by a filter. The filter needle enables the medicament liquid to be injected into the patient without exchanging the syringe. The filter needle is integrally formed of medical silicone to enable easy assembly and safety during use.
US09265876B1
The systems and methods for pathogen reduction in donor blood operates by exposure of blood to UVC irradiation. Unwanted wavelengths of light, mostly in the infrared spectra, may be precluded from reaching blood by providing a layer of IR-absorbing fluid positioned between blood and the source of UV irradiation, whereby minimizing energy absorption and heating of blood. Some embodiments further disclose a system configured to utilize the same IR-absorbing fluid to actively cool blood by flowing along the flow path thereof.
US09265874B2
A method provides for the production of a concentrate for dialysis, the composition of which can be adapted individually to the respective needs of the patient. The special components required individually are added in the form of highly concentrated special concentrates with a volume of 10-500 mL to 3-10 liters of standard concentrate. The two solutions are then mixed thoroughly by compressed air, which is blown through a concentrate intake rod into the solution from a compressed air source in the dialysis machine.
US09265873B2
A dialysis unit includes both an inlet for guiding dialysis fluid in a direction of flow to a dialyzer membrane and an outlet for discharging dialysate from the dialyzer membrane. A heat pump configured to exchange thermal energy between a heat reservoir and the dialysis fluid in the inlet is coupled to the inlet.
US09265869B2
The present invention relates to a breast pump operable to generate a negative pressure comprising a funnel (24) for receiving a breast of a user. The breast pump (24) has an insert (50,70) receivable in the funnel (24) having a deformable region (59a-59e) which forms a chamber between the insert (50,70) and the funnel (24) when the insert (50,70) is received in the funnel (24). A passageway (37) connecting the chamber to the source of negative pressure is formed in the funnel (24) so that, during use, the deformable region (59a-59e) is deformed and/or deflected relative to the breast of a user in response to a negative pressure in the chamber.
US09265866B2
Various embodiments of stents with a polymeric body with radiopaque metallic particles incorporated in the stent body.
US09265865B2
A medical device includes an elongate body configured to be disposed within a urinary tract of a patient such that a first end portion of the elongate body is disposed at a first location of the urinary tract and a second end portion of the elongate body is disposed at a second, different location of the urinary tract. The elongate body defines a lumen that is configured to convey urine from the first location of the urinary tract to the second location of the urinary tract. An agent is formulated to visually alter urine of the patient, the agent is coupled to the elongate body and releasable into the patient's urine.
US09265864B2
An atraumatic detection/stimulation lead is disclosed. The lead includes at least one microcable having a core cable comprising a plurality of elementary metal strands. One of the microcables has provided at its distal end an atraumatic protection device. The atraumatic protection device includes a protective coating on the distal ends of the elementary strands of the microcable, and the protective coating is covered by a protective cap of deformable material. The protective cap may be a conical distal end adapted to deform and axially flatten out. The microcable may have an overall diameter less than or equal to 1.5 French (0.50 mm).
US09265863B2
[Problem] To provide M cells having excellent strength and anti-allergy activity and an artificial skin sheet formed from the M cells. [Solution] GP2 contained in the M cells is transferred to the intracellular tight junction and galectin 9 is expressed in the M cells. Moreover, a structure is formed in which both GP2 and galectin 9 are present at the M cell surface.
US09265862B2
A method for ex vivo production of a three-dimensional bone implant adapted for implantation to a patient, implants produced by such a method, and uses of such implants. The method comprises disposing differentiated osteoblasts on a matrix support comprising at least one of collagen, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate and tricalcium phosphate; contacting the differentiated osteoblasts on the matrix with autologous blood serum from the patient, comprising at least one of a growth factor and a cytokine; and disposing the differentiated osteoblasts on the matrix support and the medium in a bioreactor, in which production of the bone implant is performed.
US09265860B2
A matrix, including epithelial basement membrane, for inducing repair of mammalian tissue defects and in vitro cell propagation derived from epithelial tissues of a warm-blooded vertebrate.
US09265849B2
The present disclosure presents sanitization devices and methods. More particularly, the disclosure presents devices and methods that significantly reduce or eliminate the activity of germs, bacteria and/or other infectious microorganisms from objects such as TV remotes, cell phones, electronic devices and personal and other handheld devices. The devices and methods use a pre-cleaning component to substantially remove radiation blocking debris allowing the germicidal radiation to exposes areas of the object that would not be exposed if the debris had not been removed allowing for improved sanitization.
US09265848B2
A treatment device for sterilizing containers by an electron beam includes a carousel that comprises a rotary holding plate supporting a plurality of treatment stations, each station including a sterilization device comprising an electron beam emitter, and a holding device for holding a container under the emitter. The treatment device includes a protection system for stopping the rays emitted by the emitters, the protection system comprises an annular segment-shaped, open stationary channel that is mounted in a stationary manner under the holding plate and forms, with the latter, a protective chamber in which the holding device supporting the containers moves, the channel having an open upstream end, for the inlet of the containers to be treated into the protective chamber, and an open downstream end, for the outlet of the treated containers from the chamber.
US09265847B2
A dual-mode autoclave for sterilizing a battery is disclosed including a controller and an environmental system in operative communication with the controller and configured sterilize a battery contained within the dual-mode autoclave in response to a command from the controller. The environmental system configured to reduce a temperature of the battery to a first, pre-cooled temperature during a first operational phase and configured to increase the temperature of the battery to a second, autoclaving temperature during a second operational phase.
US09265845B2
Engineered peptides that bind with high affinity (low equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd)) to the cell surface receptors of fibronectin (α5β1) or vitronectin (αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrins) are disclosed as useful as imaging tissue. These peptides are based on a molecular scaffold into which a subsequence containing the RGD integrin-binding motif has been inserted. The subsequence (RGD mimic) comprises about 9-13 amino acids, and the RGD contained within the subsequence can be flanked by a variety of amino acids, the sequence of which was determined by sequential rounds of selection (in vitro evolution). The molecular scaffold is preferably based on a knottin, e.g., EETI (Trypsin inhibitor 2 (Trypsin inhibitor II) (EETI-II) [Ecballium elaterium (Jumping cucumber)], AgRP (Agouti-related protein), and Agatoxin IVB, which peptides have a rigidly defined three-dimensional conformation. It is demonstrated that EETI tolerates mutations in other loops and that the present peptides may be used as imaging agents.
US09265844B2
Provided herein are polypeptides that are selectively cleaved by cathepsin E. Also provided are methods of detecting cathepsin E. The methods comprise contacting cathepsin E with the polypeptides provided herein and detecting fluorescence. Further provided are methods of diagnosing cancer or pre-cancerous conditions in a subject. Also provided herein is a multilayered nanoparticle or a composition comprising the multilayer nanoparticle, wherein the multilayered nanoparticle comprises a negatively charged nanoparticle core or capsule coated with alternating positive and negative layers. Optionally, the positive layer comprises a positively charged protease degradable polypeptide. Optionally, the negative layer comprises a negatively charged therapeutic agent or a therapeutic agent and a means for providing the agent with a negative charge. For example, optionally, the therapeutic agent is linked to a negatively charged polymer. Further provided are methods of treating or preventing a disease characterized by expression of a protease in a subject using the nanoparticle.
US09265835B2
The disclosure relates to a composition comprising rotigotine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; at least one poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA); and at least one fatty acid, wherein the at least one fatty acid is at least 0.5% in weight relative to the total weight of the composition. The composition as disclosed herein has significantly reduced burse release effect. The disclosure also provides a method of treating Parkinson's disease comprising administering an effective amount of the composition as disclosed to a subject in need thereof.
US09265819B2
The present invention is an attenuated mutant strain of Streptococcus pneumonia that has a mutation in the FtsY gene. Vaccines, kits and methods for protecting a subject against Streptococcus pneumonia disease or colonization using the attenuated mutant strain are also provided.
US09265818B2
The present invention relates to methods for stable transfection of Babesia parasites, and for vaccines conferring immunity against parasitic arthropods.
US09265817B2
The present disclosure relates generally to epitopes of an antibody known as PAT-LM1, and methods for using said epitopes.
US09265813B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acids coding for and capable of expressing a rod-derived cone viability factor (RdCVF) and viral vectors containing these nucleic acids. The invention also relates to compositions and pharmaceutical preparations comprising these nucleic acids or vectors, methods of producing or secreting an RdCVF, and methods of treatment.
US09265810B2
This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for modulating immune system comprising at least one polysaccharide extracted from Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Ganoderma sinense, or mixtures thereof, and their extraction process. The present invention further relates to a method of modulating immune system by applying said pharmaceutical composition to a subject suffering from cancers, and a method of preventing and/or pretreating and/or treating cancers in the subject, where said method comprises applying said pharmaceutical composition before/during chemotherapy.
US09265807B1
Milkweed seed oil administered to an animal relieves the symptoms of fibromyalgia and improves the health of the animal. Administering an effective amount of milkweed seed oil orally or to the skin around or near the symptom of fibromyalgia of an animal results in relief from the symptoms of fibromyalgia as compared to the symptoms experienced by the animal both before the milkweed seed oil was administered.
US09265799B2
Methods for treating a cardiovascular disorder comprising administration of one or more extracellular matrix (ECM) based compositions directly to damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue associated with the cardiovascular disorder, and provision of ventricular assistance.
US09265795B2
The present invention provides a therapeutic composition comprising: (i) Trolox, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl−, H2PO4−, HEPES, lactobionate, sucrose, mannitol, glucose, dextran-40, adenosine, glutathione; and (ii) stem cells or progenitor cells, wherein the composition does not comprise a dipolar aprotic solvent, in particular DMSO. The present invention also relates to methods of formulating said composition for cryopreservation and subsequent direct administration to a patient, and medicaments comprising said composition.
US09265770B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), and solvates, hydrates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R5 and R6 are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
US09265764B2
Aspects of this invention are related, at least in part, to the use of chemical compounds able to inhibit GSK-3 and/or to stabilize β-catenin and formulations thereof. Some aspects of this invention relate to compositions comprising such compounds. Some aspects of the invention provide methods of using such compounds and/or compositions in the treatment of subjects having a neurological disease and/or psychiatric disorder. Some aspects of this invention provide methods of using ruboxistaurin, enzastaurin, sunitinib, midostaurin, lestaurtinib, 7-hydroxystaurosporine, and/or Chir99021 in the treatment of subjects having a neurological disease and/or psychiatric disorder. In some embodiments, compounds are administered in combination with Lithium.
US09265759B2
Compositions and methods for treating macular degeneration and other forms of retinal disease whose etiology involves the accumulation of A2E and/or lipofuscin, and, more specifically, for preventing the formation and/or accumulation of A2E are disclosed.
US09265752B2
A Rotigotine-containing composition having a matrix mixture system formed from a polyvinylpyrrolidone and a combination of an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive with a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive. The polyvinylpyrrolidone may be present in an amount of about 1-10% by weight in matrix mixture system. The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive may be present in an amount of about 1-25% by weight in the matrix mixture system. The silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive may be present in an amount of about 65-98% by weight in the matrix mixture system. The composition further includes 1-40% of Rotigotine on the basis of the total weight of the composition. The composition provides improved properties in the solubility, release and initial penetration level of Rotigotine. Also disclosed is a transdermal patch that includes the Rotigotine-containing composition, as well as methods of manufacturing and using the Rotigotine-containing composition.
US09265750B1
An apparatus and method including herbal, amino acid, vitamin and mineral formulations for correcting and curing erectile dysfunction in men in order to create a natural erection. The formulations will assist in the correction and cure of erectile dysfunction along with the use of the vacuum apparatus to aid in the correction and cure resulting in the enhancement of the penis by clearing out any blockages and improving circulation to the male organ achieving greater overall length and girth of the penis for normal physical erections.
US09265746B2
Method for selective targeting of one or more effector moiety such as diagnostic or a therapeutic agent to a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor comprising simultaneous or sequential administration of an antifolate with a folate- or pteroate-conjugate comprising said one or more effector moiety.
US09265739B2
This application describes pharmaceutical compositions, commercial packages, and methods for inhibiting cell proliferative disorders, especially those disorders, including Her2 related cancers, characterized by overactivity and/or inappropriate activity of a receptor tyrosine kinase, and methods for imaging an HER-2 expressing tumor.
US09265736B2
Provided herein are compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and methods of application and use thereof. In particular, the present invention provides treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease with 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol (DMB) and related compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods of administering a gut flora targeting antibiotic to a subject prior to a procedure that is associated with a risk of causing thrombosis, heart-attack, and/or platelet hyper-responsiveness.
US09265728B2
Biocompatible particles, according to the present invention, have encapsulated nanoparticles comprising a liposome including a drug therein, and comprise a PEO-PPO-PEO copolymer which is associated on a surface of the liposome. The biocompatible particles, according to the present invention, can flexibly control a drug release rate regardless of the solubility unique to the drug due to increased stability in an aqueous solution, thereby exhibiting continuous drug release. Also, the present invention exists stably in a powder form, thereby providing convenience for storage and administration. Therefore, the biocompatible particles according to the present invention can be useful as a drug delivery carrier.
US09265726B2
The present subject matter provides foamable suspension gels that foam after release from a container. The foamable suspension gels contain at least one pharmaceutically active agent that is sparingly soluble to insoluble in water, a second pharmaceutically active agent, and optionally a third active agent.
US09265724B2
Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems are provided to improve dissolution, stability, and bioavailability of drug compounds of dronabinol or other cannabinoids. The drug compound(s) are dissolved in an oily medium (e.g. triglycerides and/or mixed glycerides and/or free fatty acids containing medium and/or long chain saturated, mono-unsaturated, and/or poly-unsaturated free fatty acids) together with at least one surfactant. The surfactant promotes self-emulsification, thereby promoting targeted chylomicron/lipoprotein delivery and optimal bioavailability through the mammalian intestinal tract. A dosage form can optionally include co-solvents, anti-oxidants, viscosity modifying agents, cytochrome P450 metabolic inhibitors, P-GP efflux inhibitors, and amphiphilic/non-amphiphilic solutes to induce semi-solid formation for targeted release rates.
US09265722B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of a botulinum toxin for oral administration to a patient with a gastrointestinal disorder.
US09265717B1
Disclosed are compositions and methods for controlling or slowing down the coloration of keratin fibers such as hair involving providing compositions comprising coconut water which contains catalase-peroxidase and at least one antioxidant, wherein the pH of the composition is from about 2 to about 6.
US09265711B2
The present invention refers to a cosmetic composition which, in particular, enables the perfume component resist wash off by water and sweat and to remain fixed on the skin for a long time watertightly. The cosmetic composition comprises fragrance and a fragrance-fixing complex consisting of 0.01-10% by weight of a hydrophobic, alcohol-soluble, carboxylated acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer and 0.01-10% by weight of a hydrolyzed jojoba ester. Further the complex is able to significantly reduce the total amount of fragrances while giving the same scent feeling to the consumer.
US09265704B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable aqueous medium, a cucurbic acid compound of formula (I) in which R1 represents a radical COOR3, where R3 denotes H or a C1-C4 alkyl radical, which is optionally substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups; R2 represents a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; and a copolymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid and hydroxylated C2-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylate. Application to the care and make-up of keratin materials.
US09265697B2
A system for transferring solutions from a first cartridge into a second cartridge comprises a cartridge holder, a plunger driver, and a cartridge connector. The cartridge connector carries a transfer needle and an exhaust needle. The cartridge holder positions the first cartridge against the cartridge connector so that the transfer needle penetrates the first cartridge septum. The second cartridge is removably inserted into another end of the cartridge connector so that both the transfer needle and the exhaust needle penetrate the second cartridge septum. The plunger driver is disposed to advance a plunger on the first cartridge to transfer solution from the first cartridge into the second cartridge thus displacing solution from the second cartridge through the exhaust needle. The cartridge connector includes a sealed interior waste chamber for receiving the solution from the second cartridge.
US09265696B2
The invention relates to a closure cap (1) for a container (2) for receiving a pharmaceutical substance, in particular for an infusion or transfusion bottle, with a flanged cap (4) which is suitable for engagement around a container neck (8) and which has a metal film layer, wherein the flanged cap (4) also has a recess (5) that is covered by a plastic lid (3), the plastic lid (3) is connected to the flanged cap (4) by means of at least one connection element (9) formed on the underside, and the plastic lid (3) is removable at least in part. In order to provide a closure cap for a container for receiving a pharmaceutical substance, which container is safe to handle and meets strict demands regarding its tamper-proofing, it is proposed that the plastic lid (3) is connected to the flanged cap (4) via a plurality of connection elements (9) which are formed on its underside and pass through associated connection openings (11) formed in the flanged cap (4), and that the plastic lid (3), in order to expose the recess (5), has a tear-off tab (12) which extends from a coverage of the recess (5) as far as an edge of the plastic lid (3), wherein no connection between the plastic lid and the flanged cap (4) is formed in the area of the tear-off tab (12).
US09265692B2
A pad device for the transfer of force to an anterior chest wall during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes at least two pad elements adapted to be positioned on an anterior chest wall surface, a hinge mechanism connecting the at least two pad elements, the at least two pad elements being movably mounted to the hinge mechanism, such that the hinge mechanism cooperatively responds to a force applied when the patient is receiving a CPR.
US09265688B2
Various pelvic relaxing systems provide various stimuli to various portions of a pelvic structure including a clitoris, G spot, and other intravaginal portions defined inside or around a vaginal cavity. Such a system includes a body member with at least one unit (or part) capable of engaging with at least one portion of the structure, and at least one input unit for receiving user inputs and controlling an actuator member for providing various stimuli to various portions of the structure through various units (or parts) of the body member, without requiring an user to manipulate different switches or buttons during use. Various methods are presented to provide stimuli to various portions of the structure through various units of the body member without requiring the user to manipulate different switches or buttons. Various processes are presented to provide the above system and various members or units thereof.
US09265675B2
A motorized vehicle having a wheel retraction apparatus, comprising: a plurality of rear wheels and at least one front wheel; a lower chassis having a foot surface mounted thereon; and a wheel retraction apparatus mechanically connected to said lower chassis and set to extract and retract said plurality of rear wheels from and towards said lower chassis and to fixate said plurality of rear wheels in a plurality of different widths from one another; wherein a distance between an axis passing through the centers of said plurality of rear wheels and said at least one front wheel is reduced when said plurality of rear wheels are retracted towards said lower chassis.
US09265674B2
An absorbent article is provided. The absorbent article includes a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent core between the liner and the outer cover. The absorbent article further includes a pair of ears extending outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent article, and a fastening system having a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system. The primary fastening system includes a primary first fastening component disposed on each of the pair of ears and a primary second fastening component disposed on the outer surface of the article. The secondary fastening system includes a secondary second fastening component on each of the pair of ears and a corresponding secondary first fastening component on the outer surface of the article. Each of the secondary first fastening components has a stiffness in the longitudinal direction of the article of less than 185 milligrams according to a Gurley Stiffness Test.
US09265664B2
An ear plug (1) for a hearing aid is made of a resilient material and provided with an extraction cord (4) for providing a grip by which a user can pull the ear plug (1) out of an ear canal. The extraction cord (4) is arranged partly in the resilient material and partly outside the ear plug. A securing bulge (6) is arranged on the part of the extraction cord arranged in the resilient material, in order to secure the position of the extraction cord in the resilient material. The extraction cord is bonded to the resilient material. The invention further concerns a method for manufacturing the ear plug.
US09265661B2
A method of treating tinnitus comprising measuring a patient's hearing, determining the patient's hearing loss and the patient's tinnitus frequency using the measurements of the patient's hearing, programming a clinical controller with the measurements of the patient's hearing, selecting a plurality of therapeutic tones, where the therapeutic tones are selected to be at least a half-octave above or below of the patient's tinnitus frequency, setting an appropriate volume for each of the plurality of tones, repetitively playing each of the plurality of therapeutic tones, and pairing a vagus nerve stimulation pulse train with each playing of a therapeutic tone, thereby reducing the patient's perception of tinnitus.
US09265657B2
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, and inner bore of the handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, and an optic fiber disposed within the inner bore of the handle and the housing tube. The housing tube may include a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness and a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness. The second stiffness may be greater than the first stiffness. A surgeon may aim the steerable laser probe by varying a rotational position of the handle and an amount of compression of the actuation structure.
US09265656B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for treating the retina and/or other areas of a patient's eye. The procedures may involve using one or more treatment beams (e.g., lasers) to cause photocoagulation or laser coagulation to finely cauterize ocular blood vessels and/or prevent blood vessel growth to induce one or more therapeutic benefits. In other embodiments, a series of short duration light pulses (e.g., between 5-15 microseconds) may be delivered to the retinal tissue with a thermal relaxation time delay between the pulse to limit the temperature rise of the target retinal tissue and thereby limit a thermal effect to only the retinal pigment epithelial layer. Such procedures may be used to treat diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, and/or other conditions of the eye. The treatment beam may be delivered within a treatment boundary or pattern defined on the retina of the patient's eye.
US09265651B2
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a loading, inserting and releasing tool for T-shaped intrauterine device (IUD) into a uterus. The loading tool comprises a shaft member having a loader, an inserter tube, an IUD and a plunger. The loading tool includes a platform configured at a proximal end of the loader for holding the IUD in an open position, and an elongated member extending from the platform. The elongated member includes a slot running therethrough aligned to the opening of the loader. Further, the loading tool includes a plunger within an inserter tube capable of running through a slot provided with markings thereon. The inserter tube is provided with a knob for pushing the inserter tube along with plunger in forward and backward direction for inserting and releasing the T-shaped IUD into the uterus.
US09265637B2
Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include a guide member having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A stent may be disposed about the distal portion of the guide member. The stent may have a wall having an opening formed therein. A pusher member may be disposed about the guide member and positioned proximal of the stent. A holding filament may be disposed at the opening and may extend to the proximal portion of the guide member. The holding filament may be configured to releasably secure the position of the stent relative to the pusher member. The holding filament may be releasable from the stent independently of movement of the guide member.
US09265623B2
A method of expanding an expandable spinal interbody fusion device, in situ, includes the steps of providing an expandable spinal interbody fusion device having an elevator disposed between relatively movable inferior and superior endplates, the elevator being captively supported for movement along a direction of expansion independently of movement of the inferior and superior endplates, releasably attaching a distal end of an inserter to the device, the inserter including an actuator at a proximal end thereof, and operating the actuator to cause the elevator to move toward the superior endplate and move the superior endplate away from said inferior endplate to expand said device.
US09265602B2
Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
US09265598B2
Medical devices, and in particular implantable medical devices, may be coated with any number of biocompatible materials. Therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may be mixed with the biocompatible materials and affixed to at least a portion of the medical device. These therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may also further reduce a biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the medical device to the organism. In addition, these therapeutic drugs, agents and/or compounds may be utilized to promote healing, including the formation of blood clots. Also, the devices may be modified to promote endothelialization. Various materials and coating methodologies may be utilized to maintain the drugs, agents or compounds on the medical device until delivered and positioned. In addition, various polymer combinations may be utilized to control the elution rates of the therapeutic drugs, agents and/or compounds from the implantable medical devices.
US09265597B2
Medical devices, and in particular implantable medical devices, may be coated with any number of biocompatible materials. Therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may be mixed with the biocompatible materials and affixed to at least a portion of the medical device. These therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may also further reduce a biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the medical device to the organism. In addition, these therapeutic drugs, agents and/or compounds may be utilized to promote healing, including the formation of blood clots. Also, the devices may be modified to promote endothelialization. Various materials and coating methodologies may be utilized to maintain the drugs, agents or compounds on the medical device until delivered and positioned. In addition, various polymer combinations may be utilized to control the elution rates of the therapeutic drugs, agents and/or compounds from the implantable medical devices.
US09265591B1
A dental prosthetic alignment mechanism that simultaneously corrects all vertical, parallel and angular misalignments between several abutments and their matching substructure coping sleeves suitable for a multi-implant prosthesis. Upon tightening the abutment retaining screw cylindrical segments are forced outward and into locking alignment with the angled or misaligned coping sleeve without the need for additional laboratory procedures such as cutting and welding to correct the undercase.
US09265588B2
A system and method for graphically depicting a desired region for a treatment instrument with respect to a patient is disclosed. In performing the method, different types of electrophysiological data of the patient are obtained. The different types of electrophysiological data are combined to provide a graphical depiction that indicates the desired region for the treatment instrument.
US09265584B2
A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common frame of reference and the master grip, which is coupled to the slave surgical instrument, has an alignment in the common frame of reference. An alignment error, in the common frame of reference, is a difference in alignment between the alignment of the slave surgical instrument tip and the alignment of the master grip. A ratcheting system (i) coupled to the master grip to receive the alignment of the master grip and (ii) coupled to the slave surgical instrument, to control motion of the slave by continuously reducing the alignment error, as the master grip moves, without autonomous motion of the slave surgical instrument tip and without autonomous motion of the master grip.
US09265573B2
A surgical device is disclosed, and includes a probe having a handle assembly and an electrode assembly extending distally therefrom. An optical member is disposed on the probe and has a first set of light transmitting properties corresponding to a first set of physical parameters of the probe. The probe is configured to transition to a second set of physical parameters, the second set of physical parameters being different from the first set of physical parameters. The optical member is configured to transition from the first set of light transmitting properties to a second set of light transmitting properties, the second set of light transmitting properties corresponding to the second set of physical parameters, the second set of light transmitting properties being different from the first set of light transmitting properties.
US09265571B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members. Each of the jaw members includes a proximal flange extending therefrom. Each of the proximal flanges defines a bifurcated configuration having first and second spaced-apart flange components. The first flange component of the first jaw member is configured to pivotably engage the second flange component of the second jaw member via a first protrusion-aperture coupling. The first flange component of the second jaw member is configured to pivotably engage the second flange component of the first jaw member via a second protrusion-aperture coupling different from the first protrusion-aperture coupling. One or both of the jaw members is pivotable relative to the other about the first and second protrusion-aperture couplings between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween.
US09265563B2
An ablation instrument including a body and an ablating member is provided. The body includes a distal end and a surface with the ablating member coupled toward the distal end of the body. The ablating member includes a lesion wire extending through and along a portion of the surface of the body for creating lesions in a target tissue while the body serves to isolate surrounding tissue from the target tissue. A method of ablating a target area is also provided.
US09265556B2
Thermally adjustable surgical tools include a conductor and a ferromagnetic material. The ferromagnetic material may be quickly heated when subjected to high frequency alternating current through the conductor. The ferromagnetic material may also cool rapidly because of its relatively low mass and the small thermal mass of the conductor. The thermally adjustable surgical tools may be used to sculpt, melt, break and/or remove biological material. The thermally adjustable surgical tools may also include balloon catheters which can heat fluid to thereby treat biological material.
US09265547B2
The present disclosure relates to a tool for injecting a bonding agent into the prepared end of a bone for bonding a joint replacement device to the bone. The tool incorporates vented cells for containing the bonding agent. Force is applied to the back of the tool, while placing the front of the tool filled with bonding agent against the prepared bone area. The force causes the cells to cut into the end of the prepared bone. The force also causes the bonding agent to be forced deep into the cuts and pores of the bone.
US09265543B2
In one aspect, a bone plate system is provided including a bone plate and a plurality of cable connector devices configured to be inserted into throughbores formed in bone portions and through openings of the bone plate member aligned therewith. The cable connector devices each include opposite end portions with one end portion configured to abut against the bone adjacent the throughbore and the other end portion configured to be operatively fixed to the bone plate member with the cable portion extending therebetween and in the bone throughbore for securing the bone plate member to the bone portion with the cable connector devices including a cable portion thereof extending in the bone throughbore.
US09265542B2
A bone fixation element includes a threaded head and a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end, an outer surface of the head being one of carburized and nitrided and including a first groove extending into an outer surface of the head along a path interrupting the threading and extending along an angle counter to an angle of the threading.
US09265541B2
A system is proposed including an intramedullary nail with a longitudinal nail axis, a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion opposite to the first lateral portion, and a longitudinal bore. The nail has a locking hole arrangement having a first bore being formed in the first lateral portion and a second bore being formed in the second lateral portion. An axis of the first bore and an axis of the second bore are arranged with an offset from each other, and are arranged so that a locking member such as a screw may frictionally engage within both the first bore and the second bore.
US09265534B2
A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws. The tool set includes a pair of end guide tools that receive opposite ends of the rod in channels and under manipulation by a surgeon facilitate transport of the rod toward the bone screws attached to the guide tools. Intermediate guide tools having guiding pass through slots are utilized to guide intermediate locations along the rod toward associated bone screws. An attachment structure operably connects the guide tools to the bone screws. The guide tools each include a lower guide and advancement structure to allow a closure top with mating structure to be rotated and driven downward against the rod and to cooperate with similar structure in the bone screw to seat and lock the rod therein. A method utilizing the tool set allows a surgeon to percutaneously implant the rod in the patient.
US09265531B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to an orthopedic device including a plate and a single-step self-locking mechanism. The plate includes one or more tapered apertures and a slot defined in a top surface of the plate, the slot extending from each aperture. The locking mechanism is slidably seated in the slot and is operable to be positioned in a first position along the slot where a portion of the locking mechanism extends over the aperture or positioned in a second position along the slot where the portion of the locking mechanism is fully retracted from the aperture.
US09265527B1
A method for easing child birth and, more particularly, to a device for practicing the method for easing child birth and, most particularly, to a device for easing child birth controlled by the individual giving birth to the child. The device mechanically replaces a “manual” contact, which can be applied to the pelvis of a woman in labor, for the purpose of aiding the expulsion of the baby, and reduce the pain and discomfort associated with this process. The device mechanically compresses the ilium portion of the pelvis medially and posteriorly, simultaneously. The pressure applied by the device is under full control of the patient, so that pressure is applied slowly and progressively to a point of maximum comfort. The pressure is decreased immediately upon demand by the patient. The duration of the application of compression corresponds with the length of the contraction period for the woman.
US09265524B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a cannula for passing a tissue graft through soft tissue. The cannula can comprise an elongated body including oppositely disposed first and second ends and an axis that extends between the first and second ends. The elongated body can further include a passage extending between the first and second ends. The second end can include a curved portion that terminates at a sharpened, pointed tip configured to pierce and/or cut soft tissue at the surgical repair site. The tip can be axially offset from the axis of the elongated body at an angle that is less than 180°.
US09265520B2
An ultrasound system has a catheter including an elongate flexible catheter body having at least one lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. The catheter further includes an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body, the ultrasound transmission member having a proximal end connectable to a separate ultrasound generating device and a distal end coupled to the distal end of the catheter body. The distal end of the catheter body is deflectable. The ultrasound system also includes a sonic connector that connects the ultrasound transmission member to an ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound system also provides a method for reverse irrigation and removal of particles.
US09265513B2
A tongue cleaning device includes a debris retention feature that helps the user remove debris from the tongue. In one embodiment, the feature is a suction system that removes the debris from the working area of the device. In another embodiment, the feature is a recess positioned adjacent the working edge such that the debris will collect in the recess. Another embodiment of the invention provides a tongue cleaning device having a working edge that is concave with respect to the tongue. Other embodiments of the invention provide flexible handle and head designs.
US09265509B2
A method and system for performing a total joint arthroplasty procedure on a patient's damaged bone region. A CT image or other suitable image is formed of the damaged bone surfaces, and location coordinate values (xn,yn,zn) are determined for a selected sequence of bone surface locations using the CT image data. A mathematical model z=f(x,y) of a surface that accurately matches the bone surface coordinates at the selected bone spice locations, or matches surface normal vector components at selected bone surface locations, is determined. The model provides a production file from which a cutting jig and an implant device (optional), each patient-specific and having controllable alignment, are fabricated for the damaged bone by automated processing. At this point, the patient is cut open (once), the cutting jig and a cutting instrument are used to remove a selected portion of the bone and to provide an exposed planar surface, the implant device is optionally secured to and aligned with the remainder of the bone, and the patient's incision is promptly repaired.
US09265501B2
A surgical stapler can comprise: a housing having side walls an end wall, a front wall, and a upper side that define a channel; a trigger; and a thermoplastic leaf spring having a proximal end and a distal end, the leaf spring comprising a non-corrugated portion and a corrugated portion. The leaf spring is attached to the trigger at the proximal end. The leaf spring extends from the trigger, through the channel toward the upper side. In an embodiment, a method for using a surgical stapler can comprise: creating relative motion between a housing and a trigger of a surgical stapler by placing a load on the surgical stapler; contacting a surface of the trigger with a cartridge comprising staple pins; releasing a staple pin from the cartridge and folding ends of the staple pin; releasing the load; and biasing the housing and trigger apart with the thermoplastic leaf spring.
US09265500B2
A surgical staple, comprising a backspan, a first leg member extending from the backspan, a second leg member extending from the backspan, and at least one substantially continuous channel extending along at least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the first leg member and the second leg member.
US09265492B2
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure may include inserting a bag through an opening. The method may also include delivering tissue into the bag, sealing the bag, and inflating the bag to create an artificial pneumoperitoneum that extends the abdomen and provides additional working and viewing space. Further, the method may include carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.
US09265485B2
A biopsy device includes a body, a probe cannula, a cutter, a vacuum source, a tissue sample holder, and a flexible tube. The probe cannula extends distally from the body and defines an internal passage with a side aperture. The cutter is translatable relative to the probe cannula to sever a tissue sample received in the probe cannula. The vacuum source is in communication with the cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a vacuum port on the exterior surface to communicate with the vacuum source and a removable portion to hold solid tissue samples. The removable portion is selectively removable from the tissue sample holder and includes a straining member to separate fluids from solids. The flexible tube couples the tissue sample holder with the body such that the tissue sample holder is flexibly spaced away from the body.
US09265483B2
Systems, methods, and devices for generating and using size-selected lanthanide-coated microbubbles for controlling an imaging signal via microbubble fragmentation and for magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound therapy.
US09265478B2
A wireless electronic stethoscope device is disclosed. The wireless electronic stethoscope device includes a pen-shaped main body; a sensor module for data collection; a processor module to coordinate operation of electronic stethoscope modules; a wireless communication module to transmit and receive digital and analog data; a power module including a battery for storing energy; a control module to communicate information and receive operational commands.
US09265475B2
Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus for 3-D volume image reconstruction of a subject, executed at least in part on a computer for use with a digital radiographic apparatus, can obtain image data for 2-D projection images over a range of scan angles. For each of the plurality of projection images, an enhanced projection image can be generated. In one embodiment, a first scatter intensity distribution through the plurality of projection images can be modulated based on a first scaling function and a SPR to generate a second scatter intensity distribution through the plurality of projection images, which can be combined with the original plurality of projection images.
US09265470B2
Systems and methods for rotating X-ray devices are disclosed. The systems and methods use X-ray devices with an X-ray imaging arm orbitally rotating about pivot joints that are physically attached to the X-ray imaging arm. The pivot joint coincides with the center of gravity for the X-ray imaging arm. The X-ray device has an X-ray imaging arm with an X-ray source and detector respectively disposed at nearly opposing locations of the imaging arm. The pivot joint can serve as an axis of orbital rotation around which the imaging arm pivots. The pivot joint can be pivotally attached to a first end of an X-ray imaging arm fork, which has a second end attached to an X-ray imaging arm support structure. The imaging arm fork can include a lateral pivot joint that provides a lateral axis of rotation for the imaging arm. The fork can contain one or two arms.
US09265463B1
The present disclosure describes a method for determining spinal instability, more particularly, a method for quantifying the type and extent of spinal instability in a standardized way. The disclosure also describes a method comprising measurement of the intervertebral rotation and intervertebral translation between a vertebrae pair using simple images, and from these measurements, determining if one or more vertebrae pair of the spine is unstable. Finally, the disclosure describes software that may be used to quantify the type and extent of spinal instability.
US09265462B2
A system and method for is provided for operation of an orthopedic system. The system includes a load sensor for converting an applied pressure associated with a force load on an anatomical joint, and an ultrasonic device for creating a low-power short-range ultrasonic sensing field within proximity of the load sensing unit for assessing alignment. The system can adjust a strength and range of the ultrasonic sensing field according to position. It can report audible and visual information associated with the force load and alignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09265461B2
A method for testing the effect of a skin care product includes measuring a mechanical property of skin tissue using nonlinear stochastic system identification, applying the product to the skin, repeating the measurement of the mechanical property after the application of the product, and comparing the before and after measurements to quantify the effect of the product.Measuring the mechanical property of the skin can include placing a probe against a surface of the skin, perturbing the skin with the probe using a stochastic sequence, and measuring the response of the skin to the perturbation. Perturbing the skin can include indenting the skin with the probe, extending the skin with the probe, and sliding the probe across the skin surface. The mechanical property may be indicative of skin compliance, skin elasticity, skin stiffness, or skin damping. The mechanical property can be dependent on perturbation depth and may be measured at a plurality of anatomical locations.
US09265458B2
The invention describes the process of applying smooth pursuit eye movement tests toward the detection of the efficacy and, or, toxicity of neuro-pharmaceutical compounds throughout the clinical drug development process. Several different paradigms in smooth pursuit tracking tests and several analysis methods and metrics may be used. Application of smooth pursuit tracking tests allows for a quantifiable measurement of a subject's cognitive behavior and function. This process provides a cost effective and objective test of efficacy of neuro-pharmaceutical drugs and increase the validity of the clinical drug development process.
US09265453B2
An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.
US09265438B2
Diagnostic apparatus (20) includes an antenna 32, which is configured to direct radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves into a living body and to generate signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from within the body. Processing circuitry (36) is configured to process the signals so as to locate a feature in a blood vessel in the body.
US09265428B2
A wireless sensor for indicating a physical state within an environment includes a housing defining a hermetically sealed cavity. A structure located within the cavity of the housing has elements providing capacitance, the elements being arranged such that the distance and thereby the capacitance of the structure changes when a physical state of the environment changes. The structure has a resonant frequency based at least in part on the capacitance of the structure when in the presence of a fluctuating electromagnetic field. When the sensor is positioned within an environment and is subjected to a fluctuating electromagnetic field, the resonant frequency indicates the physical state of the environment.
US09265424B2
A mammography apparatus includes a detector that detects X-rays transmitted through a breast, and an optically transparent or semitransparent pressing panel for pressing the breast. The apparatus further includes a near infrared ray source that provided between the X-ray source and the pressing panel and arranged in a two-dimensional shape in alignment with the pressing panel, and that is movable between a first position in close contact with the pressing panel and a second position outside an X-ray image capture region. Near infrared image capture is carried out using the near infrared ray source by causing the near infrared ray source to be in the first position, and the near infrared ray source is caused to retract to the second position when carrying out X-ray image capture using the X-ray source.
US09265422B2
A system and method for determining an adjustment to a gastric band, and more specifically to determining an adjustment to a gastric band based on satiety state data and weight loss data. The gastric band information system can determine an adjustment of the gastric band using a gastric band adjustment algorithm. The gastric band information system can wirelessly transmit the adjustment to the gastric band. The gastric band information system can receive gastric band data, weight data, glucose data, and/or blood pressure data and display a gastric band chart, a weight chart, and/or a blood pressure chart. The gastric band information system can also receive gastric band implantation data, patient data, and/or any other medical data. The various data can be received from a computer or medical devices in a wired or wireless manner.
US09265417B2
The slit lamp microscope is capable of easily adjusting a slit-light and a backlight. The slit lamp microscope comprises: a slit lamp for emitting a slit-light; a mirror unit having a reflecting mirror or a prism, which reflects the slit-light emitted from the slit lamp toward an eye of an examinee; a microscope unit for observing the eye of the examinee; and a backlight source for emitting a backlight, which illuminates a circumference of the slit-light, toward the eye of the examinee. The backlight source is provided to the mirror unit.
US09265411B2
A processing apparatus is provided that receives and processes an anterior segment three-dimensional image of a subject's eye. The apparatus includes a first SS position specifying unit that accepts identification of at least three SS positions of the subject's eye, using at least two representative images from among two-dimensional tomographic images constituting the three-dimensional image, a true circle calculating unit that calculates a reference true circle passing through the at least three SS positions, and a second SS position specifying unit that identifies the SS positions in non-representative images other than the representative images, based on the reference true circle.
US09265406B2
An endoscope apparatus includes: an image pickup portion that, with respect to return light including a plurality of wavelength band components that is generated accompanying irradiation of illuminating light onto an object, receives the return light with a plurality of different spectral sensitivities and generates an image pickup signal for each of the spectral sensitivities; a correction portion that, based on a spectral distribution of the return light and spectral sensitivity characteristics of the image pickup portion, sets a correction coefficient so that spectral distributions for each of the plurality of wavelength band components included in the image pickup signals become a similar shape to each other; and a calculation portion that, based on the correction coefficient, performs a calculation that separates image pickup signals into each wavelength band component among the plurality of wavelength band components included in the return light.
US09265400B2
A method for monitoring tank water replacement of a kitchenware washing assembly generally includes automatically determining whether a counted number of wash cycles is equal to or exceeds a preset value. The method also includes automatically controlling one or more operations of the kitchenware washer assembly where the counted number of wash cycles is equal to or exceeds the preset value.
US09265397B2
An apparatus is provided for the attachment of brushes to the drive system of rotary floor scrubbing machines. In one embodiment, the apparatus provides for a scrubbing plate assembly suitable for attachment to the drive system of a rotary floor scrubbing machine. The scrubbing plate assembly has a scrubbing plate and an adapter plate. When the adapter plate is aligned and in contact with a scrubbing plate, the adapter plate locks to the scrubbing plate by axial movement of said adapter plate relative to said scrubbing plate.
US09265396B1
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.
US09265384B2
A point-of-care hygiene compliance module includes a housing that is adapted to be attached to a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated. The housing includes a pivoting actuation arm that is configured so as to be placed in operative contact with the dispensing nozzle. Thus, when the actuation arm is actuated, material is dispensed from the dispensing container, and a switch in operative contact with the actuation arm is actuated. The triggering of the switch updates a count value that is maintained by a controller, which may then be displayed or acquired by a remote computer to assess the amount of usage of the dispensing container.
US09265376B2
A method for producing a liquid extract from food ingredients in a beverage producing device that has a brewing unit driven in centrifugation. The method includes providing food ingredients in the brewing unit, supplying heated liquid in the brewing unit, centrifuging the brewing unit thereby generating centrifugal forces forcing liquid to flow through the food ingredients, and dispensing the liquid, along with an operation for compensating the thermal losses of the liquid extract in the brewing unit or the collecting unit.
US09265372B2
A multipurpose eating utensil has a pair of side parts of thin but flexible sheet material having confronting adjacent edges interconnected by a unitary membrane hinge for movement of the side parts to move between a flattened position extending generally coplanar with each other and a folded use position extending at an acute angle or even parallel to each other from the hinge. A front utensil part is formed unitarily with the side parts and has an inner edge joined unitarily to ends of both of the side parts, an outer edge formed with a plurality of longitudinally projecting fork tines, and a longitudinally extending side edge formed as a cutting tool. A rear utensil part is formed unitarily with the side parts. A fastener on at least one of the side parts secures the side parts together in the folded use position.
US09265368B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bedding apparatus. In one embodiment, the bedding apparatus is configured to slip over a mattress such that the bedding apparatus substantially encloses the mattress except the front or head of the mattress. The bedding apparatus is configured such that, once installed over the mattress, there is sufficient space between the top of the mattress and the top panel of the bedding apparatus to enable a user to lay atop the mattress and under the top panel of the bedding apparatus. Additionally, once installed, the bottom panel of the bedding apparatus is positioned under the mattress such that the bedding apparatus is held in place by a combination of the weight of the mattress and the weight of the user (when the user is laying on the mattress).
US09265364B2
A bag dispenser includes a platform having first support surface, a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. A mounting spike or barrier pole fixture may be attached orthogonally adjacent the platform. A wall mounting plate has a series of apertures to attach the plate to a vertical surface with fasteners. The plate is attached orthogonally to the second end of the bag platform. At least one side support extends outwardly from the first and second sides of the bag platform and upwardly from the platform. The side support defines a space for at least one stack of bags. A dispenser cover is affixed over the dispenser and may have a service aperture. The dispenser accommodates conventional, t-shirt and header-style bags in various configurations. The bags are assembled in bag stacks. The stacks may be configured in packs with removable covers or loaded in boxes.
US09265362B2
A merchandise display system having a pusher structure slidably-coupled to a track. The pusher structure comprises a lock arm configured to selectively engage with a ratchet rack to allow for selective unidirectional motion of the pusher structure upon application of a manual force to a pusher face of the pusher structure. Further, selective disengagement of the ratchet rack from the lock arm is facilitated by a manually-actuated pull strip having a ramp structure that slidably engages with the lock arm to lift a pawl out of the ratchet rack. This selective disengagement allows for bidirectional sliding of the pusher structure along said track, thereby allowing displayed products to be moved towards a front of a display shelf, or for products to be reloaded into the merchandise display system.
US09265352B2
A sleeping system is described in which comfort systems for a foam mattress assembly are mounted in a foundation assembly supporting the mattress assembly. The comfort systems include an air heating and cooling system, a firmness system and an elevation system. The foam mattress assembly includes a flexible encasement dish into which one or more foam layers are disposed. Blowers for the air system are mounted adjacent the foundation assembly top in direct fluid communication with apertures in the top, minimizing the air flow path from the blower exhaust to the mattress top to reduce air pressure loss and diminishment of the heated or cooled air.
US09265345B2
A gondola shelf wire routing tray includes a trough adapted to receive a wire. A pair of shelf mount tabs are attached to the trough. A wire constraint tab is mounted to the trough and adapted to secure the wire in the trough. The trough is flexible so that the trough may be deformed to permit the pair of shelf mount tabs to move through perforations of a shelf. As a result, the shelf mount tabs are locked into engagement within the perforations and the trough is mounted to the shelf as the trough attempts to spring back to its original shape.
US09265343B2
The specification relates to office furniture. In particular, the specification relates to a desk configuration with a plurality of desktops of different heights, to a method for producing a corresponding desk configuration and to the use of a program element for the desk configuration.
US09265340B2
An article of furniture includes a structure having a surface that supports a weight. The surface may be tiltable from a first position in which the surface is flat or substantially horizontal and a second position in which the surface is substantially vertical. At least one leg rotating mechanism may attach at least one leg of the article of furniture to the surface so that the at least one leg is rotatable about a vertical axis when the surface is tilted. In some embodiments, the article may be a table and the surface may be a tabletop. In other embodiments, the article may be a chair and the surface may be a seating surface of a seat.
US09265337B2
A toothbrush including a handle and a head mounted to one end of said handle, the head having a cleaning block forming a front surface of the head. A plurality of cleaning elements extend outwardly from the front surface of the head. A depression is formed into the front surface of the head, the depression having a floor. A dispenser is at least partially disposed within the depression. The cleaning elements and the cleaning block are unitarily formed of the same material.
US09265335B2
A formable handle toothbrush has a handle portion that allows a user to heat and form the handle to the shape of their hand to provide for more secure grip of the toothbrush. In one embodiment, a hand formable toothbrush has a toothbrush head attached to a shank that can be inserted into a socket within the toothbrush handle. This configuration allows for the use of replacement toothbrush heads. This makes manufacturing of higher cost handles more economical, as the formable handle portions would not be thrown out when the toothbrush head needs replacement. To customize the formable handle portion, a user may simply place the toothbrush, or handle portion of the toothbrush, in boiling water for a period of time and then remove the toothbrush handle, allow it to cool to a safe temperature and then grasp the handle to form it into the shape of their hand.
US09265328B2
An applicator device for applying a mass in the form of a stick (1) extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis (M), comprising a rotatable part (10) through which the stick (1) is guided and which has an exit opening (12) for the stick (1), a hollow shaft (41) coupled to the rotatable part (10) via an axially fixed rotatable connection for axially advancing the stick (1), a body (20) fixedly connected to the hollow shaft (41), and a cap (30) for the rotatable part (10), which is detachably connected to the hollow shaft (41), the axially fixed rotatable connection being formed by a coupling portion of the rotatable part (K.2) and a complementary counterpart coupling portion (K.1) of the hollow shaft (41) in a coupling portion (K) in which the hollow shaft (41) and the rotatable part (10) engage with each other.
US09265324B2
A comb having an elongate spine, a plurality of tines extending from the spine, and a guide for use in association with a scissors or a clippers. The guide has a shelf that is tapered in three dimensions from a first end towards a second end and has a widest point closer to the second end than the first end. The guide extends along a portion of the length of the spine and extends from the surface which is generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spine such that the scissors or clippers may be supported on the shelf as the scissors or clippers are moved in a horizontal direction.
US09265316B2
A personal electronic device handbag includes: (a) a main support with three connected fold-out panels including one base panel located between other panels; (b) a personal electronic device holding case located on the base panel; (c) at least two storage units having sides and a bottom, such that the main support has a first position, wherein the panels are folded and at least two of the storage unit bottoms rest atop the holding case and any personal electronic device therein to protect such personal electronic device, and has a second position, being an open position.
US09265307B2
A strap guide used in connection with a container having at least one opening for receiving a strap. The strap guide can include a boss defining a strap slot. The boss can have a periphery and two sides. A lip on the one of the two sides can extend outward relative to the boss, and a flange on the other of the two sides can also extend outward relative to the boss. At least a strap protector and a container for use with strap guide inserts can also be provided.
US09265304B1
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing a shoe sole, in which a shoe sole is preliminarily assembled by bonding together a plurality of layers with a temporary insert disposed between two adjacent layers. Then, an outer edge of the shoe sole is ground and, following that, the temporary insert is removed and a permanent insert is bonded in place of the temporary insert, such that the permanent insert forms a portion of a side wall of the shoe sole.
US09265300B2
A base (1) is provided for a ski boot (2) and comprises a sole (4) and an outsole element (8, 9) that is positioned in a predetermined position relative to a longitudinal axis (L). The outsole element (8, 9) is positioned on the sole (4) by using two projections (25, 26) that are carried by one or other of the sole (4) and the outsole element (8, 9) and that locate in holes or cavities (22, 23) defined by the other. Preferably, the projections (25, 26) are carried by the outsole element (8, 9) and locate in holes or cavities (22, 23) defined by the sole (4). The projections (25, 26) may be integrally formed with the outsole element (8, 9) or the sole (4). Alternatively, they may be formed by injected pins, rivets, fasteners, t-nuts, or screws.
US09265297B2
A quick-release retaining device for securing a faceguard to a helmet shell. A selectively engageable latch structure maintains the retaining device in a closed condition. When the retaining device is urged to the open condition, the faceguard may be moved away from a wearer's face. The device is biased in the closed condition by a C-shaped clip, and has a sliding-bar feature for additional securement. The sliding bar is further secured by a locking pin.
US09265284B2
A process for producing flavorants made or derived from tobacco or, more generally, made or derived from any biomass derived from any one or more species of genus Nicotiana, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco, is provided. Provided are flavorants obtained or derived from plants or portions of plants from the Nicotiana species, such as from one or more flowers from one or more Nicotiana species, and products comprising one or more such flavorants.
US09265281B2
A pet chew forming apparatus for dispensing a medicament comprising a plunger having an elongated piston operable with a piston cylinder of a housing. The piston is extendable from and retractable into the piston cylinder by sliding movement, and includes a receptacle having an opening. The plunger is positionable in a first loading position relative to the housing to expose the opening to the receptacle such that a medicament is insertable into the receptacle through the opening, and positionable in a second loading position relative to the housing to expose the opening to the receptacle such that an edible composition is insertable into the receptacle through the opening. The plunger is also positionable in an ejection position relative to the housing to eject a pet chew comprising the edible composition and medicament from the receptacle.
US09265270B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving a taste derived from Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae) while maintaining the effect of extracts of Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae) to enhance the proliferative capability or viability in culturing of lactic acid bacteria. Provided is a lactic acid bacteria culture product which is obtained by culturing a lactic acid bacterium in a culture medium, wherein the culture medium contains an essence of Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae), wherein the essence of Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae) is a concentrate obtained through an electrodialysis of a mixture obtained by adding an inorganic salt to an extract of Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae).
US09265260B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering a substance into a plant. The systems and methods include a light energy that is applied to a first area on the plant to create a first indentation. The first indentation can be a minor incision or a rupture of a portion of the first area. Once the first indentation is created, a first dosage of the substance is applied to the first area in an amount effective to promote a biological response of the plant. It is contemplated that at least a portion of the substance is absorbed by the plant via the first indentation.
US09265257B2
An aqueous pest control composition is provided consisting of: a) 0.01 to 2% by weight of a pyrethroid compound; b) 1 to 40% by weight of polypropylene glycol monopropyl ether which is at least one selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol monopropyl ether and tripropylene glycol monopropyl ether; c) 5 to 40% by weight of a water-soluble organic solvent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of glycol monoalkyl ether having 7 or less carbon atoms and glycol having 9 or less carbon atoms; d) 20 to 80% by weight of water; and e) 5% by weight or less of a formulation additive.
US09265256B2
The present invention provides a pest control composition having an excellent controlling effect on pests, which comprises a combination of an ester compound represented by the formula (1): and a cyclic compound represented by the formula (2a) and/or a cyclic compound represented by the formula (2b).
US09265253B2
The invention relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US09265250B2
The present invention relates to a concentrate, comprising: a) 100 to 400 g/l of a dinitroaniline; b) 5 to 100 g/l of an imidazolinone ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salt; c) 20 to 100 g/l of water; d) 15 to 150 g/l of an anionic surface-active substance which has at least one sulfonic acid group; e) 5 to 100 g/l of a polymeric, nonionic surface-active substance which has at least one polyethylene oxide group and at least one radical selected from poly-C3-C4-alkylene oxide groups; f) 50 to 250 g/l of a nonionic surface-active substance selected from ethoxylated fatty acid esters of polyhydroxyl compounds, alkyl polyglucosides, ethoxylated C4-C16-alkylphenols and ethoxylated C8-C22-alkanols; g) a hydrocarbon solvent ad 1 l; where the quantitative data of components a) to f) in g/l are based on the total volume of the active ingredient concentrate.
US09265249B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a composition of an electrolyte solution comprising a water-soluble active ingredient; a water-insoluble solid active ingredient; and a dispersant that consists of a polyaminoamide resin, a polyoxyalkylene derivative thereof, a polyglycerol derivative thereof, a polycarbamate derivative thereof and a combination thereof.
US09265245B2
The present invention is a decoy with a head that rapidly rotates on a vertical axis, creating attention-attracting movement. The powered rotation is both clockwise and counterclockwise, with an arc of rotation in each direction less than 360 degrees, so that the head does not make full rotations about its axis.
US09265243B2
A break-away apparatus for a boom arm is positioned at a joint between the main boom portion and the boom tip. The apparatus allows the boom tip to assume a neutral position and to pivot forward and rearward. The apparatus includes a first plate disposed at the joint, a second plate disposed at the joint, and a hinge assembly positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The hinge assembly includes a hinge pin having a longitudinal axis. The first and second plates are in a first position with respect to each other when the boom tip assumes the neutral position. The first and second plates are movable with respect to each other about the longitudinal axis. A torsion spring is configured to return the first and second plates to the first position after the first and second plates move from the first position.
US09265241B2
A system and method for the treatment of insect pests and their eggs is disclosed. A collapsible enclosure is provided which operates under positive pressure to heat treat household or other items placed therein. A controller may be provided in certain embodiments to allow programming of a treatment cycle.
US09265236B2
A bird feeder is provided having a seed reservoir with a side wall that has at least one seed access opening and an adjustable feed port assembly. The feed port assembly includes a base mounted to the side wall in a fixed relationship thereto and having a central opening in communication with the seed in the reservoir. Fitted to the base is a rotatable insert having a perch coupled thereto in fixed relationship so that the perch and insert rotate as a unit. The insert is rotatable between two positions, an upright position in which the perch is below the base central opening enabling birds to feed while standing on the perch, and an upside down position in which the perch is above the base central opening, requiring birds to hang upside down from the perch to feed.
US09265234B2
An absorbent article for pet includes: a liquid permeable top surface layer, a liquid impermeable back surface layer, and an absorbent core disposed between the top surface layer and the back surface layer; the absorbent article for pet being configured to be in a belt-like shape and to be fit wrapped around a waist of a pet, in which the absorbent core includes: a belt-like absorbent core main body that extends from the first end portion side to the second end portion side in the longitudinal direction LD of the absorbent article for pet; and a first extension portion that extends outwards in a width direction from a first side edge in a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core main body.
US09265233B2
A chew for a domestic animal comprises one or more sheets of a chewable bovine rawhide formed into a shape suitable for chewing by a domestic animal, wherein the one or more sheets has a mass loss of at least 45% as measured by the Degradability Standard Test Protocol. The bovine rawhide is made with a process that includes treatment with an enzyme. A process of making a pet chew from a split bovine hide comprises treating the split bovine hide with an enzyme solution.
US09265229B2
Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems.
US09265227B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a milking cup, a pulsating device coupled to the milking cup, a robotic arm comprising a gripper, and a controller communicatively coupled to the robotic arm and the pulsating device. The controller is operable to instruct the gripper of the robotic arm to grip the milking cup, instruct the robotic arm to move the milking cup proximate to a teat of a dairy livestock, and instruct the robotic arm to move the milking cup towards the teat. The controller is further operable to instruct the pulsating device to apply pressure to the milking cup before attaching the milking cup to the teat and instruct the gripper of the robotic arm to release the milking cup.
US09265226B1
The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Winter Heart and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US09265224B1
A soybean cultivar designated S130065 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S130065, to the plants of soybean cultivar S130065, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S130065, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S130065. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S130065. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S130065, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S130065 with another soybean cultivar.
US09265219B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated LA7W08-1099. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar LA7W08-1099. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar LA7W08-1099 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar LA7W08-1099 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US09265211B2
The invention provides seed and plants of sweet corn line SHY 084-5055. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of sweet corn line SHY 084-5055, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another sweet corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the parts of such plants.
US09265200B2
Described herein is a module for covering a surface with vegetation. The module comprises a drainage board having an upper surface for supporting a growth medium. The drainage board has a plurality of moisture receptacles extending downwardly from the upper surface for collecting moisture. The module also comprises a plurality of sidewalls having a multiplicity of apertures therethrough. Each sidewall is coupled to the drainage board and extends upwardly therefrom. The sidewalls cooperate with each other so as to provide a perimeter for surrounding the growth medium. The module may also include other features. For example, the sidewalls may be pivotally coupled to the drainage board (e.g. along a living hinge), the module may include couplers for securing adjacent modules together, the sidewalls may include a reinforcing rib, the drainage board may include an opening for receiving an irrigation nozzle therein, and there may be edging for covering the sidewalls.
US09265196B2
A riding lawn mower is provided with an electrical system. The electrical system includes a control module, transceiver modules, and a wiring system. The control module allows for programmably controlling electrical operations of the riding lawn mower. The transceiver modules are operably connected with respective devices of the riding lawn mower so as to communicate data between the respective devices and the control module. The wiring system comprising wires that electrically connect the transceiver modules with the control module/The wiring system includes a power wire that provide electrical power to the transceiver modules from the battery; and a data bus comprising a data wire that transmits data between the control module and the transceiver modules.
US09265194B2
An agricultural sprayer for metered application of a liquid includes a chassis, and a carrier tank fixedly mounted to the chassis. The carrier tank is configured for containing a carrier liquid therein. One or more active ingredient tanks are each configured for containing an active ingredient therein. A storage area associated with the chassis is configured for and dedicated to removable storage of each active ingredient tank.
