US09334994B2
A coupling device for connecting a first coupling housing and a second coupling housing. The first coupling housing has a guiding element extending from the first coupling housing and having a free end at a distance (h) from the first coupling housing central axis (a-a). The second coupling housing has a receptacle for the guiding element and pull-in means for pulling the guiding element into the receptacle, said pull-in means being connected to the guiding element free end. The invention allows the first coupling housing to be pulled towards the receptacle at an angle which is not coincident with the central axis (a-a), and when the guiding element is in place inside the receptacle, the first coupling housing central axis (a-a) and the central axis (b-b) of the second coupling housing are aligned and coincident, and the two housings are rotationally aligned.
US09334993B2
A connecting structure includes a high-pressure line having a load-bearing shell and a sealing inner cladding, as well as a coupling, which coupling includes a flange section having a ring part and a flange which extends radially outwards with respect to the ring part, a connecting element by which the load bearing shell of a pipe is connected to the flange section, as well as a sealing element which the inner cladding of the high-pressure line is connected to the flange section, which sealing element end in the free end of the flange section which is turned away from the high-pressure line. The sealing element includes a sealing sleeve which is situated between the inner cladding of the pipe and the ring part of the flange section.
US09334991B2
A device for the connection of free pipe or hose ends provided with flanges, with first, second, third, and fourth clip segments connected to one another in jointed manner, with an essentially U-shaped cross-section, a tensioning lever arranged at one free end of the first clip segment, and at least one spring, wherein the clip segments engage from the outside over the flanges of the pipe or hose ends pushed together, and wherein the free ends of the first and fourth clip segments can be locked by means of the tensioning lever and spring(s). In order to exclude spontaneous opening of the closed device under any circumstances, provision is made for the tensioning lever to be capable of engaging in the tensioned position in positive fit with the free end of the adjacent fourth clip segment with the tensioning lever capable of being connected.
US09334983B2
The hoop winding method allows to manufacture a reinforced tube by carrying out the following operations: depositing a reinforcing layer 2 around metal tube 1, then imposing a tensile force at the metal tube ends so as to plastically deform the metal tube by applying a pressure P2 in enclosure Z2, the force being determined to introduce a compressive stress in the metal tube after release of the force, and imposing a pressure P1 in enclosure Z1 in order to apply a pressure onto the inner wall of the metal tube so as to plastically deform the metal tube, the pressure being determined to introduce a compressive stress in the metal tube after release of the pressure. The fact that the two enclosures Z1 and Z2 are distinct and independent allows pressures P1 and P2 to be applied independently of one another. Thus, the method allows independent radial and axial prestresses to be applied so as to optimize the strength of the hoop-wound tube.
US09334982B2
A tie rod support apparatus for a large pressure vessel system. The tie rod support apparatus comprises a tie bar, an upper bearing unit, a bottom bearing unit and a tie rod support base. The upper bearing unit is coupled to a pipe section or other component in the large pressure vessel system and includes a bearing to provide a pivotally moveable connection point. The bottom bearing unit is coupled to the other end of the tie rod and configured with the tie rod support base. The tie rod support base is connected or attached to a support surface (e.g. a concrete slab or block) that is independent from the large pressure vessel system. The bottom bearing unit may include a bearing to provide another pivotally moveable connection point. According to an embodiment, the tie rod support includes a length adjustment mechanism configured to allow adjustment of the length or span of the tie bar. According to an embodiment, the tie rod support includes a spring block configured to allow flexing of the tie rod support assembly.
US09334978B2
A valve device for a hydraulic circuit includes an actuator unit, a valve unit and an opening. The actuator unit comprises an electromagnetic circuit comprising a movable armature, a core, a coil configured to be supplied with a current and a flux guiding means, and a space arranged in a valve interior between the armature and the core. The valve unit comprises an outlet, an inlet arranged between the outlet and the space in the valve interior, a valve seat arranged between the inlet and the outlet, and a valve closing body connected with the armature. The valve closing body is spring-loaded towards the valve seat. The opening is arranged at an end of the valve unit opposite to the space. The opening comprises a valve tappet arranged therein. The valve tappet is pressure-loaded and displaceable counter to the valve closing body in an opening direction.
US09334976B1
A shut-off valve is mounted below a fire hydrant to automatically shut down water flow in case the hydrant is knocked over by a vehicle. The valve has a cylindrical enclosure open at both ends. A rotor is rotationally supported within the enclosure and movable linearly by rotation between a first, valve-open, and a second valve-closed, positions, the rotor acting to stopper the valve when in the valve-closed position. The rotor has plural buckets which cause the rotor to rotate when water flows through the enclosure and this rotation causes a screw action moving the rotor into the valve-closed position. Rotation is normally prevented by a restrictor plate resting in recesses on the valve. In this case the hydrant is able to receive water flow through the valve. When the hydrant is displaced it releases the restrictor plate allowing the stoppering action.
US09334975B2
A flow-through condition of a pressure fluid between first through third ports formed in a body of a residual pressure release valve is switched by a valve plug of a valve mechanism. Between an operating unit for driving the valve mechanism and the body, a converter is disposed for converting rotational movement of the operating unit into linear movement and transferring the linear movement to the valve plug. The converter includes a cylindrical shaped cam ring including a pin inserted through the valve plug, and inclined grooves for guiding the pin. The cam ring includes two divided bodies separable from each other in a radial direction.
US09334973B2
A trim of a check valve includes a stem, a fixed member including two opposite through holes, a rotational member secured to the stem and including two opposite recesses, a hollow coupling member including an inlet at one end, a sleeve releasably secured to the coupling member wherein the sleeve includes an outlet at an other end and the fixed member and the rotational member are disposed at one end of the sleeve, a closing member moveably disposed at an other end of the sleeve, a connector releasably secured to an other end of the stem, and a biasing member biased between the closing member and the connector. In response to fluid pressure differential greater than a predetermined value the rotational member is clockwise turned to align the through holes with the recesses to allow the fluid to flow out of the outlet.
US09334970B2
A multi-phase separation flow management system includes a housing with an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet and in which a movable element is mounted. The movable element has a first passageway with an inlet and an outlet and a second passageway having an inlet and an outlet, and are disposed in the element so that the inlets of the first and second passageways are adjacent one another and the outlets of the first and second passageways are spaced apart from one another. The inlets are disposed adjacent a housing inlet, the first passageway outlet is disposed adjacent a first housing outlet and the second passageway outlet is disposed adjacent a second housing outlet.
US09334968B2
A high pressure fluid system including enhanced safety, maintenance and servicing features. The system can include a CAM assembly module, having a valve seat assembly, seal cartridge assembly and inlet manifold, that is easily installed in and removed from a frame and/discharge manifold as a single unit. A discharge manifold can isolate different pressure rated passageways of the system, and multiple rupture discs associated with the same. A discharge manifold end plate can be included to provide ease of repair of discharge outlets and to establish a plumbing system for the rupture discs. A quick coupler can facilitate connection between a plunger of the seal cartridge assembly and a cross head stub connected to a power frame. A lubrication valve assembly can provide and meter lubrication from a high pressure inlet source to a plunger and packing of the seal cartridge assembly.
US09334963B2
A gland packing having required characteristics is obtained by finding relationships between required characteristics and the value of the limiting oxygen index, and adequately defining the level of the required characteristics. The gland packing is configured by twisting or braiding a single or plurality of yarns that are formed by twisting fibers having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 21 to 30, preferably 22 to 26. The fibers contain fibers in which a flat ratio is defined as 1.1 to 2, the flat ratio being a value obtained by dividing the maximum value of an interval between two parallel straight line in a state where a section of each of the fibers is interposed between the straight lines, by the minimum value. The fibers contain fibers in each of which a sectional shape has one or more recesses 1 having a depth h of 0.4 μm or more.
US09334961B2
A cover is provided for a cylinder arrangement having at least one cylinder. The cover is suitable for sealingly covering a cylinder opening of the cylinder. At least one sensor unit for capturing a measurement variable within the cylinder is integrated in the cover.
US09334953B2
In a control apparatus for a vehicle power transmission mechanism (automatic transmission) having a transmission equipped with at least an input shaft connected to a drive source mounted on a vehicle, an output shaft connected to the input shaft via a speed ratio change mechanism, and a clutch (start clutch) which transmits a rotation of the output shaft to driven wheels and whose engaging force is regulated, a clutch output rotation change rate is calculated, and the clutch engaging force is corrected to decrease when the calculated output rotation change rate is a positive value, and the clutch engaging force is corrected to increase when the calculated output rotation change rate is a negative value, thereby enabling to suppress clutch juddering occurred due to a difference between input and output rotational speeds of the clutch.
US09334952B2
There are provided an operational member and a body portion supporting the operational member rotatably from a home position and movably in a vehicle longitudinal direction from its rotated position. A shift range is changed to a drive range or a reverse range when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in a specified direction from the home position. A shift mode is changed to a first mode or a second mode, which have different gear ratios from each other, when the operational member is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction from the rotated position after the operational member is rotated in an opposite direction to the specified direction from the home position.
US09334951B2
A hydraulic pressure supply system supplies hydraulic pressure generated at a hydraulic pump provided with first and second pump chambers formed therein to a high pressure portion and a low pressure portion of the automatic transmission through a high-pressure regulator valve, the switch valve, and a low-pressure regulator valve.
US09334943B2
A power train apparatus and motor grader are described. The apparatus or motor grader includes a power source for providing rotational mechanical power. A first output interface of the power source is driven by the rotational mechanical power from the power source and rotates around a first axis A differential includes at least one output shaft rotating around a second axis offset from and parallel to the first axis. A first gear is included in the differential, the first gear rotating around the second axis and providing rotational mechanical power to the at least one output shaft of the differential. A second gear rotates around the first axis, the second gear receiving rotational mechanical power from the output interface to the power source and providing rotational mechanical power to the first gear.
US09334930B2
A transmission having input and output shafts, shifting elements and planetary gearsets including sun and ring gears, planetary gearwheels and a carrier. The carrier of the first gearset is fixed to the input. The ring gear of the second gearset can be connected by a first shifting element to the housing and by a second shifting element to the carrier of the second gearset. The ring gear of the first gearset is fixed to the sun gear of the second gearset. The sun gear of the first gearset can be connected by a third shifting element to the housing, or is fixed to the sun gear of the second gearset and the ring gear of the first gearset can be connected by a third shifting element fixed to the housing. The shifting elements are arranged within the housing and accessible from outside the housing.
US09334927B2
A drive assembly for a centrifugal processing system is provided for rotating the yoke assembly (36) about a first axis at a first angular velocity and rotating the chamber assembly (30) coaxially with the yoke assembly at a second angular velocity A drive motor (54) is provided for rotating the yoke assembly at the first angular velocity and simultaneously rotating the chamber assembly at the second angular velocity by a sun gear (66) mounted to the chamber assembly for rotation about the first axis and a planetary gear (64) mounted to the yoke assembly that is operatively connected to the sun gear such as to impart rotation to the sun gear as it orbits thereabout upon rotation of the yoke assembly.
US09334923B2
A metal belt is wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley of a continuously variable transmission. Since intervals between multiple adjuster metal element groups are set so as to avoid that the number of the adjuster metal element groups simultaneously existing on a driving-side chord portion of the metal belt between the drive pulley and the driven pulley is 2 or more, it is possible to prevent large vibration which would occur if two or more adjuster metal element groups would exist on the driving-side chord portion of the metal belt. Furthermore, since the multiple adjuster metal elements are distributionally disposed in the multiple adjuster metal element groups, it is possible to decrease imbalance among the adjuster metal element groups, compared with a case where all the adjuster metal elements are disposed in a single adjuster metal element group. Thereby, the vibration can be reduced more.
US09334920B2
A damper includes a housing that forms a fluidly sealed cavity for receiving a fluid therein. The fluid is configured to change fluid properties as electrical energy is induced. An electrical subsystem provides electrical energy to the fluid, which is monitored with a control subsystem. The method includes inducing the fluid with electrical energy to change the dampening effects of the damper in real time.
US09334889B2
A method of providing, by high-frequency welding of at least two construction parts (4,4′) containing polymer material weldable by high-frequency welding to an assembled large unit in which said construction parts are comprised, fastener means (1) on said unit, said fastener means being intended for anchoring and building up said unit. The fastener means (1) are made of an electrically conductive material, and a primer layer (2) is arranged on a surface of the fastener means (1) and is bonded by means of a first hardening. A material weldable by high-frequency welding is arranged on top of said primer layer and is bonded thereto by means of a second hardening for building up a connecting layer (3). The invention also relates to anchoring parts (5) for use for that purpose.
US09334880B1
An inline jet siphon comprises a hollow body for connecting inline of a hose, the body including a through opening for passing liquid therethrough; a jet nozzle including a discharge opening disposed within the body, the discharge opening for being disposed in a direction axially of the through opening; and a handle operably connected to the nozzle, the handle being operably associated with the nozzle to reverse the direction of the discharge opening.
US09334879B2
An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a plate having a plurality of perforations configured in a pattern. The pattern includes the plurality of perforations arranged in concentric circles centered at a point. Each of the perforations is a closed shape comprising four edges, with rounded corners between adjacent edges, with two opposite edges of each of the perforations including non-parallel straight lines and two other opposite edges comprise concentric, offset curved lines. The non-parallel straight lines may form an angle with a vertex at the point, and the concentric curved lines may be centered at the point. The perforations in each concentric circle may be angularly spaced around the point. The apparatus may further include a substantially circular fan.
US09334876B2
A pump casing has a metallic band that defines a sidewall of the pump casing and having at least one tab projecting from a surface thereof or at least one opening. The pump casing also has first and second plates disposed opposite one another, with the metallic band being disposed there between, and with the first and second plates and the metallic band jointly defining a chamber of the pump casing. At least one of the first or second plates includes at least one tab or at least one opening respectively cooperating with the at least one opening or the at least one tab of the metallic band so as to retain a formed shape of the metallic band in the pump. The at least one opening may, for example, be a slot in the at least one of the first or second plates.
US09334875B2
Provided are a low-noise, high-performance multiblade centrifugal fan that suppresses interference between rotational flows generated within extension sections that are extended in a rotation-axis direction at upper and lower end surfaces of a scroll casing, and an air conditioner equipped with the same. In a multiblade centrifugal fan having an impeller disposed in a rotatable manner about a rotation shaft within a scroll casing having a flow path whose cross section gradually increases in a rotational direction, at least one of upper and lower end surfaces of the scroll casing serves as an inclined end surface that is extended in the extending direction of the rotation shaft such that an extended height thereof gradually increases in the rotational direction from a scroll start position, and a stepped section extending in the rotational direction is provided between the inclined end surface and an inner-peripheral side surface of an extension section.
US09334874B2
The invention relates to dimensioning rules for a blade of an axial flow impeller. The dimensioning rules relate to: (i) the lengthwise dimension from the axis of rotation of the impeller to the tip of the blade; (ii) the widthwise dimension of the blade perpendicularly to the lengthwise direction; and (iii) respective angles for a plurality of folds of the blade. The invention also relates to an axial flow impeller having such blades.
US09334847B2
A fluid-driven electricity generator includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core that includes a plurality of stator windings and one or more stator turbines connected to the stator core. The one or more stator turbines are configured to rotate in a first direction. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of permanent magnets that are substantially surrounded by the stator core. The rotor assembly also includes one or more rotor turbines connected to the plurality of permanent magnets. The one or more rotor turbines are configured to rotate in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
US09334842B2
A stationary core includes a holding hole that receives and holds a portion of the magnetic spring, which is located on a valve opening side. A solenoid device includes a magnetic yoke that extends in an axial direction and has an axial extent, which overlaps with an entire axial extent of the holding hole. The magnetic yoke has a predetermined portion, which reduces an amount of the magnetic flux that passes through the magnetic yoke in a radial direction in comparison to the rest of the magnetic yoke.
US09334839B2
This disclosure relates to a method of filtering air for use in a combustion engine. A filter is utilized that comprises a treated filter fabric and a treated filter foam. The treated filter fabric and the treated filter foam include an ionizing agent, a binder comprising guar gum and ammonium sulfate, and an organo silane quarternary amine antimicrobial. Air is directed into the treated filter fabric. As air moves through the treated filter fabric, a first set of contaminants is removed. The air is then directed into the treated filter foam, which is positioned adjacent to the treated filter fabric. As the air moves through the treated filter foam, a second set of contaminants is removed.
US09334833B2
A turbocharger system for ensuring a sufficient exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) amount in all operating conditions, and reducing NOx emission from an engine. The system includes an EGR controller that re-circulates a part of exhaust gas discharged from the engine to an intake side. The turbocharger is a power-assisted turbocharger including an electric motor that assists a drive force of a compressor. The EGR controller controls an amount of exhaust gas recirculated to the intake side so as to inhibit the generation of NOx regardless of an amount of oxygen necessary for combustion of the engine. An electric motor control unit drives the electric motor, by the control of the EGR controller, when the amount of oxygen necessary for the combustion of the engine is deficient.
US09334826B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving combustion stability, in particular during transient operations such as tip-out to lower load conditions, when EGR is being purged. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.
US09334818B2
Methods and systems are described for controlling engine combustion during a mixed-mode combustion modality. A target exhaust valve timing is determined based on a first combination of engine speed and load. An amount of trapped residual in an engine cylinder after an exhaust valve is closed during a first combustion cycle is also determined. Based at least in part on the amount of trapped residual, an amount of gas that will be drawn into the engine cylinder when the intake valve is opened during a second combustion cycle is determined. The target exhaust valve timing is then adjusted during the second combustion cycle in order to adjust the amount of gas that will be drawn into the engine cylinder when the intake valve is opened during a third combustion cycle.
US09334816B2
A vehicle control system includes: an engine; a power transmission device that transmits power from the engine to drive wheel; a mechanical pump that supplies oil for operating the power transmission device to the power transmission device by driving of the engine; and an electric pump that supplies the oil to the power transmission device by driving of a motor. The vehicle control system is capable of executing stopped economy running control for stopping the engine when a vehicle is stopped, and travel economy running control for stopping the engine while the vehicle is traveling. During the execution of the stopped economy running control, learning control is executed whereby a control value for controlling the oil pressure is updated such that the actual oil pressure generated by the electric pump is converged to a target value. During the execution of the travel economy running control the learning control is prohibited.
US09334808B2
A fuel control device and method of a gas turbine combustor, for advanced humid air turbines, in which plural combustion units comprising plural fuel nozzles for supplying fuel and plural air nozzles for supplying air for combustion are provided. A part of the plural combustion units are more excellent in flame stabilizing performance than the other combustion units. A fuel ratio, at which fuel is fed to the part of the combustion units is set on the basis of internal temperature of the humidification tower and internal pressure of the humidification tower to control a flow ratio of the fuel fed to the plural combustion units.
US09334807B2
Methods and apparatus to determine airflow conditions at an inlet of an engine are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a sensor disposed at an inlet of an engine to measure a pressure characteristic, a temperature characteristic and a velocity characteristic of an airflow moving through the inlet and a processor to determine an air mass flow rate based on the pressure characteristic, the temperature characteristic and the velocity characteristic measured at the engine inlet.
US09334804B2
An acoustic damper includes a neck and a damping volume. The neck has a mouth being in fluid connection with a chamber. The chamber is limited by an inner surface of at least one wall. The acoustic damper device includes a recess located between the mouth of the neck and the inner surface of the wall.
US09334803B2
A method of recovering heat energy from a cooling medium used to cool hot gas path components in a turbine engine includes cooling one or more hot gas path components with the cooling medium; supplying spent cooling medium used to cool the one or more hot gas path components to a heat exchanger; supplying air (e.g., compressor discharge air) to the heat exchanger so as to be in heat exchange relationship with the spent cooling medium and thereby add heat to the compressor discharge air; and supplying the air heated in the heat exchanger to at least one combustor.
US09334801B2
A supersonic inlet includes a relaxed isentropic compression surface to improve net propulsive force by shaping the compression surface of the inlet to defocus the resulting shocklets away from the cowl lip. Relaxed isentropic compression shaping of the inlet compression surface functions to reduce the cowl lip surface angle, thereby improving inlet drag characteristics and interference drag characteristics. Supersonic inlets in accordance with the invention also demonstrate reductions in peak sonic boom overpressure while maintaining overall engine performance.
US09334795B2
A stator for a rotary internal combustion engine, with a body having an internal cavity. Each end wall has a scavenging cavity defined therein in fluid communication with the internal cavity through a respective scavenging opening extending through the inner surface thereof, and at least one annular oil seal groove defined in the inner surface thereof concentric with the central bore and located radially outwardly of the scavenging opening. At least one annular oil seal is received in each groove and protrudes from the end wall into the internal cavity for sealing engagement with a surface of a rotor of the engine, each seal being biased axially away from the end wall. A rotary internal combustion engine and a method of limiting radially outwardly directed oil leaks in a rotary engine are also disclosed.
US09334793B1
An engine including a block that has first and second intersecting pathways, and first and second rotors positioned within the first and second pathways, respectively. The first and second rotors are moveable within the first and second pathways, respectively, between first and second combustion positions. A first combustion chamber is formed within the first pathway between the first and second rotors when they are in the first combustion position, and a second combustion chamber is formed within the second pathway between the first and second rotors when they are in the second combustion position. The pathways and rotors are preferably torus shaped, and the rotors preferably have concave leading and trailing ends. The engine block preferably has a single intake for both of the first and second combustion chambers. Recesses are preferably formed in the block to receive seals that engage the rotors.
US09334783B2
Embodiments for heating a vehicle cabin are disclosed. In one example, a method for an engine comprises pumping coolant from a coolant reservoir to an exhaust component and then to a heater core, the coolant heated by the exhaust component, and during engine warm-up conditions, adjusting a flow rate of coolant into a heater core to maximize heat transfer to a vehicle cabin.
US09334774B2
An engine control system includes an injection determination module and an injection regulation module. The injection determination module determines a desired rate of hydrocarbon (HC) injection into exhaust gas produced by an engine for regeneration of a particulate matter (PM) filter. The injection regulation module increases a rate of HC injection from a first rate to the desired rate during a predetermined period before regeneration of the PM filter, wherein the predetermined period is based on a difference between a predetermined temperature and a temperature at an outlet of an oxidation catalyst (OC).
US09334767B2
A roller lifter or hydraulic roller lifter, including a lifter body, a roller, axle, internal piston assembly and a lubrication guide depression at a lower wall of the lifter body to direct lubricant to the roller and roller axle.
US09334766B2
A lubrication system for an internal combustion engine includes an oil jet configured to communicate oil onto an internal engine surface. The oil jet is fluidly connected to a pressurized oil source via an oil flow controller that is configured to control oil flowrate to the oil jet in response to a temperature of the internal engine surface.
US09334763B1
A camshaft phaser including: an axis of rotation; a drive sprocket arranged to receive torque; a stator non-rotatably connected to the drive sprocket; a rotor; and a positioning spring. The rotor is at least partially rotatable with respect to the stator and is arranged to non-rotatably connect to a camshaft. The rotor includes: first and second radially disposed sides facing, respectively, in first and second opposite axial directions parallel to the axis of rotation; a non-circular bore connecting the first and second radially disposed sides; and a support pin including a first portion disposed in the bore and configured to contact an inner radial surface of the bore at a plurality of lines parallel to the axis of rotation less than the entire circumference of the bore; and a second portion extending past the second radially disposed side in the second axial direction. The positioning spring is engaged with the second portion and urges the rotor in a circumferential direction.
US09334760B2
This disclosure relates to a waste heat recovery (WHR) system and to a system and method for regulation of a fluid inventory in a condenser and a receiver of a Rankine cycle WHR system. Such regulation includes the ability to regulate the pressure in a WHR system to control cavitation and energy conversion.
US09334759B2
A grid valve assembly for a steam turbine is provided. The grid valve assembly may include an annular stationary member disposed between an upstream stage and a downstream stage of the steam turbine. The annular stationary member may define a plurality of stationary member openings extending radially therethrough from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface thereof. The grid valve assembly may also include an annular rotatable member rotatably disposed about the outer circumferential surface of the annular stationary member. The annular rotatable member may define a plurality of rotatable member openings extending radially therethrough.
US09334757B2
A single-casing steam turbine has high-pressure blade rows and low-pressure blade rows and includes a high/intermediate-pressure chamber housing the high-pressure blade rows, a low-pressure chamber housing the low-pressure blade rows, and an expansion joint for connecting the high/intermediate-pressure chamber and the low-pressure chamber and for sealing an interior space of the high/intermediate-pressure chamber and the low-pressure chamber.
US09334756B2
An assembly includes a plurality of vanes, a forward liner segment, and an aft liner segment. The forward liner segment and the aft liner segment are mounted to the plurality of vanes and each segment comprises an arc of less than 360° in length.
US09334748B1
An array of hollow fiber membranes is grouped into bundles is submerged in an enclosed pure-water bath. The bundles are potted into top and bottom membrane headers such that the fiber lumen (the inside of the hollow fiber) is open to the inside of the membrane header and the pure feedwater is prevented from leaking into either the header or into the inside of a hollow fiber. Pure water penetrates the hollow fiber membrane. In accordance with pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) principles, the permeate and draw solution within the lumen are transported to at least one hydroturbine where electricity is generated. The draw solution contains superparamagnetic nanoparticles that are prevented from proceeding beyond a magnetic field. The system has a heater to improve its efficiency.
US09334743B2
A Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a first multiple of CMC plies which define a suction side, a first airfoil portion of the first multiple of CMC plies at least partially parallel to an airfoil axis. A second multiple of CMC plies define a pressure side, a second airfoil portion of the second multiple of CMC plies at least partially parallel to the airfoil axis and bonded to the first airfoil portion.
US09334731B2
A pick tool comprising a super-hard strike tip, a base and a unitary cemented carbide support body comprising a head portion including an overhang portion, and an insertion shaft extending from the head portion, a surface of the overhang portion extending laterally from the insertion shaft; the strike tip is attached to the head portion of the support body and the base is provided with a bore into which the insertion shaft is shrink fitted; the base has an external surface adjacent the bore and overhang portion of the head portion is configured to extend over at least an area of the external surface operative to shield the area from wear when in use.
US09334722B1
The dynamic oil and natural gas grid production system includes a plurality of “mini” or localized gathering centers for receiving crude oil from a plurality of remote oil wells. Each of the plurality of localized gathering centers includes a heat exchanger for receiving and heating the crude oil, an oil-gas separator in communication with the heat exchanger for separating the crude oil into natural gas and secondary oil, and a three-way separator in communication with the oil-gas separator for receiving the secondary oil and separating the secondary oil into tertiary oil and effluent water. First, second and third flow lines are in communication with each of the plurality of gathering centers for receiving and transporting the natural gas, effluent water and tertiary oil to a centralized gathering center.
US09334710B2
A wellbore servicing system comprising a pressure testing valve incorporated within a casing string and comprising a housing comprising one or more ports and an axial flowbore, a sliding sleeve, wherein the sliding sleeve is positioned within the housing and transitional from a first position to a second position through a sliding sleeve stroke, wherein, in the first position, the sliding sleeve blocks a route of fluid communication via the one or more ports and, in the second position the sliding sleeve does not block the route of fluid communication via the one or more ports, wherein the pressure testing valve is configured such that application of a predetermined pressure to the axial flowbore for a predetermined duration causes the sliding sleeve to transition from the first position to the second position, wherein the predetermined duration is at least about one minute.
US09334708B2
A flow control device includes, a body defining at least a portion of a flow passageway, at least one movable member in operable communication with the body, movable between at least a first position that provides a first restriction to flow through the flow passageway and a second position that provides a second restriction to flow through the flow passageway, and a circuit in operable communication with the at least one movable member that is configured to sense conductivity of fluid flowing through the flow passageway and to promote movement of the at least one movable member to move from the first position to the second position in response to a change in conductivity of fluid flowing through the flow passageway.
US09334706B2
The present invention relates generally to a Top Drive Pipe Spinner (TDPS). The TDPS is a tool that allows for the setting of casing without a specialized crew or any additional power source. By employing the weight of the existing top drive to set slips on the casing collar, the TDPS allows one casing to be threaded onto the next in a timely and efficient manner. The casing tongs of the TDPS use passive release weight to release the casing collar from the casing to allow for the successive insertion of another casing section. The top drive spins the TDPS and compresses the unit onto the casing, then lifts the unit and releases the casing when desired.
US09334704B2
A wellbore bailer has a rotary motor coupling, a cylinder having an open end, and a pump in the cylinder coupled to the rotary motor coupling and configured to pump fluid when rotated via the coupling. A closure of the bailer is changeable between sealing and allowing flow through the open end.
US09334700B2
A method and apparatus for conducting a reverse flow operation. The apparatus may be lowered into a wellbore on a work string, and includes an opening device, a closing device, and a locking device disposed in a housing. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the opening device to open fluid flow through ports in the housing. Pressurized fluid from the annulus may be supplied through the port in the reverse flow direction to actuate the locking device to enable fluid flow up through the work string back to the surface, and to release the closing device. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the closing device to close fluid flow through the ports in the housing.
US09334683B1
An assembly of components that are use in a counterbalance system for a tilt-in window. A coil spring of wound ribbon is provided that has a shaped head. A brake shoe housing is provided that connects to the coil spring in such a manner that fatigue stresses are reduced in the coil spring as the tilt-in window is operated. The brake shoe housing has a receptacle slot formed into one of its side surfaces. An open relief is formed immediately above the receptacle slot. The open relief abuts against and supports the ribbon of the coil spring just behind the shaped head. By engaging the shaped head of the coil spring and supporting the coil spring adjacent to the shaped head, stresses experienced by the shaped head are greatly reduced. The result is a coil spring that has a much longer service life.
US09334673B2
A system for positioning post sleeves is provided including a plurality of post sleeve positioning devices and a spacing mechanism. Each post sleeve positioning device is configured to receive a respective post sleeve and to enable selective adjustment of a position and orientation of the respective post sleeve. The spacing mechanism is coupleable between the pair of post sleeve positioning devices to determine or control the position and orientation of the post sleeve received by one of the pair of post sleeves positioning devices relative to the post sleeve received by the other one of the pair of post sleeve positioning devices. Related systems and methods are also provided.
US09334672B1
The invention may relate to a bracket that is used in building fences or floor joists or the like. The bracket is substantially concealed from view after assembly. The invention may also be a method for building fences involving a bracket that is concealed from view after the fence is completed.
US09334657B2
Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove.
US09334656B2
An improved handrail for a staircase or ramp. In one embodiment, the handrail includes an elongated member such as a cylinder or bar that spans the length of the staircase or ramp and a riser barrier. The riser barrier has an extender portion and a riser portion. The extender portion of the riser barrier keeps the elongated member a sufficient distance horizontally from the riser portion that a person can slide his or her hand on the rail without interference. The riser portion projects vertically a sufficient distance above the elongated member to deter sliding down the elongated member. Thus, sliding on the member is deterred, while the function of the cylinder as a handrail is preserved.
US09334653B2
An extrudable keder rail and a clamping anchor for the keder rail are cooperative to secure keder fabric to a building support beam. The clamping anchor allows the keder rail to be securely attached to a standard beam without drilling holes or strapping about the beam. A temporary clamp and movable tensioning device allow the keder rails and keder fabric to be applied to the building support beams after the support beams have been assembled and installed.
US09334647B2
A method for handling a hydro sound absorber in the region of an offshore construction site. The method includes, prior to beginning noise-emitting work, positioning a hydro sound absorber in the region of the offshore construction site. The method includes positioning a transport housing receiving the hydro sound absorber close to at least one of a seabed or a surface of the water. The method also includes spreading out the hydro sound absorber from a first functional position out of the transport housing at least one of vertically to the extent of the offshore construction site or horizontally to the geometry of the seabed.
US09334646B2
A high-strength thermally-isolating surface-mounted anchoring system for a cavity wall is disclosed. The thermally-isolated anchoring system is adaptable to various structures, including high-span applications, and for use with a split tail veneer tie. The anchoring system includes an anchor base and a stepped cylinder which sheaths the mounting hardware to limit insulation tearing and resultant loss of insulation integrity. The anchoring system is thermally-isolated through the use of multiple strategically placed compressible nonconductive seals or elements. Seals are also provided to preclude penetration of air, moisture, and water vapor into the wall structure.
US09334635B2
A faucet having a pull-out sprayer that is attached to a spray hose. The faucet also has a housing with an end region to receive the sprayer and a feedthrough for passage of the sprayer hose through the housing, and at least one first guide for spacing the sprayer hose from an inner wall surface of the feedthrough, the guide being provided at least in an end region.
US09334631B2
A method for calibrating strain transducers mounted to a power shovel may include the steps of: Calculating at least one member joint load for a known loading condition when at least one member of the power shovel is in a statically determinate configuration; determining a calculated shear force and a calculated normal force in the member of the power shovel based on the calculated member joint load; measuring a strain in the member; determining a measured shear force and a measured normal force for the member based on the measured strain; and determining a calibration constant from the calculated shear and normal forces and the measured shear and normal forces.
US09334621B2
An eccentric shaft for a compacting machine is rotatable about a rotational axis and includes a fixed and movable eccentric mass where the movable eccentric mass cooperates with the fixed eccentric mass in one of the directions of rotation of the eccentric shaft to partly balance the fixed eccentric mass in the other rotation direction of the eccentric shaft. At least one section of the fixed eccentric mass shows a maximal radial extension (UB) in relation to the rotational axis, limited by an arc-shaped curve, which extends to a circle shape, with the diameter (D) showing a distance (A), between the point (P) on the circle-shaped curve that is located closest to the point of intersection of the rotational axis and the section plane, and the point of intersection, from 0 up to 0.1(D).
US09334612B2
A control lever assembly and methods of forming and using a control lever assembly of a compaction roller are disclosed. A control lever assembly includes a lever that is defined by a body having a first end connectable to a control arm of a compaction roller. The body forms a first grip site and a second grip site that are each offset from the first end of the body. The first grip site and the second grip site are laterally offset from a longitudinal center-line axis of the control arm and spaced from one another so that each of the first grip site and the second grip site are beyond the reach of a hand engaged with the other of the first grip site and the second grip site.
US09334604B1
An iron includes a housing having a sole plate on a base end thereof and a water reservoir therein, for receiving water therein. A water fill valve assembly is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The valve assembly includes a one way check valve having an open first end, an opposing expandable second end proximate the water reservoir, and a valve body extending therebetween. The second end of the check valve is normally in a first constricted configuration, substantially preventing water within the water reservoir from freely exiting therethrough, and is expandable by water poured into the open first end of the valve and flowing to the second end, such that the poured-in water substantially freely flows therethrough and into the water reservoir. The second end of the check valve returns to the first configuration after the poured in water has passed therethrough.
US09334596B2
The invention relates to a control system for a tufting machine configured for forming tufted carpet. The tufting machine can have a system controller in communication with the tufting machine and with a plurality of yarn feed controllers for controlling operation of yarn feed motors that are configured to supply yarn from a source of yarn to the tufting machine. The system controller is programmable to enable input of a plurality of predetermined yarn feed profiles for selected stitches of a programmed pattern to be tufted such that, although at least two of the predetermined yarn feed profiles can be different, substantially the same feed length of yarn is used from each of the plurality of yarns.
US09334584B2
This invention pertains to a novel processing for preparing fibers from poly(α(1→3)glucan). The fibers prepared according to the invention, have “cotton-like” properties, are useful in textile applications, and can be produced as continuous filaments on a year-round basis. The process comprises solution spinning a 5-20% solids concentration of poly(α(1→3)glucan) in an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide, in particular NaOH at concentration of 2 to 10 weight-%, and coagulating the spun fiber in an acid coagulation liquid.
US09334578B2
An electroplating system is provided. The electroplating system includes a divided electrode that is arranged to simultaneously provide a plurality of line currents for an electroplating process. The system includes a current control component that is coupled to the divided electrode. The current control component is configured to determine the magnitude of each of the line currents. The current control component is also configured to regulate individual line currents based, at least in part, on the determined magnitude of each of the line currents.
US09334565B2
A sputtering target that includes at least two consolidated blocks, each block including an alloy including a first metal (e.g., a refractory metal such as molybdenum in an amount greater than about 30 percent by weight) and at least one additional alloying ingredient; and a joint between the at least two consolidated blocks, the joint being prepared free of any microstructure derived from a diffusion bond of an added loose powder. A process for making the target includes hot isostatically pressing (e.g., below a temperature of 1080° C.), consolidated preform blocks that, prior to pressing, have interposed between the consolidated powder metal blocks at least one continuous solid interface portion. The at least one continuous solid interface portion may include a cold spray body, which may be a mass of cold spray deposited powders on a surface a block, a sintered preform, a compacted powder body (e.g., a tile), or any combination thereof.
US09334561B2
The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a multilayered (Ti,Al)N coating. The coating comprises three zones: a first zone (A) closest to the substrate, a second zone (B) adjacent to the first zone and a third outermost zone (C). All three zones each comprises a multilayered aperiodic structure of (Ti,Al)N, where the average composition for each zone is different from each other and where the ratio between the thickness of the zone C and zone B is between 1.3 and 2.2 and where zzone C>Zzone B, where z is the average composition for each zone of the ratio z=Ti/Al. The coating has a low residual stress.
US09334560B2
A cutting tool having a metallic glass thin film (MGTF) coated thereon, a metallic glass cutting tool, and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The cutting tool having metallic glass thin film coated thereon comprises: a cutting element having a sharpened portion, and the cutting element is made of metal; and a metallic glass thin film coated on the cutting element, and the metallic glass is represented by the following formula 1 or formula 2, (ZraCubNicAld)100-xSix, [formula 1] wherein 45=
US09334554B2
A magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability, a magnesium alloy structural member produced by pressing the sheet, and a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet are provided. The magnesium alloy sheet is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al and Mn. When a region from a surface of the alloy sheet to 30% of the thickness of the alloy sheet in a thickness direction of the magnesium alloy sheet is defined as a surface region and when a 200 μm2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from this surface region, the number precipitated impurity grains containing both Al and Mg and having a maximum diameter of 0.5 to 5 μm is 5 or less. When a 50 μm2 sub-region is arbitrarily selected from the surface region, the number of crystallized impurity grains containing both Al and Mn and having a maximum diameter of 0.1 to 1 μm is 15 or less. In the grains of the crystallized phases, the mass ratio Al/Mn of Al to Mn is 2 to 5. The magnesium alloy sheet has good press formability since the crystallized phases and precipitates that cause breaking are small in amounts contained and in size.
US09334551B2
Disclosed herein are nickel beryllium alloys having improved corrosion and hardness characteristics relative to known nickel beryllium alloys. The alloys have a chemical composition with about 1.5% to 5% beryllium (Be) by weight, about 0.5% to 7% niobium (Nb) by weight; and nickel (Ni). Up to about 5 wt % chromium (Cr) may also be included. The alloys display improved hardness and corrosion resistance properties.
US09334548B2
The present invention provides a method of separating and recovering iron from a waste non-ferrous slag, generated in a process for smelting of non-ferrous metals, including copper, zinc and lead, in which a reducing agent and a reaction catalyst are added to the crushed waste non-ferrous slag, and the mixture is subjected to a reduction reaction, thereby converting amorphous iron oxides, bound to alumina, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, silica, and the like in the waste non-ferrous slag, to crystalline iron (Fe) and iron carbide (Fe2C); the resulting material is crushed to separate iron and iron carbide obtained by the reduction reaction from components such as alumina, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, silica, and the like; the crushed material is separated into fractions by particle size; and the fractions are subjected to wet magnetic separation and dry magnetic separation to separate and recover magnetic iron concentrates from the fractions.
US09334543B2
The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated essentially mammalian negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus (MPV) within the subfamily Pneumovirinae of the family Paramyxoviridae and identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding to the genus Metapneumovirus and components thereof.
US09334542B2
Disclosed are compositions, assays, methods, diagnostic methods, kits and diagnostic kits for the specific and differential detection of a non-Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (non-MAP) organism, wherein a non-MAP organism is a Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) organism that does not belong to the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) organism, from samples including veterinary samples, clinical samples, food samples, forensic sample, an environmental sample (e.g., soil, dirt, garbage, sewage, air, or water), including food processing and manufacturing surfaces, or a biological sample. Exemplary non-MAP organisms including M. avium subsp. avium (MAA), M. avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH), and M. avium subsp. silvaticum (MAS) can be detected by the present compositions, kits and methods.
US09334536B2
The invention relates to a method for the high throughput discovery, detection and genotyping of one or more genetic markers in one or more samples, comprising the steps of restriction endonuclease digest of DNA, adaptor-ligation, optional pre-amplification, selective amplification, pooling of the amplified products, sequencing the libraries with sufficient redundancy, clustering followed by identification of the genetic markers within the library and/or between libraries and determination of (co-)dominant genotypes of the genetic markers.
US09334534B1
This invention concerns non-standard nucleotides that can form non-standard Watson-Crick nucleobase pairs having geometries similar to the geometries of standard nucleotide pairs, but that are joined by a non-standard hydrogen bonding schemes. Disclosed are processes that yield oligonucleotides that are semi-complementary to a standard oligonucleotide, where the region of semi-complementarity pairs one or more standard nucleotides with a non-standard nucleotide, or vice versa. Duplexes formed from two semi-complementary oligonucleotides are also inventions disclosed. The processes extending a primer annealed to an oligonucleotide template with a polymerase in the presence of a non-standard nucleoside triphosphate and a mixture of standard nucleoside triphosphates, where the non-standard triphosphate is incorporated opposite the standard triphosphate because it has available a protonated or deprotonated form, or a minor tautomeric form, that is complementary in the Watson-Crick sense to the standard nucleotide, even though in its normal form (neither protonated or deprotonated, or as its major tautomer) it is complementary in the Watson-Crick sense to a non-standard nucleobase. Also disclosed are processes that exploit an intermediary nucleoside, one whose nucleobase is partially complementary to both a standard nucleotide and a non-standard nucleotide at two of their three hydrogen bonding units. Also disclosed are intermediary nucleotides whose hydrogen bonding patterns are changed by chemical reagents. Also disclosed are the vice versa processes and process pairs where standard nucleotides are incorporated opposite non-standard nucleotides, yielding clonable products that can be sequenced to determine where non-standard nucleotides were present in the parent template oligonucleotide.
US09334530B2
Methods of amplifying nucleic acid on a solid support are described. Beads and template, each in known concentrations, are employed so a range of template to bead ratios can be exploited. Where the beads contain primers, the template can be amplified. After amplification, non-covalently bound template is removed, so as to leave beads with extended primers (or beads with primers that were not extended).
US09334529B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a novel method that addresses the problem of differentiating large sets of genomic sequences. The invention relates to a method for genotyping N loci present in a sample in a target nucleic acid molecule, wherein each locus is located in a genotype marker region of the nucleic acid molecule, and corresponds to two or more genotypes. Furthermore the invention relates to a kit for performing said method for genotyping. Also the invention relates to a method for designing and producing selection primers, as well as a method for producing detection primers, all of said primers to be used in the method for genotyping or in the kit for performing the genotyping method. The invention further relates to selection primers adapted for genotyping of loci in a target nucleic acid molecule and a computer program product for designing selection primers.
US09334524B2
A transformed yeast cell includes: a nucleic acid sequence coding for a reverse transcriptase; a reverse transcription indicator; a nucleic acid sequence coding for deoxycytidine kinase (dCK); and at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for nucleoside transporter. Methods for screening a compound with the ability to inhibit reverse transcription and for predicting the sensitivity of a reverse transcriptase to a NRTI compound, particularly a reverse transcriptase derived from a virus infecting a subject using the transformed Yeast cell are also described.
US09334519B2
The present invention relates to a method for characterizing the antibiotic resistance of a microorganism, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing a reference mass spectrum of an antimicrobial compound, its enzymatic modification product, its molecular target, or of a substrate compound of a its modifying enzyme; (b) exposing a microorganism, a cell lysate thereof, or a growth medium supernatant thereof, to the antimicrobial compound or the substrate compound in aqueous liquid to thereby provide an exposed sample; (c) acquiring a mass spectrum of the exposed sample; (d) comparing the mass spectrum acquired in step c) with the reference mass spectrum of step (a), and (e) determining from the comparison whether modification of the antimicrobial compound, its modification product or its molecular target or of the substrate has occurred following the exposure, and establishing that the microorganism is potentially resistant to the antimicrobial compound when the modification is observed.
US09334518B2
Materials (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems equipment, and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, using an array of vaults.
US09334504B2
The present invention provides a method for the transfection of filamentous fungal cells, comprising providing a multitude of containers, filling into each container an amount of polymer needed for the transfection, filling the cells to be transfected as well as an aqueous solution of transfection reagent into each of the containers, incubating the resulting mixture, removing the transfection reagent from the incubated mixture; and selecting the cells which have been transformed, characterized in that the total volume of the incubating mixture is less than 1 ml per container. Furthermore, the present invention provides the use of transformed filamentous fungal cells for the production of proteins or metabolites.
US09334497B2
The present invention relates to the discovery of a method for inhibiting RNA silencing in a target sequence-specific manner. RNA silencing requires a set of conserved cellular factors to suppress expression of gene-encoded polypeptide. The invention provides compositions for sequence-specific inactivation of the RISC component of the RNA silencing pathway, and methods of use thereof. The RISC inactivators of the present invention enable a variety of methods for identifying and characterizing miRNAs and siRNAs, RISC-associated factors, and agents capable of modulating RNA silencing. Therapeutic methods and compositions incorporating RISC inactivators and therapeutic agents identified through use of RISC inactivators are also featured.
US09334485B2
The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. 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.
US09334481B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for dedifferentiating lineage committed mammalian cells into stem cells. The present invention also provides methods of inducing dedifferentiation of lineage committed mammalian cells into stem cells, which can be further differentiated into various lineage committed cells. Methods of identifying additional compounds useful for inducing dedifferentiation of lineage committed cells into stem cells are also provided.
US09334478B2
The invention relates to assays for screening growth factors, adhesion molecules, immunostimulatory molecules, extracellular matrix components and other materials, alone or in combination, simultaneously or temporally, for the ability to induce directed differentiation of pluripotent and multipotent stem cells.
US09334474B2
A culture medium for growing at least one kind of cells is provided. The culture medium includes a carbon nanotube structure and a cell adhesion layer. The cell adhesion layer covers one surface of the carbon nanotube structure. The at least one kind of cells grows on the cell adhesion layer. In addition, a method for manufacturing a culture medium for growing at least one kind of cells is also provided.
US09334473B2
Described herein is a three-dimensional cell culture scaffold composition comprising an absorbent rigid (AR) component, and in some embodiments, further comprises a gel component. The absorbent rigid component preferably comprises a glass fiber material. It is a surprising finding of the present invention that an AR component having a void volume of between approximately 70% and 95% results in a three-dimensional cell culture composition that allows for robust, high-throughput screening and high-content screening accessible tissue models with preserved cell morphology, heterogeneity of cell types and cell populations, extracellular matrix constituents, functional cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions and signaling with sufficient specificities to tissue physiology and pathology.
US09334472B2
An algaculture system includes a pump/tank assembly and mixer that continuously mixes and lifts a quantity of algae, nutrients, water and carbon dioxide. A solar collector that includes a plurality of interconnected tubes communicates with an outlet of the assembly. A plurality of 180 degree fittings interconnects the vertically-oriented tubes together such that the solar connector has an undulating tubular configuration. At least one cooling tube is positioned within at least one interconnected tube of the solar collector. A plurality of axial vortex flow generators is at an intake portion of each of the interconnected tubes. A nutrient replenisher and pH adjuster communicate with the pump/tank assembly. The pump/tank assembly receives the second type of algae. A continuous harvester, in fluid communication with the pump/tank assembly and the solar collector, separates a first type of algae from a second type of algae and directs the first type for further processing.
US09334471B2
The present invention relates to a method for an accelerated fermentation in a fermentation tank 2 with at least a tank cone 2a and a connection flange 4, in particular for beer production. The method comprises the steps: a) sucking in of fermentation fluid M1 from the tank 2 via a first circulation pipe 40 by means of a circulation pump 30; b) inducing of the drive fluid M1 that is now pumped by the circulation pump 30 via a second circulation pipe 50 in a mixing member 10 that is arranged within the tank cone 2a at a height L of 350 mm-1800 mm between the bottom edge of the connection flange 4 and the bottom edge of the mixing member 10; and c) generating of a jet directed upwards and exiting through an outlet opening 18 of the mixing member 10, so that the yeast cells stay for a longer time in suspension in the tank 2 by means of an in such a way improved convective current. The invention relates moreover to a corresponding device.
US09334470B2
[Purpose]To provide a cleaning liquid composition that has excellent removability for metallic impurities and particulates, does not cause corrosion of Cu, and can clean a semiconductor substrate having copper wiring in a production process for an electronic device such as a semiconductor device.[Solution means]A cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a semiconductor substrate having copper wiring, the cleaning liquid composition containing one or more types of basic compound containing no metal, and one or more types of phosphonic acid-based chelating agent, and having a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of 8 to 10.
US09334466B2
Variants of Bacillus sp. no. 707 alpha-amylase are provided that are produced more efficiently and thus more economically. Higher fermentation yields are achieved through introducing amino acid variations that promote solubility of the variant in a fermentation broth. Increased solubility allows more enzyme to remain in solution after expression in a host cell. This in turn increases the efficiency with which the expressed variant enzyme can be recovered from the fermentation broth.
US09334462B2
A lubricating composition includes one or more base oils, at least one dimercaptothiadiazole derivative, at least one ethylene and alpha-olefin copolymer and at least one amine thiophosphate. The composition can be used for lubricating transmissions such as gearboxes and axles, preferably the manual gearboxes of motor vehicles and enable a reduction in the fuel consumption of vehicles, in particular of motor vehicles, due to the combination of the ethylene and alpha-olefin copolymer, dimercaptothiadiazole derivative and amine thiophosphate which decreases the coefficient of friction of the lubricating composition.
US09334461B2
The invention relates to a high-temperature grease which is used inter alia in corrugated cardboard plants and comprises exclusively fluorine-free base oil.
US09334459B2
A composition for inhibiting oxidation includes an anionic, hydrophilic, water soluble polymer, an anionic surfactant, and water.
US09334458B2
Most of the abundant naturally occurring low rank coal, which has a high moisture content and a high oxygen content, is transported with poor efficiency; utilized for heating with degraded thermal efficiency because of the loss of heat due to sensible heat for heating moisture and latent heat for vaporizing moisture; and utilized in existing coal combustion facilities with difficulty due to a high volatile component content. A complex system of the present invention for utilizing coal for manufacture of char and raw material gas and electric power generation is adopted to include: a drying unit for drying low rank coal of a high moisture content; a reformer for reforming the low rank coal that has been dried in the drying unit; a fluidized bed combustor for employing, as a fuel, the reformed coal obtained in the reformer; a producer gas supply pipe for supplying a combustion exhaust gas from the fluidized bed combustor as a pyrolytic and gasifying agent to the reformer; and a catalyst reforming unit for reforming a volatile component and the producer gas obtained from the low rank coal reformed in the reformer.
US09334452B2
A process for the production of high yields of high quality products from heavy hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is provided comprising a two-stage, close-coupled process, wherein the first stage comprises a thermal-catalytic zone into which is introduced a mixture comprising the feedstock, coal, dispersed catalyst, and hydrogen; and the second, close-coupled stage comprises a catalytic-hydrotreating zone into which substantially all the effluent from the first stage is directly passed and processed under hydrotreating conditions.
US09334448B2
Hydrogen sulfide evolution from asphalt or heavy fuel oil may be reduced or eliminated using an additive to act as a scavenger. Zinc, in conjunction with an additional metal selected from Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cr, Zr, when present in the form of nano-particles of an oxide, borate or carboxylate is an effective component is preventing or mitigating the evolution of hydrogen sulfide. The nano-particles may be used neat or as a dispersion. These metals may also be complexed and used in the form of a solution. Molybdenum, when used with one or both of Fe and Zn is also a useful in any of these forms for the same purpose.
US09334445B2
The present invention relates to amine based additive composition for controlling and inhibition of polymerization of aromatic vinyl monomers including styrene comprising (a) one or more of nitroxide (i.e. nitroxyl) compounds; and (b) one or more of aromatic nitro compounds, characterized in that the said composition further comprises one or more of (c) amines, wherein said amine is selected from a group comprising (i) hydroxyl alkyl tertiary amines, (ii) tertiary alkyl amines, (iii) hydroxyl alkyl primary amine; and (iv) mixture thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention also relates to method of using presently provided composition. In another embodiment, the present invention also relates to method of controlling and inhibiting polymerization of aromatic vinyl monomers including styrene by employing presently provided composition. In still another embodiment, the present invention also relates to method of preparation of presently provided composition.
US09334444B1
The present invention relates to sorohalide compounds having formula A3B2X9, where A is an alkali metal, B is a rare earth metal, and X is a halogen. Optionally, the sorohalide includes a dopant D. Such undoped and doped sorohalides are useful as scintillation materials or phosphors for any number of uses, including for radiation detectors, solid-state light sources, gamma-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, and drilling applications.
US09334442B2
The invention provides a a luminescent material comprising particles of UV-luminescent material having a coating, wherein the coating (a “multi-layer coating”) comprises a first coating layer and a second coating layer, wherein the first coating layer is between the luminescent material and the second coating layer, and wherein in a specific embodiment the second coating layer comprises an alkaline earth oxide, especially MgO. Further, the invention provides a lighting unit comprising such luminescent material.
US09334440B2
A process of synthesizing nanocrystals, the process including contacting a first precursor, a ligand compound, and a second precursor in a solvent having a boiling point of less than or equal to about 150° C. and a polarity index of less than or equal to 5, and performing a thermal decomposition reaction between the first precursor and the second precursor at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure and at a higher temperature than a boiling point of the solvent, wherein at least one of the first precursor and the second precursor is a metal-containing precursor.
US09334436B2
A method to recover oil from an oil bearing substrate, and a reclaimed oil produced thereby having improved properties relative to the oil originally present in the substrate. Fluids comprising the recovered oil are also disclosed.
US09334433B2
The current invention relates to a moisture-hardening composition that contains, in addition to a silane-functional polymer with end groups of formula (I), a reaction product that can be manufactured from an amino silane with primary amino groups and an alkene that is free of silane groups. The compositions are characterized by improved expandability with concurrent high reactivity, good adhesion characteristics, and high tear strength and are suited especially for use as elastic bonding substance or sealant.
US09334419B2
UV-curable coating compositions are provided including (in weight %) 5-50% cycloaliphatic crosslinker of the formula wherein R is wherein X is a C1-4 straight chain, 20-55% of a summed amount of an oxetane crosslinker and an epoxy diluent, 35-45% epoxy functionalized silicon nanoparticles, 1-5% epoxy silane adhesion promoter and 0.5-2% photoinitiator.
US09334413B2
An ink set includes a first ink containing a fatty acid and a self-dispersing pigment, and at least either a second ink containing a resin-dispersed pigment and substantially no fatty acid or a third ink containing a self-dispersing pigment and substantially no fatty acid.
US09334411B2
Disclosed is an aqueous pigment dispersion including water and a base metal pigment, in which the base metal pigment is a base metal pigment which is surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound, and when performing an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy analysis of a base metal pigment surface, a concentration of a fluorine element is 21 atm % to 35 atm %.
US09334400B2
There is provided a highly branched lipophilic polymer that is excellent in blending and dispersing properties in a matrix resin, and is possible to provide surface modification properties such as excellent lipophilicity (anti-fingerprint property) and the like to a coating that is obtained from the resin composition while the intrinsic transparency of the resin is not impaired; and a photopolymeizable composition comprising the highly branched lipophilic polymer. A highly branched lipophilic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A containing two or more radically polymerizable double bonds per molecule and a monomer B containing a C6-30 alkyl group or a C3-30 alicyclic group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond per molecule in the presence of 5 to 200 mol % of a polymerization initiator C relative to the number of moles of the monomer A. A photopolymeizable composition comprising the highly branched lipophilic polymer.
US09334394B1
A farnesene polymer is provided having a glass transition temperature greater than zero degrees Celsius that is obtained by combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more vinyl aromatic comonomers to provide a monomer feed and polymerizing the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst. The farnesene polymer may be included as a resin in a rubber composition for tire applications.
US09334391B2
Sintered spherical BN particles having secondary particles formed of aggregated primary BN particles, in which the number ratio of particles, each having a recess on its surface is 50% or more in the sintered spherical BN particles, and each of the sintered spherical BN particles has a compressive strength of 0.1 MPa to 100 MPa. The sintered spherical BN particles are not only excellent in heat dissipation properties and adhesiveness, but also have high compressive strength, and therefore, show a small variation in heat dissipation properties and is free from conduction failure, which would otherwise be caused by exfoliation of the copper foil, when used as a filling material for a polymer composite material.
US09334388B2
The invention relates to water-redispersible dispersion powder compositions based on polymers of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein one or more gemini surfactants are present.
US09334377B2
There is provided a process for producing a resin composition in a safe and cost-effective manner, the resin composition being a dispersion of active particles reactive with oxygen in a thermoplastic resin. The process is one for producing a resin composition containing at least a thermoplastic resin and active particles that have been dispersed in the thermoplastic resin and are reactive with oxygen in an atmosphere, the process comprising the steps of: protecting the active particles with a dispersion medium to prevent oxygen in the atmosphere from contacting with the active particles; removing the dispersion medium while melt-kneading the thermoplastic resin and the active particles protected with the dispersion medium to replace the dispersion medium with the thermoplastic resin; and cooling and solidifying the thermoplastic resin with the active particles dispersed therein.
US09334370B2
A poly(imide-amide) copolymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 3: wherein substituents, groups and variables in Chemical Formulae 1 to 3 are as defined in the specification.
US09334369B2
The present invention provides a polyimide precursor composition comprising a polyimide precursor and a thermal base generator having the structure of formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Y⊖ are as defined in the specification. The present invention also provides a polyimide prepared from the aforementioned precursor composition, and a preparation method thereof.
US09334365B2
Provided is a xylylenesebacamide resin molding which is excellent in mechanical strength such as elastic modulus and avoids the problem of mechanical strength loss during long-term use. This is a molding of a polyamide resin or a polyamide resin composition containing the polyamide resin, wherein 70 mol % or more of the diamine structural unit is derived from xylylenediamine (A) and 50 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid structural unit is derived from sebacic acid (B), and the molding has a crystallinity index of 0 to 50% and a moisture content of 0.1 to 2% by mass.
US09334363B2
This invention relates to the synthesis of polycarbonates prepared from carbonate monomers derived from the biomass in the presence of a system comprising an organometallic transfer agent and alcohol. It also relates to the polymers resulting from these cyclic compounds.
US09334361B2
Process for preparing hyperbranched polyesters at atmospheric pressure by reacting polyols with polycarboxylic acid in the presence of a heterogeneous, reusable, acid, crystalline, micro-mesoporous double-metal cyanide catalyst Zn3M2(CN)n(ROH).xZnCl2.yH2O at moderate temperatures for a short period of reaction time. Examples of a polyol include glycerol, sorbitol, mannitol, glucose and sucrose. Examples of a polycarboxylic acid include succinic acid and adipic acid. The hyper-branched polyester produced has a high degree of branching (56-90%), a low viscosity (inherent viscosity 0.02-0.1 dL/g), and a controlled gelation.
US09334357B2
Polymeric reaction products of certain aromatic alcohols with certain diaryl-substituted aliphatic alcohols are useful as underlayers in semiconductor manufacturing processes.
US09334353B2
To provide a method for producing polymer particles from an acrylamide monomer by a normal phase suspension polymerization method, polymer particles, a packing material for a chromatography column using the particles, and a chromatography column. A method for producing polymer particles, comprising dispersing a monomer composition comprising a multifunctional monomer having a plurality of N-substituted acrylamide groups in an aqueous medium; and polymerizing the dispersed monomer composition.
US09334347B2
This invention relates to a composition, comprising: an unsaturated functionalized monomer of from about 5 to about 30 carbon atoms, which is: (a) polymerized to form a functionalized polymer; (b) copolymerized with a comonomer to form a functionalized copolymer; or (c) reacted with an enophilic reagent to form a polyfunctionalized monomer. The polyfunctionalized monomer may be polymerized to form a polyfunctionalized polymer which may be further reacted with one or more additional reagents. The invention relates to lubricants, functional fluids, fuels, dispersants, detergents and polymeric resins.
US09334344B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) having a median grain size of from 10 to 80 μm by suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride, the process comprising the following process steps: (a) introduction of water, initiator(s), optionally one or more further adjuvants, and some of the vinyl chloride into a container as initial charge and mixing of the constituents; (b) dispersion, and addition of one or more suspension auxiliaries with continued dispersion; (c) heating of the mixture; (d) addition of the remaining vinyl chloride; and (e) working-up of the product.
US09334332B2
Provided herein, in one aspect, are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a human KIT antigen comprising the fourth and/or fifth extracellular Ig-like domains (that is, D4 and/or D5 domains), polynucleotides comprising nucleotide sequences encoding such antibodies, and expression vectors and host cells for producing such antibodies. The antibodies can inhibit KIT activity, such as ligand-induced receptor phosphorylation. Also provided herein are kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to a KIT antigen, as well as methods of treating or managing a KIT-associated disorder or disease and methods of diagnosing a KIT-associated disorder or disease using the antibodies described herein.
US09334331B2
Various bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both blood coagulation factor IX/activated blood coagulation factor IX and blood coagulation factor X and functionally substitute for the cofactor function of blood coagulation factor VIII, that is, the function to promote activation of blood coagulation factor X by activated blood coagulation factor IX, were produced. From these antibodies, multispecific antigen-binding molecules having a high activity of functionally substituting for blood coagulation factor VIII were successfully discovered.
US09334327B2
The disclosure relates to agents that inhibit the activity of osteoprotegerin and their use in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
US09334309B2
The present invention provides novel agents for broad spectrum influenza neutralization. The present invention provides agents for inhibiting influenza infection by bind to the influenza virus and/or hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides and/or HA receptors, and reagents and methods relating thereto. The present invention provides a system for analyzing interactions between infolds and the interaction partners that bind to them.
US09334307B2
A compound can destabilize a binding interaction between an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and a sodium/glucose co-transporter 1 (SGLT 1). In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide derived from the interacting domain of EGFR. In another embodiment, the peptide is administered to a patient to treat cancer.
US09334305B2
The invention relates to synthetic peptide amide ligands of the kappa opioid receptor and particularly to agonists of the kappa opioid receptor that exhibit low P450 CYP inhibition and low penetration into the brain. The synthetic peptide amides of the invention conform to the structure: The compounds are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of pain and inflammation associated with a variety of diseases and conditions.
US09334303B2
A peptide compound and composition useful for binding to amyloid-β peptides and/or preventing or reducing the formation of amyloid plaques, especially by inhibiting polymerization of the amyloid peptide in the form of amyloid plaques, and a method of treatment of a disease in which the formation of amyloid plaques occurs.
US09334302B2
The present invention relates to a method of removing an Fmoc group, including a step of mixing a compound represented by the formula (I): HS-L-COOH (I) wherein L is a C1-8 alkylene group optionally having substituent(s), an amino group-containing compound protected by an Fmoc group, and a base to give a reaction mixture containing a compound represented by the formula (II): Fm—S-L-COOH (II) wherein Fm is a 9-fluorenylmethyl group, and L is as mentioned above, and an amino group-containing compound, and a step of removing the compound represented by the formula (II) by washing the obtained reaction mixture with a basic aqueous solution. According to the present invention, a removal method of Fmoc group, which can remove a dibenzofulvene derivative as a byproduct with ease, can be provided.
US09334301B2
A nucleic acid construct, a method of preparing a nanoparticle by using the nucleic acid construct, and a nanoparticle and nanoparticle complex prepared using the method. Various types of metal nanoparticles may be efficiently prepared using the template for preparing a nanoparticle and the nanoparticle prepared using the template.
US09334293B2
Alkyl chlorosilanes from the manufacture of dialkyldichlorosilanes are rearranged in continuous fashion to dialkyldichlorosilane by a rearrangement reaction in a moving bed reactor employing a solid alumina catalyst containing aluminum chloride, spent catalyst being continuously removed from the reactor.
US09334281B2
Provided are compounds, methods and kits for identifying in cells of interest organelles including nuclei and a wide variety of organelles other than nuclei (non-nuclear organelles), as well as cell regions or cell domains. These compounds and methods can be used with other conventional detection reagents for identifying the location or position or quantity of organelles and even for distinguishing between organelles in cells of interest.
US09334275B2
Methods for the synthesis of an indole in provided. Methods comprise oxidizing a N-aryl imine in the presence of a palladium-based catalyst, an oxidant, and a solvent.
US09334265B2
A compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Wherein: Het is a 5 to 10-membered heteroaromatic ring; Either X is N and Y is CR5; or X is C and Y is S; Z is selected from N and CH; R1 is selected from H and C1-2alkyl; R2 is selected from H, C1-2alkyl, OH, —CH2OH and C1-2alkoxy; Each R3 is independently selected from OH, C1-3alkyl, F, Cl, Br, NH2, and C1-3alkoxy; R4 is selected from C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3alkyl; R5 is selected from H, C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3alkyl; R6 and R7 are either i) each independently selected from H, C1-3alkyl and C1-3alkoxy; or ii) R6 and R7 together with the ring to which they are attached form a 9-membered bicyclic ring; p is 0-3; and RA is selected from H and C1-3alkyl, compositions containing them, their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of tuberculosis, and methods for the preparation of such compounds, are provided.
US09334260B2
The present adventure relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) or (II), to the use of the compounds in electronic devices, to a process for the preparation of the compounds, and to electronic devices comprising the compounds, preferably as matrix materials or as electron-transport materials.
US09334251B2
Compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for treatment of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, familial frontotemporal dementia/Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinsonism-dementia complex, argyrophilic grain dementia, dementia pugilistic, diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification, progressive subcortical gliosis and tangle only dementia.
US09334249B2
Compounds of Formula (I) wherein n, R1, R1A, R2, R4 and Z are defined herein, are useful for the treatment of cytomegalovirus disease and/or infection.
US09334248B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one compound (I) by reacting a 2-halobenzonitrile compound (II) with a thiol compound (III) to form an intermediate (IV) and subsequently reacting the intermediate (IV) with a halogenation agent in the presence of water to form a reaction mixture (RM), comprising the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one compound (I) and a halide compound (V).
US09334246B2
Disclosed herein are triazine compounds and methods of making and using thereof to treat malaria, provide chemoprophylaxis, and/or treat or inhibit infection by one or more Plasmodium spp.
US09334242B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
US09334234B2
A carbamate-functional material is prepared by reacting a carbamate compound with a hydroxy-functional material using titanium (IV) alkoxide as catalyst.
US09334232B2
The present invention relates to a process comprising the reaction of a cyanide with an amino acid and an aldehyde, characterized in that the cyanide is a cyanide salt, the amino acid is aspartic acid and/or glutamic acid in the acidic form, and the process is performed under acidic pH by the addition of between 0 and 1 equivalent of an acid based on the amount of aspartic or glutamic acid.
US09334229B2
Hydroxytyrosol derivative compositions, methods for their manufacture, and their use in personal care products are disclosed. Lipophilic hydroxytyrosol carbonate ester compound can be made by oxidizing a substituted hydroxybenzaldehyde compound with an oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide under mild conditions. The process involves enzymatic esterification of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenol to form the corresponding ester, the introduction of a formyl group ortho to the phenolic hydroxyl group of the ester to form a lipophilic formyltyrosol ester; oxidation of the lipophilic formyltyrosol ester with a peroxide compound to form a lipophilic hydroxytyrosol ester compound; and reaction of lipophilic hydroxytyrosol ester compound with carbonic acid ester derivatives to form a lipophilic hydroxytyrosol carbonic ester compound. These compounds are useful is a wide variety of personal care compositions as anti-aging compounds that are stable against oxidation.
US09334224B2
This invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkenoic acid esters comprising contacting a lactone with an alcohol and an acidic catalyst in the gas phase, characterized in that the process is carried out in the presence of at least 0.26 wt. % water, relative to the amount of the lactone. The process may result in a good production yield and selectivity with respect to the production of alkenoic acid esters and may also result in less formation of dialkylethers. The improved yield advantageously allows energy conservation.
US09334223B2
Process for the preparation of 2-phenyl-2-methyl propanoic acid derivatives, useful as intermediates in the preparation of fexofenadine hydrochloride.
US09334216B2
The invention relates to a method for producing alkoxyphenol from hydroxyphenol, comprising an O-alkylation reaction of at least one hydroxyphenol into at least one alkoxyphenol, said reaction being carried out using an O-alkylating agent, an aqueous solvent containing a Bröensted base, and an organic solvent, with a base/O-alkylating agent ratio of between 0.5 and 1.5 in moles of base per mole of O-alkylating agent, an O-alkylating agent/hydroxyphenol ratio of between 0.5 and 2 moles of O-alkylating agent per mole of hydroxyphenol, and an organic solvent/hydroxyphenol ratio of less than 280 mL, preferably between 10 and 250 mL and more preferably still between 50 and 150 mL of organic solvent per mole of hydroxyphenol. The invention also relates to a method for producing at least one alkoxy-hydroxybenzaldehyde from at least one hydroxyphenol compound.
US09334212B2
Described herein are compounds of Formula (I): or a salt thereof; wherein: R1 and R5 are independently selected from H, OH and alkoxy; R2-R4 and R6-R8 are independently selected from H, OH, F, Cl, Br, and I; R9 and R10 are independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl; with the proviso that: at least one of R1 and R5 is OH or alkoxy; and at least one of R2-R4 and R6-R8 is F, Cl, Br or I; compositions comprising said compounds; and methods of making and using the same.
US09334208B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and/or 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane, comprising the following steps: (a) catalytic reaction of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and/or 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane with HF into a reaction mixture comprising HCl, 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, unreacted HF, and optionally 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane; (b) separating the reaction mixture into a first stream comprising HCl and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a second stream comprising HF, 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and optionally 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane; (c) catalytic reaction of the second stream into a reaction mixture comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, HCl, unreacted 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, unreacted HF and optionally 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane and (d) feeding the reaction mixture of step (c) directly without separation to step (a).
US09334206B2
The invention relates to a separation process whereby 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233xf) is separated from a mixture containing other fluorinated organics and high boiling materials such as dimers using azeotropes of HF formed by adding appropriate amounts to the mixture which facilitate separation by, e.g. distillation.
US09334204B1
The present disclosure provides oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) systems for small scale and world scale production of olefins. An OCM system may comprise an OCM subsystem that generates a product stream comprising C2+ compounds and non-C2+ impurities from methane and an oxidizing agent. At least one separations subsystem downstream of, and fluidically coupled to, the OCM subsystem can be used to separate the non-C2+ impurities from the C2+ compounds. A methanation subsystem downstream and fluidically coupled to the OCM subsystem can be used to react H2 with CO and/or CO2 in the non-C2+ impurities to generate methane, which can be recycled to the OCM subsystem. The OCM system can be integrated in a non-OCM system, such as a natural gas liquids system or an existing ethylene cracker.
US09334201B2
An organic composition for use with plants is presented. The organic composition is a mixture of filtration waste with or without sand and further includes optional constituents such soil(s) and/or compostable material(s) and/or non-compostable material(s). The filtration waste further includes carbon, diatomaceous earth, and sugar. In some embodiments, the filtration waste is a byproduct from the refinement of sugar. In other embodiments, the filtration waste may be prepared by combining sugar, diatomaceous earth, and carbon. In yet other embodiments, the organic composition is prepared by removing the filtration waste from filtering equipment after the refinement of sugar and mixing the filtration waste with soil(s), compostable material(s), and/or non-compostable material(s). The organic composition is suitable for use as a growth medium for plants, a soil amendment, a soil additive, or a soil supplement.
US09334200B2
A system and method for providing fertilizer for crop production in an aqueous solution comprising nano-sized fertilizer particles, which are free of any chemical side chain and free any micelle to protect the nano-sized particle from re-agglomeration, suspended therein for improved uptake by the population of the crop.
US09334193B2
A wear resistant member formed of ceramic sintered body mainly composed of silicon nitride, the ceramic sintered body containing 10 to 3500 ppm of an Fe component in terms of Fe element, more than 1000 ppm to 2000 ppm of a Ca component in terms of Ca element, and 1 to 2000 ppm of a Mg component in terms of Mg element, wherein a β-phase ratio of silicon nitride crystal grains is 95% or more, a maximum longer diameter of the silicon nitride crystal grains is 40 μm or less, Ca component existing in grain boundary phase is not detected by XRD (X-ray Diffraction method), and each of dispersions in Vickers hardness, fracture toughness and density of the wear resistant member is within a range of ±10%. According to this structure, there can be obtained a wear resistant member comprising a ceramic sintered body improved in grinding-work property in addition to an excellent wear resistant property.
US09334190B2
A refractory ceramic batch with the composition of 75 to 98% by weight of at least one basic base material from the group having sintered magnesia and fused magnesia, 2 to 25% by weight. of at least one granular aggregate from the group having silicon carbide, silicon nitride, silicon oxycarbide, silicon oxycarbonitride, and a maximum 5% by weight of other constituents.
US09334188B2
A method for processing a glass sheet includes a scribing step of heating a part of a glass sheet with laser light which is transmitted through the glass sheet from a first main surface of the glass sheet to a second main surface of the glass sheet, and moving an irradiation position of the laser light on the glass sheet, thereby forming a scribe line on at least the second main surface of the glass sheet.
US09334185B2
A device for manufacturing a hollow glass item is provided. The device includes a mold having a cavity with a shape substantially corresponding to the outer shape of the glass item and a punch movable between a passive position outside the cavity and an active position inside the cavity, the punch including a hollow body having at least one raised or hollow pattern on at least one outer surface. A method and a punch are also provided.
US09334180B2
A stream of acid mine discharge is treated by mixing an alkaline aqueous solution of sodium borohydride to form a precipitate which is separated from the stream.
US09334179B2
A water treatment system includes a water treatment unit and insulators. The water treatment unit is provided in an intermediate portion of a water passage allowing target water to flow, and produces bactericidal factors in the target water utilizing a discharge. The insulators are provided at an inflow side and an outflow side of the water treatment unit, respectively, and electrically insulate the water flowing to and out of the water treatment unit from the water treatment unit. The insulator at the inflow side sprays the target water to insulate the water. The insulator at the outflow side allows the target water to fall down from the water treatment unit to insulate the water.
US09334167B2
The present invention relates to a method of forming nanostructures or nanomaterials. The method comprises providing a thermal control barrier on a substrate and forming the nanostructures or nanomaterials. The method may, for example, be used to form carbon nanotubes by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using a carbon containing gas plasma: The temperature of the substrate may be maintained at less than 350° C. while the carbon nanotubes are formed.
US09334164B2
A hydrogen generator (100) includes: a hydrogen generating unit (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material gas; a hydro-desulfurizer (7) configured to remove a sulfur compound in the raw material gas supplied to the hydrogen generating unit (1); a first gas channel (5) through which the raw material gas supplied through the hydro-desulfurizer (7) to the hydrogen generating unit (1) flows; a recycle channel (10) through which the hydrogen-containing gas from the hydrogen generating unit (1) is supplied to the raw material gas in the first gas channel (5) located upstream of the hydro-desulfurizer (7); a raw material gas supply unit (6) disposed between the hydro-desulfurizer (7) and a meeting point where the first gas channel (5) and the recycle channel (10) meet; and a first on-off valve (8) disposed between the raw material gas supply unit (6) and the hydro-desulfurizer (7) to close when the hydrogen generator (100) stops.
US09334163B2
A hydrogen storage method is provided which enables a hydrogen storage alloy to store hydrogen up to a maximum hydrogen storage amount thereof in excess of a generally known theoretical value. In a hydrogenation step, a hydrogen storage ratio calculated as an atomic weight ratio between hydrogen and the hydrogen storage alloy is obtained beforehand as a theoretical value, a pressure at which the hydrogen storage alloy stores hydrogen up to the theoretical value is set as a first pressure value, a pressure value ten or more times greater than the first pressure value is set as a second pressure value, and pressure is increased up to the second pressure value. In a dehydrogenation step, the pressure is decreased from the second pressure value to or below the first pressure value. The hydrogenation step and the dehydrogenation step are repeatedly executed.
US09334162B2
Techniques for CNT solubilization and surface-selective deposition via polymer-mediated assembly are provided. In one aspect, a method for self-assembly of CNTs on a substrate is provided. The method includes the following steps. One or more surfaces of the substrate are coated with a thiol-reactive compound. The substrate is contacted with carbon nanotube-polymer assemblies dispersed in a solvent, wherein the carbon nanotube-polymer assemblies include the carbon nanotubes wrapped in a polymer having side chains with thiol groups. Wherein by way of the step of contacting the substrate with the carbon nanotube-polymer assemblies, the carbon nanotube-polymer assemblies selectively bind to the surfaces of the substrate based on an interaction between the thiol groups in the polymer and the thiol-reactive compound on the surfaces of the substrate and thereby self-assemble on the substrate.
US09334158B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a chip package including: a first semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor substrate disposed on the first semiconductor substrate, wherein the second semiconductor substrate includes a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer located between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer, and a portion of the lower semiconductor layer electrically contacts with at least a pad on the first semiconductor substrate; a signal conducting structure disposed on a lower surface of the first semiconductor substrate, wherein the signal conducting structure is electrically connected to a signal pad on the first semiconductor substrate; and a conducting layer disposed on the upper semiconductor layer of the second semiconductor substrate and electrically contacted with the portion of the lower semiconductor layer electrically contacting with the at least one pad on the first semiconductor substrate.
US09334152B2
A stirrup for saddles. The stirrup includes a pair of side members that extend upwardly from opposing sides of a tread. The tread is provided with a forwardly and downwardly slanted orientation. The orientation of the tread places a rider's foot in a heels-up position in which the rider's heel is above the toes. The heels-up position may be beneficial to professional and experienced riders participating in rodeo events like team roping, barrel racing, or other events in which the rider benefits from being in a forward position over or in front of the saddle. A cross-member extends between upper ends of the side members in a non-parallel orientation relative to the tread. The orientation of the cross-member causes the bottom end of the stirrup to list toward the animal to provide a rider with a more natural position when standing in the stirrups.
US09334150B1
Beverage containers with attached or connected RFID tag. The RFID tag exciter is placed in or near the beverage dispenser for energizing the RFID tag and for discerning information therefrom. The information stored in the beverage containers is used to track it, record the consumable beverage types with which the containers are filled, the number of times the containers are filled, and the records of the types of beverages with which the containers are filled. The combination of different RFID tags is read and translated to identify a particular beverage container. The identity of the beverage container is entered into a smart mobile device application to track, record, and create customized drink selections associated with the identity of the beverage container. The records of the customized beverages are sent to the user's smart mobile device from a computer system connected via wired or wireless communication with the beverage dispensing system.
US09334149B2
A beverage dispensing system comprising a dispensing device including a dispensing valve for dispensing a beverage, an actuator for initiating the dispensing of said beverage through said valve, a display screen having a user interface being coupled to said dispensing device, wireless communication electronics coupled to said beverage dispensing system and adapted to communicate with a wireless transponder and a controller functionally connected to said at least one dispensing valve, said display screen and said wireless communication electronics.
US09334144B2
A winch bracket assembly and method of mounting same on an associated vehicle includes a winch bracket extending from an end of a frame of the vehicle. A mounting arrangement secures the winch bracket to the frame of the associated vehicle and allows the winch bracket to have high rigidity relative to the frame in a first direction and a different, low rigidity relative to the frame in a second direction.
US09334143B2
A manipulation apparatus that directs an operation of a drive device utilized in the movement of an object by changing a turning amount or reference direction of relative turning between a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing and second housing are in close proximity to each other along the turning axis of the relative turning, and each comprise an outer peripheral face having substantially the same diameter around the turning axis of the relative turning or having a substantially circular cross section perpendicular to the turning axis of the relative turning at this proximal position or nearby, and an indicator for indicating, in a mode that is visible by an operator, information related to the turning amount or turning direction of the relative turning is provided to each of the outer peripheral faces of the first housing and the second housing.
US09334135B2
The invention relates to a sheet braking device for braking sheets transported in a transport direction. The sheet braking device comprises at least one holder, at least one sheet guide unit arranged adjacent to the at least one holder, and at least one sheet braking unit which is held by the at least one holder, is arranged adjacent to the at least one sheet guide unit, comprises at least one sheet braking body which has a first braking region to exert a braking force on the sheet to be braked, and comprises at least one second sheet braking body which has a second braking region to exert a braking force on the sheet to be braked. The at least one sheet braking unit is configured in such a way that in order to reduce the speed of the sheet, the first braking region and the second braking region are spaced from each other in the transport direction when acting upon the sheet to be braked.
US09334129B2
An automated mail tray filling apparatus for taking envelopes from a vertical stacker output of an inserter machine and placing them in mail trays. A vertical stack of envelopes rests on a long stacker table. The mail tray filling apparatus has a track positioned next the vertical stacker table parallel to the length of the vertical stacker table. A mail tray transport is positioned beneath the track and arranged to transport mail trays beneath the track in a direction parallel to the vertical stacker table. A movable mail tray filler is movably mounted on the track to travel in parallel next to the vertical stacker table and above the mail tray transport, and is arranged to withdraw envelopes from the end of the vertical stack in a sideways direction. Envelopes are then redirected into a downward direction and fed into a mail tray positioned beneath the movable mail tray filler.
US09334128B2
A vacuum generator module having a substantially rectangular box housing electronic controls for controlling and monitoring the operation of pneumatic vacuum generators and their electrical connections with an electrical power supply and external control members, including an input connector and an output connector installed in one of the faces of the box. The first module is a master module that includes a microcontroller adapted to the communications protocol first of a fieldbus present in a vacuum handling machine incorporating the first module, and secondly of a bus that is dedicated to the other modules. Each of the other modules is a slave module including a microcontroller adapted to the communications protocol of the dedicated bus.
US09334123B2
The disclosure relates to a conveyor screw for a material conveyor system of a construction machine. The conveyor screw comprises a conveyor section which is configured to convey bulk material, and a driving section which is designed to receive a driving torque or a driving force and to transmit it to the conveyor section. The disclosure is characterized in that the conveyor section and the driving section are connected to each other by friction welding.
US09334121B2
A modular spiral belt constructed of a series of hingedly interconnected belt modules arranged in a helical stack. The modular spiral belt includes outer side plates that include openings for airflow and inner side plates that are solid to block airflow. The openings may include valves for selectively opening and closing the openings. A locking mechanism may lock two tiers together. A hold down may apply pressure to prevent destacking of the belt, or a guide may be disposed with the helical stack for preventing destacking.
US09334118B1
A system is provided for treating a trash chute with an aerosolized compound. The system includes an aerosol discharge unit mounted to a door frame of a fire door arrangement of the trash chute with an aerosol outlet thereof in fluid communication with the trash passageway; a liquid diffusion appliance mounted remotely from the trash chute and the fire door arrangement, the liquid diffusion appliance including a compound in liquid form to be aerosolized and including a control system for operating the liquid diffusion appliance to generate the aerosolized compound from the liquid compound and to discharge the aerosolized compound from an appliance outlet of the liquid diffusion appliance; and a conduit coupling the appliance outlet of the liquid diffusion appliance with the aerosol outlet of the discharge unit, the conduit defining an aerosol passageway through which the aerosolized compound travels to be discharged into the trash chute.
US09334117B2
A library manager to determine a relay-point library string when a particular cartridge (specific cartridge) is moved to an empty drive (target drive) for mounting. A method for determining a relay-point library string includes: receiving a command to mount a cartridge in a library string located on one side of the relay-point library string; searching for the target drive among library strings, and finding the target drive in a library string on the other side of an interposed relay-point library string relative to the library string in which the specific cartridge is located; selecting a relay-point library string based on predetermined conditions to move the specific cartridge using shuttle connections to the found target drive; and searching to determine whether or there is a newly available drive in a relay-point library string other than the selected relay-point library string before the selected cartridge reaches the selected relay-point library string.
US09334114B2
A storage system includes a rack with a plurality of layers, each layer including an aisle and a plurality of rows extending from the aisle defining storage locations for items. A shuttle usable with the rack includes a first cart movable along the aisle and a second cart configured to be carriable by the first cart and to be movable along a row. The second cart is configured to carry an item between the first cart and the storage locations. A conveyor is located on one of the first or second carts to move the item onto or off the first cart. Related methods of storing and/or retrieving items from a rack are also disclosed. A rack system is disclosed and is readily assembled without welding, transferring loading so that the weight of the rack and any item stored therein is supported by the upright elements via support brackets.
US09334108B2
A manway hatch is used with a tank defining a chamber in which fluid is stored and/or transported. The manway hatch comprises a base and a cover. The base is configured to be fixed to the tank and defines an opening configured to communicate with the tank chamber. The cover is movably positioned in a covering relationship with the opening and presents an inner cover surface facing the tank chamber. The inner surface is formed at least substantially of a synthetic resin or other non-corrosive material.
US09334104B2
A method for producing a beverage using a portion capsule is proposed. The portion capsule includes a capsule body with a capsule base and a cover, a cavity for accommodating a pulverulent or beverage base being formed between the capsule base and the cover, and a filter element being arranged between the beverage base and the capsule base. The filter element includes a non-woven having a felt structure such that no crema is formed on the beverage. The method includes providing the portion capsule in a first method step, perforating the capsule base by means of an external perforation means in a second method step, and at least partially spacing the filter element apart from the capsule base in a third method step.
US09334101B2
Packaging including a base and a removable lid for the base. The lid is configured for multiple configurations including a first configuration for storing an item and a second configuration for supporting the lid in a substantially upright orientation for displaying the item. Attachment supports can be included in the base for securing the stand in the upright orientation. Lid supports can be included in the attachment support to support the lid. Alternatively or additionally, an insert having a living hinge can be used to support the lid. The base may be substantially rigid or may be configured to be collapsible or to otherwise allow for multiple configurations.
US09334099B2
A heat-shrinkable polymeric cover provides a safe, low cost way to cover a food service pan during food preparation, storage, cooking, transport and reheating. The food pan cover can have a closed top end having a first top edge and a second top edge and an open bottom end having a first bottom edge and a second bottom edge. A first side seal extends from the top end to the bottom end, and a second side seal extends from the top end to the bottom end. A gusset can be formed between the first top edge and the second top edge. The food pan cover can be formed from a single layer of heat-shrinkable polymeric material capable of withstanding a temperature of at least about 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
US09334090B1
A liquid dispensing lid includes a lid body having an upper lower surface and a peripheral edge, and is sized so as to releasably cooperate with a fluid dispensing vessel having an internal cavity, and the lid body further defines a drinking aperture and a vent aperture; an elongated fluid dispensing member is mounted on the upper surface of the lid body; and an elastomeric valve member is releasably borne by the elongated fluid dispensing member, and which further is operable to move the elongated fluid dispensing member along a predetermined path of travel between a first and a second position.
US09334089B2
A delivery device for coupling to the mouth of a container, for controlled delivery of fluids and/or flowing substances, includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a substantially “S” shaped delivery path connecting the inlet and outlet openings. The path includes a first conduit having one end corresponding to the inlet opening within the container, a second conduit, communicating with the first conduit, and a third conduit, communicating with the second conduit having one end corresponding to the outlet opening. The first and second conduits are ring-shaped, the first conduit externally embraces the second conduit and the second conduit externally embraces the third conduit, the first conduit being subdivided in a plurality of channels. A ring-shaped chamber surrounds the first conduit, and a ring-shaped stop element for the inlet opening, forms a ring-shaped fourth conduit communicating with the inlet opening and the first conduit, together forming a two-curve path.
US09334088B2
A dispensing device for a multi-component composition comprises a plurality of collapsible bag compartments (109, 110) located within a housing (101). The compartments extend adjacent each other and have cross-sectional areas that are proportional to an intended volume mixing ratio for the multi-component composition. Each compartment has an opening (123) that communicates with a device outlet at one end of the housing, and an opposite, sealed end that is exposed to pressure from a compression device (103). The compression device acts to collapse the compartments and dispenses the components through the device outlet. The components have different viscosities. The chamber of a less viscous component has a flow control regulator (111) to compensate for extra pressure exerted on that compartment by an adjacent compartment containing a more viscous component. The flow control regulator restricts the flow of the less viscous component, thereby achieving a volume mixing ratio that is closer to the intended volume mixing ratio.
US09334081B2
The folding side-wall container (10, 62, 66) provides for efficient loading and unloading of the containers appropriate for retail re-supply of goods (52, 64, 90). Use of the containers as a distribution container (62) and a wholesale goods container (66) within an automated system (60) for automated transfer by a robotic picker (68) of goods (64) from the wholesale container (66) to the distribution container (62) minimizes labor costs in distribution of the goods (64). The container (10) includes a folding wall (22) that is releasably secured in a closed position by a top lid (34) having an engagement lip (42) that secures a top edge (46) of the folding side or front wall (22). Opening the top lid (34) and then folding down the front wall (22) permits efficient loading and unloading of the container (10).
US09334080B2
A box that has enhanced product package storing efficiency and that can display product packages stored inside. The box includes a box body and a cover that can open and close the upper surface opening of the box body. The box body has a front plate, a back plate, right and left side plate, a bottom plate that has a rectangular shape, and a storage space for a plurality of product packages arranged on both upper and lower levels by placing, on each product package that has been placed on the bottom plate, another product package. The front plate is capable of being tear-opened to form an opening that makes the stored product packages visible, and the opening is provided with a fall preventer that supports the front-most product package on the upper level and prevents it from falling from the opening.
US09334074B2
A method is provided for cutting packages out of a composite film in a thermoform packaging machine by previously detecting the position of the sealed seams and by suitably adapting the position of a cutting pattern. Additionally, a thermoform packaging machine is provided for executing the above-mentioned method.
US09334073B2
The invention relates to a mandrel, a sleeving device and a method for sleeving containers. The mandrel is suspended in the sleeving device. The mandrel opens a foil to form sleeves. The foil is fed around the tubular outer surface of the mandrel. According to the invention the outer surface of the mandrel is formed by at least two separate mandrel bodies. At least one of the mandrel body is biased outwardly to increase the circumference of the outer surface. This circumference is automatically adapted to the current, instantaneous circumference of the foil fed around the mandrel.
US09334060B2
A method of managing aircraft exhaust includes providing hot air at a hot air mass flow rate, providing cold air at a cold air mass flow rate, and mixing the hot air and the cold air at a variable hot air mass flow rate to cold air mass flow rate ratio, wherein the variable hot air mass flow rate to cold air mass flow rate ratio is selectively maintained independent of at least one of (1) a variation in the hot air mass flow rate and (2) a variation in a translational speed of the aircraft.
US09334058B2
A pre-deployed parachute includes a double-drag balloon parachute with an inflation canopy and a first drag generating space, a universal joint attached to the double-drag balloon parachute by a universal joint, a pre-deployed canopy with a second drag generating space and attached to the universal joint, a load attached to the pre-deployed canopy. The inflation of the inflation canopy allows the pre-deployed canopy to be deployed without requiring height difference and any dynamic energy. With the buoyancy and the first drag generated by the double-drag balloon parachute and the second drag generated by the pre-deployed canopy, the pre-deployed parachute is capable of producing three drag forces, and therefore, the pre-deployed parachute can be brought to a stable condition within a very short time, which prevents the discomfort feeling of a sudden free fall at the beginning stage of the parachuting.
US09334052B2
A device receives a request for a flight path from a first location to a second location in a region. The request includes component information associated with components of UAVs in a group. The device calculates a most efficient flight path from the first location to the second location based weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, or regulatory information associated with the region, and determines capability information for the UAVs in the group based on the component information. The device selects, from the UAVs in the group, a particular UAV that is capable of traversing the most efficient flight path based on the capability information, and generates flight path instructions for the most efficient flight path. The device provides the flight path instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the most efficient flight path.
US09334051B2
An apparatus includes an aerial platform which is remotely controlled by an operator using a controller. The apparatus is used to service a detector of a fire safety system. The apparatus includes a frame having a gas canister and a gas delivery cup attached thereto, and a drone attached to the frame which is capable of flying the frame under remote control by the operator. A gripping mechanism for gripping a portion of a detector is provided for servicing the detector.
US09334043B2
A wing assembly and method for operating the wing assembly, the assembly having a main wing and high-lift body movably coupled to the leading edge of the main wing, the coupling achieved by a driving device, an adjusting lever arrangement having a first main wing lever coupled to the main wing formed between a first adjusting lever pivot joint and the high-lift body as well as a second main wing lever coupled to the main wing so as to form an effective lever arm between a second adjusting lever pivot joint and a first adjusting lever pivot joint, and at least one adjusting lever non-rotatably coupled to the high-lift body, the high-lift body being movable between an initial position and a maximally adjusted position with respect to the initial position, at least one guide mechanism aiding movement of the high-lift body.
US09334041B2
A glazing unit is provided in which a two part bush is provided such that relative movement between a fastener, a glazing component and a wing skin is permitted, thus avoiding stress concentrations and lowering risk of damage in use.
US09334036B1
A water jacketed exhaust component includes an exhaust pipe having a radially inwardly tapered tail end, a water jacket disposed in surrounding relation with the exhaust pipe, and a generally V-shaped spray ring. The spray ring includes a first and second set of apertures that create diverging streams of cooling water. A first set of apertures creates an annularly disposed series of streams that are directed downstream and radially inward. These streams are generally directed toward the outer surface of the exhaust pipe structure which extends downstream of the spray ring. A second set of apertures creates an annularly disposed series of streams that are directed downstream and radially outward. These streams are generally directed toward the inner surface of the water jacket structure extending downstream of the spray ring. By providing a water jacketed exhaust component with a spray ring that creates diverging streams of cooling water, the present invention provides a water jacketed marine exhaust component that provides improved exhaust gas cooling over a wider range of engine operating conditions. An alternate embodiment includes a V-shaped spray ring configured to create converging streams of cooling water.
US09334027B1
An apparatus for providing stability and reduced turbulence to a surfboard that is moving along its longitudinal axis includes at least one opening that passes through a surfboard fin when viewed from the side. When viewed in cross-section, each opening includes an optimized tapering profile that extends around an interior perimeter of the opening which reduces turbulence, and thereby lessens drag when the surfboard is moving forward in the water in a direction that is parallel to a center longitudinal axis of the surfboard and fin. The apparatus also significantly reducing side to side resistance when turning the surfboard.
US09334025B2
The present invention relates to a floating coastal structure used in water transportation terminals for production flowage of the petroleum industry. The structure exhibits a constructive configuration comprised of multiple monobuoys interconnected in an arrangement and in a specific dimensional relationship, being capable of reducing the instability and movements generated by the hydrodynamic effect of waves, thereby reducing the stresses of the accessory components, such as mooring lines, oil transfer lines and discharge hoses, connected to it.
US09334000B2
Provided is a rubber track (10) including a track main body (11) formed of a rubber material in an endless belt shape, in which a plurality of lug sections (14, 15) protrude from an outer circumferential surface (11b) of the track main body (11) in a track circumferential direction (A) at an interval, engaging sections (17) engaged with a vehicle wheel of a track-type vehicle are disposed at a portion (16) of the track main body (11) disposed between the lug sections (14, 15) neighboring in the track circumferential direction (A), and through-groove sections (24, 25) passing through the lug sections (14, 15) in the track circumferential direction (A) are formed in the lug sections (14, 15), wherein areas of ground surfaces (26) constituted by top surfaces (14a, 15a) of the plurality of lug sections (14, 15) are different from each other at both sides in a track widthwise direction (B) with respect to an imaginary line (L) which extends in the track circumferential direction (A) throughout the entire circumference and passes over the plurality of engaging sections (17).
US09333990B2
A connection structure may include at least one of left/right front pillars and a cowl, wherein the cowl may include a lower cowl having a body plate extended in a width direction of the vehicle and defining a lower portion of the cowl and a first flange, and an upper cowl covering an upper portion of the lower cowl, wherein the front pillar includes an inner front pillar forming an inner side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and an outer front pillar forming an outer side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and wherein the lower cowl is fixedly coupled to the front pillar by at least one inner side surface of the body plate and the first flange contacting an outer side surface of the inner front pillar.
US09333988B2
A motor vehicle dashboard crossbeam includes a tubular beam made in a single piece provided to extend between the A posts of the structure of the motor vehicle substantially in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle and means for fastening a or each end section of the beam on an A post. The fastening means includes a first and second fastening opening in the longitudinal direction, the first opening being formed through the beam.The fastening means also includes a fastening member attached on the end section, the second fastening opening being formed through the fastening member.
US09333976B2
A track displaceable service vehicle replaces individual worn or damaged idlers with new idlers in the upper run and lower run of a belt conveyor with rising or falling conveying route, in which there is little space for the use of the service vehicle for replacing the idlers. The service vehicle accommodates a magazine for new and worn idlers and auxiliary devices for lifting the belt and removing old and for installing new idlers. A platform carries service personnel, and can be brought into a horizontal position in case of an inclined travel route of the service vehicle. The replacing of worn or defective idlers takes place in certain cycles in which the entire segment of the belt conveyor is removed and all worn and defective idlers are replaced. The service vehicle has a drive and is suitable for long tunnel sections (conveying routes which extend over several kilometers).
US09333974B1
Methods and systems for improving operation of a vehicle driveline that includes an engine and a driveline disconnect clutch that selectively couples the engine to a torque converter are presented. In one non-limiting example, a torque converter clutch is closed before the driveline disconnect clutch is opened so that output of a transmission pump may be maintained and so that torque converter impeller speed may be determined.
US09333970B2
A parameter calculation part calculates an adaptive gain coefficient ‘k’ for the road surface conditions, based on frictional coefficient μ and a slip ratio λ from an acquisition part and a coefficient ‘b’ in a storage part. Subsequently, the parameter calculation part calculates an adaptive time constant τ by which the stability of traction control can be ensured, based on the gain coefficient ‘k’ and a coefficient ‘a’ within the storage part. Along with the calculated gain coefficient ‘k’ being set in a gain multiplication part, the calculated time constant τ is set in a filter part. According to these settings, model following control is executed by taking, as a reference model, an adhesion model in which the driving wheel does not slip. This enhances slip prevention performance while ensuring control stability, making stable travel possible while ensuring the required drive force in accordance with road surface state.
US09333962B2
A method for detecting a malfunction of a brake system may include measuring a deceleration/acceleration upon braking and determining whether the brake system has the malfunction by comparing the measured deceleration/acceleration and a required deceleration/acceleration. If it is determined that the brake system has the malfunction, the method further includes determining whether a braking interval is an interval where braking is performed only through regenerative braking. If so, the method determines that a regenerative brake system has the malfunction. If not, the method further includes determining whether a left friction brake system or a right friction brake system has the malfunction by measuring a yaw rate value and determining whether a front wheel friction brake system or a rear-wheel friction brake system has the malfunction by using a variation amount of a measurement value of the deceleration/acceleration.
US09333958B2
A pneumatic brake assistance arrangement includes a vacuum brake assistance unit comprising a vacuum chamber, and a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump comprises an input shaft, a pumping unit, and a magneto-rheological clutch. The pumping unit comprises a pump rotor and a suction port connected to the vacuum chamber. The magneto-rheological clutch comprises an input clutch body, an output clutch body, a closed clutch liquid gap, a permanent magnet element, and a pneumatic control circuit. The permanent magnet element shifts between an engaged and a disengaged position. The pneumatic control circuit moves the permanent magnet element between the engaged and the disengaged position. The pneumatic control circuit comprises a pneumatic actuation chamber comprising a piston and a passive pretension element. The pneumatic actuation chamber is connected to the vacuum chamber. The piston shifts the permanent magnet element into the engaged position when a high pressure exists in the vacuum chamber.
US09333955B2
In an electropneumatic brake system for a towed vehicle having at least two axles, such as a drawbar trailer, one axle is assigned a first modulator at least with an anti-lock function and another axle is assigned a second modulator at least with an anti-lock function and an additional function. Both modulators are connected to a reservoir pressure, and both modulators load wheel brake cylinders via brake pressure lines. The second modulator is connected to a control line and the first modulator has a connector for a control line. A control line leads from the connector for the control line on the first modulator to the brake pressure line between the second modulator and at least one of its wheel brake cylinders.
US09333951B2
An anti-freezing apparatus and an anti-freezing method using the same are provided. The anti-freezing apparatus includes: a nozzle which sprays anti-freezing liquid to a wind shield; a storage container which stores the anti-freezing liquid; a pump which delivers the anti-freezing liquid stored in the storage container to the nozzle; and a controller which controls the driving of the pump in a stop state and allows the anti-freezing liquid to be sprayed through the nozzle.
US09333948B2
The invention relates to a connecting device (10) for connecting a joining element (46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66) of a wiper arm to a wiper blade (12) in an articulated manner, the supporting element (16) of said wiper blade being rigidly connected to a connecting element (20) of the connecting device (10). The connecting element (20) has at least one mounting web (26) which runs in the longitudinal direction, protrudes into the interior of an adapter (36, 38, 40, 42, 44), and supports a mounting pin (28) that runs transversely to the longitudinal direction. The adapter (36, 38, 40, 42, 44) is pivotably mounted on said mounting pin by mounting means (88), and the adapter (36, 38, 40, 42, 44) is detachably connected to the joining element (46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66). According to the invention, the mounting web (26) is formed on one longitudinal edge of a base (22) of the connecting element (20) only in a short region on the outer end of the connecting element (20), and the mounting pin (28) is secured on the mounting web (26) in cantilevered manner towards the other longitudinal edge of the base (22), while a lateral web (30) is formed on the other longitudinal edge of the base (22) in an offset manner with respect to the inner end of the connecting element (20).
US09333945B2
The present invention discloses a method to deliver a reminder message. The method includes a step of triggering a delivery of the reminder message upon detecting or sensing a reminder message required event-or-activity to prevent a person from forgetting or losing a person item. In an exemplary embodiment, the step of sensing the reminder message required event-or-activity includes a step of detecting or sensing an activity when the person preparing to leave a place for a next destination.
US09333944B2
An anchor pretensioner for a vehicle may include a bracket installed at a vehicle body side or a seat side, a cylinder installed on a lower end portion of the bracket, and in which a microgas generator (MGG) for generating explosive pressure is embedded, a rack installed in the cylinder, and moved upward by the explosive pressure, a rotator rotatably installed on an upper end portion of the bracket, engaged with the rack through a gear portion at a lower end of the rotator, and rotated when the rack is moved upward, and a lower anchor plate coupled to an upper end of the rotator, and connected to a webbing.
US09333937B1
Airbag covers with stress relief features are disclosed. An airbag cover includes a cover face that opens during deployment and one or more sidewalls extending from the cover face to engage a housing of an airbag assembly. One or more tear seams formed in the airbag cover are rupturable upon expansion of the airbag to form the cover face as a hinged door that opens. Excess force can cause a tear seam to propagate through a stop, creating a risk that a portion of the airbag cover will separate from itself or the housing. Stress relief features are disposed in a sidewall to dissipate excess deployment energy and limit undesired breakage of the airbag cover or continued tearing of the tear seam beyond a tear seam stop. The stress relief features disclosed include tear seams and slits oriented transverse to front cover tear seams.
US09333935B2
An airbag deployment assistance member capable of suppressing a variation in rotation amount during airbag deployment and increasing stability of an airbag deployment direction. The airbag deployment assistance member includes an attachment portion attached to a body of a vehicle (V), a holding portion that holds a curtain airbag in a folded state on the inner side, and a hinge portion that connects one end of the attachment portion and a first portion of the holding portion. During deployment of the curtain airbag, the entire holding portion rotates about the hinge portion by the deployment force of the curtain airbag until an outer portion of the first portion makes contact with portions of the attachment portion close to an interior garnish. After the contact, a second portion of the holding portion is allowed to be deformed so as to be open in relation to the first portion.
US09333925B2
A portable, foldable, one-piece device that attaches to an automobile steering wheel as a holder for a variety of electronic or non-electronic devices. A clear vinyl pocket can hold notebook computers, electronic reading devices, fire and police command boards, clipboards, books, newspapers, phone lists, while keeping them completely visible. The durable, single piece, washable construction has no moving parts. It can be folded and easily stored on the visor of a vehicle. Hook and loop fastener strips may be sewn to the device for added utility. Accessories may be temporarily affixed to these fasteners: such as writing utensils, note pads, lights, pictures, or other personal or work related items. A small pocket is sewn alongside the larger clear pocket for storage if desired. The device can be mounted to the passenger side dash with additional fasteners.
US09333924B2
A vehicle storage device for storing and organizing documents, rolled blueprints, and other objects needed when traveling to a construction site. The vehicle storage device includes a main compartment having an interior volume and an open front wall, wherein the main compartment can be integrated into the body of a vehicle. The vehicle storage device further includes one or more secondary compartments disposed within the main compartment, wherein at least one of the secondary compartments is movable between a stored configuration and an extended configuration so as to allow a user convenient access to objects stored therein. A door is secured to the main compartment and removably covers the open front wall thereof so as to remain flush with the exterior of the vehicle. In this way, the exterior of the vehicle has a continuous surface and the aerodynamics thereof are not impacted by the presence of the device.
US09333918B2
An exterior mirror arrangement for motor vehicles, in particular utility vehicles, has a holder mounted on a vehicle, a housing which is fastened, preferably latchably articulatedly connected, to the holder, and a holding member, which is displaceably received in the housing, for a vehicle exterior mirror. The housing has a housing portion which is formed in one piece from plastic and which alone guides the holding member.
US09333916B2
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a plastic bezel and a mirror reflective element. The bezel includes a perimeter bezel portion and a mirror mounting element unitarily formed with the perimeter bezel portion. The mirror mounting element is configured to pivotally attach to a mounting structure of a mounting assembly for mounting the interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with the interior rearview mirror assembly. The reflective element is disposed at the bezel and has a front surface and a rear surface, with the front surface generally facing towards and being viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. The mirror mounting element is disposed rearward of the rear surface of the reflective element when the reflective element is disposed at the bezel.
US09333915B2
A controller includes: a bird's eye image synthesizer generating bird's eye image information for displaying a bird's eye image of a work vehicle and a periphery of the work vehicle; a display controller displaying a first image in which a mark representing an object detected by radar devices overlaps the bird's eye image and a second image captured on the same screen of a monitor; an alarm notifying unit notifying, as the alarm, at least one of a first alarm of displaying a region with the mark differently from a region without the mark in the first image and a second alarm of notifying the existence of the object by a sound; and an alarm releasing unit releasing the alarm in accordance with a releasing order based on a position in which the object exists.
US09333911B2
In a vehicle equipped with a vehicle sound system, determining a virtual fixed gear ratio; determining a virtual RPM based on the virtual fixed gear ratio; generating a set of harmonic signals based on the virtual RPM, the harmonic signals being sine-wave signals proportional to harmonics of the virtual RPM; processing the harmonic signals to produce a set of processed harmonic signals; and in the vehicle sound system, transducing the processed harmonic signals to acoustic energy thereby to produce an engine sound within a passenger cabin of the vehicle.
US09333906B2
A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material having an exposed surface and a light emitting diode device a) other than an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, or b) in the form of an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, the lamp comprising a substrate having a functional surface on which a plurality of light emitting diodes is provided, and which is provided with a layer of transparent encapsulant to cover the light emitting diodes is disclosed. A process for the production of such a vehicle glazing comprising applying adhesive to a surface of the vehicle glazing, positioning the light emitting diode device with respect to the pane of glazing material and activating the adhesive is also disclosed.
US09333905B2
The light emitting module includes a plurality of light emitting elements; a fluorescent substance resin layer containing a fluorescent substance which is excited by light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements to emit visible light; a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and the fluorescent substance resin layer; and a light guiding body layer provided between the reflective surface and the fluorescent substance resin layer, and configured to guide light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements or the fluorescent substance.
US09333903B2
Disclosed are a headlight apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The headlight apparatus provided in a transportation includes a light source unit including at least one light source and emitting a light in a forward direction of the transportation, a light source driving unit supplying a driving current to the at least one light source included in the light source unit, and a control unit receiving information about a driving environment of the transportation and determining a driving condition of the light source unit by using the received information about the driving environment. The driving condition of the light source unit includes a driving current value corresponding to a brightness of the at least one light source included in the light source unit.
US09333901B2
An optical fiber bundle is used in a vehicle headlight, the optical fiber bundle being configured by binding a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber can include a core having an incident end face on which a laser beam is made incident and an emission end face from which the laser beam is emitted. A clad can surround the core. Emission end faces of the respective plurality of optical fibers can be arranged adjacent to one another on a substantially same plane to create an emission end face group, an external shape of which is a substantial rectangle.
US09333900B2
A display apparatus generates a high visibility optical signal, such as an ICON, the ICON comprising a symbol, shape, or other image-like representation. The ICON becomes visible at an observation point during an illumination ON-state. The ICON may be formed as a portion of display medium, for example as a machined portion of a mirror capable of forming images of a scene by reflection in normal operation. The visibility of the ICON in the illumination OFF-state from an observation point is sufficiently low such that the normal operation of the display medium is maintained. The display apparatus may be used in a blind spot warning system for a vehicle. Visible wavelength LEDs, RGB LEDs and/or diode lasers may be utilized as an illumination source. Ultrashort laser processing or other methods for material modification may be utilized to form microscopic features which distribute incident light, increasing the visibility of the optical signal at an observation point in an ON-state, with very low visibility in the OFF-state and minimal effect on the image in the display medium in the OFF state.
US09333898B1
The present invention provides an adjustable decking system for use within a cargo container. The system comprises vertical mounting posts that include a plurality of spaced openings and a slider track with obliquely angled guide channels. Decking beams are selectively adjustable in height along the posts by engaging the openings with end assemblies slidably disposed within the ends of the beams. The posts can accommodate alternative beam end configurations. One configuration includes a foot with angled guide edges slidably captured within the guide channels. An alternate configuration comprises coupled plates that fit directly into the openings and a swivel latched to provide a retaining force. This alternate configuration has an identical latch mechanism at both ends and is reversibly mountable within the decking beam.
US09333897B1
Improvements in a cargo holder are disclosed. The cargo hold is configurable to accommodate a variety of different shapes and sizes to retain cargo or boxes in an essentially fixed secure position. Monkey Grabs cargo hold takes the standard four tied down areas in the bed of a vehicle and convert to 24 optional tied down areas. The cargo hold does not include any metal components. The cargo hold has multiple securing loops along lengths of the straps for a user to connect into the ends and along the length of the strap to create additional securing locations. This makes the cargo hold a far more useful cargo hold. The cargo hold is configured in a rectangular configuration to connect along the sides of the bed of a truck and also placed across the bed for more versatile uses of the monkey grip cargo hold.
US09333895B2
Connectors for tie down devices and methods of use are provided herein. According to some embodiments, a connector device may include two hooks that each comprise a ring section and a hooked section, the two hooks being coupled together such that when the ring sections of two hooks are aligned the hooked sections of the two hooks are moved away from one another and disposed into a locked configuration.
US09333889B1
A seat assembly having an inflatable bladder and a method of assembly. The seat assembly may have a seat cushion that may have a slit. The inflatable bladder may be inserted through a slit from a second surface of the seat cushion toward a first surface and may be received in the indentation.
US09333886B2
A method of assembling a vehicle seat is provided, comprising: providing a seat back frame; forwardly movably connecting a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant to the seat back frame; mounting a rear-end collision detector to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, operatively connecting the rear-end collision detector to the headrest; disposing a link member at a position lateral to the rear-end collision detector; forming a front extending portion that inwardly extends in a right-to-left direction at a front end of a lateral face of the side frame; and forming a rear extending portion that inwardly extends in the right-to-left direction; wherein a protruding portion is formed from a portion of the lateral face of the side frame that faces at least the part of the bracket, the link support shaft being disposed at a same height as the protruding portion.
US09333885B2
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat member, a back member, and a base having a track and a guide with horizontal and vertical portions. The seat member is connected to the base by scissors linkage engaging the track to provide vertical and rearward translation of the seat member between use and stowed positions. The back member has a lower portion engaging the guide and providing horizontal and vertical translation of the lower portion of the back member, and rotation of the back member between upright and stowed positions.
US09333878B2
A vehicle seat suspension mat (12) comprises suspension springs (14) for supporting a seat cushion (16) and a pressure sensor module (18) arranged on the springs for being applied against a bottom surface of the seat cushion. The pressure sensor module produces an electrical signal responsive to pressure acting on it. The pressure sensor module comprises a base plate (20) and a film-type pressure sensor (22) arranged on the base plate. The pressure sensor includes a pressure-sensitive cell (36). The base plate comprises a frame (26) and an actuator (28) that is linked to the frame in such a way that it is capable of movement relative to the frame. The actuator is arranged against the pressure-sensitive cell of the film-type pressure sensor and comprises a fixation element (48) fixing the base plate to the springs. The fixation element provides a spacing between the base plate and the springs.
US09333876B2
A cable transportation system has a pull cable; at least one transportation unit moving along a given path and connectable selectively to the pull cable by a coupling device; at least one passenger station where the transportation unit is detached from the pull cable; and an auxiliary drive device having a linear electric motor extending along a portion of the given path to move the transportation unit along the passenger station.
US09333863B2
A vehicle includes a traveling battery storing electric power, an auxiliary battery connected to the traveling battery, a DC/DC converter supplying the electric power from the traveling battery to the auxiliary battery, and an engine operated at a load corresponding to the electric power supplied from the traveling battery to the auxiliary battery. If the load of the engine is smaller than a threshold value during load operation of the engine, the DC/DC converter supplies the electric power from the traveling battery to the auxiliary battery.
US09333862B2
A control device for an AC electric vehicle that is applied to a configuration in which an SIV is connected to an intermediate DC circuit unit between a CONV that converts an AC voltage input through a main transformer to a DC voltage and an INV that converts the DC voltage to an AC voltage, in which a carrier frequency fc of the CONV is changed on the basis of initial temperature (initial value of Tcnv) of a converter main circuit element when a vehicle is stopped and input current Isiv of the SIV such that a temperature variation of a converter main circuit element when the vehicle is stopped is reduced.
US09333858B2
A PTO transmission system in a vehicle for transmitting power to a PTO shaft driving an implement comprises a planetary drive unit having first and second input and output coupled to the PTO shaft. The first and second input means are coupled to an output shaft of the vehicle engine and to an output shaft of a drive motor, respectively. A control system controls the transfer of power from a power source to the drive motor. The power source is a variable power generating source driven by the PTO shaft. The drive motor is configured and adapted to decrease or increase the rotational speed of the output of the planetary drive unit on an increase or decrease of the power transferred to it, respectively.
US09333857B2
A drive axle system (10) and a method for adapting a shift schedule of a drive axle system (10) based on an input is provided. The drive axle system (10) comprises a first shaft (18), a first axle assembly (14), a second axle assembly (16), a clutching device (28), a controller (55), and a plurality of sensors (75). The plurality of sensors (75) are in communication with the controller (55) for sensing at least one of an environmental condition and at least one operating condition the drive axle system (10). Based on the information from the plurality of sensors (75) the controller (55) selects one of a plurality of shift schedules and places the clutching device (28) in one of a first position and a second position.
US09333849B2
An airflow directing assembly and associated method of assembling same, includes an air deflector having a first portion mounted in the vehicle engine compartment rearwardly of the bumper beam and including a separating wall that extends between and segregates a first, upper air flow path from a second, lower air flow path. The airflow directing assembly includes a second, flexible seal portion extending from the air deflector first portion in a direction toward the bumper beam. The flexible seal portion is configured for sliding, sealing engagement with a surface of a vehicle engine compartment component such as the bumper beam to accommodate build variation during vehicle assembly.
US09333848B2
A hybrid vehicle drive unit including a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; a clutch; and a brake, wherein a first sun gear that is a sun gear of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to a first rotating electric machine, a first ring gear that is a ring gear of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to an engine, and a first carrier that is a carrier of the first planetary gear mechanism is connected to a second rotating element of the second planetary gear mechanism and to driving wheels, a first rotating element of the second planetary gear mechanism is connected to the engine and the first ring gear via the clutch, and a third rotating element is connected to a second rotating electric machine, the first rotating element is a sun gear of the second planetary gear mechanism, and the brake regulates a rotation of the first rotating element.
US09333847B1
A hybrid vehicle having a series-parallel architecture, i.e. a mechanic (gears) and an electric (generator (4), inverter (7), and motor (6)) propulsion chains associated by a planetary gear mechanism (2) powered by an engine (1). The generator rotor (4), with or without a flywheel (3), provides a kinetic energy storage due to its high inertia and speed. The stored energy is sufficient to drive simultaneously, the vehicle at low speed, and the not-fueled engine (1), during short periods. Between these periods, the fueled engine drives the vehicle and restores the stored kinetic energy. The succession of these periods made operation pulsatile at higher maximum power. Higher power means better efficiency. In addition, less pollution and perturbation compare to the “stop and start” are expected.
US09333831B2
Disclosed is an inside ventilation system of a vehicle for a driver or an occupant to achieve a more comfortable inside environment in the summer or winter. The inside ventilation system includes a control unit configured to receive an operating signal from a smart key, sense an inside temperature of the vehicle when the operating signal is transferred and judging whether the inside temperature is deviated from a required temperature range; a comparison process of comparing the inside temperature and a battery temperature when the inside temperature is deviated from the required temperature range; and a control process of controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC) and an operation of a battery operated fan by comparing the inside temperature and the battery temperature.
US09333828B2
A method for controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle during a curb parking operation, so as to position a portion of the vehicle on a street and a portion of the vehicle on a curb. The method includes steps of activating a curb parking function of the active suspension system, acquiring inputs pertinent to the curb parking operation, and determining, by a controller, if a curb parking operation is feasible for the vehicle. If a curb parking operation is deemed infeasible, an operator of the vehicle is notified that the curb parking operation is infeasible. If a curb parking operation is deemed feasible, actuatable elements of the active suspension system are controlled to facilitate curb parking.
US09333824B2
An independent wheel suspension for the driven wheels of a vehicle is disclosed. The suspension includes a wheel carrier for rotatably supporting a wheel of the vehicle. The wheel carrier is connected to a torsion-resistant transverse link. The torsion-resistant transverse link is connected to the vehicle structure via two structure-side link bearings and to the wheel carrier via two wheel-carrier-side link bearings. The wheel carrier also is connected to two additional transverse links, each of the additional transverse links being connected to the vehicle structure and to the wheel carrier. The suspension also includes a carrier spring supported on the vehicle structure and on the wheel carrier, wherein the carrier spring is arranged in front of a wheel center axis and the at least two additional transverse links are arranged behind the wheel axis.
US09333823B2
A trailer stand includes a wheel assembly and a carriage. The wheel assembly includes a bearing, a wheel rotatable in connection with the bearing to be rotatable in a first direction, but not rotatable in a second transverse direction, a pivot connectable to the object, and a frame connected to the pivot to be pivotable with respect to the object, the frame sized and dimensioned to support the bearing at an offset with respect to the pivot axis of the pivot to thereby form caster trail, the frame having a mass distributed unequally upon left and right sides of the wheel assembly, thereby causing the frame to pivot with respect to the Earth, to a predetermined orientation, when the frame is tilted with respect to a normal orientation with respect to the Earth. The carriage supports the wheel assembly, and is pivotable with respect to the trailer.
US09333822B1
A four-part trailer hitch attachment system comprising a bottom component, a four-leg intermediate component, a three-leg intermediate component, and a top component. The bottom component comprises a horizontal leg oriented parallel to the long axis of the vehicle and a vertical leg that is welded to a top side of the horizontal leg. The four-leg intermediate component comprises a first vertical leg, a transversely oriented horizontal leg, a longitudinally oriented horizontal leg, and a second vertical leg. The three-leg intermediate component comprises a first vertical leg, a horizontal leg, and a second vertical leg. The top component comprises a horizontal leg and a vertical leg.
US09333816B2
An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity and a tire sidewall having an elongate sidewall groove formed therein and housing an elongate air tube. A connecting tube extends between the air tube and the valve stem, the connecting tube having an internal connecting air passageway for directing air forced along the air tube air passageway into the internal valve stem passageway as the tire rolls over a ground surface.
US09333815B2
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for tire pressure detectors that may operate according to one of two or more selectable frequencies. Tire pressure detectors may include an RF section to modulate pressure information from a pressure sensor onto an output signal. The frequency of the output signal may be selectable from two or more frequencies based on a frequency required by a vehicle that the tire pressure detector is to be used with. An RF matching circuit may be coupled between the RF section and an antenna, with an impedance of the RF matching circuit selected based of the frequency of the output signal. Such impedance matching may provide a constant power level output from the tire pressure detector independent of the frequency of the tire pressure detector transmissions.
US09333814B2
Auto-location systems and methods of tire pressure monitoring sensor units arranged with a wheel of a vehicle detect a predetermined time (T1) when a wheel phase angle reaches angle of interest using a rim mounted or a tire mounted sensor. The systems and methods transmit a radio frequency message associated with a wheel phase angle indication. The wheel phase angle indication triggers wheel phase and/or speed data such as ABS data at the predetermined time (T1) to be stored. A correlation algorithm is executed to identify the specific location of a wheel based on the wheel phase and/or speed data at the predetermined time (T1). TPM sensor parameters from a tire pressure monitoring sensor unit are assigned to the specific location of the wheel based on a confidence interval width analysis of the ABS data at the predetermined (T1). The confidence interval width analysis identifies the specific location of the wheel whose ABS sensor shows a lowest confidence interval width as a result of a normal distribution pattern or similar pattern. The confidence interval width analysis may calculate a weighted cumulative confidence interval width for the ABS data which experience rollback events.
US09333809B2
A tread strip made of at least one rubber-based material, and having at least one longitudinal groove bounded by a bottom wall and by two lateral walls on opposite sides of the bottom wall; wherein a number of pins seamlessly project from at least one of the walls of the longitudinal groove, and are made of the same rubber-based material than the tread strip.
US09333791B2
A decorative film includes a base film, a colored layer formed of UV curable ink, and an ink-absorbing layer. The ink-absorbing layer is formed between the base film and the colored layer, provided with voids therein, and contains filler made of photorefractive material.
US09333784B2
A self-inking stamp with a stamp housing, in which a type unit, which is coupled via a turning axle device to an actuating bow that is upwardly and downwardly displaceable relative to the stamp housing, is arranged such that it can be moved between an upper inking position when it is in contact with an ink pad and a lower printing position turned by 180° with the help of a turning mechanism, wherein the type unit includes two type unit parts arranged one within the other, namely an outer and an inner type unit part, wherein the inner type unit part thereof is accommodated in an inner receiving space in the outer type unit part and is releasably connected to the outer, bow-shaped type unit part, wherein the turning axle device includes two separate, outer axle elements, each extending through an opening in a leg of the actuating bow, through a slot in the stamp housing to and into the outer type unit part and being connected thereto.
US09333782B1
A control system for controlling execution of calibration on a printing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from a printing apparatus to be controlled, first sheet type information representing information regarding a common calibration sheet type used when the most recent common calibration is executed, where a result of common calibration executed using the common calibration sheet type is applied to other sheet types, a determination unit configured to determine whether the state of the printing apparatus for the first sheet type satisfies a predetermined condition in accordance with a print volume of the printing apparatus, and a control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to execute calibration using the first sheet type if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition for the first sheet type is satisfied.
US09333780B2
An ink jet printer includes a transfer unit transferring a sheet of paper along a transfer path surface, a printer head ejecting ink towards the sheet of paper, and an air blowing unit blowing air towards ink ejected from the printer head. The sheet of paper may be a postal matter (e.g., letter, postcard, parcel) and the printer head may be used to print barcodes or the like on the sheet of paper for purposes of subsequent sorting and routing.
US09333777B2
A label printer includes a receiving area configured for receiving a cartridge that includes a roll of media for printing labels thereon, the receiving area also including features for aligning a plurality of differently sized cartridges with a printing mechanism; and components configured for adjusting label sizing to provide virtual label sizes.
US09333769B1
A print media moving apparatus includes a transport member positioned immediately upstream relative to a roller. The transport member has an operative surface with an arcuate profile, forming an air gap between the operative surface and the print media. An air clamp controls air flow in the air gap. The transport member includes three sections with the second section located between the first and third sections. The roller, having a diameter and rotational axis, includes three sections with the second section located between the first and third section and corresponding to the sections of the transport member. The diameter of the roller in the first and third sections is greater than in the second section. The transport member causes the print media, after leaving the transport member, to contact the first and third sections of the roller prior to contacting the second section of the roller.
US09333766B2
Optical scanner with housing to support light sources and image forming apparatus incorporating same
An optical scanner, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a light source including a recessed portion provided on an outer circumference thereof, and a housing configured to support the light source. The housing includes a positioning unit configured to position the light source in a vertical optical axis of the light source, and a cutout provided on an inner circumference of the positioning unit. The light source is positioned to the positioning unit with the recessed portion being disposed at the cutout and then is fixed to the housing. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to form an image on a surface thereof, and the above-described optical scanner.
US09333762B2
A recording method includes applying and overcoating. A color ink is applied to a region on a medium. A clear ink is applied to the region. The applied color ink and the applied clear ink are overcoated.
US09333755B2
A shaft portion moves in a first direction in accordance with a liquid storage amount in a bag by taking up an elastic member which generates a restoring force in the first direction. The shaft portion extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and has a protruding end portion provided at an end in the third direction. An arm portion extending in the first direction is arranged in a case main body and moves along a fourth direction orthogonal to the first and the third directions. A contact portion of the arm portion is arranged on a movement path of the protruding end portion such that the contact portion comes into contact with the protruding end portion that moves in the first direction. A display portion of the arm portion moves along the fourth direction in accordance with the movement of the arm portion.
US09333753B2
A cap 13, 15, for the print face 9 of a drop-on-demand ink jet printer moves between a closed position, in which it covers the print nozzles on the print face 9, and an open position in which the print nozzles are uncovered, without requiring movement of the print face 9. In the open position, the cap is recessed relative to the front surface 21 of the printhead. For at least part of the movement of the cap, it is further forward than the print face 9, so that it does not slide across and damage the print nozzles. The drop-on-demand ink jet printer may be used to print onto objects 3 conveyed past it, for example on a packing line. The cap 13, 15, does not obstruct the path of the objects 3 even if they pass very close (e.g. 0.5 mm) to the print face 9 because its uncapped position is further back than the front surface 21 of the printhead.
US09333748B2
A printhead including one or more fluid vias in fluid communication with a fluid supply, each of the one or more fluid vias being associated with a first number of heating elements, the heating elements being divided into groups of a second number of heating elements so as to form a number of primitive groups, and an electrical interface having at least one shift register that receives primitive address data to allow for selective application of electrical signals to the heating elements so that fluid is ejected from the printhead in accordance with image data, the number of primitive groups being dependent on the print resolution of the printhead so that a number of bits required for the at least one shift register to address each heater is independent of the print resolution of the printhead.
US09333742B2
There is described a transfer member or blanket for use in aqueous ink jet printer. The transfer member includes a surface layer having a surface roughness (Ra) of from about 50 nm to about 5 microns. The surface layer has a surface energy between 8 mN/m2 and 30 mN/m2. The surface layer includes an elastomeric matrix having a plurality texture particles dispersed therein. The weight percent of the texture particles in the surface layer is from about 0.2 weight percent to about 20 weight percent.
US09333741B2
A method of printing includes using a printing head that comprises straight parallel rows of printing nozzles to print a printed image on a surface of a conically rotationally symmetrical region of an outer wall of an object by controlling parallel rows of printing nozzles taking into account pixel density to be achieved in the printed image, setting a printing density of a printing nozzle with regard to at least one reference parameter, and setting a variable offset between a pair of the rows based on a change in relative speed between the printing head and the conically rotationally symmetrical region of the object.
US09333739B2
There is described a printing press (1; 1*; 1**) comprising an ink-receiving cylinder (9; 8) receiving ink from an inking system (90-93, 90*, 93*; 95-99, 95*, 99*; 100-104, 100*, 104*) having a plurality of ink-applying cylinders or rollers (93, 93*; 99, 99*; 104, 104*) arranged one above the other around part of a circumference of the ink-receiving cylinder (9; 8), the ink-applying cylinders or rollers (93, 93*; 99, 99*; 104, 104*) being inked by a corresponding plurality of inking devices (90, 90*; 95, 95*; 100, 100*), the printing press (1; 1*; 1**) further comprising an inking carriage (52; 55; 57) supporting the plurality of inking devices (90, 90*; 95, 95*; 100, 100*), which inking carriage (52; 55; 57) can be moved with respect to the ink-receiving cylinder (9; 8) between a working position and a retracted position. The at least one selected inking device (90*; 95*; 100*) amongst the plurality of inking devices (90, 90*; 95, 95*; 100, 100*) of the inking system (90-93, 90*, 93*; 95-99, 95*, 99*; 100-104, 100*, 104*) is supported onto the inking carriage (52; 55; 57) via a movable frame (60; 65; 70), which movable frame (60; 65; 70) is supported by the inking carriage (52; 55; 57) to allow movement of the selected inking device (90*; 95*; 100*) with respect to the inking carriage (52; 55; 57) and with respect to a remaining part (90; 95; 100) of the plurality of inking devices (90, 90*; 95, 95*; 100, 100*).
US09333732B2
A product sheet of composite material can be made by disposing composite materials of composite material in adjacent (side-by-side) relation with each other. The composite materials comprise fibers in a thermoplastic matrix material. The adjacent composite materials are bonded together to provide a product sheet of composite material. Preferably, a cross ply of composite material is disposed on the composite materials. The cross ply may be a unidirectional sheet and the fibers in the cross ply may be disposed in transverse relation to the fibers in the composite materials.
US09333731B2
In a device for bonding web-shaped textile products by means of hot gases, in particular for bonding a nonwoven fabric that has thermally fusible fibers and/or filaments, comprising a drum that is rotatably mounted within a treating chamber to which hot air is supplied, said drum comprising a circumferential surface which is designed to be gas-permeable by means of a plurality of openings and which is partly looped by the web to be bonded the device also comprises a suction unit which is paired with the drum and by means of which the drum is placed under suction such that the hot air flows out of the treating chamber through the material web to be bonded, and the device comprises a heater for heating the air that is conducted out of the drum, it is provided that a structured lining (8) that embosses the textile product (1, 11) by means of a plurality of openings (9) during the bonding process is wound onto the drum (5) circumferential surface that is designed to be gas-permeable, said openings (9) being larger than the openings in the drum (5) circumferential surface that is designed to be gas-permeable.
US09333725B2
An adhesive structure is disclosed. The adhesive structure includes a first layer, a second layer, and a hybrid adhesive layer for adhering the first layer to the second layer. The hybrid adhesive layer includes two or more adhesive units made of different adhesive materials, and the two or more adhesive units are arranged in a planar pattern.
US09333722B2
Blow unit for an apparatus (1) for making air-filled bags from a film material (F) having chambers (12), wherein the blow unit (8) comprises a body (26) having an outlet opening (28) for introducing air into the chambers, wherein the blow unit comprises a guiding element (30) for guiding the film material towards the outlet opening, wherein the blow unit (8) comprises an air guiding space (32) that extends from the outlet opening (28) over a distance (D) at least partly along the guiding element, wherein a length (L) of the air guiding space (32) is such that in use, during introducing air into the film material (F), the air guiding space enables introduction of air into two adjacent chambers (12a, 12b) at the same time. The invention further relates to an apparatus comprising such a blow unit, a system comprising such an apparatus and a method for making air-filled bags.
US09333719B2
To reduce the manufacturing cost of a tire that uses a thermoplastic material for a tire frame member.A tire manufacturing method includes: using a thermoplastic material to form a tire frame member (12); disposing cushion rubber (14) (unvulcanized rubber) on an outer peripheral surface of the tire frame member (12); further disposing vulcanized or semi-vulcanized tread rubber (16) on a tire diameter direction outer side of the cushion rubber (14); covering the tread rubber (16), the cushion rubber (14), and at least the tread rubber (16) side of the tire frame member (12) in an envelope, so as to push the tread rubber (16) against the tire frame member (12) side, to configure a provisionally assembled article; and accommodating the provisionally assembled article inside a container and heating the inside of the container to perform vulcanization to thereby adhere the tread rubber (16) to the tire frame member (12).
US09333715B2
Cap unit provided with: cap body (7) having first-flow-channel (5) for feeding compressed air from compressor (3) into bottle container (4) and second-flow-channel (6) for sequentially providing puncture repair liquid (T) and compressed air from the bottle container; and first and second closing plugs (8A, 8B) independent from one another and closing both flow channels. Cap body (7) includes boss portion (11) on which is disposed first-closing-plug securing portion (11A) permitting elastic fitting of first-closing-plug disposed. Upper opening portion (5a) of first-flow-channel opens further inward than the first-closing-plug securing portion, and the upper opening portion of second-flow-channel opens further outward than the first-closing-plug securing portion. Second-closing-plug can be moved by hand and opens second-flow-channel by means of said movement. This reduces precision requirements when fitting a cap unit while ensuring the opening and closing of a first and second path.
US09333712B2
A method in which a fiber material is laid on a mold surface resembling a negative image of a fiber reinforced structure to be produced. Layering the fiber material on the mold surface includes laying rovings of the fiber material on the mold surface or on a fiber material already laid on the mold surface and applying an low pressure to a space between the rovings and the mold surface.
US09333711B2
A method of producing a tubular body wherein a continuous fiber impregnated with a resin is wound around a mandrel body rotating together with a mandrel shaft section at a predetermined circumferential speed while the continuous fiber is reciprocated in parallel with a rotation axis of the mandrel body, including moving a feed roller that feeds the continuous fiber to the mandrel body without rotating from a middle of the mandrel body to one end of the mandrel body; hooking the continuous fiber by a return section provided at the one end of the mandrel body; winding the continuous fiber on the one end of the mandrel body while a center axis of the feed roller is orthogonal to a feeding direction of the continuous fiber; and rotating the center axis of the feed roller to move the feed roller in a reverse direction.
US09333709B2
The present invention relates to a device for manufacturing three-dimensional models by means of a 3D printing process, whereby a build platform for application of build material is provided and a support frame is arranged around the build platform, to which said support frame at least one device for dosing the particulate material and one device for bonding the particulate material is attached via the guiding elements and the support frame is moveable in a Z direction, which essentially means perpendicular to the base surface of the build platform. In so doing, the device provides a material feeding device having a particle material container to supply particulate material in batches from the storage area to the dosing apparatus and to do so with the least possible amount of shearing forces and without significant interaction with the atmosphere.
US09333708B2
An exposure device includes a rotation driving section that rotationally drives an exposure object; a light irradiation section that irradiates an exposure surface of the exposure object with laser light; a slide moving section secured to the rotation driving section or the light irradiation section, and moving the rotation driving section or the light irradiation section along the exposure surface in a direction crossing a direction of rotation of the rotation driving section; a signal generating section that transmits an analog modulating signal to the light irradiation section in accordance with a rotation synchronization signal from the rotation driving section, the analog modulating signal causing an intensity of the laser light to be changed; and a controlling section that controls movements of the rotation driving section, the slide moving section, and the light irradiation section.
US09333701B2
Systems and methods for forming a vacuum formed, apertured film with micro-aberrations may be disclosed. For example, a polymer web such as a molten polymer web may be received at an engagement point between a screen with a positive aberration and a roller comprising a surface with a negative depression. The roller may have a diameter of no more than about 5.5 inches. A micro-aberration may be expanded, for example, on a land of the polymer web at the engagement point by inserting the positive aberration on the screen into the negative depression on the surface of the roller at a pressure of about 1.5 to about 3.5 pounds per linear inch (PLI). Additionally, one or more apertures are formed in the polymer web adjacent to a micro-aberration on a land.
US09333699B2
An apparatus for the longitudinal stretching of a film web includes at least one heater in which the film web can be heated, at least one cooling device in which the film web can be cooled, and at least a stretching unit in which the film web is stretched in its longitudinal direction. The stretching unit has a first transport roller having a first peripheral speed in the stretching operation, followed by a second transport roller having a second peripheral speed along the transport path of the film web from the first transport roller, with the second peripheral speed being greater than the first transport roller speed. The apparatus includes a pressing device with which the film web is pressed against the first transport roller along a line which is in the area of the release line of the film web from the first transport roller.
US09333690B2
A method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite material of the present invention includes: the step (a) of placing a non-woven fabric N made of a reinforcement fiber in a movable mold 12; and the step (b) of moving the movable mold 12 toward a fixed mold 11 to close the mold and then injecting a thermoplastic resin into the mold to obtain a molded article formed of the non-woven fabric N and the thermoplastic resin. The mechanical strength of the obtained fiber-reinforced composite material can be enhanced by applying an injection compression molding process as the injection molding process in the step (b).
US09333684B2
A method of the present disclosure includes of repairing a core stiffened structure with structural foam. Another method includes splicing core members together using structural foam. Another method includes joining a core member to a structure using structural foam. Another method includes using structural foam to stabilize a core member during a machining process. Another method includes stabilizing a core member with structural foam to prevent the core member from crushing in autoclave pressure. The present disclosure further includes a core stiffened structure have a core member with structural foam therein.
US09333683B2
A honeycomb structure includes porous partition walls via which a plurality of cells constituting through channels for a fluid are partitioned; and an outer peripheral wall positioned in the outermost periphery of the structure. Open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid inlet side thereof and open frontal areas of remaining cells in an end face of the structure on a fluid outlet side thereof have plugged portions. The outward end faces of the plugged portions are flat, the plugged portions do not have any bubble having a diameter of 0.3 mm or more, and a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation of the plugging depths of the plugged portions by the average plugging depth of the plugged portions is 0.15 or less.
US09333679B2
Disclosed is a magazine device for storing a large number of blow moulds outside a working mode of the blow moulds, which blow moulds serve for transforming plastic preforms into plastic containers and which are in each case composed of multiple parts. The magazine device includes at least one cleaning device for cleaning at least one region of the blow moulds.
US09333677B2
A lubricating system indirectly applies a bladder release agent to a green tire and cures the green tire in a tire curing machine. The system includes a deposition device and a curing bladder. The deposition device directly applies bladder release agent on to a deposition bladder. The deposition bladder is inflated within the green tire in order to deposit the bladder release agent on to an inner surface of the green tire. The curing bladder subsequently receives the green tire with bladder release agent deposited therein and cures the green tire.
US09333676B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for supplying powder quantitatively and a material supply apparatus including the apparatus for supplying powder quantitatively. The apparatus for supplying powder quantitatively to a place where required includes: a driving part generating a driving force using an external power; a powder supply part connected to the driving part, following the operation of the driving part, and transferring the powder according to a predetermined path; a chamber placed on the sides of the powder supply part and receiving the powder transferred by the powder supply part; a compression part compressing the transferred powder in the chamber; and a quantitative supply part separating a desired amount of powder from the compressed powder and discharging the separated powder from the chamber. The method of supplying powder quantitatively to a place where required includes: a preparation operation of receiving powder and preparing for the transfer of the powder; a powder transfer operation of transferring the powder to a chamber having a predetermined volume according to a predetermined path using a powder supply part that is driven by an external power and transfers the powder; a compressing operation of making the compressed bulk of powder by compressing the transferred powder in a compression part of the chamber; a separating operation of separating a desired amount of powder from the powder that is compressed and bridged in the chamber using a separating means; and a discharge operation of discharging the separated powder to the outside.
US09333662B2
A method of cutting a polymeric tubular member and apparatus therefor is provided. The method includes moving the polymeric tubular member along a central longitudinal axis into a position to be cut. Further, providing at least one actuator with a cutting blade operably connected to the at least one actuator, with the cutting blade extending lengthwise along a cutting blade axis. Then, actuating the at least one actuator and moving the cutting blade into cutting engagement with the polymeric tubular member along a driven axis that extends in oblique relation to the cutting blade axis.
US09333661B1
An apparatus for slicing fruits, vegetables and other food items into slices of varying thickness is designed to work in combination with the user's own kitchen knives rather than having a preinstalled fixed blade of limited operable life span. The apparatus includes means for properly orienting and securing knife blades of a variety of shapes and sizes within the apparatus as well as safety features to prevent accidental injury.
US09333652B2
A safety monitoring system for human-machine symbiosis is provided, including a spatial image capturing unit, an image recognition unit, a human-robot-interaction safety monitoring unit, and a process monitoring unit. The spatial image capturing unit, disposed in a working area, acquires at least two skeleton images. The image recognition unit generates at least two spatial gesture images corresponding to the at least two skeleton images, based on information of changes in position of the at least two skeleton images with respect to time. The human-robot-interaction safety monitoring unit generates a gesture distribution based on the at least two spatial gesture images and a safety distance. The process monitoring unit determines whether the gesture distribution meets a safety criterion.
US09333651B2
A system and a method for editing and controlling actions of a mobile robot allowing for the creation and modification of behaviors and of motions both according to an event logic and according to a time logic, the latter controlling the event logic and thus allowing for the synchronization of the behaviors and motions of different robot subassemblies. The system is organized in behavior and motion layers including action sequences and a timeline. The actions can be programmed in boxes interconnected by signals which convey information. The boxes are organized in a hierarchical structure, the lowest level of which comprises a script that can be interpreted by a virtual robot which simulates the execution of the commands and, where appropriate, by a physical robot. The motions of the robot can also be controlled graphically by motion screens.
US09333648B2
A robot control method and apparatus estimates an error based on information of an object obtained using a motor drive current sensor, a force sensor or a tactile sensor mounted at a robot hand and information of the object obtained using an optical sensor and compensates for the error. The robot control method and apparatus includes measuring information of an object using an optical sensor or calculating information of the object input by a user, moving a robot hand to the object based on the information of the object, controlling the thumb and fingers of the robot hand to contact the object based on the information of the object, determining whether the thumb and fingers have contacted the object through a motor drive current sensor, a force sensor or a tactile sensor, and grasping the object depending upon whether the thumb and the fingers have contacted the object.
US09333645B1
A method for scheduling dual-armed cluster tools with wafer revisiting is provided. In order to speed up start-up transient processes, the present invention adopts a program evaluation and review technique for the analysis of start-up transient processes and develops optimization algorithms for their scheduling for dual-arm cluster tools. Then, their complexity is analyzed.
US09333642B2
A cabinet jig device may include first and second crossbars, each crossbar having opposing first and second ends, a first leg extending between the first ends of the first and second crossbars, and a second leg extending between the second ends of the first and second crossbars. The cabinet jig device may include first and second adjustable fasteners for coupling the first leg respectively to the first ends of the first and second crossbars, third and fourth adjustable fasteners for coupling the second leg respectively to the second ends of the first and second crossbars, and first and second adjustable striking pins coupled to the second crossbar between the first and second ends thereof.
US09333625B1
A method for descaling stainless steel includes providing a descaling apparatus having wheels configured to propel a scale removing media against the sheet metal. The wheels are positioned In such a way that the scale removing media propelled from one wheel does not substantially interfere with the scale removing media propelled from another wheel. The scale removing media propelled from each wheel extends across substantially an entire width of the length of the sheet metal, and the wheels are positioned adjacent opposite side edges defining the width of the sheet metal with the sheet metal centered between the wheels. In accordance with the method, a user is induced to install at least one of the descaling apparatuses in a push/pull sheet metal processing line and process stainless steel sheet metal in the line to substantially remove all scale from the surfaces of the stainless steel strip using the descaling apparatus.
US09333624B2
To cut out a hard-brittle substrate by blasting, laying out substrates 2 on a plate material 1 made of a hard-brittle material with leaving a space for blasting; forming first protective films 4 on both surfaces of the plate material 1 at layout positions of the substrates 2; and forming second protective films 5 on both surfaces of a margin 3 of the plate material 1 with leaving a space with respect to the first protective films 4 and having outer edges from a periphery of the plate material 1 at a width of 5 mm or less; cutting regions 6 between the films 4, 4 and between the films 4, 5 from one surface of the plate material 1 to a depth of approximately half of a thickness thereof by blasting, then cutting from the other surface of the plate material 1 until the plate material 1 is penetrated.
US09333622B2
A protective hood rotation prevention device for a power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a clamping unit that is configured to clamp a protective hood unit. The clamping unit includes at least one clamping element with a rotation prevention unit that has a rotation prevention element. The device further includes a movement coupling unit that is configured to move the rotation prevention element in at least one operating state depending on a movement of the clamping element. The device also includes a securing unit that is configured, in at least one operating state, to secure the rotation prevention element, in the event of a movement of the clamping element in a loosening direction of the clamping element, at least as far as possible counter to a movement in an uncoupling direction of the rotation prevention element out of a rotation prevention position of the rotation prevention element.
US09333619B2
The present disclosure provides a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system. The CMP system includes a pad designed for wafer polishing, a motor driver coupled with the pad and designed to drive the pad during the wafer polishing, and a controller coupled with the motor driver and designed to control the motor driver. The CMP system further includes an in-situ rate monitor designed to collect polishing data from a wafer on the pad, determine CMP endpoint based on a life stage of the pad, and provide the CMP endpoint to the controller.
US09333600B2
An alignment master glass for aligning a plurality of openings of a vapor deposition mask for tensioning the vapor deposition mask, the alignment master glass includes a transparent substrate, and reflective film patterns on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the reflective film patterns being only at locations corresponding to the plurality of openings of the vapor deposition mask.
US09333598B2
A method of fabricating a nozzle that includes providing a first material capable of undergoing multiphoton reaction; forming a first microstructured pattern in the first material using a multiphoton process; replicating the first microstructured pattern in a second material to make a first mold comprising a second microstructured pattern in the second material; replicating the second microstructured pattern in a third material to make a second mold comprising a third microstructured pattern comprising microstructures in the third material; replicating the third microstructured pattern in a fourth material to make a replicated structure; planarizing the replicated structure to expose tops of the microstructures in the plurality of microstructures in the third microstructured pattern; and removing the third material resulting in the nozzle having a plurality of holes in the fourth material.
US09333596B2
A welding support system, for example, formed as a wagon or cart, includes at least one shelf having configurable support components for supporting different configurations of welding equipment, and legs interconnecting the shelve. The at least one shelf is angled in a manner that provides enhanced visibility of and/or access to welding equipment supported thereon.
US09333584B2
A modified phase shift scheme that provides the minimum on-time and regulation benefits of the conventional phase shift method with the reduced circulating current benefits of the traditional PWM control. A welding machine comprises an inverter operatively connected to a controller, wherein the controller controls a welding process of the welding machine using modified phase shifted switching of the inverter.
US09333579B1
Arms serve as utility accessories to a tip of a soldering iron or a soldering gun. Preferably, the arms are held in a substantially fixed orientation relative to the heated tip or working end of the soldering device. Components are placed against the heating element and held in place by working ends such as clamp-like or tapered claws, jaws or forks on ends of the arms or rods. This arrangement allows the operator to hold the soldering device in one hand and to apply solder while the components remain fixed to the heating element or tip. Arms may be attached to a conventional soldering device or may be integrated with soldering device components to create a new form of soldering device for manual use. Arms serve as a safety mechanism to prevent a hot soldering tip from needlessly contacting proximate surfaces and encourages heat transfer to components receiving solder.
US09333576B2
The invention relates to a method for producing and repairing a part comprising at least two joined metal components, especially components of a gas turbine. In said method, corresponding joining surfaces of the components are joined together and connected by means of a pressure welding process, a machining allowance in the area of a joining zone of the two joining surfaces is upset during the joining process, and once the two components have been joined together, the machining allowance is machined by means of a precise electrochemical machining (PECM) process until a predefined final contour of the part has been obtained. The invention further relates to a gas turbine part obtained by means of the disclosed method.
US09333575B2
To provide a wire electrode removal device of a wire electric discharge machine, the wire electrode removal device including a wire-electrode guide unit that guides an end on a cut point side of a wire electrode cut by wire-electrode cut devices to outside of a running path, a rewind shaft that pressure-fixes the wire electrode on the cut point side guided by the wire-electrode guide unit with an end face thereof and rewinds the wire electrode on a columnar member having angular portions with subsequent rotational driving thereof, a rewind-shaft drive unit that drives the rewind shaft to perform pressure fixing or pressure releasing of the wire electrode with the rewind shaft, a scraper member that removes a wound wire electrode from the columnar member at a time of pressure releasing of the rewind shaft by the rewind-shaft drive unit, and a collection member that collects the removed wire electrode.
US09333573B2
A sharpener for an ice screw with a tubular shank and a bit, comprising: a fixed sharpening support equipped with a file in the form of an elongate blade, a positioning slide of the ice screw at predefined angles with respect to the file, said slide being able to move in translation astride the two opposite surfaces of the file, and guiding and stopping means of the bit in the slide comprising at least one opening for inserting the shank and a securing stud salient from the associated opening.
US09333572B2
A tool is provided. The tool may include a handle, a frame, and a removable saw blade including at least one hole on one end thereof and at least one hole on another end thereof. The tool may also include a compensating clip configured to attach the removable saw blade to the frame and to provide tension for the removable saw blade. The compensating clip may include a plate including a clip hook, and the plate further includes an opening where a compensator spring is provided. The clip hook is configured to attach onto the at least one hole of the removable saw blade to attach the saw blade to the frame.
US09333570B2
A piercing tip assembly has two piercing tips, each having two sets of piercing and shearing edges. The tip is reversible so that the tip can be detached from the shears, its orientation changed, and replaced on the shears so a fresh, sharp set of piercing and shearing edges is exposed during use. The tips are reverse by rotating each tip and replacing the tip mounted on the right side of the jaw, and switching the tip on the left side of the jaw to the right side, and the tip on the right side of the jaw to the left side. The piercing tip assembly protects a substantial portion of the upper jaw of a metal shears from wear.
US09333563B2
A drilling work control method includes: automatically discriminating two or more working object layers where load torque applied to a drill forms a hole in a workpiece having plural forming areas formed of materials of different qualities; facilitating drilling work in a working condition set for each working object layer; and improving working efficiency. In a drilling work device that forms the hole in the workpiece having forming layers divided by materials of different qualities, a working object layer determining means determines the layers in order of drilling work based on start of drilling work and variation in load torque applied to the drill, a working condition deciding means decides a set working spindle speed and working feeding speed corresponding to forming materials of the respective layers, and a drive controlling means controls a spindle motor and feeding motor so that the drill forms the hole at the set speeds.
US09333561B2
In a shank portion of an end mill which is chucked by a tool holder, flat surfaces are formed at a plurality of circumferential positions in the outer periphery of the shank portion so that the flat surfaces abut on side lock bolts attached to a body of the tool holder.
US09333560B2
The machine for machining crankshafts comprises a support (2) to support at least one crankshaft (100), and at least one actuator (1) to actuate a machining tool for machining the crankshaft. The support (2) is configured to hold the crankshaft with at least two clamping devices (21) configured to secure the crankshaft in correspondence with at least two main journals (103) of the crankshaft. The support (2) turns in respect to a vertical axis (A) to modify an angle of attack between a longitudinal axis (B) of the crankshaft (100) and the actuator. The support is provided with a turning mechanism (22) displaceable between a retracted position wherein it does not interact with the crankshaft (100), and an actuation position wherein the turning mechanism (22) interacts with the crankshaft (100) in order to turn the crankshaft (100) in respect to its longitudinal axis (B).
US09333559B2
Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotation center of a work piece to a headstock and a footstock and a slide surface of first and second beds mounted with a reciprocal carriage, the headstock, and the footstock are positioned on the same virtual line when viewed from a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the work piece, thereby preventing an offset error in processing due to a relative displacement between the work piece and a tool installed at the reciprocal carriage.
US09333557B2
The present invention relates to a nozzle for guiding a metal melt from a first apparatus to a second apparatus, in particular it relates to a submerged entry nozzle for guiding a stream of a metal melt (steel melt) from a metallurgical melting vessel (like a tundish) into a mold (like an ingot), both of which may also be called “reservoir”.
US09333544B2
To increase the life of a plug used in a piercing machine for piercing-rolling a billet. The plug (10) is used in a piercing machine (30) that piercing-rolls a billet (36). The plug (10) includes a plug body (12), a build-up layer (14), and a sprayed film (16). The build-up layer (14) is formed on a surface of the plug body (12). The sprayed film (16) covers at least an area ranging from the rear end of the build-up layer (14) to a position of the maximum outer diameter of the plug body (12).
US09333542B2
A method for treating LNAPL source zones using a cost effective LNAPL source zone technology to degrade residual LNAPL, by introducing bioremediation amendments comprising nutritional supplements in quantities, locations, and depths required to stimulate and sustain the anaerobic biodegradation of an LNAPL source zone; monitoring the LNAPL source zone for adverse conditions that decrease anaerobic LNAPL biodegradation; eliminating any identified adverse conditions to sustain LNAPL biodegradation; and maintaining the water with nutritional supplements in quantities, locations, and depths required to stimulate and sustain the anaerobic biodegradation of LNAPL.
US09333540B2
The disclosure herein provides devices and methods for dispensing fluids and wiping surfaces. A cleaning device comprises a housing having an internal cavity configured to retain a cleaning fluid, a dispenser in fluid communication with the internal cavity and having a dispensing surface configured to dispense at least a portion of cleaning fluid from the internal cavity, and a wiper having a wiping surface configured to wipe dispensed fluid from a surface being cleaned.
US09333538B1
A technology for material separation is provided. The technology enables an output of a first material from a rotary lifter. The technology enables a direction of a fluid stream onto the first material in flight based on the output of the first material such that the first material is separated into at least a second material and a third material. The technology enables a conveyance of the second material away from the rotary lifter. The technology enables a removal of the third material via a vacuum port.
US09333536B2
A transducer assembly is disclosed. The transducer assembly includes a first transducer element comprising a first row of ultrasonic transducers and a second transducer element comprising a second row of ultrasonic transducers. The first row of ultrasonic transducers can be arranged at a nonzero angle with respect to the second row of ultrasonic transducers. The first transducer element and the second transducer element can be detachably connected. A connector can be in electrical communication with the first transducer element and the second transducer element, where the connector is configured to be connected to an endoscope.
US09333535B2
A micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) circuit, which has a MUT with a MUT membrane that can vibrate back and forth to transmit an ultrasonic wave, electrically controls the movement of the MUT membrane by controllably transferring energy to the MUT membrane, thereby allowing the MUT membrane to transmit substantially any desired ultrasonic wave.
US09333533B2
It has now been determined that a first coating layer may be applied to a substrate by a first coating die in a much thinner layer than its rheological properties and/or surface properties would normally allow. This is accomplished by using a second coating fluid dispensed from a second coating die acting as a “dynamic liquid squeegee” to transport, spread, even, or meter the first coating layer on the substrate by varying a gap between the second coating die and the substrate.
US09333530B2
An arrangement for processing a paper web having a low surface area density not exceeding 70 g/m2, in particular a cigarette paper web, that may include in a conveyance direction: an input side, over which the paper web is fed into the arrangement; an output side, over which the paper web leaves the arrangement; a device downstream of the input side, in particular a printing unit, preferably a gravure printing unit, for applying a liquid printing medium to the paper web; a first drying station following the applying station in direction of conveyance, in particular hot-air drying, for drying the printing medium applied to the paper web; a device following the first drying in direction of conveyance for moistening the paper web and a second drying station following the moistening device in direction of conveyance, by which the moistened paper web is dried.
US09333529B2
An apparatus (20) for producing a particle film according to the present invention is an apparatus for producing a particle film by sweeping a meniscus area (5) in a particle dispersion liquid (4) filling a space between a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) facing the first substrate (1) and by forming the particle film on the first substrate (1) while evaporating a solvent in the meniscus area (5), including: particle concentration measuring means (3) for measuring a concentration of particles in the meniscus area (5); and particle concentration adjusting means (13) for adjusting the concentration of particles in the meniscus area (5) in accordance with the particle concentration measured by the particle concentration measuring means (3).
US09333524B2
A slot curtain coating apparatus, including: ejecting unit containing coating liquid outlet to eject coating liquid; pair of guiding units, each containing auxiliary water outlet to eject auxiliary water, the guiding units being configured to support both edges of curtain film formed of the coating liquid ejected from the coating liquid outlet along width-direction substantially vertical to flow-down direction of the curtain film, and to guide the curtain film onto support transported; and transporting unit to transport the support, wherein the guiding unit has manifold portion to retain the auxiliary water, and slit portion connecting between the manifold portion and the auxiliary water outlet, the slit portion is composed of straight-line portion, and curved portion to eject the auxiliary water substantially vertically downwards, and curvature radius R of bottom part of the curved portion is 0.5 mm-3 mm, and the curved portion is provided to position at which h=T+R+S is 1.5 mm-5 mm.
US09333522B2
A nebulization structure with a nozzle plate includes a nozzle plate and a driving element. The nozzle plate is composed of a polymer and a support plate, and the support plate includes a plurality of connecting portions and a through hole, and the polymer covers the support plate and has a plurality of penetrating holes corresponding to the through hole. The driving element is coupled to the nozzle plate through the connecting portions for producing a high-frequency vibration wave through a piezoelectric effect after power is supplied and driving the nozzle plate to vibrate and break up the molecular structure of a solution into a mist, so as to achieve the nebulization effect. The nebulization structure can be installed in a nebulization apparatus to achieve a high-efficiency nebulization effect by the nozzle plate and the driving element, so as to facilitate the manufacturing process and save costs.
US09333518B2
A multipoint injector includes a nozzle body defining a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a plurality of feed bores. A plurality of swirl chambers is defined radially outward from the fluid inlet of the nozzle body in fluid communication with the fluid inlet through the feed bores. A plurality of injection orifices are respectively aligned in fluid communication with the swirl chambers for issuing a swirling spray of fluid passing from each swirl chamber through each injection orifice.
US09333513B2
The invention relates to a retainer for an electrostatic high-voltage electrode, containing a high-voltage insulator, on the electrode side of the insulator at least one arm having a retaining means for retaining a high-voltage electrode hanging on the retaining means preferably vertically, and on the installation side of the insulator at least one installation means for installing the retainer at an installation point outside an exhaust gas channel of a chimney. Said retainer is characterized in that the retainer is equipped with at least one restoring element, which forms an articulated connection between the at least one installation means and the retaining means and which allows the retaining means and optionally a high-voltage electrode attached thereto to move out of the way from the operating position during cleaning in the exhaust gas channel with a cleaning device and allows an automatic return to the operating position.
US09333511B2
An apparatus is disclosed for separating minerals in drilling fluid based primarily on density. The separator creates and maintains a slurry with a controllable density for separating minerals from drill cuttings. The density is controlled through the use of an electric coil and magnets to create a magnetic field or electrode array. The separator comprises a primary separation chamber containing the dense slurry, and a multiple number of secondary separation chambers used to separate cuttings from the drilling fluid. The invention also contains inlet hardware allowing the mixed mineral suspension to enter the first separation chamber, and hardware allowing the three outlet (separated) streams to exit the device. One of the three outlet streams carries the minerals that have a density greater than the user selectable density set point, while the second carries the minerals that have a density less than the density set point, and the third carries clean drilling fluid.
US09333504B2
Devices and systems for active thermal control of sample holding devices for bDNA testing, polymerase chain reaction testing, chemiluminescent immuno-assay testing, and so forth. The thermal control subsystem includes a fluidic circuit, first and second heater assemblies, a centrifugal pump, and a heat exchange device. The first and second heater assemblies include a heat removal device and a controllable thermo-electric device. One or both of the heater assemblies can include a heat spreader. A controller actively controls the pump, the heat removal device, and the thermo-electric devices, to thermally-control sample-containing vessels retained in the holding device.
US09333503B2
The invention comprises a sample chamber for microscopic examinations, comprising a reservoir for receiving a sample, the reservoir being defined by a bottom plate and a side wall, and a parting plate disposed in the reservoir and being parallel to the bottom plate, the parting plate in the reservoir being disposed at a height which is lower than the minimum height of the side wall, so that it divides the reservoir into an upper and a lower partial reservoirs, the lower partial reservoir and the upper partial reservoir being laterally completely bordered by the side wall, and the upper and the lower partial reservoirs being connected by at least one inlet/outlet.
US09333487B2
The catalytic composition for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is a metal oxide supported by multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The metal oxide may be nickel oxide (NiO) or tin dioxide (SnO2). The metal oxides form 20 wt % of the catalyst. In order to make the catalysts, a metal oxide precursor is first dissolved in deionized water to form a metal oxide precursor solution. The metal oxide precursor solution is then sonicated and the solution is impregnated in a support material composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes to form a slurry. The slurry is then sonicated to form a homogeneous solid solution. Solids are removed from the homogeneous solid solution and dried in an oven for about 24 hours at a temperature of about 110° C. Drying is then followed by calcination in a tubular furnace under an argon atmosphere for about three hours at a temperature of 450° C.
US09333486B2
There is disclosed a honeycomb structure. A honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having partition walls defining a plurality of cells which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face to a second end face, the partition walls are constituted of a porous body having aggregates and a bonding material to bond the aggregates to one another in a state where pores are formed among the aggregates, the aggregates include molten silica particles, the bonding material includes glass, a content ratio of SiO2 in the porous body is 70 mass % or more, and a thermal expansion coefficient of the porous body at 40 to 800° C. is from 1.5 to 6.0×10−6/° C.
US09333485B1
Method for the production of a CO2 sorbent prepared by integrating a clay substrate, basic alkali salt, amine liquid, hydraulic binder, and a liquid binder. The basic alkali salt is present relative to the clay substrate in a weight ratio of from about 1 part to about 50 parts per 100 parts of the clay substrate. The amine liquid is present relative to a clay-alkali combination in a weight ratio of from about 1 part to about 10 parts per 10 parts of the clay-alkali combination. The clay substrate and basic alkali salt may be combined in a solid-solid heterogeneous mixture and followed by introduction of the amine liquid. Alternatively, an alkaline solution may be blended with the amine solution prior to contacting the clay substrate. The clay-alkali-amine CO2 sorbent is particularly advantageous for low temperature CO2 removal cycles in a gas stream having a CO2 concentration less than around 2000 ppm and an oxygen concentration around 21%, such as air.
US09333483B2
An absorbent structure with a sequence of two layers includes at least one liquid absorption layer, a subsequent liquid storage layer with super absorbent polymer particles and super absorbent polymer fibers, and a subsequent liquid distribution layer. The layers are connected and form a sheet structure. The liquid storage layer has its super absorbent polymer extending from the liquid storage layer into the liquid distribution layer in order to generate a return suction effect for the liquid that has passed through the liquid absorption layer and liquid storage layer into the liquid distribution layer.
US09333478B2
A support carrying an immobilized selective binding substance, that the support surface has a polymer containing the structural unit represented by the following General Formula (1) in an amount of 10% or more with respect all monomer units, and a selective binding substance is immobilized on the support surface by binding to the carboxyl group formed thereon via a covalent bond: (in General Formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each represent an alkyl or aryl group or a hydrogen atom.)
US09333477B2
Disclosed is a hydrocarbon reforming device using a micro channel heater capable of utilizing combustion heat of a fuel as an energy source for reforming reaction of hydrocarbon, which includes metal sheets having micro channels laminated in plural, thus being suitably used as a middle and small compact type device for hydrogen production. Specifically, in the case where a hydrogen purification process is applied to a hydrogen production device combined with a separation membrane, since the hydrogen-containing gas, which does not penetrate the separation membrane, can be utilized as a fuel, the inventive device may be utilized as a hydrogen production system having high efficiency.
US09333467B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a polishing pad includes a housing including a body, an interconnection portion, and a discharging portion, and a stirrer located in the housing, the stirrer mixing a polishing pad composition and a pore forming material with each other. A diameter of the discharging portion is in a range of about 9 mm to about 16 mm.
US09333465B2
A polymeric membrane on a support, wherein the polymeric membrane includes a crosslinked polymer covalently bound to a molecular cage compound. An interfacial polymerization method for making the polymeric membrane is also disclosed.
US09333463B2
A device and a system for eluting biomolecules from biological sample by electroelution are provided. The device for electroelution of biomolecules from a biological sample is constituted with a housing configured to receive an electrolyte and the biological sample, at least two electrodes comprising conductive redox polymers operationally coupled to the housing, and a biomolecule impermeable layer disposed on at least one of the electrodes. The biomolecule impermeable layer disposed on at least one of the electrodes to prevent the biomolecules from reaching the electrode. A system is provided, wherein the system comprises a sample collection port, one or more reservoirs comprising a buffer, a solvent, a reagent or combinations thereof, an device for electroelution, and a controller.
US09333462B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system and a method of use reduces the amount of N2O produced in at least one of: (1) a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalytic converter and (2) an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) in the exhaust gases from a combustion engine. The system includes an SCR catalytic converter arranged in an exhaust gas line upstream of an optional ASC. The exhaust gases pass through the SCR catalytic converter and any ASC before they are released by the exhaust gas outlet. An injector injects a reducing agent into the exhaust gases in the exhaust gas line upstream of the SCR catalytic converter at a dosing frequency F. A control unit generates a control signal to adjust the dosing frequency F so that the amount of N2O produced in at least one of: (1) the SCR catalytic converter and (2) the ASC is minimized while maintaining the amount of reducing agent added.
US09333454B2
Sulfur contaminants, such as elemental sulfur (S8), hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur components in fluids (e.g., air, natural gas, and other gases, as well as water and other liquids) are removed using a silicone-based chemical filter/bath. In one embodiment, a silicone-based chemical filter includes a membrane having a cross-linked silicone that is a reaction product of an olefin and a polyhydrosiloxane. For example, sulfur contaminants in air may be removed by passing the air through the membrane before the air enters a data center or other facility housing computer systems. In another embodiment, a silicone-based chemical bath includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a chamber containing a silicone oil. For example, sulfur contaminants in air may be removed by passing the air through the silicone oil in the chamber before the air enters a data center or other facility housing computer systems.
US09333451B2
A number of variations may include a product comprising a dump-able filter comprising: a filter body; a filter assembly, wherein the filter assembly is seated in the filter body; and a filter cap, wherein the filter cap attaches to the filter body and encloses at least a portion of the filter assembly.
US09333439B1
A polygonal-shaped confetti (2) having at least one folded portion (8). As illustrated herein the polygonal-shaped confetti is rectangular-shaped confetti that is placed in stacks (1) folded on a first end (3) and/or a second end (4). The folded portions slow the descent of the confetti and cause the confetti to turn, spiral and dance in the air. The confetti is created by cutting material, such as paper, tissue, plastic, mylar and so forth into substantially elongated polygonal-shaped pieces and then folding in the middle or on one or both ends over of the stack. The confetti may then be a storage device such as a bag (10), box, tube, rubber bands and so forth that maintains the shape of the confetti until use.
US09333436B2
An individual wheel suspension system for scale vehicles, and more specifically motorized scale vehicles comprises at least two individual wheel suspension elements on each side of the vehicle. Each individual wheel suspension element utilizes a road wheel axle that is attached to the lower end of a swing arm allowing forces from the ground to be transferred from the road wheel axle to a swing arm bolt or shaft that is also attached to the upper end of the swing arm. The swing arm bolt extends through the frame of the suspension system and then transfers the force into a spring that is fixedly attached to a tension plate that is secured to the frame of the suspension system.
US09333432B2
To increase the player's expectation in a fight game using game media, the present invention provides a server device that controls a game in which a player does a fight using game media in a game space through a network. The server device includes a storage unit configured to store player information including information about the game media that the player owns in the game space and about a status of the game media; a determining portion configured to determine whether a specific game medium among the game media that the player owns has satisfied a predetermined temporal requirement; and an updating portion configured to update the player information so as to change the specific game medium from a first status to a second status when the determining portion determines that the specific game medium has satisfied the predetermined temporal requirement.
US09333423B2
A portable gaming and entertainment system (or “environment”) for use with a game console and related components that allows the user thereof to easily, safely and conveniently transport the system. The system comprises a case having a lid pivotally attached to a base. One or more custom inserts are provided to securely receive the game console therein. The custom inserts permit the system to be usable with a variety of supported game consoles. The lid includes a monitor and speakers, and is operative to be opened and maintained at a position to provide a desirable viewing angle for a user. The lid closes against the base to enclose the game console and other related components so that the user may easily transport and/or store the system.
US09333422B2
The game apparatus (1) has a fixed main unit (100) and a movable operating device (8) that is held by a player and is capable of detecting the body motion of the player and of transmitting a signal to, receiving from, the main unit (100). The operating device (8) has an acceleration sensor (86) for detecting acceleration, a light source (85), and a transmitter (87) for transmitting a value detected by the acceleration sensor (86) to the main unit (100). The main unit (100) has light receiving units (9L,9R) that receive the light emitted from the light source (85) to detect the intensity of the received light, a RAM (14), and a processor (16). Processor (16) repeats a process of detecting the position of the operating device (8) based on the intensity of light detected by each of the light receiving units (9L,9R), causes a RAM (14) to store the detected position history, determines whether a player has performed a predetermined motion based on the position history and the detected value of the acceleration sensor (86).
US09333420B2
Provided herein is a computer readable medium recording a shooting game. The shooting game includes a character moving module, a screen moving module, a focusing module, and an attack module. The character moving module moves the location of a character. The screen moving module senses the movement of a terminal using a gyrosensor and then moves the game screen depending on the variation in the angle of the terminal. The focusing module senses dragging when a drag icon is dragged. The attack module generates an attack signal to the center of the game screen at the time at which the dragging is terminated. The attack module generates a hitting signal for the character when the character is located at the center of the game screen at the time at which the dragging is terminated, or a preset time after the time at which the dragging is terminated.
US09333415B2
The present invention features a playing card shuffling device, which through the use of a small image capturing means, captures an image of a face value of each card and stores the image in memory. This image is sorted in the format of a bitmap image. An operator of the device would be able to recall, through the use of a keypad, the images of the cards that comprised individual hands in the previous game. This feature allows for verification of a winning hand after a game has been completed. Thereby, a quick recheck of hands before playing a winning hand is performed. The face value of each card is determined by character recognition software. These card values would be stored in memory for archival access for use in monitoring the randomness of the game and determining the number of winnings hands.
US09333414B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for cleaning recesses in ski boots and installing such apparatuses on various surfaces are disclosed. A user may insert a portion of the apparatus that projects from the surface on which it is installed into a gap between a steel bar in their ski boot designed for use with a ski binding and the sole of the ski boot in order to clear the recess in which the steel bar is disposed.
US09333412B2
Disclosed are a virtual golf simulation apparatus and method in which a golf ball hit by a user who swings at the golf ball is sensed by a sensing device, and the trajectory of the golf ball is simulated on a virtual golf course based on the sensed result so that the user can enjoy virtual golf on the virtual golf course, thereby providing the same sense of reality that the user would feel playing a round of golf on a real golf course.
US09333411B2
An exercise supporting device including a detecting section which repeatedly detects motion data relative to the exercise motion status of a user during the exercise motion; an analyzing and judging section which obtains, based on the motion data, a first motion information value corresponding to the user's moving speed and a second motion information value corresponding to the user's footstep count per unit time or footstep width at each time the detecting section detects the motion data, and judges whether the first motion information value is out of a first numerical value range and whether the second motion information value is out of a second numerical value range; and an output section which, when at least one of the motion information values is judged as being out of the relevant numerical value range, performs an informing operation regarding this motion information value.
US09333404B2
A golf club having features that permit easy customization by consumers is disclosed herein. The golf club includes at least one weight port, at least one removable weight port insert, which may be a weight port ring or one or more weight port medallions, and at least one weight screw. The weight port of the golf club head preferably is non-circular and asymmetric.
US09333403B2
A heat treated golf club head is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head wherein the striking face portion and the body portion are heat treated differently to achieve different hardness, strength, and Young's modulus (E) at the two portions to improve the performance of the golf club head.
US09333396B2
A golf ball comprising a core, a casing layer surrounding the core, a cover layer disposed about the casing layer, and three coating layers CL1, CL2, and CL3 disposed about the cover layer, wherein the respective compositions and color appearances of the cover, casing, CL1, CL2, and CL3 each contribute a color appearance to an overall golf ball color appearance CAOA having a color stability difference ΔEcmc as measured in the CIELAB color space in a QUV after 24 hrs of less than 1.5 units, or less than 1.2 units, or less than 1.15 units or up to 1.0 units.
US09333390B1
A golf club head comprising one or more center of gravity adjustment assemblies, and weight cartridges and electronic diagnostic inserts that can be received by said assemblies, is disclosed herein.
US09333388B2
A dual-purpose foldable treadmill includes a drive unit, a base frame, an arm frame, a cantilever panel and a tread frame. The arm frame extends in an upright direction from a wall of the base frame and terminates at a top joining end. The cantilever panel extends transversely from the top joining end. The tread frame is pivotally connected to and foldable relative to the base frame such that a lengthwise line of the tread frame is parallel to the upright direction of the arm frame in the folded position. The folded treadmill can be used as a piece of furniture for storage or as a bench.
US09333356B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can provide an electric waveform for neural stimulation or nerve block. The system can include a first circuit component configured to provide a self-oscillating, voltage-boosted electric waveform. In some instances, the first circuit component can provide a “pause” waveform (e.g., with a period (T) that includes a swing time (ts) in which the waveform varies in a biphasic manner and a pause time (tp) in which the waveform has a constant amplitude). The system can also include a second circuit component configured to ensure that the oscillating signal is charge-balanced across at least one period of the self-oscillating, voltage-boosted electric waveform.
US09333352B2
Methods and devices for reducing ventricle filling volume are disclosed. In some embodiments, an electrical stimulator may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to reduce ventricle filling volume or even blood pressure. When the heart is stimulated in a consistent way to reduce blood pressure, the cardiovascular system may over time adapt to the stimulation and revert back to the higher blood pressure. In some embodiments, the stimulation pattern may be configured to be inconsistent such that the adaptation response of the heart is reduced or even prevented. In some embodiments, an electrical stimulator may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to cause at least a portion of an atrial contraction to occur while the atrioventricular valve is closed. Such an atrial contraction may deposit less blood into the corresponding ventricle than when the atrioventricular valve is opened throughout an atrial contraction.
US09333351B2
Methods and systems are provided to deliver a neural stimulation therapy to treat apnea episodes. The methods and systems detect a respiratory pattern of a patient and identify a type associated with the respiratory pattern. A sleep stage is detected that the patient is experiencing and the method and system identify when the sleep stage warrants therapy. When the respiratory pattern corresponds to an apnea episode (AE) and the sleep stage warrants therapy, the methods and systems deliver an apnea episode terminating neuro-stimulation (AET-NS) therapy configured to terminate the AE. A type of AE therapy that is delivered may be based on the sleep stage that was detected. The methods and systems may determine whether the AET-NS therapy successfully terminated the AE, and, if not, adjust the AET-NS therapy and deliver a new AET-NS therapy.
US09333348B2
A diagnostic device in an electrical interferential treatment regime applies different pulse frequencies in one selection of electrode placement and determines the change of blood flow in response to the change in pulse frequency in an attempt to determine an optimum or workable set of parameters. The device includes electronic storage to record a series of tests and their results and a communication link. The communication link enables a professional caregiver to determine whether the parameter determinations, made at a location remote from the professional's office, such as at the residence of the patient, were conducted and were conducted correctly. The communication link also enables the professional to determine whether the treatments were conducted and conducted correctly.
US09333343B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems configured to power at least one device disposed in a living subject, apparatuses configured to be disposed in a living subject and export power stored in an energy-storage device, and related methods of powering at least one device disposed in the living subject.
US09333323B2
Stylet assemblies include one or more securing members extending from a base portion of the stylet assembly and configured to removably attach to a portion of an associated structure. Catheter kits and catheter assemblies may include such stylet assemblies. Methods of using a catheter assembly may include inserting at least a portion of a stylet coupled to a stylet cap in a catheter associated with a catheter connection and securing a portion of the stylet cap to only a portion of the catheter connection hub.
US09333322B2
A transluminal device may include an elongate section extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the device. The elongate section may be configured to be inserted into a body cavity. The device may include a balloon within the elongate section between the proximal end and the distal end.
US09333320B2
The present invention relates to an open type car treatment module which, when worn, allows simultaneous laser therapy and music therapy for brain-nervous system tissue by arranging the light source for low level laser therapy (LLLT) and sound source for music therapy (MT) properly, and can release the heat generated by the light source to outside by allowing ventilation with outside through open type configuration of module itself.
US09333315B2
A nasal cannula can be shaped to fit within a user's nares, where the nasal cannula includes at least one prong allowing high flow delivery of humidified gases and creates positive airway pressure in the patient's airway. The prongs can have angled ends such that, in use, gases flowing through the prongs are directed to the user's nasal passages. The nasal cannula body can be partially swiveling and preferably has a ball joint connector. The nasal cannula can have at least one flared end prong that preferably seals within a patient's nare.
US09333307B2
An injection device (100), provided for injection with an injection syringe (50) into an organism (1), comprises a guide device (10) designed to receive the injection syringe (50), wherein an injection needle (51) and a syringe body (52) of the injection syringe (50) can be moved relative to the guide device (10), in an advance movement towards or in a withdrawal movement away from the organism (1), and an actuating device (20) to which the injection syringe (50) can be coupled and which is used to actuate the injection syringe (50) for injection of an injectable substance into the organism (1), wherein the actuating device (20) has an actuating element (21) which forms an abutment for a piston device (53) of the injection syringe (50) on the guide device (10), in such a way that, during the withdrawal movement, the piston device (53) executes a relative movement counter to the injection needle (51) and the syringe body (52).
US09333303B2
A drug delivery device having a trigger biasing member that provides dispense assistance. The drug delivery device includes a variable dose setting mechanism that is operably coupled to a primary reservoir holding a first medicament. The drug delivery device also includes a fixed dose setting mechanism that is operably coupled to a secondary reservoir holding a second medicament. The fixed dose setting mechanism comprises a trigger biasing member or spring. In addition, the drug delivery device includes a mechanical coupling that operably couples the variable dose setting mechanism and the fixed dose setting mechanism. During dose setting, activation of a single dose setter sets a variable dose of the first medicament. Setting of a minimum dose of the first medicament causes a fixed dose of the second medicament to be automatically set, and, during dispense, the trigger spring at least assists with the dispense of the fixed dose of the second medicament.
US09333302B2
A drug delivery device having a collar and a linkage component. The drug delivery device includes a variable dose setting mechanism, a fixed dose setting mechanism, a single dose setter, a collar, and a linkage component. The variable dose setting mechanism is operably coupled to a primary reservoir holding a first medicament and/or fluid. The fixed dose setting mechanism comprises a fixed dose piston rod that is operably coupled to a secondary reservoir holding a second medicament and/or fluid. Further, the single dose setter is operably coupled to the variable dose setting mechanism, and the collar is disposed on the variable dose setting mechanism. Still further, the linkage component may be disposed on the fixed dose setting mechanism, wherein the linkage component is capable of engagement with the collar. The delivery device is capable of delivering the second medicament and/or fluid by way of at least one discrete pulse of the second medicament and/or fluid.
US09333297B2
Embodiments of the present invention utilize a closed-loop feedback control system to ensure accurate drug delivery. This control system may, for example, utilize a flow sensor to measure the volume of delivery and an intelligent control algorithm to anticipate and compensate for overdoses and underdoses. Feedback control systems in accordance herewith can be applied to any piston- or plunger-driven pump system utilizing sensors that measure flow directly or indirectly. In some embodiments, adjustments are made based on the flow “tail” that occurs in a piston- or plunger-type pump as relaxation of the plunger material continues to push fluid out of the drug reservoir; this residual flow eventually ceases after the plunger returns to its natural state.
US09333294B2
An insertion device, generally used with an infusion set, including a needle being adapted for puncturing at one end and including at the opposite end a hub. The hub includes a handle part and a guard part that are capable of securing the needle through the use of locks. Locking structures are used to secure the insertion device in a position where the needle is covered in a locked position, avoiding unintended contact with the needle.
US09333284B2
A ventricular assist device comprising a housing defining an interior space, at least two ports opening into said interior space, and at least one pump for pumping blood between the ports through said interior space, the ports and interior space providing a continuous blood flow path that is not interrupted by valves.
US09333282B2
The invention relates to a wound-stimulating unit comprising a wound-stimulating device for use in combination with a vacuum assisted closure. The closure comprises a hydrophilic body to be placed on a wound surface, a cover sealing the hydrophilic body and a skin portion surrounding the wound surface, and a vacuum system for generating an underpressure in a closure space limited by the wound surface, the skin portion surrounding the wound surface and the cover. Further, the wound-stimulating device comprises a connector provided with an intermediate channel structure having an input section and multiple output sections, the device further comprising a pressure system for supplying wound stimulating agents to the input section of the intermediate channel structure.
US09333273B2
Gas-filled microvesicles associated with a polypeptide comprising a sequence of amino acids, said sequence exhibiting binding affinity for selectins, particularly p-selectin. The gas-filled microvesicles can be used in ultrasound imaging.
US09333265B2
Provided is an organic-inorganic hybrid composite of a polymerized cyclic nitroxide radical compound and inorganic nanoparticles. Such a composite is capable, for example, of maintaining a stable nanoparticle shape in gastric fluid, and can be used by itself or as a carrier for delivery of another drug to the intestines.
US09333250B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of bacterial infection, for example extraintestinal E. coli infection such as E. coli bacteremia, meningitis and sepsis. The invention relates also to methods of diagnosis and prevention.
US09333245B2
Provided are methods and compositions for treating a wound in a subject. The methods include applying a pharmaceutical composition that includes a first precursor material agent including fibrinogen, a second precursor material agent including thrombin, and silver particles to an abdominal incision site in an amount effective to treat the abdominal incision site. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and devices for use in the subject methods.
US09333228B2
The present invention provides dietary supplement formulations that may be beneficial for developing and strengthening bones and joints. Also provided are methods of treating a bone disease, such as osteoporosis, and methods of strengthening bones and joints by administering the dietary supplements to a subject in need thereof.
US09333225B2
The present invention relates to a parvovirus for the treatment of mesenchymal tumors, preferably malignant bone tumors such as localized and metastasized bone tumors, in particular osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma. A preferred parvovirus includes a replication competent parvovirus H-1PV.
US09333217B2
The invention relates to inhibition of wild-type and certain mutant forms of human histone methyltransferase EZH2, the catalytic subunit of the PRC2 complex which catalyzes the mono- through tri-methylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3-K27). In one embodiment the inhibition is selective for the mutant form of the EZH2, such that trimethylation of H3-K27, which is associated with certain cancers, is inhibited. The methods can be used to treat cancers including follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Also provided are methods for identifying small molecule selective inhibitors of the mutant forms of EZH2 and also methods for determining responsiveness to an EZH2 inhibitor in a subject.
US09333215B2
A preparation of a kind of 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 medicinal composition aqueous solution containing ginsenoside Rg3 0.5˜10 mg/ml: add 0.1-5% of ginsenoside solution to 0.1˜30% of adjuvant A, B{circle around (1)}{circle around (2)}{circle around (5)} at the temperature of 40˜100° C., the ratio of these two is 1:1˜300, add water after the solvent is recycled under reduced pressure; another kind of 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 medicinal composition aqueous solution contains 0.1˜2 mg/ml of 20 (R) of the ginsenoside Rg3, the preparation: add 0.1˜5% of ginsenoside solution to 20˜65% of adjuvant B{circle around (3)}{circle around (4)} at the temperature of 60˜100° C., main material to adjuvant B=1:100˜400, add water after the solvent is recycled under reduced pressure. The above 20 (R) ginsenoside Rg3 composition aqueous solution and the powder after lyophilization can be used to prepare injectable, oral administration and external use, and the bioactivity of these preparations is high, and with the actions of anti cancer, efficacy potentiation and toxicity attenuation effects of the combined chemical or radiation therapy of tumor, enhancement of human immune functions, improvement of human memory, anti fatigue, and detumescence, pain relieving.
US09333211B2
The present disclosure provides for compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases comprising one or more isolated phosphate complexes of platinum and methods of uses thereof for treating neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinsons, Huntington's disease and diabetes associated peripheral neuropathy The present disclosure is also directed towards an anti-angiogenic composition useful for inhibiting angiogenesis related to age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and tumor-associated angiogenesis. An embodiment of the present disclosure is also directed towards a method for modulating the expression of Pigment Epithelial Derived Factor (PEDF) gene in an individual in need thereof. The present disclosure also provides for a method of reducing neurotoxicity associated with the administration of a cancer therapy in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one or more isolated monomeric phosphate complexes of platinum described herein.
US09333207B2
A pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration containing the active ingredient 1-adamantylethyloxy-3-morpholino-2-propanol, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in a concentration range of from 3 to 100 mg/ml for the treatment of cerebrovascular disease.
US09333205B2
The present invention relates to substituted isoxazolo-quinazolines which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by dysregulated protein kinase activity, in particular human MPS1 and PERK. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing such these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US09333194B2
The present invention provides novel angiogenesis inhibitors effective, safe and highly practical for inhibition of angiogenesis in various diseases, and a method for screening the same. The active ingredients of the angiogenesis inhibitors of the present invention comprise ansamycin antibiotics such as rifampicin, rifamycin SV and 3-formyl rifamycin, which have long been used extensively as antibacterial agents for treating tuberculosis or Gram-positive bacterial infections. The active ingredients of the present invention have excellent angiogenesis-inhibiting activity. The angiogenesis inhibitor of the present invention is effective for inhibition of angiogenesis in malignant tumors, diabetic retinopathy, retinal angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, and angiogenesis accompanying cardiovascular remodeling, etc., and can be used as therapeutic agents against each disease, etc. Further, the screening method of the present invention makes it possible to perform an effective screening of angiogenesis-inhibiting substances by detecting angiogenesis-inhibiting signals based on gene expression levels.
US09333191B2
Provided herein are mast cell stabilizers used to prevent, treat, or mitigate severity of laminitis. Mast cell stabilizers can be combined with antihistamines and other medicaments to prevent, treat, or mitigate severity of laminitis.
US09333186B2
The invention relates to a method of treating the coat of an animal. The method includes the steps of applying a composition to the coat of the animal, diffusing the composition by action of a carrier, storing the active ingredients of the composition by the sebaceous glands of the animal, and gradually releasing the active ingredients from the sebaceous glands. The dermo-cosmetic composition includes a diffusion solvent vehicle that enables, by a simple application to one or more points of the cutaneous surface, a diffusion over the entirety thereof and at the level of the sebaceous glands. The active ingredients, primarily including a complex of essential oils and of polyunsaturated fatty acids, stored in these sebaceous glands can be salted out progressively with the sebum product to the surface of the skin.
US09333181B2
The present invention relates to a liquid lipid core/solid lipid shell capsule surface-functionalized with at least one compound containing at least one amino function, characterized in that the lipid core/lipid shell architecture is on the nanometric scale and in that said compound is covalently bonded to said solid lipid shell via a transacylation reaction. It also relates to a method for preparing such capsules.
US09333180B2
The invention relates to nanocapsules with a liquid lipidic core and a solid lipidic shell, the lipidic core being loaded with at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible ingredient, said ingredient being present in the form of a reverse micellar system.
US09333179B2
The present invention generally relates to nanoparticles with an amphiphilic component. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of developing nanoparticles with desired properties. In one set of embodiments, the method includes producing libraries of nanoparticles having highly controlled properties, which can be formed by mixing together two or more macromolecules in different ratios. One or more of the macromolecules may be a polymeric conjugate of a moiety to a biocompatible polymer. In some cases, the nanoparticle may contain a drug. Other aspects of the invention are directed to methods using nanoparticle libraries.
US09333177B2
The present invention relates to a novel liquid delivery carrier comprising a specific grade of glyceryl caprylate and PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil in particular amounts. This carrier can be loaded with slightly or poorly water soluble substances and filled into hard gelatin capsule shells for final administration to a subject. Also disclosed are filling compositions comprising such delivery carrier and hard gelatin capsules filled with the carrier and the composition of the invention. The delivery carrier of the invention proved to be compatible with both the hard gelatin capsule shells and the substances loaded into it.
US09333164B1
A cosmetic composition is provided. The cosmetic composition may include pomace olive oil and a first moisturizing oil. The first moisturizing oil may be safflower oil, mango butter, or hemp seed oil. A second oil can also be included and may be coconut oil or grape seed oil. A bacterial control oil can also be present and may be sweet orange oil or lemongrass oil.
US09333162B2
A linear, branched or cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte, resulting from the polymerisation, for 100 molar percentage: a) 50% to 99% of monomeric units including a strong, free and partially or completely salified acid function ; b) 1% to 50% of a monomeric units of formula (I): CH2═CH(R1)-C(═O)—O—(CH2)n-CF3 (I), wherein R1 represents H or CH3, and n is 1, 2 or 3; c) optionally greater than 0% to 5% of monomeric units of formula (II): R2-C(═O)—O—[(CH2-CH(R4)-O]m-R3 (II), wherein m is 0 to 50, R2 represents an unsaturated aliphatic monovalent radical with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R4 represents H, CH3 or CH3CH2 and R3 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon aliphatic radical with 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and d) optionally greater than 0% to 5% of at least one monomer with diethylenic or polyethylenic cross-linking. The use thereof as a thickener in topical compositions.
US09333155B1
A personal care composition including at least one dry emollient and one oily emollient, where the personal care composition is free of silicone or silicone containing materials.
US09333137B1
A patient positioning device attaches to a bed rail to stabilize a patient on the patient's side to more easily provide care to the patient. The device includes a shaft having a first end and a second end. A cushion is coupled to the first end of the shaft. The cushion is configured for abutting a back side of a patient to support the back side of the patient. A tube is coupled to the second end of the shaft. A plurality of clips is coupled to the tube The clips are configured for releasably attaching to a bed rail.
US09333136B2
A patient support apparatus includes a cushion, a cover arranged over a top side of the cushion, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is coupled to the cover and arranged to underlie a patient supported on the cover. The sensor unit includes a sensor configured to detect conditions near the interface of a patient's skin with the cover.
US09333133B2
A wheelchair having an adjustable seat includes a seat frame including first and second side support members. The side support members are extendable between a first position defining a first length and a second position defining a second length greater than the first length. A seat member is coupled at a first side thereof to the first side support member and at a second side thereof to the second side support member. The seat member extends between the first and second side support members to define a seat area having an initial depth corresponding to the first length of the side support members and a width corresponding to a distance between the side support members. The seat member includes an auxiliary portion for extending the seat member to an extended depth corresponding to the second length of the side support members.
US09333127B1
A bodily garment assembly includes a sleeve that may be worn around a user's waist so the sleeve covers the user's crotch. An absorbing member is removably coupled to the sleeve so the absorbing member abuts the user's crotch. The absorbing member may absorb urine.
US09333116B2
A sound attenuator that allows a user to adjust the amount of attenuation in a variable, continuous fashion or in a discrete controlled fashion from zero attenuation to maximum attenuation without removing the device from the ear. The ear attenuator includes a housing having a passageway, the passageway allowing for sound to pass through the housing and a variable control, the variable control able to control the size of the passageway through the housing and the amount of attenuating material located within the passageway through the housing.
US09333105B2
A support device for protecting one or more portions of a user's hand or arm by limiting movement thereof includes a base surface for contacting a floor or other object adjacent to the device, a curved support surface extending from the base surface, and a plurality or orifices formed in the support surface. A user's fingers and thumb can be placed through the orifices to allow the palm of the hand to rest on a portion of the support surface, suspending the heel of the hand above the support device and aligning the user's wrist with the heel. The fingers may remain freely suspended within the device.
US09333102B2
A stent with at least one cross-section having either a vertex or having first and second contour points where the radius of curvature of the first point is at least 2.5 times the radius of curvature of the second point.
US09333086B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a spinal facet cage implant for implantation in a spinal facet joint. In one implementation, the implant includes a distal leading end, a proximal trailing end, a first face, and a second face. The distal leading end has a distal surface generally opposite a proximal surface of the proximal trailing end. The first face has a first surface that is generally parallel with a second surface of the second face. The first and second faces extend between the distal leading end and the proximal trailing end. The first and second surfaces having one or more textured features adapted to provide friction with the spinal facet joint. One or more windows are defined in the first and/or second surfaces, and one or more side windows are defined in the first and/or second side surfaces.
US09333079B2
A tool for inserting a cylinder of a penile prosthesis into a patient includes a handle extending between first and second guides. The first guide is located at a first end portion of the tool and includes a first cylinder cradle on a first side of the tool and a first tubing cradle on a second side of the tool that is opposite of the first side of the tool. The second guide located at a second end portion of the tool and includes a second cylinder cradle on one of the first side or the second side of the tool and a second tubing cradle on the other side of the tool. The lateral width of the first tubing cradle and the second tubing cradle is the same and a lateral width of the first cylinder cradle is smaller than a lateral width of the second cylinder cradle.
US09333070B2
An implantable prosthesis is provided having a membrane which holds a flowable substance. The membrane is separated into a first chamber and a second chamber with the first and second chambers being fluidly coupled via an orifice. The orifice has a size which may be adjusted by the user after implanting the prosthesis into the patient.
US09333065B2
Described are implants, tools, and methods useful for treating pelvic conditions such as prolapse, by placing an implant to support pelvic tissue, the implants, tools, and methods involving one or more of an insertion tool that works in coordination with a sheath, adjusting engagements, specific implants and pieces of implants, placement of implants at locations within the pelvic region, and insertion, adjusting, and grommet management tools.
US09333047B2
A method for generating position data of an instrument (1), in particular a medical instrument, wherein the method includes the following steps: capturing position measurement data by way of at least one position sensor (7, 9) arranged on the instrument, determining a movement state of the instrument on the basis of the captured position measurement data, filtering the captured position measurement data on the basis of the determined movement state. A system for presenting an instrument, a computer program product including a program code, a computer program and a data storage medium including a program code.
US09333044B2
A robotic catheter control system includes a collision detection logic configured to determine a collision metric indicative of a collision between a medical device that is manipulated by the robotic control system and an object. The object may be an anatomical feature or can be another medical device, including another device being manipulated by the robotic control system. The collision detection logic produces virtual representations of the medical device and the object and uses these representation to determine collision. Geometrical solids, such as spheres, are used to represent the outer surfaces of the devices and the logic determines whether the respective surfaces intersect, thereby indicating collision. Collision avoidance involves estimating future device poses and then computing an alternate path computation so as avoid predicted collision(s).
US09333039B2
Systems and methods for providing vibration feedback in robotic systems are disclosed. A system for configuring a robotic surgery system to provide vibration feedback during robot-assisted surgery includes a sensor, an actuator, and a controller. The sensor is coupled to the robotic surgery system such that the sensor senses a vibration of a surgical tool. The actuator is coupled to the surgery system such that the actuator provides a vibration to a user at a control station. The controller is electrically coupled with the sensor and the actuator. The controller is configured to receive data corresponding to a sensed vibration from the sensor. The controller is further configured to actuate the actuator based on the received data such that the actuator provides a vibration to the user when the sensor senses the vibration of the tool. The above system may be configured to provide tactile and/or audio feedback.
US09333025B2
A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes a housing, a control lever rotatably coupled to the housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact and an initialization clip coupled to housing and the control lever to prevent operation of the RF generation circuit and movement of the control lever.
US09333018B2
The invention features bone screws having a threaded screw body and a screw head attached to one end of the screw body, the bone screw further including: a) an interior channel extending longitudinally through the screw head and through at least a portion of the screw body, wherein the interior channel has a width of less than 5.0 millimeters; and b) a plurality of radially-disposed delivery channels connecting the interior channel to the exterior of the screw body, each delivery channel having exterior openings. The invention further features devices that include a bone screw and a delivery manifold detachably attached to the screw head of the bone screw. In addition, the invention features methods of treating a patient having a bone defect by using a bone screw described herein.
US09333013B2
The invention relates to a plate fixed between two bone parts by way of screws engaged in holes formed in the thickness of said plate. The plate comprises an angled member or rib which is inclined according to an angle of between about 30° and 60° in relation to the plane defined by the plate. The angled member or rib has a hole for engaging a screw and is located in the central part of the width, over a determined part of the length of the plate, so that the screw brings the two bone parts into a compressive position.
US09333011B2
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element having a shaft and a head having a curved outer surface portion; a receiving part having a top end and a bottom end, a coaxial bore extending from the top end in the direction of the bottom end, and a seat portion for receiving the head at the bottom end; and a pressure element having a head contacting surface portion that contacts the curved outer surface portion of the head; wherein the head is pivotable with respect to the receiving part and can be fixed at an angle by exerting pressure via the pressure element, and wherein the head has an oversize in the curved outer surface portion with respect to the head contacting surface portion, such that an interference fit is achieved that clamps the head by the friction between the outer surface portion and the head contacting surface portion.
US09333009B2
A spinal correction system for implantation in a patient, the system including a reciprocating adjuster and/or a resistance adjuster coupled to a stabilizing member, for example. The resistance adjuster includes a potential energy drive, a slide unit, and a resistance unit. The reciprocating adjuster includes a piston unit, a transfer unit coupled to the piston unit, and a return mechanism.
US09333008B2
A spinal implant comprising a plurality of contiguous segments that define a segment array, said plurality of contiguous segments extending from a first side of the segment array to a second side of the segment array in an overlapping configuration, said plurality of contiguous segments operable to apply a torque to a degenerate spinal segment in each of three orthogonal axes. At least one mounting connection is configured to connect said spinal implant to a mounting mechanism, said mounting mechanism being configured to attach said spinal implant to said degenerate spinal segment.
US09333007B2
The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens.
US09332989B2
The invention relates to a surgical instrument for removing a surgical clip applied to a hollow organ, said clip comprising two clamping arms having two free ends and two ends connected to each other and defining a connecting region, and said instrument having a proximal and a distal end, wherein a spreading device for grasping and spreading apart an applied clip from an applied position to a released position is arranged at the distal end.
US09332984B2
A fastener cartridge assembly. The fastener cartridge assembly can comprise a fastener, a cartridge body, and a tissue thickness compensator. The fastener can comprise a base, a first leg extending from the base, and a second leg extending from the base. The cartridge body can comprise a fastener cavity for receiving the fastener and a trajectory control for controlling the trajectory of the first and second legs of the fastener. The fastener can be removable from the fastener cavity along a fastener axis. The trajectory control can extend inwardly toward the fastener axis and can bias the first leg and the second leg toward alignment with the fastener axis when the fastener is positioned in the fastener cavity.
US09332979B2
Systems and methods for AC joint dislocation surgical repairs, without knot tying. The surgical systems include two fixation devices (for example, a button and an anchor) joined by strand of flexible material having a knotless, self-cinching, adjustable loop with two splices that attach to the two fixation devices. The knotless, adjustable loop/fixation devices allow for tensioning of the AC repair after the anchor implantation.
US09332974B2
A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a third layer comprising a third medicament. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a first layer comprising a first medicament, a second layer comprising a second medicament, and a reservoir comprising a third medicament disposed within the reservoir. The medicaments may be independently selected from a haemostatic agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic agent, anti-microbial agent, an anti-adhesion agent, an anti-coagulant agent, a pharmaceutically active agent, a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, and combinations thereof. Articles of manufacture comprising the tissue thickness compensator and methods of making and using the tissue thickness compensator are also described.
US09332966B2
Methods and systems for data communication in an ultrasound system are provided. One method includes acquiring ultrasound data using an ultrasound probe having a plurality of transducer elements, wherein the ultrasound data includes echo information acquired from the plurality of transducer elements and the ultrasound data is acquired using a plurality of transmit events of the ultrasound probe. The method also includes digitizing the acquired ultrasound data. The method further includes communicating a subset of the digitized ultrasound data for at least some of the plurality of transmit events, wherein the subsets of communicated digitized ultrasound data are different for the plurality transmit events.
US09332959B2
In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, electrosurgical systems are provided generally including at least one energy-delivery device for delivering energy to tissue when inserted or embedded within tissue. The energy-delivery device can be a tissue ablation device, such as an ablation probe, needle, etc. for ablating tissue as commonly known in the art. The electrosurgical systems include at least one structure and/or operational characteristic for enhancing ultrasonic visibility of the energy-delivery devices within tissue during ultrasonography.
US09332948B2
A device for positioning a patient within an image volume of a cone-beam tomography system. The device includes a volume indicator adapted to indicate at least a front boundary of the image volume and having a horizontal indicator for horizontal alignment. The device also includes a head clamp adapted to position at least a portion of the head of the patient within the front boundary of the image volume indicated by the volume indicator.
US09332944B2
Method and system for providing a fault tolerant data receiver unit configured with a partitioned or separate processing units, each configured to perform a predetermined and/or specific processing associated with the one or more substantially non-overlapping functions of the data monitoring and management system is provided.
US09332942B2
Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining information regarding at least one portion of a biological structure. For example, using a first arrangement, it is possible to generate a first electro-magnetic radiation to be forwarded to the portion and receive, from the portion, a second fluorescent radiation associated with the first electro-magnetic radiation Further, using a second arrangement, it is possible to obtain information associated with the second fluorescent radiation, and generate at least one image of the portion as a function of the second fluorescent radiation. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first arrangement can be inserted into at least one lumen, and the image of the portion may be associated with the at least one lumen.
US09332940B1
A sensor module can include a battery housing comprising a battery cavity sized and shaped to receive a battery. The battery cavity can be defined at least in part by a wall to be disposed about at least a portion of a periphery of the battery. A package housing can be disposed on the wall of the battery housing, the package housing smaller than the battery housing. An integrated device package can be disposed in or coupled with the package cavity. The integrated device package can include one or more integrated device dies. An interfacing feature can be coupled with the battery housing and extending transverse to the wall. The interfacing feature can be configured to transduce a biological signature into a signal to be processed by the integrated device package. An interconnect assembly can electrically connect the interfacing feature to the integrated device package.
US09332939B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting an epileptic event, for example, a seizure in a patient using a medical device. The determination is performed by providing an autonomic signal indicative of the patient's autonomic activity; providing a neurologic signal indicative of the patient's neurological activity; and detecting an epileptic event based upon the autonomic signal and the neurologic signal.
US09332938B2
A lancet enclosed in a sterility sheet forms a lancet packet to maintain the sterility of the lancet and prevent the lancet from unintentionally piercing the sterility sheet prior to lancet actuation. In one form, the lancet is immobilized by hot tack welding a portion of the sterility sheet to the lancet. Alternatively, portions of the sterility sheet are hot tack welded together through an opening in the lancet to limit movement of the lancet.
US09332936B2
A concentration determination apparatus in accordance with exemplary embodiments has a storage body and a temperature control plate. The concentration determination apparatus may also have a first and second input light guide and a first and second light receiving light guide, and an operational unit that contains an absorbance calculation device for calculating an absorbance of liquid and living body tissue and a concentration calculation device for comparing the absorbance of the liquid and the living body tissue.
US09332933B2
Devices and methods for positioning a portion of a sensor at a first predetermined location, displacing the portion of the sensor from the first predetermined location to a second predetermined location, and detecting one or signals associated with an analyte level of a patient at the second predetermined location are disclosed. Also provided are systems and kits for use in analyte monitoring.
US09332930B2
A method and system for determining a pose of a subject. The subject is placed onto a surface of a platform having a first radio-frequency transceiver and a second radio-frequency transceiver. A first radio-frequency transponder is placed onto an upper extremity of the subject. A second radio-frequency transponder is placed onto a lower extremity of the subject. A first signal is transmitted from the first transceiver to the first transponder, resulting in the first transponder sending a second signal. A third signal is transmitted from the second transceiver to the second transponder, resulting in the second transponder sending a fourth signal. The second signal is received by the first transceiver. The fourth signal is received by the second transceiver. A pose of the subject is determined based on receiving the second signal and the fourth signal.
US09332922B2
A device, method, and system for monitoring the status of an internal part of a body using an electromagnetic transceiver operating in the microwave regime; a processing unit compares measured data with reference data to determine the status of the internal part. The solution may be arranged to continuously monitor the internal part of the body and the system may be arranged so as to be wearable or portable.
US09332921B2
A coated electromyography needle including an anti-microbial, electrically insulative coating applied to non-tip portion of an electrode of the electromyography needle.
US09332915B2
In a system and method for identifying a driver of a source associated with a heart rhythm disorder, data are accessed from a plurality of sensors representing biological activity in the heart. A first region and a second region of the heart are identified as the source of the heart rhythm disorder. If the first region has repeating activation and controls the second region for at least a predetermined number of beats, the first region is identified as controlling the source of the heart rhythm disorder.
US09332904B2
This document provides methods and materials for quantifying ocular counter roll and detecting vestibular otolith damage. For example, devices for quantifying ocular counter roll, methods of making devices for quantifying ocular counter roll, and methods for using a device to quantify (e.g., quantify indirectly) ocular counter roll are provided.
US09332900B2
A method and an apparatus are presented for determining ocular motor function in a patient. The patient is instructed to wear a pair of test glasses comprising a first lens having a first color and a second lens having a second color, where the first color and the second color differ. A light comprising a first color is projected onto a vertical surface, where the location of the light can be moved on the vertical surface. For each value of (i), an (i)th fixation point is then projected on the vertical surface, where the (i)th fixation point is one of (N) total fixation points and comprises the second color. For each value of (i), a perceived location is recorded upon receiving a signal that the (i)th fixation point is illuminated by the light. Finally, the (N) perceived locations are transformed into an ocular motor function map.
US09332897B2
A fluoroscopy apparatus is adopted which includes a fluorescence-image generating section that generates a fluorescence image of a subject, a white-light-image generating section that generates a white-light image of the subject, a fluorescence-image correcting section that generates a corrected fluorescence image in which luminance values of pixels are normalized by dividing the luminance values of the pixels of the fluorescence image by the luminance values of the pixels of the white-light image, an error-image identifying section that standardizes white-light-image acquisition conditions and identifies an error region, which is a region in which the luminance values of the corrected fluorescence image exceed a preset allowable error range, on the basis of a gray level of the normalized white-light image, and a monitor that displays the error region.
US09332896B2
A laryngoscope comprising a handle, a blade holding element, a detachable blade, means for viewing the laryngeal inlet of a patient and means for adjusting the viewing field. The means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise a light refracting means. Alternatively, in embodiments in which the viewing means comprises at least two fixed cameras elements directed to at least two different viewing fields, the means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise means for switching from one camera to the other or, in embodiments in which the viewing means comprises a movable camera element, the means for adjusting the viewing field may comprise mechanical or electronic means for controlling the movement of the camera. A method for viewing the laryngeal inlet of a patient using a laryngoscope comprising the step of adjusting the viewing field is also covered.
US09332895B2
A light source apparatus is designed in accordance with an object, and following elements and phosphors are disposed in a casing, a first light emitting element that emits a light in a first irradiation mode, which is selected so that a light emission band has a portion that overlaps a first-specific-band, a first phosphor selected so as to include the first-specific-band in an excitation band and include a second-specific-band in a fluorescence-emission-band, a second phosphor selected so that an excitation intensity compared with the first phosphor is low in the first-specific-band, and high in a second-fluorescence-excitation-band at a short wavelength side in a second-irradiation-band and a fluorescence-emission-band includes the second-irradiation-band other than the second-fluorescence-excitation-band, and a second light emitting element that emits a light in a second irradiation mode, which is selected so that a light emission band is included in the second-fluorescence-excitation-band.
US09332889B2
A dishwasher pump assembly according to one example embodiment includes a pump having a housing and a pumping chamber within the housing. The pumping chamber includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet has a center axis. The assembly also includes a motor having a shaft operably coupled to the pump for rotating the pump. The shaft has a center axis that is offset from the center axis of the fluid inlet. Other embodiments, assemblies and methods are also disclosed.
US09332881B2
A food mixer comprises a receiving chamber that is connected to a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber contains a shredding component and a blending component that rotatably engages the mixing chamber. The blending component can be a screw bit that comprises a first set of spiral ridge that form a screw pattern and a second set of straight ridges on its cone-shaped top. The spiral ridges form channels between the ridges. On the surface of the channels near the bottom of the screw bit, a set of teeth is present. On the spiral ridges themselves, there is also another set of teeth. The width of the channels becomes increasing wider towards the bottom of the screw bit. The distance between the spiral ridges is larger at the bottom of the screw bit than the distance between the ridges at the top of the screw bit.
US09332876B2
A kitchen appliance includes a first reservoir for receiving a liquid to be used for preparing a beverage. A hot water generator (‘HWG’) has an inlet end, an outlet end and a passageway extending therebetween. The inlet end of the HWG is connected to the first reservoir. Liquid from the first reservoir flows into the HWG through the inlet end. A second reservoir is connected to the outlet end of the HWG. The second reservoir includes a discharge port, a gas vent and a skirt extending from a wall of the second reservoir further than the gas vent. The skirt at least partially surrounds the gas vent. At least a portion of the skirt is spaced laterally inwardly from an outer sidewall of the second reservoir.
US09332873B2
The present invention is to provide a lid structure including a lid having a bottom side provided with an opening and concavely provided with an assembly space corresponding in position to the opening and having a first threaded connection portion protrudingly provided on an inner wall of the lid and extending toward the opening; a gasket fitted around the outer periphery of the first threaded connection portion and protrudingly provided with a pulling tab which extends toward the opening; and a filter having a second threaded connection portion provided on a top side thereof and threadedly engageable with the first threaded connection portion. Thus, when it is desired to clean the lid, the user only has to rotate the filter to easily detach the filter from the lid and pull the pulling tab to rapidly remove the gasket from the lid for cleaning, without using any tool.
US09332864B2
Reinforced shelf for metal shelving unit, particularly for the shelving units whose shelves (B1, Bn) are provided, on the side facing the public, with electronic labels and/or other peripherals, and wherein the shelf on its bottom side has plate reinforcement (T1, Tn), parallel to each other and to the front and rear side (LA, LP) of the shelf itself, characterized in that in correspondence or at the ends of the reinforcements (T1, Tn) there are provided at least a pair of apertures (1, 10) for the passage and support of wiring (D), necessary to connect means (P1) on the rear side of the shelves, to means (P2) on the front side of the shelf (B1, Bn) for supporting and displaying goods. The apertures (1, 10) are sufficiently distant from the angular bent and ribbed areas of the reinforcements (T1, Tn) so as not substantially modify the characteristics of bend strength and torsion resistance of the reinforcements. The apertures (1, 10) are preferably obtained during the manufacture of reinforcements (T1, Tn) and of relative displaying shelves (B1, Bn).
US09332863B2
An aisle containment apparatus having a pair of spaced apart upper rails and a pair of spaced apart lower rails positioned spaced apart from and below the pair of upper rails. A side blanking panel is secured to one of the pair of upper rails and to one of the pair of lower rails and a ceiling spans between the pair of upper rails. A fixed panel is secured to the pair of upper rails and to the pair of lower rails and a moveable panel is releasably secured to the pair of upper rails and is adjustably positioned along the pair of upper rails so as to position the moveable panel a predetermined distance from the first panel.
US09332862B2
Refrigerator doors (which includes freezer doors) are provided for use in display areas where refrigerated merchandise (e.g., frozen or chilled food) is displayed. It is desired to increase energy efficiency of the doors and thus of the refrigerated display system, while at the same time reducing visible reflectance from the doors to make it easier for customers to see merchandise which is being displayed behind the transparent doors. Refrigerator doors according to certain example embodiments of this invention include one or more AR coatings, some of which may include a transparent conductive layer (e.g., ITO) so as to also function as a low-E coating.
US09332852B1
A backpack assembly that includes a backpack adapted to carry sports equipment with a foldable seat and roller segment secured thereto. The backpack has an internal bag frame to support the sports equipment. The backpack also has a sports-ball-securing segment and an insulated pouch for food and beverages. The foldable seat is secured to the bag frame to provide a seat that can fold out for the participant or spectator to sit upon. The roller segment automatically engages such that the bag can be tipped and rolled by the participant or spectator when the foldable seat is stored. When the foldable seat is deployed, the roller segment automatically disengages to provide a stable platform for the seat.
US09332850B2
A reversible orthopedic seat cushion can include a right leg support channel, a left leg support channel, a rear cutout, and a front contoured protuberance, which can allow a person sitting in the cushion to experience reduced pressure on the persons coccyx, while having support and guidance to the position of the legs. The seat cushion can also be used in a reversed position. The features of the cushion may promote a healthy sitting posture, and proper spine alignment, and may reduce or prevent back pain. Also disclosed is a method for configuring a support contour of a cushion.
US09332847B2
A powered rocker system assemble is disclosed that includes a motorized rocking mechanism with a rotational motor drive and to an automatic transmission assemble configured to automatically force the balance the rotational motion cycle with the newly balanced position of the occupied chair before switching from manual to powered rocking and a device referred to as a powered pawl controller which is configured to allow the rocking chair to rock while in the recline position with the leg rest extended.
US09332846B2
A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a riser including a tiltable deck. Another seating system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a drive system for moving a riser. The drive system includes a sprocket configured to engage a belt.
US09332839B2
A desk mounted vertically adjustable stand up desk allows a conventional desk to be easily and quickly converted to a stand up desk for the user. The desk mounted vertically adjustable stand up desk includes a base plate adapted to be supported on a desk surface; a tower vertically extending from the base plate; a stand up desk surface member moveably mounted on the tower and configured to be vertically adjustable relative to the base plate; and a lock member coupled to the tower and configured to secure the stand up desk surface member in a desired user selected vertical position.
US09332838B1
A shelf unit has a modular, interlocking design and eliminates the need for hardware components. The shelf unit includes first and second side pieces each including first and second rails and first, second, and third rungs extending between the first and second rails. First and second shelf-supporting connectors attach with the first rungs of the first and second side pieces and the second rungs of the first and second side pieces, respectively, via interlocking slots. A first shelf is positioned atop the first shelf-supporting connector and a second shelf is positioned atop the second shelf-supporting connector.
US09332829B2
A fluid dispensing oral care implement having a low profile pump includes a head, a reservoir for storing an oral care fluid, at least one liquid outlet in the head, and a pump. The pump includes a flexible membrane movable between alternating pump intake and discharge motions. The pump includes inlet and outlet flap valves, which may be formed integrally from portions of the membrane. In one embodiment, the valves are integrally formed in the membrane as flexible cantilevered tabs movable between open and closed positions. In some embodiments, the pump may be mounted in the toothbrush head or forms the head. In some embodiments, the pump may be disposed in a neck or a handle portion of the toothbrush.
US09332817B2
Provided is a luggage piece that can be coupled to a second luggage piece to be transported together as a joined unit, and a luggage system including such luggage pieces. The luggage piece includes a housing for storing items to be transported therein, and a retractable handle provided to the housing. A plurality of rollers coupled to the housing allow the luggage piece to be rolled, and include at least two in-line rollers having a generally-fixed rolling direction. The second luggage piece includes two or more adjustable rollers having a variable rolling direction. A plurality of tethers couple the luggage piece and the second luggage piece together to form a joined unit that can be steered through adjustment of the rolling direction of the adjustable rollers.
US09332816B2
The upper end of a cover is provided at the upper end of a hanger body so as to be capable of rotating in the vertical direction. The cover is adapted to be capable of rotating between a closed position at which the cover abuts on the front surface of the hook of the hanger body and an open position at which the cover is rotated upward by a predetermined angle from the closed position. When located at the closed position, the cover closes an upper open section which opens an engagement recess to the outside. An insertion hole (is provided in the cover. The latch of a padlock is inserted through both the insertion hole and the engagement recess. The abutting of the latch against the backward facing back surface of the hook prevents the cover from rotating from the closed position to the open position side.
US09332814B2
A compact, modular, cosmetic organizer that provides portability and ease of use and access to the cosmetics. The cosmetic organizer includes a housing, a tray, a plurality of foldable modular boxes, and a foldable mirror. The modular boxes and mirror are collapsible for storage within the housing. When in use, the modular boxes rest within the tray to allow easy access to the cosmetics.
US09332811B2
A buckle assembly includes a hollow buckle body and an insertable buckle latch with elongate latching legs. A separate reciprocable slide element carried by the buckle latch element with cam surfaces, angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the buckle that overlies the free ends of the latching legs. The cam surfaces are associated with angled surfaces on the latching legs forward of the latching edges. Movement of the slide element relative to the latch element causes the cam surfaces to urge the free ends of the latching legs together to unlatch the latching legs from the hollow buckle body locking edges. In one form, a cable is connected to the separate slide element to slide the separate slide element.
US09332805B2
The present disclosure describes a performance enhancing shoe sole that includes an anterior support structure and a posterior support structure that are connected by a first support structure. The anterior support structure and posterior support structure are flexible bent spring structures. The first support structure provides a plantar interface that includes a midfoot arch. The shoe sole is positionable in a shoe to provide shock absorption and controlled energy return from the posterior support structure to the first support structure. The shoe sole is an interconnected bent spring system that can be a single ribbon of flexible material defining multiple pivot angles or a multi-layered cantilevered flexible bent spring. The shoe sole can also include inserts that dampen shock.
US09332797B2
A system for a full-brimmed hat capable of accommodating a headset includes a full-brimmed hat and a headset. The full-brimmed hat allows users to simultaneously wear the headset and obtain full protection from harmful sun rays while also providing shielding from the sunlight. The full-brim is designed with brim joints which are adjusted by fasteners. The brim joints open the holes on the sides of the full-brimmed hat, and the earpieces of the headset are placed in the holes. The frame of the headset rests on top of the full-brimmed hat, which accommodates both a large headset and a small headset.
US09332784B2
The invention provides a method for making a fuel element for a smoking article including the steps of mixing a metal-containing catalyst precursor with a filler material or graphite or a combination thereof to form a pre-treated fuel element component; optionally calcining the pre-treated fuel element component in order to convert the catalyst precursor to a catalytic metal compound; after the optional calcining step, combining the pre-treated fuel element component with a carbonaceous material and a binder to produce a fuel element composition; and forming the fuel element composition into a fuel element adapted for use in a smoking article. Examples of metal-containing catalyst precursors include iron nitrate, copper nitrate, cerium nitrate, cerium ammonium nitrate, manganese nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and zinc nitrate. Fuel elements treated according to the invention, and smoking articles including such fuel elements, are also provided.
US09332776B1
Methods and apparatus provide for spray drying a liquid product into a dried powder without applying heat, including: forming a slurry including a liquid solvent, a carrier, and an active ingredient; applying an electrostatic charge to the slurry; atomizing the charged slurry to produce a plurality of electrostatically charged, wet particles; suspending the electrostatically charged, wet particles for a sufficient time to permit repulsive forces induced by the electrostatic charge on at least some wet particles to cause at least some of such particles to divide into wet sub-particles; and continuing the suspending step, without the presence of any heated drying fluids, for a sufficient time to drive off a sufficient amount of the liquid solvent within most of the wet particles to leave a plurality of dried particles (the powder), each dried particle containing the active ingredient encapsulated within the carrier.
US09332772B2
By means of the invention, a method and an apparatus (1) for the drying of goods, in particular for the convection drying of pastas, which are introduced from a first treatment zone (2) into a second treatment zone (3), are to be improved to the effect that the drying process has a lower energy consumption than conventional dryers and the surroundings of the dryer (1) are polluted only slightly by waste heat. Furthermore, the dryer (1) is to be designed in a structurally simple and cost-effective way. This object is achieved by means of a method for the drying of goods, in which the temperature in the first treatment zone (2) is on average lower than in the second treatment zone (3), and in which the energy obtained from the exhaust air of the first and/or the second treatment zone (2, 3) in at least one heat exchanger (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) is introduced into the first treatment zone (2).
US09332763B2
Aqueous adjuvant concentrate with improved spray drift properties and method for its preparation comprising the steps of: i) dissolving from 15 to 30% by weight, on the weight of the final concentrate, of ammonium sulfate in water; ii) adding to the solution from 1 to 10% by weight, on the weight of the final concentrate, of anionic esters of alkyl polyglycosides; iii) dispersing in the solution from 2 to 10% by weight, on the weight of the final concentrate, of hydroxypropyl guar or hydroxypropyl guar acetate; iiii) adding ammonium sulfate to the dispersion to reach an ammonium sulfate final concentration comprised between 33 and 40% by weight.
US09332746B2
A fishing line wobble device for causing a fishing hook attached to a fishing line to wobble as said fishing hook is pulled through water. The fishing line deflector having a deflector for deflecting water, and an elongated line guide. The deflector having a plurality of voids disposed about the rim of the deflector.
US09332744B2
According to an embodiment, a fishing spinning reel includes an assembly structure of a handle with which to prevent backlash at a handle part and facilitate an assembly operation and a folding operation of the handle part. The fishing spinning reel according to the embodiment includes a driving shaft integrated with a drive gear, a handle arm rotating in response to an operation of a handle, a handle shaft axially supporting the handle arm in a pivotable manner on one end, rotating in response to the rotation of the handle arm, and divided from the driving shaft in an axial direction, and a tubular member connected to each of the driving shaft and the handle shaft in an integrally rotatable manner, and including a first engagement portion engaged with the driving shaft and a second engagement portion engaged with the handle arm in a state where the handle is used.
US09332742B2
A genetically modified non-human animal is provided, wherein the non-human animal expresses an antibody repertoire capable of pH dependent binding to antigens upon immunization. A genetically modified non-human animal is provided that expresses human immunoglobulin light chain variable domains derived from a limited repertoire of human immunoglobulin light chain variable gene segments that comprise histidine modifications in their germline sequence. Methods of making non-human animals that express antibodies comprising histidine residues encoded by histidine codons introduced into immunoglobulin light chain nucleotide sequences are provided.
US09332740B2
Hitherto, when viewing from above, it has been impossible to view aquarium fish clearly due to disturbances on the water surface. Provided is an improvement method, including a manufacturing method, that makes it possible to view aquarium fish clearly from above. Adopting a structure in which overflowing water flows into an upper gutter makes it possible to view aquarium fish clearly from above for long periods of time.
US09332738B2
An egg transfer system is provided. Such an egg transfer system includes a controller configured to receive a classification signal indicative of an egg classification status for each of a plurality of eggs carried by a flat. A transfer head assembly is in communication with the controller and is configured to remove a plurality of eggs from the flat. The eggs are grouped into at least a first and second subset based on the egg classification status. The controller is configured to direct the transfer head assembly to selectively release the first and second subsets separately based on the respective egg classification status of the eggs. An associated method is also provided.
US09332737B2
A bird feeder is provided having adjustable port access. The feeder includes a seed reservoir with a side wall that has at least one seed access opening and an adjustable feed port element. According to one embodiment, the adjustable feed port element is a feed port assembly. The feed port assembly includes a base with a rotatable insert having a perch coupled thereto in fixed relationship so that the perch and insert rotate as a unit. According to another embodiment, the adjustable feed port element rotates around the perch between a first position in which the perch is below a feed port being accessed, enabling birds to feed while standing on the perch, and a second position in which the perch is above a feed port being accessed, requiring birds to hang upside down from the perch to feed.
US09332732B2
A hands-free method for handling animal waste entails securing a support structure to an animal, preferably a dog. The support structure includes a first latching mechanism which is used to secure a disposable waste receptacle. The disposable waste receptacle is handled via a manipulating tool and corresponding second latching mechanism, with the manipulating tool being operated by means of a user interface. The manipulating tool is used to couple the disposable waste receptacle to the first latching mechanism. After the disposable waste receptacle accumulates excrement, the manipulating tool is used to decouple the disposable waste receptacle from the support structure and discard the disposable waste receptacle in a separate trash receptacle.
US09332726B2
A milking system includes a milking member for extracting milk from an animal, a transport line, a milk tank, a milk filter unit for filtering the milk with a first filter device and a second filter device, each including a filter container and a filter element, and a valve arrangement to convey milk through the devices, where the valve arrangement communicates with a control unit. The milking system further includes an indication device generating an indication to a user when any one of the filter elements needs to be replaced, which filter of the first and second filter device needs to be replaced, and when the filter element indicated to need to be replaced is accessible for replacement. A method for operating and cleaning the milking system is also provided.
US09332721B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV063168. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV063168, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV063168 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV063168 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV063168.
US09332717B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR68D14RX. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR68D14RX. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR68D14RX and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR68D14RX with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09332713B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XB44K13. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XB44K13. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XB44K13 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XB44K13 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09332698B2
The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding soybean plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease associated with Phakopsora spp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to ASR.
US09332697B2
Provided is a method for producing a homozygous non-human organism from a heterozygous non-human organism, which homozygous organism can be crossed to obtain a hybrid, comprising providing a heterozygous starting organism; allowing the organism to produce SDR-0 cells through meiosis, which cells originate from second division restitution; regenerating SDR-0 organisms from the SDR-0 cells; and producing the homozygous organism from the SDR-0 organisms thus obtained. Further provided is a method for producing a hybrid, comprising crossing a first homozygous organism that is produced according to the above method with a second homozygous organism. Also provided is a homozygous non-human organism and hybrid non-human organisms obtainable by these methods. In a preferred embodiment, the organisms are plants.
US09332695B2
A modular plant container includes a top having a plurality of inflow openings for receiving fluid. A bottom has a plurality of outflow openings for allowing the fluid to exit. A structure between the top and the bottom includes openings that allow light to reach a plant within the modular plant container. The structure forms a plurality of fluid paths. Each fluid path extends from one of the inflow openings in the top an associated outflow opening in the bottom. Each fluid path has a gap sized to allow a diverter. The diverter when present, divert fluid to a target location within the modular plant container.
US09332693B1
An agricultural combine has a threshing assembly for threshing a crop to produce chaff and grain, a cleaning assembly for removing the chaff from the grain, and a control system. The threshing assembly and the cleaning assembly operate at threshing and cleaning settings, respectively, for tending to produce a balance between a threshing load applied across the threshing assembly and a cleaning load applied across the cleaning assembly that tends to have a favorable influence on grain loss. The control system is for sensing an imbalance between the threshing load and the cleaning load tending to have an unfavorable influence on grain loss, and for concurrently adjusting the threshing and cleaning settings of the threshing and cleaning assemblies, respectively, for tending to convert the imbalance between the threshing and cleaning loads to a balance between the threshing and cleaning loads tending to have a favorable influence on grain loss.
US09332692B2
A device for coordinating a first vehicle with a transfer device and a second vehicle with a loading chamber that is filled by the transfer device includes a monitoring device for monitoring the transfer from the first vehicle to the second vehicle and a control unit. The control unit relies on the monitoring device to detect a position of an impact point of a load crop stream discharged from a transfer device of the first vehicle to the second vehicle and, in the event the detected position deviates from a target position, the control device sets the ground-speed differential to be different from zero until the detected position matches the target position.
US09332688B2
A seed-double eliminator is described for a seeding machine that moves seed along a seed path. The seed-double eliminator may include a mounting fixture mounted in a fixed position relative to the seed path and a slide member mounted to the mounting fixture. Various flexible extensions, such as various brushes, may extend from the slide member toward the seed path. The various flexible extensions may thereby contact at least one seed of a seed-double pair being moved along the seed path by the seeding machine in order to remove the at least one seed from the seed path. The slide member may be configured to mount to the mounting fixture in various locations, thereby altering the distance that the flexible extensions extend toward the seed path. A seed deflector may also be provided, for directing seed toward a seed pool after the seed has been removed from the seed path.
US09338927B2
A thermal interface material (TIM) pad is disclosed for dissipating heat from a component. The TIM pad includes a plurality of thermal interface material layers and at least one graphene layer interposed between the plurality of TIM layers. A method for forming the TIM pad includes stacking the plurality of TIM layers with at least one graphene layer interposed between the plurality of TIM layers to reach a length for the TIM pad. The stacked layers are cut corresponding to a thickness for the TIM pad for compression against the component.
US09338915B1
A wearable electronics assembly includes one or more electronic modules coupled to a wearable electronics fabric. Each of the one or more electronic modules includes one or more plated through holes, through each of which is coupled an electrically conductive wire. The electrically conductive wire is stitched through the plated through hole and to a fabric onto which the electronic module is attached. The electronic module can include one or more electronic components coupled to a printed circuit board.
US09338912B2
An electronic device holder used to be fixed on a moving carrier for holding an electronic device is provided. The electronic device holder includes a holder, a fixing element, a moving unit and at least one first connector. The fixing element fixed on the holder has a first limiting structure. The moving unit disposed between the holder and the fixing element moves relative to the holder. The moving unit has a second limiting structure used to lock with the first limiting structure for fixing the moving unit on a lock position or an open position. The first connector is disposed on the moving unit and used to connect with a second connector when the moving unit is located on the lock position relative to the holder. The electronic device holder integrates functions of holding and charging for the electronic device.
US09338910B2
An electronic device includes a first housing member having an opening that houses a housed object; a second housing member that is mated with the first housing member; a cover member that covers the opening; and a sealing member that is integrated with the first housing member by two-color molding, seals a seam between a perimeter of the opening of the first housing member and the cover member as well as a seam between the first housing member and the second housing member, and contacts side surfaces of the housed object when the housed object is housed in the opening.
US09338906B2
Disclosed is a cover film, which includes at least a base layer, an intermediate layer, a releasing layer and a heat seal layer that can be heat-sealed to a carrier tape, and wherein the heat seal layer contains, as a main component, a styrene-acrylic copolymer that has a mass average molecular weight of 5000 to 20000. This cover film is suppressed in variation in release strength when separated from the carrier tape, and is capable of reducing problems in the mounting process of electronic components such as rupture of the cover film during the separation.
US09338901B2
A slide type electronic apparatus according to the present invention has a first body 1, a second body 2, and a slide module 3. The slide type electronic apparatus has a plurality of screws 8 whose forefront portions are screwed into a slide portion 32 of the slide module 3 through an inside of the first body 1.
US09338899B2
A method of manufacturing a rigid-flexible printed circuit board includes providing a base substrate in which coverlays are respectively formed on two sides of a flexible copper foil laminate on both sides of which inner circuit patterns and a first window are respectively formed; layering insulation layers and copper foil layers on portions of coverlays which are to be a rigid region of the base substrate; forming a via hole in the rigid region, and, simultaneously, forming a via hole to correspond to the first window in a flexible region; forming outer circuit patterns including areas adjacent to the first window; and applying solder resists in the rigid region to expose portions of external circuit patterns. The region adjacent to the via holes in the flexible region includes additional plating portions for covering the coverlays.
US09338898B2
A method-of producing a printed wiring board comprises: forming a via-hole for interlayer connection in a laminate in which a copper foil for laser processing comprises a copper foil and an easily soluble laser absorption layer provided on a surface of the copper foil which has a higher etching rate to a copper etchant than the copper foil and absorbs an infrared laser beam and another conductor layer is laminated through an insulating layer, directly irradiating the infrared laser beam on the easily soluble laser absorption layer; and removing the easily soluble laser absorption layer from the surface of the copper foil in a desmear step of removing a smear in a via-hole and/or a microetching step as a pretreatment of an electroless plating step is adopted.
US09338893B2
A flexible electronic device includes a flexible film, an electronic element layer, and a protecting film, wherein the electronic element layer is disposed on a top surface of the flexible film, and the protecting film is disposed on the top surface of the flexible film and covers the electronic element layer. The protecting film has at least one side wall connected to the top surface of the flexible film to form an included angle between the side wall and the flexible film, wherein the included angle is an acute angle.
US09338883B2
A printed wiring board includes multiple insulating layers laminated on each other and each including resin and core, the insulating layers having first-surface sides and second-surface sides on the opposite side, respectively, and including multiple first insulating and second insulating layers, multiple first-surface-side conductive layers formed on the first-surface sides of the first insulating layers, respectively, multiple second-surface-side conductive layers formed on the second-surface sides of the second insulating layers, respectively. The insulating layers include one or more insulating layer having the core positioned such that the core is shifted toward the first-surface side from the center in the thickness direction, the insulating layers include a central insulating layer positioned in the center of the insulating layers, and the first-surface-side and second-surface-side conductive layers are formed such that the first-surface side conductive layers have the total area which is set smaller than the total area of the second-surface-side conductive layers.
US09338881B2
In a particular embodiment, a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board (‘PCB’) with reduced dielectric loss includes fabricating conductive traces disposed upon layers of dielectric material; and fabricating the layers of dielectric material, including core layers and prepreg layers, with one or more of the layers of dielectric material including pockets of air that reduce an overall relative dielectric constant of the PCB. In the particular embodiment, the conductive traces are disposed upon layers of the dielectric material orthogonally with respect to one another and the pockets of air are aligned at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the conductive traces.
US09338880B2
Magnetic field distribution and mutual capacitance control for transmission lines are provided. A first circuit board is fabricated by attaching a reference plane layer to a dielectric material layer, and attaching a first trace to the second surface of the dielectric material. A surface profile of the reference plane layer is modified to decrease a resistance of a return current signal path through the reference plane layer, to reduce a magnetic field coupling between the first trace and a second trace. A second circuit board is fabricated by attaching a reference plane layer to a dielectric material layer, attaching a trace to the dielectric material, and forming a solder mask layer on the dielectric material layer over the trace. An effective dielectric constant of the solder mask layer is modified to reduce or increase a mutual capacitance between the first trace and a second trace on the dielectric material.
US09338878B2
Provided is a touch panel that has excellent visibility without being dependent on positional accuracy of bonding between substrates on which electrodes are formed, and without being affected by the substrates. A touch panel 100 includes a first planar body 1 including, on one surface of a first substrate 11, a plurality of first electrodes 12a mutually extending in a substantially identical direction, and a second planar body 2 including, on one surface of a second substrate 21, a plurality of second electrodes 22a mutually extending in a substantially identical direction which is different from the direction in which the first electrodes 12a extend, the first planar body and the second planar body being arranged in a vertical direction, wherein each of the first electrodes 12a and each of the second electrodes 22a are bent-line-shaped electrode wires having a plurality of bend points.
US09338875B2
Variable pulse frequency during an output session of a betatron device and adjustable energy from pulse to pulse are provided. A different bias magnetic field may be used for different cycles of an output session, thereby providing different pulse energies. In one example, the bias field can be switched from a positive value to zero, with energy stored in a storage device when the bias field is zero. The bias field can also be used to expand electrons from a stable orbit when the bias field is decreased. For variable pulse frequency, when a current in the swing coils decreases to zero, the swing coils can be disengaged from a storage device for an adjustable time before re-engaging for a next cycle, thereby adjusting the frequency. In addition, radiation dose output can be adjusted by varying a length of time for the injection of electrons into a betatron.
US09338872B2
An arc torch assembly or sub assembly having improved replacement and centering characteristics, where certain components of the torch head have particular characteristics which improve the operation, use and replaceability of the various components.
US09338864B2
A control system including: a base including a central axis; a knob rotatably connected to the base, the knob rotatable about the central axis; a plurality of individually indexed light emitting elements distributed along the base perimeter and arranged to direct light radially outward of the central axis; a diffuser arranged radially outward of the light emitting elements; a wireless communication module enclosed between the knob and base; and a processor enclosed between the knob and base, the processor connected to the wireless communication mechanism and plurality of light emitting elements, the processor configured to individually control each light emitting element based on a control signal received from the wireless communication mechanism.
US09338863B2
A sensor arrangement for controlling room lighting comprises a light sensor and a controller. The light sensor is arranged for both detecting an ambient light level and for detecting a remote signal to be emitted by a remote control unit. A detection signal is providing at a sensor terminal and is indicative of the ambient light level and indicative of the remote signal. The controller comprises an input terminal connected to the sensor terminal and comprises a controller means to generate a control signal depending on the detection signal to control a light source to be connected at an output terminal.
US09338856B2
A light emitting device includes a main body that defines an inner space therein and that includes a light-transmissive part, a light emitting unit disposed in the inner space, and an electrode. The electrode has a device-connecting portion electrically connected to and extending from the light emitting unit, a power-connecting portion disposed outwardly of the main body and electrically connected to an electric power source, and a resistance-configurable portion that extends between and that interconnects electrically the device-connecting portion and the power-connecting portion and that is configurable to set resistance of the electrode.
US09338852B2
A lighting device for use in creating light, e.g., for replacing a light bulb. The device is in a bulb shaped housing, having an element emitting light. That element can be a FIPEL element. The device has a signal generator, outputting a signal having a frequency. The element has a light emitting layer that receives the signal from the signal generator, and outputs light of a wavelength that is dependent on said frequency emitted by said signal generator. A sensor senses ambient light adjacent said housing, and adjusts said signal generator based on said ambient light that is sensed. This maintains a constant ambient light level and color temperature as observed by a user as the actual ambient light levels vary over time.
US09338839B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for systems and methods that employ a control component and/or power source integrated in an LED based light source to control and/or power the LED light source wirelessly. In embodiments, the LED based light source may take the form of a standard light bulb that plugs into a standard lighting socket or fixture.
US09338838B2
A current regulator for non-isolated, line voltage LED Driver circuits solves the problem of LED flicker caused by line noise in the visible frequency range. In one aspect of the invention, LED flicker frequency may be increased beyond the line frequency. In another aspect, line voltages in excess of LED voltage ratings may be tolerated. The driver may be implemented using discrete circuit elements or in software and utilizes separate current regulation for different segments of an AC line voltage cycle.
US09338826B2
A method for automatically configuring an electronic toilet device includes detecting usage of the electronic toilet device throughout a first time period. The first time period is divided into a plurality of discrete time units. The method further includes recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the first time period based on the detecting and using the recorded usage states to configure an operating schedule for the electronic toilet device for a next time period. The method further includes operating the electronic toilet device throughout the next time period according to the operating schedule while detecting and recording a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the next time period and periodically configuring an operating schedule for each subsequent time period using the recorded usage states associated with a preceding time period.
