US09360118B2
A magnetic fluid seal is provided, capable of producing a stable scaling performance by stably holding magnetic fluid in place between two members, even in cases when the two members become eccentric. The magnetic fluid seal includes: an annular magnetic circuit forming member that is disposed on a housing; an annular member that is disposed on a shaft; and a magnetic fluid that is magnetically held between axially opposing surfaces of the magnetic circuit forming member and the annular member. In addition, the annular member comprises a flexible member that is swayable so that a portion of the annular member that opposes the magnetic circuit forming member follows the magnetic circuit forming member.
US09360104B1
A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
US09360102B2
A gearing having a shaft that projects from the gear interior into the environment, the shaft being sealed with the aid of at least one contactless seal, and the opening of the contactless seal, which is oriented toward the interior of the gearing, i.e., the spatial region of the gearing that contains the lubricating oil, being disposed above the lubricating oil level that comes about when the gearing is not in operation, a tin piece being disposed between the opening and the gear-tooth piece situated closest to this opening and generating lubricating oil waves and/or lubricating oil foam from the lubricating oil bath.
US09360099B2
A V-pulley includes a pulley body having a through hole provided at the center. Wheels are connected on the pulley body. An outer wheel is provided at each of two ends of the pulley body. Coaxial annular gears and annular inner wheels are alternately arranged between the two outer wheels. The diameter of a gear is less than that of an inner wheel. The outer wheels, the gears, and the inner wheels are fixedly connected through a connecting structure. The outer circumferential surfaces of the gears have meshing teeth disposed at an interval in a convex-concave manner. Two adjacent wheels and a gear between them form a V-belt groove. The opposite end surfaces of the two adjacent wheels form friction transmission belt groove side surfaces. The gear between the two adjacent wheels forms a mesh transmission gear. The belt groove side surfaces are inclined smooth surfaces.
US09360098B2
An improved strain wave drive system employs an outer circular spline part and an outer dynamic spline part spaced apart by a gap from each other in a widthwise (axial) direction and each having a array of internally facing gear teeth, a two-part inner flexible spline (flexspline) having two different sets of externally facing toothed projections offset by a gap from each other across a width extending in a widthwise (axial) direction, a wave generator coupled to the central rotor or shaft for generating a wave impulse that displaces the inner flexspline toothed projections into mesh with those of the outer circular spline part and an array of roller bearings supporting an inner surface across the width of the flexspline in rolling line bearing contact.
US09360095B2
An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is disclosed. The EMA may comprise an EMA housing having a distal stop that extends radially inward towards a longitudinal axis of the EMA housing, a hail nut extending axially within the EMA housing, and/or a ball screw extending axially within the ball nut, The ball nut may translate axially in a distal direction in response to a rotation by the ball screw, and/or the ball nut may be halted in the axially distal translation in response to contact with the distal stop. The distal stop may be coupled to the EMA. housing. The distal stop may comprise a continuous annular structure. The EMA may further comprise a seal located radially inward of a portion of the distal stop, which may be in contact with said portion and the ball nut and adapted to prevent debris from entering the EMA.
US09360092B2
A pneumatic decoupling device for an electromechanical actuator, in particular, for flight applications includes a pressure accumulator housing for storing a compressed gas, which can be released to a decoupling mechanism of an electromechanical actuator for separating the drive components, so that in the event of a decoupling the electromechanical actuator runs totally freely.
US09360090B2
A rotary shaft transmission structure, which is designed with a simplified structure to provide a smooth and stable transmission of a rotary shaft and to reduce the occurrence of rotational torsion variation of the rotary shaft, includes a combination of at least one rotor and a traction portion. The rotor includes a shaft hole and a bolt bore, in which the shaft hole is utilized to pivot the rotary shaft so that the rotor can be rotated by the rotary shaft, the shaft hole transversely passed through by at least a plan area is utilized to retain the traction portion, and the rotary shaft is utilized to press the traction portion via the plan area, thereby forming a fixation function.
US09360087B1
A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft and an output shaft, a first planetary gear device, a second planetary gear device, a third planetary gear device, and a fourth planetary gear device provided between the input shaft and the output shaft to transfer a torque and each including three rotating elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotating elements of the first to fourth planetary gear devices.
US09360082B2
A high speed flywheel system for a vehicle, i.e. capable of running at speeds of 20,000 rpm or greater, the system comprising a flywheel mounted on a shaft and contained within a housing, and at least one bearing arrangement, wherein the bearing arrangement is mounted to the flywheel or the housing via an elastomeric component such as a ring and/or a metalastic bush, thereby to reduce NVH and prevent the resonant modes of the flywheel and housing interfering with one another.
US09360067B1
A method of making a hybrid laminate whereby a first, thick base lamina has a plurality of piercing members or barbs and a second, onto which a second, thin interface lamina is impaled. The exposed tips of the barbs are clinched over to form rivet-like heads that clamp the two laminae together. By choosing the materials for the lamina, an interface surface can be provided for a wide range of other materials or objects to be attached by, for example, adhesive bonding. A disc brake pad is disclosed made from the instant hybrid laminate.
US09360065B2
Galvanic protection circuit for a brake disc-pad unit for a motor vehicle and kit and method thereof
An active corrosion protection circuit for a brake disc-pad unit of a motor vehicle includes one of a metal disc and a pad adapted to selectively block the disc. A direct electric voltage source and an electric conductor connectable to the electric voltage source and one of the disc and the pad forms an electric circuit causing a monopolar current flux between the disc and the pad when the pad blocks the disc so that the action of the current is localized in a contact zone between the disc and the pad.
US09360064B2
A power tool braking device, in particular a portable power tool braking device, for a portable power tool has at least one magnetic field braking unit. The power tool braking device comprises at least one drive unit which has at least one drive element, on which at least one braking element of the magnetic field braking unit is arranged.
US09360062B2
The present invention relates to a brake system for utility vehicles, comprising an actuation unit, a transmission element and a converter unit, wherein the actuation unit moves the transmission element along a transmission axis, the converter unit being arranged on a wheel axis and comprising at least one piston element. According to the invention, the transmission axis intersects the wheel axis at least in the region of the converter unit, and the transmission element is designed to transmit a force onto the piston element in order to move the latter transverse to the wheel axis.
US09360049B2
A bearing position for rotatably mounting a shaft or an axle in a housing. The bearing position comprises a rolling bearing, which is designed as a roller bearing, with a bearing ring, which is assigned to the housing, where said bearing ring forms an outer rolling raceway, which faces radially inwards and on which rolling elements are guided, said rolling elements mutually interacting with a shaft, which forms an inner rolling raceway, or with an inner bearing ring. A polygonal bearing is provided as the roller bearing; and said polygonal bearing encloses a bearing ring with at least one elastic section, which forms a transversely convex raceway curvature. This arrangement guarantees that at least one rolling element is supported and guided in a radially prestressed manner without radial clearance on the rolling raceway.
US09360044B2
In rollers used in a radial needle bearing, the circularity of crowning sections provided at opposite ends of each roller is 0.6 μm or smaller. This allows for reduction of sound (noise) produced when the radial needle bearing rotates by itself and can also allow for reduction of sound (noise) of a rotational machine when the radial needle bearing is installed and rotates therein.
US09360040B2
Capped nuts are provided with an polymer in the top portion of the capped nut. The polymer may be disposed between the inner surface of the cap and a nut body. The polymer may extend into a top opening in the nut body and contact an inner wall of the opening in the nut body.
US09360039B2
The invention relates to a cage nut (1) having a retaining device, and to a method for producing the same. The cage nut (1) comprises a nut (4) having a radially protruding rectangular flange (5) and a threaded sleeve-like seat (6) for a screw. A retaining means (7) having a through-opening (8), through which the sleeve-like screw seat (6) passes, engages in a bracket-like manner over the rectangular flange (5) of the nut. A retaining collar (9), which surrounds the sleeve-like screw seat (6) of the nut (4), is supported on the retaining means (7) in the region of the through-opening (8). The retaining collar (9) is one-piece and has first and second cover elements (10, 11) covering the through-opening (8) of the retaining means (7) on both sides. The cover elements (10, 11) are mechanically connected via a connecting bush (12) concentrically adjoining the screw seat (6). The connecting bush (12) is radially spaced from the through-opening (8).
US09360037B2
A wrench quick release apparatus includes a sleeve, a positioning unit, a wrench unit and an elasticity unit. The sleeve includes a channel and an engaging section for engaging to a first plate. The positioning unit inserts in the channel of the sleeve, and includes one end inserted through the first plate and an opposite end protrudes out from the channel of the sleeve. The wrench unit is pivotally connected to the positioning unit and protrudes out from one end of the sleeve. The elasticity unit includes one end pushed against the positioning unit and an opposite end pushed against the sleeve. Accordingly, the wrench quick release apparatus is first engaged to the first plate through the sleeve and then engaged to or disengaged from a second plate.
US09360031B2
In a method of fastening composite material parts, a first smoothness of a first fastener is measured which is arranged to a first countersink through-hole which is formed in a first fastened work as stacked composite material parts. A second countersink depth is determined based on the first smoothness. A second countersink through hole with a second countersink depth is formed in a second fastened work as the composite material parts. The second fastened work is fastened using the second fastener arranged to the second countersink through-hole.
US09360021B2
An approach is provided in which a cooling manager retrieves pre-characterization data corresponding to a fan that electronic components included in a computer system. The pre-characterization data includes operational zones based upon fan power measurements and fan speed settings. The cooling manager sets the fan to a first speed setting within a first operational zone, and detects that one of the components generates a temperature change value that exceeds a specified temperature change value corresponding to the component. In turn, the cooling manager selects a second operational zone and sets the fan to a second speed setting within the second operational zone.
US09360018B2
The invention relates to a pump system comprising at least one pump unit, a control unit for controlling the pump unit and at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is connected to a data detection module which is spatially separate from the control unit and detects the output signals of the sensor, the data detection module comprises an output interface, at which it provides the detected sensor signals and/or data derived therefrom, and the control unit is provided with an input interface for the acquisition of signals or data from the output interface.
US09360009B2
A multi-channel, rotary, progressing cavity pump comprising a housing having an outer wall defined by overlapping cylindrical chambers, a first end wall defining an inlet port, and a second end wall defining an outlet port, said inlet and outlet ports communicating with each chamber; meshed, lobed rotors disposed within said housing and comprising a plurality of lobes having first and second axially-facing end surfaces, said surfaces defining a twist angle, and each lobe defining a helix angle; each rotor being disposed in one chamber of said housing so that a lobe apex sealingly engages the outer wall defined by its associated chamber, and said surfaces sealingly engage said end walls; whereby, when said rotors are rotated in the same direction in unison, (i) an axial progressing cavity is created between said rotors, and (ii) a plurality of peripheral progressing cavities are created between said rotors and said housing.
US09360008B2
A piston pump includes a piston assembly which has at least one transverse bore which corresponds to a longitudinal bore. The piston pump further includes a cylinder in which the piston assembly is guided in a longitudinally movable manner, and an inlet valve which includes a cage element, in which an inlet valve spring and sealing element are arranged, and a corresponding inlet valve seat which is arranged on the piston assembly. The inlet valve sealing element can be pressed sealingly into the corresponding inlet valve seat by means of a restoring spring in order to close off the longitudinal bore. The restoring spring is designed as a simple cylindrical spiral spring which is supported axially with an upper end winding against the cage element and with a lower end winding against a cylinder base. The cage element has an elastic high-pressure sealing element which, in the direction of a cylinder wall, has a radial support region for holding and centering the upper end winding of the restoring spring. In order to guide the restoring spring, the cylinder has, at the transition between the cylinder wall and the cylinder base, a cylinder base corner radius which is adapted to the lower end winding.
US09360002B2
Method and system for compressing a fluid in a gas phase and for pumping the fluid in a dense phase. The system includes a compressor part having an impeller; a compressor part inlet that receives the fluid in the gas phase; a compressor part outlet that provides the fluid in the gas phase; a temperature changing device that changes a phase of the fluid; a pump part having an impeller; a pump part inlet that receives the fluid in the dense phase from the compressor part outlet; a pump part outlet that outputs the fluid in the dense phase from the system; a single bull gear configured to rotate around an axial axis with a predetermined speed; plural pinions contacting the single gear bull and configured to rotate with predetermined speeds, and a pump shaft configured to rotate the at least one impeller of the pump part.
US09359998B2
The invention provides a liquid treatment apparatus such as a reverse osmosis apparatus wherein a portion of an inlet liquid permeates through a filter or a membrane e.g. to provide freshwater from saltwater. The apparatus comprises a pump which provides the necessary pressure of the liquid to drive the permeation process, and a recovery unit which transfers pressure of a residue quid to the inlet liquid. The pump and the recovery unit are driven at synchronous and variable speed to control the output and thereby e.g. to adjust for fouling of the filter or membrane. The invention further provides methods of controlling the synchronous speed, e.g. based on a pressure or based on the consumption of the produced liquid.
US09359983B2
An actuator arrangement for an electromagnetically operated fuel injector includes a pole member having a first end face and defining an aperture extending from the first end face and an actuator core received within the aperture. The actuator core carries at least one contact member having a contact face that is exposed through the aperture. An encapsulating member is received within the aperture and surrounds the at least one contact member. The first end face of the pole member, the contact face and the encapsulating member are arranged to provide the actuator arrangement with a substantially planar surface for mating with an adjacent component, in use.
US09359980B2
Provided is an intake system that enables extension of an intake air introduction pipe without increasing the external dimension of the intake system. The intake system comprises: a plurality of branch pipes (27-30) which are arranged one next to the other and communicate at downstream ends thereof with a plurality of intake ports (14) provided in an engine (10), respectively, each branch pipe extending from the downstream end thereof to an upstream end thereof in a curved manner; an intake chamber (26) communicating with the upstream ends of the branch pipes; and an intake air introduction pipe (25) having a downstream end communicating with the intake chamber, wherein the intake air introduction pipe has a section that extends in a space defined between the branch pipes and the engine in a direction of arrangement of the branch pipes.
US09359968B2
An apparatus for dithering fuel into an internal combustion engine includes a turbine that is powered by the internal combustion engine and a first fuel injector that injects a first fuel into an air stream to create a fuel/air stream. The apparatus also includes an air/fuel compressor that provides a compressed fuel/air stream to the internal combustion engine. The air/fuel compressor is powered by the turbine, and the air/fuel compressor compresses the fuel/air stream to create the compressed fuel/air stream. Additionally, the apparatus includes a second fuel injector that injects a second fuel into the compressed fuel/air stream prior to the compressed fuel/air stream entering the engine and after the compressed fuel/air stream exits the air/fuel compressor.
US09359963B2
Methods and systems are provided for depressurizing a fuel pressure regulator during engine cold start and varying fuel injection pressure after cold start in a gaseous-fueled vehicle. A mechanical pressure regulator may be modified to include valves which may be controlled to depressurize a reference chamber of the regulator when gaseous fuel injection is inactive (e.g., before and during cold start), and to regulate the pressure of gaseous fuel to varying pressures based on electronic pressure feedback and engine operating conditions when gaseous fuel injection is active. In one example, the pressure in the reference chamber of a pressure regulator may be varied by controlling valves to flow gaseous fuel into the reference chamber, and then controlling the valves to exhaust the gaseous fuel from the reference chamber, for example to a fuel vapor storage canister.
US09359956B2
The method and apparatus for in-flight relighting of a turbofan engine involve in one aspect selectively controlling an accessory drag load on one or more windmilling rotors to permit control of the windmill speed to an optimum value for relight conditions.
US09359953B2
Disclosed is a solar assisted combined cycle power plant having a compressor that pressurizes combustion air, a combustor that mixes and burns the combustion air and gas turbine fuel to generate a high-temperature combustion gas, a gas turbine that drives the compressor by using the combustion gas, an exhaust heat recovery steam generator that obtains steam from thermal energy of a gas exhausted from the gas turbine, and a steam turbine that is driven by using the steam obtained by the exhaust heat recovery steam generator. The solar assisted combined cycle power plant includes a solar collector to turn supplied water to warm water; a heat accumulator that stores pressurized hot water from the solar collector and the exhaust heat recovery steam generator; and a spray device that handles the pressurized hot water as spray water and sprays the spray water onto the air to be taken into the compressor.
US09359942B2
A method for operating turbocharger waste gate of a turbocharged engine is disclosed. In one example, the method operates the waste gate synchronous with engine operation via a mechanical coupling between the waste gate and a camshaft or a crankshaft. The approach may reduce turbocharger lag and improve turbocharger efficiency.
US09359936B2
A engine system, comprising a cylinder head with one or more cylinders, an outlet opening of a cylinder coupled to an exhaust line for discharging the exhaust gases via an exhaust-gas discharge system; an inlet opening of a cylinder coupled to an intake line for supplying charge air via an intake system, the intake system including one or more compressors for compressing the charge air and a charge-air cooler coupled to the intake system, the charge-air cooler including a first refrigerant evaporator through which a refrigerant and charge air can flow. The use of a refrigerant evaporator allows air charge to cool to a temperature below the ambient temperature.
US09359934B2
An internal combustion engine control device which switches between a first operation of compression-igniting a premixed gas in a combustion chamber and a second operation of forcibly igniting the premixed gas through a spark plug in the combustion chamber. When switching between the first operation and the second operation, the control device inserts a transitional operation between the first operation and the second operation for the purpose of reducing torque variations in an internal combustion engine. In the transitional operation, the spark plug does not perform electric discharging, instead, the spark plug emits an electromagnetic wave to increase the temperature of the premixed gas, and subsequently, the premixed gas is compression-ignited.
US09359930B2
Various systems are provided for an exhaust aftertreatment system that includes a support platform, a plurality of isolated legs coupled to the support platform, a plurality of catalysts arranged in parallel with one another and supported above the support platform by the plurality of isolated legs, and an aftertreatment outlet manifold coupled above the plurality of catalysts.
US09359928B2
A pump assembly (214) for an exhaust treatment system is provided that may include a housing (220), a gas flow path (259), a reductant flow path (239) and a pump (224). The housing may include a first inlet (236) configured to receive a reductant from a tank (210), a second inlet (252) configured to receive a gas from a gas compressor (13), and an outlet (262) through which the gas and the reductant exit the housing. The gas flow path may extend between and fluidly communicate with the second inlet and the outlet. The reductant flow path may extend between and fluidly communicate with the first inlet and the outlet. The pump may be at least partially disposed within the housing and may include a motor in a heat transfer relationship with gas flowing through the gas flow path.
US09359926B2
A gas treatment device includes an electric discharger, an electromagnetic wave oscillator, an antenna, and a fan. The electric discharger ionizes gas in a target space. The electromagnetic wave oscillator oscillates an electromagnetic wave to be radiated to the target space. The electromagnetic wave is radiated by the antenna toward a gas ionization region in which gas ionized by the electric discharger is provided. The electric discharger ionizes gas and the antenna radiates the electromagnetic wave thereto to generate plasma. The fan moves at least a part of the electric discharger, thereby changing a location of the gas ionization region, thereby moving the location of the plasma.
US09359923B2
Methods and systems are provided for ventilating a crankcase in an engine. In one example, when the engine is operating boosted under cruising conditions, fuel vapors from the crankcase may flow to each of a compressor inlet and an intake manifold of the engine. In this way, the crankcase may be effectively purged.
US09359918B2
A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is coupled to a gas turbine engine that discharges a flow of exhaust gases including oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The HRSG includes a steam-based heating element for heating the exhaust gases, and at least one NOx reduction element coupled downstream from the at least one steam-based heating element and configured to facilitate reducing an amount of NOx in the exhaust gases that are channeled into the at least one NOx reduction element.
US09359904B2
A blade for a turbomachine, in particular a jet engine, including a shroud, having two opposite lateral edges, for delimiting a main flow channel and including a blade which extends away from the shroud, a rounded transition area being provided which encompasses the blade on its root side and is guided beyond the one lateral edge, a section of the transition area protruding beyond the one lateral edge being severed and situated in the area of the other lateral edge as an elevation offset in the transverse direction, a blade arrangement having at least two of such blades as well as a turbomachine having a plurality of such blades.
US09359903B2
A gas turbine, in particular an aircraft engine, having a housing in which at least one guide blade (12) is situated, the guide blade (12) including at least one shroud configuration (21) having a radially outer shroud (16) and having a shroud holding device (23) with the aid of which the shroud (16) is secured on the housing, as well as including a turbine blade (18) extending radially inward from the shroud configuration (21). The shroud holding device (23) or parts thereof include(s) at least one air passage channel (28), which permits a flow passage through the shroud holding device (23). The invention also relates to a guide blade (12) for placement on a housing of a gas turbine as well as a method for manufacturing such a guide blade (12).
US09359897B2
A method, including: providing a layer of powder material (156) on a substrate (130); and traversing an energy beam (15) across the layer of powder material to form a cladding layer (10), wherein the cladding layer forms a layer of an airfoil. The traversing step includes: starting a first path (40) and a second path (44) of traversal of the energy beam from a common initiation point (48); forming a portion (60) of a first side wall (18) of the cladding layer and a first rib section (24) by traversing the energy beam along the first path and concurrently forming a portion (62) of a second side wall (16) of the cladding layer by traversing the energy beam along the second path; and creating not more than one initiation point (72, 96, 118) for each rib section (24, 26, 28) in the cladding layer.
US09359894B2
A cutting bit and bit assembly for mounting at a cutting machine. The bit includes an axially tapered bit body having a recess extending axially within the body. The recess has an innermost region and a mouth region that is generally convex and/or tapered radially outward to abut a corresponding concave or tapered surface of a projection to secure the cutting bit at a holder body. An annular step is positioned within the recess at the mouth region to prevent dust and contaminant fluid or particles from passing axially into the recess.
US09359886B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods associated with a replenishable receptacle for tagger and/or tracer material in a wellbore. The system may include a receptacle configured to contain tracer material and release tracer material into fluid flowing in a wellbore responsive to the fluid flowing adjacent to the receptacle. The tracer material includes a distinctive element or chemical configured to facilitate determining information associated with movement of fluid in the wellbore. A rate of the release of the tracer material may be related to a rate of flow of the fluid in the wellbore. The receptacle may be further configured to be refilled with tracer material responsive to the tracer material contained by the receptacle being depleted. Refilling the receptacle may be performed via one or more of a wireline, a coiled tubing, a tractor, a robot, a work-string and/or tubing from a light intervention vessel, and/or other approaches.
US09359880B2
Systems and methods for managing underground assets are disclosed. One or more computing devices may be used to receive a request for clearance to excavate including a location identifier, resolve a location based on the location identifier, and retrieve asset data corresponding to the location from an asset location database. The asset location database can include location data regarding the positions of a plurality of assets associated with a plurality of different asset owners and may be maintained by one or more updates regarding the positions of assets from computing devices associated with the different asset owners. The systems and methods can include determining if one or more assets are buried proximate the location based on the retrieved data and transmitting data related to the determination of assets buried proximate the location.
US09359877B2
A single trip multizone time progressive well treating method and apparatus that provides a means to progressively stimulate individual zones through a cased or open hole well bore. The operator can use pre-set timing devices to progressively treat each zone up the hole. At each zone the system automatically opens a sliding sleeve and closes a frangible flapper, at a preselected point in time. An adjustable preset timing device is installed in each zone to allow preplanned continual frac operations for all zones. An optional “Stand-Down-Mode” can be integrated into the timing system so that if pumping stops the timers go into a sleep mode until the pumping resumes. The apparatus can consist of three major components: a packer, a timing pressure device, and a sliding sleeve/isolation device. The packer may be removed.
US09359876B2
A method and apparatus for pumping fluid at a wellhead that improves liquid removal by eliminating the need to transport liquid produced from a well to containment facilities using trucks or large diameter pipelines capable of accommodating periodic surges of a high volume of fluid. The danger that the liquid will freeze in cold weather is also addressed. The invention removes liquid from the well site through a small diameter pipeline as a continuous flow at a constant flow rate.
US09359866B2
A resettable downhole tool actuator comprises a housing, a collet slidable within the housing and defining a seating with which a ball is engageable, in use, the collet being mounted upon a moveable support including a piston and arranged such that, when the bail engages the seating, fluid flow through an axially extending passage provided in the support is restricted, the housing including an increased diameter region arranged such that, when the seating is aligned with the increased diameter region, outward deflection of the collet permits the ball to pass through the seating and through the axially extending passage.
US09359862B2
An internal completion string is anchored within a closed casing valve of a production liner in a wellbore. The internal completion string comprises a packer and a shifting tool. The production liner comprises a casing valve having a port and a moveable member. The annulus defined between the production liner and the internal completion string is sealed, and the shifting tool is remotely operated to move the moveable member away from the port, thereby opening the casing valve.
US09359858B2
A method for isolating a perforated interval of a well, the well including a casing liner having a wall with a plurality of perforations therethrough forming the perforated interval, the method comprising: providing a tool including a tubular body including an inner diameter and an outer surface, a first open end and a second open end, the first and second open ends providing access to the inner diameter; and a sealing element to isolate a mid region of the outer surface from the first open end and the second open end; positioning the tool in the well with the tubular first open end adjacent and above an uppermost perforation of the perforated interval and the second open end adjacent and below a lowermost perforation of the perforated interval; and installing the tool in the well with the sealing element sealing between the tubular body and the casing wall above the uppermost perforation of the perforated interval and below the lowermost perforation of the perforated interval to isolate fluid flow between the perforations and the inner diameter.
US09359856B2
A screening assembly with a swellable packer incorporated onto the exterior of the screen that swells in the presence of water or hydrocarbons. The swellable packer swells at a rate that allows the gravel pack operation to proceed without hindering the gravel pack operation but then swells to seal the annular region around the exterior of a blank tubular at the upper end of the screen. By running in a swellable packer with the screen assembly at least one additional trip into the wellbore may be eliminated.
US09359850B2
A power triad of an umbilical may be rotated during multiple transition lengths to position each power cable of the power triad equally at radial orientation over the length of the umbilical. A first portion of the umbilical includes the triad in a first radial orientation, a second portion of the umbilical includes the triad in a second radial orientation, and a third portion of the umbilical includes the triad in a third radial orientation. The triad is rotated a first one hundred twenty degrees from the first radial orientation to the second radial orientation during a first transition length. The triad is rotated a second one hundred twenty degrees from the second radial orientation to the third radial orientation during a second transition length. The use of three radial orientations along the length of the umbilical may reduce imbalances between the power cables of the triad.
US09359849B2
A system and method is provided for hydraulically presetting a metal-to-metal seal, which may be installed in an annular space between wellhead components. A hydraulic running tool may be landed on a first wellhead component and coupled to a second wellhead component, for example, via a hydraulic or mechanical coupling assembly. Fluid pressure may then be applied to the hydraulic running tool to move the components axially together, thereby setting the metal-to-metal seal (i.e., axially compressing and radially expanding the seal). A coupling may secure the wellhead components in place relative to one another, while fluid pressure is being applied so that the metal-to-metal seal remains in the set position after the hydraulic tool is removed.
US09359848B2
A method includes conveying a casing cutting tool into the wellbore lined with at least one casing string and cement, and stroking the casing cutting tool over a predetermined axial length of the wellbore while ejecting fluid from one or more nozzles in the casing cutting tool and thereby forming a plurality of longitudinal cuts through the casing string and cement. The casing cutting tool is then rotated about its longitudinal axis at two or more axially offset locations along the predetermined axial length while ejecting fluid from nozzles and thereby forming a plurality of axially offset transverse cuts in the casing string and the cement. The longitudinal cuts and axially offset transverse cuts form wedges in the wellbore, and the wedges are dislodged from the wellbore to expose formation rock along the predetermined axial length.
US09359845B2
A method of completing a subsea wellbore includes providing one or more conductor anchoring assemblies on an outer surface of a conductor; forming the subsea wellbore; positioning the conductor in the subsea wellbore; and energizing the one or more conductor anchoring assemblies into contact with the subsea wellbore, thereby stabilizing the conductor in the subsea wellbore. In yet another embodiment, the method further includes extending the subsea wellbore; positioning a casing inside the conductor, wherein the casing includes a casing anchoring assembly; and energizing the casing anchoring assembly into contact with the conductor.
US09359843B2
An anchoring system includes a housing having a radial opening therein, and a piston disposed within the housing which is axially movable therein. A slip is in operable communication with the piston such that movement of the piston in a first axial direction relative to the housing causes movement of the slip in a first radial direction relative to the housing to anchor the anchoring system to a structure and movement of the piston in a second axial direction allows the slip to move in a second radial direction that allows unanchoring of the anchoring system. A sleeve is configured to cause movement of the piston in the second axial direction when moved in the second axial direction relative to the housing, in response to either mechanically pulling the sleeve in the second axial direction or increasing pressure applied against the piston.
US09359842B2
A downhole tool comprises a housing defining a main bore and an actuatable member moveable from a first configuration to a second configuration to permit actuation of the tool. The tool includes an indexer mounted within the housing and arranged to progress linearly in a first direction along the main bore of the housing in a predetermined number of discrete sequential and progressive steps of linear movement in said first direction by passage of a corresponding number of objects through the indexer to cause said actuatable member to move towards its second configuration.
US09359841B2
A wellbore workstring. The workstring comprises a tubular string and a plurality of robots coupled to the tubular string. The robots establish a wireless communication network within a wellbore and deploy actuators to move themselves relative to the tubular string.
US09359837B2
A hydraulic cylinder unit for connection to a wire line riser tensioner system includes a hydraulic cylinder comprising a cylinder piston separating a first cylinder chamber from a second cylinder chamber. A low pressure tank is arranged as a closed cylinder. A first conduit is inserted into the closed cylinder and provides a fluid communication between the low pressure tank and the first cylinder chamber. A second conduit provides a fluid communication between a high pressure fluid reservoir and the second cylinder chamber. A feedback conduit provides a fluid communication between the first cylinder chamber and the second cylinder chamber. A valve element comprising at least one valve is configured to be in a fluid communication with the at least one first conduit and the at least one feedback conduit. The valve element is configured to provide a reversible switching between a first alternative configuration and a second alternative configuration.
US09359833B2
A method for installing multiple fiber optic cables in coiled tubing in oil and gas operations.
US09359821B2
A drill bit comprises a plurality of annular blades coupled to a bit body. A plurality of gauge pads is coupled to the bit body and defines an outer cutting diameter. A circumferentially continuous gauge ring is coupled to the bit body and defines an inner cutting diameter. An inner cutting structure is coupled to the bit body and has a cutting diameter substantially equal to the inner cutting diameter.
US09359819B1
The tool holder for use with a ladder is a toolbox adapted for use with a step ladder. The tool holder for use with a ladder is a storage unit that can be securely attached to a ladder to reduce the need to climb up and down the ladder to get required tools. The tool holder for use with a ladder comprises a base structure 101 that further comprises a first container, a second container, one or more pockets, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rings, a first ladder clip and a second ladder clip.
US09359807B2
A transparent panel is described. The transparent panel has at least one transparent substrate and at least one electrically conductive coating on at least one surface of the transparent substrate. The electrically conductive coating has at least two functional layers which are arranged one above the other, and each functional layer has at least an optically highly refractive material layer, which has a refractive index greater than or equal to 2.1, and a smoothing layer, which is above the optically highly refractive material layer. The smoothing layer contains at least one non-crystalline oxide, a first matching layer, which is above the smoothing layer, an electrically conductive layer, which is above the first matching layer, and a second matching layer, which is above the electrically conductive layers. The total thickness of all the electrically conductive layers is between 40 nm and 75 nm, and the electrically conductive coating has a low ohm/square sheet resistance. The optically highly refractive material contains at least one mixed silicon/metal nitride.
US09359804B2
At least one panel including a trolley is fed to a first drive mechanism of a plurality of drive mechanisms adjacent a main track configured to engage the trolley of the at least one panel. The first drive mechanism is initiated to drive the at least one panel to a second drive mechanism of the plurality of drive mechanisms to move the at least one panel farther along the main track.
US09359801B2
The invention relates to a damper (1) for furniture, especially hinges, comprising a housing (2) in which a piston (8) is connected to a piston rod (3) and can be displaced. A fluid flows through at least one flow channel (11) on or in the piston (8) during a movement of the piston (8) inside the housing (2). A connecting element (4) having a seat (5) for coupling a drive element thereto is provided on the piston rod (3) on the end section projecting from the housing (2). The seat (5) has a cut-out section (18) on the face of the of the piston rod (3) accommodated therein, said cut-out section allowing the direct mechanical contact of a face (17) of the piston rod (3) and a drive element accommodated in the seat (5) so that there is a direct flux of force in the axial direction from the drive element accommodated in the seat towards the piston rod (3) when pressure is applied.
US09359800B2
The present invention relates to a hood opening and closing device for zero tail type construction machinery that is used to open and close a swing type hood, at which a hinge portion is mounted on a fuel tank in a left-right direction. The hood opening and closing device for zero tail type construction machinery according to the present invention includes: a first sheet that is mounted on an outer side surface of a fuel tank; a pivot plate that is pivotally fixed to the hinge portion which is mounted on the first sheet; the swing type hood that is connected to an upper end of the pivot plate and is opened and closed in the left-right direction through a circular movement about the hinge portion; a second sheet that is mounted on an upper surface of the fuel tank; and a gas spring which has one end fixed to the second sheet and the other end fixed to a bottom surface of the swing type hood and supports, opens, and closes the swing type hood.
US09359798B2
A latch for an electrical device enclosure, wherein the latch comprises a moveable member operable in response to high pressure conditions inside the enclosure, and is configured to prevent opening of the enclosure in the event of high pressure conditions inside the enclosure.
US09359797B2
A push/pull operating device includes first and second operational devices mounted to two sides of a door. The first operational device includes a first bracket having two slots. A fixing plate is pivotably mounted to the first bracket. Two engaging rods extend through the slots of the first bracket. The fixing plate can be pivoted to a position where through-holes in a latch device and through-holes are aligned with the engaging rods. Thus, the push/pull operating device can be used with differently handed doors and different latch devices having different through-hole locations.
US09359796B2
A locking arrangement for a pivotable lid of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The locking arrangement includes an axially displaceable guided bolt which releasably engages with the lid. A rotatably mounted rocker is coupled to the bolt. A slotted link guide is arranged on a circumferential side of the rocker about its axis of rotation. The slotted link guide has a channel and a sliding element which is guided therein. The channel has an engagement position and counteracts movement of the sliding element out of the engagement position against a predetermined passage direction. The locking arrangement can be alternately brought into and out of engagement with the lid through successive axial displacements in order to lock or unlock the lid.
US09359795B1
A motion sensing combination lock having a plurality of sensors disposed upon a lock body, each of said plurality of sensors disposed sensible of obstructions imposed most proximal thereto, whereby a touch-free combination code is enterable by position of a user's hand between at least two of the plurality of sensors in a specific sequence to effect touch-free operation of a lock.
US09359783B1
An aircraft shelter comprises a rear shelter section for covering a rear section of an aircraft in a protective manner. A front shelter section extends from the forward edge of the rear shelter section and is movable between a closed position for covering all or at least a substantial portion of the front aircraft section in a protective manner and an open position for enabling entry and exit of the aircraft. The front section cover is made of a flexible fabric material and is supported in the closed position by a front support beam and a front support post. The aircraft shelter will protect various types of aircraft from the elements, occupies a small footprint, and is easily manufactured and installed without the need for significant site preparation work or foundation. The aircraft shelter could optionally be locked in its closed position to reduce risk of theft.
US09359781B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved pool. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a method of making an improved pool. The pool can comprise an integrated sidewall joined to a floor portion. The integrated sidewall can be constructed from one piece of material, and can have fewer seams than traditional pools, thereby reducing the likelihood that that pool will rupture and leak. In some embodiments, since the pool has fewer seams than traditional pools, fewer manufacturing steps are required to make the pool. This can increase manufacturing speed and decrease cost.
US09359777B2
The present disclosure describes a taping tool for taping gaps, seams, and/or joints between wallboard members that includes a simplified tape advance/actuation assembly. The taping tool has an elongate body portion with first and second ends, and a connected head portion that directs dispensed tape toward a joint between wallboard members. The tape advance/actuation assembly has a control member forming part of the tool's elongate body portion and a tape engagement member housed by the tool's head portion. The tape engagement member moves in substantial unison with and in response to movement of the control member. The tape engagement member engages or disengages the tape depending at least in part on the position and/or direction of movement of the control member. The extent of the engagement between the tape engagement member and the tape may be adjusted though manipulation of a single fastener.
US09359776B2
Walkable photovoltaic floor, constituted of pieces of laminated glass composed of at least two layers of glass (1 and 2), joined together by an encapsulant (6), by an intermediate layer of photovoltaic material (3), and by a peripheral sealed frame (4).
US09359766B2
A roof product has a thermal heat storage layer, a vent layer with channels for transferring excess heat through a length of the roof product, and a flame retardant to suppress fire through the vent layer. These three materials form a unitary structure. The roof product may have a radiant layer, the thermal heat storage layer and the vent layer to form the unitary structure. The roof products are assembled in an abutting configuration on the roof of a building. The vent layer vents excess heat from an eave of the roof up to a ridge of the roof and out to atmosphere. The roof products manage thermal energy in the roof by storing thermal heat with the unitary roof product during a heating cycle; venting excess heat through the unitary product; and releasing the stored thermal heat from the unitary product into or out of the building during a cooling cycle.
US09359764B2
A stackable foundation spacer is adapted for automated distribution. The foundation spacer includes a lower bearing surface adapted to be placed on a foundation support surface for the concrete, a first support surface adapted to support the reinforcement grid in a plurality of support points, and an outer circumferential side wall connecting the lower bearing surface with the first support surface. The outer circumferential side wall is inclined outwards from the lower bearing surface to the first support surface with an angle α, and the shape of the first support surface is larger than a mesh in the reinforcement grid that is to be supported. Distribution of foundation spacers can be automated by using a hand-held or automatic feeder device. Further, a reinforcement grid can be supported by a foundation spacer regardless of the position of the spacer.
US09359763B2
The invention relates to a light-weight load-bearing structure, reinforced by core elements (2) of a strong material constituting one or more compression or tension zones in the structure to be cast, which core (2) is surrounded by or adjacent to a material of less strength compared to the core (2), where the core (2) is constructed from segments (1) of core elements (2) assembled by means of one or more prestressing elements (4). The invention further relates to a method of casting of light-weight load-bearing structures, reinforced by core elements (2) of a strong material constituting one or more compression or tension zones in the structure to be cast, which core (2) is surrounded by or adjacent to a material of less strength compared to the core (2), where the core (2) is constructed from segments (1) of core elements (2) assembled and hold together by means of one or more prestressing elements (4).
US09359755B2
A water purification and storage system comprises a water storage container, a covering plate and an impermeable wall. The water storage container is formed by a plurality of tangentially connected polygonal water-filtering wells (1). Well walls of the water-filtering wells (1) are of a water-permeable structure, and an impermeable layer (4) is arranged at the bottom of the well, wherein at least one of the water-filtering wells (1) is a water output well (14). The covering plate (2) is arranged at the upper portion of the water storage container, and comprises an impermeable covering plate (21) arranged at the upper portion of the water output well (14) and a water-permeable covering plates (22) arranged at the upper portions of the remaining water-filtering wells. The impermeable wall (3) is arranged around the water storage container. The water purification and storage system is suitable for the collection and purification of rain water. Also disclosed are a water-filtering well (1) for use in the water purification and storage system, and a polygonal building block (12) for building around the water-filtering well (1).
US09359746B1
A tunnel design used to convey combined or sanitary sewage during wet weather events is disclosed. The design comprises an over chamber and an under chamber in releasable coordination with each other. The over chamber comprises an open canal and the under chamber comprises a box culvert.
US09359745B2
An edge protection segment for an edge protection system of a ground engaging implement is disclosed. The edge protection segment includes a first side, a second side, a width, a wedge portion, an exterior leg, and an interior leg. The second side is oppositely disposed and lateral to the first side. The width is up to 6 centimeters and is the distance between the first side and the second side. The exterior leg and the interior leg each extend from the wedge portion. The wedge portion, the exterior leg and the interior leg each extend between the first side and the second side.
US09359742B2
A shovel including a power storage device; and an electrically driven part driven by discharge electric power from the power storage device. The power storage device includes a lower housing having a bottom panel and side panels; at least two power storage modules arranged at a distance from each other in a first direction on the bottom panel and configured to charge and discharge electrical energy; a first rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, arranged between the two power storage modules, and configured to extend in a second direction intersecting in the first direction; and a second rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, configured to extend in the first direction, and formed continuously with the first rib.
US09359722B2
A woven wire for use in a paper, cardboard, or tissue manufacturing machine, has a first fabric layer providing a web-contact side and a second fabric layer providing a machine-contact side. The layers have machine-direction threads, cross-direction threads, and binder threads. A first fabric layer has a weaving pattern of interwoven first MD threads, first CD threads and binder threads. The second fabric layer has a weaving pattern of interwoven second MD threads and second CD threads. The first and second fabric layers are interconnected by binder threads. The binder threads are interwoven with MD threads and/or CD threads of the first and of the second fabric layers. The first MD threads, the first CD threads and the binder threads have a circular cross-sectional face. At least some or all second MD threads have a cross-sectional face with a flattened shape different from a circular shape.
US09359720B2
The invention relates to a self-adhesive wall covering comprising a glass textile with a closed structure, consisting of glass fibers and of a water-permeable polymer binder, and an adhesive coating comprising both a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) and a water-activable latent adhesive. The definitive attachment to the wall of this repositionable self-adhesive covering takes place, after hanging, by applying one or more coats of water-based paint.
US09359718B2
This invention relates to a composition characterized by containing, as essential components, deacetylated chitin and/or a deacetylated chitin derivative, and glyoxylic acid; a solution-containing gel formed from the composition; a water-insoluble chitosan coating; and a material obtained by treating a base material with the composition. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a chitosan composition, which in a “one-pack” form, has a pot life. Even when dried at room temperature after coating or impregnation of a base material, the chitosan coating can be water-insolubilized with reduced yellowing.
US09359717B2
The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having a receiving space for reception of laundry, a feeder configured to feed at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space, a support structure placed in the receiving space, the support structure providing a support space to allow a surface of the laundry to be supported by the support space, a guide affixed in the receiving space, the guide being configured to set a movement range of the laundry to prevent the laundry from deviating from the support space, and a press structure separably coupled to the support structure, the press structure being configured to apply pressure to the laundry positioned in the support space.
US09359705B2
A washing machine includes a vibration damping device located in an outer casing for damping vibration of a tub using a cylinder enclosing an operating fluid including a functional fluid such as a magnetic viscous fluid changing a viscosity when an electrical energy is applied to the fluid. The vibration damping device includes the cylinder, a shaft inserted into the cylinder, a coil disposed in the cylinder, two yokes disposed between the cylinder and the shaft so as to be located at both axial sides of the coil respectively, the yokes forming a magnetic circuit together with the shaft and cylinder, a sealing member disposed axially outside one of the yokes in the cylinder to seal the operating fluid, and two bearings located axially outside the respective yokes in the cylinder to support the shaft so that the shaft is axially reciprocable.
US09359685B2
A method of forming a conductive polymer deposit on a substrate is disclosed. The method may include the steps of preparing a composition comprising monomers of the conductive polymer and a nitrosyl precursor, contacting the substrate with the composition so as to allow formation of nitrosyl ion on the exterior surface of the substrate, and allowing the monomer to polymerize into the conductive polymer, wherein the polymerization is initiated by the nitrosyl ion and the conductive polymer is deposited on the exterior surface of the substrate. The conductive polymer may be polypyrrole.
US09359680B2
The present invention provides ruthenium or osmium complexes and their uses as a catalyst for catalytic water oxidation. Another aspect of the invention provides an electrode and photo-electrochemical cells for electrolysis of water molecules.
US09359679B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for etching a metal layer, such as a copper layer, to form an interconnection structure in semiconductor devices. In one example, a method of patterning a metal layer on a substrate includes supplying a first etching gas mixture comprising a hydro-carbon gas and a hydrogen containing gas into a processing chamber having a substrate disposed therein, the substrate having a metal layer disposed thereon, supplying a second gas mixture comprising the hydrogen containing gas to a surface of the etched metal layer disposed on the substrate, and supplying a third gas mixture comprising an inert gas into the processing chamber to sputter clean the surface of the etched metal layer.
US09359675B2
Two-dimensional nanomaterials are produced in a process comprising the steps of (a) providing (a1) a mixture comprising graphene oxide particles, water and at least one cationic surfactant and/or nonionic surfactant or (a2) a mixture comprising graphene particles, at least one solvent useful for solution exfoliation of graphite and at least one cationic surfactant and/or nonionic surfactant, (b) adding at least one sol precursor compound to the mixture from step (a), (c) reacting the mixture from step (b) in a sol/gel process to form gel from the at least one sol precursor compound on the graphene oxide particles or, respectively, the graphene particles, (d) removing the at least one surfactant, and (e) optionally heating the gel-coated graphene oxide particles for at least 1 min to at least 500° C. under inert gas atmosphere to reduce the graphene oxide to graphene.
US09359661B2
A bearing steel material which contains 0.8-1.1 mass % C, 0.15-0.8 mass % Si, 0.1-1.0 mass % Mn, 1.3-1.8 mass % Cr, up to 0.05 mass % P (0 mass % is excluded), up to 0.015 mass % S (0 mass % excluded), 0.0002-0.005 mass % Al, 0.0002-0.0020 mass % Ca, 0.0005-0.010 mass % Ti, up to 0.0080 mass % N (0 mass % is excluded), and up to 0.0025 mass % O (0 mass % is excluded). The steel material contains oxide inclusions which have an average composition that comprises, in terms of mass %, 20-50% CaO, 20-50% Al2O3, 20-70% SiO2, and 3-10% TiO2.
US09359660B2
New 6xxx aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new 6xxx aluminum alloy bodies may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new 6xxx aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.
US09359658B2
A nickel-based superalloy particularly suitable for the fabrication of mechanical components for a piece of turbomachinery that it comprises the following elements in percentage by weight: chromium between 3% and 7%; tungsten between 3% and 15%; tantalum between 4% and 6%; aluminum between 4% and 8%; carbon less than 0.8%; the remaining percentage of nickel plus impurities.
US09359653B2
A secondary hardening steel alloy substantially lacking Cobalt is disclosed. In spite of the substantial lack of Cobalt, a steel alloy of the present disclosure has a low Stage II crack growth, and a high fracture toughness. Applications of a steel alloy of the present disclosure include structural applications, including aircraft landing gear.
US09359652B2
Thermal treatment method for a micromechanical horological component derived from the LIGA method and exhibiting very low thermal inertia, said method including the step which consists in locally heating one area of the micromechanical horological component to increase hardness by local phase modification, the component being heated for a sufficiently short time that only the locally heated area is affected by the thermal treatment, the phase of the untreated portions of the component remaining unchanged.
US09359651B2
Methods are disclosed for the continuous treatment of biomass comprising a pretreatment step, wherein said biomass is contacted with a first supercritical, near-critical, or sub-critical fluid to form a solid matrix and a first liquid fraction; and a hydrolysis step, wherein said solid matrix formed in said pretreatment step is contacted with a second supercritical or near-supercritical fluid to produce a second liquid fraction and a insoluble lignin-containing fraction. Also disclosed are apparatuses for the continuous conversion of biomass comprising a pretreatment reactor and a hydrolysis reactor associated with said pretreatment reactor.
US09359649B2
The present invention provides methods for collecting, storing or transporting liquid suspension of biological specimens containing analytes of interest in a dry state. The dried biological specimens containing analytes of interest are reconstituted and released for subsequent analysis by compressing or centrifuging the matrix. Also provided are method of using kits for collecting, storing, transporting and recovering biological specimens containing analytes of interest.
US09359648B2
A novel family of human mitochondrial RNAs, referred to as chimeric RNAs, which are differentially expressed in normal, pre-cancer and cancer cells, are described. Oligonucleotides targeted to the chimeric RNAs are provided. The described oligonucleotides or their analogs can be used for cancer diagnostics and cancer therapy as well as for research. In one embodiment of this invention, these oligonucleotides hybridize with the sense or with the antisense mitochondrial chimeric RNAs, and the result of the hybridization is useful to differentiate between normal proliferating cells, pre-cancer cells and cancer cells. In another embodiment of the invention, the compositions comprise oligonucleotides that hybridize with the human chimeric RNAs resulting in cancer cell and pre-cancer cell death, while there is no effect in normal cells, constituting therefore, a novel approach for cancer therapy.
US09359647B2
A polymorphism-detecting probe, an amplification primer and the use thereof are provided to enable simple and highly reliable determination of different polymorphisms in an EGFR gene.
US09359639B2
The present invention discloses a method for detecting multiple single nucleotide variations or polymorphisms in a single reaction tube, and the oligonucleotide, the probe, the set of probes, the kit used, as well as the use thereof. Specifically, it relates to a method for identifying the genotype of multiple single nucleotide variation or SNP sites from the melting temperature of a kind of artificial melting temperature tag sequence (AMTS) and the type of fluorescence labels.
US09359627B2
Provided is an antibody production method whereby it is possible to repeatedly acquire antibodies produced by fish without killing the fish. Specifically provided is an antibody production method whereby it is possible to repeatedly acquire the antibodies produced by a fish, without killing the fish, by administering antigens to fish that have blisters.
US09359626B2
A process for producing poly alpha-1,3-glucan with reduced molecular weight is disclosed. The process comprises contacting water, sucrose, a polar organic solvent, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme in a solution to produce poly alpha-1,3-glucan. This contacting step results in the production of poly alpha-1,3-glucan having a reduced molecular weight compared to the molecular weight of a poly alpha-1,3-glucan made in the absence of the polar organic solvent.
US09359600B2
Collection devices and kits for biological sample collection include a biologic sample collection device having a hydrophilic swab matrix that includes a modified polycaprolactone (PCL). Methods of production and use thereof are also described herein. The biologic sample collection devices, kits and methods described herein are used to collect a biologic sample (e.g., blood, buccal cells, etc.) and to enable extraction of nucleic acids (e.g., DNA) from that biologic sample so that the nucleic acids can be analyzed (e.g., sequencing and subsequent analyses of DNA).
US09359596B2
Provided is a modified bacteriophage capable of infecting a target bacterium, which bacteriophage includes an α/β small acid-soluble spore protein (SASP) gene encoding a SASP which is toxic to the target bacterium, wherein the SASP gene is under the control of a constitutive promoter which is foreign to the bacteriophage and the SASP gene.
US09359591B2
The present invention provides a neutralized glucomannan scaffold capable of promoting cell growth and suitable for three-dimensional tissue culture and engineering. The present invention also provides methods for making and degrading the neutralized glucomannan scaffold. The present invention further provides a method of growing cells on a neutralized glucomannan scaffold.
US09359578B2
The invention provides a lubricating composition containing a compound comprising the reaction product of a polyolefin, an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic acylating agent (or carboxylic reactant), and an amine, and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine.
US09359572B2
Lubricants based on renewable feedstocks and methods of making them.
US09359549B2
Compounds comprising a metal complex having novel ligands are provided. In particular, the compound is an iridium complex comprising novel aza DBX ligands. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants, providing improved efficiency, low operating voltage, and long lifetime.
US09359548B2
An organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes; and an organic layer between the pair of electrodes, which includes a light-emitting layer, wherein the organic layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (I); and the light-emitting layer contains a iridium complex phosphorescent material: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and contiguous substituents of R1 to R8 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R9 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a hetero-aryl group, or a silyl group, and each of which group may be substituted with a substituent; and at least one of R1 to R9 represents a deuterium atom or a substituent containing a deuterium atom.
US09359545B2
A treatment fluid for use in a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore of a well includes: (i) water; (ii) a strong acid; and (iii) a branched viscoelastic surfactant having a hydrophobic portion with a total of 16 to 20 carbons; wherein the pH of the treatment fluid is less than 0.5; and wherein the viscosity of the treatment fluid is less than 5 cP at 40 sec−1. A method of treating a zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes the steps of; (A) forming the treatment; (B) introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore into the zone; and (C) allowing time for the strong acid in the treatment fluid to spend in the formation.
US09359542B2
The invention relates to a preparation method of a polymeric phase-change material, comprising: using 1, 2 or 3 of (meth)acrylate poly(ethylene glycol) n-alkyl ether ester as a raw material, wherein the (meth)acrylate poly(ethylene glycol) n-alkyl ether ester has a structural general formula of CH2═C(CH3)—COO(CH2CH2O)mCnH2n+1 or CH2═CH—COO(CH2CH2O)mCnH2n+1, m=1 to 100, and n=10 to 50; washing the raw material with a solution of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate having a mass percentage of 1% to 10% to remove a polymerization inhibitor, and subjecting reduced-pressure distillation, and then to a polymerization reaction by adopting one of the following process; 1. polymerization reaction initiated by irradiation; 2. polymerization reaction initiated by an initiator; 3. polymerization reaction in a solvent; after the polymerization reaction is completed, adding a precipitating agent to precipitate the polymeric phase-change material from the solution, and then washing with deionized water and dried, to obtain a polymeric phase-change material as a powder to block.
US09359541B2
A composition including 2,4,4,4-10-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene, and also the use thereof in particular as a heat transfer fluid. The composition may include: from 1% to 99% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 1% to 99% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 5% to 70% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 30% to 95% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 20% to 65% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 35% to 80% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 25% to 60% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 40% to 75% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene; preferably from 28% to 51% of 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobut-1-ene and from 49% to 72% of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene.
US09359531B2
Temporarily repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions which are blends of a silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive component, a high Tg polymer component and a crosslinker are presented. The silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive includes a copolymer that is the reaction product of an acidic or basic monomer, a (meth)acrylic or vinyl monomer, and a silicone macromer. The high Tg polymer component contains acid or base functionality such that when mixed, the silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive component and the high Tg polymer component form an acid-base interaction.
US09359527B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film which exhibits excellent storage stability, in particular, excellent storage stability even under harsh conditions (high temperature and high moisture conditions).The present invention pertains to a gas barrier film which comprises a substrate and a silicon-containing film that has a chemical composition represented by the following Chemical Formula (1) and that satisfies the relationships represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Mathematical Formula 2: [Mathematical Formula 1] 0.001≦Y/(X+Y)≦0.25 Mathematical Formula 1 3.30≦3Y+2X≦4.80 Mathematical Formula 2 in Chemical Formula (1), M represents at least one selected from a group consisting of the elements belonging to Group 2 to Group 14 in the long period type Periodic Table (with the proviso that, silicon and carbon are excluded), x represents an atomic ratio of oxygen relative to silicon, y represents an atomic ratio of nitrogen relative to silicon, and z represents an atomic ratio of M relative to silicon, which is 0.01 to 0.3, and in Mathematical Formula 1 and Mathematical Formula 2, X=x/(1+(az/4)), and Y=y/(1+(az/4)) (with the proviso that, a is the valency of the element M).
US09359522B2
An ink composition contains a pigment; a copolymer containing a phosphoric acid group or phosphonic acid group; a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and satisfies the following relation 1: Y
US09359512B2
A siloxane-containing ink composition for variable data lithographic printing includes a nano-particle polymer or blend of nano-particle polymers, wherein the polymer or polymers of the blend are water dispersible at temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius; and solids content is in an amount of greater than 25 percent by total weight.
US09359508B2
A water-based slurry composition contains (1) a water-based medium containing at least water as a polar solvent, (2) at least one polymer selected from cellulose derivatives, alginic acid derivatives, starch derivatives, chitin derivatives, chitosan derivatives, polyallylamine and polyvinylamine, (3) a hydrophobic filler, and (4) a polybasic acid or a derivative thereof. The composition has a water content of 30 mass % or higher. An electrode plate for an electricity storage device, and the electricity storage device are also disclosed.
US09359502B2
There is provided a pigment dispersion including an azo pigment or a tautomer thereof represented by the following Formula (1) and having characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 4.8°, 7.2° and 9.7° in a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction.
US09359499B2
A polymeric matrix is melt processed with reactive monomers or oligomers that are miscible in the polymeric matrix. Upon initial melt processing and mixing, the reactive monomers or oligomers contained within the resulting polymeric matrix are cured with actinic radiation to form a polymeric alloy. The alloy of the polymeric matrix and the cured polymer possesses a non-equilibrium morphology and a surface energy that is effectively secured for a desired application and use after subsequent compounding.
US09359492B2
A long-fiber-reinforced resin composition including (A) a long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin pellet including a thermoplastic resin, a modified polyolefin-based resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivative and reinforcing fiber and satisfying (A-1) the melt index of the thermoplastic resin is 100-250 g/10 min, (A-2) the relaxation time λ of the thermoplastic resin is 0.1 (sec) or less, (A-3) the content of the reinforcing fiber is 40-70 wt %, and (A-4) the content of the modified polyolefin-based resin is 1-5 wt %; and (B) a polyolefin-based resin satisfying (B-1) the melt index of the polyolefin-based resin is 20-70 g/10 min, and (B-2) the relaxation time λ of the polyolefin-based resin is 0.23 (sec) or less; wherein the content of reinforcing fiber contained in (A) is 20-60 wt % relative to the total amount of the fiber-reinforced resin composition.
US09359482B2
A process for reducing the content of residual organic substances in mixtures of plastics from durable goods can include separating a feed stream into two or more mixtures of flakes and preforming a cleaning process to remove a portion of one or more of the absorbed organic substances from one or more of the mixtures. Each mixture can contain one or more plastic types and at least one organic substance absorbed into the one or more plastic types. The flakes in the mixtures can have an average particle diameter of less than 10 millimeters.
US09359468B2
A curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition including (a) at least one divinylarene dioxide, and (b) at least one diphenol curing agent; a process for making the curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition; and a cured divinylarene dioxide resin composition made therefrom. The cured product made from the above curable divinylarene dioxide resin composition offers improved properties such as lower viscosity and a high heat resistance compared to known cured products prepared from known epoxy resins.
US09359466B2
Provided are an organic binder for a mold, which can advantageously extend the pot life without causing uneven curing, reduction in mold strength and an increase in the amount of use of a catalyst; a molding sand composition which is obtained by using the organic binder for a mold, and which exhibits an extended pot life; and a mold produced by curing such a molding sand composition through gas hardening. The urethane-curable type organic binder for a mold, which is used for production of a urethane-based mold, is constituted by comprising a specific alkoxysilyl group-containing ketimine compound, together with a polyol compound and a polyisocyanate compound.
US09359461B2
The invention concerns novel ethylene copolymers comprising polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate monomers, cationic monomers, and optionally amphoteric, anionic and/or hydrophilic nonionic monomers, neutralized by particular neutralizing agents. The invention also concerns composition in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical comprising said copolymers, as well as methods for preparing said copolymers, and cosmetic treatment methods using same.
US09359460B2
Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions containing cyclobutylidene-bridged metallocene compounds. These catalyst compositions can be used for the polymerization of olefins.
US09359458B2
The polyzwitterionic acid antiscalant is an antiscalant for use in desalination plants and the like for inhibiting CaSO4 and SO42− scale precipitation. The polyzwitterionic acid (PZA) antiscalant has the following structural formula: In order to make the PZA antiscalant, N-carboethoxymethyl-3-(N,N-diallylamino)propanesulfonate, a zwitterionic monomer, is cyclopolymerized in aqueous solution using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) to make an intermediate polyzwitterion (PZ). Acidic hydrolysis of the ester groups of the PZ is performed to produce the PZA antiscalant. Evaluation of the antiscalant properties of the PZA antiscalant using concentrated brines revealed that the PZA antiscalant, at a concentration of 10 ppm, is very effective in inhibiting the formation of calcium sulfate scale, particularly in reverse osmosis plants.
US09359452B2
Heparan sulphates isolated from male and female murine liver, their characterisation and use in pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment and in stem cell culture media suitable for conditions associated with bone repair.
US09359439B2
The present invention pertains to a method for controlling the circulation half-life of antibodies by adjusting the amount of sialic acid in the carbohydrates attached to the Fab part of the antibodies. Furthermore, the present invention provides antibodies having an increased circulation half-life.
US09359423B2
Using phosphoproteomics, we profiled the phosphorylation levels of hundreds of proteins concurrently across an isogenic model of breast cancer metastasis. Among them is TRPV4, a calcium channel that we found to be overexpressed in invasive breast tumors compared to ductal carcinoma in situ, a pre-neoplastic lesion and normal tissues. TRPV4 was also found to be elevated mostly in invasive breast cancer cell lines and less so in non-invasive breast cancer cell lines. These data led us to hypothesize that TRPV4 confer early traits of metastatic cancer cells. Functional studies revealed that silencing of TRPV4 expression diminished breast cancer cell migration and invasion significantly but not proliferation. Silencing expression of TRPV4 in metastatic breast cancer cells also reduced the number and size of metastatic colonies in mice. This supports the notion that TRPV4 is an attractive drug target to curb metastasis. Further experimentations suggested that the functional effect of TRPV4 on breast cancer cellular processes was associated with regulation of intracellular Ca2+, cell plasticity and expression of cell-cell adhesion proteins such as beta-catenin and E-cadherin. The latter two events have obvious implications in cancer invasion and intravasation/extravasation. We have also made novel observations that activation of TRPV4 by PDD led to activation of AKT and FAK pathways, both shown to be important to cell migration. In particular, downregulation of E-cadherin and b-catenin following TRPV4 activation has been shown to be mediated by the AKT pathway. Collectively, our data suggest that activation of Ca2+ dependent cascades and pathways associated with cell migration mediate TRPV4 function in breast cancer metastasis.
US09359421B2
The invention relates to suppressors of endogenous human interferon-gamma (INF-γ) applicable in treatment of diseases associated with impaired activity of endogenous IFN-γ. The suppressors of the invention are useful in treating autoimmune diseases and for prevention of graft arteriosclerosis and rejection of organs in allograft transplanted patients. The invention includes inactive analogues or variants of IFN-γ having preserved affinity to the IFN-γ receptor, genetically modified in the domain responsible for triggering the signal transduction pathway.
US09359413B2
The invention relates to a microorganism which produces and/or secretes an organic-chemical compound, wherein the microorganism has increased expression, compared to the particular starting strain, of one or more protein subunits of the ABC transporter having the activity of a trehalose importer, said microorganism being capable of taking up trehalose from the medium; and to a method for the production of an organic-chemical compound, using the microorganism according to the invention, wherein accumulation of trehalose in the fermentation broth is reduced or avoided.
US09359410B2
Methods for purifying human Calciviruses are disclosed, including Noroviruses and Sapoviruses.
US09359395B2
Prodrugs of C-17-heterocyclic-steroidal drugs providing improved oral bioavailability and phamacokinetics are described. The drugs are inhibitors of human CYP 17 enzyme, as well as potent antagonists of both wild type and mutant androgen receptors (AR), and are useful for the treatment of urogenital and/or androgen-related cancers, diseases and/or conditions, such as human prostate cancer, breast cancer, and prostate hyperplasia. The disclosure describes methods of synthesizing and using the prodrugs in cancer therapy.
US09359390B2
An activated carbon having a high catalytic activity as an oxidation catalyst or a decomposition catalyst, and use therefor are provided.The activated carbon has (a) an oxygen content in a range from 1.40 to 4.30% by mass, (b) a nitrogen content in a range from 0.90 to 2.30% by mass, (c) a sulfur content in a range from 0.50 to 1.20% by mass, and (d) a hydrogen content in a range from 0.40 to 0.65% by mass. The activated carbon may have at least one characteristic of (e) an amount of an acidic surface functional group of 0.10 to 0.36 meq/g, (f) an amount of a basic surface functional group of 0.50 to 1.30 meq/g, and (g) a benzene adsorption capacity of 25 to 50%. The activated carbon catalyzes an oxidation reaction of N-(phosphonomethyl)iminodiacetic acid with a peroxide (e.g., hydrogen peroxide) and achieves an efficient production of N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine even after repetitive use. The activated carbon also efficiently decomposes a chloramine.
US09359376B2
The present invention relates to the synthesis and application of novel chiral/achiral substituted methyl formyl reagents to modify pharmaceutical agents and/or biologically active substances to modify the physicochemical, biological and/or pharmacokinetic properties of the resulting compounds from the unmodified original agent.
US09359375B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof which are inhibitors of Syk kinase. The present invention is also directed to intermediates used in making such compounds, the preparation of such a compound, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound, methods of inhibition Syk kinase activity, methods of inhibition the platelet aggregation, and methods to prevent or treat a number of conditions mediated at least in part by Syk kinase activity, such as Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
US09359374B2
Provided for in the instant application are two additional forms of rifaximin, namely rifaximin polymorphic forms APO-III and APO-IV. Also provided are allegedly novel processes for preparing the previously disclosed rifaximin polymorphic forms APO-I and APO-II. Rifaximin is a non-aminoglycoside antibiotic that has previously been found to be useful for the treatment of traveller's diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli bacteria, as well as in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, hepatic encephalopathy, pyogenic skin infections and as an antibacterial prophylactic prior to colon surgery.
US09359370B2
The invention relates to 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride, its new crystalline forms, its therapeutic usage for treatment of diseases mediated by EGFR kinase and its combinatory therapeutic usage together with other therapeutic agents. The invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride, its new crystalline forms, and the relevant synthetic intermediates for synthesis of 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride.
US09359364B2
Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to 1-ethyl-7-(2-methyl-6-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2(1H)-one.
US09359362B2
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclically fused diaryldihydropyrimidine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combination for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the lung and the cardiovascular system.
US09359358B2
The present invention provides cyclohexyl azetidine derivatives of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09359357B2
The present invention relates to Rifaximin amorphous forms, to their use in medicinal preparations and to therapeutic methods using them.
US09359353B2
Compounds of Formula (I), their preparation and use in preventing or treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09359349B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I that modulate PI3 kinase activity and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with PI3 kinase activity.
US09359332B2
The present disclosure provides compounds for modulating receptor kinase activity, particularly ephrin and EGFR, and methods of treating diseases mediated by receptor kinase activity utilizing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds are generally of formula (I): Diseases mediated by receptor kinase activity include, but are not limited to, diseases characterized in part by abnormal levels of cell proliferation (i.e. tumor growth), programmed cell death (apoptosis), cell migration and invasion and angiogenesis associated with tumor growth. Compounds of the invention include “spectrum selective” kinase modulators, compounds that inhibit, regulate and/or modulate signal transduction across subfamilies of receptor-type tyrosine kinases, including ephrin and EGFR.Also disclosed are methods of making compounds for formula 8: comprising introducing group E2 into a compound of formula 7: wherein Ar, Z, P, and E2 are defined herein.
US09359330B2
The present disclosure provides substituted piperidines or pyrrolidines having Formula IA: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R6, A, X, m and n are defined as set forth in the specification. In certain embodiments, Compounds of the present disclosure are useful for treating pain. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of Compounds of the present disclosure to treat a disorder responsive to blockade of one or more sodium channels.
US09359329B2
The invention relates to compounds corresponding to formula (I), in the form of the base or of an acid-addition salt: in which n is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; m is equal to 0, 1 or 2; o is equal to 0 or 1; X represents a group —CH2, —CH(R′)—, —NH(R′)— or a heteroatom chosen from O and S, it being understood that R′ represents a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, —(C1-C5)alkoxy, —CH2-aryl, —C(O)R5 or —COOR5; R1 represents an oxo group, —COOR5, —W—OH or —W—NR5R6; R2 represents an H atom or a group chosen from the groups (i) —(C1-C5)alkyl, (ii) —(C1-C5)alkoxy, (iii) —COOR5, (iv) —NR5R6, (v) —C(O)—NR5R6, (vi) —SO2—NR3R4, (vii) heteroaryl optionally substituted with a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, (viii) —W-aryl, (ix) —W-heteroaryl, (x) —O—W-aryl, (xi) —O—W-heteroaryl and (xii) —O—W—NR5R6; it being understood that R3 and R4, (i) which may be identical or different, represent, independently of each other, an H atom, a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, —(C3-C6)cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, —CH2-heteroaryl, —(C1-C5)alkyl-NR5R6, —W—OH or —W—NR5R6; or (ii) form, together with the nitrogen atom that bears them, a heterocycloalkyl group optionally substituted with one or more groups chosen from the groups —(C1-C5)alkyl and —CH2-aryl; W is a group —(C1-C5)alkylene, optionally substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups; R5 and R6, which may be identical or different, represent, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a group chosen from the groups —(C1-C5)alkyl and the groups —(C3-C6)cycloalkyl, and also the process for preparing them and the therapeutic uses thereof.
US09359319B2
The α,β-unsaturated ketone moiety of a substrate representative of non-food based biomass was hydrogenated to the corresponding saturated alcohol moiety using a composition including (1) a copper salt; (2) a phosphine; (3) a polar aprotic solvent such as acetonitrile, and (4) a compound suitable for providing hydrogen for the hydrogenation, such as a suitable silane material or a suitable siloxane material.
US09359316B1
Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to modulate transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 receptor (TRPV1) activity.
US09359306B2
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of pan-CDK inhibitors of the formula (I), and intermediates of the preparation.
US09359301B2
The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein Y is N or CH R1 is fluoro or chloro or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. It has now surprisingly been found that the compounds of general formula I are metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists (negative allosteric modulators) for use in the treatment of anxiety and pain, depression, Fragile-X syndrom, autism spectrum disorders, Parkinson's disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
US09359299B2
Small molecule inhibitors of XBP1 splicing by IRE1 are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating or preventing cancer (e.g., endocrine resistant breast cancer), diabetes, and obesity.
US09359298B2
Provided are cajanine structure analogous compounds, synthesis method and pharmacological effects thereof, the compounds of the present invention having the structure as represented by general formulas I, II, III, IV and V. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds as active ingredient, and uses thereof; the compounds of the present invention having the pharmacological activities such as anti-virus, anti-virus-infection, nerve protection, anti-metabolic-diseases and the like. Also provided is a chemical total synthesis preparation method of the natural products cajanine, cajanine A and cajanine C. The present invention lays a foundation for the in-depth study and development of the compounds as clinical drugs in the future.
US09359294B2
The invention provides a compound of formula A, B, C or D, methods for making them, intermediates therefor, and their use in making organic biologically active compounds: Wherein: X=F, Cl, Br, I, sulfonate esters, phosphate esters or another leaving group R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 are each individually selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, nitro, halogen or amino; or are selected from H, C1-C10 alkyl, aryl, C1-C10 alkynyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, C1-C10cycloalkyl, C1-C10 cycloalkenyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, nitro, halogen or amino R11=tetrafluoroborate, triflate, halogen, perclorate, sulfates, phosphates or carbonates Excluding the case when: X=F and R1=R2=R3=R4=R5=H and R6=R7=R8=R9=methyl, R10=H and R11=triflate or tetrafluoroborate; or Wherein: X=F, Cl, Br, I, sulfonate esters, phosphate esters or other another leaving group; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are each individually selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, nitro, halogen or amino; or are selected from H, C1-C10 alkyl, aryl, C1-C10 alkynyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, C1-C10 cycloalkyl, C1-C10 cycloalkenyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, nitro, halogen or amino and R11=tetrafluoroborate, triflate, halogen, perclorate, sulfates, phosphates or carbonates; and R12=resin, naphthalene or substituted naphthalene Excluding the case when: X=F and R1=R2=R3=R4=R5=H and R6=R7=R8=R9=methyl, R10=H and R11=triflate or tetrafluoroborate and when X=F and R1=R2=R3=R4=R5=H and R12=poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) and R11=triflate or tetrafluoroborate; or Wherein: X=F, Cl, Br, I, sulfonate esters, phosphate esters or another leaving group R13=naphthalene or substituted naphthalene R6, R7, R8, R9, RIO are each individually selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alcoxy, nitro, halogen or amino; or are selected from H, C1-C10 alkyl, aryl, C1-C10 alkynyl, C1-C10 alkenyl, C1-C10 cycloalkyl, C1-C10 cycloalkenyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, nitro, halogen or amino R11=tetrafluoroborate, triflate, halogen, perclorate, sulfates, phosphates or carbonates; or X=F, Cl, Br, I, sulfonate esters, phosphate esters or another leaving group R13=naphthalene or substituted naphthalene R11=tetrafluoroborate, triflate, halogen, perclorate, sulfates, phosphates or carbonates R12=resin, naphthalene or substituted naphthalene.
US09359292B2
There is disclosed a process for making a mono-lithium salt of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid (LiSIPA) having less than 200 ppm sulfate. The process uses a reaction mixture of acetic acid, water, a lithium cation producing compound, and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid. The reaction mixture is heated to reflux, cooled, filtered and washed to obtain a high quality LiSIPA having less than 200 ppm sulfate. Also disclosed is a high quality mono-lithium salt of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid having less than 200 ppm sulfate.
US09359291B2
This invention relates in one aspect to non-natural desamino alkyl amino acid compounds, methods of making these compounds, and peptides containing these compounds. In one embodiment, the peptide is neurotensin (8-13) in which the N-terminus is an alpha-desamino, alpha-methyl-N,N-dimethyl-homolysine residue of the invention.
US09359288B2
The present invention provides a method for the production of [18F]-FACBC which has advantages over know such methods. Also provided by the present invention is a system to carry out the method of the invention and a cassette suitable for carrying out the method of the invention on an automated radiosynthesis apparatus.
US09359285B2
Provided herein are compounds having a structure selected from among Formula (I), Formula (II), Formula (III), Formula (IV), Formula (V) and Formula (VI) that are androgen receptor modulators and/or androgen receptor binding agents. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such compounds, including, but not limited to, using such compounds for treating various conditions.
US09359284B2
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is a divalent linking moiety; and R1-R10 are each individually H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, halogen, amino, or hydroxy, provided that at least one of R3 or R8 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, a substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, or halogen.
US09359280B2
A process for preparing a carboxylic acid, by oxidative cleavage of at least one vicinal diol, or an epoxide, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst and of an oxidizing agent and in the absence of solvent.
US09359279B2
A method of treating cancer, inflammatory disease, and autoimmune disease by administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of one or more 1,5-dipenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one compounds. The compounds feature either or both of the phenyl rings being substituted with hydroxyl, diethyl(2-alkoxyethyl)amine, 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)piperidine, sulfonate, phosphinate, or phosphate.
US09359273B2
The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that the presence of impurities in 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (1230xa) results in catalyst instability during the fluorination of 1230xa to 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. By substantially removing the impurities, it is shown that the catalyst life is extended and results in improved operation efficiency of the fluorination reaction. Such steps similarly result in an overall improvement in the production of certain hydrofluoroolefins, particularly 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf).
US09359262B2
A composition for applying to a honeycomb body includes a refractory filler, an organic binder, an inorganic binder, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the refractory filler, the particle size distribution of the refractory filler, the organic binder, and the inorganic binder are selected such that, when the composition is applied to plug a plurality of channels of the honeycomb body, the plug depth variability is reduced.
US09359258B2
A shrinkage compensating concrete does not require restraint. The expansive forces developed during hydration compensate for concrete shrinkage, obviating the need for any added internal or external restraint element. Using this new shrinkage compensating concrete, substantially crack-free slabs may be built without using restraining steel bars, fibers, or other separate restraining element. The shrinkage compensating concrete includes a cement that develops internal expansive forces that never exceed the tensile strength of the concrete, such that the internal expansion compensates for the concrete shrinkage. The expansive cement may be an ASTMS, M or S cement, or other expansive cements may also be used.
US09359243B2
Transparent glass-ceramic articles, glass-ceramic precursor glasses and methods for forming the same
Embodiments of glass ceramic articles and precursor glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-ceramic articles are transparent and include a nepheline phase and a phosphate phase. The glass-ceramic articles are colorless and exhibit a transmittance of about 70% or greater across the visible spectrum. The glass-ceramic articles may optionally include a lithium aluminosilicate phase. The crystals of the glass-ceramic articles may have a major cross-section of about 100 nm or less.
US09359234B2
Methods and systems for treating an aqueous effluent from a metathesis reactor, such as a metathesis-based biorefinery, are generally disclosed. In some embodiments, the aqueous effluent is generated from washing the metathesized product with an aqueous medium. In some embodiments, such wash streams are chemically treated to reduce their toxicity and to facilitate disposal. In some embodiments, such wash streams are treated to recover at least a portion of the catalyst residue, so as to facilitate catalyst recovery.
US09359229B2
A device has a gate portion for recovering floating materials on liquid surfaces and for following vertical movement of the liquid level. Gate floats around and rotatable about the gate portion retain the gate portion near the liquid level. Main floats outside the gate floats support a recovery portion. A blade-shaped projection on an outer circumferential part will rotate along the liquid level. A driving device rotates the gate float, with loads of the driving device being supported by the main floats.
US09359224B2
A filtration system for an appliance includes a water source coupled with the appliance to provide an intake water flow. A filter unit is coupled with water source to receive the intake water flow and dispense a filtered water flow. An isolation valve is coupled between the water source and the filter unit and movable between a first position and a second position. A distribution valve is coupled with an ice maker and a water dispenser of the appliance. The distribution valve receives the filtered water flow when the isolation valve is in the first position, and the distribution valve receives the intake water flow via a bypass line when the isolation valve is in the second position. The isolation valve is configured to move to the second position upon expiration of the service life of the filter unit.
US09359221B2
The present invention relates to an energy efficient carbon dioxide sequestration processes whereby Group 2 silicate minerals and CO2 are converted into limestone and sand using a two-salt thermolytic process that allows for the cycling of heat and chemicals from one step to another.
US09359220B2
A two-phase positive electrode material for a lithium battery in which particles of lithium-enriched layered oxide of formula Li1+x(MnaNibMc)1−xO2 are at least partially coated on the surface with a metal oxide of formula LiyVOz. Such a material is advantageously produced by mixing the lithium-enriched lamellar oxide with at least one precursor of the metal oxide in aqueous solution, followed by thermal treatment at a temperature no lower than 280° C.
US09359213B2
The physical properties of a diamond are altered by: applying a cationic elemental plasma to a diamond at a plasma temperature of less than 300° C.; allowing the cationic plasma to chemically bond with atoms in defects within the diamond; and removing the plasma from the diamond. The cationic elemental plasma may exemplary be selected from the group consisting of as H+, Na+, Li+ and K+. It is preferred that no plasma is projected from a source at the diamond and that the plasma is provided as an environment surrounding the diamond.
US09359198B2
A system and method for creating three-dimensional nanostructures is disclosed. The system includes a substrate bonded to a carrier using a bonding agent. The bonding agent may be vaporizable or sublimable. The carrier may be a glass or glass-like substance. In some embodiments, the carrier may be permeable having one or a plurality of pores through which the bonding agent may escape when converted to a gaseous state with heat, pressure, light or other methods. A substrate is bonded to the carrier using the bonding agent. The substrate is then processed to form a membrane. This processing may include grinding, polishing, etching, patterning, or other steps. The processed membrane is then aligned and affixed to a receiving substrate, or a previously deposited membrane. Once properly attached, the bonding agent is then heated, depressurized or otherwise caused to sublime or vaporize, thereby releasing the processed membrane from the carrier.
US09359194B2
MEMS devices, packaged MEMS devices, and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a first MEMS functional structure and a second MEMS functional structure. An interior region of the second MEMS functional structure has a pressure that is different than a pressure of an interior region of the first MEMS functional structure.
US09359192B1
The various embodiments described herein provide microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor devices and methods of forming the same. In general, the embodiments provide MEMS sensor devices formed with two semiconductor die that are bonded together. Specifically, a sensor die includes at least one MEMS sensor fabricated thereon, such as MEMS gyroscope or MEMS accelerometer. A control-circuit die includes at least one integrated MEMS control circuit formed on an active area of the die. The control-circuit die is bonded to the sensor die with the active area and the integrated MEMS control circuits on the exterior side. The bonding defines and seals a cavity between the two die that encompasses the MEMS sensor and can be used to seal the MEMS sensor in a vacuum.
US09359188B1
A micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone is provided. The MEMS microphone is configured to operate at a predetermined range of frequencies. The MEMS microphone has a tensioned membrane preset at a tension amount selected to cause the MEMS microphone to operate at a predetermined sensitivity level that is above a threshold sensitivity level. The tension amount is controlled based on a temperature applied to the tensioned membrane during a fabrication process. At least a portion of the tensioned membrane is sandwiched between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer configured to equalize stress of the tensioned membrane.
US09359186B2
A fueling device includes a fuel passage-forming member and a flap valve mechanism. The flap valve mechanism includes an opening-forming member attached to one end of the fuel passage-forming member and an opening-closing mechanism to open and close a filler inlet of the opening-forming member. The fuel passage-forming member includes a pipe body containing a resin inner layer in a pipe shape made of a first resin material and a resin outer made of a second resin material, and a welding end formed on an opening end of the pipe body. The opening-forming member includes a cover member that covers the opening end of the pipe body and a welded end formed on an opening end of the cover member and welded to the welding end. The cover member is made of a third resin material welded to either one of the first resin material and the second resin material.
US09359178B2
A detector for an electromagnetic brake, for example used in an elevator system, that, by quantitative judgment, determines whether the brake force of the electromagnetic brake is appropriate. Load cells for detecting the recovery forces of brake springs are arranged between brake springs, which energize brake arms with brake shooes installed on them toward the side of brake wheel, and spring sheets, which hold brake springs in a compressive deformed state, and, at the same time, judgment part judges whether the brake force of electromagnetic brake 4 is outside a prescribed normal range based on the outputs of load cells. If the brake force of electromagnetic brake is outside the normal range, judgment part sends a signal, for example to a monitoring center.
US09359177B2
A method of lifting device collision avoidance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a three dimensional position of a collision avoidance sensor unit coupled with a load line of a first lifting device, the determining performed by a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver coupled with a housing of the collision avoidance sensor unit, generating a geofence for the first lifting device based at least in part on the collision avoidance sensor unit position, monitoring for a collision related hazard indicated by encroachment between the first geofence and a second geofence associated with a second lifting device and initiating at least one collision hazard avoidance action in response to a monitored occurrence of the collision related hazard.
US09359167B2
A sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that presses a fold line part of a folded sheet bundle; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing unit in a fold direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that holds the folded sheet bundle therebetween, and the pair of pressing rollers changes an angle θ between a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and a line connecting the rotational centers of the pressing rollers in the middle of movement.
US09359164B2
A system is provided for stacking mail having an escort assembly for handling each mailpiece. The system comprises a containment device, a transport mechanism and a detachment mechanism. The containment device includes a base, vertical walls extending from the base and an open end for accepting the mailpieces therein. The containment device, furthermore, has a slot formed in at least one of the vertical walls thereof. The transport mechanism includes first and second transport segment, the first transport segment conveying escort assemblies and respective mailpieces over an open end of the containment device and the second transport segment lowering the escort assemblies and respective mailpieces into the open end of the containment device. The transport mechanism furthermore aligns the edges of the mailpieces along one of the vertical walls of the containment device and positions the escort assembly through the slot of the containment device. The detachment mechanism is operative to release the mailpieces from the respective escort assembly and move the escort assemblies through the slot of the containment device.
US09359154B2
A transfer trailer for loading bales of forage into a transport vehicle includes a press wall mounted on a horizontal deck to be movable between a loading position and a transfer end of the trailer, and the transfer trailer has a sizing structure disposed at the transfer end formed of a hinged door arrangement such that motive means moving the press wall along the deck of the transfer trailer causes the hinged door arrangement to engage a stack of bales loaded onto the deck of the transfer trailer to force the stack of bales into standardized dimensions prior to delivery to a transport vehicle.
US09359153B2
A grain bin vacuum tube extension system with (i) an extension tube comprising a bottom surface and a plurality of slots on the bottom surface of the extension tube, (ii) a sealing strip that is slidably secured to the bottom surface of the extension tube and that comprises a plurality of slots, and (iii) a butterfly valve that is configured to close when the slots on the bottom surface of the extension tube are aligned with the slots in the sealing strip and to open when the slots on the bottom surface of the extension tube are not aligned with the slots in the sealing strip. The sealing strip is slidably secured to the bottom surface of the extension tube such that the slots on the bottom surface of the extension tube align with the slots in the sealing strip when the sealing strip is slid to an open position. The sealing strip creates and airtight seal against the bottom surface of the extension tube when the butterfly valve is in an open position.
US09359142B2
A drum motor optimized for the hygienic requirements in the food industry; in particular the drum motor is used for driving conveyor belts. One embodiment of the invention discloses a drum motor comprising a drum shell accommodating a geared rim secured to the drum shell, a first inner end cap attached to the geared rim, a second inner end cap attached to a locking flange having an expanding element adapted to secure the second inner end cap to the drum shell when attaching the second inner end cap to the locking flange.
US09359131B2
Floating roof tank for a volatile liquid have an outer roof and an internal floating roof with a primary seal with a support such that when the tank is empty, the floating roof will rest on the support whether the tank is in a vertical or horizontal position. The support enables the tank to be transported in a horizontal position without damage to the seal. The floating roof tank with support can be configured as a conical tank, flat bottom tank or slant bottom tank. The floating roof tank can also include a cleaning system and a flush mounted manway cover.
US09359129B1
An automatic lock for interconnecting cargo containers. The lock includes a pin assembly located in, and extending from, each of the bottom corner fittings of the container. The lock further includes a receiver assembly located in each of the top corner fittings of the container for engaging the pin assembly, thereby securing the upper container to said lower container.
US09359127B2
There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.
US09359126B2
A system, method and capsule for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product includes an exchangeable capsule, and an apparatus including a receptacle for holding the exchangeable capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying a fluid to the exchangeable capsule. The exchangeable capsule includes a circumferential wall, a bottom, and a lid. The wall, bottom and lid enclose an inner space including the extractable product. The bottom includes an entrance layer for supplying an amount of a fluid by the fluid dispensing device through the entrance layer to the capsule. The lid includes an exit layer for supplying a prepared beverage through the exit layer from the capsule to a container. The capsule includes an additional wall element extending towards the inner space for providing additional stiffness.
US09359123B2
The present invention relates to improved child resistant carton and methods for using the same. The improved child resistant carton comprises housing (1) and an insert (4). The housing comprises a locking mechanism (3). The housing (1) may be made from multiple panels. The panel may be of any shape and may be more than one. The housing (1) may be made of card board. The locking mechanism (3) is characterized in that the locking and releasing of the carton has improved child resistance characteristics.
US09359115B1
In one embodiment there is provided a push-pull closure having a shell and a cap movable in relation to the shell to an opened and closed position. The shell includes an annual body surrounding a central opening in fluid communication with the container opening and further includes a stem suspended within the central opening and connected to the annual body by radial ribs. The cap includes an inner skirt extending from a pouring edge and having a lower section configured to cooperate and seal against the stem, against an outside radial rib surface, and against an inside surface of the annual body when the cap is in the closed position.
US09359108B2
The invention relates to a can having an easy opening panel comprising a tab connected via a rivet structure to the panel, wherein the tab comprises a tab rear part for gripping and actuation, and a tab front part for opening the can upon tab actuation, wherein the panel comprises at least beneath the tab front part a panel structure deformable upon can internal pressure.
US09359089B2
The harpoon comprises a bistable actuator (34) having a rod (56) for actuating the finger (32) the rod being movable between a retracted resting position and an extended position of deployment of the finger (32).The bistable actuator (34) comprises a tappet (52) that is movable during a first impulse comprising a stroke (34) in a first direction and then a stroke in a second direction opposite to the first direction in order to cause the switch of the rod (56) from its retracted position to its extended position.The tappet (52) is movable during a second impulse comprising a stroke in the first direction and then a stroke in the second direction in order to cause the switch of the rod (56) from its extended position to its retracted position.The actuator (34) is configured so as to allow the return of the rod (56) to its retracted position when the tappet (52) moves along the first stroke in the first direction during the second impulse.
US09359078B2
An improved monument structure combining an integrated construction system with carbon fiber reinforced composites to form an exoskeleton chassis. The chassis includes an above work deck subassembly, a below work deck subassembly, and a rear service wall subassembly, each respective subassembly is formed using carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRC) pre-impregnated panel skins. The subassemblies are reinforced with a unidirectional carbon fiber.
US09359076B2
Compact aircraft galley and lavatory arrangement and articulating lavatory partition for an aircraft
A combination lavatory and galley arrangement for aircraft includes a lavatory portion having adjacent inboard and outboard lavatories, and a galley portion, and can be located aft of aft aircraft aft doors, and can at least partially rearwardly extend into the aircraft's aft pressure dome. The inboard and outboard lavatories can be separated by a movable wall or partition to provide access for persons with restricted mobility, and can be provided in a modular housing to facilitate retrofit assembly within an aircraft. The movable wall can be an articulating movable lavatory partition movable between a first, linearly extended configuration and a second, folded configuration in a stowed position to provide entry for persons with restricted mobility.
US09359074B2
Methods, systems and devices are provided for securing a drone delivering a package of goods to a delivery destination. A notification may be provided to a device of the purchaser that the drone has arrived near the delivery destination. The drone may hover at a secure altitude from a landing zone at the delivery destination. The drone may receive a purchase code associated with a purchase of the package of goods. The drone may authenticate the purchase code as a condition for landing. The drone may land in the landing zone at the delivery destination when the purchase code is authenticated. The drone may abort the landing when the purchase code is not authenticated. The drone may receive a delivery code associated with completing delivery the package of goods. The drone may require the delivery code as a condition for releasing the package of goods.
US09359072B2
A blade (20) of a rotor (5), the blade (20) having a suction side (21) and a pressure side (22) extending transversely from a leading edge (23) towards a trailing edge (24) and extending spanwise from a root section (31) towards a free end section (41). The blade (40) comprises, going from the root section (31) towards said free end section (41): a root zone (30); followed by rounded zone (35); said rounded zone (35) presenting rounded pressure and suction sides (22″, 21″) departing from said main plane (P1) in a direction (Z) parallel to the axis of rotation (AXROT) of said blade.
US09359071B2
An aerodynamic blade attachment (1) for a bearingless rotor, particularly a main rotor, of a helicopter, comprising: an airfoil blade (2) having a tip end and a root end and having a pitch axis from said tip end to said root end; a flexbeam (3); a control cuff (4, 22) enclosing and extending along said flexbeam (3) and a separable junction arrangement between said flexbeam (3), said control cuff (4) and said root end of said airfoil blade (2). Said junction arrangement is mechanical between said flexbeam (3), said control cuff (4) and said root end of said airfoil blade (2). Removable fasteners (5, 6) connect said root end of said airfoil blade (2) and said control cuff (4) with said flexbeam (3). Said junction arrangement comprises fairing means (10, 27, 28, 31, 32 and 39) encompass the removable fasteners (5, 6) and said flexbeam (3).
US09359068B2
A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A), wherein the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), is characterized in that the drive unit (16) comprises at least one power output assembly (122, 124) for driving at least one of the first and second wheels (4, 6), with each of the at least one power output assembly (122, 124) comprising a power transmission chain (136) selectively engageable with a sprocket element (108, 110) coupled to one of the first and second wheels (4, 6).
US09359066B2
A cable support apparatus for an aircraft cable control system comprises at least one cable support unit. The cable support unit includes a pulley adapted to carry a cable of the aircraft cable control system, a support link with a first joint between the pulley and the support link and a second joint between the support link and the structure of the aircraft, and a compensation link connected with the structure of the aircraft. The thermal expansion of the compensation link causes a displacement of the support link. An aircraft and a method for maintaining a tension of a cable of a cable control system of an aircraft are also provided.
US09359064B2
A fan rotor blade has a rotor blade leading edge. On a hub side of the rotor blade leading edge, a vertical hub section is formed. From a top end of the vertical hub section to a mid-span side of the rotor blade leading edge, a backward tilt mid-span section is formed. From a top end of the backward tilt mid-span section to a tip end of the rotor blade leading edge, a forward tilt tip section is formed. From a hub end of the rotor blade leading edge to a base end of the vertical hub section, a backward tilt hub section is formed. The backward tilt hub section is backwardly tilted so that a top end thereof is positioned behind a base end thereof.
US09359063B2
An extendable protective arm is disclosed. The arm may protect an air, fuel, oil, or electrical conduit from harsh environments or the atmosphere during use. The arm may also connect the conduit between a moveable structure adapted to reciprocate relative to a fixed structure. The arm may extend in any number of dimensions.
US09359062B2
An aircraft elevator system includes a fixed frame, a floating frame coupled to the fixed frame, and a cabin coupled to the floating frame. The floating frame can move with respect to the fixed frame and the cabin can move with respect to the floating frame. The system can include an actuating system operating at least one pulley system to move the cabin between upper and lower positions, which respectively can be inside and outside the aircraft. In some embodiments, the system includes a support assembly that moderates or eliminates load transfer between the system and an aircraft upper deck floor structure. In some embodiments, the cabin includes a ramp configured to deploy when approaching the lower position and to retract to a stowed position when the cabin moves from the lower position toward the upper position. The ramp can include a sensor to control cabin movement.
US09359055B2
Disclosed are composite paddles that may be used in kayaking and other sports alike. A composite paddle may include a shaft connected to one or more blades. A paddle blade may include a spine having a distal end and a proximal end to be connected to a mandrel; and a body having a layered cross-sectional profile to enclose the spine. The layered cross-sectional profile may include at least three adjacent layers of unidirectional carbon fiber or unidirectional fiberglass. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09359041B1
The pedal-operated scooter is a scooter with a plurality of wheels, which are further defined as including at least one rear wheel and at least one front wheel. The at least one rear wheel is in mechanical connection with a drive sprocket that is in mechanical connection with a pedal sprocket. The pedal sprocket is in mechanical connection with a pair of pedals provided on the scooter. The pair of pedals are able to be manipulated via a rider in order to propel the scooter. Moreover, rotation of the pair of pedals, rotates the pedal sprocket that is attached to the drive sprocket via a chain or belt. The drive sprocket in turn drives the at least one rear wheel. The scooter includes a handlebar, and a seat.
US09359039B2
A bicycle frame includes a substantially rigid front frame portion and a substantially rigid rear frame portion. A link is connected to the rear frame portion by a first pivot and to the front frame portion by a second pivot. A frame segment is rigidly connected at a first end to one of the rear frame portion and the front frame portion and pivotably connected at a second end to other of the rear frame portion or the front frame portion by a third pivot. The frame segment is flexible parallel to an axis of the third pivot.
US09359035B2
A foldable bicycle is provided in its self-propelled use position in its folded-out state, for transporting and for storage in its folded-up state and in both its folded-out and folded up states has fixing components for maintaining the reliability of these states, and in its folded-up state it has significantly lower space demand as compared to its folded-out state.
US09359032B2
A vehicle light apparatus is described herein that can be used to increase the visibility profile of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a base adapted to connect to a vehicle frame; a power supply; and an elongated light source supported by the base and coupled to the power supply. The elongated light source can extend above the vehicle frame with respect to a surface the vehicle is to traverse thereon. The elongated light source can also be configured to move upon experiencing pressure (e.g., from a rider's leg) and, upon removal of said pressure, return to its original position.
US09359031B2
A bicycle saddle of the type comprising a shell, a padding and an overlying covering for the padding wherein the shell has at least one part thereof which is formed with a concavity directed upward in the configuration for use, so as to accommodate a corresponding portion of padding.
US09359027B2
A traction unit has carrier sections on which suction cups are mounted that are connected to a vacuum source. The carrier units are driven around the frame by a chain driven by a motor. The frame has sections which move relative to one another in order to permit turning control of the traction unit.
US09359025B2
A link assembly for an endless track may include a first track link with shoe-mounting structure configured to allow attachment of a track shoe, the first track link having substantially planar sides. The link assembly may also include a second track link with shoe-mounting structure configured to allow attachment of a track shoe, the second track link having substantially planar sides. Additionally, the link assembly may include a third track link with shoe-mounting structure configured to allow attachment of a track shoe, the third track link having substantially planar sides, the third track link being pivotally connected to the first track link at a first pivot joint, and the third track link being pivotally connected to the second track link at a second pivot joint.
US09359024B2
A track link has a link body. The link body of the track link may include a first substantially planar side surface, a second substantially planar side surface opposite the first substantially planar side surface, a shoe face extending between the first and second substantially planar side surfaces, and a roller rail extending between the first and second substantially planar side surfaces opposite the shoe face.
US09359023B2
An undercarriage assembly includes a link assembly, including a plurality of laterally spaced pairs of track links pivotally connected to one another at pivot joints to form an endless chain. The assembly may also include an idler, the idler including a solid disk with substantially planar sides and an outer tread surface engaging an inner portion of the endless chain.
US09359021B2
An agricultural tractor includes a pair of track assemblies including rubber treads with track bars, a front wheel assembly and a controller. The track assemblies are interconnected by respective front and rear axles extending substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel. The controller automatically controls a load imposed on the front wheel assembly in order to control the load imposed at the front axle of the track assemblies to minimize rubber tread wear.
US09359020B2
A vehicle luggage compartment structure includes a storage recess that is provided in a vehicle luggage compartment so as to store a spare tire, a lid that closes the storage recess, a rear panel that is provided so as to form a rear part of the storage recess, and a separate component that is detachably mounted substantially in the center of the rear panel on the side of the luggage compartment.
US09359019B2
An unhooking prevention structure for a spare tire carrier includes a carrier main body portion for holding a spare tire below a floor plate of an automobile; a bolt including a head portion and a shaft portion passed through the floor plate leaving the head portion on the floor plate, and the shaft portion including a male screw below the floor plate; a hook hooked onto the carrier main body portion and including a female screw screwed into the male screw of the bolt to lift the carrier main body portion by rotating the bolt around an axis; and a rotation restriction mechanism including a fitting cap attached to the head portion of the bolt so as not to rotate around the axis relative to the bolt, and preventing the hook from disengaging the bolt by prohibiting the fitting cap from rotating at a predetermined angle or more.
US09358993B2
A method optimizes operation of an electrically driven rail vehicle on a predefined route. In order to optimize the known method even further, the costs of the electrical energy which is fed into the route and/or the environmental loading are sensed during the generation of the electrical energy which is fed into the route. The method of locomotion of the rail vehicle on the route is set taking into account the level of the costs of the electrical energy and/or the environmental loading in the generation of the electrical energy for the route.
US09358988B2
A hopper car gate with a frame, a door supported by the frame and horizontally moveable between open and closed positions, a rack mounted to the door, and first and second shafts supported by the frame. A first gear mounted to the first shaft engages the rack. Second and third mating gears are mounted to the first and second shafts, respectively. A hopper car with first and second hopper car gates mounted to first and second hoppers, respectively. Doors of the gates move horizontally to an open position in opposite directions from each other with shaft rotation in the same direction. A hopper car gate opening and closing system including a hopper car gate with a pair of shafts, a gear mounted on each shaft, and racks that are positioned to engage the gears as the gate moves with respect to the racks.
US09358987B2
A railway tank car including a protective structure for the top of its cargo tank and surrounding a valve group mounting nozzle and a pressure relief safety valve nozzle, to protect the associated valves against damage resulting from the car being overturned, particularly while the railcar is moving along a railway. The protective structure includes an upstanding wall of metal plate that surrounds and is located at a radial distance outwardly apart from the tank top valve group mounting nozzle. A reinforcing band is attached to an upper portion of the upstanding wall to enhance its strength. Also disclosed is a method of protecting fittings mounted on a nozzle on the tank top of a railway tank car by providing and mounting such a protective structure to surround the tank top nozzle and associated fittings.
US09358985B2
A method and a device for controlling a drive unit of a vehicle are provided in which, starting from the comparison of a first acceleration variable, which is calculated at least from the operating state of the drive unit, and a second acceleration variable, an error is detected. The second acceleration variable includes a first component, in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis, and a second component, perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal axis.
US09358983B2
A method of determining a wade depth (dMax) in relation to a vehicle (1) when at least partially submerged in water. An attitude of the vehicle (1) is determined and a first height (dSensed) of the surface of the water measured relative to a first reference point on the vehicle (1). The wade depth (dMax) is determined based on the attitude of the vehicle (1) and said first height (dSensed). Alternatively, or in addition, the travel height (HS) of a vehicle suspension is determined. Aspects of the invention also relates to a system and a vehicle (1).
US09358979B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling the speed of a vehicle comprising: during a pulse phase of cruise control, applying engine torque to raise speed, the amount and duration of which being responsive to engine speed; and during a glide phase of cruise control, discontinuing engine combustion. In this way cruise control may maintain a mean speed equivalent to a desired, threshold speed while reducing fuel consumption, and NVH effects felt by the end user compared to traditional cruise control methods.
US09358976B2
A method is provided for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, including the following steps: formation of video data that correspond to an object in a surrounding environment of a vehicle, formation of at least one motion parameter of the object relative to the vehicle, based on the video data, and standardized to a distance between the vehicle and the object, calculation of a collision-related threshold value based on the standardized motion parameter, the driver assistance system carrying out an action as a function of a comparison between the threshold value and a collision-related parameter. A driver assistance system, a vehicle, and a computer program are also provided.
US09358973B2
A method for controlling torque reduction of a hybrid electric vehicle including a motor and an engine includes determining whether a demand torque of a traction control system (TCS) is generated. When the demand torque of the TCS is generated, the demand torque of the TCS and a motor output torque is compared. Based on a result of the comparison, torque reduction is performed by using only one of a motor torque. Also disclosed are an apparatus configured to perform the method for controlling torque reduction and a computer readable storage medium causing performance of torque reduction through the use of only one of a motor torque and an engine torque.
US09358972B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, an engine is accelerated to a speed of a driveline integrated starter/generator before the engine is coupled to the driveline integrated starter/generator. Further, a driveline disconnect clutch application force is adjusted in response to torque of the driveline integrated starter/generator and a torque converter torque.
US09358971B2
A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle. An engine output shaft and a motor output shaft are coupled to a primary shaft of a continuously variable transmission installed in the power transmission apparatus. An output clutch is disposed between an output transmission shaft coupled to a drive wheel and a secondary shaft in order to switch these shafts between a coupled state and a released state, and a drive changeover clutch is disposed between the primary shaft and the output transmission shaft in order to switch these shafts between a coupled state and a released state. In a direct coupling mode where the output clutch is released and the drive changeover clutch is coupled, an engine output is transmitted to the drive wheel without passing through the continuously variable transmission.
US09358968B2
A method of starting a vehicle may include providing power to a motor to spin the motor at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed while a clutch configured to couple an engine and motor is open. The method may also include cutting power to the motor in response to the motor achieving the speed, and locking the clutch to couple the rotating inertias of the motor and a transmission with the engine to start the engine.
US09358967B2
A rotary pump has a linear groove formed on an end surface of a second side plate of an outer rotor. Thereby, it becomes possible to generate a force for pushing back the outer rotor to a sealing member side, and thus it becomes possible to reduce load applied to the second side plate. As a result, contact resistance between the outer rotor and the second side plate becomes smaller, and smoother pumping operation becomes possible. Further, since the force for pushing back the outer rotor to the first sealing member side is generated in the linear groove, it is possible to reduce an amount of decrease in a contacting area with the outer rotor and the second side plate, thereby reducing an amount of wear of the outer rotor and the second side plate.
US09358965B2
A braking device for the motorcycle is configured to permit actuation control in an interlocking manner of a rear-wheel brake caliper and a front-wheel brake caliper based on an operation of a brake pedal. The braking device includes a hydraulic pressure detector for detecting rear-wheel brake hydraulic pressure caused by the operation of the brake pedal; a determining portion that determines whether or not a detected value by the hydraulic pressure detector is a predetermined value or more; and a hydraulic pressure controller that, when it is determined by the determining portion that the detected value is the predetermined value or more, changes a rising rate of the rear-wheel brake hydraulic pressure to a value lower than a rising rate during a period until the time when the rear-wheel brake hydraulic pressure reaches the predetermined value to control the rear-wheel brake hydraulic pressure, and also controls front-wheel brake hydraulic pressure.
US09358962B2
A method for stopping a motor vehicle, having an electronic environmental control device for evaluating the data of one or more environmental sensors, and an electronic braking control device for actuating a braking system, these exchanging information and/or instructions via a data bus. The method comprises: acquiring a distance to a vehicle travelling ahead; determining the motor vehicle travel speed; controlling the distance to the obstacle using the environmental control device if the travel speed exceeds a transfer threshold value; and stopping the motor vehicle using the braking control device if the travel speed is less than or equal to said transfer threshold value. Depending on the acquired distance, the environmental control device determines a target path for the braking control device at the end of which the motor vehicle should be stationary. The invention also relates to an electronic control device for a braking system, and a motor vehicle.
US09358961B2
A disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, including a brake caliper, which reaches over a brake disc and in which brake pads are positioned that can be pressed against the brake disc on both sides by at least one brake application device and that each have a lining carrier plate and a friction lining fastened thereto. The brake application device has at least one brake piston that acts on the lining carrier plate at the end face of the brake piston. The disc brake is designed such that at least one of the brake pads is supported in an articulated, pivotable, manner in the radial direction of the brake disc.
US09358958B2
The invention relates to a wiper blade adapter device having a wiper arm adapter (10) and a wiper blade adapter (12). The wiper blade adapter device comprises a pivot bearing unit (14) which is provided to rotatably mount the wiper arm adapter (10) and the wiper blade adapter (12) in an assembly process relative to each other around a vertical axis (16).
US09358953B2
A vehicle system includes a seat belt buckle configured to receive a seat belt. The seat belt buckle is moveable between a first position and a second position. A timer is configured to determine an amount of time that the seat belt buckle is in the second position. If the seat belt buckle is in the second position for longer than a predetermined amount of time, the timer outputs an alert signal representing a potential fault.
US09358951B2
A counterweight that biases a ratchet lever toward an unlocking side, in addition to a self weight of the ratchet lever, is provided in a mechanism that locks pull-out operation of a seatbelt according to operation of an acceleration sensor. The counterweight is provided with a moment transmission projection that allows the ratchet lever to turn freely as a result of non-engagement between the counterweight and the ratchet lever when a tilt angle of a seat back is less than 60°, and that transmits rotational moment by a self weight of the counterweight (rotational moment in the direction of an arrow R3) to the ratchet lever as a rotary bias force toward the unlocking side as a result of engagement between the counterweight and an engagement wall of the ratchet lever when the tilt angle of the seat back is 60° or more.
US09358950B2
In a placement face of which a general face is configured with a circular cone shape, restriction faces are formed. When a sensor ball rolls along an axial direction of rotating shafts, the sensor ball accordingly contacts one of the restriction faces or another of the restriction faces. From this state, in order for the sensor ball to roll further along the axial direction of the rotating shafts, the sensor ball has to rise up the one of the restriction faces or the other of the restriction faces that respectively have a larger angle of incline than the general face. By contrast, in order for the sensor ball to roll in directions orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating shafts as seen in plan view, the sensor ball only has to roll over the general face.
US09358947B1
The heavy equipment seat restraint is a four point belt in seat restraint system for use in heavy equipment such as forklifts or bulldozers. The heavy equipment seat restraint provides a chest strap worn horizontally across the chest, a lap strap worn horizontally across the lap, and a torso strap worn diagonally across the torso. The heavy equipment seat restraint comprises chest straps, torso straps, lap straps, a chest buckle, a torso buckle, a lap buckle, a first tension adjustment device, a second tension adjustment device, a third tension adjustment device, a fourth tension adjustment device, a first anchor, a second anchor, a third anchor, and a fourth anchor.
US09358941B1
A bumper beam assembly includes a reinforcement beam, the reinforcement beam including a front side, a top side, and a bottom side that is positioned opposite of the top side of the reinforcement beam, and a reinforcement patch coupled to the reinforcement beam, where the reinforcement patch extends across the top side and the bottom side of the reinforcement beam and the reinforcement patch includes a longitudinal deformation feature that is detached and spaced apart from at least one of the top side and the bottom side of the reinforcement beam.
US09358938B2
A harness pressing part (6) which is inserted into a harness protection tube (1) from a hole part (3) formed in a peripheral wall (2) of the harness protection tube (1) comes into pressure contact with a harness (9) thereby to depress fluttering of the harness (9).
US09358933B2
A bike carrier capable of attaching to the rear of a vehicle is described. The bike carrier includes a first adjustable member that is adjustable to a plurality of positions and a second member that is pivotally secured to the first member. The second member is also adjustable to a plurality of positions independent of the fixed positions of said first member. The bike carrier includes at least one mount rail secured to the first and second members. The mount rail is capable of carrying a bicycle.
US09358930B1
A storage bin includes a base, a plurality of pins supported by and moveable relative to the base, and a locking plate. The locking plate includes a plurality of sidewalls that each define an opening for one of the pins to pass therethrough. Each of the sidewalls are configured to engage one of the pins to lock the pins relative to the base in response to movement of the locking plate.
US09358929B1
An electronic device holder includes a vehicle pillar in which a vertical track assembly is disposed. First and second pivoting arms are pivotally coupled to the track assembly and are vertically adjustable along a length of the track assembly between release and cinched positions. The first and second pivoting arms are configured to be unfolded from a stowed position to an extended position. The first and second pivoting arms are configured to retain an electronic device between inner surfaces of the first and second pivoting arms, when the first and second pivoting arms are in the cinched position around the electronic device.
US09358925B2
In a warning device for a vehicle, a basic target current value setting unit sets a basic target current value based on a steering torque and a vehicle speed. When a lane deviation determining unit determines that there is a high possibility that a vehicle will deviate from a lane, a warning vibration wave generator generates a warning vibration wave containing a plurality of frequency components. A target current value is computed by adding the warning vibration wave to the basic target current value. A motor current to be applied to an electric motor is controlled so as to approach the target current value.
US09358924B1
A system and methods are disclosed for providing integrated software development environment for the design, verification and validation of advanced automotive safety systems. The system allows automotive software to be developed on a host computer using a collection of computer programs running simultaneously as processes and synchronized by a central process. The software disclosed uses separate synchronized processes, permitting signals from disparate sources to be generated by a simulation running on the host computer or from actual sensors and data bus signals coming from and going to actual vehicle hardware which is connected to their bus counterparts in the host computer on a real-time basis. The methods provide a data model that first extends the capabilities of the physical data model and then translates, gates, optimizes, fuses, filters and manages the physical representation of the logical model into a state estimation of the situation around the vehicle.
US09358921B2
A light emitting diode (LED) signal lamp includes a lamp housing having at least one light opening, a power connection mounted on the lamp housing for connection to a power cable, a plurality of LEDs mounted within the lamp housing to shine through the at least one light opening when powered, and a control circuit for supplying electrical power to the plurality of LEDs via the power connection. The control circuit is configured to permit the LED signal lamp to safely, reliably and effectively interact with wayside control systems designed for incandescent signal lamps.
US09358913B2
A flight passenger seating device comprising a backrest having a first backrest unit. The backrest has a second backrest unit and a bearing unit which movably receives the second backrest unit relative to the first backrest unit.
US09358911B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a backrest, a backrest support, and a linkage arranged to interconnect the backrest and the backrest support. The linkage is configured to support the backrest for movement relative to the backrest support.
US09358902B2
A holding device for an adjustment drive of a motor vehicle seat has at least one channel for receiving a drive shaft which is mounted rotatably in a shaft casing and is connectable at one end to a drive unit and at the other end to an adjustment device. In order to provide such a holding device that permits a reliable arrangement of the shaft casing, in particular in a manner secure against rotation, provision is made for the channel to be formed for positioning the shaft casing in a manner partially offset in relation to the longitudinal axis of the channel.
US09358897B2
An electric motor vehicle with a drive motor, a first rechargeable battery with a first design and a second rechargeable battery with a second design. Electrical energy may be transferred bidirectionally between the drive motor and the first rechargeable battery, and at least unidirectionally from the second rechargeable battery to the drive motor or the first rechargeable battery. The second rechargeable battery in this case includes at least one redox flow cell. Furthermore, a redox flow module is provided with at least one redox flow cell, which includes an electrical coupling for connection to a circuit of a vehicle and a fluid coupling for connection to an electrolyte circuit of said vehicle.
US09358891B2
A vehicle brake system for braking a vehicle including a braking-mode switching mechanism configured to selectively effectuate, depending upon situations of the vehicle brake system, one of (A) a regulated-pressure-dependent braking mode in which is generated a regulated-pressure-dependent braking force having a magnitude that depends on a regulated pressure of a working fluid and (B) a braking mode depending on an operation force and the regulated pressure in which are generated both of an operation-force-dependent braking force having a magnitude that depends on the operation force by a driver and the regulated-pressure-dependent braking force.
US09358885B2
A pedal assembly includes a one-piece accelerator pedal without moving linkages that is mounted to a pin for rotational movement relative to a mounting stay. The throttle cable is operatively connected to the accelerator pedal for movement thereby as the pedal rotates, at least one of the pedal and mounting stay configured to provide a first ratio of pedal stroke movement relative to cable stroke movement at initial depression of the accelerator pedal, and a different, second ratio of pedal stroke movement relative to cable stroke movement upon further depression of the accelerator pedal.
US09358872B2
A vehicle includes an engine and is at least partially propelled by a fraction battery and a traction motor. A clutch is configured to be coupled to the traction motor. An electrical and/or mechanical pump provides pressure to control the clutch. At least one controller determines if the clutch is slipping. In response to the clutch slipping, the at least one controller commands an increase in speed of an input of the clutch such that the available line pressure to control the slipping of the clutch is increased. The line pressure is then applied to the clutch in order to control the slipping of the clutch.
US09358860B2
A vehicle air vent includes a plurality of vanes installed in an air discharge port in a body to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. By coupling the vanes to each other, when a knob provided on one vane is operated, all of the vanes are rotated together, and a hinge shaft provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of each vane is inserted into and connected to a hinge hole of a spacer provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of the air discharge port of the air vent body. A damper bushing connected to a front end portion of the vane hinge shaft passing through the hinge hole is installed below the hinge hole of a spacer to which each hinge shaft of the vane provided with the knob is connected.
US09358857B2
The present invention relates to an infrared sensor assembly for measuring temperature in a vehicle, including: a support bracket 3 configured to be detachably coupled with an inner surface of a garnish on one side inside the vehicle to form a base; a casing 5 configured to be detachably coupled on the support bracket 3 and form an inner installation space between the support bracket 3 and the casing 5; a main PCB 7 configured to be inserted into a PCB housing 17 so as to be interposed between the support bracket 3 and the casing 5; and an infrared sensor 9 configured to be inclinedly bound with the main PCB 7 to measure the temperature in the vehicle. By this configuration, the overall size of the infrared sensor assembly may be compacted, the infrared sensor assembly may be easily commonly used in different types of vehicles, and the infrared sensor assembly may be embedded in a garnish of an interior material, such as an A-pillar to improve an aesthetic of the interior of the vehicle.
US09358855B2
A vehicle air suspension system includes at least two spring bellows assigned to pneumatic springs on opposite vehicle sides of a vehicle axle. The springs can be connected via connection lines, each of which is provided with a level-regulating valve, to a main pressure line and can be shut off with respect thereto. The main pressure line can be connected via a main pressure valve alternately to a compressed air source and to a compressed air sink. The connection lines of the spring bellows are connected to each other via a connection line provided with a throttle and can be shut off by a shut-off valve. A mechanically activatable shut-off valve is coupled to one of the level-regulating valves arranged on the offside of the vehicle such that the shut-off valve is open when the level-regulating valve is closed and is closed when the level-regulating valve is open.
US09358848B2
A device for adapting actual tire pressure of a tire of a wheel of a vehicle axle to a current setpoint tire pressure during travel includes a chassis-side central device and a wheel-related pneumatic pressure-control device. The pressure control device includes a second connection which is at the actual tire pressure. A control valve with an open position connects a first connection to the second connection, and with a blocking position blocks this connection. A pilot control valve performs pilot control of the control valve. The pressure control device also has a bypass line, which bypasses the control valve and the pilot control valve, connects the first connection to the second connection, and has a non-return valve which opens in the inflation direction of the tire and blocks in the deflation direction of the tire.
US09358847B2
A transmitter apparatus can detect and transmit tire information, such as tire air pressure information, even when a puncture in the tire is repaired by a repairing agent. The transmitter apparatus includes a sensor detecting the state of gas in a tire cavity region as tire information; a transmitter transmitting the detected tire information; and a wall covering the sensor and transmitter. The wall forms an internal space divided from the tire cavity region and includes a communicating hole providing communication between the internal space and tire cavity region. An inside opening part of the hole in a housing surface facing the internal space has a greater opening area than an outside opening part of the hole in the housing surface facing the tire cavity region. A wall surface facing the communicating hole includes a recessed part recessed toward the housing surface including the outside opening part.
US09358844B2
Tire comprising two beads and a carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead, each bead comprising a plurality of annular reinforcing structures forming at least one anchoring alignment, parallel to a portion of the carcass reinforcement, and an additional stiffening reinforcement formed by one single alignment of at least two annular reinforcing structures and extending between a first end situated a distance H1 from the tangent to the seat-forming bead portion being 20-70% of the anchoring alignment minimum distance H0, the first end lying an axial distance L1 from the interior surface of the tire being 50-85% of the maximum axial width L0 of the bead; and a second end, the second end being radially and axially at the same level as or on the outside of the first end such that the distance LA separating the first and second ends is ≧30% of the mean anchoring alignment length.
US09358842B2
A pneumatic tire 1 which includes a plurality of rib-shaped land portions extending in a tire-circumferential-direction and in which a circumferential groove is formed extending in the tire-circumferential-direction between the land portions. The circumferential groove is provided with an intra-groove groove formed to recess inwardly in a tire-radial-direction from the circumferential groove while having its upper ends at a groove bottom of the circumferential groove. Paired inner wall surface and outer wall surface forming the intra-groove groove each continuously extend in tire-circumferential-direction while meandering in tread-width-direction. The intra-groove groove includes a wide groove portion in which a groove width of the intra-groove groove in tread-width-direction is a predetermined width; and a narrow groove portion which is continuous with the wide groove portion and which has a narrower width than the predetermined width. The wide groove portion and the narrow groove portion are alternately provided in tire-circumferential-direction.
US09358841B2
A winter tyre with improved traction on snow surfaces; the tyre has a tread with a raised pattern defined by a number of longitudinal and transverse grooves which form at least one longitudinal row of blocks projecting radially from a base surface of the tread. Each block has two longitudinal lateral surfaces bounding two corresponding longitudinal grooves, and two transverse lateral surfaces bounding two corresponding transverse grooves. At least one of the blocks has lateral channels, each of which is formed on the lateral surface of a corresponding block, extends from the base surface of the tread to a top surface of the block, and is designed to impede radial spin-out of snow trapped inside the lateral channel.
US09358837B2
A pneumatic tire reduces the columnar resonance noise of the tire while controlling the lowering of wet performances, wherein four circumferential grooves continuously extending in the circumferential direction of the tire are disposed in a treading face and a plurality of lateral grooves each having one end opened to the circumferential groove and terminated in a land portion are formed with respect to two circumferential grooves among the four circumferential grooves, and these lateral grooves and the respective circumferential grooves have such a groove width that both groove walls of the groove do not contact with each other in a ground contact face and one or more lateral groove are always completely included in the ground contact face, and an extending length of a portion of each lateral groove in the ground contact face having a groove width of the lateral groove corresponding to not less than 30% of a groove width of the circumferential groove is made not less than 40% of an extending length of the circumferential groove in the ground contact face.
US09358835B2
A wheel for a non-motorized vehicle (e.g., a shopping cart) can include a housing assembly and a tread assembly. The housing assembly can be configured to sealingly house electronics or other components. The tread assembly can removably mate with the housing assembly such that the electronics or other components remain closed and/or sealed within the housing assembly when the tread assembly is mated or unmated with the housing assembly.
US09358830B1
A canvas having a border capable of being transformed into a frame or shadowbox is provided. The canvas may be blank or may be imprinted with a graphic design. The canvas may be transformed from a first orientation to a second or a third orientation wherein in the first orientation the canvas is in a generally flat configuration and wherein in the second and the third orientation the border of the canvas is folded backward to form a frame (in the second orientation) or forward to form a shadowbox (in the third orientation). In an embodiment, a slightly raised ridge may be present on the back of the canvas to allow the frame to lock into position when the canvas is folded backward. The extended tab portions of the top, the bottom, the front and the back may be removed to insert the canvas into a standard frame.
US09358820B2
An apparatus detects inoperative inkjets during printing. The apparatus operates the printhead or printheads in the printer to form test pattern on a thermal substrate. The heat of the materials used to form the test pattern change the optical density of the areas where the materials land. The area where the test pattern is formed is imaged and the image data are analyzed to identify inoperative inkjets.
US09358813B2
A medium identification device identifies a type of a recording medium used for image formation. The medium identification device includes: a two-dimensional image sensor that captures an image of the recording medium; and an identifying unit that obtains a glossiness evaluation value indicating glossiness of the recording medium, a surface roughness evaluation value indicating surface roughness of the recording medium, and a coloring evaluation value indicating coloring of the recording medium, using image data of a specular reflection region reflecting specular reflection light from the recording medium and image data of a diffused reflection region reflecting diffused reflection light from the recording medium, the regions being in the image of the recording medium, and identifies the type of the recording medium by combining determination using the glossiness evaluation value, determination using the surface roughness evaluation value, and determination using the coloring evaluation value.
US09358799B2
A flow path member includes a first space which is opened by a first liquid flow path, and into which liquid flows from the first liquid flow path; a second space which is opened by a second liquid flow path on a bottom surface at the opposite side to the first space, and out of which liquid flows from the second liquid flow path; a filter which filters liquid passing therethrough, and which is included between the first space and the second space; and a support which protrudes from the bottom surface of the second space toward the filter side, in which the support is a point-form projection.
US09358796B2
A liquid supply apparatus includes: a plurality of liquid containers, each including a liquid container part that is capable of storing a liquid, and a liquid supply part that is in communication with the inside of the liquid container part and is capable of supplying the liquid in the liquid container part to a recording head of a liquid ejection recording apparatus; and a casing that detachably houses therein the plurality of liquid containers and that is supported by the liquid ejection recording apparatus. At least two of the plurality of liquid containers are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction within the casing.
US09358795B2
A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid chamber provided to store the liquid; an air chamber connected with the liquid chamber to introduce the outside air into the liquid chamber with consumption of the liquid in the liquid chamber; an open-air hole provided to introduce the outside air into the air chamber; and a liquid inlet provided to fill the liquid into the liquid chamber, wherein the liquid inlet is located at a lower position than the open-air hole, in a filling attitude of the liquid container in which the liquid is filled into the liquid chamber.
US09358787B2
A recording apparatus includes a set portion on which a recording medium having a circumferential surface is able to be set; a recording portion having a plurality of nozzle rows that discharge ink; and a rotation mechanism that relatively rotates and moves the recording medium set on the set portion and the recording portion, in which the plurality of nozzle rows includes nozzle rows that discharge a relatively high visibility ink and nozzle rows that discharge a relatively low visibility ink, and are arranged in an intersection direction that intersects a rotation axis of the rotation movement, the nozzle rows that discharge the high visibility ink are arranged on the center side in the ink discharge surface in the intersection direction, and the nozzle rows that discharge the low visibility ink are arranged on the end side in the ink discharge surface in the intersection direction.
US09358784B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle opening that is formed on one face of a silicon substrate, and ejects liquid, a first concave portion that is provided on the other face of the silicon substrate, and configures a pressure generating chamber which communicates with the nozzle opening, and a second concave portion that is provided on one face of the silicon substrate, and configures a flow path which communicates with the first concave portion and supplies the liquid, in which the first concave portion and the second concave portion overlap each other in an in-plane direction when seen in a direction which is orthogonal to the face of the silicon substrate.
US09358780B2
A method and a device for imaging and/or varnishing the surfaces of objects or vehicles, etc. includes adapting a time lag between an application of fluid and further treatment thereof, such as drying ink or varnish, to a spreading behavior of the fluid during the application thereof. The fluid may be applied to the surface of the object in sections, firstly drying the fluid in individual sections before applying it to the next section.
US09358777B2
A system for measuring the viscosity of printing ink during a printing and ink correction process includes a printing press having an ink supply system, and an optical measuring device for measuring actual optical values of light that has interacted with at least parts of the printing picture. The printing press has an ink mass determination device to determine the weight of at least parts of the ink located in the ink supply system, and a control and evaluation device to receive measured values from the optical measuring device and from the ink mass determination device. The control and evaluation device determines an optical deviation, and, based on the optical deviation and the values from the weighing devices, an amount of corrective ink that is to be fed to the printing press in order to approximate the actual optical values to optical reference values.
US09358776B2
A method for material deposition employs a printing press, such as those used in cold foil transfers, that permits a greater usage of the foil web than traditional methods. This is achieved by increasing the number of times the foil web is passed through the press, while simultaneously taking into account the area that has not been used and adjusting the impacted area of the foil web accordingly. The foil web is adjusted by using a series of adjustable rollers and angular bars to change the length of the circumferential path the foil takes through the press. By modifying the angle of these rollers and the distance between them, the path can be lengthened or shortened to correspond to the particular needs for a particular print job. This allows the press to use the foil in such a way that reduces foil waste and manufacturer and consumer costs.
US09358766B2
The invention is a laminating process which is directed toward economical production methods for scalable amounts of production which develop properties suitable for a broad based product line. In particular, the product is capable of important key components of commercial properties such as adhesion, scratch resistance, chemical inertness, and bending without failure.
US09358758B2
A centrifugally cast hot-rolling composite roll comprising (a) an outer layer made of cast iron having a chemical composition comprising by mass 2.5-3.5% of C, 1.3-2.4% of Si, 0.2-1.5% of Mn, 3.5-5.0% of Ni, 0.8-1.5% of Cr, 2.5-5.0% of Mo, 1.8-4.0% of V, and 0.2-1.5% of Nb, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a mass ratio of Nb/V being 0.1-0.7, and a mass ratio of Mo/V being 0.7-2.5, and meeting the condition of 2.5≦V+1.2Nb≦5.5, and having a structure comprising 0.3-10% by area of a graphite phase; (b) a shaft portion made of ductile cast iron in which the area ratio of ferrite is 35% or less; and (c) an intermediate cast iron layer.
US09358756B2
In an embodiment of the invention, a laminar composite has at least one interlaminar reinforced interface comprising a dispersion of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles with a large aspect ratio fixed between adjacent lamina by residues of the binding agents. In another embodiment of the invention, a method to prepare a laminar composite having reinforced interfaces involves the deposition of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles from a solution or suspension onto the surface or a prepreg sheet, where, optionally, after removal of the liquid that comprises the solution or suspension, sheets of the prepreg are layed-up and cured to form the laminar composite.
US09358734B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an optical lens element, more particularly for illumination purposes, more particularly for producing a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, more particularly for a motor vehicle headlamp, according to which method liquid, transparent, more particularly amorphous, synthetic material is placed into a lower mold. The synthetic material is then pressed between the lower mold and an upper mold by putting the lower mold and the upper mold together. The lower mold and the upper mold are then separated. Further liquid, transparent, more particularly amorphous, synthetic material is then added to the pressed synthetic material and the synthetic material is then pressed, more particularly precision pressed, to form the lens element.
US09358729B2
A method and a device perform selective laser sintering. In the method for laser sintering, energy is applied linearly to a cross-sectional surface of the component to be produced in order to compact the powdery material. In the case of components with cross-sectional surfaces that have a curved contour, the application of energy can be guided in a line-shaped manner following the curved contour so that the contour of the workpiece that develops is continuously replicated. Advantageously, irregularities in the contour, which are caused by the raster predetermined by the laser sintering method, can thus be largely avoided. The device for laser sintering includes a powder delivery unit which can rotate about a rotational axis located in the interior of an annularly closed cross-section of the workpiece to be produced.
US09358726B2
A labeling machine for applying tubular labels to articles; the machine comprises a conveying device movable along a given path and at least one unit to receive and retain an article to be labelled, a feeder to feed a label to the unit, a former to bend the label in a vertical tubular configuration with opposite vertical edges overlapping one another, and at least one welding device arranged on the conveying device to weld the overlapped edges of the label; the welding device comprises an electrically heatable sealing element, provided with a striplike working surface having a height at least equal to the height of the label overlapped edges to be welded, electrical power supplying means selectively connectable to the sealing element and controlled for heating the sealing element along a given portion of the mentioned path and for cooling the sealing element along a subsequent portion of the path, and actuator displacing the sealing element to and from the overlapped edges of the label along a horizontal direction transverse to the path.
US09358723B2
A housing is described that may include a main portion having at least one wall defining an opening that may have a perimeter. The at least one wall may have a rib and an inner wall extending therefrom about the perimeter of the opening. The inner wall may have an air relief slot formed therein. The housing may further include a cover. The cover may have an edge defining a perimeter. The cover may include a rib extending from the edge about the perimeter of the cover. The main portion rib, the inner wall and the cover rib may cooperate for attachment of the cover to the main portion and to define an air chamber between the cover rib and the inner wall.
US09358719B2
An apparatus for the conditioning of plastics material pre-forms with a tempering space for receiving a plurality of plastics material pre-forms, with a supply device a removal device, and a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms from the supply device to the removal device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a preset duration of the dwell period. The temperature of the plastics material pre-forms upon leaving the removal device is substantially constant irrespective of a duration of the dwell period of the plastics material pre-forms in the tempering space and the conveying device is designed in such a way that each plastics material perform remains in the tempering space for a period of time of at least five minutes.
US09358718B2
An improved structure for sealing a through-hole formed in a plastic hollow product when mounting a component such as a sensor on the product is provided. A cylindrical section is provided in a peripheral wall of the plastic hollow product as projecting radially outwardly from the peripheral wall and an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical section defines the through-hole for communication between the interior and the exterior of the product. A sensor component is mounted with its sensor portion extending through the through-hole and an O-ring is disposed between the sensor portion and the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical section which is backed by a component mounting member.
US09358715B2
A mixer gun system includes a holder cap configured to separately store components in separate chambers. The components are selectively releasable through channels fluidly communicating with the separate chambers. The components are constituent materials for a bone cement mixture. A body forms a mixing chamber and is configured to receive the holder cap. The mixing chamber includes an opening corresponding with the channels for the separate chambers. A piston is disposed within the mixing chamber. A plunger is coupled to the piston and is configured to be biased toward the mixing chamber such that when the components are released into the mixing chamber a pressure developed by a biased motion of the plunger and piston infuses the components to form bone cement. Upon resetting the plunger and the piston, the bone cement is dispensed from the mixing chamber by the same biased motion. Methods of use are disclosed.
US09358714B2
A structured film of a semi-crystalline polyolefin and a beta-nucleating agent is disclosed. The structured film has a backing and upstanding posts attached to the backing. At least a portion of the film typically includes beta-spherulites. In some embodiments, the backing is microporous while the upstanding posts have lower porosity. A method of making a structured film is also disclosed. The method includes extruding a melt of a polyolefin and a beta-nucleating agent in the presence of a tool to provide the structured film having upstanding posts on a backing and cooling at least a portion of the structured film to a temperature sufficient to form beta-spherulites. In some embodiments, the method further includes stretching the structured film containing beta-spherulites to provide micropores in the backing.
US09358711B2
Apparatus for actuation of split locking nuts of a two platen injection molding machine. Each split locking nut has opposed mating nut halves movable in translation relative to a strain rod therebetween to selectably engage the strain rod. Mating nut halves of two split locking nuts are interconnected by connecting rods to define a pair of split nuts: a master split locking nut driven by an actuator; and a slave split locking nut to which motion is transferred by the connecting rods. Motion of a driven nut half of each master split locking nut is coupled to the opposed mating nut half by at least one coupling mechanism, each comprising a pivot arm and two pivot links interposed between the pivot arm and the opposed mating nut halves whereby translation of a driven nut half is coupled to effect equal and opposite translation of the opposed mating nut half.
US09358710B2
Disclosed is a preform (300) suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The preform comprises a neck portion (302); a gate portion (306); and a body portion (304) extending between said neck portion and said gate portion; the gate portion including an upwardly-bound region (324) defined between the inner and outer walls thereof, substantially whole of the upwardly-bound region extending in a direction towards the neck portion (302).
US09358707B2
A device for locating a first aerospace component relative to a second aerospace component, comprising a bladder with a flexible membrane which defines a fluid receiving space such that, when a hardenable hydraulic fluid is injected into the bladder, said membrane is urged to deform into abutment with said first and second aerospace components to locate said components relative to each other when the hydraulic fluid hardens.
US09358692B2
A knife (1) and a knife housing (2, 4). The knife comprises the housing (2, 4), which includes a blade slider (20) which is mounted to the housing (2, 4) and is reciprocable by means of an actuating device (6) between a safety position and a cutting position, and a return element (30) for applying a return force to the blade slider (20) in the direction of the safety position. The knife further comprises a blade (10) arranged on the blade slider (20). In this arrangement the blade (10) is mounted rotatably to the blade slider (20).
US09358683B2
A wire-driven robot includes pairs of arm parts including shoulder joints, elbow joints, and wrist joints to move with a motion of a wearer; a shoulder wire connected with the pair of shoulder joints; a shoulder driving unit applying a rotational force to the shoulder joints by winding or unwinding the shoulder wire in link with the motion of the wearer; an elbow wire connected with the pair of elbow joints; an elbow driving unit applying a rotational force to the elbow joints by winding or unwinding the elbow wire in link with the motion of the wearer; a wrist wire connected to the pair of wrist joints; and a wrist driving unit applying a rotational force to the wrist joints by winding or unwinding the wrist wire in link with the motion of the wearer.
US09358679B2
An industrial grade, field-usable Mobile Work Station, comprising a rolling cabinet having lockable internal storage, which is fitted with precision-adjustable, tubular rails on one or more sides to which special compound clamp-vice assemblies may be mounted at a plurality of locations to engagingly retain work pieces and hand and power tools, and which includes tool holders and an under-chassis rack for retaining a battery to power tools. An exemplary MWS is shown in which the X, Y and Z axes of pipe rails may be micro-adjusted to be in precise orthogonal relationship so that precision work may be accomplished in the field, even where the surface is not level. Leveling jacks are provided at one end of the cabinet to permit precise horizontal leveling of the cabinet pipe rails in both X and Y axes. Power tools include saws, grinders, welding spinners, benders, vices, anvils, drills, and the like.
US09358677B2
A hand-power tool includes at least one oscillation-damping device that has at least one damping spring and a damping mass. The hand-power tool also includes a drive mechanism and a mechanism housing. The mechanism housing has a housing cover which is provided for closing a chamber in which the drive mechanism lies, and the housing cover has at least one fixing mechanism that at least partially fixes the oscillation-damping device in at least one operating state.
US09358674B2
Herein is disclosed a hand tool for removing nails. The tool includes an elongated handle having opposite first and second ends with a blade projecting transversely from a side of the elongated handle at the first end thereof. The blade is sickle shaped and curved towards the second end. The blade has a front edge contiguous with the first end. The blade has a width which tapers from the elongated handle to a pointed tip opposite the elongated handle. Finally, a nail hooking notch is formed on a back edge of the blade opposite the front edge.
US09358665B2
A sponge sander configured for selective attachment to a dust-collection system includes a housing having a housing-interior surface defining a sponge cavity and a sponge seat configured for removably retaining a determinately-dimensioned sanding sponge. The sponge has an abrasive sanding surface, a back surface opposite the sanding surface and a sponge periphery defined between the sanding and back surfaces. The sponge is retained within the sponge cavity such that (i) the abrasive sanding surface can engage a work surface to be sanded, (ii) fluid-flow channels are maintained between the sanding sponge and the housing-interior surface and (iii) the spaces are in fluid communication with a fluid port defined in the housing so that when a negative pressure is applied across the fluid port by a vacuum system external to the housing, dust created by sanding is drawn into the fluid-flow channels and out of the housing through the fluid port.
US09358653B2
An apparatus for machining a workpiece has a housing having a vertical front wall and a first vertical side wall generally perpendicular thereto, respective first front and side vertical guides on the front and first side walls, and a first vertical slide extending along the front and first side walls. First front and side formations on the first vertical slide engage the first front and side guides for vertical movement of the first vertical slide relative to the housing. A first spindle unit adapted to hold the workpiece is carried on the first vertical slide, and a tool holder adapted to hold tools in a first work station is provided below the first vertical slide so that the spindle unit can engage the workpiece with a one of the tools in the work station.
US09358648B2
A processing apparatus for container blanks, with a machine bed, a feed device for feeding container blanks, a discharge device for removal of container blanks, a rotatably mounted rotary worktable with several locating devices designed for conveyance of container blanks along a circular orbit section shaped conveyance path, wherein the conveyance path determines a first circle segment shaped surface section, several operating devices lying opposite the rotary worktable in the radial direction, and at least one conveyor designed for conveyance of components of container blanks and/or for container blanks along a conveyor section between a component mounting and an assigned operating device. The component mounting of the conveyor is located in a second circle segment shaped surface section, which supplements the first surface section determined by the circular orbit section shaped conveyance path to make a full circle.
US09358643B2
A method, including: providing a layer of powder material (106) on a substrate (12) having protruding rib material (26); and traversing an energy beam (100) across the layer of powder material to form a cladding layer (10) around and bonded to the protruding rib material, wherein the cladding layer defines a layer of an airfoil skin (94).
US09358636B2
A laser processing machine for processing workpieces includes a beam guide containing a gas atmosphere, and also includes an apparatus for investigating the gas atmosphere in the beam guide for impurities. The investigation apparatus makes use of the photoacoustic effect. The measuring apparatus has a measuring chamber and at least one measuring head, where the beam guide acts as the measuring chamber. As a measuring chamber, the beam guide contains the gas atmosphere that is to be investigated and also a modulated laser beam modulated. The measuring head(s) are integrated into the beam guide and are used to detect the photoacoustic effect in the measuring chamber.
US09358631B2
Internal coarse particle injection plasma transferred arc torch nozzles comprising: a heat-resistant nozzle body; at least one coarse hard-metal particle internal injection port; at least one fine hard-metal particle and matrix internal injection port; at least one gas port; and a cathode. Related systems, apparatus, compositions, and methods involving such arc torch nozzles are also disclosed.
US09358628B2
A multi-pass gas metal arc weld (“GMAW”) approach is used for in-situ repair of railhead defects. A defect is removed via machining a perpendicular slot or grove in the railhead leaving the web and base unaltered. A sufficient number of GMAW passes are used to fill the slot using a weld material suitable for the particular type of parent steel, and excess weldment can be removed. Optionally, for pearlitic steel rails post-weld heat treatment can be used to cause austenization and/or quenching of the weld. The weld heat inputs and other parameters are controlled to avoid ductile and brittle fracture related morphologies.
US09358624B2
For a machine tool designed in particular as a saber saw, a configuration including a carrying frame is provided, via which the lifting rod and the support element are joined to form a unit that can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the power tool, is mounted on the casing side, and guides a drive part of the lift drive on the lifting rod side.
US09358618B2
A method is provided for implementing reduction of drill smear in drilling a multilayer substrate such as a rigid printed circuit board or flex to minimize or eliminate the need to remove drill smear and for improved via and interconnect reliability. An inert liquid is applied to the multilayer substrate and a drill bit prior to and during the drill process to cool and lubricate the multilayer substrate and the drill bit to reduce drill smear.
US09358609B2
A method is provided of producing a housing with two layers. The method includes casting an inner casting formed as an inner layer, and then casting an outer casting. The inner casting is used as a wall and the outer casting is formed as an outer layer. The inner layer is made of a more heat resistant material than the outer layer. Hooked formations are fitted on the inner casting in order to improve an integral bonding to the outer layer.
US09358608B2
A method of forming a casting includes providing a preform to a mold cavity. The preform is formed from one of a first metal and a second metal and defines an interface surface. A molten portion of the other of the first metal and the second metal is cast into the mold such that the molten portion proximately contacts the interface surface of the preform. An interface layer at the interface surface, a first portion defined by the mold cavity and the interface layer, and a second portion defined by the interface layer, are formed during casting. The interface layer may define a metallurgical bond between the first portion and the second portion. In the non-limiting example provided herein, the first portion is substantially comprised of aluminum and the second portion is substantially comprised of magnesium. In a non-limiting example, the casting may be configured as a vehicle wheel.
US09358604B2
Methods and apparatus for reshaping a shoulder and/or neck portion of a metallic container are provided. A shoulder shaping or reshaping tool comprises a generally annular device with relief features provided on an internal surface. The tool is adapted to engage the exterior surface of a container to be shaped to provide outwardly extending ornamental features.
US09358603B2
A feeding apparatus for a wide metal strip, wherein a plurality of through-holes are formed with predetermined gaps in a length direction and a width direction, into a cutter and pulls narrow metal strips formed by cutting the wide metal strip between the through-holes in the length direction so that through-holes are formed along only the length direction. The feeding apparatus includes a feeding-in apparatus that is provided on an entrance side of the cutter that feeds the wide metal strip into the cutter and a pulling-out apparatus that is provided on an exit side of the cutter that pulls out the narrow metal strips, which have been cut out by the cutter. A linking member drives the feeding-in apparatus and the pulling-out apparatus in concert so that the wide metal strip is fed into the cutter together with the narrow metal strips out being pulled out from the cutter.
US09358601B2
A method of reshaping a portion of a plate-like workpiece lying on a workpiece support of a machine tool, with the workpiece being movable with respect to the workpiece support. The method comprises folding the portion of the workpiece such that the folded portion of the workpiece has several sides and it is only folded at a side connected to a residual portion of the workpiece lying on the workpiece support, and the folded workpiece portion is raised at a predetermined angle with respect to the residual portion, and reshaping the folded portion of the workpiece to have a segment directed downwardly with respect to the folded portion of the workpiece.
US09358596B2
A forming machine for forming a longitudinal margin of a strip of material into a desired profile and methods encompassing the steps inherent in the described mechanical structures and operation thereof. The forming machine includes a frame, a drive mechanism, a plurality of forming elements, and an edge guide mechanism. The edge guide mechanism applies pressure along the edge margin in a lateral direction, thereby following the edge margin as the strip is advanced through the machine. The edge guide includes a carriage assembly attached to the frame that comprises a carriage support frame and a carriage movably disposed thereon. The edge guide mechanism includes an actuator connected to the carriage that is operative to urge the carriage toward edge margin. At least one guide roller is mounted to the carriage and adapted to receive the edge margin of the strip.
US09358594B2
Provided is a manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of hot-rolled steel sheet which enables uniform cooling of a rolled material and improvement of the surface properties thereof. The manufacturing apparatus comprises: a rolling stand; a supplying device capable of supplying lubricant to work rolls and/or backup rolls; an online roll grinding device; and a removing device capable of removing at least part of the lubricant before the surface of the work rolls is ground by the grinding device. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of: removing at least part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and backup rolls using the lubricant removing device after completing rolling of a preceding material; grinding the work rolls using the online roll grinding device after the removing step; and supplying the lubricant to the work rolls and/or backup rolls from the lubricant supplying device.
US09358593B1
An electrically powered apparatus for bending a length of stock includes a portable tube-bending component having a framework with two spaced-apart frame members and three rollers mounted rotatably on parallel horizontally disposed axles so that they occupy positions intermediate the two frame members. A first roller feeds stock longitudinally between the two frame members as it applies force downwardly on the length of stock, while the second and third rollers bear upwardly to produce the desired bending action. A power unit is provided on the framework in the form of a motor-and-reduction-gear assembly (MARG assembly) combined with a rotational-power-coupling-arm assembly (RPCA assembly). The power unit is mounted on the framework pivotally at a pivot position that is at least approximately directly beneath the center-of-gravity of the power unit in order to balance the power unit and thereby reduce transmission of linear forces to the first roller.
US09358590B2
An electroadhesive cleaning device or system includes electrode(s) that produce electroadhesive forces from an input voltage to adhere debris against an electroadhesive surface, from which the debris is removed when the forces are controllably modified. Controlling the input voltage may designate the size of debris to be cleaned. A power source provides the input voltage, and the electroadhesive surface can be a continuous track across one or more rollers to move the device across a dirty foreign surface. Electrodes can be arranged in an interdigitated pattern having differing pitches that can be actuated selectively to clean debris of different sizes. Sensors can detect the amount of debris adhered to the electroadhesive surface, and reversed polarity pulses can help repel items away from the electroadhesive surface in a controlled manner.
US09358584B2
A sifting device for workpieces includes a box, an electric cabinet, a sifting assembly, an air blower, and an collector. The box receives the workpieces. The sifting assembly is received in the box, and includes a baffle and a guiding board, the guiding board defines a plurality of gaps, and a slit is formed between the baffle and the guiding board, and communicates with the plurality of gaps. The air blower is directed by the electric cabinet and communicates with the gap to adjust a direction of the workpieces to allow the workpieces to pass through the gap and the slit. The collector communicates with the slit to output the workpieces.
US09358582B2
A sorting screen for sorting material comprises a row of rotatable, driven shafts mutually spaced in a conveying direction. Each shaft extends transversally to said conveying direction and carries carrying a row of radially extending rotor bodies for intermittently urging material on the sorting screen upward and in conveying direction. The rotor bodies of each of said rows are mutually spaced in longitudinal direction of the respective shaft by spacers. Each spacer is a tubular spacer and each rotor body is provided with at least a recess or a number of projections retaining a respective end face of a respective tubular spacer.
US09358577B2
A method of making a colored biocidal multi-layer structure includes providing a first layer of a first color and locating a biocidal second layer on or over the first layer. The biocidal second layer has a second color different from the first color.
US09358574B2
This invention relates to a method for phosphating metal surfaces in which the metal surfaces are treated with an aqueous phosphate and titanium-based colloidal activating agent prior to phoshating, wherein the activating agent comprises at least one water-soluble silicon compound having at least one organic group. The invention also relates to a corresponding activating agent.
US09358569B2
Disclosed are devices which generate a mist of a treatment composition, viz, an aerosolized treatment composition which imparts a technical benefit to surfaces, or airspaces, which come into contact with the said aerosolized treatment composition. Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of surfaces utilizing the devices of the invention.
US09358566B2
An in-line parts washing system comprising concatenated modules of two discrete lengths where certain of the modules have a self-contained tank of parts cleaning chemical along with a motor-driven pump for forcing the cleaning chemical through spray heads enclosed in a shroud through which the parts to be cleaned are transported via a conveyor. Other modules disposed in-line with the wash modules provide zones where the cleaning chemical dripping from the parts is collected and redirected back into the tanks from which it originated. The ability to swap modules of differing length allows a user to easily alter the cleaning process.
US09358564B2
A painting stand for supporting vehicle body panels during the painting operation includes a base moveable upon a plurality of rolling casters and having a vertically extending upright member which in turn supports a generally T-shaped member. The T-shaped member is pivotally joined to the upper end of the vertical upright member and includes a plurality of horizontally disposed telescoping sliders and attachment arms. The upwardly extending portion of the T-shaped member includes a moveable sleeve supporting a further attachment arm. The attachment arms engage the vehicle body panel.
US09358560B2
A spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel, a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel; and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading and also has on the outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of air grooves in a V shape channeled in a longitudinal direction, and wherein each of the air grooves has a bottom portion gradually increasing in depth in the longitudinal direction, the bottom portion having a curvature radius of 0.15 mm or less.
US09358551B2
The invention provides a method of redistributing magnetically responsive beads in a droplet. The method may include conducting on a droplet operations surface one or more droplet operations using the droplet without removing the magnetically responsive beads from the region of the magnetic field. The droplet operations may in some cases be electrode-mediated. The droplet operations may redistribute and/or circulate the magnetically responsive beads within the droplet. In some cases, the droplet may include a sample droplet may include a target analyte. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads may cause target analyte to bind to the magnetically responsive beads. In some cases, the droplet may include unbound substances in a wash buffer. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads causes unbound substances to be freed from interstices of an aggregated set or subset of the magnetically responsive beads.
US09358536B2
To economically regenerate a catalyst and to produce aromatic hydrocarbon stably for a long time maintaining a high aromatic hydrocarbon yield when the aromatic hydrocarbon is produced upon making a contact reaction between lower hydrocarbon and the catalyst.A method of producing aromatic hydrocarbon and an apparatus for producing aromatic hydrocarbon by repeating a reaction step for obtaining aromatic hydrocarbon upon making a contact reaction between lower hydrocarbon and a catalyst and a regeneration step for regenerating the catalyst used in the reaction step. Off-gas which is gas obtained by removing aromatic hydrocarbon produced in the reaction step from discharge gas passing through the reaction step is used as a regeneration gas in the regeneration step.
US09358535B2
An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes first particles of oxygen storage material, second particles of one or more acidic oxides interposed between the first particles, and third particles of one or more precious metal elements interposed between the first particles, wherein a spectrum of a characteristic X-ray intensity for one of constituent elements of the acidic oxide(s) other than oxygen and a spectrum of a characteristic X-ray intensity for one of the precious metal element(s) that are obtained by performing a line analysis using energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry along a length of 500 nm have a correlation coefficient of 0.70 or more.
US09358534B2
A catalyst which remediates hydrocarbon fuel combustion exhaust, including a non-PGM containing aerogel which catalyzes the oxidation of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and the reduction of nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust, a catalytic converter made therefrom, and a method for the production thereof is disclosed.
US09358532B2
A chiral hydrogenated H8-BINOL bisphosphine compound is provided, with the structure shown as the following formula (I), wherein both R1 and R2 are halogen, H or C1-C10 aliphatic group; R3 is H or C1-C10 aliphatic group; R4 is halogen, amino, nitro, H, C1-C10 aliphatic group or C1-C10 aromatic group; and X is phenyl, substituted phenyl, cyclohexyl, substituted cyclohexyl, C6-C30 aromatic group, or C6-C30 heterocyclic aromatic group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, S, O. The present invention further provides a catalyst for an asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation reaction which contains the compound, wherein the catalyst can produce more than 90% of enantiomers and efficiency with the turnover number of greater than 100,000 in the asymmetric hydrogenation reaction of imines.
US09358530B2
A carbon dioxide adsorbent may include a chabazite zeolite containing an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion. The chabazite zeolite may have a Si/Al mole ratio of about 1 to about 9.9. The carbon dioxide adsorbent may be included in a carbon dioxide capture module. The carbon dioxide adsorbent may also be used in a method of separating carbon dioxide.
US09358527B2
An exhaust gas purification catalyst of the present invention includes a catalyst support and a plurality of bimetallic particles supported thereon wherein the bimetallic particles consist of gold and cobalt and have an average particle size of greater than 0 nm but 100 nm or less. A method of the present invention includes heating a mixed solution containing a gold salt, a cobalt salt, a solvent and an inorganic reducing agent to a temperature sufficient to reduce gold and cobalt, thereby producing bimetallic particles consisting of gold and cobalt, and supporting the produced bimetallic particles on the catalyst support.
US09358522B2
A composite medium and method thereof for simultaneous removal of cationic and anionic heavy metals are provided to remove cationic and anionic heavy metals effectively. The method includes dissolving sodium alginate powder into deionized water to provide an alginate solution, and introducing amine group-supported mesoporous iron oxide and synthetic zeolite into the alginate solution and kneading the resultant mixture. The method also includes adding the alginate solution mixed with the mesoporous iron oxide and synthetic zeolite dropwise to an aqueous calcium chloride solution so that each drop of alginate solution is cured to form a bead-like composite medium, and vacuum drying the bead-like composite medium to remove water present in the composite medium, while the mesoporous iron oxide and synthetic zeolite are moved from the inside of the composite medium toward the surface of the composite medium.
US09358498B2
A device for automatically detecting and removing air from a gas mixture of an organic gas and air includes calculating a saturation pressure value based on a temperature of the gas mixture in a reservoir 1, and obtaining a pressure threshold value by adding a margin value to the saturation pressure value. When the pressure value inside the reservoir 1 is higher than the pressure threshold value, air is detected to be in the gas mixture. After this detection, a controller 5 pressurizes and introduces the gas mixture into a pressure container 2 to condense the organic gas in the gas mixture, thus producing a diluted gas mixture. Subsequently, the diluted gas mixture is introduced to a supply side of a membrane unit 3, the organic gas in the diluted gas mixture is recovered at a permeation side thereof, and a residual gas is discharged outside of the device.
US09358494B2
Layered filtered cartridge systems with an End of Service Life Indicating system include a filter cartridge that includes filter media. The filter media includes a multi-layer construction, of a first sorbent layer, a second sorbent layer, and a sensing element adjacent to the first and second sorbent layers such that an indicating element of the sensing element is located at the interface between the first and second sorbent layers. The second sorbent layer has a higher adsorption capacity and/or higher adsorption rate than the first sorbent layer. The sensing element indicates the passage of an adsorption wavefront through the filter cartridge.
US09358491B2
A carbon dioxide sequestering and power generating device. The carbon dioxide sequestering and power generating device can include a bladed turbine driving a dynamo, a CO2-absorbing portion, and dielectric cushions. Air may flow into the device through one or more openings, simultaneously generating power while CO2 is drawn out of the air through passive processes. Generated electricity may be stored or transferred to a grid. Sequestered CO2 may be stored to be recycled or otherwise disposed of.
US09358489B2
A filter (1) for filtering air, in particular an air filtering element (30), is provided for releasably fitting into a housing (10) which has a housing upper part (11) and in particular a central tube (20) fastened to the housing upper part (11), and also the housing for the filtering element (30) is provided. The filtering element has a seal (33, 34) for holding the filtering element (1) on the housing upper part (11) and the central tube (20) and for sealing the space (111) between the filtering element (30) and housing upper part (11) when the filtering element (30) is releasably fitted in the housing (10). The seal (33, 34) is connectable in a form-fitting manner to a sealing receptacle (111) of the housing upper part (11) and/or of the central tube (20).
US09358488B2
The present application provides a filtration system for a gas turbine engine. The filtration system may include a holding frame with a positioning element extending therefrom and a filtration unit for mounting within the holding frame. The filtration unit may include a positioning slot therein such that the positioning element extends through the positioning slot when the filtration unit is mounted within the holding frame.
US09358479B2
An apparatus for heat-integrated distillation comprising an evaporation chamber (1) with an inlet for feed, an outlet 6 for vapor and an outlet (9) for remnants and a condensation chamber (2) divided into a number consecutive sections (2.1; 2.2; 2.3). The apparatus further, comprises a wall (3) separating the evaporation chamber (1) from the condensation chamber (2), and a compressor (10, 13, 16) for each section of the condensation chamber, at first compressor (10) being arranged in a line connecting the evaporation chamber (1) and the first section (2.1) if the condensation chamber (1) and the additional compressors (13, 16) being arranged in respective lines connecting consecutive sections.
US09358475B2
A robot is disclosed. The robot can comprise a body comprising a curved base and a multi-directional center of mass shifter assembly positioned within the body. The multi-directional center of mass shifter assembly can comprise a weight, a first actuator drivingly coupled to the weight, and a second actuator drivingly coupled to the first actuator. Actuation of the first actuator can be configured to rotate the weight relative to a first axis, and actuation of the second actuator can be configured to rotate the weight relative to a second axis, which is transverse to the first axis. The robot can comprise an inertial measurement unit, a controller, and/or an eye movable relative to the body. The position of the eye can be adjusted by an eye actuation assembly.
US09358460B2
Methods and systems for remotely provisioning immediately executable applications with license control in secure environments. Immediately initially executable portions of applications are pushed onto user desktops, and when applications are selected for use, additional components of selected applications are streamed to said desktops.
US09358456B1
Techniques for use with a game console and a camera system, the techniques include providing a first prompt to a first player to create and perform a dance move, receiving at the game console information from the camera system reflecting a position of the first player in response to the first prompt, generating, using the game console, a target frame using the received information relating to the first player, providing, using the audiovisual system connected to the game console, a second prompt to a second player to perform the dance move created by the first player, receiving at the game console information from the camera system reflecting a position of the second player in response to the second prompt, generating, using the game console, an input frame using the information relating to the second player, and comparing the input frame to the target frame to determine a comparison value.
US09358453B2
Trajectory-based games of chance are described that are, in certain embodiments, implemented on a video gaming machine. In one embodiment of a trajectory-based game of chance, a trajectory of a game object is generated in a 3-D gaming environment. A wager is made on an aspect of the game object's trajectory in the gaming environment such as a termination location for the trajectory of the game object. The aspect of the game object's trajectory occurs according to a known probability. Hence, an award for the trajectory-based game of chance is proportional to the probability of the aspect of the game object's trajectory occurring.
US09358445B1
A collapsible wagon includes a base and one or more upstanding walls forming a container for cargo. At least one of the upstanding walls is pivotally mounted to the base for pivoting between an unfolded position for use and a folded position for storage and transport. In some embodiments, the wagon includes a pinchless internal mechanical stop that eliminates pinch points where a user's fingers can be pinched during folding and unfolding of the walls. In some embodiments, the wagon includes a gang-operated latch system for releasably securing one of the walls to another one of the walls that is quick, easy, and reliable to use for folding and unfolding. And in some embodiments, the wagon includes a latch system that eliminates slack or play when in the unfolded use position for structural integrity.
US09358442B2
A method for calculating a repeatability index of gestures and shots of a player striking a tennis ball with a racket having attached measurement sensors. The method includes conducting an initial series of shots to measure vibration, angular velocity, and linear acceleration of the racket during each shot to generate behavioral data of the racket corresponding to each shot of the initial series, and later comparing the measured vibration, angular velocity and linear acceleration of the racket to shots of a further series to determine the type of hit and a repeatability index indicating an ability of the player to identically repeat each of the type of hit.
US09358440B1
The invention is directed to a ball tee for supporting a ball. The ball tee includes a base, a telescoping post, a clamp, and a ball holder. The base presents a plurality of laterally extending arms and an opening. The telescoping post includes a static segment and a first telescoping segment. The clamp is configured to secure the telescoping post to the base. The clamp is disposed at least partially within said opening of the base and at least partially around said static segment of the telescoping post. The ball holder is disposed atop the telescoping post configured to support a ball. The ball holder includes a rolled flexible sheet and an outer holder (and in some embodiments an inner holder). The rolled flexible sheet presents a generally conical shape oriented with a large end upward for supporting the ball, and is at least partially disposed within the outer holder.
US09358436B2
A wood-type golf club head comprises a body having one or more ribs extending across the internal surface of the sole. The plurality of ribs can include two or more ribs, such as three or four ribs, that converge at a convergence location, such as above a recessed pocket in the sole configured to receive an adjustable sole piece. At least one rib can extend along an internal surface of the recessed pocket and along an internal surface of a surrounding sole region. The ribs can extend from the convergence location to a toe weight port, to a heel weight port, to a rear portion of the body and/or toward the face. At least one rib can extend from a hosel, such as to the toe weight port.
US09358431B2
A head body h1 includes a recess part 14 for a socket. A socket 10 is attached to the recess part 14 for a socket. A weight body 12 is detachably attached to the socket 10. The weight body 12 can be secured by relative rotation of an angle +θ°. The weight body 12 can be detached by relative rotation of an angle−θ°. The weight body 12 includes an engaging part 32. The socket 10 includes a first hole part 18 and a second hole part 20. The engaging part 32 can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP at the second hole part 20 by the relative rotations. A sectional shape of the engaging part 32 has N-fold rotation symmetry. N is an integer of 1 or greater and 3 or less.
US09358425B2
A motion detection system (100) comprises a sensor (106) arranged to detect a movement pattern of a movement occasioned by a user, and a control device (108) arranged to receive movement data representative of the detected movement pattern. The control device (108) is further arranged to compare the detected movement pattern data with movement pattern data representative of a predetermined movement pattern and to determine a coherence parameter representative of the coherence between the detected and the predetermined movement pattern. The control device (108) controls a feedback device (110) for providing feedback to the user on the basis of the determined coherence parameter.
US09358422B2
A treadmill system, comprises: a sidewall member comprising a rim member extending around at least a portion of an upper edge of the sidewall member and a hatch member that provides access to an area enclosed by the sidewall member; a base member; a support pole member; a handle member coupled to the support pole member that extends from an upper portion of the support pole member and that is removably coupled to the rim member of the sidewall member; a rotatable platform member comprising an exercise surface, a peripheral sidewall and an interior sidewall, configured to rotate around the support pole member; and a particulate substrate disposed on the exercise surface. The exercise surface of the rotatable platform member is configured to evenly distribute the particulate substrate between the peripheral sidewall and the interior sidewall.
US09358420B2
The exemplary embodiments herein provide an exercise device having a frame, comprising a first and a second arm, a first end of each arm meeting in fixed angular relationship at a vertex and a second end of each arm extending away from the vertex; a lever arm, having a first and a second end, the first end constrained to rotate about a pin located near the vertex; and a resistance arrangement, configured to convert rotation by a user of a first rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the first arm into rotation of a second rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the lever arm, which is converted into rotation of a third rotational assembly about an axis on the second end of the second arm, with the rotation of the third rotational assembly being resisted by a resistive element, the resistance arrangement providing a substantially constant resistance against the rotation of the first rotational assembly by the user over the entire range of the rotation.
US09358402B2
A laser therapy device, including: a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam; a lens that is adapted to receive the beam directly from the laser diode and exploit the natural divergence of the laser diode to form an essentially coherent monochromatic, collimated beam; wherein the formed beam is adapted to form on a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam an elongated illuminated area in which the length of the illuminated area is at least twice the size of the width of the illuminated area; a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode; an encasement enclosing the laser diode, the lens and the controller; wherein the encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user.
US09358397B2
Methods, systems and devices efficiently identify cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacing parameter set(s) that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to an initial CRT pacing parameter set, wherein each CRT pacing parameter set includes at least two CRT pacing parameters. User input(s) are accepted that specify a maximum amount of time and/or parameter sets that can be used to perform testing, and specify relative importance of parameters within the sets. Based on the accepted user input(s), there is a determination of how many different variations of each of the CRT pacing parameters can be tested, and based on this determination different CRT pacing parameter sets are selected and tested to obtain a hemodynamic response measure corresponding to each of the different sets tested. Additionally, one or more of the tested CRT pacing parameter sets, if any, that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to the initial CRT pacing parameter set is/are identified.
US09358396B2
A method of operating an implantable neuromodulator coupled to an electrode array implanted adjacent tissue of a patient includes conveying electrical modulation energy to the tissue per a series of modulation parameter sets, thereby displacing the locus of the resulting electrical field laterally relative to the tissue, associating a plurality of different loci with the modulation parameter sets, causing the patient to perceive paresthesia, identifying a modulation parameter set as creating an electrical field having a locus disposed on a physiological midline of the patient based on the perceived paresthesia, deriving another modulation parameter set from the identified modulation parameter set, conveying electrical modulation energy to the patient per the other modulation parameter set, thereby creating an electrical field having a locus relative to the tissue that is the same as the locus of the electrical field associated with the identified modulation parameter set, without causing paresthesia.
US09358386B2
A medical device according to the invention for insertion into a human and/or animal body comprises an elongated tubular lead probe including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an opening which opens into a lumen extending in the axial direction being formed on the proximal end of the lead probe, and the distal end of the lead probe being closed. The medical device further comprises an elongated core which is constructed in such a manner that it can be inserted into the lead probe and removed again via the lumen, and the core is made from non-metallic filaments and a matrix material.
US09358378B2
An implantable access port for use in transferring fluid transdermally between an external fluid storage or dispensing device and a site within a patient is disclosed. The access port includes a body, at least two reservoirs defined within the access port body, and at least one septum secured to the body and enclosing the reservoirs within the body. The access port also includes reservoir outlets defined within the reservoirs. The access port also has body conduits defined within the body and in fluid communication with the reservoir outlets and external openings defined in the exterior of the body. An implantable access port and system for use in apheresis is also provided that includes an implantable access port, at least one needle, and a catheter that is fluidly connected to the access port.
US09358375B2
A micro-needle device comprising an active substance layer (3) having a plurality of active substance chambers (4) formed therein, a drive substance layer (9) having a plurality of drive substance chambers (10) formed therein and a needle support layer (5) having a plurality of micro-needles (6) extending therefrom. An activation layer (12) comprising a plurality of heating elements (14) for heating an expandable drive substance (11) located in the drive substance chambers (10) for in turn urging the second membrane (16) into the active substance chamber (4) for pressurizing and urging an active substance (2) therefrom through the corresponding micro-needle (6). A plurality of membrane accommodating recesses (25) extend into the needle support layer (5) for accommodating the first membrane (15) as the active substance in the corresponding active substance chamber (10) is pressurized. A puncturing member (33) with a piercing point (35) extends into each membrane accommodating recess (25). A barrier grating (41) extends across each active substance chamber (4) for preventing contact between the second membrane (16) and the corresponding puncturing member (33).
US09358372B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for medical treatment comprising bone access and dilatation and/or cavity creation or enlargement using a narrow gauge, preferably 11-gauge or smaller, cannula wherein a catheter/expandable element assembly meeting medical protocols is designed, adapted and fabricated to fit through the interior of the associated 11-gauge or smaller cannula.
US09358368B2
A device for securing a medical implement, such as a catheter to a body of a patient. The device having an adhesive pad for securing the pad to the body of a patient. An adjustable plate is rotatable with respect to the fixed plate to secure a catheter. In some aspects, a pair of adjustable plates can be rotated with respect to the fixed plate. Tabs affixed to the fixed plate and the adjustable plate cooperate with each other to secure a catheter there between. The adjustable plate can be rotated so as to retain a catheter between the tabs. Complementary pawl and ratchet members are used to enable limited rotation of the plates with respect to one another and to fix the plates in a selected adjustment position.
US09358367B2
The invention relates to a cannula holder having a guide for a stomach tube, which consists of a main body or mask; a male-female type of holder attached to said main body or mask, which provides graduated support for an endotracheal cannula; a support substrate that is attached to the rear part of the main body or mask; and an extensible band or strap, the ends of which are attached to each of the lateral ends of the main body or mask, wherein said extensible band or strap extends around and behind the head of the patient or user to keep the cannula holder having a guide for a stomach tube in place. The invention also relates to the fact that the holder, in addition to being used for holding an endotracheal cannula, can be used to hold any other medical device used in connection with the oral airways, such as a laryngeal mask.
US09358356B2
A system and method for operating a ventilator to compensate for external gas flow reaching a patient from an external device, such as a nebulizer. A control unit of the ventilator monitors the gas flow rate from the ventilator and compares the gas flow rate from the ventilator to an expired gas flow rate from the patient. The difference between the inspired flow rate and the expired flow rate is due to the external device. The control unit modifies the operation of the ventilator to compensate for the external gas flow rate such that the flow of gas reaching the patient is maintained at a desired level.
US09358346B2
A needle assembly (10; 210) for a prefilled injection syringe is described. A needle holder (12; 212) has a needle (14; 214) secured to it and is adapted to be secured to a syringe barrel of the injection syringe. A needle sheath (16; 216) has a distal end forming a releasable sterile seal with the needle holder (12; 212), and surrounds and shields the needle (14; 214). A needle seal (18; 218) surmounts the needle tip and is arranged at least in part in the proximal end of the needle sheath (16; 216) and closed off by a closure element (20; 220). A closure connection between the closure element (20; 220) and the needle sheath (16; 216) is configured as a non-releasable and sterile barrier (54; 254) produced by means of bonding or welding.
US09358334B2
An insulin injection pen and blood glucose monitoring device is integrated into a single unit that fits in a user's clothing pocket or handbag. The device includes a blood glucose monitoring system for detecting the user's blood glucose level, an insulin injection mechanism, and a microprocessor that calculates an insulin dosage appropriate to the detected blood glucose level of a particular user and sets the insulin injection mechanism to administer the calculated insulin dosage. The device automatically informs a remote emergency service provider if the microprocessor determines that the detected blood glucose level presents a potential danger to the user. The microprocessor also calculates treatment regimens based on the detected blood glucose level and displays the treatment regimens on an LCD display. The device can include a GPS receiver that detects the location of the device, which is transmitted by the device to the remote emergency service.
US09358329B2
A catheter pump is provided that includes a rotatable impeller and an elongate cannula. The elongate cannula has a mesh that has a plurality of circumferential members disposed about the impeller. The elongate cannula has a plurality of axial connector extending between a proximal side of a distal circumferential member and a distal side of a proximal circumferential member. The circumferential members are radially self-expandable. The cannula is configured to minimize fracture within at least in the distal zone of the mesh as the elongated cannula moves into a sheathing device.
US09358324B2
The present invention relates to a hydrophobic polymer used in particular to produce and/or coat medical devices, in particular implantable medical devices, that are visible in magnetic resonance imaging, characterized in that it comprises at least one monomer unit on which is grafted a chelating ligand of a paramagnetic ion complexed with such a paramagnetic ion, said monomer unit having at least one carbonyl group, said monomer unit comprising, prior to grafting, at least one hydrogen atom in the α position of said at least one carbonyl group, and said grafting of the chelating ligand taking place in the area of said at least one hydrogen atom in the α position of said at least one carbonyl group.
US09358323B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous admixture of ceramic particles, polysaccharide, a therapeutic agent and, optionally, a polymer, and methods of using the same. The present invention provides a flowable bone void filler for use in medical situations where bone regeneration is desired. In an exemplary embodiment the bone void filler comprises a polysaccharide, a ceramic material and a polymer that exhibits thermosetting properties such that it exists as a viscous liquid at room temperatures and as a gel at about body temperature. In another exemplary embodiment the bone void filler comprises a polysaccharide, a ceramic material, a polymer that exhibits thermosetting properties such that it exists as a viscous liquid at room temperature and as a gel at about body temperatures, and a therapeutic agent.
US09358320B2
Embodiments of the present invention encompass anti-adhesion wound dressings including patches made from amnion tissue obtained from human birth tissue. Exemplary amnion patches can be fabricated by folding a section of amnion over on itself with the epithelial layer on the outside of the folded patch and the fibroblast layer on the inside of the folded patch. Optionally, individual amnion tissue pieces can be sandwiched together to provide a multi-layer patch. Sufficient pressure is applied to the layered amnion to cause adherence between opposing faces of the fibroblast layers. The pressed fibroblast layers provide mechanical strength to hold the amnion patch together with the epithelial layers on the outsides of the amnion patch.
US09358318B2
The present invention is directed to a reinforced absorbable multilayered hemostatic wound dressing comprising a first absorbable nonwoven fabric, a second absorbable woven or knitted fabric, thrombin and/or fibrinogen.
US09358315B2
A method of sterilizing an object comprising the steps of i) placing an article to be sterilized in a sterilization chamber; ii) providing a sterilizing mist (for example hydrogen peroxide solution) to the sterilization chamber, thereby to contact said article for a first duration; iii) providing a gas flow to said chamber for a second duration, thereby to displace, where present, said sterilizing mist and to remove, where present, condensed mist from said article; wherein the total reduction in micro organisms over a time period encompassing the first duration and the second duration is less than log 6; and wherein steps ii) and iii) are repeated at least once to achieve a predetermined sterilization parameter such as a predetermined sum total of contact time between the sterilizing mist and the article, a predetermined sum total of sterilizing mist provided to the sterilization chamber or a predetermined level of sterilization.
US09358304B1
Novel modulatators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US09358301B2
Biodegradable triblock copolymer compositions are provided which are useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery. The copolymers are reverse thermal gels in that when heated from a lower temperature to a higher temperature, they gel. These gels are useful in drug delivery when complexed with an active agent. For example the compositions can be used for intraocular injection of active agents, such as anti-angiogenic agents for treatment of a maculopathy or retinitis.
US09358298B2
The present invention provides for bioavailable oral dosage forms containing esters of 17-hydroxyprogesterone as well as related methods. The oral dosage forms can be formulated for pregnancy support and can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form for pregnancy support is provided. The pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The oral dosage form can, when measured using a USP Type-II dissolution apparatus in 900 mL of deionized water with 0.5 (w/v) of sodium lauryl sulfate at 50 RPM at 37° C., release at least 20 wt % of the dose of the ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone after 60 minutes, or in the alternative release at least 20 wt % more after 60 minutes than an equivalently dosed oral dosage form without the carrier.
US09358293B2
A method of treating neurological condition in a subject by administration of a cardiac glycoside is provided. Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or stroke are treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of cardiac glycoside to a subject. The cardiac glycoside can be present in a dosage form.
US09358291B2
Hydrophobic weak base compounds such as hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutic agents (which are not an anthracycline) for use in the treatment of medical conditions such as proliferative disease or disorder in a subject, in combination with illumination of a region in a body of the subject which is characterized by the presence of proliferating cells, are disclosed. The hydrophobic weak base compound and a wavelength of illumination are selected such that the hydrophobic weak base compound acts as a therapeutically effective photosensitizer when exposed to the illumination.
US09358287B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human glucagon receptor, designated GCGR and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GCGR. The antibodies of the invention are useful for lowering blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels and are also useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GCGR biological activities, including the treatment of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, long-term complications associated with diabetes, or other metabolic disorders characterized in part by elevated blood glucose levels, including stress hyperglycemia.
US09358282B2
The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a condition characterized by the presence of unwanted cells, the agent comprising: (i) a targeting moiety that is capable of targeting to the unwanted cells; and (ii) a T cell antigen, wherein the T cell antigen can be released from the targeting moiety by selective cleavage of a cleavage site in the agent in the vicinity of the unwanted cells.
US09358277B2
Methods for preventing, delaying the onset of, or treating rejection of an allograft using a DNA vaccine, where the vaccine can comprise a polynucleotide encoding a pro-apoptotic protein, like BAX and/or a polynucleotide encoding an autoantigen or donor antigen, like secreted glutamic acid decarboxylase 55. Administering one of the DNA vaccines to a transplant recipient, as described herein, can induce a donor specific tolerogenic response.
US09358276B2
Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, an autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. Also disclosed are a method of screening for the abnormally likely presence of SIBO in a human subject and a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject. A method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject, in whom small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been detected, is also disclosed.
US09358270B2
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an effective and safe therapeutic preparation for rhinitis, which not only has significant effects on improvement in rhinitis, in particular allergic rhinitis, but also is rapid in manifestation of efficacy, fast-acting, and long-lasting, without local side effects.Means for solving the problem is a therapeutic preparation for rhinitis, in particular allergic rhinitis, comprising C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) or B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as the active ingredient.
US09358261B2
An Alternative ACT composition consisting of natural botanical active ingredients, all of which are GRAS (generally regarded as safe by the FDA). The novel Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) consists of artemisinin and its derivatives, berberine, capsaicin, and papaya extract. The four active substances mixed with various selected excipient compounds to form a single pill, tablet or capsule for the treatment and prevention of chikungunya.
US09358258B2
The present invention relates to a novel bacteriophage having an E. coli-specific bactericidal activity, a composition for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by Enterotoxigenic E. coli comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, an antibiotic comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, a feed additive composition comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, a sanitizer or cleaner comprising the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, and a method for treating colibacillosis using the bacteriophage. The novel bacteriophage of the present invention has a specific bactericidal activity against pathogenic E. coli, and excellent acid- and heat-resistance. Therefore, the novel bacteriophage can be used for the prevention or treatment of swine colibacillosis, which is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic E. coli, and can also be widely used in animal feed additive compositions, sanitizers, and cleaners.
US09358257B2
A serum resistin level reducing agent that comprises a cell wall disrupted product of a Chlorella pyrenoidos, and that reduces a serum resistin level, as an agent for oral administration. A food or beverage composition for reducing a serum resistin level that comprises a cell wall disrupted product of a Chlorella pyrenoidos, and that reduces a serum resistin level. A method of reducing a serum resistin level by applying a cell wall disrupted product of a chlorella for oral administration. A use of a cell wall disrupted product of a chlorella for oral administration for reducing a serum resistin level.
US09358255B2
The invention is directed to a method for isolating stromal cells to form a therapeutic composition; and administering said therapeutic composition to the subject. A further embodiment of the invention is directed to therapeutic compositions comprising isolated stromal cells.
US09358243B2
The invention relates to a compound described by a general formula (1), wherein each X independently can be OPO32−, OPSO22− or OSO3−; R1 comprises a solubility function such as a polyethylene glycol moiety and each X independently can be OPO32−, OPSO22−, − or OSO3−; and Z is an alkyl chain comprising 1 to 3 carbon and/or hetero atoms. The invention further relates to polysulfate derivatives or mixed polyphosphate/sulphate derivatives of six-membered cyclic polyols for use in the therapy of infection by Clostridium difficile.
US09358221B2
Method for manufacturing composition for lowering blood lipid and elevating high-density lipoprotein
The present invention discloses a composition for lowering blood lipid and elevating high-density lipoprotein and a method for manufacturing the same; the composition comprises monascin or ankaflavin, or a combination thereof; the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: treating a Monascus fermented product with acetone for three times; elevating the concentration of the Monascus fermented product by a process of decompress concentration; and extracting the monascin and the ankaflavin from the Monascus fermented product with a silica gel column chromatography, a Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, the silica gel column chromatography, and a preparative high performance liquid chromatography sequentially.
US09358217B2
A compound of Formula (I): or a metabolite thereof, or an ester of the compound of Formula (I) or the metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of each thereof, wherein m, n, X1 and X2 are as defined herein, is useful for reducing blood levels of one or more of triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) in human subjects.
US09358216B2
Methods and formulations for infusing bioavailable resveratrol tinctures into food, beverage, cosmetic or drug products with minimal effect on the alcohol by volume of the product is provided. A resveratrol tincture includes an amount of trans-resveratrol mixed with a solvent of pure, or majority by weight, ethanol. The tincture is added to various food and beverages to make a bioavailable amount of trans-resveratrol to be absorbed and metabolized by the body providing demonstrated health benefits.
US09358207B2
There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
US09358193B2
A tissue treatment composition comprising an effective amount of a nitric oxide, nitroxyl or nitrogen oxide composition for color effect of the tissue.
US09358187B2
The present invention relates to a multi-compartment device or kit for dyeing keratinous fibers, in particular human keratinous fibers, such as the hair, comprising a first compartment including a dyeing composition (A) comprising one or more oxidation dyes and one or more alkaline agents and a second compartment including a composition (B) comprising one or more oxidizing agents; the said device also comprising one or more self-foaming agents having a boiling point of at least 1° C. present in at least one of the compositions (A) and/or (B). The invention also relates to a ready-for-use self-foaming dyeing composition and to a method for dyeing keratinous fibers employing this composition.
US09358174B1
A spinal decompression apparatus includes a horizontal base having left and right sides, a front end and a rear end and having an upper surface upon which a patient can lie on his back. Left and right horizontal guide rails are located adjacent the left and right sides of the base and left and right uprights are adjacent the rear end thereof. Left and right inclined rails have their upper ends movably attached to the uprights and their lower ends movable horizontally along the guide rails. A knee bar extends horizontally across the apparatus between the inclined rails and is positioned so as to permit a person lying on the base to place the back of his knees around the knee bar. A motor connected to the knee bar and operated by the patient moves the knee bar up or down the inclined rails. The angle of inclination of the inclined rails is manually adjustable.
US09358157B2
An ophthalmological apparatus (1) for treating eye tissue (3) with laser pulses (P) comprises a laser source (100, an optical projection system (20) for projecting the laser pulses (P) onto the eye tissue (30), and a coupling part (12) for attaching mechanically to the optical projection system (20) an ophthalmological patient interface device (27) which is in contact with the eye (3) during treatment. The ophthalmological apparatus (1) further comprises a detector (13) for determining a device identifier (22) associated with the ophthalmological patient interface device (27), and a control module (14) for controlling the ophthalmological apparatus (1) using the device identifier (22). The detector makes it possible to use and detect different types of ophthalmological patient interface devices (27) and to adapt automatically the treatment of the eye tissue (30), depending on the ophthalmological patient interface device (27) that is presently attached to the ophthalmological apparatus (1).
US09358146B2
An orthopedic device has various frame elements concealed by a sleeve defining pockets into which such frame elements are located. The orthopedic device includes a strap tightening assembly adapted to secure a plurality of straps simultaneously. The frame may include flexible edge features located along a periphery thereof.
US09358136B2
A measurement system for measuring a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. The measurement system comprises a capacitor, a signal generator, a digital counter, counter register, a digital clock, a digital timer, and a data register. The sensor of the measurement system is the capacitor. The measurement system generates a repeating signal having a measurement cycle that corresponds to the capacitance of the capacitor. The capacitor comprises more than one capacitor mechanically in series. Electrically, the capacitor comprises more than one capacitor in parallel. In one embodiment, the capacitor includes a dielectric layer comprising polyimide. A force, pressure, or load is applied to the capacitor that elastically compresses the device. The capacitor is shielded from parasitic coupling and parasitic capacitance.
US09358135B2
Devices for hydrating materials, such as, for example, medical implant materials include a container body defining therein a hydration chamber. A barrier separates the chamber into a material holding area and a hydrating fluid bay and defines at least one aperture and is configured to allow passage of hydrating fluid from the hydrating fluid bay to the material holding area. In some embodiments, devices provided by the present application are operable for use in hydrating and delivering a material.
US09358123B2
A bone fusion method, apparatus and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable plates having a central rib. The bone fusion device includes one or more support channels configured to receive an insertion instrument that is then secured to the bone fusion device via a coupling mechanism. As a result, the coupled device is able to be securely positioned between vertebrae using the insertion instrument with minimal risk of slippage.
US09358122B2
An interbody spacer includes a connecting portion and a pair of leg portions extending from the connecting portion. The connecting portion and the pair of leg portions define top and bottom surfaces configured and adapted to engage first and second vertebral bodies, respectively, and inner and outer sidewalls extending between the top and bottom surfaces. In particular, the top and bottom surfaces of the leg portions include first projections defining a first angle with the respective top and bottom surfaces of the leg portions. The top and bottom surfaces of the connecting portion include second projections defining a second angle with the respective top and bottom surfaces of the connecting portion. The first and second angles are different.
US09358115B2
An artificial hip joint stem of the present invention includes a stem body divided into a stem proximal part, a stem distal part, and a stem intermediate part located between the stem proximal part and the stem distal part. The stem body includes a rough surface located at the stem proximal part and having a surface roughness (Ra) of 10-80 μm, a smooth satin surface located at the stem intermediate part and having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1-1.0 μm, and a shiny surface located at the stem distal part and having a surface roughness (Ra) of less than 0.1 μm. The present invention also provides an artificial hip joint including the artificial hip joint stem.
US09358114B2
Systems and methods for implant optimization using intra-operative scanning are set forth. According to one embodiment, a method comprising intraoperatively scanning a joint surface, processing the scan and creating a three-dimensional computer model, performing simulations with the three-dimensional computer model, determining an optimal implant attribute from analysis of the simulations, selecting an optimal implant, determining an ideal positioning and orientation of the selected implant relative to scanned anatomical features, rapidly creating a patient-matched guide to facilitate bone surface preparation in order to achieve ideal positioning and orientation of the selected implant, preparing the surface using the patient matched guide, and implanting the optimal implant is set forth.
US09358111B2
Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. One of the methods includes positioning at least two discrete, flat first anchor elements along a first side of a tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship and at least two other discrete, flat first anchor elements along the second side of the tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship.
US09358110B2
Medical devices and delivery systems for delivering medical devices to a target location within a subject. In some embodiments the medical devices can be locked in a fully deployed and locked configuration. In some embodiments the delivery systems are configured with a single actuator to control the movement of multiple components of the delivery system. In some embodiments the actuator controls the independent and dependent movement of multiple components of the delivery system.
US09358107B2
Systems, dies, and methods are provided for processing pericardial tissue. The method includes positioning a die-cut assembly over the pericardial tissue, the die-cut assembly including a die having a plate, a die pattern, and an opening, the die pattern attached to the plate, the opening formed in the plate to provide access to the pericardial tissue, and measuring a thickness of the tissue through the opening. The die-cut assembly may be mounted for automated vertical movement, and a platen on which the tissue is placed is capable of automated horizontal movement. Different target areas on the tissue can be assessed by measuring the thickness through the die, and when an area is deemed suitable the die pattern cuts a shape therefrom. The system is useful for cutting uniform thickness heart valve leaflets, and can be automated to speed up the process.
US09358097B2
A stent graft leg extension (10) to extend from a bifurcated aortic stent graft into an iliac artery. The stent graft has a tubular body. (12) of a biocompatible graft material and a plurality of self-expanding stents (14) joined to and supporting the tubular body. An uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly (26) extends from a first end of the tubular body and is fastened thereto. The uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly (26) provides a smooth transition from the leg extension into the iliac artery to reduce the chance of kinks causing problems in the leg extension.
US09358088B2
An oral hygiene implement attachable to a handle of an oral hygiene device is provided. The implement includes a housing; a functional element movably mounted at the housing such that it can be driven into a motion; a motion transmitter element coupled with the functional element; and an adhesive layer provided at the motion transmitter element for adhesively coupling the motion transmitter element with a drive shaft of the handle when being attached.
US09358087B2
The power appliance (10) for cleaning teeth includes a drive system (16) and a substrate (10) for supporting a field of bristles (14) which contact teeth for cleaning. The drive system is connected to the substrate, moving the substrate in operation to produce an action of the bristle field against the teeth. The assembly, which includes internal stiffeners (60, 62, 64) in one embodiment, has two physical states, including a first state in which the substrate is softened so as to be formable to conform to the geometry of the teeth, and a second hardened state following its conformance to the teeth in which the substrate is sufficiently rigid to effectively transmit a driving motion to the bristles.
US09358080B2
A dental separator ring includes an elastic body having a first end and an opposed second end spaced from the first end. The body has three axes defined by a front to rear reference line of the body, a side to side reference line of the body, and a top to bottom reference line of the body. A first surface engager is connected to the first end of the body by a first connector, and a second surface engager is connected to the second end of the body by a second connector. The first connector allows motion of the first surface engager in all three axes, and the second connector allows motion of the second surface engager in all three axes. A third surface engager and a fourth surface engager that allow motion in all three axes may also be included in the separator ring.
US09358076B2
A system for conducting denervation of the neural plexus adjacent the renal artery, comprises a pre-shaped ablative element operatively coupled to an elongate deployment member configured to be navigated into the renal artery, the pre-shaped ablative element comprising one or more RF electrodes disposed in an arcuate pattern; and an energy source operatively coupled to the one or more RF electrodes and being configured to cause current to flow from the pre-shaped ablative element and cause localized heating sufficient to denervate nearby neural tissue.
US09358075B2
A surgical robot system for a single port surgery includes: a first robot arm in which a joint-type instrument is installed and providing a motion displacement to the joint-type instrument with respect to a remote center of motion (RCM); and a second robot arm pairing the first robot arm, in which a non-joint-type instrument is installed and providing a motion displacement to the non-joint-type instrument with respect to the RCM.
US09358070B2
A medical device package includes an elongate tubular holder having a first and a second detachable tip, and a medical device positioned within a cavity and contained within the holder via the first and second detachable tips. The medical device has a self-shaping bias and is loaded in opposition to the bias via contact with an inner surface of the holder defining the cavity. The first and second detachable tips may include snap-off tips, such that upon detachment the cavity is opened for removing the medical device. Related methodology is disclosed.
US09358064B2
Devices and methods for performing subcutaneous surgery in a minimally invasive manner are provided. The methods include application of reduced air pressure in a recessed area of a handpiece placed over a section of skin and drawing the section of skin and subcutaneous tissue into the recessed area. In a subsequent step a tool is inserted through a tool conduit in the handpiece and through the skin into the subcutaneous tissue, enabling the performance of the desired surgery. Common surgical procedures include dissection and ablation. The devices and methods can be directed at the treatment of skin conditions like atrophic scars, wrinkles, or other cosmetic issues, at treatments like or promoting wound healing or preventing hyperhidrosis, or can be used for creating space for various implants.
US09358049B2
An intramedullary nail has a posterior side, an anterior side, a proximal portion and a distal portion is described. A transverse bore is arranged in the proximal portion and is configured to receive a bone engagement member. The transverse bore includes at least two recesses formed at an inner wall of the transverse bore, wherein one recess is arranged on the posterior side and the other recess is arranged on the anterior side of the transverse bore of the intramedullary nail.
US09358040B2
A surgical access system comprises a trocar, an insufflating optical obturator slidably insertable into the trocar, and a laparoscope slidably insertable into the obturator. A distal end of the obturator comprises a tip, at least a portion of which comprises a wall with a generally uniform thickness comprising a transparent material. At least one vent hole disposed at the obturator tip is fluidly connected to a gas flow channel defined by an interior surface of the obturator and the laparoscope, which is fluidly connected to an insufflation gas inlet disposed at a proximal end of the trocar. Improved optical characteristics of the trocar system permit precise and accurate visual placement thereof into a body cavity. Accordingly the access system is suitable as a first entry surgical access system. Embodiments of the trocar access are also useful for drug delivery, and/or for fluid and/or tissue aspiration.
US09358032B2
A water jet surgical device comprises a fluid feed device, which is controllable by control signals from a control device, for delivering a fluid into a connecting line of a surgical instrument with an outlet nozzle. The fluid feed device includes at least one measuring device, which is configured such that following the connection of the surgical instrument to the fluid feed device, the measuring device generates measuring signals to represent a quantity of fluid delivered. The quantity of fluid delivered may be displayed on a display or recorded in a recording unit. This enables improved monitoring of surgical operations.
US09358021B2
A device for intravascular intervention can comprise an intervention element, an elongate manipulation member, and a joining element. The elongate member can comprise a hooked portion extending about a proximal portion of the intervention element. The joining element can substantially permanently attach the hooked portion to the intervention element.
US09358018B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US09358011B2
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US09358010B2
A surgical fastener applier is disclosed and includes a handle portion, a tubular member extending from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis, a drive member rotatably supported in the tubular member and in the handle portion, and a plurality of fasteners. The drive member is configured to rotate while in a deflected condition with respect to the longitudinal axis. The drive member includes a proximal portion, a central portion, and a distal portion, the central portion being relatively more flexible configuration as compared to at least one of the proximal portion and the distal portion. The plurality of fasteners is disposed within the tubular member and is configured to engage a portion of the drive member such that rotational motion of the drive member causes distal advancement of at least one fastener of the plurality of fasteners through the tubular member.
US09358006B2
A surgical stapling device an elongated body portion having proximal and distal portions, and a head portion positioned adjacent the distal portion of the elongated body portion. The head portion includes a shell assembly and an anvil assembly movable relative to the shell assembly between un-approximated and approximated positions. The anvil assembly includes a center rod and an anvil head connected to the center rod. The center rod includes at least one aperture extending transversely therethrough and configured and dimensioned to receive a flexible member such that the flexible member extends transversely through the center rod.
US09358004B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an endoscopic surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes a handle assembly including a drive mechanism actuatable by a trigger; and an endoscopic assembly including a proximal end portion extending from the handle assembly; a distal end portion pivotably connected to the proximal end portion of the endoscopic assembly; and a rotatable inner actuation shaft extending from the handle assembly and into the distal end portion of the endoscopic assembly, the inner actuation shaft including a flexible portion extending across the pivot connection. The surgical device includes an end effector selectively connectable to the distal end portion of the endoscopic assembly and to a distal portion of the rotatable inner actuation shaft. The end effector includes a splined inner tube rotatably supported in an outer tube; and a plurality of surgical anchors loaded in the inner tube of the end effector.
US09358001B2
A suture passer including a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis defined therethrough, in which the tubular member includes at least one lumen formed therein, an eyelet configured to receive a suture, a movable jaw formed on the distal end of the tubular member configured to move between an open position and a closed position, in which the movable jaw includes a plurality of portions, and an actuator configured to be received within the at least one lumen of the tubular member, in which the actuator is configured to move along the central axis of the tubular member between a first position and a second position, in which, in the first position, the movable jaw is in the closed position, and in which, in the second position, the movable jaw is in the open position.
US09357996B2
A fixation device comprises a biodegradable inner core extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal tip to a proximal end in combination with a sleeve surrounding the core along a portion of a length thereof and comprising a thermoplastic polymer formed of a material which softens and expands into surrounding bone tissue when activated by an energy source.
US09357992B2
A method for coupling tissue with a flexible member including a tail and a self-locking construct coupled to the tail. The self-locking construct includes a first loop and an adjustable second loop coupled thereto. The method includes implanting an anchor in bone. The anchor is slidably mounted to the tail. The tail is positioned relative to the tissue. An end of the tail is inserted through the first loop. The tail is passed through the first loop. The second loop is pulled into the anchor. The self-locking construct is positioned relative to the tissue. The self-locking construct is tightened against the tissue by pulling on an end of the self-locking construct.
US09357983B2
A joint and a corresponding method of creating a precision-fit joint, including creating a mating surface on a first joint component so that the mating surface includes one or more interfering features, connecting a second joint component with the mating surface such that the interfering feature is compressed, and heating the mating surface above a glass transition temperature or melting temperature of the mating surface, or otherwise treating the surface, so as to induce flow of material from the interfering feature to a area of relatively low pressure between the first joint component and the second joint component.
US09357981B2
An ultrasound diagnostic device includes: a contour extraction unit extracting a first contour image from ultrasound images obtained from spatially-successive examination positions and each including an image of an organ, a contour image indicating a contour of the organ and extracted from the organ image; a specification unit receiving, from a user, specification information specifying a manual correction target ultrasound image and correction information indicating details of a manual correction performed with respect to a first contour image extracted from the manual correction target ultrasound image; and a contour correction unit correcting the first contour image extracted from the manual correction target ultrasound image according to the correction information. The contour extraction unit further extracts a second contour image from a target ultrasound image by using information indicating the corrected first contour image. The target ultrasound image differs from the manual correction target image.
US09357979B2
A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium. The method includes transmitting one or more reference ultrasound incident waves into an organic specimen and receiving thereby reference ultrasound data from resultant ultrasound reflected waves from specimen features in the organic specimen, identifying a reference propagation region in the organic specimen in which at least one of the one or more reference ultrasound incident waves was transmitted into the organic specimen and identifying a corresponding reference model image region in anatomic model data, and transmitting at least one additional ultrasound incident wave into the organic specimen and receiving thereby additional ultrasound data from resultant ultrasound reflected waves from one or more specimen features. Positional awareness of each ultrasound reflected wave relative to the organic specimen is maintained, and positional awareness is maintained between the reference propagation region and a propagation region of the additional ultrasound data.
US09357977B2
Needle deployment and imaging system includes a sheath, an imaging core, and interventional core. The imaging core and interventional core are received in first and second axial passages in the sheath and at least one of said cores will be removable and replaceable within the sheath. The imaging core may be extended from the sheath or be sealed within the first axial passage of the sheath. The interventional core will typically be advanced laterally or axially from a location near the distal end of the sheath.
US09357974B2
A method for processing a radiographic image of a patient, executed at least in part on a host processor, initiates exposure in response to an instruction entered from an operator console and obtains radiographic image data from a digital detector that is subjected to the exposure. The obtained radiographic image data is analyzed according to a set of predefined criteria for diagnostic suitability of the image. One or more results of the diagnostic suitability analysis at the operator console is indicated and a listing of one or more corrective actions at the operator console according to the indicated results is provided.
US09357964B2
A prosthetic component suitable for long-term implantation is provided. The prosthetic component measures a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. The prosthetic component comprises a first structure having at least one support surface, a second structure having at least one feature configured to couple to bone, and at least one sensor. The electronic circuitry and sensors are hermetically sealed within the prosthetic component. The sensor couples to the support surface of the first structure. The first and second structure are coupled together housing the at least one sensor. In one embodiment, the first and second structure are welded together forming the hermetic seal that isolates the at least one sensor from an external environment. The at least one sensor can be a pressure sensor for measuring load and position of load.
US09357962B2
The invention relates to a method and a device, suitable for the measurement of quantitative photon absorption coefficient in tissue, wherein the device comprises a first light source, suitable for generating photons, a light measurement element suitable for measuring at least one of: the intensity, the frequency, the frequency deviations and phase shift of the light to be measured, an ultrasound source, suitable for the generation of a defined sound wave pattern in a defined volume element within the tissue, wherein the ultrasound source is suitable for labelling the light, originating from the first light source or a second light source that enters the defined volume element within the tissue, and an ultrasound measurement element, suitable for measuring ultrasound, originating from the defined volume element within the tissue and generated by the light of the first light source that enters the defined volume element within the tissue.
US09357960B2
A monitoring device which measures numerical value information on a subject substance in a body fluid has an electrochemical sensor including a sensor unit for detecting the subject substance which is used in the way of being embedded subcutaneously and generating an electric signal correlating to the numerical value information on the subject substance, and a temperature control unit which adjusts the detected ambient temperature as a temperature ambient to a sensor unit when detecting the subject substance so as to reach a target setting temperature when measuring the subject substance.
US09357959B2
Methods and apparatuses including determining a calibration parameter associated with a detected analyte value, calibrating the analyte value based on the calibration parameter, and dynamically updating the calibration parameter are disclosed. Also provided are systems, kits, and computer program products.
US09357955B2
A portable analytical device including at least one optical unit and optionally an adapting device are provided. The optical unit includes a light beam receiving area, a sample holder, a light beam exiting area, and a lens component. The adapting device holds the optical unit and an external hand-held computing device (EHCD), such that the optical unit is coupled to the EHCD.
US09357942B2
A biosignal measurement electrode includes a liquid retaining member, an electric plate, and a cover member. The liquid retaining member is configured to be elastically deformed and impregnated with conductive liquid, the liquid retaining member including a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with a living body surface. The electric plate is configured to be brought into contact with the conductive liquid. The cover member is configured to be elastically deformed and cover the liquid retaining member except for the contact surface.
US09357941B2
A battery of three or more sensory and cognitive challenge tasks actively or dynamically challenge the brain to monitor its state for assessment of injury, disease, or compound effect, among others. The system analyzes and assesses a personalized biometric brain health signature by integrating the use of electroencephalography (EEG), somato-sensory, neuropsychological, and/or cognitive stimulation, and novel signal processing and display. The system also provides for early detection of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VAD), mixed dementia (AD and VAD), MCI, and other dementia-type disorders, as well as brain injury states such as mild Traumatic Brain Injury and can provide some or all of the following improvements over conventional systems and methods, including: (1) Increased sensitivity, specificity, and overall accuracy; (2) early detection of disease and injury; and (3) enhanced portability with remote data acquisition capability.
US09357937B2
A system for determining stroke volume of an individual. The system includes a skew-determining module that is configured to calculate a first derivative of photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals of the individual. The first derivative forms a derivative waveform. The skew-determining module is configured to determine a skew metric of the first derivative, wherein the skew metric is indicative of a morphology of at least one pulse wave detected from blood flow of the individual in the derivative waveform. The system also includes an analysis module that is configured to determine a stroke volume of the individual. The stroke volume is a function of the skew metric of the first derivative.
US09357936B2
A physiological monitoring system may determine physiological information, such as physiological rate information, from a physiological signal. The system may generate a lag matrix, which includes multiple segments of the physiological signal each having the same number of values. The system may generate a correlation matrix, which includes multiple correlation values, based on the lag matrix. The system may identify a peak in the correlation lag matrix, or a processed matrix derived thereof, and the corresponding lag value. The correlation matrix, or processed matrix thereof, may be rotated, averaged, or otherwise transformed by the system to identify the lag value. The system may determine physiological rate information based on the identified lag value.
US09357934B2
Systems and methods are provided for storing event markers. The value of a monitored physiological metric may be monitored and compared to a reference value. A patient monitoring system may compute a difference between a monitored metric and a reference value, and compare the difference to a threshold value to determine whether a physiological event has occurred. Based on the determination, a patient monitoring system may store an event marker, trigger a response, update a metric value, or perform any other suitable function.
US09357930B2
A temperature measurement system includes a temperature probe having a head and an infrared temperature sensor disposed in the head. The system also includes a replaceable probe cover removably attachable to the head. The probe cover includes a body, a substantially cylindrical waveguide extending from the body, and a distal tip. The waveguide is configured to direct radiation entering the distal tip to the temperature sensor when the probe cover is attached to the head.
US09357926B2
A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
US09357925B2
The present invention discloses a device to measure optical properties of a three-dimensional transparent dosimeter, and a method to use the device to produce a valid, reproducible, and quantitative image of optical properties across essentially the entire volume of the transparent dosimeter. The invention provides significant and useful improvements over existing practice.
US09357917B2
A method and apparatus for managing blinking includes an electronic computing device detecting blinking of a user of the electronic computing device and determining an uninduced blink rate for the user from the detected blinking. The method also includes inducing the user to blink based on the uninduced blink rate. A further method and apparatus for managing blinking includes the electronic computing device presenting the user with a blink inducement of a plurality of blink inducements and determining whether the user blinked in response to presenting the blink inducement. The further method also includes presenting the blink inducement again based on the determination of whether the user blinked in response to presenting the blink inducement.
US09357913B2
An ophthalmologic image display apparatus for displaying information about an eye includes an input unit configured to input a tomographic image of the eye, an acquisition unit configured to acquire diagnostic supporting information associated with positional information about the tomographic image of the eye, a processing unit configured to perform processing for assigning a voxel value to volume data constituting the tomographic image based on a reflection intensity value indicating the tomographic image and the diagnostic supporting information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image processed by the processing unit.
US09357906B2
A surgical illumination device includes a LED with a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a heat transfer pad. A flexible circuit has first and second electrically conductive traces extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The first conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the positive terminal, the second conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the negative terminal, and a heat transfer window on the flexible circuit is aligned with the heat transfer pad. The illumination device includes a heat sink having a distal end with a distal end face. A thermally conductive adhesive pad is disposed between the LED and the distal end face of the heat sink. The thermally conductive adhesive pad is aligned with the heat transfer window of the flexible circuit and the heat transfer pad of the LED base.
US09357903B2
A hand-holdable steering mechanism is used as part of a medical device such as a catheter or an endoscope to allow movement of a steerable distal portion of the catheter or endoscope. The mechanism can include a housing, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a first plane when the first actuator is moved between first and second positions. The second actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a second plane different than the first plane when the second actuator is moved between first and second positions.
US09357902B2
A control unit is detachably coupled to a camera and receptive of the imaging data with a plurality of data processing instructions being stored on the camera and/or the control unit such that when the camera is coupled to the control unit, the plurality of data processing instructions transfer the imaging data from the camera to the control unit. The data processing instructions being field upgradeable with a portable upgrading module which may couple directly to either the camera and/or the control unit.
US09357895B2
A gravity feed solution distribution system for use with surface maintenance and conditioning machines includes front and rear counter-rotating brush rollers within a shroud, a manifold having delivery ports and disposed within the shroud above the counter-rotating brush rollers, an agitating blade extending from an inner surface of the shroud and underneath the manifold to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller, and a baffle extending downward from an inner surface of the shroud above the front counter-rotating brush roller to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller.
US09357891B1
A holder for securing a cleaning apparatus in an upright position and comprised of a base plate, an upright arm, and a hinge for securing the upright arm to a top surface of the base plate. A top end of the upright arm is for engagement with a bracket on the cleaning apparatus. The base plate preferable also has a resilient pad on an under surface to assist in maintaining the base plate stationary.
US09357887B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser that includes low cost electronic components that can read and write to the tag of a refill cartridge. In one embodiment, the reader utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. In another embodiment, the controller utilizes an internal comparator to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. The dispenser in both embodiments also includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag of the refill cartridge. A dispenser according to the invention also includes the capability to read and/or write to tags upon cartridges employed by the dispenser, and augmenting the operation of the dispenser as a function thereof. Additionally, a dispenser of variable size is presented that is adaptable, through adjustable partitions or a telescoping cup, to receive and maintain cartridges of various sizes.
US09357883B2
A food processor includes a base, a processing box and at least a cutter. The base is disposed with a motor inside, the motor is disposed with a rotating shaft; the processing box is assembled to the base and is disposed with a charging opening and a discharging opening. The cutter rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft of the motor, the cutter is assembled inside the processing box and is disposed with a cutter dish with several dropping grooves and several blades fixed on the cutter dish, the blade has several sets of cutter teeth arranged side by side, each set of cutter teeth has at least a large cutter tooth and at least a small cutter tooth.
US09357882B2
The present invention provides an appliance for preparing frothed or mixed beverage. In one embodiment, the appliance comprises a removable transparent or translucent liquid food container, and a stirrer and stirrer holder that are positioned inside the liquid food container. The stirrer includes magnetic elements so that it can be driven magnetically by a motor without any physical linkage.
US09357872B2
A device for preparing a liquid food or beverage having an outermost housing with faces that are arranged to shield at least part of a liquid food or beverage module. A face of the housing has a connection to an appliance. This face is arranged to support mechanically such an appliance. The connection is disconnectably connectable by a user to the appliance. The housing is so arranged that the appliance is removably mountable onto the housing face by a user.
US09357868B2
A skew adjustment method and apparatus for adjusting the skewed condition of a movable rail of a window covering in which the movable rail is supported by lift cords wrapped around spools. A drive train disconnecting mechanism is used to disconnect a first spool from a second spool, the first spool is rotated relative to the second spool, thereby changing the length of the first lift cord relative to the second lift cord until the movable rail is in the desired position; and then the first and second spools are reconnected so the first and second spools rotate together. An end cap may be used to enable multiple disassemblies and reassemblies of the end cap to access the skew adjustment mechanism. In one embodiment, there are two movable rails, and the lift cords for both movable rails extend through the same rout holes in the covering. Disconnecting the first spool from the second spool may activate a mechanism that prevents the second spool from rotating.
US09357863B1
A mattress cover and skirt system includes a skirt configured to be secured to the mattress. The skirt includes a flexible skirt panel defining an upper edge, a lower edge, and an elastic element disposed along at least a portion of the lower edge. The mattress cover system includes a mattress cover panel configured to be removably attached to the skirt. The mattress cover panel includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and a cushioning member disposed between the upper and lower layers. A connector system includes at least one first connector member disposed along the upper edge of the skirt and at least one second connector member disposed proximate the outermost edge of the mattress cover panel. The second connector member is configured to engage the first connector member so as to removably attach the mattress cover panel to the skirt.
US09357846B2
A supporting apparatus for suspending two displays includes: a base seat unit including a fixing bracket and a pillar that is connected to the fixing bracket; two suspending arms, each having a first end portion that is movably connected to the pillar unit such that each of the suspending arms is movable along the pillar, and a second end portion that is opposite to the first end portion; two slide track units respectively connected to the second end portions of the suspending arms; and two display-supporting bracket units movably connected to the slide track units for mounting the displays. Through operation of the suspending arms, the sliding track units and the display-supporting bracket units, the displays can be moved to juxtapose and contact each other.
US09357845B1
A shelf assembly includes a shelf frame adapted to support a planar shelf panel. The shelf frame comprises a front member, opposed side members, and a rear member. A support channel is integrally formed into an underside of the shelf frame. A reinforcing support frame is captured within the support channel to form a unitary shelf assembly and is adapted to support the shelf frame within said appliance. At least one stud projects outward from the reinforcing support frame with respect to the opposed side members of the shelf frame. The studs are adapted to be received within a corresponding recess of an interior wall of said appliance to thereby support the shelf assembly within said appliance.
US09357841B2
A latch or connector assembly that is adapted to attach a track to a rail along a platform of a merchandising shelf assembly. The connector assembly includes an adapter having a first end and an opposite second end such that the first end is adapted to be attached to the track and the second end is configured to be selectively attached to the rail. The adapter includes a first arm and a second arm, the first arm is spaced from a second arm such that the first arm can be resiliently biased relative to the second arm. An attachment member extends from the first arm and is configured to selectively connect to the rail. A press surface is configured to be pressed by a user to bias the first arm relative to the second arm to selectively connect the attachment member to the rail.
US09357831B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hygienic brush head (210) for cleaning articles, where the brush head (210) comprises a plurality of flexible bristle filaments (200) extending in a longitudinal direction (212) grouped into flexible sweeping elements (202), being encapsulated in a molded bristle carrier (208) connected to a molded brush head body (206), the method comprises: •collecting the flexible bristle filaments (200) in a grouping module creating at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202), •encapsulating the one end (216) of the at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a bristle carrier (208) comprising a flange part (222) that extends from the bristle carrier (208) away from the flexible sweeping elements (202), •positioning a plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a mold (214), and performing a first brush head molding of a brush head body (206) around the plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202), •performing a second brush head molding (220) of the brush head body (206) thereby creating a hygienic brush head (210).
US09357830B2
A belt hanger detachably supports the handheld device, whether or not carried in a pouch or holster, to a wearer's waist belt to comfortably and securely carry the device while preventing the device from sagging and hanging outward from the wearer's body. The belt hanger includes a rigid hanger body, a flexible strap cover and a quick connector part, which couples directly to the handheld device or its carry pouch or holster. The hanger body has a rectangular shape and a central belt channel for receiving the user's waist belt. The cover strap is bonded to the hanger body and wraps over the hanger body so that one end covers one its faces and the opposite loose end extends over the belt channel and its other face to act as the closure strap for belt hanger. The opposite loose end of the cover strap is secured to the hanger body by a pair of snaps.
US09357821B1
A suitcase convertible to a dual compartment wagon including a suitcase body with a pivotable U-shaped handle. Together, a first zipper continuously disposed along the left, top and right sides and a hinge continuously disposed on a bottom side of the suitcase body between the right and left sides define a forward portion and a rearward portion of the suitcase body which can have identical or different interior storage space depending on whether the first zipper is centrally disposed or more proximal one of the front and rear sides. The unzipped suitcase body folds out into an open wheeled wagon configuration with dual longitudinally aligned compartments in which the hinge conjoins the forward and rearward portions in a level longitudinally configured position with the front and rear sides parallel to and adjacent to a transport surface.
US09357818B2
A connecting device includes two complementary coupling members (3, 4) secured respectively to the connecting ends of a wrist band (2a, 2b) and of the component to which it is attached. The coupling members (3a, 3b) are oriented transversely to the longitudinal direction of the wrist band (2a, 2b). One (3) of the coupling members is movable laterally between two end positions, a first position in which it is engaged with the other (4) of said coupling members, and a second position in which it is dissociated from said other coupling member (4). An elastic return force (5) tends to keep said coupling member (3) movable laterally between two end positions in said first position.
US09357816B2
There is provided a slider for slide fastener, including a slider body and a pull tab. A pair of supporting parts rotatably supporting the pull tab are provided on an upper surface of the slider body, and a claw for snapping elements of the slide fastener is provided on the pull tab. The pull tab is rotatable between a first posture in which the pull tab is placed down on the slider body and a second posture in which the pull tab is erected from the slider body. A stop member is provided on at least one of the slider body and the pull tab. The stop member limits the pull tab in an erect position of the second posture such that a front end of the claw is located within a protection space.
US09357809B2
A protective helmet including a rigid shell and an electronic connecting device mounted on the shell, the connecting device including an electronic circuit, first means for connecting said circuit to a power supply system, and second means for connecting said circuit to at least one accessory that can be mounted on the helmet, wherein the connecting device is mounted on the shell in an opening formed in said shell.
US09357805B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to hygienic devices to control the spread of airborne viruses and bacteria emanating from coughing or sneezing. In one embodiment, the hygienic device is a cough and sneeze arrestor in the form of a “coughing cup.” The coughing cup may incorporate one or more filters with a plurality of apertures of varying sizes and/or no apertures. In some embodiments, the filters may be embedded or infused with a microbicide such as an antibacterial or viricide. The filters may be pre-attached within the coughing cup at certain predetermined locations. The coughing cup may have one or more recesses to accommodate the nose and/or a chin of a person when using the coughing cup.
US09357798B2
Proof of treatment closures for vessels and methods of use of the closures are described. Embodiments the closures indicate that vessel contents have reached at least a predetermined temperature. The proof of treatment closures can show that vessel contents a distance within the vessel interior have reached the threshold conditions, rather than reflecting conditions of the vessel itself, or of vessel contents in close proximity to a vessel peripheral boundary. Embodiments include proof of treatment closures resistant to status tampering, such that it is difficult to activate the indicator without reaching the specified conditions. The proof of treatment closures can also be seal tamper evident, such that loosening or removing the closure from the vessel, or otherwise breaking a seal between the closure and the vessel, leaves conspicuous evidence of such.
US09357797B2
An improved dietary and/or therapeutic supplement composition comprising a quantity of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent having a pH that upon ingestion with food or a beverage would limit the effectiveness of the agent and a sufficient amount of an alkaline electrolyte additive is provided in combination with the agent to raise the pH of the composition to a level of from about 8 to about 12.5 to increase the effectiveness and functional utilization of the agent while the composition is in the person's stomach.
US09357796B2
Aqueous suspensions comprising: (a) at least one carotenoid, (b) at least one modified starch, and (c) sucrose; wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the suspension in an amount of 1 to 25% by weight, based on the dry matter of the aqueous suspension; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the suspension in a ratio by weight of 1:2 to 1:80; powders comprising: (a) at least one carotenoid, (b) at least one modified starch, and (c) sucrose; wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the powder in an amount of 1 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:2 to 1:80; and processes of producing such suspensions and powders along with uses thereof.
US09357794B2
A popcorn popping unit comprises a blower unit and a popping vessel. The popping vessel has first and second parts assemblable with one another to form the popping vessel. The first part is operatively mounted on the blower unit and the second part has an opening configured to vent pressurized air generated by the blower during cooking operations from the popping vessel through the opening. The popping vessel has at least a portion with inner and outer walls spaced apart from one another to form a double wall construction for the at least portion of the popping vessel. The inner wall may comprise glass and the outer wall may comprise plastic. The inner and outer walls may be transparent.
US09357787B2
A baking device is provided. The baking device includes a housing enclosing a baking compartment and an air handling compartment, the air handling compartment and the baking compartment being separated by a pressure panel that defines a rear wall of the baking compartment, the pressure panel including an aperture allowing fluid communication between the baking and air handling compartments. A blower wheel is mounted in conjunction with the aperture, such that rotation of the blower wheel urges air movement from the baking compartment and into the air handling compartment. A secondary blower is arranged in fluid communication with the air handling compartment, wherein operation of the secondary blower urges ambient air into the air handling compartment.
US09357777B2
The present invention relates to a method for pest management using inhibitory repeat domain IRD 9 (Seq ID No.2) proteinase inhibitor showing enhanced inhibitory activity against the gut proteases of insects. More particularly, the present invention relates to a IRD 9 (Seq ID No.2) proteinase inhibitor from non-host plant Capsicum annuum, which possesses significantly high insect protease inhibition activity against the gut proteases of Helicoverpa armigera.
US09357773B2
Herbicidal compositions having an effective amount of aclonifen and the other herbicides pyroxasulfone and picolinafen.These herbicidal compositions have an improved application profile.
US09357765B2
A free-flowing anti-coagulant powder composition, the anti-coagulant composition containing heparin and a bulking agent that is lyophilized or spray dried and ground into a powder. The powdered anti-coagulant composition can be dry filled into syringes and other blood collections systems for rapid dissolution and mixing with collected blood sample without agitation of the container. The formulation may also retain a portion of the initial moisture, which may improve the shelf life and stability of the composition.
US09357762B2
The invention relates to a tree stand assembly for engaging a tree and supporting a person above ground. The tree stand assembly has a tree stand member and a tree climber member configured for frictional engagement with a tree trunk. The tree stand member has a foot platform, a flexible seat and a tree engaging portion with teeth. The tree climber member is positioned below the tree stand member and is provided with a V-shaped tree engaging member. Detachable locking bars on the tree stand member and the tree climber member allow adjustment of the assembly to different diameter trees.
US09357761B2
A viscous fish egg killing device is provided. Every two conductive fish nests (1) are distributed side by side at a certain distance. One conductive fish nest (1) of every two conductive fish nests (1) is connected to a positive pole (3) of a power source, and the other conductive fish nest (1) is connected to a negative pole (5) of the power source. Each conductive fish nest (1) is connected in series or in parallel to the power source through a conducting wire (2). The fish nest attracts fish to lay eggs. After the device is electrified, an electric field is formed between two conductive fish nests, so as to kill fertilized eggs in the fish nest, and a method for eliminating invading fish is provided from the perspective of eliminating fertilized eggs of the fish in reverse thinking, and the device has a simple structure, is easy to be operated, and is efficient.
US09357759B2
The illustrative embodiments provide a chemical dispersion system comprising a number of chemical dispersion nodes, a chemical dispersion manager, and a processor unit. The processor unit executes the chemical dispersion manager to identify a pest problem and generate a chemical dispersion plan for execution by the number of chemical dispersion nodes.
US09357751B2
A animal restraint harness having a two part pivotable frame having a set of fingers or arms extended therefrom to encircle or saddle an animal body, a spring hinge to force the fingers together, tabs or opening handles to separate the fingers, one or more harness straps, and a leash clip positioned thereon the frame and, thus such harness enables a single person to quickly and/or efficiently place the harness assembly on the animal using one hand and such harness enables safe restraint of the animal without causing the animal to choke or wheeze.
US09357749B2
A rotary milking station (1) for milking cows and the like, the rotary milking station (1) including a base (3) having a circular path (5) disposed about a given center (7). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a driving assembly (9) operatively mountable onto the base (3) so as to be disposed about the circular path (5) of the base (3). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a carrousel (11) operatively mountable onto the driving assembly (9), the carrousel (11) being made out of sectional segments (13), each sectional segment (13) having a lower protruding vertical portion (15) and a pair of flange portions (17a, 17b) each projecting from a corresponding side of the vertical portion (15), the sectional segments (13) being interconnected to another so as to define the carrousel (11), the vertical portions (15) of the sectional segments (13) being positioned, shaped and sized so as to be disposed along the circular path (5) of the base (3) and for cooperating with the driving assembly (9) in order to enable the carrousel (11) to be rotatably moveable with respect to the base (3).
US09357747B1
A cat litter product is provided and includes manufacture primarily from a pelletized Switchgrass. The litter product is pelletized via an extrusion technology process so as to form particles the size of wheat grain. The litter product provides, collectively, a non-toxic and naturally safe, biodegradable, odor-eliminating, scented, anti-bacterial litter that clumps in a convenient size for easy disposal and which has little dust and reduces tracking by cats.
US09357746B2
A pet waste collection apparatus having an absorbent pad having a first height and an outer peripheral border having a second height less than the first height, each having opposing outermost layers, comprising a permeable layer and an opposing substantially leak proof layer; the absorbent pad comprising at least one innermost layer of waste absorbing material sandwiched and completely enclosed between the opposing outermost layers and completely filling a volume therebetween extending to the outer peripheral border, which has an interior passageway, a draw tape therein, and at least one outside substantially straight cut off corner having adjacent interior passageway openings; the draw tape having a length greater than that of the outer peripheral border; the draw tape routed through the adjacent interior passageway openings exposing the draw tape at the outside straight cut off corner; the waste collection apparatus forming a bag, when the draw tape is pulled taut.
US09357745B2
A method for controlling a crowd gate comprises operating a milking parlor for a plurality of dairy livestock. The milking parlor comprises an entrance located adjacent to a holding pen, and a crowd gate that forms a side of the holding pen and moves toward and away from the entrance to the milking parlor. The method further comprises determining that dairy livestock should enter the milking parlor, and operating the crowd gate in response to determining that dairy livestock should enter the milking parlor. Operating the crowd gate comprises moving the crowd gate away from the entrance to the milking parlor prior to initiating movement towards the entrance, pausing the movement of the crowd gate, and moving the crowd gate towards the entrance of the milking parlor.
US09357743B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated SV3176LG. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line SV3176LG, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line SV3176LG with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line SV3176LG, including the gametes of such plants.
US09357739B1
A soybean cultivar designated 41421431 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 41421431, to the plants of soybean cultivar 41421431, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 41421431, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 41421431. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 41421431. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 41421431, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 41421431 with another soybean cultivar.
US09357734B2
A novel maize variety designated PH26NC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH26NC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH26NC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH26NC or a locus conversion of PH26NC with another maize variety.
US09357730B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ6W06-451. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ6W06-451. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ6W06-451 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ6W06-451 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US09357719B2
The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0104YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0104YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09357707B1
The method for harvesting a blueberry field comprises the steps of carrying a number of empty blueberry containers on a first pair of lower arms of four-arm lift assembly of a blueberry harvester; transferring a first empty blueberry container onto a second pair of lower arms of the lift assembly; filling the first blueberry container with blueberries, and depositing the first blueberry container on the ground as soon as it is full. The steps of transferring, filling and depositing are repeated with each of the empty blueberry containers carried on the lift assembly of the harvester.
US09357700B2
A riding lawn care vehicle (10) may include a frame, a steering assembly (30), a cutting deck (50) and a lifting assembly. Wheels (32,34) of the riding lawn care vehicle may be attachable to the frame. The steering assembly may be operably coupled to wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle to provide steering inputs to the wheels. The cutting deck may house at least one cutting blade and may be attachable to the frame. The cutting deck may include at least two cutting deck wheels (52) to facilitate level cutting responsive to operation of the at least one cutting blade when the cutting deck is in a cutting position in which the at least two cutting deck wheels contact the ground. The cutting deck may be liftable to an elevated position in which the at least two cutting deck wheels are not in contact with the ground. The lifting assembly may be operably coupled to the frame and the cutting deck to facilitate lifting of the cutting deck from the cutting position to the elevated position responsive to operation of a foot pedal that is lockable when depressed to a fully depressed position corresponding to the elevated position of the cutting deck.
US09357699B2
A robotic mower includes a chassis, a cutting motor driving at least one cutting blade, and a height adjustment assembly. The cutting motor is mounted on a motor bracket. The motor bracket provides structural support for the cutting motor at an adjustable level relative to the chassis. The height adjustment assembly includes a biasing element, a screw engagement nut, and a height adjustment screw. The screw engagement nut is operably coupled to the motor bracket to enable adjustment of a height of the motor bracket via rotation of the height adjustment screw. The height adjustment screw rotates to translate the screw engagement nut vertically along the height adjustment screw based on an engagement of teeth on the screw engagement nut with threads of the height adjustment screw. The teeth of the screw engagement nut are urged toward the threads of the height adjustment screw via the biasing element.
US09357691B2
A hydraulic arrangement for lifting and/or lowering at least one implement carrying arm on an agricultural machine. The arrangement comprises an inlet hydraulic line and an outlet hydraulic line connecting a fluid pump (18) and a fluid reservoir (26) respectively to a first valve means (12), said arrangement comprising at least one dual acting hydraulic cylinder (15) for lifting/and or lowering the implement carrying arm. The at least one cylinder is connected to the first valve means (12) allowing the cylinder (15) to be switched between a single acting mode wherein the arm can be lifted and a double acting mode wherein the arm can be lifted and lowered.
US09363935B1
Cables incorporating discontinuous separators or separation fillers are described. A cable may include a plurality of twisted pairs of individually insulated electrical conductors, and a separator may be disposed between at least two of the plurality of twisted pairs. The separator may include a plurality of discrete sections respectively positioned along a longitudinal length of the cable and each section may optionally include electrically conductive material. A jacket may be formed around the plurality of twisted pairs and the separator.
US09363934B2
A method includes sensing ambient conditions in a datacenter containing a server, and determining whether the ambient conditions exceed predetermined threshold conditions representing risk of electrostatic discharge. A lid to the server is locked in a closed position in response to the ambient conditions exceeding the predetermined threshold conditions. However, the lid to the server is unlocked in response to a grounding strap being connected to the server. Optionally, the grounding strap may be identified and the server lid will only unlock if the identified grounding strap is associated with authorization to unlock the server lid.
US09363926B1
A system for storing data includes a rack and one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, one or more mass storage devices coupled to the backplanes, and one or more air plenums extending beneath one or more of the backplanes in the chassis interior. The backplanes are coupled to the chassis in a staggered configuration, where one of the backplanes is coupled to the chassis at a different elevation relative to another one of the backplanes coupled to the chassis. An air passage may extend beneath one or more of the staggered backplanes and may progressively narrow from the inlet end towards the exhaust end of the chassis. A progressively narrowing air passage can progressively impede airflow through the air passage from the inlet end towards the exhaust end.
US09363921B1
A fixing member (100) of a rack server includes a chassis slide assembly (200), a main body (102), and a fixing column (110). The main body (102) is disposed on an end of the chassis slide assembly (200), one side of the main body (102) is connected to a first positioning element (104), and another side of the main body (102) is connected to a second positioning element (106). The second positioning element (106) is disposed corresponding to the first positioning element (104). The fixing column (110) is disposed on the main body (102) and one end thereof is fixed onto the chassis slide assembly (200). The main body (102) is able to rotate along the fixing column (110) as an axis. The first positioning element (104) and the second positioning element (106) have different shape. Therefore, the same chassis slide assembly (200) can match a different server rack.
US09363918B2
A clamping element is configured for mounting a rail element bearing electrical/electronic devices on a supporting portion of a switchgear cabinet. The clamping element includes a body provided with a coupling portion configured for engaging with an opening portion of the rail element. The coupling portion is configured for enabling the body to be at least one of coupled with and removed from the rail element when the body is positioned in a first configuration relative to the rail element. The coupling portion is configured for hindering removal of the body from the rail element when the body is positioned in a second configuration relative to the rail element. The clamping element also includes a clasping device protruding from the body and configured for removably connecting the body to the supporting portion to mount the rail element within the switchgear cabinet.
US09363913B2
An electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving a mail through an internet usually has from 12 to 20 operation keys inclusive of numerical keys and special keys. In order to input Japanese characters inclusive of “kanji” and special characters as data, complex operations must be executed by changing over the input mode. A portable data terminal as represented by a cellular phone or an electronic device such as a data terminal as represented by a personal computer or a desk top telephone, has such a shape that the first center line of the first housing and the second center line of the second housing come into agreement and in parallel with each other only in a state where the first housing and the second housing are folded by the hinge.
US09363911B2
A reader apparatus comprises a first interface module, a second interface module, a storing module and a processor. The first interface module includes a plurality of terminals that are transferring first interface signals. The second interface module includes a plurality of conducting pads which are transferring a second interface signal. The storing module is for storing data. The processor converts storing signals generated by the storing module to the first interface signals or the second interface signals.
US09363907B2
Provided is an in-vehicle electronic apparatus including a main body that includes a panel attaching/detaching part, and a panel that is attached to and detached from the panel attaching/detaching part. The panel attaching/detaching part is provided with a lock mechanism and a holding lever, the lock mechanism being arranged to lock the panel to the main body, the holding lever being rotatable and being arranged to hold the panel when the holding lever is rotated to a holding position. The panel is moved in a predetermined direction with respect to the main body such that locking of the panel to the main body by the lock mechanism is released. When the panel is moved in the predetermined direction such that the locking is released, the holding lever is rotated to the holding position due to inertia such that the panel is held by the holding lever.
US09363898B2
This publication discloses an electronic module and a method for manufacturing an electronic module, in which a component is glued to the surface of a conductive layer, from which conductive layer conductive patterns are later formed. After gluing the component, an insulating-material layer, which surrounds the component attached to the conductive layer, is formed on, or attached to the surface of the conductive layer. After the gluing of the component, feed-throughs are also made, through which electrical contacts can be made between the conductive layer and the contact zones of the component. After this, conductive patterns are made from the conductive layer, to the surface of which the component is glued.
US09363895B2
A circuit substrate includes a base substrate provided with a first pad and a second pad which are electrically connected to an electronic component, a first lateral face and a second lateral face, a first terminal electrically connected to the first pad and a second terminal electrically connected to the second pad which are disposed on the first lateral face, and a third terminal and a fourth terminal which are disposed on the second lateral face. The first terminal and the fourth terminal are located at point-symmetric positions to a center of the base substrate. The second terminal and the third terminal are located at point-symmetric positions to the center of the base substrate. The third terminal and the fourth terminal are electrically connected to each other.
US09363883B2
A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a pad formed on the insulating layer and exposed through an opening section of a solder resist, a bump formed by filling an opening portion of the solder resist from top of the pad and having an narrow width than the opening of the solder resist.
US09363876B2
An X-ray tube mount for mounting an X-ray tube assembly to the rotating disk assembly of a CT imaging system, said X-ray tube mount including a housing having an inner end and an outer end, wherein said inner end of said housing is located closer to the center of rotation of the rotating disk assembly than said outer end of said housing; and at least one mounting construct for mounting said housing to the rotating disk assembly, wherein said at least one mounting construct is disposed intermediate said inner end of said housing and said outer end of said housing.
US09363875B2
A discharge lamp lighting device includes a discharge lamp, a resonant circuit section, a power conversion section, and a control section. The resonant circuit section is connected to the discharge lamp. The power conversion section is adapted to convert direct-current power into alternating-current power and then supply the discharge lamp with the alternating-current power via the resonant circuit section. The control section is adapted to change a frequency of the alternating-current power alternatingly between a first frequency and a second frequency different from the first frequency in a lighting start period until the discharge lamp reaches a stationary lighting state. The control section is adapted to change the first frequency toward a frequency causing a resonance of the resonant circuit in a stepwise manner. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency.
US09363872B2
The display device includes a light source, and a control section adapted to generate a composite pulse width modulation signal using PWM1 having a first Duty ratio and PWM2 having a frequency higher than the frequency of PWM1, and control a light emitting state of the light source using the composite pulse width modulation signal. The control section corrects a second Duty ratio based on a difference between an expected value of luminance obtained when making the light source emit light using a virtual pulse width modulation signal, which is obtained by combining PWM1 and a pulse width modulation signal having the second Duty ratio, and a setting value of luminance based on the information related to the luminance of the light source, and then uses the second Duty ratio corrected as the Duty ratio of PWM2.
US09363865B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control based on a combination of inputs. Local inputs indicative of light levels, occupancy statuses, and environmental conditions near lighting fixtures are received, and group inputs to control the dimming state of lighting fixtures are also received. The group inputs may utilize manipulation of mains power powering lighting fixtures to indicate a dimming level. The dimming states of light sources of lighting fixtures are based on group inputs and local inputs.
US09363863B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and associated method for emitting electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus has at least one electromagnetic radiation emitter and a base. The base has four electrical contacts and an identification device. Two of the electrical contacts are in electrical communication with the at least one electromagnetic radiation emitter. The other two electrical contacts are in electrical communication with the identification device.
US09363859B2
Disclosed herein is an illumination system including an array of LED light sources for emitting light encoded with a modulation pattern, an array of sensors and a space characterization unit. The array of sensors receives emitted light scattered by an object. Each sensor determines a distance between the corresponding light source and the object using the modulation pattern. The space characterization unit uses the distance from each sensor to generate an elevation map indicating a presence of the object.
US09363855B2
The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier.
US09363853B2
A system and method for powering a dual magnetron with a dual power supply is disclosed. A first power supply supplies a first voltage to a first magnetron. A second power supply supplies a second voltage to a second magnetron. A balancer circuit controls a drive current for altering a magnetic field of the first magnetron and a magnetic field of the second magnetron to maintain the first voltage and the second voltage at a substantially equal voltage.
US09363852B2
An apparatus and a method for heating a load using microwaves is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmission line, configured to transmit microwaves from a microwave generator to a cavity. A sensing device configured to measure electromagnetic field strengths for providing information about the phase and the amplitude of a reflection coefficient that represents a ratio between the amount of microwaves reflected back towards the microwave generator and the amount of microwaves transmitted in the transmission line from the microwave generator. A control unit configured to detect whether the measured electromagnetic field strengths correspond to a reflection coefficient having a phase within a certain interval of phases and an amplitude within a certain interval of amplitudes. Additionally, certain intervals of phases and amplitudes correspond to an operating region of the microwave generator. The control unit controls feeding of microwaves to the cavity based on this detection.
