US09575263B2
The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber alignment device that has an alignment housing that includes first and second ends. The alignment housing defines a fiber insertion axis that extends through the alignment housing between the first and second ends. The alignment housing includes a fiber alignment region at an intermediate location between the first and second ends. First and second fiber alignment rods are positioned within the alignment housing. The first and second fiber alignment rods cooperate to define a fiber alignment groove that extends along the fiber insertion axis. The first and second fiber alignment rods each having rounded ends positioned at the first and second ends of the alignment housing.
US09575257B2
An optical device comprises optical fibers and a holder. The holder includes one end portion, an other end portion, and a supporting portion extending in a direction of a first axis from the one end portion to the other end portion. The one end portion includes a first end face extending along a first reference plane intersecting with the first axis from a side of the holder to cladding regions of the optical fibers; a second end face extending along a second reference plane from the one end portion to the other end portion; and a third end face extending along a third reference plane inclined at an angle of less than 90 degrees and more than zero degrees relative to the first axis. The cladding regions of the optical fibers are disposed at the second end face. The optical fibers have respective tips disposed at the third end face.
US09575254B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a digital dispersion compensation module. The digital dispersion compensation module includes a multi-port optical circulator; and a plurality of dispersion compensation units connected to the multi-port optical circulator, wherein at least one of the plurality of dispersion compensation units includes a fiber-bragg grating (FBG) having a first port and a second port; and an optical switch being capable of selectively connecting to one of the first port and the second port of the FBG, wherein the at least one of the plurality of dispersion compensation units is adapted to provide a positive dispersion to an optical signal, from the multi-port optical circulator, when the optical switch connects to the first port of the FBG and is adapted to provide a negative dispersion to the optical signal when the optical switch connects to the second port of the FBG.
US09575252B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical fiber welding machine, including a device for butt joint of the optical fiber's core. The said device comprises a base and a number of units with V-shape groove. The base and the units are shaped respectively. The said units are mounted on the base fixedly. Comparing with the traditional overall molding device for butt joint of the optical fiber's core, the disclosed embodiment splits said traditional device, which has complicated structure and high accuracy requirements, into a base and a number of V-shape groove units, thus simplifies the shape of the components, which are shaped respectively, so as to facilitate the purpose of molding mould and shaping components, and then the v-shape groove units are mounted on the base. After completion of assembly, a v-shaped slot is grooved on top of each v-shape groove unit to ensure enough precision. The disclosed embodiment reduces both the mold manufacturing cost and the molding cost of components. It also solves the long-standing problem of precision within the art of manufacturing mold and molding components, and there is a good application prospect. In addition, an electrode gland is included in the optical fiber welding machine. The said gland includes a gland body and a screw connecting the workbench through the gland body, and a rotation unit is set at the top of each screw. The rotation unit protrudes from the gland body.
US09575250B2
Technologies are generally described to form a waveguide in a polymer multilayer comprising a first and second polymer layer. The waveguide may be formed by directing light beams toward the polymer multilayer to form first and second cladding regions in the polymer multilayer, where the first and second cladding regions comprise a mixture of the first and second polymer layers. The first and second cladding regions may define a third cladding region and a waveguide core therebetween, where the third cladding region comprises a portion of the second polymer layer, and the waveguide core comprises a portion of the first polymer layer. In some examples, the polymer multilayer may be formed on a substrate such that the waveguide is formed on the substrate. Additionally, the waveguide may be formed temporarily to test components of an optoelectronic system and then erased by heating the polymer multilayer to destroy the waveguide core, or the waveguide may be formed as a default optical interconnection configuration that may be changed to alter the functional mode of the backplane in the manner of a jumper setting.
US09575237B2
A light guide element and a light source device using the same are provided. The light guide element has a main body. The main body has a hollow portion with a cone shape and a microstructure pattern formed on the main body. The cone-shaped hollow portion has a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion is located on the bottom surface of the main body, and has a first hollow cross section area. The top portion is opposite to the bottom surface, and has a second cross section area smaller than the first cross section area. The microstructure pattern includes high-density areas and low-density areas to improve a light distribution caused by the cone-shaped hollow portion. The light source device includes the light guide element and a ht emitting diode (LED). The LED is used to emit light into the cone-shape hollow portion through the bottom portion.
US09575236B2
An illumination apparatus includes a light source that emits light, a light guide member that has a base end surface onto which the light emitted from the light source is incident and a tip surface which is an opposite end surface to the base end surface, and guides the light from the base end surface towards the tip surface, and an attachment member that has a light shield property and an opening corresponding to a shape of the light guide member and accommodates the light guide member in the opening. The light guide member is curved so that a distance between the light guide member and the opening is gradually increased towards the tip surface-side in a longitudinal direction of the light guide member.
US09575233B2
A reflective film includes interior layers arranged to selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference, the layers extending from a first zone to a second zone of the film. The film has a first thickness and the interior layers provide a first reflective characteristic in the first zone; the film has a second thickness and the interior layers provide a second reflective characteristic in the second zone. The difference between the first and second reflective characteristics is not substantially attributable to any difference between the first and second thicknesses, which difference may be zero. Rather, the difference in the reflective characteristics is substantially attributable to reduced birefringence of at least some of the interior layers in one zone relative to the other zone. The film may also incorporate absorbing agents to assist in the manufacture or processing of the film. Related methods and articles are also disclosed.
US09575231B2
An infrared filter includes a transparent substrate, and an infrared-filtering multilayer film. The infrared-filtering multilayer film is coated on the transparent substrate, and the infrared-filtering multilayer film includes a plurality of the first kind of film layers, a plurality of the second kind of film layers, a plurality of the third kind of film layers and a plurality of the fourth kind of film layers, wherein the four kinds of film layers are arranged in order of gradient refractive indexes. At least two kinds of film layers are made of composite materials.
US09575230B2
A color filter comprising a cured layer of a photosensitive resist composition comprising a highly reactive polyacrylate monomer and a process for the preparation thereof are provided. The color filter is especially useful for low temperature applications such as electrophoretic displays, polymer dispersed liquid crystal displays, OLED devices and the like.
US09575216B2
An infrared-transmitting film which is excellent in mechanical strength and environmental resistance. The infrared-transmitting film comprises a buffer layer formed on a surface of an infrared optical substrate and having a Vickers hardness greater than that of the substrate and an environmental resistance improving layer provided in contact with the buffer layer and having a Vickers hardness greater than that of the buffer layer.
US09575215B2
An exemplary method for making a light blocking plate includes the steps of providing a flat plate-like light pervious member; forming a plurality of spaced ceramic power layers on the light pervious member; forming a light blocking layer over the light pervious member and side faces of the ceramic power layers; forming an electromagnetic shielding layer over the light blocking layer; removing top portions of the ceramic power layers with remaining portions of the ceramic power layers thus exposed; and removing the remaining portions of the ceramic power layers.
US09575212B2
Described herein are copolymers constructed from chiral, non-racemic monomers, which self-assemble to photonic crystals. The difficulty of incorporating chiral elements into photonic crystals has limited the ability to generate unique bandstructures for different circular polarizations of light. The materials and methods described herein relate to easily, predictably fabricating chiral photonic crystals having desirable optical properties.
US09575203B2
method of comparing a secondary oil recovery process with a tertiary oil recovery process, the secondary oil recovery process and the tertiary oil recovery process being applied to a substantially fluid-saturated porous medium containing an oil phase and an aqueous phase. The method comprising using relaxation time measurements in the calculation of a wettability index modification factor for the oil phase or the aqueous phase, thereby comparing the tertiary oil recovery process with the secondary oil recovery process.
US09575191B2
Embodiments of a solid state photomultiplier are provided herein. In some embodiments, a solid state photomultiplier may include a microcell configured to generate an analog signal when exposed to optical photons, a quench resistor electrically coupled to the microcell in series; and a first switch disposed between the quench resistor and an output of the solid state photomultiplier, the first switch electrically coupled to the microcell via the quench resistor and configured to selectively couple the microcell to the output.
US09575183B2
A measurement system including a tracking measurement device, a tracked measurement device, and a positioning unit disposed at least partly on the tracked measurement device. The positioning unit includes a tracking groove formed in a surface of the positioning unit, the tracking groove having a non-repeating pattern, and a positioning target configured to interface with the tracking groove so as to be movable within and along at least a portion of the tracking groove, where the positioning target is configured to interface with the tracking measurement device to effect a position determination of the tracked measurement device in a global coordinate system of the tracking measurement device.
US09575181B2
The invention relates to an optical measuring apparatus (1) for a vehicle (6), having at least one optical transmitter, at least one optical receiver (12) and a deflection mirror arrangement having at least one deflection mirror (11), wherein the edge contour (27, 28) of a deflection mirror (11) of a reception unit of the measuring apparatus (1) matches the contour (41) formed by marginal rays (40) in a received beam (38). The invention also relates to a vehicle having such an apparatus (1).
US09575180B2
A building comprising a plurality of rooms (10) includes a room occupancy sensing apparatus. A light source (20) emits a series of light pulses (22), a plurality of waveguides deliver light from the light source to output nodes (60) located in the rooms, and a signal capture unit (30) receives output signals resulting from light reflected by objects in the rooms. The apparatus detects movement, of for example a person (40), in a room and ascertains the room concerned by virtue of (i) detecting a difference between the shape of the waveform of the signal (24 i) received at the signal capture unit (30) in response to a first emitted light pulse and the shape of the waveform of the signal (24m) received at the signal capture unit in response to a second emitted light pulse and (ii) relating said reflected light pulses to the appropriate output node and therefore to the room (10) associated with that output node (60).
US09575178B2
A beamforming method includes: generating a main beam signal by performing, with a focus on a first region, a delay and sum operation on receiving echo signals; generating a sub beam signal which has a low sensitivity to ultrasound signals reflected off the first region; and generating a narrow beam signal by (i) calculating a coefficient for narrowing an angle of the main beam signal, and (ii) multiplying the main beam signal by the coefficient, wherein in the generating of a sub beam signal, the sub beam signal is generated using a differential signal that is a difference between two beam signals each of which is generated by performing a delay and sum operation on the receiving echo signals, with a focus on a corresponding one of two regions of a subject which are different from the first region and are different from each other.
US09575177B2
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for obtaining data to determine one or more characteristics of a wind flow field using one or more radars. Data is collected from the one or more radars, and analyzed to determine the one or more characteristics of the wind flow field. The one or more radars are positioned to have a portion of the wind flow field within a scanning sector of the one or more radars.
US09575176B2
The target detecting device comprises a radar sensor, an imaging sensor, and an ECU. The target detected by the radar sensor is selected under certain conditions, for example, i) a reception intensity of the reflected radar waves is equal to or more than a predetermined value, or ii) the target is moving, to be outputted externally. When a stopped vehicle is detected on a road by the sensor, and a target, for example a pedestrian, present behind the stopped vehicle is detected from the image acquired by the imaging sensor by performing image recognition using predetermined patterns of a target, the ECU makes the selection condition less restrictive than the selection condition for targets other than the target present behind the stopped vehicle, or unconditionally selects the target present behind the stopped vehicle.
US09575172B2
A handheld scanner system for obtaining sizing of an irregularly shaped object. The system includes a housing and an inertial measurement unit configured to record orientation and displacement history of the housing. An optical module includes at least one 3D optical sensor configured to generate a 3D point cloud of information about the object. A radar module includes at least one radar sensor configured to sense spacing between the housing and the object. A processor receives data from the inertial measurement unit, the optical module and the radar module and creates a map representing the object based on the received data.
US09575165B2
An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound imaging system include a plurality of transducer elements arranged in an array. The plurality of transducer elements are organized to form a transmit aperture and a receive aperture. The ultrasound probe and ultrasound imaging system include a plurality of summing nodes. The ultrasound probe and ultrasound imaging system include a set of receive switches associated with each of the transducer elements in the receive aperture. Each set of receive switches is configured to selectively connect the associated transducer element to any one of the plurality of summing nodes.
US09575164B2
A LIDAR sensor system includes: a transmitting unit including one or more emitting units so as to transmit polarization lasers to an object; a receiving unit configured to receive reflection light reflected on the object; and a processing unit configured to sense the object from the reflection light, and the transmitting unit may include a first emitting unit emitting a first laser and a second emitting unit emitting a second laser having polarization light orthogonal to the first laser.
US09575162B2
A method for increasing resolution of an image formed of received light from an illuminated spot includes measuring a y vector for measurement kernels A1 to AM, where M is a number of the measurement kernels, measuring the y vector including programming a programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask located in a return path of a received reflected scene spot with a jth measurement kernel Aj of the measurement kernels A1 to AM, measuring y, wherein y is an inner product of a scene reflectivity f(α,β) with the measurement kernel Aj for each range bin ri, wherein α and β are azimuth and elevation angles, respectively, repeating programming the programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask and measuring y for each measurement kernel A1 to AM, and forming a reconstructed image using the measured y vector, wherein forming the reconstructed image includes using compressive sensing or Moore-Penrose reconstruction.
US09575151B2
In a method to operate a magnetic resonance apparatus with a magnetic resonance sequence—in particular a PETRA sequence—in which k-space is radially scanned for an image acquisition in a first region of k-space that does not include the center of k-space, and in which an excitation pulse is radiated as the full strength of at least two phase coding gradients is reached, and in which k-space is scanned in a Cartesian manner—in particular by single point imaging—in a second region of k-space remaining without the first region, the gradient strength corresponding to a shortest total acquisition time is determined automatically from predetermined sequence parameters and/or sequence parameters defined by a user. The sequence parameters parameterize the magnetic resonance sequence and describe the number of acquisitions for the regions of k-space and the repetition time, and the gradient strength is indicated to a user as a recommendation and/or is set automatically in the implementation of the magnetic resonance sequence.
US09575148B2
In a method for guiding brachytherapy radiation treatment the patient is supported on a table and an MR magnet is brought into the treatment bunker through doors for imaging while the after-loader for the radiation source delivery is stored away in a storage location outside the RF shield. A safety system controls movement of the after-loader and the magnet. Images of the patient obtained while the patient is on the table are used to locate the applicator with respect to the lesion and organs-at-risk. The MR and X-ray compatible patient support table with MR coil integration includes a removable end-extension, which provides pelvic access for applicator insertion.
US09575143B2
The present invention discloses a design for a single-chip dual-axis magnetic field sensor, based on magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) elements and permanent magnets integrated on a semiconductor substrate to produce two types of sensor bridges that detect orthogonal magnetic field components. The orthogonal magnetic field component detection capability results from the different types of sensor bridges that can be produced by varying the shape of the MTJ elements and the bias fields that can be created by permanent magnets. Because the permanent magnets can create orthogonal bias fields on the different sensor bridges, it is possible to use a single pinned layer to set direction for both sensor bridges. This is advantageous because it permits the two-axis sensor to be fabricated on a single semiconductor chip without the need for specialized processing technology such as local heating, or deposition of multiple magnetoresistive films with different pinned layers setting directions.
US09575137B2
A control apparatus includes, for example, an input unit to which a plurality of pieces of voltage information related to a voltage of an electric storage unit upon discharge are input, and a determination unit configured to use the voltage information in an early stage of the discharge and determine the presence or absence of a deterioration of the electric storage unit.
US09575127B2
Provided are a motor control device (1) for controlling a motor (2) having a plurality of phases, for quickly and accurately detecting a phase in which an open-state fault has occurred when the open-state fault occurs in a target phase. When a power-supply voltage (Vb) is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage (Vthr), a motor rotation speed (ω) is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed (ωthr), a target x-phase voltage command (Vx*) is not in the vicinity of zero, a current (Ix) of the target x-phase is equal to or lower than a predetermined current (Iu_thr), and a state in which a control error is equal to or larger than a predetermined error is detected over a predetermined time period or longer, occurrence of an open-state fault in the target phase is determined.
US09575120B2
A method for scanning a partially functional chip. The method may include applying a failed core map to the partially functional chip, bypassing at least one failed core scan chain, based on contents of the failed core map. The method may also include performing comparisons of scan status information to the failed core map and inhibiting movement of scan data of at least one failed core, based on results of the comparisons.
US09575119B1
A delay measurement technique using a tapped delay line edge capture circuit that captures tap position of edges within the delay line provides accuracy of measurement to one pico-second and below. A control circuit causes latches to capture an edge of a signal delayed through the delay line at taps of the delay line. The frequency of a clock from which the signal is derived is adjusted and tap outputs are captured by latches and averaged. A first frequency is found at which the average edge position is midway between two adjacent tap positions. A second signal, which may be the reference signal that clocks the latches, is propagated through the delay line and a second frequency is found for which the average edge position lies at the boundary between the two tap positions. The delay is determined from the difference between the periods of the first frequency and the second frequency.
US09575115B2
A system and method sorts integrated circuit devices. Integrated circuit devices are manufactured on a wafer according to an integrated circuit design using manufacturing equipment. The design produces integrated circuit devices that are identically designed and perform differently based on manufacturing process variations. The integrated circuit devices are for use in a range of environmental conditions, when placed in service. Testing is performed on the integrated circuit devices. Environmental maximums are individually predicted for each device. The environmental maximums comprise ones of the environmental conditions that must not be exceeded for each device to perform above a given failure rate. Each integrated circuit device is assigned at least one of a plurality of grades based on the environmental maximums predicted for each device. The integrated circuit devices are provided to different forms of service having different ones of the environmental conditions based on the grades assigned to each device.
US09575113B2
In one example, a method includes determining that an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is saturated, and while the IGBT is saturated, determining a collector-emitter saturation voltage (VCESat) of the IGBT.
US09575112B2
A test system includes row decoder, column decoder, row test controller, and test circuit. The row decoder activates one of first through M-th row signals based on plurality of row input signals. The column decoder activates one of first through N-th column signals based on plurality of column input signals. The row test controller outputs first through N-th column output signals, which are activated, when row test enable signal is activated. The row test controller outputs the first through N-th column signals as the first through N-th column output signals respectively when the row test enable signal is deactivated. The test circuit includes first through M-th row test blocks, each of which includes first through N-th test units. The test circuit simultaneously performs short test of the first through N-th test units included in row test block when the row test enable signal is activated.
US09575109B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for remote coal mine leakage test. The remote leakage test method comprising: installing and connecting a leakage test device (3) at the a control switch (2) located at the most distal end of a coal mine power line (5); a leakage detection and protection device (1) connecting the leakage test device (3) via the coal mine power line (5) and providing it with a detection circuit for detecting whether remote leakage has occurred; generating a grounding current flowing through the coal mine power line (5) by controlling the grounding of the leakage test device (3); the leakage detection and protection device (1) detecting the grounding current, and enabling a leakage protection relay (KA) to operate, so as to cut off the coal mine power line (5); and detecting the coal mine power line (5) or manually observing an indication lamp (HL), so as to determine whether the remote leakage test is successful. The coal mine remote leakage test device and method are safe, convenient and time-saving.
US09575105B1
Various embodiments of the invention enable low-power accurate measurement of complex impedance at a range of frequencies of interest to determine a frequency response of a test sample. The system requires only a few external precision components that are not integrated into a microprocessor, thereby, providing a low-cost alternative to existing designs. In certain embodiments, low-power operation is accomplished by utilizing a simplified digital signal processing scheme that requires only a small number of ADC samples. Measurement accuracy is achieved by a digital conversion to baseband that does not suffer from channel matching issues and by utilizing a single analog path.
US09575102B2
A dispersed state monitoring device for distributed generation includes a power module, an input conditioning module, a data processing module and a network communication module which are connected one after another in this order. The power is input, via a civil plug and a 220V power socket, to the power module and the input conditioning module in the device at the same time. The power module ensures normal operation of the device through conditioning of a voltage. The input conditioning module is configured to condition input voltage signals, extract voltage transient-state and steady-state signals to be analyzed, and inputting the signals to the data processing module. The data processing module is configured to analyze the voltage transient-state and steady-state signals, judge the operating state of the distributed power source, and output a judging result to the network communication module. The result is output from the network communication module via a standard RJ45 Ethernet interface.
US09575097B2
Composite material sheets containing conductive fibers are laminated, and release films are interposed between the sheets so as to extend from one end to the center of the sheets. The sheets are heated under pressure to shape a composite material. Discrete conductive wires through which a measurement current is passed are connected to end surfaces of the respective layers in the composite material on the side on which the release films are interposed. A common conductive wire through which the measurement current is passed is connected to a surface of one of an uppermost layer and a lowermost layer at an end of the composite material opposite to the side on which the release films are interposed. A current is passed between the common conductive wire and the discrete conductive wires. Currents in the respective layers are sequentially or simultaneously measured using an ammeter.
US09575089B1
Various embodiments of the invention allow to cancel demodulation phase error. In certain embodiments, cancellation is accomplished by determining the phase delay of a drive front end signal that is in phase with an undesired signal and digitally adjusting the demodulation signal with a calibrated signal. The phase delay may be adaptively compensated during regular circuit operation, only at predetermined times, or during a factory calibration.
US09575082B2
The automatic analysis device includes an analysis unit that corrects, based on a measured value at the time of a first light amount measurement with water dispensed in the reaction cell before the sample is dispensed therein; a measured value at the time of a second light amount measurement after the sample and a preprocessing reagent are dispensed into the reaction cell; a liquid amount in the reaction cell at the time of the second light amount measurement; and a liquid amount in the reaction cell at the time of a third light amount measurement after the reaction reagent has been dispensed into the reaction cell and before the reaction reagent and the substance to be measured react with each other.
US09575079B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for effectively measuring cholesterol using a small amount of blood. The apparatus for measuring cholesterol includes a cartridge where an upper case having a sample transferring membrane is movably coupled to a lower case having a sample measuring membrane; a cartridge accommodation unit configured to accommodate the cartridge therein; a memory configured to store therein setting information for sample measurement; and a controller configured to align the membranes of the upper case and the lower case with each other, by horizontally moving the lower case of the cartridge, according to the stored setting information, and configured to contact the membranes of the upper case and the lower case with each other, by vertically moving the upper case for sample transfer on each alignment position.
US09575072B2
The invention is directed, in part, to the use of gelsolin to diagnose, monitor, and treat subjects with renal failure (e.g., chronic renal failure subjects on dialysis).
US09575065B2
Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a bodily sample obtained from the individual or test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of MPO mass in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of one or more select MPO-generated oxidation products in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. The select MPO-generated oxidation products are dityrosine, nitrotyrosine, methionine sulphoxide or an MPO-generated lipid peroxidation products. Levels of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in bodily samples from the test subject are then compared to a predetermined value that is derived from measurements of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in comparable bodily samples obtained from the general population or a select population of human subjects. Such comparison characterizes the test subject's risk of developing CVD.
US09575059B2
A concentration agent for microorganisms is provided that contains both lanthanum and carbonate. Additionally, articles that include the concentration agent and methods of concentrating a microorganism using the concentration agent are provided.
US09575047B2
A method of evaluating stabilization fluids for use in a subterranean formation having a clay composition is disclosed. The method features providing a plurality of replicant core samples representative of the composition of a subterranean formation. A plurality of stabilization fluids are introduced to the plurality of replicant core sample such that an eluted mixture is extracted from a second end of each replicant core sample. Afterwards, at least one property of the eluted mixture from each replicant core sample is determined.
US09575034B2
Immersion ultrasonic NDE is performed within cavities of inanimate objects, having downwardly directed openings, such as for in situ inspection of steam inlet sleeves and steam inlet necks within steam turbine housings. A shaft assembly has one or more single angle or phased array ultrasonic probes that are affixed on an upstream or distal end. An inflatable bladder is affixed to the shaft on a proximal end of the shaft assembly downstream the ultrasonic probe(s). The shaft is inserted into the cavity opening, and the bladder is inflated to form a fluid tight seal against the cavity. Immersion fluid is introduced upstream the bladder in the volume occupied by the probes. Immersion ultrasonic inspection of the object is then performed.
US09575027B2
Methods for distinguishing between an aqueous non-blood sample (e.g., a control solution) and a blood sample are provided herein. In one aspect, the method includes using a test strip in which multiple current transients are measured by a meter electrically connected to an electrochemical test strip. The current transients are used to determine if a sample is a blood sample or an aqueous non-blood sample based on characteristics of the sample (e.g., amount of interferent present, reaction kinetics, and/or capacitance). The method can also include calculating a discrimination criteria based upon these characteristics. Various aspects of a system for distinguishing between a blood sample and an aqueous non-blood sample are also provided herein.
US09575017B2
An assembly for Kratky collimator is provided. The assembly may be used for a small angle x-ray camera or system requiring such filtering. The assembly may include a first block with a first working surface and a second block with a second working surface. The first and second blocks may be aligned with the first working surface pointing an opposite direction of the second working surface and the first working surface being aligned in a common plane with the second working surface. In some implementations, the first block may comprise a crystal material. In some implementations, an extension may of the first block may be configured position a beamstop.
US09575012B2
In semiconductor fabrication processes, one or more wafers are often exposed to processes such as chemical vapor deposition to form semiconductor components thereupon. Often, some of the wafers exhibit flaws due to contamination or processing errors occurring before, during, or after component formation. Inspection of the wafers is often performed by direct visual inspection of humans, which is prone to errors due to flaws that are too small to view directly; to particles naturally arising in the human eye; and to fatigue caused by inspection of large numbers of wafers. Presented herein are inspection techniques involving positioning the wafer in a dark chamber exposing the surface of the wafer to a light source at a first angle, and capturing with a camera an image of the light source reflected from the surface of the wafer at a second angle. Wafers identified as exhibiting flaws are removed from the wafer set.
US09575011B2
An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an unpeeled surface area of the object.
US09575009B2
The present description relates to a remote connection system suitable for being incorporated in an aircraft (1A, 1B, 1C) comprising at least one engine propeller (50A, 50B, 50C) having a plurality of blades (52A, 52B, 52C) suitable for rotating relative to a stationary module (10A, 10B, 10C) of the aircraft about an engine axis (X). The remote connection system comprises: a light emitter device configured, when the remote connection system is incorporated in the aircraft (1A, 1B, 1C), to emit a light beam that emerges to the outside of the propeller (50A, 50B, 50C), from at least one emission surface (54A, 54B, 54C) of said propeller (50A, 50B, 50C).
US09575008B2
The invention teaches a new apparatus and method to photograph glasses in multiple layers for taking high quality photo images with scratch, crash, black/white defect, lack, crack, pin-hole, concave edge and raised edge, bubble and smudge defects on the surface-layer, backside-layer or/and mid-layer of the glasses. The invention also introduces flexible and expendable photographing hardware architecture that will meet various customers inspecting defects requirements and speed requirements.
US09574997B2
A method for classifying sugar beet seeds, comprising the steps of measuring an IR-spectrum of each seed, preferably sugar beet seeds, classifying seeds according to their IR-spectrum, wherein the seed-class differs from other seed-classes by a quality of composition, wherein said quality of composition is reflected in a specific IR-spectrum. In one embodiment the seeds are sorted according to their classification by a sorting means.
US09574993B2
A spectrometer equipped with an integrating sphere is used to measure a reflection spectrum from a suspension in a container when the suspension is irradiated with measurement light, of which wavelengths are selected from a wavelength range including near infrared. Reflection spectra of a number of types of standard samples, of which concentrations in the suspension are already known, are used to prepare a measurement model in accordance with an assay technique on the basis of a recursion. A concentration of the material in the suspension is found using the measurement model.
US09574989B2
A lens-free imaging system for detecting particles in a sample deposited on image sensor includes a fluidic chamber for holding a sample and an image sensor for imaging the sample, wherein the image sensor has a light receiving surface and a plurality of photosensitive pixels disposed underneath the light receiving surface, and wherein the fluidic chamber formed at least in part by the light receiving surface. A method for detecting particles of interest in a sample deposited on an image sensor, through lens-free imaging using the image sensor, includes (ii) generating an image of the sample, deposited on a light receiving surface of the image sensor, by illuminating the sample, and (ii) detecting the particles of interest in the image.
US09574988B2
A sensor for measuring particles in contaminated media contains an optically transparent measuring cell, through which a capillary tube for conducting and measuring a medium passes, an optical detector, and a magnetic detector. The measuring cell is cylindrical, the capillary tube extends coaxially in the measuring cell and an inspection space is arranged in a center of the measuring cell. On the inspection space an optical lens system having a light source and at least one optical detector is focused. Differential coils for producing and detecting a coaxial alternating magnetic field form the magnetic detector on the shaft of the measuring cell, which differential coils are controlled in such a way that the alternating magnetic field is canceled out in the inspection space.
US09574979B2
In order to test battery plate packs (12, 13), the battery plate packs are transported between conveyor belts (5, 6) while compressed to a specified thickness, and the force required for the compression is detected by measuring cells (14) while the battery plate packs are being transported, which measuring cells are associated with a pressing plate (11) associated with one of the conveyor belts (5). If the force deviates from a specified value, the battery plate pack is evaluated as faulty and is ejected.
US09574977B2
Highly efficient and rapid filtration-based concentration devices, systems and methods are disclosed with sample fluidic lines and a filter packaged in a disposable tip which concentrate biological particles that are suspended in liquid from a dilute feed suspension. A sample concentrate or retentate suspension is retained while eliminating the separated fluid in a separate flow stream. The concentrate is then dispensed from the disposable tip in a set volume of elution fluid. Suspended biological particles include such materials as proteins/toxins, viruses, DNA, and/or bacteria in the size range of approximately 0.001 micron to 20 microns diameter. Concentration of these particles is advantageous for detection of target particles in a dilute suspension, because concentrating them into a small volume makes them easier to detect. A single-use pipette tip includes fluid ports for aspirating the sample and connecting to a concentrating unit.
US09574973B2
A microtome method and apparatus includes a microtome blade configured to oscillate in a direction transverse to a direction of advancing a cut, and a first flexure to support and guide the blade. The first flexure is compliant in the transverse direction while being stiff in the cut direction. A second flexure operatively engaged at one end portion with the first flexure, is stiff in the transverse direction while being compliant in the cut direction. The other end portion of the second flexure is rotatably engaged by an eccentric driven by a rotatable actuator, which oscillates the blade in the transverse direction while effectively isolating non-transverse motion from the blade. The second flexure is configured to move independently of any guides or other stationary objects during oscillation.
US09574972B2
Methods and systems are provided for evaluating a steering system of a vehicle, in which the steering system includes a steering column, steering rack, and pinion. The rack is manipulated as the steering system is mounted to a testing system. The steering column is also manipulated as the steering system is mounted to the testing system. Data is collected from the manipulating of the rack and the dithering of the steering column for use in evaluating the steering system.
US09574971B2
A method for assessing a cold start emission reduction (CSER) strategy applied to an engine system is provided. The method determines a first accumulation value based on an estimated output signal that would result from applying a first control command to the engine system. The method determines a second accumulation value based on a measured output signal resulting from applying a second control command that implements the CSER strategy to the engine system. The method compares the first accumulation value and the second accumulation value. The method determines whether the applying the second command to the engine system achieved a performance threshold of the CSER strategy based on the comparing.
US09574963B2
The invention relates to a device for monitoring a probe for measuring the pressure of a flow; the probe comprising an internal volume; the device comprising: an acoustic transmitter and receiver, a connection intended to connect the device to the probe, for the transmitter to transmit an acoustic signal in the internal volume and for the receiver to pick up an acoustic signal in the internal volume. The device also comprises an electronic module comprising: an audio transmission and reception circuit, linked to the transmitter and to the receiver by analog link, a non-erasable memory comprising a digital encryption key, an erasable read-only memory, a digital communication interface, configured to transmit or receive digital signals between the outside of the device and the audio circuit, the non-erasable memory and the erasable read-only memory.
US09574962B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic attachment comprising a hydraulic circuit, the attachment being a construction or demolition tool, in particular a hydraulic breaker, demolition shears, scrap shears, a pulverizer, a gripper, a crusher bucket or a compactor, which can be mechanically connected to a support device and hydraulically connected to the hydraulic system of the support device. In order to enable the hydraulic circuit to be opened quickly and safely within an attachment and, in particular, to make it possible to display the presence of a particular pressure level within a hydraulic attachment and to determine whether a dangerous residual pressure is present in the system, a hydraulic attachment is proposed that has a residual pressure display (40) which is connected to the hydraulic circuit of the attachment in a detachable or non-detachable manner.
US09574961B2
A pressure sensor device which uses appropriate passivation materials/patterns to make the device more robust and resistant to a hot and humid environment. The pressure sensor device uses moisture resistant passivation material(s) covering exposed glass areas, including sidewalls, and bonding interfaces to avoid the glass and bonding interfaces absorbing and reacting with moisture, thus maintaining the integrity of the device output after exposure in a humid/hot environment. These passivation materials/patterns used for the MEMS devices described may be applied to any MEMS based sensors and actuators using glass as one type of material for fabrication. The pressure sensor devices may be front side absolute pressure sensors, differential pressure sensors, or back side absolute pressure sensors.
US09574960B2
This disclosure provides example methods, devices, and systems for an ultra-miniature, multi-hole flow angle probe. The construction, packaging of a multitude of absolute and or differential pressure transducers or sensors are invented for the purpose of providing highly accurate measurement of flow properties, flow angle in particular. The unique placement of sensors leads to further miniaturization relative to current state of the art. Further the use of closely coupled, differential transducer or transducers achieves higher accuracy measurement of small pressure variations coupled with large mean or average baseline pressures, as is demanded in modern aerodynamic or turbo-machinery devices. The use and installation of ultra-miniature sensors insider the device invented herein achieves higher frequency response than allowable via previous state of the part.
US09574944B1
A cw terahertz image beam is upconverted by a nonlinear optical process (e.g., sum- or difference-frequency generation with a near IR cw upconverting beam). The upconverted image is acquired by a near IR image detector. The bandwidths and center wavelengths of the terahertz image beam and the upconverting beam are such that wavelength filtering can be employed to permit an upconverted image beam to reach the detector while blocking or substantially attenuating the upconverting beam.
US09574936B2
A planar imaging sensor is provided. The planar imaging sensor comprises a plurality of photo detectors, wherein the plurality of photo detectors are divided into at least a first group and a second group. The number of photo detectors in the second group is larger than the number of photo detectors in the first group. The photo detectors of the first group are configured to have a first detection window, while the photo detectors of the second group are configured to have a second detection window. The second detection window is configured to start later in time than the first detection window.
US09574933B2
Provided a terahertz-wave detection element with high spatial resolution and suppressing a crack occurrence. A method of manufacturing the detection element capable of detecting a spatial intensity distribution of a terahertz wave includes: a step of forming an oxide layer on one main surface of a first substrate consisting of an electro-optic crystal; a step of joining the one main surface of the first substrate and a second substrate by an adhesive consisting; a step of thinning the first substrate of a joined body, to a thickness of 1-30 μm by polishing the first substrate; and a step of obtaining a large number of terahertz-wave detection elements by cutting the joined body. The oxide layer is formed such that the first substrate becomes convex to a side of the one main surface by causing a tensile stress to act on it.
US09574932B2
A device (14) allows a door of a balance draft shield enclosure (12) to be activated by a carrier fork (4) of a robot (5). The vertically movable draft shield door (13) sets open an access opening in a raised position and closes the opening in a lowered position. A door-lifter with a force-application element (41) is connected to the draft shield door for application of an upward-directed vertical force. A transmitting mechanism (15), standing clear of the balance (11) includes a force-receiving element (20, 21, 26, 27) that is moved vertically by the carrier fork, between upper and lower end positions. It further includes at least one direction-reversing element (22, 23, 24, 25, 29), coupled to the force-receiving element for coupling to the force-application element, a return spring (28), and a spring-biased locking latch (30).
US09574931B2
A checkweigher (10) for measuring the weight of a pre-metered dose of medicament in a pharmaceutical blister (12) is provided. The checkweigher comprises a rotatable blister support element (14) for supporting a plurality of blisters (12), an evacuation assembly (16) for sequentially accessing and removing the contents of the plurality of blisters (12) as the blister support element rotates, a load sensor (18) for weighing the blister support element (14) and the plurality of blisters (12), drive means (20) for moving the blister support element (14) to and from the load sensor (18), and a controller (22) for controlling the drive means (20). The plurality of blisters (12) may be provided as single blister units or as part of a blister pack.
US09574927B2
A liquid level switch is provided having a first elongated substrate having one, two or three or more pairs of elongated electrical conductors thereon, a second elongated substrate having one two or three or more electrically conductive areas thereon, each electrically conductive area being positioned over an associated pair of electrical conductors positioned on the first elongated non-electrically conductive substrate for enabling electrical bridging contact between conductors of the pairs of electrical conductors, and a substrate coupler is provided for coupling the first and second non-electrically conductive substrates together for providing separation of the non-electrically conductive substrates in the absence of hydrostatic pressure thereon, and for causing contact between the first and second non-electrically conductive substrates in the presence of hydrostatic pressure thereon, producing the electrical bridging contact between pairs of conductors on the first non-electrically conductive substrate, in turn producing multiple level output signals.
US09574925B2
A fluid measurement device includes a circuit unit into which a first signal output from a first detection element and a second signal output from a second detection element are input. The circuit unit includes a signal processing part, a state deciding part, and a controller. The controller controls an amount of change that a change of the first signal imparts to the third signal in accordance with a result of decision by the state deciding part that determines that the state of the first signal is not within the predetermined range. The predetermined range is based on the second signal.
US09574923B2
A linear water meter system may include a metering system, a ball valve, a power generation system, a wireless communication system, or a combination thereof. The linear water meter system may provide a linear pathway through the meter that minimizes pressure loss in the system. Two pathways may be provided through the power generation system. One pathway may be utilized to generate power, and the other pathway may provide a bypass that can be utilized to maintain a desired water pressure level in the system.
US09574920B2
A storage and measurement container for retaining a quantity of particulate material and dispensing a measured serving thereof. The container comprises an interior volume that is dividable into an upper volume and a lower volume via a slide, a sliding member that selectively occupies the lower volume, and a bottom lid for dispensing the contents of the lower volume. Pulling the slide and the sliding member out from the container causes granular material, such as flour or spices, to fall from the upper volume to the lower volume that is vacated by the sliding member. Measurement indicia on the slide corresponds to the amount of volume vacated by the sliding member. Once the desired amount of material has been deposited into the lower volume, the slide can be closed to seal the upper volume from the lower volume, and the contents of the lower volume can then be dispensed therefrom.
US09574915B1
The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of displacement vectors based on the N frames of laser speckle image, so as to eventually calculate N number of angle coordinates corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image based on the plurality of displacement vectors. Moreover, a rotation matrix is further proposed and used in this precision calibration method, and used for treating the displacement vectors with a displacement vector transforming process in order to effectively enhance the position precision of the high-precise rotary encoder system.
US09574914B2
Methods and systems for determining elapsed sensor life in medical systems, and more specifically continuous analyte monitoring systems.
US09574911B2
A two-core optical fiber is provided for use in Brillouin distributed fiber sensor applications and systems. The two-core fiber includes a first and second core. Each core is configured to exhibit a Brillouin frequency shift greater than 30 Mhz relative to the other core. Further, each core possesses temperature and strain coefficients that differ from the other core. The cores can be configured to produce Brillouin frequency shift levels of at least 30 Mhz relative to one another. These differences in shift levels may be effected by adjustment of the material compositions, doping concentrations and/or refractive index profiles of each of the cores. These optical fibers may also be used in BOTDR- and BOTDA-based sensor systems and arrangements.
US09574904B2
A rotational angle detector includes a rotary element rotatable around a rotational axis line, the rotary element having a detected portion on an outer circumference, a detection element provided on a radially outside of the detected portion so as to face the detected portion, and a seat having a mounting surface on which the detection element can be mounted, the mounting surface extending around the rotational axis line. The seat is configured such that a distance between the mounting surface and the detected portion in a direction parallel to the rotational axis line varies along a circumferential direction of the seat.
US09574902B2
The invention relates to gyroscopic instruments. The method for calibrating the scale factor of an angular velocity sensor or an axisymmetric vibratory gyroscope, which method uses a control amplitude signal, a control precessional signal CP and a control quadrature signal CQ for exciting the vibration of a resonator on a resonant frequency, involves a first step of pre-calibration which consists of measuring and recording an initial scale factor and the value of an initial control signal, and a second step of measuring the value of the current control signal and establishing a scale factor SF that is corrected on the basis of a proportional relationship involving the initial scale factor SF°, the initial value of the control signal Y° and the current value of the control signal Y° according to the formula SF=SF°Y/Y°.
US09574900B2
A navigation apparatus includes a map data storage apparatus which obtains map data needed for drawing an object; a map buffer; a map drawing unit which generates image information corresponding to an object included in a background image on the basis of the map data, and stores the image information in a frame buffer; and a display processing unit which reads out the image information stored in the frame buffer and displays a map image on a display apparatus. The map drawing unit generates shadow image information for a shadow region of the object which is a region sandwiched between an outline of the object and an outline of the object after the object has been moved in a predetermined direction.
US09574894B1
The position and/or movement of at least one device for a user can be monitored over time, and various types of information inferred based on patterns in that user behavior. A device can determine various locations where a user typically stays for a period of time, as well as the routes the user takes to get to those locations. Based upon time, date, and various other information, the device can infer the type of location and/or route, as well as the likelihood that the user will take a given route to one of those locations at any time. By being able to infer future actions and locations of the user at certain times, a device can proactively provide a variety of functionality to the user, such as to provide suggested alternative routes, move meetings, notify others of estimated times of arrival, and perform other such tasks.
US09574892B2
A system is disclosed for providing a waste management app. The system may have a locating device disposed onboard a service vehicle and configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, an input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle, and to track movement of the service vehicle during performance of the waste services based on the first signal. The controller may also be configured to provide a graphical user interface for display on the input device, listing the waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and showing a location of the service vehicle relative to at least one location at which the waste services are to be performed.
US09574890B2
The disclosure generally relates to techniques that may reduce power consumption and improve user experience when using a personal navigation device or other mobile device to navigate along familiar routes or road segments. In particular, in response to a current position associated with the device corresponding to a familiar road segment (e.g., based on an index indicating how often the road segment was previously traversed), voice assistance and a display may be disabled and/or a frequency at which a receiver acquires signals to determine the current position may be reduced. Furthermore, a navigation application executing on the device may be automatically exited if the familiar road segment further includes a route destination. In other use cases, road segment familiarity and travel histories may be used in route planning, managing incoming calls or messages, and media playback, among other things.
US09574881B2
A method for controlling an antenna of a mobile communication application system based on double quaternions in MEMS inertial navigation. The method comprises: introducing an antenna control quaternion based on a navigation attitude quaternion; in each interrupt cycle of a navigation computer, updating the two quaternions respectively using a carrier system measured by a gyroscope relative to a rotation vector of an ideal platform coordinate system; in each filter cycle, correcting the error of the navigation attitude quaternion respectively using a Kalman filter; according to the relationship between the attitudes determined by the two attitude quaternions, determining the angular speed in an antenna control instruction; and finally, driving a servo system to rotate at an antenna servo control angle converted by an antenna control quaternion attitude.
US09574877B2
There is provided a barometric altimeter to detect a floor number at the current position in especially a high-rise building, and to calculate a height or a floor number more precisely. To this end, a barometric altimeter (100) stores, at a barometric pressure/height conversion coefficient storage unit (2), a plurality of barometric pressure/height conversion coefficients that is calculated beforehand based on temperature of air indoors in accordance with a month and a date, and an arithmetic expression, for which the plurality of barometric pressure/height conversion coefficients are used. For the actual operation, while a reference barometric pressure measurement/storage unit (1) measures and stores a barometric pressure at a position as reference barometric pressure, a current barometric pressure measurement unit (3) measures the barometric pressure at the position to be measured. Then a height calculation unit (5) calculates the height through predetermined calculation using the result of processing at these blocks.
US09574876B2
An angle detector detects an operation angle of an electric actuator having an electric motor. The electric motor generates rotation force when being energized. The angle detector includes a controller. The controller calculates an average current flowing through the electric motor during operation of the electric actuator. The controller calculates the operation angle of the electric actuator from a predetermined formula by using the average current.
US09574871B2
A user measures a length of a target using a mobile terminal and measure a length, irrespective of time and place. The mobile terminal and the target are photographed together in front of the mirror, and a size of the target is estimated using a ratio of the pictured size versus the actual size of the mobile terminal. The actual size of the target is calculated by adjusting the estimated length with an error associated with a difference between a distance from the mirror to the mobile terminal and a distance from the mirror to the target, and thus, a length is more accurately measured. In addition, the error associated with the distance is corrected based on the photographed picture and data stored in a database and thus, a separate distance measurement sensor for correcting the distance is not required and the cost may be reduced.
US09574850B2
The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets.
US09574848B2
The invention relates to a sighting device having an optical reversing system (12) and a target mark as well as a ballistics computer for computing data that is relevant in terms of ballistics, the reversing system (12) being adjustable mechanically and the target mark being adjustable electronically and at least one adjusting device (13) being provided for adjusting the reversing system (12) and the target mark.
US09574846B2
A receiver having an integral stock connector component that extends along the receiver; two extension rod/rail apertures formed through the integral stock connector component, wherein each extension rod/rail aperture is formed so as to slidably receive an extension rod/rail extending from a buttstock, such that each extension rod/rail is slidably movable within one of the extension rod/rail apertures; wherein each extension rod/rail comprises a rod channel and two or more rod dimples/detents formed along the rod channel; and a latch that is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein when the latch is in the engaged position, a protrusion portion urges latch elements into the rod/rail apertures a distance that seats the latch elements into the rod dimples/detents, and wherein when the latch is in the disengaged position, the protrusion portion allows the latch elements to retract from the rod dimples/detents and into the rod channels.
US09574840B1
A mount is taught which incorporates a Picatinny rail and a handguard interface. The mount has an offset L-shape which includes an integral Picatinny rail portion for accessory mounting and an integral threaded handguard adapter portion that attaches to an existing firearm handguard. The mount has a body with the handguard adapter portion protruding outwardly on a front side, a body vertical leg and the Picatinny rail formed integrally on the bottom of a body horizontal leg. The handguard adapter has a hollow inside diameter adapted to conform to a handguard interface surface and a lockring is provided for manual adjustment of the handguard. A second embodiment omits the legs and incorporates an offset shape.
US09574836B1
Firearm magazine loader, associated components, and methods of use. The loader can be configured to load rounds of ammunition from a stripper clip into a firearm magazine. A stripper clip ejector can eject stripper clips from the loader. An ammunition transfer tool can be used for loading rounds of ammunition not on a stripper clip into the firearm magazine loader.
US09574826B2
A semi-liquid metal processing apparatus and method are presented in which a semi-liquid metal and/or semi-solid metal is introduced into a crucible and his electromagnetically stirred at a first frequency while cooling, and thereafter sidewalls of a metal charge formed of the semi-liquid metal and/or semi-solid metal are partially melted prior to tilting the crucible for removal of the metal charge.
US09574822B2
Processes and systems for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a single mixed refrigerant, closed-loop refrigeration cycle are provided. Liquefied natural gas facilities configured according to embodiments of the present invention include refrigeration cycles optimized to provide increased efficiency and enhanced operability, with minimal additional equipment or expense.
US09574821B2
A system and method for separating air in an air separation plant is provided. The disclosed systems and methods divert a portion of the compressed, purified air stream to a bypass system configured to selectively produce a higher pressure compressed output stream or a lower pressure compressed output stream. The higher pressure and/or lower pressure compressed output streams are cooled in a main heat exchanger by indirect heat transfer with a plurality of product streams from the air separation plant and then rectified in the distillation column system. A second portion of the compressed, purified air stream is partially cooled in the main heat exchanger and expanding in a turbo-expander to produce power and an exhaust stream which is directed to the distillation column system of the air separation plant where it imparts additional refrigeration generated by the expansion of the compressed air stream in the turbo-expander.
US09574818B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment provided therein, a main door pivotably mounted at one side of the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, an auxiliary storage compartment coupled to a rear of the main door, a sub door pivotably mounted at one side of the main door for opening and closing the auxiliary storage compartment, a locking device for selectively coupling the main door and the sub door to each other, a handle pivotably mounted at one side of the sub door for pivoting and opening the main door when pulled and releasing the locking device when pushed, and a lock control device mounted in the sub door for lock control with operation of the handle to release the locking device.
US09574810B1
Measured EER and COP are affected by the load under which an air conditioning, refrigeration or heating system is running; the load is a function of the evaporating and condensing temperatures. The invention makes adjustments for the purpose of maximizing measured EER and COP in a feedback loop utilized to optimize cooling or heating capacity relative to power consumed. The maximum EER is continuously achieved by incrementally adjusting each operating parameter to realize an incremental increase in EER, even as conditions such as ambient temperature are changing.
US09574807B2
A thermally driven condenser unit and an adsorption heat plant constructed therewith, which can be used as an adsorption heat pump, adsorption refrigeration plant, heat store and/or refrigeration storage mechanism. The thermally driven condenser unit integrates a thermal compressor and a condenser in a modular component.
US09574805B2
A method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a compressor motor (170) having a motor cooling circuit in a refrigeration system (1014) is provided. The motor cooling circuit includes a second expansion valve (1043) providing fluid communication between the condenser and the compressor motor. The compressor motor (170) is in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit (1014) between downstream of the first expansion valve (1040) and a compressor inlet. Refrigerant is provided as a cooling fluid to the motor cooling circuit. A primary PID loop (402) and a secondary PID loop (414) are used to control the temperature and the flow of refrigerant to the motor (170).
US09574801B1
A method and device for cooling electronics is disclosed. The device includes a doped crystal configured to resonate at a Stark manifold resonance capable of cooling the crystal to a temperature of from about 110K to about 170K. The crystal host resonates in response to input from an excitation laser tuned to exploit the Stark manifold resonance corresponding to the cooling of the crystal.
US09574798B2
A U-shaped pulse-tube refrigerator includes a regenerative tube and a pulse-tube that are juxtaposed with each other; a communicating path that connects a low-temperature end of the regenerative tube and a low-temperature end of the pulse-tube; a heat exchanger that is provided at the low-temperature end of at least one of the regenerative tube and the pulse-tube; and a flow smoothing member that is provided between a first exit of the communicating path at a side where the heat exchanger is provided and the heat exchanger.
US09574792B2
A modular manifold for a tankless water heater includes a first cavity member and a second cavity member. The first cavity member includes a first opening, a second opening, and a first base wall. The second cavity member is coupled to the first cavity member and includes a first opening, a second opening, and a second base wall. Two of the openings are configured to receive a first conduit and a second conduit. The first and second base walls and the two openings that receive the first and second conduits define a fluid flow path through the modular manifold.
US09574779B2
A ventilation exhaust intake device is located at ceiling level of a production space and has a low profile form with combination of vertical and horizontal jets. Recesses and other feature are provided to enhance capture and containment and other functional aspects. Certain embodiments include a light source adjacent the jet registers.
US09574773B2
A combustion control device includes a combustion fan motor, a control unit, a silicon diode group, a silicon diode, and a combustion-fan-disconnection detecting unit. The control unit is configured to control a combustion state of the combustion fan motor. The silicon diode group includes at least two silicon diodes coupled in series to the combustion fan motor. The silicon diode is coupled in parallel to the silicon diode group with a reversed polarity. The combustion-fan-disconnection detecting unit includes a photocoupler and a resistor. The photocoupler and the resistor are coupled in parallel to the silicon diode group and the silicon diode with the same polarity as a polarity of the silicon diode group side.
US09574767B2
Technologies are provided for employing electrical energy to control a combustion reaction. Energy is received from a combustion reaction. A portion of the received energy is converted to generated electricity. The generated electricity converted from the combustion energy is used to control the combustion reaction.
US09574766B2
A once-through steam generator includes a combustion chamber, the walls of which comprise vertically arranged evaporator pipes connected to one another in gas-tight fashion by pipe webs, through which evaporator pipes flows a flow medium from bottom to top. The evaporator pipes are combined by upstream inlet collectors to form more intensely and less intensely heated pipe groups. A feed water supply is assigned to respective inlet collectors. At least one regulating valve regulates throttling of the mass flow of the flow medium into the evaporator pipes. To determine a control variable for the regulating valve, temperature measurement device measures outlet temperatures of the flow medium exiting the evaporator pipes. Each of the more intensely and less intensely heated pipe groups is assigned to one of the inlet collectors and to an outlet collector, and each of the outlet collectors has one of the temperature measurement devices.
US09574762B1
Devices that include light assemblies for providing visual feedback to users that operate the electronic devices. In some instances, the devices comprise voice-controlled devices and, therefore, include one or more microphones for receiving audible commands from the users. After receiving a command, for instance, one such voice-controlled device may cause a corresponding light assembly of the device to illuminate in some predefined manner. This illumination may indicate to the user that device has received the command. In other instances, the devices may illuminate the lighting assembly for an array of other purposes. For instance, one such device may illuminate the corresponding light assembly when powering on or off, playing music, outputting information to a user (e.g., via a speaker or display), or the like.
US09574760B1
A submersible luminaire includes forward and aft housings that couple together. A transparent pressure-bearing window, a window support structure, a circuit element populated with LEDs, and a pressure support structure are mounted inside the forward housing. The support structures are configured to bear at least some of the pressure applied to the transparent window from external pressure sources. The support structures are further configured to transfer thermal energy to an exterior environment.
US09574749B2
A system includes one or more lasers, a collimator, and a controller. The one or more lasers are configured to generate laser illumination. The collimator is configured to adjust at least one of a degree of collimation, a divergence, and an intensity of the laser illumination and to direct the laser illumination towards one or more targets. The controller is configured to control the one or more lasers and the collimator in order to adjust the laser illumination directed at the one or more targets, and the controller is configured to control the one or more lasers and the collimator differently in different operating modes. Example operating modes could include a spotlight mode, a single-color dazzler or pulsating mode, a multi-color dazzler or pulsating mode, a communication mode, and an infrared-based operation mode.
US09574747B2
A system may include: a light valve exposed to incident light from an external light source. The light valve may independently modulate multiple wavelength bands of the incident light that are transmitted through the light valve and into an environment that the system illuminates. A control system can operate the light valve to control a spectral distribution of light transmitted through the light valve.
US09574745B2
The invention provides a light source apparatus including first and second light sources that output light in mutually opposing directions along a single optical axis; a wavelength conversion element that is disposed between these light sources and that generates light of a wavelength different from that of said light due to irradiation with the light; a first optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the first light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that reflects back light that is scattered towards the first light source, toward the wavelength conversion element; and a second optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the second light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that deflects, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the light scattered toward the second light source and the light reflected back by the first optical member.
US09574741B2
A laser reflecting has a low transmittance at one or more laser wavelengths while substantially transmitting all other wavelengths in the spectral range of interest, is coated on one or both sides of an absorbing or non-absorbing substrate. A laser reflecting filter on both sides of an absorbing substrate can result in an enhancement of the absorption of laser light by multiple reflections of the laser light in the absorbing substrate. The high transmittance of the laser-reflecting filter at non-laser wavelengths results in a relatively high overall transmittance through the coated substrate. In the specific case of laser reflecting coatings on a lens to protect an eye, this allows a high luminous transmittance and good color discrimination.
US09574733B2
A vehicle headlight including a common light distribution unit and a variable light distribution unit and a headlight system including the headlight can form a common light distribution pattern and a variable light distribution pattern using the common and the variable light distribution units. The variable distribution unit can include a light source, a phosphor panel, a mirror reflecting/scanning light emitted from the light source onto the phosphor panel and a projector lens projecting the scanning light adjacent the common light distribution pattern. The headlight system can include a front sensor detecting a surrounding condition, and can control the common and the variable light distribution units to form an optimum light distribution pattern in accordance with surrounding conditions. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide a headlight system including a headlight that can form an optimum light distribution pattern in accordance with surrounding conditions and can have a simple structure.
US09574729B2
A stage light fixture is provided with a light source adapted to emit a light beam along an optical axis; a reflector coupled to the light source; a diaphragm arranged along the optical axis downstream of the light source; a first optical assembly, which is arranged along the optical axis between the light source and the diaphragm and is configured to selectively change the light beam dimensions.
US09574726B2
A mesh assembly having a flexible mesh sheet, said sheet defining two opposite main faces, at least one elongated sock extending along said mesh and each sock defining a tubular hollow, each of said at least one sock is loosely connected to said mesh sheet at selected intervals by attachment means; a number of light emitting means are mounted into each sock hollow at selected intervals along the length thereof, and light reflecting means being provided on at least one of said two main faces of said mesh sheet, wherein said mesh assembly generate decorative visual effects upon said light emitting means being activated.
US09574720B2
This invention is directed to a polymer thick film white reflective flexible dielectric composition comprising urethane resin, thermoplastic phenoxy resin, and white reflective powder. Dielectrics made from the composition can be used in various electronic applications to protect electrical elements and particularly to reflect light in 3D circuits containing LED's.
US09574719B1
A paintless dent removal LED light module has a plurality of selectively illuminated LED strips. There is a small gap between a generally planar diffuser panel and the LED strips, so an image formed upon the diffuser panel has parallel bright strips separated by dark regions. The LED strips are supported upon a tray bottom surface, the tray also having a circumferential and vertically rising side wall, and a lip defining a second plane generally parallel with but displaced from the tray bottom. The diffuser panel rests upon the lip, and is secured by a band having an elastomeric exterior. The tray bottom may incorporate one or more ribs to provide additional strength and rigidity. A power supply has an entirely non-marring exterior with a supporting suction cup. A ball and socket neck having an entirely non-marring exterior mechanically and electrically couples the PDR light to the power supply.
US09574706B2
The invention is directed to a folding image-device stabilizer comprising a three-axis gimbal assembly adapted to be mounted as close to the image device payload to minimize the overall deployed size. The gimbal assembly includes mechanisms to adjustably position an image device so that the stabilizer is in balance fore and aft around the ‘tilt’ axis repeatedly when the stabilizer is folded and unfolded.
US09574704B2
A furniture swivel for rotatably coupling first and second furniture components is disclosed. The furniture swivel includes a base, a rotor, and a retainer. The base may have a lower end for connecting to a first furniture component and an upper end including a planar base bearing surface. The rotor may have an upper end having a first portion for connecting to a second furniture component, and a lower end including a planar rotor bearing surface in sliding contact with the base bearing surface to form a plane bearing absent rolling elements for supporting the rotor and the first furniture component on the base. The retainer may be coupled to the base for substantially inhibiting translation of the rotor relative to the base.
US09574702B2
A system for fixing installations, such as pipes, tanks, vessels or ducts, with thermal and/or sound insulation, as well as the manufacturing and use of the system for fixing. The system for fixing installations exhibits easy mounting and fastening, and is suitable both as a system for providing pre-insulation as well as for being used on readily insulated installations.
US09574693B2
A system for reducing an acoustic load of a fluid flow includes a first pipe to carry the fluid flow; a standpipe connected to the first pipe at an opening in the first pipe; and a standpipe flow tripper provided in the standpipe. The flow tripper includes an edge extending through the opening into the flow on a downstream side of the opening. A method of reducing an acoustic load of a standing wave in a standpipe connected to a first pipe configured to carry a flow includes disrupting the flow in the first pipe at a downstream side of an opening in the first pipe to which the standpipe is connected.
US09574692B2
A conduit hub includes a conduit hub body having a cylindrical inner surface configured to receive an end of a cylindrical conduit having a male thread, wherein the conduit hub body includes a female thread and a counterbore formed in an outer rim of the cylindrical inner surface. The conduit hub further includes a wiper seal configured to fit into the counterbore such that a lip of the wiper seal extends beyond the outer rim of conduit hub body and a surface of the wiper seal engages with an outer surface of the cylindrical conduit, when the male thread of the cylindrical conduit is threaded to engage with the female thread of the conduit hub body, to resist the ingress of moisture, dirt or contaminants into the conduit hub or the conduit.
US09574681B2
A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, an intermediate lock mechanism including first and second lock members, first and second recess portions, and a guide groove, a sensor, and a control portion. The control portion performs a control so that the relative rotation phase is changed until a first stop state is established in a state where the relative rotation phase is in an unlocked state and one of the first and second lock members is positioned relative to one of the first and second recess portions at which the guide groove is formed at a side opposite from a side where the guide groove is formed. The control portion reverses a change direction of the relative rotation phase after the first stop state is established so that the relative rotation phase is changed until a second stop state is established.
US09574679B2
Embodiments are provided for an automatic fluid shut off device having a float disposed in a fluid catch basin attached to a first end of a rod movable in a direction of rising fluid in the catch basin; a second rod end extending to a fluid supply base and terminating adjacent to a restrained latch arm end, the latch arm end configured to be pivotably displaceable upon a force by the second rod end in response to a rising fluid in the catch basin; the latch arm pivotably connected to a shut-off valve; and the shut off valve retained in an open position while the latch arm is restrained, and under a rotational force to close the shut-off valve upon a release of the latch arm in response to the force by the second rod end. The latch arm can be restrained by a latch arm retention notch extending downward and inward.
US09574675B2
The present invention relates to a vent valve with a vent opening for venting a liquid tank in a motor vehicle, with a float in a float chamber for closing the vent opening; and a plurality of guide ribs for guiding the float in the float chamber, which guide ribs are formed by a housing of the float chamber and protrude into the interior of the float chamber.
US09574666B2
An improved mechanical face seal is provided which includes a pair of relatively rotatable seal rings having opposing seal faces. At least one of the seal faces includes a reverse trapezoidal face pattern having a sine wave depth profile wherein individual face features are circumferentially spaced over the seal face. The reverse trapezoidal face pattern serves to generate a hydrodynamic lift which provides a stable separation of the seal faces that permits formation of a fluid film between the seal faces. The individual trapezoidal grooves have a sinusoidal or similarly shaped depth profile wherein the trapezoid shape is arranged with the narrower edge communicating with the high pressure side of the seal, and the wider edge forms a circumferential dam region towards the low pressure side of the seal. Alternatively, the reverse trapezoidal face pattern may also be provided as a primary face pattern on a dry gas seal in combination with a secondary face pattern wherein the faces operate with a controlled gap under normal pressure conditions as well as when the pressure direction across the seal face is reversed.
US09574654B2
A hydraulic control system for a CVT includes a pressure regulator subsystem, a ratio control subsystem, a torque converter control (TCC) subsystem, a clutch control subsystem, an electronic transmission range selection subsystem, and is enabled for automatic engine start/stop (ESS) functionality.
US09574652B2
A driving device used in a paper separation mechanism includes an internal gear, an external gear sheathed around the internal gear, a shell of which an inner front face protrudes backward to form a hollow cylinder which the internal gear is sheathed around, an elastic element restrained between a front end of the internal gear and the inner front face of the shell, and a driving member rotatably on the rear of the shell. The driving device utilizes the cooperation of a guide block of the internal gear and a guide groove of spiral shape of the hollow cylinder, the cooperation of a locking arm of the shell and an outer ratchet of the external gear, the cooperation of a slope of the external gear and pushing blocks of the driving member to make a clockwise rotation angle of the driving member be greater than a counterclockwise rotation angle.
US09574646B1
A twisted string transmission system comprises a twisted string actuator, a force sensor, and a controller. The twisted string actuator is for converting a rotational motion into a linear force. The force sensor is for sensing the linear force. The controller is for receiving sensor information regarding the linear force from the force sensor and for providing control information to control the rotational motion based at least in part on the sensor information.
US09574644B2
A surgical instrument, in at least one form, includes an end effector and a power module. The power module may include a first motion conversion assembly. The first motion conversion assembly includes a first rotary drive and a first axial drive operably coupled to the first rotary drive. The power module may further include a second motion conversion assembly which may include a second rotary drive and a second axial drive operably coupled to the second rotary drive. The power module may further include a motor configured to generate at least one rotational motion to actuate the end effector and a transmission assembly configured to selectively engage the motor with the first rotary drive and the second rotary drive, wherein the motor is concentrically arranged with the first rotary drive and the second rotary drive.
US09574637B2
The present disclosure relates to an epicyclic gear train comprising a driving pinion (3), driving a plurality of planetary gears (7). Each planetary gear rotates around a planetary axis (23), which has first (9) and a second (11) interconnected gears with different numbers of teeth. The first gear (9) meshes with a first ring gear (19), which is stationary, and the second gear (11) meshes with a second ring gear (25) which is thereby made to rotate about a central axis (21) of the planetary gearing. An adjusting arrangement is arranged to alter the distance between the central axis (21) and each planetary axis (23), such that gearing backlash can be substantially eliminated.
US09574636B2
An electronic semi active control engine mount having a variable air chamber includes a variable air chamber diaphragm that absorbs the exciting force of fluid due to an external force by elastically deforming. An air chamber supports the variable air chamber diaphragm with the atmospheric pressure. A fork is separated from the diaphragm to keep the air chamber into which air flows in idling of an engine, and comes in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm to remove the air chamber into which the air flows when a vehicle is driven. An actuator either separates the fork from the variable air chamber diaphragm or allows the fork to be in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm.
US09574633B2
A method for monitoring a blocking member (12) of an electromechanical actuator (1). The monitoring method comprising the steps of: determining a value representative of a power supply current of a motor (11) during an off-load operating phase of the electromechanical actuator (1); comparing the value representative of the power supply current with a predetermined current threshold defined from nominal off-load operating characteristics of the electromechanical actuator (1); and detecting an accidental locking of the blocking member (12) when the value representative of the power supply current is above or equal to the predetermined current threshold. There also is an electromechanical actuator (1) comprising a blocking member (12) monitored by such a method.
US09574628B2
A radial spring for a disk brake pad and brake pads and brakes provided with such radial springs, in which the radial spring is for the lug of a brake pad. The spring includes a clamp and a supporting loop. The clamp is formed of a straight arm, an undulating bottom, and an arm in the shape of a Z, followed by the loop connected by a bend, followed by a bend with a large radius of curvature connected to the pad terminated by a turn that is almost at a right angle to the extremity of the pad.
US09574627B2
A system and method are provided for mounting, removing and retaining brake pads in disc brakes, such as air-operated disc brakes utilized on commercial vehicles, in a manner which does not require the use of separate brake pad retaining devices while providing positive retention of the brake pad. A preferred embodiment includes a brake caliper mount having brake pad abutment surfaces having radially-oriented and lateral grooves which permit a brake pad with corresponding projections on is lateral sides to be inserted through an opening of the brake caliper into the radially-oriented grooves until the backing plate projections are aligned with the lateral groove, and advancing the brake actuator behind the brake pad to place the brake pad in an operating position in which the actuator prevents the brake pad from realigning with the radially-oriented grooves until the actuator is retracted to permit brake pad extraction.
US09574623B2
A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch portion for controlling transmission and interruption of rotational torque to an output side through lever operation, and a brake-side clutch portion for transmitting torque input from the lever-side clutch portion to the output side and for interrupting torque reversely input from the output side. The lever-side clutch portion has an outer centering spring provided between a lever-side outer ring to be rotated through the lever operation and a cover restricted in rotation, for accumulating an elastic force obtained by torque input from the lever-side outer ring and for restoring the lever-side outer ring to a neutral state with the accumulated elastic force through releasing of the torque input from the lever-side outer ring.
US09574621B2
A clutch assembly. The assembly includes a cover having a threaded inwardly facing surface and an adjusting ring having a threaded outwardly facing surface threadably received in the inwardly facing surface of the cover. The assembly also includes a pressure plate, a friction disc, a lever reacting against the adjusting ring to move the pressure plate into and out of engagement with the friction disc, and an adjustment mechanism. The assembly includes an elastically compressible seal assembly extending between opposing axially facing surfaces of the cover and the adjusting ring to prevent contamination from passing the seal assembly and accumulating on the threaded inwardly facing surface of the cover.
US09574619B1
A pawl grounding clutch with synchronizer assembly attached to a planetary gear set of a drive unit. A cylindrical hub is engaged to the ring gear and the hub co-rotates with the ring gear. A gear is fixed to the hub. A pawl having a pawl tooth rotates between a first position with the pawl tooth spaced away from the gear and a second position having the pawl tooth engaged between successive gear teeth. A synchronizer rotates during pawl rotation and includes a friction surface directly contacting the hub before the pawl tooth engages the gear. A shift member displaces the pawl between the first and second positions. The pawl in the second position engages the ring gear with a case defining a clutch closed position. The pawl in the first position disengages ring gear from the case, defining a clutch open position.
US09574618B2
A thermal disconnect assembly for an integrated drive generator includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a eutectic solder, and a disconnect clutch. The input shaft is driven by an external mechanical source. The output shaft is coupled to the input shaft through a disconnect clutch in a coupled state, is driven by the input shaft and rotates with the input shaft in the coupled state. The eutectic solder is configured to hold the output shaft in the coupled state and melt upon reaching a threshold temperature. The disconnect clutch is configured to urge the output shaft toward a decoupled state upon melting of the eutectic solder such that the output shaft does not rotate with the input shaft in the decoupled state.
US09574617B2
A constant velocity joint boot assembly has a boot can connected to an outer race of the joint. The boot can receives a portion of a boot. The thickness of the boot may be changed in different areas to result in different boot performances. A sleeve is connected to the inner race. A portion of the sleeve may have a complementary shape to a portion of the boot, also to result in different boot performance. A clamp may be located over a portion of the boot to secure it to the sleeve.
US09574604B2
A circuit board (4) for connecting a deformation sensor (16, 18), which is provided on a radial outer side of a rolling bearing outer ring (6), to a signal-processing circuit (28), the circuit board including—a cylindrical support plate (20) having a cylinder opening in which the rolling bearing outer ring (6) can be accommodated concentrically to said cylindrical support plate (20), —an electrical contact pad (22) on the cylindrical support plate (20) for electrical contacting with the deformation sensor (16, 18) and—an electrical strip conductor (26) which is electrically connected to the electrical contact pad (22) and is designed to receive signals from the deformation sensor (16, 18) and convey them to the signal-processing circuit (28).
US09574588B2
A photovoltaic (PV) module framing and coupling system enables the attachment of PV modules to a roof or other mounting surface without requiring the use of separate structural support members which attach directly to and span between multiple PV modules in a formed PV array. The apparatus provides a parallel coupling for securely interlocking the outside surfaces of parallel frame members together in a side to side arrangement to form an array with improved structural load distribution. The coupling may attach to a slot in the frame at substantially any position along the length of the frame thereby enabling the interconnection of adjacent PV modules along both an x and y axis. The apparatus may further provide a rotating portion and locking portion, mounting brackets for direct connection to a mounting surface, grounding teeth, and a twist-lock engagement means for interlocking and aligning PV modules in the array.
US09574585B2
A method is provided for the operation of an assembly of a vehicle, whereas the assembly is transferable from an unactuated position into an actuated position by a pressure medium-actuated actuator if two redundant pressure medium valves both occupy a pressure supply position. For the functional test of one of the valves, a first valve is controlled to occupy the pressure supply position, and the second valve is controlled so as not to occupy the pressure supply position. If, upon this control of the two valves at the pressure medium-actuated actuator or at the assembly to be operated by the pressure medium-actuated actuator, no reaction is detected, there is a correct operation at a proper second valve. If, despite this control of the two valves, at the pressure medium-actuated actuator or at the assembly to be operated by the pressure medium-actuated actuator, a reaction is detected, there is an improper operation at a defective second pressure medium valve.
US09574569B2
A recirculation fan includes a casing, a covering member, a wind-guiding device, a passive impeller, and an active impeller. The covering member is coupled with the casing to define an accommodation space. The wind-guiding device is disposed on the covering member, and includes a wind-guiding cover and a magnetoresistive structure. The magnetoresistive structure is disposed on the covering member and the wind-guiding cover. The passive impeller is disposed within the accommodation space. The active impeller is disposed within the accommodation space and located beside the passive impeller for generating a wind to drive rotation of the passive impeller and the wind-guiding cover. In response to a magnetic torque resulted from a magnetic vortex of the magnetoresistive structure, a rotating speed of the wind-guiding cover is slowed down.
US09574566B2
A fan comprises a rotatable hub, a plurality of fan blades coupled with the hub, and a plurality of air fences coupled with the fan blades. Each fan blade has a free end and an opposite end secured to the hub. The air fences are positioned at selected locations along the length of the fan blades, between the ends of the fan blades. Each air fence includes a fin, which may extend upwardly or downwardly from the fan blade. Each air fence may be formed of a resilient material and may be configured to allow the air fence to be snapped onto a fan blade. Each air fence may define an opening through which a fan blade may be inserted. One or more surfaces of the air fence may be contoured to complement a surface contour of an airfoil shaped fan blade.
US09574555B2
A miniature air pump includes a motor unit, a valve unit and a compression unit. The compression unit is driven by the motor unit to input or output airflows via the valve unit. The compression unit includes an air chamber module and a linkage rod. The air chamber module includes a plurality of compressible chambers and a plurality of resilient connection members, each resilient connection member is located on each compressible chamber. The linkage rod is connected with the motor unit and includes a central rod and multiple sleeves extending from the central rod. Each sleeve has a side cutout. Each resilient connection members engages each sleeve via the side cutout such that the motor unit drives the air chamber module to be compressed or decompressed to input or output airflows via the valve unit. A longitudinal direction of the side cutout is in parallel with the central rod.
US09574554B2
The present invention includes methods and apparatuses for operating and controlling AOD pumps (10, 10′, 10″, 100, 460, 580, 740) and other pumps.
US09574553B2
The invention relates to a solar-powered apparatus, comprising a housing (1), a shield panel (5) disposed on the housing (1), and a transmission apparatus (2) disposed inside the housing (1). The transmission apparatus (2) is provided with eight or more memory alloy sheets (3). The housing (1) is also provided with a ratchet pawl (13). The shield panel (5) is provided with a light-focusing apparatus (51) used for focusing light. The apparatus is capable of converting solar energy into mechanical energy.
US09574543B2
A hydraulic motor includes a motor mechanism that rotates by hydraulic liquid pressure led from a hydraulic liquid pressure source. The hydraulic motor includes a casing that defines a casing chamber which accommodates the motor mechanism, a brake mechanism that brakes the rotation of the motor mechanism, a brake release actuator that releases the braking of the brake mechanism by a brake release pressure led from the hydraulic liquid pressure source, and a throttle passage that is in communication with the casing chamber and extracts a portion of hydraulic liquid that is led into the brake release actuator and leads it to the casing chamber.
US09574542B2
This invention relates to a turbine for extracting energy from an oscillating working fluid. The turbine includes a housing defining a flow passage for the working fluid. An energy conversion unit is disposed in the housing. Flow control means is selectively movable to occlude a predetermined portion of the flow passage such that the working fluid is directed to act on a certain section of the energy conversion unit.
US09574541B2
A high efficiency optical ignition device is provided in a two-part compact and robust package to be mounted directly on an internal combustion engine chamber. The ignition device ignites a combustion fuel with a high intensity plasma generated by a high power laser beam from a solid state laser operable in Q-switched, or non-Q-switched mode for producing short or long pulses, respectively. Multiple pulses are generated, and duration and frequency of the laser beam pulses are controlled by controlling an optical pump module to pump the solid state laser. The optical pump module comprises a semiconductor laser, preferably a VCSEL device. One or more laser beams are precisely directed, each one to a desired location anywhere within the combustion chamber for more efficient and near complete burning of the combustion fuel. The robust packaging is well suited to withstand mechanical and thermal stresses of the internal combustion engine.
US09574531B2
An exemplary camshaft for a high pressure common rail oil pump and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The method achieves interference assembly between the mandrel and cam piece, and satisfies anti-rotating torque of the cam piece relative to the mandrel while ensuring the surface hardness of the cam piece. The camshaft includes a mandrel and a cam piece arranged on the mandrel. The anti-rotating torque of the cam piece relative to the mandrel is at least 500 NM after the cam piece and the mandrel are connected by interference fit by hot charge practice. Surface hardness of the cam piece 1 is at least HRC58. The method includes performing interference assembly of the cam piece and the mandrel while performing quenching heat treatment on the cam piece, then quickly cooling the cam piece equipped with the mandrel at the cooling stage during the quenching heat treatment.
US09574524B2
A method and internal combustion engine system are provided for keeping an exhaust gas aftertreatment system within its working temperature range during an idle or motoring engine operation mode of an internal combustion engine. The method includes sensing the temperature of the gas at the gas intake side of the internal combustion engine and/or of the exhaust gas; determining whether or not the sensed temperature value is in a predetermined temperature interval or below a predetermined temperature threshold; determining whether the internal combustion engine is in idle or motoring engine operation mode; in case the internal combustion engine is determined to be in an idle or motoring engine operation mode, controlling the temperature of the gas at the gas intake side of the internal combustion engine to be within the predetermined temperature range or below the predetermined temperature threshold by recirculating exhaust gas through a connecting duct by controlling at least one valve.
US09574522B2
An assembly includes a cylinder head with an integrated exhaust manifold that has four exhaust flow passages directing cylinder exhaust from inlets arranged to correspond with exhaust from the four cylinders, respectively, and has only three outlets. The assembly includes a twin scroll turbocharger having a housing with a first scroll passage, a second scroll passage, and only three inlets. Two of the exhaust flow passages join in the cylinder head to direct exhaust flow into only one of the inlets of the housing and through the first scroll passage. Exhaust flow through the other two of the exhaust flow passages flows separately into the other two inlets in the housing and joins in the housing to flow through the second scroll passage.
US09574521B2
A fuel bowl for a carburetor has no valves and is configured for continuous flow of fuel through the bowl. The fuel bowl can be constructed to constrain the constantly flowing fuel within a compartment of the bowl to maintain fuel level in the bowl sufficient to meet the carburetor demand under circumstances of high fuel demand and/or high g-forces. A method of continuously circulating fuel through the fuel bowl facilitates fuel level maintenance over a range of performance requirements.
US09574514B2
An electronic control unit calculates a rotation variation amount ΣΔNE as a cetane number index value of the fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine and executes fuel injection control in a first execution mode corresponding to the rotation variation amount ΣΔNE (S407, S408). In a mixing period in which the cetane number of the fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine is changed due to the fuel feed into the fuel tank (S401: YES), the fuel injection control is executed in a second execution mode such that, compared with the first execution mode, stable operation of the internal combustion engine is given more importance (S402:YES, S403). When calculation of the rotation variation amount ΣΔNE is executed during the mixing period (S404: YES), fuel injection control is executed while limiting the reflection of the rotation variation amount ΣΔNE (S405, S406).
US09574496B2
A system includes a turbine combustor that includes a head end portion having a head end chamber, a combustion portion having a combustion chamber disposed downstream from the head end chamber, a cap disposed between the head end chamber and the combustion chamber, and a flow separator configured to separate a first exhaust flow from an oxidant flow. The flow separator is configured to direct the first exhaust flow into the head end chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a mixing region configured to mix the first exhaust flow with the oxidant flow to provide an oxidant-exhaust mixture.
US09574493B2
An electricity-generating system of the invention which includes the following: a carbonization apparatus for carbonizing a carbonization source to form a carbonized product; a heat recovery steam generator for producing first steam through heat exchange with the heat exhausted from the carbonization apparatus; a carbonized fuel steam generator which employs the carbonized product serving as a fuel; a mixing header for mixing the first steam and a second steam produced by the carbonized fuel steam generator, which steams are fed thereinto, to thereby discharge a steam mixture having a uniform pressure; an electricity-generating apparatus for generating electricity by means of the steam mixture discharged from the mixing header as an actuating source; and an electricity-storing apparatus for storing the electricity generated by the electricity-generating apparatus.
US09574487B2
The invention relates to a method for operating at least one precombustion chamber-fired internal combustion engine, in particular a stationary gas Otto cycle engine, having a pilot chamber and a main combustion chamber associated with the precombustion chamber, wherein a gas mixture is fed to the precombustion chamber as flushing gas, wherein a synthesis gas generated in a fuel reformer and a fuel from a fuel source are fed to the flushing gas and wherein a fuel and at least one further substance stream are fed to the fuel reformer for the reforming process, wherein at least one operating parameter of the at least one internal combustion engine is monitored, wherein in accordance with a change in the at least one operating parameter the chemical composition of the flushing gas is modified by changing the mass stream of the at least one further substance stream.
US09574480B2
A diagnostic apparatus for an exhaust gas purification apparatus including a selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst (SCR catalyst) provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, a supplying unit supplying ammonia or an ammonia precursor into exhaust gas flowing into the SCR catalyst and a sensor, provided on a downstream side of the SCR catalyst, detecting NOx and ammonia in exhaust gas. The diagnostic apparatus calculates an amount of decline in output of the sensor due to a reaction between NOx and ammonia at the sensor and performs a diagnosis of the supplying unit based on the calculated amount of decline in output of the sensor.
US09574476B2
This disclosure relates generally to vehicles with reduced emissions. More particularly, this disclosure relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses related to vehicles with reduced carbon dioxide emissions. The carbon dioxide emissions may be stored in a carbon dioxide clathrate.
US09574473B2
There is provided a honeycomb structure where a crack at honeycomb segments, which constitute a honeycomb bonded assembly, is reduced. A honeycomb structure has a pillar-shaped honeycomb bonded assembly that has a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb segments having a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells extending from an inflow end face as one end face to an outflow end face as another end face and becoming channels for a fluid, and a bonding layer bonding side surfaces of the plurality of honeycomb segments, and in the honeycomb bonded assembly, at 25 to 800° C., a thermal expansion coefficient of the bonding layer is larger than a thermal expansion coefficient of the honeycomb segment.
US09574471B2
An exhaust muffler has downstream and upstream chambers which are defined in a casing. Exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine is introduced into an end of a first conduit having a pierced region which is held in fluid communication with the downstream chamber and an end of a second conduit. The other ends of the first and second conduits are open into the upstream chamber. A valve means configured to open/close the first and second conduits is actuated by valve actuating means to switch between a short channel mode discharging the exhaust gas from at least the first conduit through the pierced region, the downstream chamber, and a discharge pipe out of the casing and a long channel mode discharging the exhaust gas from at least the second conduit through the upstream chamber, the pierced region, the downstream chamber, and the discharge pipe out of the casing.
US09574470B2
An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes flow director guidance structure directing and guiding flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream. The flow director guidance structure may include a flow controller controlling and directing flow.
US09574466B2
A camshaft phaser, including: a stator arranged to receive torque; a rotor arranged to be non-rotatably connected to a camshaft; first and second wedge plates radially disposed between the rotor and the stator; and a displacement assembly arranged to for an advance mode, displace the first wedge plate in a first axial direction so that the rotor is rotatable with respect to the stator in a first circumferential direction. For a retard mode, the displacement assembly is arranged to displace the second wedge plate in a second axial direction, opposite first axial direction, so that the rotor is rotatable with respect to the stator in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction.
US09574465B2
A cam element portions is configured such that respective maximum lift portions (lift ending points) of both-side end-face cams thereof are provided at respective phases which are different from each other in a rotational direction and that a maximum value of a length, in an axial direction, between respective cam faces of the both-side end-face cams which are provided at the same phase is set to be a distance, in the axial direction, between a first operational member and a second operational member or smaller. Accordingly, in a valve gear of an engine in which cams operative to control opening/closing of a valve are switchable, it can be properly prevented that a camshaft locks and stop rotating because of an operational malfunction of an operational member or the like.
US09574453B2
A steam turbine is provided. The steam turbine includes a housing and a steam inlet configured to discharge a primary steam flow within the housing. A stator is coupled to the housing and a rotor is coupled to the housing and located within the stator. The rotor and the stator are configured to define a primary flow path there between and in flow communication with the primary steam flow. The steam turbine includes a seal assembly coupled to the housing. The seal assembly includes a packing head and a plurality of seals. The packing head is configured to define a cooling flow path in flow communication with the rotor and configured to discharge a cooling steam flow toward the rotor. An anti-swirl device is coupled to the seal assembly and located between the rotor and the packing head.
US09574442B1
A method for real-time data acquisition and presentation of force, position, load, pressures, and movement within a subterranean well pumping system, such as an oil well. Data is gathered using sensors attached to a surface level pump drive and wellhead system. Well structural data and well production data are combined therewith to generate a real-time display of down-hole well operation, including animated graphics of the pump operation, including pump movement, rod and tubing stretch, fluid movement, gas compression, system forces, and fluid pressures. Liquid levels are tested using an acoustic liquid level instrument, and incorporated to improve well performance analysis.
US09574438B2
A method and device to measure production contribution from a zone of a wellbore. The flow device include a first cylindrical portion having a first outer diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. The flow device includes a first pressure sensor configured to measure a first pressure at an exterior of the first portion and a second pressure sensor configured to measure a second pressure at an exterior of the second portion. The flow device is positioned adjacent a zone of a wellbore and the first and second pressures are measured. The fluid flow in the wellbore adjacent to the zone may be determined from the first and second pressures. The flow device diverts substantially all fluid flow in the wellbore around an exterior of the device. The device may include a sensor to measure the conductivity of wellbore fluid.
US09574431B2
A rotary shutter valve 500 is used for geothermal reservoir stimulation. The valve 500 includes a pressure chamber 520 for holding a working fluid (F) under pressure. A rotatable shutter 532 is turned with a powering device 544 to periodically align one or more windows 534 with one or more apertures 526 in a bulkhead 524. When aligned, the pressurized working fluid (F) flows through the bulkhead 524 and enters a pulse cavity 522, where it is discharged from the pulse cavity 522 as pressure waves 200. The pressure wave propagation 200 and eventual collapse of the bubbles 202 can be transmitted to a target rock surface 204 either in the form of a shock wave 206, or by micro jets 208, depending on the bubble-surface distance. Once cavitation at the rock face begins, fractures are initiated in the rock to create a network of micro-fissures for enhanced heat transfer.
US09574420B2
A system to control fluid flow through a fluid passage includes a valve that is fail-safe closed to selectively control fluid flow through the fluid passage, and a hydraulic actuator operatively coupled to the valve to open the valve when hydraulic pressure above a predetermined amount is received. The system further includes an inlet to provide hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic actuator and open the valve and an outlet to vent hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic actuator and close the valve.
US09574418B2
A downhole tool member for hydrocarbon resource recovery, comprising a shaped body of a polyglycolic acid resin blended with an inorganic or organic short fiber reinforcement material, and having thickness reduction rate characteristics when held in water at 120° C., inclusive of: an initial thickness reduction rate (as an average for a holding period for 4 hours) which is at most 0.8 times that of a shaped body of the polyglycolic acid resin alone, and has a terminal thickness reduction rate (after the thickness decreases to 50% or less of an initial thickness) which is larger than 1.5 times the initial thickness reduction rate.
US09574410B2
A method and an apparatus for rigging up intervention equipment (111) in a lifting arrangement (104) utilized on a floating vessel, and moving the intervention equipment between an inoperative and an operative position, wherein the method comprising: a) providing the lifting arrangement (104) with vertically extending guiding means (203) capable of transferring a load to the lifting arrangement; b) connecting a load transferring means (215) to the guiding means (203); c) connecting the intervention equipment (111) to a load carrying device (209) provided with displacement means (214) arranged in a manner allowing a load to be horizontally displaced while carried by the load carrying device; d) connecting the load carrying device (209) to the load transferring means (215); e) moving the intervention equipment from an inactive position to an operating position by moving the displacement means (214); and f) moving the intervention equipment from the operating position to the inactive position by moving the displacement means (214).
US09574404B2
Well conduit system and methods using a first outer conduit wall and at least one second inner conduit wall positioned through a wellhead to define an annulus with radial loading surfaces extending across the annulus and radially between at least two of the conduit walls to form passageways through subterranean strata concentrically, wherein an inner pipe body of greater outer diameter is inserted into an outer pipe body of lesser inner diameter by elastically expanding the circumference of the outer pipe body and elastically compressing the circumference of the inner pipe body, using a hoop force exerted therebetween. Releasing the hoop force after insertion will release the elastic expansion and compression of the pipe bodies to abut the radial loading surfaces within the annulus for sharing elastic hoop stress resistance and thereby forming a greater effective wall thickness, capable of containing higher pressures than the conduit walls could otherwise bear.
US09574388B2
Disclosed herein is a control system for driving a motorized closure element arrangement of a vehicle, wherein at least one linear distance sensor, is provided in order to detect operator control events in the form of operator movement cycles, wherein, as part of an operator control event monitoring process, a control arrangement monitors the at least one distance sensor in order to check whether a predetermined operator control event is present, wherein a longitudinal movement of a body part of an operator in the longitudinal direction can additionally be detected by means of the at least one distance sensor. It is proposed that the control arrangement detects a predetermined longitudinal movement cycle, which runs in the longitudinal direction, of a body part of an operator as an operator control event as part of the operator control event monitoring process and drives the closure element arrangement in response.
US09574386B2
A tailgate of a motor vehicle has an opening apparatus configured to avoid overshooting during opening of the tailgate. The opening apparatus is connected to a silicone damper to bring about a damping action in the opening direction and a freewheeling action in the closing direction. Additionally, the opening apparatus is configured so that closing of the tailgate and lock actuation are not impeded.
US09574378B2
A lock for an electronic device having a lock hole includes a lock core, a fastener, and an adapter, wherein the lock core is operable and rotatable about a first axis; the fastener is connected to the lock core and is shifted away from the first axis. The adapter is connected to the lock core and the fastener. The rotation of the lock core about the first axis drives the adapter to drive the fastener to rotate about a second axis, When the lock core is locked, the locked lock core restricts the fastener from rotating, when the lock core is unlocked, the fastener is operable to rotate.
US09574377B2
A group of embodiments for enabling the replacement of damaged shackles for multiple types of portable locks is disclosed. The embodiments have the ability to alter the shackle size and configuration for multiple types of portable locks by substituting one type of shackle with a different shackle, with no tools or special skills required.
US09574376B2
An electromechanical lock includes a lever coupled with a locking mechanism configured to receive mechanical power from an user, and to output the mechanical power to mechanically disengage the locking mechanism provided that a support of the fulcrum is in an open position, and a return mechanism for the support of the fulcrum including a reset spring whose other end is configured to, during the reception of the mechanical power from the user, move past the support of the fulcrum with the mechanical power outputted by the lever, and, finally, force the support of the fulcrum with the mechanical energy outputted by the return spring through the lever back to a locked position.
US09574369B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a system for storing commodities is provided. The system may include a tarpaulin. The tarpaulin may further have an internal strapping. In accordance with one embodiment, a method for storing commodities is provided. The method may include providing a tarpaulin. In one embodiment, the method for storing commodities may include configuring the tarpaulin to provide internal strapping.
US09574366B2
Described is a control structure for unfolding and folding a collapsible device or shelter. The control structure includes a sliding seat that is pivotally connected to adapter members, which are in turn connected to poles, e.g., tent poles. The tent poles are also pivotally connected to a lower support, and a resilient member (e.g., a spring) forces a separating between the sliding seat the the lower support. The resilient member biases the sliding seat toward the lower support to maintain the control structure in an unfolded position when open, and in a folded position when closed.
US09574365B2
Clamps for repairing posts and methods and/or arrangements for repairing such posts with said clamps
A clamp arrangement includes a pair of brackets adapted to be clamped on opposing sides of the wooden post to encapsulate a fractured portion, each bracket is made from an integral sheet of metal cut and pressed to define a longitudinal hemispherical chamber and a pair of longitudinal flanges extended out from each, the longitudinal hemispherical chamber having an upper end wherein a lip is supported in the lateral extension by a multitude of pressed out ribs such that when the clamp arrangement is required to be driven into the ground about the wooden post, the lip provides a support location for an impact tool to drive the clamp arrangement into the ground.
US09574364B2
A seismic isolation apparatus is provided between a structure and a foundation floor, and the seismic isolation apparatus includes: a support plate that is provided so as to face the structure at a predetermined interval; a base plate that is fixed to the foundation floor; and an elasto-plastic damper that is provided between the support plate and the base plate to be fixed to the support plate and the base plate. The elasto-plastic damper includes an inner cylinder inside which an elasto-plastic member is provided and an outer cylinder, and the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are configured to mutually slide in an axis direction thereof.
US09574363B1
A method (100) for handling chassis is disclosed. The method (100) can include: providing (110) a multi-level structure including a plurality of levels including a first level with an opening to receive a chassis and a second level; locating (120) a plurality of shelves adjacent to the opening including a port shelf and a starboard shelf, each configured to receive a chassis; and providing (130) an transfer mechanism configured to pick a chassis and place it on one of the plurality of shelves. The method allows compact storage, stacking and retrieving and inventorying of chassis, for enhanced logistics.
US09574358B2
A form system for a fiberglass or vinyl-lined swimming pool utilizes an elongate pliable form, a bracket, a spear, and a button mounted on the spear to secure the bracket in position against the form. The bracket and form are shaped and dimensioned such that when the bracket placed against the form, it conforms to the form, it is automatically properly positioned to receive the spear, to support the form in the desired position with respect to the bracket, and to generate a compression vector, VC, which frictionally secures the bracket to the wall of the swimming pool.
US09574348B2
Various implementations of tubular composite beams (TCB's) are disclosed. The TCB's of the present disclosure may have improved formability, increased strength, reduced weight, better producibility or a combination of the foregoing. Furthermore, the composites tubular structures of the present disclosure may have greater strength to weight ratios than prior art composites.
US09574344B2
A structural connector is provided that limits transmissions of vibrations between connected structural elements in a building or structure. The structural connector is formed from two opposing sheets with a vibration damping material connecting the two.
US09574343B2
The present invention relates to a method for protecting the lower regions of and structure of a building (10) from damage or degradation by termites. The method comprises the steps of creating a region in the ground below the building having properties hostile to termites whereby to discourage them from approaching the vicinity of the building. In one embodiment means for creating a hostile region in the ground below the building are provided by a pump (12) which creates a superatmoshpheric pressure field (40) in this region. Treatment agents (31) such as ozone may be delivered to the ground region in order to provide a hostile effect to the termites by affecting their pheromone chemistry and/or their reproductive or communicative behavior. A secondary function of the present invention relates to the creation of a forced ventilation (46) of the habitable region (18) within which the apparatus of the present invention resides.
US09574337B1
A method for delaying the maximum rate of discharge of water from a stormwater retention basin includes varying the vertical distance of an intake opening from the waterline inversely with water depth. A flow control device for carrying out the method includes an intake pipe with an intake opening that is pivotally mounted to a float body, the pivot being spaced from the intake opening.
US09574336B1
An actuation control for a flush system includes a cartridge valve being actuated between an opened position and a closed position to compete a flushing cycle. The cartridge valve includes a cartridge housing having a valve inlet for communicating with a water source and the valve outlet for guiding water to flow to the flush system, and a control disc unit which is supported in the cartridge housing at the valve inlet thereof and is orientated perpendicular to a water-in direction of the water for biasing against water pressure from said water source. At the closed position, the valve inlet is closed by the control disc unit for blocking the water to pass through the valve inlet. At the opened position, the valve inlet is opened up for allowing the water passing to the valve outlet so as to complete the flushing cycle of the flush system.
US09574317B2
A wall block, wall block system and method of making a wall block. The wall block including at least one core extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, the at least one core having opposed front and rear surfaces and first and second side surfaces the wall block also including at least one pin hole opening onto the top surface of the block and extending at least a portion of the distance from the top surface to the bottom surface. The at least one pin hole may open onto at least a portion of at least one surface of the at least one core. The block may be provided with channels; the pin hole, channels and core may all be formed in a mold box by a single forming member.
US09574314B2
A mobile flood protection barrier system for quickly stopping and damming back watercourses, overflows, and for raising the embankment in flood protection as a temporary facility. The system has water-fillable water storage units that are connected to one another and supporting structures, the water storage units are placed into the triangular supporting frames of the supporting structure and fixed to supporting structure, to the spacer bar thereof. The water storage unit is made of a single, continuous, rectangular flexible material, divided into three parts by longitudinal folds, has a triangular prism-shape in the filled-up state, with the surface of the middle folded part in contact with the soil, and is open along its upper edges. The lateral ends of the water storage unit are partially closed. The water storage units can be connected to one another via unit coupling extension portions made from their own material.
US09574312B2
A sleeve for a post that is generally rectangular in horizontal cross-section, may have two or three panels, may have perforation which allow portions of one or more panels to be removed, may incorporate retroreflective materials, may have holes, bushings, and/or adhesive layers to facilitate attaching the sleeve to a post, may have top-bottom and side-to-side connectors to facilitate connecting the top of one sleeve to the bottom of another or the edge of one sleeve to an edge of another, may be accompanied by spacers to allow the sleeve to be connected to posts of different size and geometry.
US09574308B2
A paving slab. The paving slab has a unitary body made of concrete-based material, the body having sidewalls extending between top and bottom faces, providing the body with a thickness. The top face is provided with longitudinal false joints defining rows extending from a first to a second side of the unitary body. The first side has a staggered outline and the second side has a stepped outline, the first and second sides being able to engage with respective first and second sides of an adjacent slab shaped as the paving slab, but rotated by 180 degrees. When several of the slabs are assembled on a surface, it creates an illusion that the surface is covered by individual plank pavers randomly assembled.
US09574302B2
A method and system for pulp manufacturing used in connection with a kraft process includes a vertical pressure vessel operated in batch mode, a single-vessel or multi-vessel continuous digester, and other equipment for further processing brown stock, such as for washing, oxygen delignification, bleaching, and drying. A feeder and conveyance system may include a high pressure feeder or direct pump system, and selectively provides fiber-containing material to the continuous digester when making lower grade pulp product and to the vertical pressure vessel when making higher grade pulp such as dissolving pulp. The vertical pressure vessel is used for pre-hydrolysis and neutralization, after which the resulting pulp is fed to the continuous digester for cooking. White liquor and black liquor from the same mill may be used for the neutralization fluids. The same continuous digester is selectively used for cooking in connection with making pulp products of different grades or quality.
US09574293B2
A bodkin includes first and second holding plates, an operation plate and an elongated bar member. The second holding plate overlaps with the first holding plate. The operation plate is rotatably supported by the first holding plate with a part of the second holding plate disposed between the first holding plate and the operation plate. The bar member is connected to the first holding plate so that the operation plate is operable independently of the bar member. Use of the operation plate enables the bodkin to selectively take an opened state and a closed state. In the opened state, the two holding plates are apart from each other, providing a gap into which an end of a string can be inserted. In the closed state, the two holding plates are brought closer to each other, thereby pinching the end of the string between them.
US09574287B2
A method of forming an epitaxial semiconductor material that includes forming a graphene layer on a semiconductor and carbon containing substrate and depositing a metal containing monolayer on the graphene layer. An epitaxial layer of a gallium containing material is formed on the metal containing monolayer. A layered stack of the metal containing monolayer and the epitaxial layer of gallium containing material is cleaved from the graphene layer that is present on the semiconductor and carbon containing substrate.
US09574278B2
A fluid interconnecting module for an HTE electrolyzer with a stack of elementary electrolysis cells. The interconnecting module includes plates welded to each other, some of which are partly stamped, some of the plates being perforated to enable high temperature steam H2O supply to electrolysis cells and collection of the hydrogen H2 and oxygen O2 produced.
US09574275B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a method of producing hydrogen gas meeting a predetermined threshold of purity may include transferring a quantity of a hydrogen gas mixture through an electrochemical hydrogen pump, wherein the electrochemical hydrogen pump includes an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane located between the anode and the cathode; separating a quantity of hydrogen gas from the hydrogen gas mixture by transferring the hydrogen gas from the anode, through the electrolyte membrane, to the cathode; collecting the hydrogen gas from the cathode, wherein the collected hydrogen gas at least meets the predetermined threshold of purity; and producing a certificate that the collected hydrogen gas has a purity that is at least substantially equal to the predetermined threshold of purity.
US09574268B1
A vapor deposition device includes a reactor including a reaction chamber and an injector for injecting vapor into the reaction chamber. The device also includes a manifold for delivering vapor to the injector. The manifold includes a manifold body having an internal bore, a first distribution channel disposed within the body in a plane intersecting the longitudinal axis of the bore, and a plurality of supply channels disposed within the body and in flow communication with the first distribution channel and with the bore. Each of the first supply channels is disposed at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bore, and each of the supply channels connects with the bore at a different angular position about the longitudinal axis. The distribution channel (and thus, the supply channels) can be connected with a common reactant source. Related deposition methods are also described.
US09574267B2
Provided is a plasma processing apparatus comprising an exhaust path extending from the exhaust hole to the pump, wherein the pump is configured to depressurize inside of the processing container and the exhausting path, wherein the exhaust path includes a horizontally linearly extended portion, wherein the horizontally linearly extended portion of the exhaust path has a rectangular or oval cross-section having a horizontal length longer than a vertical length; wherein the plasma processing apparatus further includes a pressure control valve disposed in the horizontally linearly extended portion of the exhaust path; and wherein the pressure control valve is formed of a pressure control valve plate having substantially same shape and size as those of the cross-section and a shaft formed in the pressure control valve along the horizontal length of the cross-section, in such a manner that the pressure control valve plate rotates about the shaft.
US09574265B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a plasma processing system having a magnetron that provides a symmetric magnetic track through a combination of vibrational and rotational motion. The disclosed magnetron has a magnetic element that generates a magnetic field. The magnetic element is attached to an elastic element connected between the magnetic element and a rotational shaft that rotates the magnetic element about a center of the sputtering target. The elastic element may vary its length during rotation of the magnetic element to change the radial distance between the rotational shaft and the magnetic element. The resulting magnetic track enables concurrent motion of the magnetic element in both an angular direction and a radial direction. Such motion enables a symmetric magnetic track that provides good wafer uniformity and a short deposition time.
US09574263B2
A soft-landing (SL) instrument for depositing ions onto substrates using a laser ablation source is described herein. The instrument of the instant invention is designed with a custom drift tube and a split-ring ion optic for the isolation of selected ions. The drift tube allows for the separation and thermalization of ions formed after laser ablation through collisions with an inert bath gas that allow the ions to be landed at energies below 1 eV onto substrates. The split-ring ion optic is capable of directing ions toward the detector or a landing substrate for selected components. The inventors further performed atomic force microscopy (AFM) and drift tube measurements to characterize the performance characteristics of the instrument.
US09574259B2
A method for producing a high-strength magnesium alloy material includes (a) a step of preparing a magnesium alloy workpiece having a top face and a side face; and (b) a step of applying a compressive load σp (MPa) from the top face side of the workpiece and performing a uniaxial forging process on the workpiece. Step (b) is performed while suppressing deformation of the workpiece widening outward and under conditions including (i) σp>σf (where σf is the compressive breaking stress (MPa) of the workpiece); (ii) a plastic deformation rate is less than or equal to 10%, and (iii) a strain rate is less than or equal to 0.1/sec.
US09574257B2
The invention relates to a powder of an alloy based on uranium and molybdenum in a metastable γ phase, which is formed of particles which have an elongation index at least equal to 1.1, a non-zero closed porosity value and which are composed of grains having a molybdenum content, for which the variations within the same grain are of at most 1% by mass. It also relates to a method allowing preparation of this alloy powder as well as to the use of said powder for manufacturing nuclear fuels and targets for producing radioisotopes. Applications: Manufacturing of nuclear fuels, notably for experiment nuclear reactors; manufacturing of targets for producing radioisotopes, notably for the medical industry.
US09574246B2
An improved two roll sugarcane crushing mill with a semi closed frame having a plurality of improved two roll mill modules in tandem. Each improved two roll mill modules has a bottom roll and top roll, the bottom roll being rotatingly mounted in a pair of main frames at the two ends and the top roll is rotatingly mounted in a pair of top beams. One end of each of the top beams being pivotedly attached near the upper end of the main frame towards feed side for swinging the top beams along with the top roll. A hydraulic loader is provided which is pivotally attached between the end of the top beam and the base of the main frame. The semi closed frame fitted at the bottom end to the base of the Head Stock is designed to bear the forces of heavy and fluctuating loads.
US09574243B2
The invention provides compositions of oligonucleotides targeted at influenza genes and at host animal genes involved in response to influenza infection. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotides are modified. In some embodiments, the compositions contain one, or more than one, oligonucleotide. The invention also provides methods and kits using the compositions of the invention for the treatment and prevention of influenza.
US09574238B2
Gene expression profiling is a powerful tool that has varied utility. It enables classification of multiple myeloma into subtypes and identifying genes directly involved in disease pathogensis and clinical manifestation. The present invention used gene expression profiling in large uniformly treated population of patients with myeloma to identify genes associated with poor prognosis. It also demonstrated that over-expression of CKS1B gene, mainly due to gene amplification that was determined by Fluorescent in-situ hybridization to impart a poor prognosis in multiple myeloma. It is further contemplated that therapeutic strategies that directly target CKS1B or related pathways may represent novel, and more specific means of treating high risk myeloma and may prevent its secondary evolution.
US09574236B2
Provided herein is a method of sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the method comprises: a) cross-linking protein of a cell using a first compound to produce a first cross-linked product comprising cross-linked protein, and RNA; b) contacting the first cross-linked product and a second compound under conditions by which an oligonucleotide portion of the second compound hybridizes to the RNA; c) activating a reaction the first and second compound, thereby covalently crosslinking the oligonucleotide to the cross-linked protein to produce a second cross-linked product; d) isolating the second cross-linked product using an affinity tag; and e) analyzing the isolated second cross-linked product. Compounds for performing the method are also provided.
US09574233B2
The present invention relates to a method for the detection of nucleic acid synthesis and/or amplification, characterized in that the method includes adding at least one colorimetric metal indicator and at least one bland magnesium chelator to a reaction mixture for nucleic acid amplification. The present invention further relates to a kit for carrying out such a method and to the use thereof in the health, food and agricultural or veterinary fields.
US09574232B2
Devices and methods for controlling reversible chemical reactions at solid-liquid interfaces are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to a method of increasing reaction rates by concentrating a target molecule in a liquid phase in the region of a reactant or ligand immobilized on a solid followed by removal of the liquid phase and replacement with an immiscible phase, such as an immiscible gas or liquid to impede the reverse reaction. Devices for performing this method to increase the rates and degree of completion of kinetically limited ligand binding or nucleic acid hybridization reactions in affinity chromatography and microarray applications are also disclosed.
US09574230B2
Disclosed here is a method for the detection of a naturally occurring mutation in a target sequence in one or more members of a population, comprising: providing a plurality of pools of amplification products each comprising the target sequence amplified from genomic DNA of a subset of the one or more members of the population, wherein each pool of the amplification products shares a unique pool identifier; determining the nucleotide sequence of the amplification products using high throughput sequencing; and identifying mutations by clustering/aligning the sequences of the amplified products without the use of an enzyme which recognizes and cuts single nucleotide sequence mismatches and without performing heteroduplex analysis, and identifying the one or more members carrying the mutation using the pool identifier.
US09574228B2
The present invention provides a new and improved oligonucleotide detection method based on the nanopore technology with a probe containing a complementary sequence to the target oligonucleotide and a terminal extension at the probe's 3′ terminus, 5′ terminus, or both termini. The improved nanopore sensor with the probe enables sensitive, selective, and direct detection, differentiation and quantification of target oligonucleotides such as miRNAs. The inventive detection method may also be employed as a non-invasive and cost-effective diagnostic method for cancer detection based on miRNA levels in the patient's blood sample.
US09574215B2
The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US09574214B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel strain capable of saccharifying and fermenting biomass-derived cellulose and a recombinant strain thereof with improved biomass saccharification capability. The present disclosure also relates to a method for producing a material useful as a bioenergy source material such as ethanol, acetic acid, formic acid, etc. using the strain or the recombinant strain. The strain or the recombinant strain may be usefully used in bioenergy industry.
US09574208B2
Methods of making a targeted modification in a male fertility gene in the genome of a plant are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a plant cell with an engineered double-strand-break-inducing agent capable of inducing a double-strand break in a target sequence in the male fertility gene and identifying a cell comprising an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising a male fertility gene with an alteration in a male fertility gene. Nucleic acid molecules comprising male fertility genes with at least one targeted modification therein, optimized nucleic acid molecules encoding endonucleases that are engineered double-strand-break-inducing agents and expression cassettes, host cells, and plants comprising one or more of the nucleic acid molecules are further disclosed.
US09574203B1
The present invention relates to transgenic guayule plants that produce increased amounts of rubber uses thereof.
US09574199B2
The invention relates to a method for the simultaneous integration of two or more copies of a polynucleotide of interest into the chromosome of a fungal host cell comprising at least two pairs of recognition sequences of a site-specific recombinase, each pair flanking a resident negative selection marker; transformation of the cell with a construct carrying a gene of interest also flanked by the recognition sequences to ensure double-crossover events after transient expression of the recombinase, followed by selection for excision of all negative selection markers from the cell.
US09574183B2
Methods and kits for DNA repair are provided. The methods and kits described herein repair multiple types of DNA damage. The kit may include a plurality of enzymes to repair a greater variety of lesions than any single enzyme is capable of repairing. Repair of damaged DNA may include releasing damaged bases from the DNA strand, nicking the DNA at the damaged sites, translating the nicks via 5′-3′ exonuclease activity, and sealing the nicks. The enzymes employed in the repair process may then be heat-inactivated, thereby obviating a purification process. The repaired DNA may then be analyzed using a variety of DNA analysis methods.
US09574178B2
Methods for obtaining purified populations of megakaryocytes and platelets by ex vivo culture of stem cells are provided herein.
US09574174B2
A method for determining the effect of a plurality of culture conditions on a cell, comprising the steps of: a) providing a first set of groups of cell units each comprising one or more cells, and exposing said groups to desired culture conditions; (b) pooling two or more of said groups to form at least one second pool; (c) subdividing the second pool to create a further set of groups of cell units; (d) exposing said further groups to desired culture conditions; (e) optionally, repeating steps (b)-(d) iteratively as required; and (f) optionally assessing the effect on a given cell unit of the culture conditions to which it has been exposed.
US09574173B2
Provided herein are isolated neural stem cells. Also provided are methods for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases using suitable preparations comprising the isolated neural stem cells.
US09574167B2
A microreactor with a reaction chamber comprising two sub-chambers with reconfigurable volumes, an input conduit with input valve, an un-filtered output conduit with first output valve, and a filtered output conduit with a second output valve is used to perform a method to control a different dilution rate for cells and molecules in continuous culture bioprocesses. In preferred embodiments flow control is achieved using the difference in volume of the two sub-chambers.
US09574160B2
The use of poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) block copolymers in pharmaceutical compositions useful for modifying the surfaces of contact lenses and other medical devices is disclosed. The present invention is based in-part on a discovery that this class of compounds is particularly efficient in wetting hydrophobic surfaces, such as the surfaces of silicone hydrogel contact lenses and other types of ophthalmic lenses. Such compounds are also useful for cleaning purposes. The use of the compounds as surfactants in various types of compositions for treating contact lenses therefore represents a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
US09574156B2
A lubricant composition comprising lubricating oil and a compound containing phosphorus and an amine of formula I: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group and at least one of R1 is selected from: —(C1-C20)alkyl, —(C1-C20)alkenyl, —(C5-C20)cycloalkyl; R is selected from: —(C4-C20)alkyl, —(C4-C20)alkenyl, —(C5-C20)cycloalkyl; and wherein R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from: —H, —(C6-C36)alkyl, —(C6-C36)alkenyl, —(C6-C36)cycloalkyl, wherein at least one of R2, R3 and R4 is not H; X is O or S; Y1 and Y2 are selected from S and O; m is 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, p is 1 or 2, provided that m+n+p=3 and q=0.8 to 1.2*p, wherein the compound provides at least 48 ppm of phosphorus and a molar ratio phosphorus to nitrogen (P/N) in the range of about 0.40 to about 1.50.
US09574155B2
A lubricating composition and method of making the same are provided. The lubricating composition comprises a lubricant fluid, water, and carbon nanoparticles comprising nanodiamonds. The method comprises mixing the lubricating composition under high shear followed by ultrasonication.
US09574144B2
A method and apparatus for recovering components from a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (b) separating the hydrocarbons, the oxidized sulfur compounds, and the oxidized nitrogen compounds by solvent extraction; (c) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds and the oxidized nitrogen compounds; and (d) supplying the residue stream to a fluid catalytic cracking unit.
US09574142B2
A method and apparatus for upgrading a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (c) separating the hydrocarbons and the oxidized sulfur compounds by solvent extraction; (d) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds; and (e) supplying the residue stream to a gasifier to produce a syngas stream and a hydrogen sulfide stream.
US09574139B2
Processes for removing sulfur and nitrogen contaminants from hydrocarbon streams are described. The processes include contacting the hydrocarbon stream comprising the contaminant with lean halometallate ionic liquid an organohalide resulting in a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon and rich halometallate ionic liquid comprising the contaminant. The mixture is separated to produce a hydrocarbon effluent and a rich halometallate ionic liquid effluent comprising the rich halometallate ionic liquid comprising the contaminant.
US09574136B2
We disclose novel metallic nanoparticles coated with a thin protective carbon shell, and three-dimensional nano-metallic sponges; methods of preparation of the nanoparticles; and uses for these novel materials, including wood preservation, strengthening of polymer and fiber/polymer building materials, and catalysis.
US09574132B2
A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a thioether-substituted ligand.
US09574124B2
A process for cooling or heating a fluid or a body by a vapor compression circuit having a centrifugal compressor and containing a heat transfer fluid, the heat-transfer fluid including at least two of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, wherein: the ratio of the Mach number of the centrifugal compressor to the Mach number when the centrifugal compressor has, under the same operating conditions, the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is at least 0.97 and at most 1.03; the compression ratio of the centrifugal compressor is less than or equal to the compression ratio when the centrifugal compressor has, under the same operating conditions, the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane. Also, equipment suitable for implementing this cooling or heating process, and also to a process for converting existing equipment.
US09574117B2
Adhesives suitable for use with low surface energy materials are described. The adhesive contain an acrylic copolymer, a high glass transition temperature tackifier and a low glass transition temperature tackifier. The acrylic copolymer is the reaction product of a first alkyl(meth)acrylate having at least 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, a second alkyl(meth)acrylate having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, and a vinyl carboxylic acid. Both tackifiers have a Tg greater than the Tg of the acrylic copolymer. The high glass transition temperature tackifier has a Tg of at least 20° C. and the low glass transition temperature tackifier has a Tg of less than 0° C.
US09574116B2
Two-component adhesion composition suitable for extrusion coating paper substrates which comprises: a) from 70 to 98 wt % of high melt strength polypropylene (A) with a branching index g′ of 0.9 or less; and b) from 2 to 30 wt % of a component (B) selected from the group consisting of: (i) maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene (MAPP); (ii) maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene wax; (iii) polypropylene homopolymer with high melt flow rate; or (iv) ethylene-vinyl acetate-based hot melt adhesive, and its use.
US09574105B2
An aqueous solution coating composition comprising an autoxidizable polyvinyl polymer having ≧20% of fatty acid residue by weight of polymer; Tg from −60 to +15° C.; acid value of 15 to 75 mg KOH/g, Mw from 2500 to 100000 g/mol; polydispersity ≦30, said composition having ≦25% co-solvent by weight of solids, ≧30% solids by weight of composition; said composition when in the form of a coating having a telegraphing value defined as the difference in gloss at a 20° angle of between a film cast on rough PVC and a film cast on smooth PVC of 10 gloss units.
US09574092B2
Paint formulations having a high absorptivity with respect to solar radiation are disclosed herein. The disclosed paint formulations are also thermally and mechanically durable, thereby enabling the paint formulations to be used on components in solar thermal applications where exposure to high temperatures and environmental conditions may be an issue. The paint formulation can include an oxide-based pigment, an organic binder, one or more additives, an inorganic filler, and/or an organic solvent. The pigment can have a relatively high absorptivity with respect to light having a wavelength in the range from 250 nm to 3000 nm. Curing of the paint formulation can irreversibly convert the organic binder into an inorganic binder.
US09574089B2
Nonaqueous coating material compositions comprising at least one polyhydroxyl and (per)fluoroalkyl group-containing poly(meth)acrylate component (A), at least one polyisocyanate group-containing compounds (B), and one or more catalysts (D). Also provided are multistage coating methods using the coating material compositions, and also the use of the coating material compositions as a clearcoat material and for coating of wind energy systems or aircraft, or parts thereof, more particularly as an anti-icing coating.
US09574088B2
The present invention is directed to an aqueous suspension and/or aqueous dispersion of calcium carbonate obtained by the process of manufacturing a calcium carbonate-containing slurry prepared by addition of one or more zirconium compounds, wherein the aqueous suspension and/or aqueous dispersion of calcium carbonate consists essentially of calcium carbonate, water, one or more zirconium compounds and optionally, one or more phosphate-free additives acting as dispersion and/or grinding aid agents.
US09574085B2
This invention relates to new fluorescent chemical entities, especially fluorescent molecules that comprise biocompatible N,N-disubstituted sulfonamide fluorochromes. This invention also relates to the corresponding reactive versions of such molecules. This invention also relates to the corresponding conjugates with moieties such as peptides, proteins, various biomolecules, carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds, sugars, and their uses thereof.
US09574084B2
There is provided a hole transport composition having (i) a first hole transport polymer having crosslinkable groups, and (ii) a second hole transport polymer having substantially no crosslinkable groups. There is also provided a crosslinked hole transport layer and an electronic device containing the crosslinked hole transport layer.
US09574068B2
Provided is an additive masterbatch having excellent storage stability (agglomeration resistance), which also has reduced surface tackiness despite comprising a low-melting-point resin additive at a high concentration. The additive masterbatch of the present invention is characterized by comprising, with respect to 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyolefin resin, 65 to 300 parts by mass of (B) a resin additive having a melting point of not higher than 80° C.; and 0.8 to 24 parts by mass of (C) a benzotriazole-based ultraviolet absorber.
US09574065B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin (a) that is a liquid crystalline polyester and/or a polyphenylene sulfide; and 0.001 to 10 parts by weight of a metal complex (b) having a monodentate or a bidentate ligand; and at least one metal and/or its salt selected from the group consisting of copper, zinc, nickel, manganese, cobalt, chromium and tin.
US09574057B2
Methods for adhering a hydrogel matrix to a molded polymer substrate and its use as a biosensor, e.g., a continuous or episodic glucose monitor, are disclosed. The presently disclosed subject matter provides a method for adhering a hydrogel matrix to a molded polymer substrate, the method comprising: (a) molding a polymer comprising one or more polymer chains with an oxidizer to form a molded polymer substrate; (b) providing a hydrogel matrix comprising a hydrogel, a component comprising one or more acrylate groups or another functional group that can form one or more radicals upon polymerization in the molded polymer substrate, and a photo initiator; (c) combining the molded polymer substrate and the hydrogel matrix; and (d) curing the combined molded polymer substrate and hydrogel matrix for a period of time.
US09574056B2
Methods of making a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer. The sized fibers may be contacted with a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curative that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite.
US09574045B2
The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin represented by the following formula (1) and an epoxy resin represented by the following formula (2):
US09574042B2
The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer having the formula (P-Bn)q-X where P is a polydiene segment, B is a styrenic monomer residue, n is the number of styrenic monomer residues, and Bn is a polystyrenic segment; X is a multifunctional terminator residue, and q is the number of (P-Bn) chains coupled to X; wherein for q=1, the weight percent of the functionalized elastomer is at least 90 percent by weight.
US09574038B2
HEMA-compatible siloxane monomers are described that can be used to manufacture contact lenses that combine the attributes of HEMA-based contact lenses with the high oxygen permeability of silicone hydrogel lenses. Optically clear silicone hydrogel contact lens can be manufactured that comprise a polymeric lens body that is the reaction product of a polymerizable composition comprising: a) at least 25 wt. % of at least one hydroxyalkyl methacrylate; and b) at least 20 wt. % of at least one HEMA-compatible polysiloxane.
US09574036B2
Ionomer composite resins and core/shell nanoparticles are described. The ionomer resin contains a metal ion. The metal can be in the core, shell or both.
US09574035B1
A process and articles for continuously making a tetrapolymer using two reactors connected in series with two saturated hydrocarbon streams, two injections of ethylene monomer, two injections of propylene monomer, and two injections of two different non-conjugated diene monomers simultaneously with two metallocene catalysts and two metallocene co-catalysts. This process allows for the creation of products with high molecular weights while utilizing continuous flow reactors in series, preventing an additional blending step. The process allows for manufacture of anti-vibration articles made by the tetrapolymers.
US09574033B1
A process and articles for continuously making a tetrapolymer using two reactors connected in series with two unsaturated hydrocarbon streams, two injections of ethylene monomer, two injections of propylene monomer, and two injections of two different non-conjugated diene monomers with a Ziegler-Natta, a catalyst, a co-catalyst, and an optional promoter. The process allows for the creation of products and articles with high molecular weights while utilizing continuous flow reactors in series. The process allows for manufacture of anti-vibration articles made by tetrapolymers.
US09574032B2
A copolymer, a method of manufacturing a copolymer, an encapsulant for optoelectronic devices, and an optoelectronic device are provided. The encapsulant exhibiting excellent adhesion to front substrates and back sheets included in various optoelectronic devices can be provided. Also, the encapsulant capable of maintaining excellent workability and economic feasibility upon manufacture of the device without causing a negative influence on working environments and parts such as optoelectronic elements or wiring electrodes encapsulated in the optoelectronic device can be provided.
US09574022B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polymer based on N-vinyl lactam monomer units, which comprises a step (E) for controlled radical polymerization of a composition comprising: monomers containing (and most often consisting of) N-vinyl lactam monomers, either identical or different (and generally identical); an agent for controlling the radical polymerization, for example comprising a thiocarbonylthio group —S(C═S)—; and a radical polymerization initiator which is a redox system comprising a reducing agent (Red) and an oxidizing agent (Ox).
US09574012B2
Disclosed is an AGR2 blocking monoclonal antibody, and in particular, a humanized monoclonal antibody for blocking AGR2. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody and a method for preparing the same, and a use of the antibody in blocking tumor growth and metastasis.
US09574011B2
The invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and that reduce the clotting time of blood. Such antibodies have utility in the treatment of subjects with a coagulopathy.
US09574006B2
An antibody that targets CD30, wherein the antibody comprises at least one modification relative to a parent antibody and the antibody binds with altered affinity to an FcγR or alters effector function as compared to the parent antibody. Also disclosed are methods of using the anti-CD30 antibody.
US09573992B2
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are capable of binding to serum albumin; to proteins and polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of such amino acid sequences; to nucleic acids that encode such amino acid sequences, proteins or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides; and to uses of such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides.
US09573989B2
Described are polypeptide dimers comprising two soluble gp130 molecules wherein each of said molecules is fused to an Fc domain of an IgG1 protein and wherein the hinge region of the Fc domain is modified resulting in advantageous properties of the dimer. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the hinge region comprises the amino acid sequence motif Ala234-Glu235-Gly236-Ala237. Moreover, a pharmaceutical composition containing said dimer and various medical uses are described.
US09573985B2
A p16 protein variant; a polynucleotide encoding the p16 protein variant; a method for preparing the p16 protein variant; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the p16 protein variant; a method for preventing and/or treating cancer comprising administering the p16 protein variant to a subject; and use of the p16 protein variant in the prophylaxis and/or therapy of cancer.
US09573984B2
The present invention relates to novel chimeric molecules of ficolin-associated polypeptides, such as fusion polypeptides for the use in the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation, apoptosis, autoimmunity, coagulation, thrombotic or coagulopathic related diseases. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such fusion polypeptides, vectors and host cells used in the production of the fusion polypeptides.
US09573983B2
The present disclosure provides IDAC compounds capable of presenting two or more signal 1 moieties to a host immune system and methods of using the IDAC compounds to treat or prevent autoimmune disorders in a subject. The present disclosure provides compounds including a modified I-domain peptide having two or more modified lysine residues and two or more signal 1 moieities conjugated to the modified lysine residues of the I-domain peptide and methods of using an making the compounds.
US09573975B2
The present invention relates to a melanoma antigen peptide comprising the amino acids sequence selected in the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:5 or a function-conservative variant thereof. Moreover the invention also relates to a melanoma antigen peptide according to the invention for use in the prevention or the treatment of melanoma in patient.
US09573974B2
Disclosed herein are PACE4 inhibitors, compositions comprising PACE4 inhibitors and their uses thereof for lowering PACE4 activity, reducing cell proliferation, reducing tumor growth, reducing metastasis formation, preventing and/or treating cancer. Also provided are methods for lowering PACE4 activity, reducing the proliferation of a cell, reducing tumor growth and/or treating and preventing cancer. Methods for screening PACE4 inhibitors and cell proliferation inhibitors are further provided.
US09573965B2
The present invention provides (R)-3-Amino-1-butanol (D)-tartarate (IIb); process for its preparation and its conversion to Dolutegravir. The present invention also provides an improved process for the preparation of Dolutegravir (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein compound (XVI) is reacted with an optically active acid addition salt of (R)-3-amino-1-butanol (IIa).
US09573961B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
US09573960B2
The present invention relates to glioblastoma inhibiting compounds, in particular gambogic acid amid and derivatives thereof for the treatment of glioblastoma. Moreover, methods for determining whether a treatment with the compounds of the invention is suitable for a patient are disclosed.
US09573948B2
The invention relates to a compound of Formula I or IA and methods of treating cystic fibrosis comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or IA to a patient in need thereof:
US09573946B2
Provided are compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting fascin activity or treating a condition or disorder mediated by fascin activity in a subject in need thereof.
US09573928B2
The present invention relates to novel amides and a process for preparing these amides.
US09573924B2
A process for preparing a cyclic ester or a cyclic amide includes contacting hydroxycarboxylic acid and/or amino-carboxylic acid, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof, with acidic zeolite. The hydroxycarboxylic acid is a 2- or 6-hydroxycarboxylic acid, and the amino carboxylic acid is a 2- or 6-amino-carboxylic acid. The zeolite may include two or three interconnected and non-parallel channel systems, in which a channel system includes 10- or more-membered ring channels, and in which a framework Si/X2 ratio is at least 24 as measured by NMR. X is Al or B. The zeolite may include three interconnected and non-parallel channel systems, in which at least two channel systems include 10- or more-membered ring channels, and in which a framework Si/X2 ratio is at least 6 as measured by NMR. The process may be performed at a pressure between 0.5 and 20 bar.
US09573923B2
The present invention relates to a compound having a 2,6-difluorophenylether structure useful as organic electronic materials, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, and in particular, liquid crystal display device materials. Provided are a compound represented by general formula (1): and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a liquid crystal display device that uses the liquid crystal composition. Since the compound represented by general formula (1) is used as a component of a liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal composition that exhibits low viscosity and a liquid crystal phase over a wide temperature range can be obtained. Thus, the compound is particularly useful as a component of a liquid crystal composition for high-response-speed liquid crystal display devices.
US09573921B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and salts thereof and the pharmaceutical composition containing them in treatment of various diseases, as allergic rhinitis where R1 and R2 are, independently, hydrogen, halogen, C1_3 alkyl or C1-3alkoxy; R3 is phenyl optionally substituted by R4 and R5 which are, independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-3 alkyl, C1-3-alkoxy, fluoro-, difluoro- and trifluoromethyl, nitrile group, N,N-diC1-3alkyl-amide, carboC1-3 alkoxy or C1-3alkylsulphone groups; R3 is pyridyl group containing nitrogen at various positions in the benzene ring, n is one of the integers 1 or 2.
US09573919B2
The present invention provides a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) activator, which is free from the problem of side effects, can be taken over a long term and has no characteristics taste. Nobiletin is employed as a PPAR activator. Nobiletin has an excellent PPAR activity and has an excellent adiponectin secretion-promoting effect, and is contained in a large amount in citrus fruits, in particular, in Shiikuwasha (Citrus depressa HAYATA) indigenous to Okinawa (Japan). Since citrus fruits have been consumed for many years, the safety of nobiletin has been proven and besides, nobiletin has a low calorie content. Therefore, it can be taken over a long term. Moreover, because of being tasteless and odorless, nobiletin would not damage the unique taste of a food when added thereto. Therefore, it can be added to foods and taken.
US09573917B2
A process for manufacturing epoxy monomers and/or epoxides in high yields and useful quality and chemical stability by dehydrochlorination of the corresponding chlorohydrins with an alkaline agent, producing the corresponding side product dry salt in a high purity, characterized in that the process comprises the following steps: a. Reaction of the chlorohydrins with the alkaline agent to form corresponding epoxides and the corresponding precipitated chloride salt; b. Dehydration, and optionally completing the reaction, of the reaction mixture of step (a), by use of an azeotropic agent, added to step (b) or generated in situ in step (a), resulting in the producing of a dehydrated reaction mixture; c. Separating the resulting chloride salt by filtration from the dehydrated reaction mixture (b) and d. Isolating the epoxide from the filtered liquid fraction.
US09573912B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods which utilize the tetracycline scaffold, preferably the scaffold of tetracycline or minocycline, and which significantly lack antibiotic activity. The compounds have neuroprotective attributes without interfering with the drugs capacity to pass through the blood brain barrier. These compounds have neuroprotective activity because of their inhibition of neuronal cell cycle progression. The compounds are characterized in part by a fifth ring joining positions 9 and 10.
US09573910B2
The invention relates to novel oxazolidinone compound. More particularly, the invention relates to novel [(S)—N-[[3-[4-fluoro-3-morpholino phenyl]-2-oxooxazolidin-5-yl] methyl] acetamide] compound of Formula-I which was disclosed in Indian Patent Application No. 5063/CHE/2013 and corresponding PCT/IN2014/000018. The compound is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent effective against Multi-Drug Resistant S. Maltophilia pathogen and a large number of gram positive and gram negative pathogens. The compound has shown excellent biological activities against S. Maltophilia which has developed resistance against a large number of antibiotics including some of the known and widely used oxazolidinone derivatives.
US09573909B2
Disclosed are triazine derivative compounds exhibiting sufficient herbicidal activity at low application dosage when they are applied to soils and foliage, and an agrochemical composition using the same, in particular herbicides.
US09573900B2
The invention relates to polymorphs of deuterated omega-diphenylurea or salts thereof. In particular, the invention provides polymorphs of 4-(4-{3-[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ureido]-phenoxy}-2-(N-1′,1′,1′-trideutero-methyl)picolinamide or its salt, namely, polymorphs of the compound as shown in formula (I) or its salt. The polymorphs are suited for preparing the pharmaceutical composition used for inhibiting phosphokinase (such as raf kinases).
US09573898B2
Compounds of the formula (1) and their use as umami tastants: wherein R1 is chosen from Me, Et, Pr, or iPr, R2 is chosen from H or Me, or R1 and R2 together with the aromatic ring carbon atoms, form a 5 or 6 membered ring.
US09573895B2
The present invention is directed to a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The variables for Structural Formula (I) are defined herein. Also described is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Structural Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and its therapeutic use.
US09573894B1
N-substituted 3,3-dinitroazetidine, represented by the following Chemical Formula I, as an energetic plasticizer, and a method for preparing the same through a coupling reaction in which the energetic material 3,3-dinitroazetidine or an acid salt thereof serves as a nucleophile for the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound as a substrate are provided. wherein R1 and R2 are each independently alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, substituted heteroarylalkyl, hydroxy, nitro, or a halogen atom, wherein the substituent of the substituted radicals is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy, thioalkyl, amino, nitro, hydroxy, a halogen atom, and a combination thereof.
US09573892B2
The subject of the invention is process for the preparation of the prostaglandin amides of the general formula I, where in the formula, the bonds marked with dotted lines may be single or double bonds, in the case of double bounds at positions 5,6 and 13,14 they may be in cis or in trans orientation, Q stands for a hydroxyl-group and Z stands for a hydroxyl- or oxo-group, R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen atom or a straight or branched C1-10 alkyl- or aralkyl-group, optionally substituted with —ONO2 group, or an aralkyl- or aryl-group, which contains heteroatom, R3 represents a straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated C4-6 hydrocarbon group, or a C4-10 alkylcycloalkyl- or cycloalkyl-group, or an optionally with alkyl group or halogen atom substituted phenyl-, C7-10 alkylaryl- or hetaryl-group, Y represents (CH2)n group or O atom or S atom, and where n=0-3.
US09573887B2
The present invention provides compounds which can regulate VCP activity. The present invention provides the compound of formula (I) (R is as defined in the description) or oxides, esters, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The compounds can regulate VCP activity, and thus are useful for treating VCP-mediated diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.
US09573884B2
Fatty amide compositions and their derivatives are disclosed. The fatty amides comprise a reaction product of a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives with a primary or secondary amine. Derivatives made by reducing, quaternizing, sulfonating, alkoxylating, sulfating, and sulfitating the fatty amide are also included. The amine reactant can be diethylenetriamine or (2-aminoethyl)ethanolamine, which provide imidazoline amides or esters, respectively. In one aspect, the ester derivative of the C10-C17 monounsaturated acid or octadecene-1,18-dioic acid is a lower alkyl ester. In other aspects, the ester derivative is a modified triglyceride made by self-metathesis of a natural oil or an unsaturated triglyceride made by cross-metathesis of a natural oil with an olefin. The compositions are valuable for cleaners, fabric treatment, hair conditioning, personal care, antimicrobial compositions, agricultural uses, and oil field applications.
US09573881B2
The present invention provides a halogenated aniline represented by formula (I) (wherein each of X1 and X2 independently represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom), a method for producing the halogenated aniline, and other aspects.
US09573879B2
Disclosed are monoesters, inner complex salts or monoester salts of hexahydro-β-acid, and application thereof as animal feed additives. The compounds as shown in formula (I), (II) and (III) show low toxicity or non-toxicity to animals, and have higher stability and better growth promotion effects than those disclosed in other patents, which make them more suitable to be applied as growth promoters used in feed and have a very good application prospect in cultivation industry.
US09573870B2
A heterocyclic nitrogen stabilizing agent is employed to reduce the rate of catalyst deactivation in a hydroformylation process.
US09573867B2
The present invention relates to an improved method for manufacturing 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, (HCFC-1233xf) by reacting 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, and/or 2,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene with hydrogen fluoride, in a vapor phase reaction vessel in the presence of a vapor phase fluorination catalyst and stabilizer. HCFC-1233xf is an intermediate in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) which is a refrigerant with low global warming potential.
US09573861B2
The invention relates to an olefin oligomerization process comprising the steps of: i) contacting a feed comprising olefins and nitriles with a guard bed comprising eta alumina; and ii) contacting the feed obtained in step i) with an oligomerization catalyst under conditions suitable to oligomerize the olefins in the feed. It also relates to the use of a guard bed comprising eta-alumina for reducing the content of basic organic compounds in a hydrocarbon feed.
US09573856B2
A micro-explosive material is provided. The micro-explosive material can include a carbon nanotube and a solid oxidizer attached to the carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube with the solid oxidizer attached thereto is operable to burn per an exothermic chemical reaction between the carbon nanotube and the solid oxidizer such that a controlled burn and/or an explosive burn is provided. The micro-explosive material can be used as a heat generator, a gas generator, a micro-thruster, a primer for use with a larger explosive material, and the like.
US09573846B2
The present invention relates to a transparent pane with an electrically heatable coating, which extends over a major part of the surface area of the pane and is electrically connected to at least two low-impedance bus bars lying opposite one another, at least one conducting structure (4G, 5G) only covering the heating area outside a central viewing area, in order to shorten electrically the distance between the bus bars (4, 5), and in that the current flows in the part of the heating area that is not covered by at least one conducting structure (4G, 5G).
US09573844B2
Systems and methods of powder coating glass to block light are described herein. The method includes preheating a glass item and applying two or three coats of powder, alternating with heating at desired temperatures and/or for a set time. The glass article may be a glass window or a container for holding items that must be stored or transported without being exposed to light.
US09573840B2
An antimony-free glass suitable for use in a frit for producing a hermetically sealed glass package is described. The hermetically sealed glass package, such as an OLED display device, is manufactured by providing a first glass substrate plate and a second glass substrate plate and depositing the antimony-free frit onto the first substrate plate. OLEDs may be deposited on the second glass substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first glass substrate plate to the second glass substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The antimony-free glass has excellent aqueous durability, good flow, low glass transition temperature and low coefficient of thermal expansion.
US09573821B2
Methods to recover or separate cesium formate or rubidium formate or both from a mixed alkali metal formate blend are described. One method involves adding cesium sulfate or rubidium sulfate to the mixed alkali metal formate blend in order to preferentially precipitate potassium sulfate from the mixed alkali metal formate blend. Another method involves adding cesium carbonate or cesium bicarbonate or both to preferentially precipitate potassium carbonate/bicarbonate and/or other non-cesium or non-rubidium metals from the mixed alkali metal blend. Further optional steps are also described. Still one other method involves converting cesium sulfate to cesium hydroxide.
US09573808B2
An aqueous solution includes HCl present in an amount exceeding 37% by weight. The solution further includes a fixing agent that is urea and/or a urea derivative. The fixing agent is present in the solution in a molar ratio of between 0.25 and 2.0 of fixing agent to HCl, inclusive.
US09573804B2
The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.
US09573788B2
A device for winding elongate flexible objects is disclosed herein. The device includes a rigid member extending along a central axis between first and second ends. The device also includes a first fork having a base mounted to the rigid member at the first end of the rigid member and a plurality of tines supported on the base. The device also includes a second fork member having a base mounted to the rigid member at the second end of the rigid member and a plurality of tines supported on the base. The first fork and the second fork are further defined as both being removably engaged with the rigid member.
US09573783B2
A splicing device and splicing method in which automatic and accurate splicing is performed by inserting two carrier tapes into the device. The splicing device including cutting devices for cutting the tail end of number one carrier tape and the leading end of number two carrier tape at a predetermined cutting position; a positioning device for indexing number one and number two carrier tapes towards each other respectively to splicing position at which positioning pins engage with indexing holes of the number one and number two carrier tapes; and a joining device which, with splicing tape affixed to connected protective tape positioned at the splicing position, folds protective tape and joins the splicing tape to both surfaces of number one and number two carrier tapes straddling thereof.
US09573781B2
A feed device includes a feed roller, a transport roller pair provided further to the downstream side in the transport direction of a sheet than the feed roller, a first motor by which the feed roller is driven, and a second motor by which the transport roller pair is driven, and in which a controller that controls the first motor, and performs a skew removal operation accompanying reverse transport of the sheet by the transport roller pair causes a reverse current and a hold current as suppression currents that suppress the reverse transport amount of the feed roller to the reverse transport amount of the transport roller pair or less to flow to the first motor in at least a part of the skew removal operation.
US09573774B2
A device for moving plate-shaped objects from a removal point, in which the objects are oriented substantially perpendicularly, to a delivery point, in which the objects are oriented substantially horizontally, includes a removal gripper moveable to and fro between the removal and the delivery points by a drive and which is rotated during the movement. The removal gripper is arranged on a lever so as to rotate with respect to the lever, which is pivoted to and fro by a drive. The removal gripper is connected to a shaft mounted rotatably in the lever and on which a wheel is fastened. An elongate, flexible element is placed over the wheel and fixed immovably in the direction of the longitudinal extension thereof. During pivoting of the lever, the wheel rolls on the elongate element. The movement of the gripper is thus superimposed with a rotational movement of the removal gripper.
US09573773B2
A conveyor for transporting objects includes a rail arrangement which includes a first rail track and a second rail track extending parallel to the first rail track; coupling elements guided in the second rail track and drivable with a drive device along the second rail track; and plural deposit tables for receiving the objects thereon, with at least two of the deposit tables being fastened on each of the coupling elements and slidingly or rollingly supported on the first rail track, each of said deposit tables having a pusher which is movable transversely to a transport direction of the deposit tables for pushing the objects off the deposit tables.
US09573767B2
A conveyor belt module comprises a module body and offset hinge elements extending from each end of the module body. On one end, the hinge elements include a progressively widening hinge passageway having hinge openings extending at different angles. The hinge openings progressively widen in a stepped manner to facilitate load sharing.
US09573760B2
A convenient cover opening and closing method, system, and apparatus are described. A cover grasper, adjustable tension, an anchor, and a stabilizer provide the necessary torques so that a cover opens and closes in a controlled smooth manner. Moreover, the apparatus and system may be conveniently removed from and secured to the cover's container, may be secured in a more permanent fashion to the container, or components of it may be secured on the container while others are not.
US09573757B1
Waste container includes a base defining a waste-receiving compartment, and an insert supported on the base and engaging a peripheral edge of a bag that extends into the compartment while maintaining an opening of the bag unobstructed. A movable closure component has a first engagement position in which it engages with the insert to press the bag against a bag-engagement edge of the insert, and a second non-engagement position in which it is separated from the bag-engagement edge. A lid is attached to the base and includes a waste treatment component having a base defining a compartment receivable of a waste treatment material and including apertures communicating with the compartment. A member is attached and rotatable relative to the base to selectively align apertures of the member with the apertures of the base to enable dispersion of the waste treatment material from the compartment.
US09573756B1
A device for commercial waste collection has a first container and a second container. A lid covers the first container. A first pair of lifting sleeves is attached to side surfaces of the first container for lifting the first container. A second pair of lifting sleeves is attached to side surfaces of the second container and positioned below the first pair of lifting sleeves. A third pair of lifting sleeves is attached to the side surfaces of the first container and aligned with the second pair of lifting sleeves. The second pair of lifting sleeves and the third pair of lifting sleeves are used together to lift both the first container and the second container together. A latching mechanism is provided for preventing opening of the lid when lifting both the first container and the second container together.
US09573741B2
A device comprising a body including a first polymer and a closure including a second polymer that is substantially not bondable to the first polymer and has a relatively higher shrinkage rate than the first polymer, wherein at least a portion of the closure overlaps at least a portion of the body, forming a hermetic seal therebetween and defining a sealed, empty, sterile container.
US09573738B1
A beverage container cap is revealed. The beverage container cap includes a cap body movably disposed on top of a beverage container, a waterproof gasket fixed on bottom of a valve seat with a chamber, and a pivot valve mounted in the chamber of the valve seat. A liquid through hole and at least one vent are arranged at the waterproof gasket. When a hemispherical pivot part of the pivot valve is pivotally rotated within the chamber of the valve seat to make the beverage container cap in a closed or open state, at least one lug on the hemispherical pivot part is pressed against or away from the vent of the waterproof gasket. Thereby pressure in the beverage container is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere outside while beverage in the container flows out. Thus users can drink the beverage from the container smoothly.
US09573733B2
A packaging product and a method of closing a packaging product are provided. Closing a packaging product may include providing a first member of the packaging product having an aperture therein and providing a bubble rivet extending through the aperture and having an expanded hollow head portion on one side of the aperture with a neck portion of the bubble rivet being provided in the aperture. The hollow head portion of the bubble rivet is breakable to enable withdrawal of the head portion through the aperture thereby non-reversibly opening the packaging product.
US09573732B2
A closure for a product retaining container constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal forming neck of the container has a substantially cylindrical shape and substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of said closure, wherein at least one of said terminating surfaces is at least partially covered by a decorative layer. Indicia may be applied on at least one of the two substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of a closure by means of hot stamping.
US09573725B2
A flat rack comprising, a cargo platform for carrying a load, terminal bulkheads for enclosing the cargo platform and two intermediate bulkheads positioned between the terminal bulkheads at equal distance from the center of gravity of the flat rack. Each of the intermediate bulkheads is equipped with lifting points suitable therefore. Optionally, the distance between the intermediate bulkheads is between 20′ and 40′. More specifically, the distance between the intermediate bulkheads may be 34′. A method for loading or offloading a cargo vessel loaded with a plurality of flat racks. The method comprises operating a crane adapted to lift at least one of the plurality of flat racks as described herein above.
US09573724B2
A tab is provided, which includes a body having first and second opposing ends, a nose portion disposed at or about the first end of the body, a lift portion disposed at or about the second end of the body of the tab, and a rivet receiving portion disposed proximate the nose portion. The rivet receiving portion includes a generally planar portion, a rivet hole having a perimeter, and an upturned portion extending upwardly from the generally planar portion about the perimeter of the rivet hole. The upturned portion reinforces the rivet hole and has an arcuate cross section profile. An integral rivet extends through the rivet hole and is staked to affix the tab to a can end. The upturned portion is devoid of any corners or edges both before and after the integral rivet is staked.
US09573723B2
A laminated sheet construction for use in product packages has a substrate layer onto which there is laminated a transparent solid plastic film with an exposed surface having a transparent thermosetting adhesive coating. The surface beneath the coating may be printed with text and/or graphics which is visible through the film and adhesive. A container for a product may be directly affixed to the adhesive surface. Panels of the laminated substrate may be bonded together for increased strength or for capturing the flange of a container which can project through a window in one of the panels while displaying printing on the other panel through the window.
US09573722B1
A shipping carton having a force receiving area located adjacent opposing edges of the carton's top and bottom edges. The force receiving area is configured to deform in the presence of an external force and distribute that force through the force receiving area while minimizing the transfer of force directly to the appliance and minimizing damage to the surface panels of the shipping carton.
US09573716B2
The support device includes a support and a pair of bars spaced apart from each other. The bars include a slot configured to enclose peripheral side edges of a flexible pouch. In one embodiment, the bars are wing shaped and include a first member and a second member. The first member is angled with respect to the second member. The slot extends inwardly from an inner surface of the bar and is disposed between the first and second member. The slot is configured to receive a peripheral side seal of the flexible pouch. The first and second members help keep the body of the pouch within the grips of the gripper. In a second preferred embodiment, the bars are an elongated member. The slot is disposed along the inner surface of the bars. The bars have a length sufficient to receive the side peripheral seal of the pouch.
US09573713B2
The invention comprises a method and a device for changing removable carrier units (8a′, 8b′) with flat packaging material (10) wound on supply rolls (9), in particular, packaging film (11) within a packaging machine (3), which is equipped with devices for at least partially wrapping piece goods, containers, article groups, etc., with flat packaging material (10). With the method removable carrier units (8a, 8b) with new supply rolls (9) are fed in a series one after the other to a work area (AB) of a handling device (5), the work area (AB) of which extends into at least one position of the operating position of the removable carrier unit (8a′, 8b′) arranged in the packaging machine (3), which is equipped with a supply roll (9), so that it replaces removable carrier units (8a′, 8b′) located in the packaging machine (3) and used up supply rolls (9′) with new removable carrier units (8a, 8b) with in each case a new supply roll (9). Here respective removable carrier units (8a, 8b) are inserted alternately in at least two different installation positions of the packaging machine (3) and its flat packaging material (10) is connected with the packaging material still located in the packaging machine (3).
US09573709B2
A system and method for wrapping sheet material to produce finished mailpieces includes an upstream content module, a downstream mailpiece assembly module including a wrapper module adapted to encapsulate content material, and a buffer module interposing the upstream content and downstream assembly modules. The buffer module includes a plurality of buffer gates adapted to convey the content material from an upstream gate to a downstream gate to maintain a threshold pitch distance between successive pieces of content material. A controller is operatively coupled to the modules and controls the conveyance of content material through the buffer gates. More specifically, the controller coordinates the delivery and insertion of content material into the wrapper module to minimize dry-holes, maintain stresses below a threshold level to ensure continued operation, and optimize system throughput.
US09573703B2
A propulsion system for controlling the orbit of a satellite in earth orbit comprises a thruster suitable for delivering a force along an axis F, and a motor-driven mechanism linked on the one hand to the thruster and on the other hand to a structure of the satellite, said motor-driven mechanism being suitable for displacing the thruster on either side of the plane of the orbit and suitable for orienting the thruster so as to make it possible to control a component perpendicular to the orbit of the force in two opposite directions, to control the inclination of the satellite, and in that said motor-driven mechanism is suitable for displacing the thruster along an axis V parallel to the velocity of the satellite, and suitable for orienting the thruster so as to make it possible to control a component of the force on the axis V, to control orbit.
US09573700B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a core of individual components having properties such that a system assembled from the components absorbs the kinetic energy of a moving vehicle. The components may be interlocking components. The components may be manufactured of ceramic or polymeric composite or other materials that are strong enough to absorb the vehicle's energy and help stop the vehicle safely by the system's ability to crush or deform upon impact, and not so strong that it causes the vehicle to crumple against the barrier. In one particular embodiment, the components may be modified packing elements that are traditionally used in gas to liquid columns.
US09573697B2
An apparatus for energy recovery of an aircraft, an aircraft comprising the apparatus and a method of energy recovery are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a turbine having a body and rotor blades. The turbine is adapted to be mounted to the exterior of an aircraft, such that the body receives an air stream flowing at the exterior of the aircraft. The rotor blades are selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein at the deployed position the rotor blades are rotated by the air stream so as to generate electricity. The blades may be deployed during descent of the aircraft to recover energy normally irretrievably dissipated as the aircraft descends and slows. The blades are stowed when not in use, such as during take-off and cruise.
US09573695B2
A gas turbine engine includes a first annular portion that is stationary and adapted for partially surrounding an engine core. The first annular portion includes a fore pylon connecting portion. A rail is coupled to the fore pylon portion and extends in the aft direction from the stationary portion. A second annular portion is positioned aft of the first portion and coupled to the rail, the second portion being movable along an engine core centerline between a closed position and an open position, wherein the second annular portion is configured to engage with the first annular portion in the closed position to provide access to an engine core. The second annular portion includes a nozzle plug.
US09573691B1
A ram air canopy includes a top skin, a bottom skin, a plurality of ribs between the top skin and the bottom skin forming a plurality of cells. A leading edge of a cell includes an opening to allow air to enter the cell. A glide vent is disposed in the top skin to allow air the exit the cell.
US09573688B2
An aircraft passenger seat base frame including spaced left and right spreaders cooperatively supporting a seat bottom and a seatback, spaced front and rear transverse beams interconnecting the left and right spreaders, spaced left and right leg assemblies each including a front leg and a rear leg, an in-flight entertainment component position in a space below the seat bottom, and a life vest container positioned below a front end of the seat bottom.
US09573681B2
A wing-drive mechanism includes at least one sub-mechanism having a motor that drives a drive shaft in a single direction. The sub-mechanism includes a converter means for converting the rotary motion of the drive shaft to a linear or arcuate back-and-forth motion; amplitude control means for controllably varying the extent of the linear or arcuate back-and-forth motion produced by the converter means; and a rotatably mounted output mechanism engaged with the converter means such that when the converter means produces the linear or arcuate back-and-forth motion, a corresponding alternating rotary motion is imparted to the output mechanism. In other embodiments, the invention is also a wing-drive mechanism and a method for configuring pairs of wing-drive mechanisms.
US09573672B2
A device for protecting a front spar structure of a central casing -of an aircraft wing and at least one item of equipment situated in the wing, comprising: a shielding surface extending in front of the front spar of the central casing, from a surface of an intersection between the wing and the fuselage delimited by the root of the wing, transversely to the surface of intersection, to a first rib of the central casing partially surrounding at least one item of equipment; and means -for fixing the shielding surface to the central casing producing an isostatic link.
US09573670B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for a self-stabilizing ballonet. A bladder or ballonet is provided within an envelope of a balloon. The bladder includes a spheroid body comprising an equator, a top pole, a bottom pole, and an axis crossing through the top pole and the bottom pole. The distance between two poles may be less than the equatorial distance. The bladder is sized and shaped for insertion into an envelope of a balloon and is inflatable to provide altitude control for the balloon.
US09573667B2
An apparatus for protecting and providing user access to a touch sensitive device underwater, comprising a waterproof casing comprising an inner cavity configured to receive the touch sensitive device, the casing comprising: a first area of the casing for providing user access to the touch sensitive device; a transparent first membrane arranged to cover at least part of the first area of the casing, the inner cavity configured to receive the touch sensitive device so that user interface of the touch sensitive device being arranged adjacent to the membrane of the first area; a pressurized non-conductive fluid arranged to the inner cavity to provide a gap between the user interface of the touch sensitive device and the membrane; a pressure control membrane arranged to cover at least part of a second area of the casing; and a pressure control element operationally connected to the pressure control membrane, configured to flexibly bend the pressure control membrane to change pressure of the pressurized non-conductive fluid.
US09573666B2
The invention generally relates to devices for stabilizing floating structures and systems and methods utilizing such stabilization devices. Some embodiments of the stabilization device include a fabric material having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expanded configuration of the fabric material may form a column of the fabric material. The column of fabric material may define an internal volume. The front end of the column of fabric material may be closed, and the back end of the column of fabric material may define an opening for receiving water for filling the internal volume. When filled with water, the stabilization device may improve roll stabilization of a floating structure. The floating structure may be a flotation device of an emergency flotation system, boat, or inflatable raft, for example. The emergency flotation system may be used with aircraft, (e.g., helicopters) to provide stabilization when the aircraft is ditched in water.
US09573665B2
A tow winch powered by a DC motor and a rechargeable battery. A tow rope is wound by the winch spool, the tow rope having a tow handle with one or more wireless throttle control members to start, stop and adjust the speed and acceleration of the retrieval operation. A marker device is incorporated into or attached to the tow rope and a sensor switch is provided on the base, whereby when the marker device is detected by the sensor switch the winch is disengaged. The base and operational components are sized and structured such that straps may be connected to the base and the tow winch carried like a backpack.
US09573661B1
A rope system adapted to be connected between first and second structures comprises a rope recoil system comprising first and second rope recoil assemblies. The first rope recoil assembly defines a first length and a first predetermined rope recoil maximum limit at which the first rope recoil assembly fails when under tension. The second rope recoil assembly defines a second length, where the second length is longer than the first length. The rope recoil assembly is arranged between the first and second structures such that the rope recoil system is in a first configuration. When at least one of the first and second structures moves away from another of the first and second structures, the first rope recoil assembly fails and the rope recoil system reconfigures into a second configuration.
US09573658B2
A modular watercraft is disclosed which includes plural connectable modules and which can be broken down for ease of handling, transport and storage. The watercraft includes novel means for connecting separate modules. The connectable modules may be storable within a single one of the modules.
US09573655B1
Various configurations of improved wake-modifying devices for a power boat are provided herein. All such configurations provide a water channel and (optional) wedge for capturing and redirecting significantly more of the water flowing past the transom of the boat than conventional trim tabs consisting primarily of a flat plate. This increases the upward force applied to the deployed wake-modifying device and raises the stern of the boat on the non-surf side to list the boat to the surf side, producing a larger wake on the surf side. Some configurations provide a convergent water channel to produce longer, smoother wakes on the surf side of the boat. Other configurations provide a divergent water channel, which produces a comparatively shorter, taller wake on the surf side of the boat.
US09573654B2
A bicycle motor control system is provided. The bicycle motor control system may be configured to control a drive motor that configured to output a driving force. The controller may be configured to receive a first user input and increase the driving force based on the first user input so as to set a boost ratio, and automatically reduce the driving force based on a factor other than the first user input.
US09573643B1
A bicycle seat assembly for providing enhanced comfort while riding a bicycle includes a mount that may be coupled to a seat post of a bicycle. A seat is rotatably coupled to the mount such that the seat may be positionable at a selected angle with respect to the seat post. The seat is structured to be substantially chevron shaped thereby enhancing a comfort of the seat.
US09573641B2
A seat assembly (10) for a bicycle, the seat assembly (10) having a seat (34) and a mounting assembly (50) located proximate a front of the seat (34) and being connected thereto, a hub (22) for receiving mounting assembly (50) in a rotatable manner, the axis of rotation (88) being diagonal with respect to horizontal and vertical planes, the arrangement being such that the seat (34) can move from side to side, and a lower frame member (24) extending between the hub (22) and a seat post mounting element (12).
US09573639B1
The present invention provides a wheel retraction assembly that can be used with a convertible cart for transport of cargo. The convertible cart includes a support structure, first and/or second wheels, each with a retraction assembly that includes telescopic and fixed struts. The wheel retraction assembly is operatively associated with the support structure and is movable between retracted and expanded positions. One end of telescopic strut mounts the wheel axle structure and the opposite end is connected to the support structure. In the retracted position, the wheel retraction assembly maintains the first and/or second wheels in a position to enable the cart to be moved. In the expanded position, the retraction assembly moves the first and/or second wheels to another position to be adjacent the support structure wherein the wheels do not support the cart. The cart also features a convertible handle assembly and a mountable platform.
US09573635B2
A drag reducing apparatus is provided for use with vehicles having surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes an exterior cover that forms a drag reducing shape when the apparatus is fully extended. The apparatus can be retracted to a space saving configuration. A scissors linkage extends and retracts the apparatus.The scissors linkage can be motorized, and the motor can extend the scissors linkage by turning in a first direction and can retract the apparatus by turning in a second direction. The scissors linkage can hold the exterior cover taut when the apparatus is fully extended. The scissors linkage can support the exterior cover at intermediate locations when the apparatus is not fully extended. The apparatus can include support linkages and intermediate moveable members that support the exterior cover and define the drag reducing shape.
US09573634B2
In a front air-flow streamlining structure of an automotive vehicle comprising a cover front portion of an under cover of a vehicle front portion and an air dam provided at a front bumper, a deflector is provided between the air dam and a front wheel house to be spaced rearward apart from the air dam, to project downward, and to extend in a vehicle width direction, an outward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the air dam is provided substantially continuously to the deflector, a pocket portion enclosed by the cover front portion, the air dam, and the deflector is provided such that an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, thereof opens, and a traveling-air intake portion which opens so as to take in traveling air toward the pocket portion is provided at the air dam.
US09573629B2
A safety rail for a flatbed trailer including a track that is engaged adjacent an edge of the flatbed trailer and a plurality of post holder assemblies engaged with the track. The post holder assemblies are selectively movable along the track between an operational position and a storage position. When the safety rail is in the operational position, the post holder assemblies are spaced a distance apart from each other and, when in the storage position, the post holder assemblies are in tongue-and-groove interlocking engagement with each other. A post is engaged with each of the post holder assemblies and a cable is threaded through an aperture in each of the posts. The post holder assemblies include one or more wheels which engage the track and roll therealong as the safety rail is moved between the operational and storage positions.
US09573628B2
The present disclosure relates to a front structure of a vehicle body having a wheel installation strut and a side member which flanks an interior defined by the front car. The side member has a convex surface, by means of which it is fastened to an end of the wheel installation strut in multiple points. At least one point is offset relative to the other points towards the interior. As a result, a front structure with good stiffness for improved occupant protection can be provided, which can also be assembled in a simple manner.
US09573623B2
A method of providing automatic collision avoidance in a vehicle with a front wheel electric power steering (EPS) system and rear wheel active rear steering (ARS) system and an automatic collision avoidance system are described. The method includes generating a vehicle math model including the control variables, designing a steering control goal as a criterion to determine the control variables, and implementing a model predictive control to solve the steering control goal and determine the control variables. The method also includes providing the control variables to the EPS system and the ARS system to respectively control a front actuator associated with front wheels and a rear actuator associated with rear wheels.
US09573615B2
The invention relates to a rack-and-pinion steering, including a toothed rack having a longitudinal axis, a toothed rack housing in which the toothed rack is guided for axial displacement between two end stops, and an end stop damping assembly which includes at least one stop ring and at least one elastic compression body, the compression body surrounding the toothed rack, and its spring/damping section having an axial length in a non-loaded condition. The stop ring has a continuously surrounding axial guide extension which is located radially inside in relation to the compression body and which has an axial length that is smaller than the axial length of the spring/damping section of the compression body.
US09573612B2
A shopping cart child safety lock system.It includes a support post locked to a shopping cart with slideable and lockable yoke to restrain and then release a child's thighs.
US09573606B2
A walkway system comprising a plurality of support assemblies, each having a pair of spaced apart beam support plates on an upper side thereof, and a plurality of pairs of beams. Each pair of beams is supported by pairs of spaced apart beam support plates of at least two support assemblies. A plurality of cross members extend between lower portions of the pairs of beams. The cross members are configured to support one or more cables resting thereupon. A plurality of decking members extend between the pairs of beams. The decking members are secured to upper sides of the beams. The cross members, beams and decking members cooperate to form a partial enclosure for the cables, thereby eliminating the need for a separate cable tray.
US09573597B2
Provided is a vehicle information processing apparatus which, in order to link driver operation information to a learning result more smoothly, learns operation information obtained in response to respective vehicle operations performed by the driver in association with locations in which the vehicle operations have been respectively performed. The vehicle information processing apparatus learns a reproducibility of an identical type of operation information in an identical location in accordance with a number of times the identical type of operation information is obtained consecutively in the location.
US09573595B2
A method for operating a speed control system of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises detecting an occurrence of a slip event, of a step encounter event, or of both events at a leading wheel of the vehicle. The method also comprises predicting that the occurrence of the detected event(s) will occur at a following wheel of the vehicle. The method yet further comprises automatically controlling vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, or both vehicle speed and acceleration in response to the detection, the prediction, or both the detection and prediction. A speed control system comprising an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to perform the above-described methodology is also provided.
US09573594B2
A vehicle control system for a vehicle including an engine having a plurality of cylinders, a power transmission route between the engine and drive wheels and a clutch device for selectively connecting and disconnecting the power transmission route. The vehicle control system can disconnect the power transmission route during running to allow the vehicle to coast. The vehicle control system including an electronic control unit (ECU) for detecting, among other things, vehicle speed and operation of an accelerator by a driver, as well as for executing and controlling various components of the vehicle.
US09573583B2
A method for controlling vehicle speed comprises sensing a position of an operator input, engaging a retarder upon the position falling below a first threshold, modifying a retarding force exerted by the retarder based on the position while the retarder is engaged and the position is below a second threshold, and disengaging the retarder upon the position rising above the second threshold.
US09573574B2
Brake modulators for parking brake systems of work vehicles are provided. A brake modulator includes a housing defining a fluid chamber, an auxiliary chamber, a fluid inlet channel, and a fluid outlet channel. The brake modulator further includes a piston disposed within the housing between the fluid chamber and the auxiliary chamber. The piston is movable between a first position wherein the fluid chamber has a first volume and a second position wherein the fluid chamber has a second volume greater than the first volume. The brake modulator further includes a biasing element providing a biasing force on the piston towards the first position, a rod extending between a first end disposed within the housing and a second end disposed exterior to the housing, and a handle connected to the second end of the rod. The rod is manually actuatable to move the piston between the first and second positions.
US09573572B2
A brake booster coupling device includes: a braking piston, an input piston displaceable by an operation of a brake input element from its starting position by a driver braking distance, a force transmission between the input piston displaced by a driver braking distance below a predefined threshold value and the braking piston is suppressed, and a booster piston displaceable with the aid of the brake booster drive such that the braking piston, which contacts the booster piston, is displaceable with the aid of the brake booster drive from a non-braking position into a braking position; a contact element displaceable by a displacement of the braking piston from the non-braking position into the braking position such that a first contact surface of the contact element contacts a second contact surface of the input piston in such a way that a driver brake force is transmittable to the braking piston.
US09573568B2
The invention relates to a wiper device (100) for the cleaning of vehicle windows (1), with a wiper blade (10) fastened exchangeably on a wiper arm (2), which wiper blade is connected with the wiper arm (2) via a wiper blade adapter (11), wherein in the fastening region to the wiper blade (10) the wiper arm (2) has a substantially U-shaped cross section, which embraces the wiper blade adapter (11), wherein on the wiper arm (2) in the connecting region a securing element (27) for the wiper blade adapter (11) is provided which is movably arranged at least in the longitudinal direction of the wiper arm (2) and which partially overlaps the wiper arm (2) in the connecting region and has a substantially U-shaped cross section with holding sections (46, 47) projecting inwards in the direction towards the wiper blade adapter (11). It is provided according to the invention that, in addition to its longitudinal displaceability, the securing element (27) is arranged pivotably on the wiper arm (2).
US09573556B2
An airbag system for a vehicle may include: an inflator; a cushion unfolded by gas supplied from the inflator so as to protect a passenger; a variable hole formed in the cushion so as to discharge gas; and an adjusting unit mounted on the cushion and opening/closing the variable hole according to how much the cushion is unfolded.
US09573553B2
An airbag apparatus capable of protecting an occupant using a single airbag while corresponding to various positions of a vehicle where a collision occurs. An airbag of the airbag apparatus is installed on a seatback, and deployed from an upper side of the occupant's head to a lower side of the occupant's head to surround the occupant's upper body, together with the seatback.
US09573547B2
Disclosed is a flexible impact protection member for mounting to a first member to protect either or both the first member and a second member that impacts thereon. The protection member has a several mobile portions, each being mounted end on end to each other. There is at least one tensile connection between adjacent mobile portions to lock each of the mobile portions to each other to form the flexible impact protection member. At least one portion of the flexible impact protection member can be se cured to the first member. The flexible impact protection member at least in part extends away from the first member when the first member is in a normal operation mode or orientation. The flexible impact protection member can deflect from its normal shape due to an impact event with the second member by the plurality of mobile portions moving relative to each other, such movement increasing tension in the tensile connection and therefore increasing stiffness of the flexible impact protection member.
US09573546B2
A gullwing door that is mountable to a vehicle and that is capable of providing ballistics protection to occupants of the vehicle. The gullwing door includes an outer panel that is rotatably mountable to the vehicle at an upper edge of the outer panel and that is lined with a first protective shell, and an inner panel disposed adjacent to the outer panel that comprises a second protective shell. The inner panel is rotatably connected to the outer panel at an upper edge of the inner panel and the inner panel and the outer panel are capable of rotatably opening together or separately.
US09573545B1
An integrated crashpad is provided. The integrate crashpad includes an integrally formed crashpad base that is indented on a passenger-facing front surface thereof toward the front of a vehicle, an accommodation space with a front airbag that is disposed therein, and a front airbag door that is integrally formed with the crashpad base. The front airbag door opens based on a first bent portion that is indented on the front surface of the crashpad base as a score line and is coupled to a second bent portion on the front surface to define the accommodation space. A reinforcement sheet is inserted into the crashpad base and the front airbag door to connect the crashpad base and the front airbag door based on the score line. The reinforcement sheet prevents separation of the front airbag door from the crashpad base along the score line when the front airbag is inflated.
US09573544B1
A pair of vehicle door panels defines a cavity. An air sensor has an air inlet protruding into the cavity and senses an air pressure within the cavity. A shield covers the air inlet, has at least one side wall extending away from the air inlet, and defines a chamber configured to collapse in response to an increase in the air pressure to excite the air sensor.
US09573537B2
A wiring unit (U) for automatic transmission mounted in an automatic transmission of an automotive vehicle and configured to execute a control relating to a speed changing operation includes a wiring harness (WH), a ROM (1) connected to the wiring harness and a holding plate (2) made of metal for holding these. The holding plate (2) is formed with a holding portion (33) on which the ROM (1) is to be placed, and the holding portion (33) is integrally formed with a plurality of swaging pieces (36) for fixing the ROM (1) on the holding portion (33) by being swaged to the ROM (1). Further, the ROM (1) is formed with a positioning protrusion (37), and the holding portion (33) is formed with a receiving hole (39) into which the positioning protrusion (37) is aligned and fitted.
US09573531B2
Described herein is a mounting apparatus, comprising a receiving component, and an attachment component; the receiving component comprises a first magnetic component, a first arm, and a second arm; the attachment component comprises a second magnetic component; the receiving component is configured to hold a portable electronic device by the first arm and the second arm; the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component are configured to connect through a magnetic interaction; the first magnetic component is continuously rotatable and continuously movable relative to the second magnetic component while the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component are connected. The mounting apparatus provides mounting of any appropriately sized electronic device in an vehicle, at home, in an office, and at other private or public places, to allow convenient viewing and access to the device. The presently disclosed mounting apparatus also realizes a continuous rotation and continuous movement of the portable electronic device while it is held by the mounting apparatus, therefore facilitating user control of the device.
US09573520B1
A vehicle lighting apparatus is disclosed. The lighting apparatus comprises a vehicle console comprising a storage bin. An emissive portion comprising a luminescent material is disposed proximate the storage bin. A light guide is in optical communication with an exterior glass portion of the vehicle and configured to communicate environmental light to the emissive portion.
US09573519B1
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a light source disposed proximate an engine compartment configured output an emission to illuminate a component moving at a cyclic rate. The apparatus further comprises a controller configured to selectively illuminate the light source at a lighting frequency. The lighting frequency is configured to generate a strobe effect configured to create a sampled illumination of the component.
US09573510B2
A mobile structure includes first and second rigid frames and first and second horizontal roof supports supported by the rigid frame. Each of the rigid frames includes a first vertical support, a second vertical support substantially parallel to the first vertical support, and a lateral rigid frame support extending perpendicularly at least from the first vertical support to the second vertical support. The mobile structure further includes a floor under the first and second horizontal roof supports, a wheel-axle assembly under the floor, and leveling assemblies that are extendable away from the floor. Each leveling assembly is in weight-bearing and in-line relationship with respect to one of the vertical supports of the first rigid frame.
US09573503B2
A seat pad includes a main portion and a bank portion. When the seat pad is disposed on a seat frame, a reverse face side of the bank portion contacts the seat frame to be supported. When the bank portion is pressed in a seat width direction, the bank portion is flexurally deformed so as to be crushed around a contact portion contacting the seat frame. A contact member is relatively movably provided on a side of the backing material that faces the seat frame, and the seat pad is disposed on the seat frame while the contact member is pressed against the seat frame. When the bank portion is pressed in the seat width direction, the backing material and the seat pad including the bank portion move in a crushing direction relatively to a portion of the contact member that contacts the seat frame.
US09573497B2
The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a seat assembly of a vehicle, including a seat base, a seat back communicating with the seat base, an armrest communicating with at least one of the seat back and the seat base, and a pretension unit connected to the armrest such that the armrest is retractable upon activation of the pretension unit. The pretension unit may include a pretensioner, a pulley, and a cable.
US09573477B2
A method and a device for charging an electric vehicle in a power system are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of electric vehicles connected to the power system at a dispatching time, and obtaining a rated charging power and a charging requirement at the dispatching time; determining a charging period corresponding to the plurality of electric vehicles; determining a forecast period, and obtaining a charging requirement, a remaining charging energy capacity and a maximum charging power; establishing a charging model of the plurality of electric vehicles, establishing a first constraint of the charging model, and establishing a second constraint of the charging model; and solving the charging model under the first constraint and the second constraint to obtain an optimal charging power of each electric vehicle at each charging time in the charging period so as to charge each electric vehicle under the optimal charging power.
US09573471B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a terminal, a detection unit configured to detect movement of a user, and a control unit to control operation of the terminal so that operation and functions corresponding to a number of times the movement is detected. Accordingly, it may be possible to intuitively input operation instructions of the terminal, give cognition of the intuitive and sensuous terminal to the user since the operation instructions of the terminal are input in an input manner by operation struck with a hand two or three times such as clicking or double clicking.
US09573467B2
A semi-automatic foot-pedal device is provided, which comprises a panel and a pedal-connecting component connected with the panel. The pedal-connecting component comprises an upper bracket, a left bracket, a lower bracket, a right bracket and an elastic unit; when the pedal-connecting component is in a closed state, the panel moves away from the upper bracket to transform the pedal-connecting component into an elastically spread state under a force on the panel in a downward direction; when the pedal-connecting component is in a spread state, the panel moves towards the upper bracket to transform the pedal-connecting component into an elastically closed state under a force on the panel in an obliquely-upward direction. The semi-automatic foot-pedal device of the present disclosure has a novel structure, and does not need a conventional motor system, so it saves the electric power and is safer to use.
US09573464B2
A differential device of a four-wheel drive vehicle which is operated in selected one of a two-wheel drive state in which a drive force from a drive power source is transmitted to left and right main drive wheels and a four-wheel drive state in which a drive force from the drive power source is transmitted to the left and right main drive wheels and left and right auxiliary drive wheels, the differential device including a disconnect mechanism with which a power transmission member for transmitting a drive force only to the auxiliary drive wheels in the four-wheel drive state is separated from the auxiliary drive wheels in the two-wheel drive state, the differential device comprising: a cylindrical ring gear supported rotatably around one rotation axis by a case; a differential case including one and the other cylindrical end portions in a rotation axis direction of the ring gear and supported at the one end portion by the ring gear and at the other end portion by the case rotatably and concentrically with the rotation axis; a sleeve fitted movably in the rotation axis direction in a power transmittable manner on the inner circumferential side of the one end portion of the differential case; and an actuator driving the sleeve via a thrust transmission mechanism between an engagement position at which outer circumferential teeth formed on the sleeve are engaged with inner circumferential teeth formed on the inner circumferential side of the ring gear and a release position at which the teeth are not engaged, the thrust transmission mechanism being at least partially located in a radial space between the ring gear and an axle penetrating the ring gear or a rotation shaft integrally rotating with the axle.
US09573463B2
A front wheel drive transmission is adapted for all-wheel drive by the addition of a selectively engageable power take-off shaft. When a disconnect clutch is engaged, power may be transferred to rear wheels via a power take-off unit and a rear drive unit to improve vehicle mobility. When the disconnect clutch is disengaged, various components of the all-wheel drive system do not rotate, reducing parasitic losses and improving fuel economy. To provide packaging space for the disconnect clutch, the differential is moved to the left (driver side) of the driven transfer gear. A planetary differential, such as a double pinion planetary differential, is suitable for this location.
US09573462B2
When a driver manipulates a fuel filler lid switch, a tank shutoff valve is opened. Then, time t is calculated, and then, remaining time, obtained by subtracting elapsed time from the time t, is presented on a display device. If the fuel filler lid switch is manipulated again, the tank shutoff valve is closed to seal a fuel tank, and a message to the effect that opening action of the fuel filler lid is cancelled is presented on the display device. If the time t has elapsed without the fuel filler lid switch being manipulated again, the fuel filler lid is opened, determining that internal pressure in the fuel tank has decreased to a level predetermined to ensure that the fuel tank can be filled safely without fuel or fuel evaporative gas spouting from the fuel tank.
US09573454B2
A powertrain for a vehicle includes an engine and a method of assembling the powertrain includes providing the engine. A starter mechanism is selectively operable to start the engine. A motor-generator includes an adapter to dispose the motor-generator and the starter mechanism in alternative assembly configurations being a first assembly configuration and a second assembly configuration. The first assembly configuration is when the starter mechanism is coupleable to the adapter to selectively transfer torque from the motor-generator through the adapter and the starter mechanism to start the engine. The second assembly configuration is when the starter mechanism is spaced from the adapter to operate independently of the motor-generator such that the starter mechanism selectively transfers torque to start the engine.
US09573453B2
A vehicle body has, in a state in which a battery unit is not installed, a frame configuring a part of the lower surface of the vehicle body. A vehicle battery unit installation apparatus for installing a battery unit in the lower part of the vehicle body includes: a striker device configured to be secured to the vehicle body and a locking device secured to the battery unit. The striker device includes a base plate and a striker secured to the base plate. The striker has a support part capable of supporting a load. The locking device is capable of securing the support part. The base plate is configured to be secured to the frame. The striker has ends secured to the base plate such that the support part is located below the frame.
US09573450B2
A vehicle enclosure (14) and method and system of installation using an adhesive-backed attachment device (1) having a base (4) with an adhesive backing (10) and a stud (12) or a socket (2) that engages a conventional a conventional snap (8). The adhesive-backed attachment device is preferably flexible so that it may be attached to uneven surfaces of a vehicle, such as a golf cart (15). The adhesive-backed attachment device eliminates unsightly brackets, drilling or screwing into the golf cart and cuts down on installation time of golf cart enclosures. The studs and sockets may also be integrated into a new roof (14) for retrofitting an existing golf cart.
US09573448B2
A yard tractor incorporating a fluid cylinder pressurized by fluid from a control valve actuated by a switch accessible from the driver's seat.
US09573440B2
A method is provided for calibrating an engine throttle position sensor operation of a refrigeration system powered by a fuel fired engine.
US09573438B2
The invention is directed to a polymer thick film positive temperature coefficient carbon resistor composition consisting essentially of: (a) organic medium consisting of: (i) a fluoropolymer resin consisting of a copolymer of vinylidene difluoride and hexafluoropropylene; and (ii) an organic solvent consisting of triethyl phosphate; and (b) conductive carbon powder. The composition may be processed at a time and temperature necessary to remove all solvent. The invention is further directed to positive temperature coefficient (PTC) circuits comprising the composition of the invention which has been dried to remove the solvent and to articles, e.g., mirror heaters and seat heaters, containing such PTC circuits as well as a method for making such PTC circuits.
US09573437B2
A vehicular air conditioning system for saving energy includes: a first indoor cooling heat exchanger for suctioning in and cooling the air within or outside a vehicle; an indoor air conditioning heat exchanger installed on the downstream cooling heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of the applicable air, a refrigeration cycle connected to the applicable indoor air conditioning heat exchanger, a heating element mounted in the vehicle, and a circuit for the machine coolant circulating between the applicable heating element and the applicable first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and in which the air flow path for air flowing into the indoor air conditioning heat exchanger is structured by merging a flow path passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger to a flow path not passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and is also configured to allow switching to either of the two flow paths.
US09573428B2
A valve assembly including a base portion and a cap portion attached to the base portion. The valve assembly also includes a biasing member disposed between the base portion and the cap portion. The biasing member is adjacent a perforation formed in the cap portion. A shuttle assembly is in contact with the biasing member. The shuttle assembly includes a shuttle and a plug member. The plug member is attached to the shuttle.
US09573417B2
The invention discloses a wheel structure and a scooter comprising the wheel structure. The wheel structure comprises: an inner rim having a first inner annular face and a first outer annular face that are arranged radially, the first inner annular face is hollow and provided with an interface for connecting to a steering mechanism of the scooter; an outer rim having a second inner annular face which is arranged radially and a second outer annular face for contacting the ground; wherein an intermediate connecting assembly is disposed between the first outer annular face of the inner rim and the second inner annular face of the outer rim, and the outer rim, without need for hub, contacts the inner rim in a rolling manner via the intermediate connecting assembly and is rotatable relative to the inner rim. The wheel structure does not contain a hub and presents a hollow visual effect of the wheel.
US09573414B2
The invention is directed to a vehicle wheel (1) comprising a rim (2) for receiving a tire at its radially outer side (3) and provided with an edge along the circumferential of the rim at its radially inner side, a wheel hub connected to the rim via a support element, wherein the material of the rim and the support element are different, the support element provided with openings at its end facing the rim to receive a connecting element, the edge of the rim provided with openings in line with the openings of the support element and wherein the support element is connected to the rim via the connecting elements present in the openings in the edge and in the openings of the support element, wherein the opening in the edge is a radial elongated opening or is a indentation in the edge or the openings in the support element are radially elongated openings or indentations.
US09573406B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a deciding unit which decides on a sequence for manufacturing a plurality of products using the type information of a plurality of products; and a unit which causes a print apparatus and a post-pressing apparatus to manufacture the plurality of products in accordance with the sequence decided on, wherein the deciding unit decides on the sequence such that products of the same type are manufactured consecutively by the print apparatus and the post-pressing apparatus, and furthermore, for each type of product, the deciding unit decides on the sequence using step information regarding steps for product manufacturing such that, among steps for manufacturing a plurality of parts that constitute each of the plurality of products of the same type that are consecutive in the print apparatus, steps for manufacturing the same type of part are consecutive.
US09573404B2
A manufacturing method of a support for a planographic printing plate including at least an alkaline etching step of dissolving an aluminum surface layer of an aluminum web with an alkaline solution during a surface roughening treatment on a surface of the aluminum web continuously traveling, the manufacturing method comprising: a circulating step of cyclically using the alkaline solution between a treatment tank for the etching and an alkaline solution reservoir during adjusting composition concentration of the alkaline solution; and a filtering step of filtering the alkaline solution cyclically used so as to remove solid matter in the alkaline solution.
US09573400B2
An erasing apparatus includes a path configured to carry a sheet, and an erasing unit arranged on the path and configured to erase an image on the sheet by heating the sheet. The erasing apparatus further includes a fan configured to blow air downstream from the erasing unit in a sheet carrying direction, and a shutter disposed between the fan and the erasing unit and movable to control the amount of air blown by the fan from reaching the erasing unit.
US09573399B2
Provided is an air jet emission method used in a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus performs predetermined printing by ejecting ink droplets from a recording head provided in an apparatus body onto a medium. The medium is fed into the apparatus body while being guided by a guide and is transported from an upstream side, which is one side with respect to the apparatus body, toward a downstream side, which is an opposite side with respect to the apparatus body. The air jet emission method comprises: emitting a jet of air onto a surface of the transported medium at a predetermined area over a heating device at the upstream side, thereby blowing dust off the surface of the transported medium. The heating device is provided in the guide so as to apply heat to the transported medium.
US09573397B1
An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance unit; a support part including ribs; a recording head; a carriage carrying the recording head; a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the sheet conveyed; and a controller. In a case that the sheet supported by the support part is in a position in which the sheet is nipped by the conveyance unit, the controller is configured to shift nozzles, from which ink droplets are jetted to a center area of an upper surface of the support part in the width direction, to an upstream or a downstream in the conveyance direction by a predetermined number relative to nozzles from which ink droplets are jetted to outer areas positioned outside the center area in the width direction.
US09573383B2
The test image is formed in accordance with input data in which a plurality of recording elements selected every N (an integer of 1 or more) pieces in a projected recording element group is indicated as a first recording element and a recording element that is not selected as the first recording element is indicated as a second recording element, the input data allowing: a first-stage pattern to be formed in a recording area of the second recording element in accordance with a second input gradation value; a recording position in the second direction to be sequentially changed; and the first recording element and the second recording element to be sequentially switched to form a second-stage pattern to an (N+1)-th-stage pattern.
US09573379B2
A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer has a ink filter tower portion that contains filtered ink and includes multiple, substantially parallel extending elements. Settling of ink in an ink filter tower could clog the printhead nozzles and lessen the print quality. Therefore, in order to prevent the settling of the ink in the ink filter tower of the present design, a free-floating weighted slider is installed within the ink filter tower. The weighted slider has a top bridging member and downward-pointing shafts that are movable within trenches formed between the extending elements. During a reciprocating motion of the printhead assembly, the slider moves in a direction opposite to the direction of the printhead assembly and thereby agitates the ink within the tower. In addition to sliding from side to side of the printhead assembly, the slider may also be designed to pivot about an upper axis as it moves to further agitate the ink.
US09573370B2
A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of liquid ejection units, each including a plate-like piezoelectric element, a first substrate and a second substrate laid one on the other in this order, the units being laid one on the other. The first substrate defines a plurality of pressure chambers for storing liquid, each of the pressure chambers communicating with an ejection port for ejecting liquid. At least either the first substrate or the second substrate defines a first liquid chamber, the first liquid chamber being either one of a feed chamber for feeding liquid to the pressure chambers and a recovery chamber for recovering liquid from the pressure chambers. The second substrate defines a second liquid chamber, the second liquid chamber being the other one of the feed chamber and the recovery chamber.
US09573369B2
In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die including a fluid feed slot that extends from a back side to a front side of the die, a firing chamber formed on the front side to receive fluid from the feed slot, a fluid distribution manifold adhered to the back side to provide fluid to the feed slot, and a corrosion-resistant layer coating the back side of the die so as not to extend into the feed slot.
US09573365B2
A liquid ejecting device includes a driving waveform signal generating circuit that generates a driving waveform signal, a modulation circuit that performs pulse modulation on the driving waveform signal to generate a modulation signal, a digital power amplifier that amplifies power of the modulation signal to generate a power amplification modulation signal in the form of a pulse wave, a filter that smoothes the power amplification modulation signal in the pulse wave to generate the driving signal, a connection cable that connects the filter to the capacitive load and is provided such that at least one of the filter and the capacitive load is detachable, a connection line information acquiring unit that acquires connection line information associated with the connection cable, and a frequency changing unit that changes a frequency when the modulation circuit performs the pulse modulation on the driving waveform signal, on the basis of the connection line.
US09573363B2
Provided are an ink jet recording apparatus and an abnormality detection method of an ejector which are capable of performing high-accuracy abnormality detection and suppressing the generation of excessive abnormality detection with respect to a required image quality. An ink jet recording apparatus (10) includes an ink jet head (20C, 20M, 20Y, 20K) having a plurality of ejectors, a medium transport unit (22), a calculation unit (34) that calculates an index value relevant to a droplet ejection amount for each ejector on the basis of printing data, a threshold determination unit (40) that determines a threshold for ejection abnormality determination for each ejector in accordance with the index value, a threshold storage unit (44) that stores the threshold determined for each ejector, and an abnormality determination unit (54) that determines the presence or absence of ejection abnormality by comparing the threshold with a measurement amount for each ejector.
US09573358B2
The present invention relates to a device for printing cans with different print patterns in the same production sequence, without it being necessary to interrupt the production. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a process for producing cans, which uses a printing device, the can produced by the device and process, and a transfer blanket that is a graphic means that influences the final print patterns of the cans to be printed.
US09573354B2
A method including applying layers of multiple constituents where the constituents are capable of producing a non-equilibrium condition on the contacting surfaces of a ceramic matrix composite component and a gas turbine engine component where one outer coating includes a first constituent and the other outer coating includes a second constituent; forming a component assembly with the ceramic matrix composite component coupled to the gas turbine engine component with contact between the outer coatings; adding an energy to facilitate an equilibrium reaction between the first constituent of the first outer coating and the second constituent of the second outer coating; and as a result of adding the energy, forming a bond structure in the component assembly with a product of the equilibrium reaction where the bond structure affixes the ceramic matrix composite component to the gas turbine engine component between the first constituent and the second constituent.
US09573353B2
A method for manufacturing a printed product comprises provision (210) of a matrix comprising a matrix surface having a plurality of recesses. A first curable compound is applied (212) to the matrix surface to fill the recesses with the compound. The matrix surface and the filled recesses are covered (220) by a pickup layer of a second curable compound. The matrix is brought (230) in contact with the substrate surface and the first curable compound and the second curable compound are cured (232). The matrix surface is separated (234) from the substrate surface, leaving the pickup layer and the first curable compound on the substrate surface. The pickup layer and the first curable compound are thus transferred (240) together from the matrix surface onto a substrate surface of a substrate sheet. The first curable compound forms printed product micro features at the pickup layer covering the substrate surface.
US09573351B2
A sheet sticking apparatus 10 includes holding means 13 provided so as to be capable of holding an adhesive sheet S, and sticking means 12 that sticks the adhesive sheet S to an adherend surface W0 of an adherend W. The sticking means 12 includes a first sticking portion 15 capable of sticking a part of the adhesive sheet S held by the holding means 13 to a first sticking surface by pressure, and a second sticking portion 16 that sticks portions of the adhesive sheet S that have not yet been stuck by using the first sticking portion 15 to second sticking surfaces by pressure.
US09573345B2
A composite of metal and resin is provided. The composite of metal and resin includes a metal piece and a resin piece, and the surface of the metal piece includes a number of micropores. Each micropore includes a first inclining hole and a second inclining hole, and the first inclining hole and the second inclining hole are disposed inclined with the surface of the metal piece. The first inclining hole and the second inclining hole are disposed symmetrical around an axis perpendicular to the surface of the metal piece, and communicate with each other on the surface of the metal piece. The resin piece is embedded to the micropores to combine with the metal piece. The bonding strength of the composite of metal and resin is increased. A method of manufacturing the composite of metal and resin is also provided.
US09573343B2
A building panel (1) including a water resistant core (5) including thermoplastic material 21 and a surface layer (4) including thermosetting resins. Also, production methods to form a board material (1′) with a dry blend of thermoplastic particles 21a in powder form and fillers in powder form and to apply a surface layer (4) with a hot-hot lamination process to a core (5) including such board material.
US09573342B2
Bags, such as L-sewn bags and multi-substrate bags, are formed at least in part from an open mesh material that includes filaments that intersect one another. At least some of the filaments are composite filaments having a carrier portion of a relatively high melting point and a bonding portion of a relatively low melting point, the bonding portion of each composite filament being thermally bonded to other filaments at points of intersection. The material may be a non-woven fabric that contains at least two layers of weft filaments that may be bordered on one or both sides by a layer of warp filaments. When compared to other open mesh materials, the open mesh material disclosed herein has a superior combination of some or all of high strength, light weight, high dimensional stability, and openness. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using such bags.
US09573339B2
Asymmetric expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membranes that contain multiple layers of ePTFE where at least one layer of ePTFE has a microstructure different from the microstructure of a second ePTFE layer. In exemplary embodiments, the asymmetric membrane contains a first ePTFE layer that has an “open” microstructure and a second ePTFE layer that has a less open, or “tight” microstructure. A third ePTFE layer having an “open” microstructure may be positioned on the second ePTFE layer. The asymmetric membranes possess print durability and are both abrasion resistant and air permeable. Additionally, printed asymmetric ePTFE membranes demonstrate low gloss. A textile may be affixed to the asymmetric membrane such that the first ePTFE layer is the outer surface of the laminate. Laminates containing the asymmetric membrane are sufficiently durable against abrasion so that articles of apparel having an exterior film surface remain liquidproof after an abrasion challenge.
US09573334B2
Provided is a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) device (1) that can efficiently cool a hot zone during HIP processing while restraining temperatures in the lower part of a high-pressure container. This HIP device (1) is provided with the following: gas-impermeable casings (3, 4) that surround an object to be processed (W); a heating unit (7) that is disposed inside these casings and forms a hot zone around the object to be processed (W); a high-pressure container (2); and a cooling unit that guides a pressure-medium gas cooled on the outside of the casings into the hot zone to cool the hot zone. The cooling unit comprises the following: a gas introduction unit that introduces the pressure-medium gas that has been cooled on the outside of the casings (3, 4) into the hot zone; and a cooling promotion unit (37) that cools the pressure medium gas by causing the pressure-medium gas that has been cooled on the outside of the casings to exchange heat with a base (11) of the high-pressure container (2).
US09573330B2
The subject invention includes methods and apparatus for joining treads. Such methods include the step of providing a first tread portion and a second tread portion for forming a joined tread, each tread portion comprising a section of tire tread extending lengthwise from a terminal end. Additional steps include providing a first fixture configured to retain the first tread portion and a second fixture configured to retain the second tread portion and securing the first tread portion into the first fixture and securing the second tread portion into the second fixture, each of the first and second fixtures being arranged within the first and second fixtures such that the terminal end of each tread portion is in communication with a joining side of each fixture. The methods further include directing the terminal ends towards each other and into forceful engagement with an elastomeric joining material arranged between the terminal ends.
US09573324B2
Systems and methods for producing a dense, well bonded solid material from a powder may include consolidating the powder utilizing any suitable consolidation method, such as explosive shockwave consolidation. The systems and methods may also include a post-processing thermal treatment that exploits a mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion between the consolidated material and the container. Due to the mismatch in the coefficients, internal pressure on the consolidated material during the heat treatment may be increased.
US09573319B2
An imprinting method in which alignment control of a mold and a substrate is effected and a pattern formed on the mold is transferred onto a pattern forming layer provided on the substrate. The imprinting method includes a step in which the mold and the substrate are brought near to each other while effecting the alignment control, after the alignment control is started, to bring the mold and the pattern forming layer into contact with each other, and then, the pattern forming layer is cured, and a step in which the gap between the mold and the substrate is increased, after the pattern forming layer is cured. Further, the alignment control is stopped after the alignment control is started, and at least one of before and after the mold contacts the pattern forming layer.
US09573314B2
The invention relates to a method of delivering a predetermined volume of beverage into a thermoplastic container formed from a heated preform positioned in a mold, characterized in that the product includes a step of injecting at least some beverage into a recess in the preform so as to promote expansion of the preform inside the mold, the mold defining the shape of the container, a volume of beverage introduced during the injection step being at least equal to said predetermined volume, and, in addition, the method includes a step of sucking out a fraction of said volume of the beverage introduced until the volume of beverage remaining in the container is approximately equal to said predetermined volume.
US09573307B1
A method for preparing a fiber-reinforced composite article initially performs a trial molding by a molding machine to prepare a trial composite article of a composite molding material including a polymeric material having a plurality of fibers, wherein the trial composite article has a trial fiber orientation distribution. The method further generates a predicted fiber orientation distribution fitting with the trial fiber orientation distribution, wherein the predicted fiber orientation distribution is generated by performing a first molding simulation for the trial composite article by using physical rheology parameters and physical fiber orientation parameters. The method further performs a second molding simulation for a real composite article by using the physical rheology parameters and the physical fiber orientation parameters to obtain molding conditions for the molding machine, and performs a real molding process by the molding machine by using the molding conditions to prepare the real composite article.
US09573304B2
The present invention provides an in-mold detachable marking device which does not lock rotation of an index body even when the index body is repeatedly rotated to switch marking indications. An in-mold detachable marking device comprises a substantially cylindrical outer shell body for indication fit into a molding mold, an index body fit into the outer shell body for indication and configured to be angularly displaceable around the axis line of the outer shell body for indication, a cover body screwed at the lowermost part of the outer shell body for indication, and a spring which biases the index body with the downward force, said outer shell body for indication and said index body having a marking indication part formed on their surfaces, wherein the index body comprises an index part facing inner surface of the mold, a positioning part extending downward from the index part, and a shaft extending downward from the positioning part, the shaft having a threaded part in its lower part, the spring has an engaging part which engages with the index part, and a fixed part which is fixed to the cover body, pitch of the spring of the engaging part and pitch of the threaded part are equal, and the engaging part and the threaded part engage each other.
US09573302B2
The present invention includes an injection molding factory system and an associated facility that comprises a building having a series of injection molding machines array on a first floor with the resin supply placed on a mezzanine level. The injection molding machines are arranged with automatic product conveyors to move injection molded product from the injection molding machines without the need for human operators or separate vehicles.
US09573300B2
A method for manufacturing a sheet having a fine shape transferred thereon, in which a sheet base made of a thermoplastic resin is placed between an imprint mold and an intermediate base and the sheet base is then pressed by a pair of pressing plates to imprint the fine shape of surface irregularity of the imprint mold to the sheet-like base. The sheet base is pressed such that, when pressing force of the pressing plates is maximum, an imprinting pressure difference is present in an imprinting surface of the imprint mold, a maximum imprinting pressure section is present in the imprinting surface, and a portion where the imprinting pressure is minimum is not present in the imprinting surface. The method achieves uniform and highly accurate shape transfer without trapping of air.
US09573299B2
A vent hole of a mold for molding a tire is formed by suppressing bending deformation of a wire in a casting mold. By using a relational expression among a length of a wire in a casting space, a diameter of the wire, a contact angle of the wire with respect to a molten metal, and a bent amount of the wire by casting acquired by experiments, the contact angle of the wire at which the bent amount of the wire is within an allowable range is calculated from conditions of an actual length and the diameter of the wire. On the basis of the calculated contact angle of the wire, the wire is disposed in the casting space. By pouring the molten metal into the casting space, a cast metal with the wire cast-in in the casting space is cast. A vent hole is formed by withdrawing the wire.
US09573283B2
A two-part rotary knife blade (2300, 3300) for a power operated rotary knife. The knife blade (2300) includes a carrier portion (2302, 3302) and a blade portion (2350, 3350), the blade portion configured to be received in a nested relationship by the carrier portion and being releasably secured to the carrier portion by an attachment structure (2370, 3370). The attachment structure (2370, 3370) including a plurality of projections (2372, 3372) extending from one of an outer wall (2354, 3354) of the blade portion (2350, 3350) and the inner wall (2304, 3304) of the carrier portion and a plurality of sockets (2374, 3374) disposed in the other of the outer wall of the blade portion and the inner wall of the carrier portion, each of the plurality of projections being received in a respective different one of the plurality of sockets to releasably secure the blade portion to the carrier portion.
US09573278B2
Apparatus and methods for integrating tissue processors and embedding systems. An apparatus, of one aspect, includes a robot. The robot has a work envelope that encompasses a location having a tissue holder and an input of an embedding system. The tissue holder has at least one processed tissue. The robot is configured to transfer the tissue holder from the location to the input of the embedding system. A method, of one aspect, may include moving a robot to a location having a tissue holder. The tissue holder may have at least one processed tissue. The robot may engage with the tissue holder at the location. The robot may move the tissue holder from the location to an input to an embedding system. The robot may disengage from the tissue holder at the input to the embedding system. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed.
US09573274B2
An insertion method for a flexible elongate member is used to insert the flexible elongate member into a tube while causing first and second holding units to perform an opening-and-closing operation for holding and releasing the flexible elongate member. The method includes acquiring information of a distance by which the second holding unit moves with respect to the first holding unit and information of an operation type used to distinguish between insertion of the flexible elongate member into the tube, stoppage of the flexible elongate member, and extraction of the flexible elongate member from the tube; generating operation information regarding an opened/closed state of the first holding portion and an opened/closed state of the second holding portion on the basis of the distance and the operation type; and controlling the insertion, stoppage, or extraction of the flexible elongate member on the basis of the operation information.
US09573271B2
A wearable apparatus for assisting muscle strength includes: a base supported on an upper body of a wearer; a support member coupled to the base and spaced forward at a predetermined distance from the base; and a wire having a first end connected to an arm of the wearer across the support member and supporting the arm of the wearer by lifting the arm in a state of being supported by the support member when a second end of the wire is pulled.
US09573269B2
A tool-holder including: a first rail and a second rail that are parallel and each of which includes first fixing elements configured for fixing said rail to the surface, a driving slide including first guiding elements configured to slide over the first rail, a drive system configured to move the driving slide along the first rail and a first fixing system, a driven slide including second guiding elements configured to provide a sliding connection with the second rail and a second fixing system, an assembly bar carrying a first complementary fixing system cooperating with the first fixing system to form a removable fixing between them, a second complementary fixing system intended to cooperate with the second fixing system to form a removable fixing between them, and a carriage having a first assembly system, and a movement system on which the carriage is fixed and that is configured to move said carriage along the assembly bar, and a support module including second fixing elements for fixing the tool and a second assembly system intended to cooperate with the first assembly system to form a removable fixing between them.
US09573264B2
The invention is based on a handheld power tool, in particular a cordless handheld power tool, having a gear unit and having a switch device for switching the gear unit. The switch device is provided with at least one user-control switch element, and at least one retaining element that is provided for acting on the user-control switch element in at least one position of the user-control switch element, with a force in the direction of at least one switch position, or for keeping the user-control switch element in at least one switch position. According to the invention, the retaining element is secured to a gear element of the gear unit.
US09573263B2
A hand-held hydraulic assembly includes a work tool having a hydraulic cylinder or main body, a ram piston disposed in the hydraulic main body and a spring or other biasing member mounted on the ram piston. An interchangeable work head is selectively engaged to the ram piston of the work tool. The ram piston is axially displaceable in the main body for actuating the work head. A quick release coupling mounted to the work tool releasably connects the interchangeable work head to the work tool.
US09573259B1
A quick-connect coupling tool includes a first member and a second member. The second member is slidably affixed to the first member. The quick-connect coupling tool further includes a first pair of prongs and a second pair of prongs, the first pair of prongs is affixed to the first member, oriented in a first direction, and orthogonal to the first member. The second pair of prongs is affixed to the first member, oriented in the first direction, and orthogonal to the second member. The quick-connect coupling tool includes a first urging means for urging the first pair of prongs and the second pair of prongs apart and a second urging means for urging the first pair of prongs and the second pair of prongs together. The first urging means and the second urging means are affixed to the first member and the second member.
US09573250B2
Ceramic shaped abrasive particles have four major sides joined by six common edges. Each one of the four major sides contacts three other of the four major sides. The six common edges have substantially the same length. Methods of making the ceramic shaped particle are disclosed. The ceramic shaped abrasive particles are useful for abrading a surface of a workpiece. An abrasive article includes the ceramic shaped abrasive particles retained in a binder.
US09573248B2
An abrasive recycling system is provided. The abrasive recycling system includes a vacuum, wherein the vacuum is variably positioned in relation to a mixture of dry abrasive and foreign material and is configured to extract foreign material from the mixture during abrasive recycling performed by an abrasive recycler. Methodology corresponding to the removal of foreign objects by an abrasive recycling system is also provided.
US09573247B2
A method of shot peening according to the present invention includes: placing a jig having an appropriate dimension at one face side of a stamped workpiece; and performing shot peening on another face side of the workpiece in a state where the jig is placed at the one face side of the workpiece, and conforming the workpiece to the jig. At this time, the shot peening may be performed in such a way that residual stresses in the inner side and the outer side of the curved part of the workpiece will become compressive stresses.
US09573231B2
A driving apparatus is used for simultaneously tensioning the jackbolts of a multi-jackbolt tensioner and includes a central drive gear mounted for rotation along a central drive gear axis. An annular array of spindles surrounds the central drive gear, each spindle independently mounted for rotation, with one spindle associated with one of the jackbolts. A socket on one spindle end is configured to receive one of the jackbolts. A spindle gear surrounds each spindle and is configured to rotate the spindle. The spindle gear is meshed with the central drive gear to be rotated by the central drive gear, wherein at least one spindle gear is offset along the central drive gear axis from at least another spindle gear. A slip clutch is positioned radially between each spindle gear and the associated spindle, wherein rotation of the jackbolts is up to a torque setting of the slip clutch during tensioning.
US09573229B2
A assembling apparatus includes an electric cabinet, a manipulator, a conveying assembly, and a distribution assembly. The manipulator is controlled by the electric cabinet. The conveying assembly includes a vibration plate and a guide rail, the vibration plate is controlled by the electric cabinet. The distribution assembly includes a driving apparatus, a distribution board, and a connection board, the driving apparatus is directed by the electric cabinet, the guide rail is connected between the vibration plate and the connection board, and the distribution board is connected to the driving apparatus. The vibration plate conveys workpieces to the guide rail, the driving apparatus drives the distribution board to communicate with the connection board, the workpieces pass through the connection board and the distribution board, and the manipulator lifts the workpieces from the distribution board.
US09573216B2
The subject innovation relates to starting and stopping an engine of an engine driven welder based on parameters related to the welder and parameters related to an environment in which the welder operates. In an embodiment, a method for managing a welder engine of an engine driven welder includes continuously monitoring welder parameters related to the engine driven welder, continuously monitoring environmental parameters influencing the welder engine, continuously calculating a restart value based at least in part on the engine parameters and the environmental parameters, continuously monitoring activity related to the engine to maintain an activity history, and stopping the engine based at least in part on the activity history and the restart value being outside a running range. Systems include components for accomplishing such aspects.
US09573204B2
A cutting tool and a cutting insert, each of which including a base surface and an anti-slip arrangement adjacent thereto. Each anti-slip arrangement includes an actuator surface and non-parallel first and second abutment surfaces, and the actuator surface of the cutting tool is a surface of a clamp of the cutting tool. The cutting insert is mounted on the cutting tool via engagement of the base surfaces thereof and the clamp is operable to bias the actuator surfaces against each other and thereby force the first and second abutment surfaces against each other, for preventing slippage of the cutting insert along the tool's base surface.
US09573201B2
A vacuum drilling system and methods is provided that may utilize both a through tool coolant supply as well as a central vacuum extraction system. The system may include a cutting head provided on a hollow tube and a vacuum source to apply vacuum pressure to the area of the cutting head via one or more chip inlets arranged proximate to the cutting head. Sealed coolant containment channels supply coolant to the area of the cutting head.
US09573200B2
A rotating cutting tool configured to rotate around an axis of rotation in a rotary direction, and a support pad for such a tool is disclosed. The support pad defines a central longitudinal axis and has a first longitudinal edge side, an opposite second longitudinal edge side, a first transversal edge side and an opposite second transversal edge side. The support pad includes a first support surface, which is convexly curved as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis and a first recess, which extends into the first support surface in a direction from the first longitudinal edge side towards the second longitudinal edge side. The first recess extends to a final position on the first support surface.
US09573198B1
A double eccentric positioning apparatus uses two equal offset eccentric bushings to accurately position a tool in two dimensions. Miniature servo motors and precise gearing control the rotation of each eccentric bushing, which controls the direction of the offset vectors. The offset vectors are used to determine the final position of the drill bushing. The desired rotation angles can be mathematically calculated based on desired position. The inner eccentric bushing is located concentric to the offset of the outer eccentric bushing. This allows any position, within a radius of two times the eccentric offset, to be achieved. The use of worm gearing on the eccentric bushings prevents back-driving of the servo motors, due to the lead angle of the worm gears, and the friction between the worm wheel and worm gear.
US09573191B2
The present invention provides a fluid dispensing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a fluid dispensing apparatus.
US09573184B2
A device and methods are provided for deep rolling. In one embodiment, a deep rolling tool includes a fork having a base section and a plurality of fork arms, wherein each fork arm extends outwardly from the base section and wherein the fork arms are separated from one another to form an opening. The deep rolling tool may also include a plurality of rolling elements configured to apply a compressive stress to articles received by the deep rolling tool, wherein each rolling element is mounted at the distal end of a fork arm, and wherein each rolling element includes a cantilever shaft retained by a fork arm and a crowned roller.
US09573176B2
A surface layer material of a hot rolling mill roll is provided. The surface layer has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 2.4% or more and 3.5% or less, Si: 1.2% or more and 2.4% or less, Mn: 0.2% or more and 2.0% or less, Cr: 0.8% or more and 2.1% or less, Mo: 0.3% or more and 1.1% or less, Ni: 3.0% or more and 6.0% or less, V: 1.0% or more and 2.2% or less, Nb: 0.1% or more and 0.5% or less, REM: 0.0005%) or more and 0.1% or less, Al: 0.003% or more and 0.05% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The contents of C, Cr, V, Nb, REM, and Al satisfy the relationships Cr+0.2≦C−(0.24×V+0.13×Nb)≦3.0 and 0.01≦REM/Al≦3.2.
US09573175B2
A device and methods are provided for deep rolling. In one embodiment, a deep rolling tool for applying compressive stress with rolling elements includes a fork having a base section and a plurality of fork arms, each fork arm extends outwardly from the base section and the fork arms are separated from one another to form an opening. The deep rolling tool may also include rolling elements, wherein each rolling element is mounted at the distal end of a fork arm, and the rolling elements are configured to apply a compressive stress to articles received by the deep rolling tool.
US09573170B2
A method of manufacturing a cleaning apparatus may include forming a plurality of apertures in an inner wall of a cleaning head having an annular steam chamber open at a lower edge and enclosing a vacuum chamber. The apertures may fluidly couple the annular steam chamber to the vacuum chamber. The method may include locating the plurality of apertures in vertically spaced relation to the lower edge of the cleaning head. The method may additionally include providing a steam nozzle fluidly coupled to the annular steam chamber.
US09573157B2
A piezo-pneumatic valve driving type dispensing pump having an improved dispensing speed and a simplified structure, and a method of dispensing a viscous liquid by using the pump. Accordingly, a viscous liquid may be easily dispensed by reciprocating a valve rod inserted into a reservoir storing the viscous liquid, by using an air pressure. In particular, the air pressure may be precisely controlled by opening or closing a flow passage allowing the air to enter or exit, by using a piezoelectric element-based piezoelectric valve. Thus, the valve rod may be operated precisely at a high speed so that an exact amount of the viscous liquid is dispensed at a high speed.
US09573154B2
A device (200) for generating an aerosol cloud, the device (200) comprising: a body (210) defining an inner cavity, an outer surface, and an opening (213) extending between the inner cavity of the body (210) and the outer surface; at least one ultrasonic element (220) operable to aerosolize a liquid disposed in the inner cavity; and at least one sensor (226) associated with the at least one ultrasonic element (220).
US09573139B2
Methods and systems for processing incineration byproduct from waste incinerators, ash purification and recovery of materials and metals. High levels of aggregate and metals recovery and ash purification are achieved for residual ash with reduced environmental contaminants.
US09573134B2
Disclosed is a multi-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the invention features a three-stage thermal convection apparatus that includes a temperature shaping element for assisting a thermal convection mediated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The invention has a wide variety of applications including amplifying nucleic acid without cumbersome and expensive hardware associated with many prior devices. In a typical embodiment, the apparatus can fit in the palm of a user's hand for use as a portable, simple to operate, and low cost PCR amplification device.
US09573133B2
Disclosed is a multi-stage thermal convection apparatus such as a two-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the two-stage thermal convection apparatus includes a temperature shaping element that assists a thermal convection mediated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The invention has a wide variety of applications including amplifying nucleic acid without cumbersome and expensive hardware associated with many prior devices. In a typical embodiment, the apparatus can fit in the palm of a user's hand for use as a portable, simple to operate, and low cost PCR amplification device.
US09573132B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring the amplification of DNA molecules and the dissociation behavior of the DNA molecules. A method according to one embodiment of the invention may include the steps of: forcing a sample of a solution containing real-time PCR reagents to move though a channel; and while the sample is moving through an analysis region of the channel, performing the steps of: (a) cycling the temperature of the sample until the occurrence of a predetermined event; (b) after performing step (a), causing the sample's temperature to gradually increase from a first temperature to a second temperature; and (c) while the step of gradually increasing the sample's temperature is performed, using an image sensor to monitor emissions from the sample.
US09573131B2
A cartridge for dispensing a fluid is presented. The cartridge comprises a reservoir chamber for receiving the fluid and for receiving a ventilation gas. The reservoir chamber comprises an inlet for receiving the ventilation gas and an outlet for dispensing the fluid. At least a portion of the reservoir chamber is filled with the ventilation gas when in an operating position. The inlet is located in the portion being filled with the ventilation gas. The fluid comprises a reagent. The cartridge further comprises a baffle for restricting gas diffusion through the inlet. The reservoir chamber receives the ventilation gas via the baffle. The inlet is maintains a constant gas pressure within the portion of the reservoir chamber that is being filled with the ventilation gas.
US09573128B1
Disclosed are fluidics devices and assemblies allowing for fluid flow between a plurality of wells. The fluidics devices and assemblies that are provided mimic in vivo tissue environments by allowing for initially segregated tissue cultures that can then be linked through fluid flow to measure integrated tissue response. The devices and assemblies provide a pumpless system using surface tension, gravity, and channel geometries. By linking human tissue functional systems to better simulate in vivo feedback and response signals between the tissues, the need for testing in animals can be minimized.
US09573126B2
The present disclosure relates to a photocatalytic composition comprising photocatalytic titanium dioxide particles being dispersed in a continuous phase, and at least one anti-photogreying additive, wherein said at least one anti-photogreying additive is adapted to limit photogreying of said titanium dioxide particles while the photocatalytic activity of said titanium dioxide particles is maintained, and wherein the photo greying index (ΔL) of said composition is less than 6.
US09573125B2
An efficient method for the preparation of backbone-substituted imidazolinium salts for use as N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, e.g., for organometallic catalysts is provided. These functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands are used to prepare solid-supported catalysts, e.g., for olefin metathesis.
US09573100B2
Compact dispenser for chemicals and other concentrated liquid is disclosed. The dispenser is compact and with is attractive design you can use it anywhere from home to office, restaurants, cafe', etc.
US09573099B2
The present invention generally relates to emulsions, and more particularly, to double and other multiple emulsions. Certain aspects of the present invention are generally directed to the creation of double emulsions and other multiple emulsions at a common junction of microfluidic channels. In some cases, the microfluidic channels at the common junction may have substantially the same hydrophobicity. In one set of embodiments, a device may include a common junction of six or more channels, where a first fluid flows through one channel, a second fluid flows through two channels, and a third or carrying fluid flows through two more channels, such that a double emulsion of a first droplet of the first fluid, contained in a second droplet of the second fluid, contained by the carrying fluid, flows away from the common junction through a sixth channel. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making and using such systems, kits involving such systems, emulsions created using such systems, or the like.
US09573096B2
The present invention relates to a method for capturing carbon dioxide CO2 by carbonation in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) carbonation reactor wherein temperature profile is adjusted by recirculation of solid fractions of metal oxide MeO and metal carbonate MeCO3 to the CFB carbonation reactor. Also a system recirculating the metal oxide MeO and metal carbonate MeCO3 is provided by the invention.
US09573091B2
A decorative sheet includes a decorative base layer; an adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the decorative base layer; and an odor absorbing scuff resistant layer disposed on an opposing surface of the base layer from the adhesive layer. The odor absorbing scuff resistant layer includes an odor absorbing agent and silicone-acrylic particles. The decorative sheet maintains odor absorbing properties while being resistant to scuffs and scratches.
US09573088B2
A method for filtering air of about 1 to about 10 microns particles at a greater than 40% filtering efficiency is provided. The method includes providing an air filtering device having a base, a fan functionally attached to the base, an air filter releasably attached to the base, and a substantially air impermeable outer sleeve; and activating the device for at least about 20 minutes.
US09573078B2
This invention relates to solvents for extracting C1 to C4 carboxylic acids from aqueous streams. More specifically, the extraction solvents include one or more salts composed of a tetraalkylphosphonium cation and a carboxylate anion. The extraction solvents may further include one or more non-ionic liquid organic solvents as an enhancer. The extraction solvents are useful for extracting aqueous mixtures containing one or more lower carboxylic acids, such as monocarboxylic acids, alkoxycarboxylic acids, and halogen-containing carboxylic acids.
US09573064B2
A system and method combining real-world actions and virtual actions in a gaming environment. In one aspect, a massively multiplayer environment combines the real world actions and virtual actions of a participant to influence both character metrics and game play within one or more games provided by the service. In the real world or location-based events, game play occurs in and around links explicitly created between real world locations and virtual representations of those locations within the game.
US09573063B2
Techniques are disclosed to reflect status in a virtual environment. An artist associated with audio content being played by a first user controlling a player avatar is determined. A companion avatar providing a virtual representation of the artist of the audio content is generated. The companion avatar is associated with the player avatar in the virtual environment. The companion avatar is configured to interact with the player avatar, and presence of the companion avatar conveys to one or more other users interacting within the virtual environment that the first user is currently listening to audio content of the artist.
US09573061B2
The game program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform a registering process to register in advance in a storage unit attribute information specified by the player, an offering process to offer the game content to the player, a judgment process to compare the attribute information of the game content offered to the specified attribute information, a combining process to combine the game content offered with another game content to create a combined game content, and a recording process to record in the storage unit the combined game content as the game content owned by the player, without recording in the storage unit the game content offered as the game content owned by the player.
US09573057B2
Various embodiment provide a method of interfacing an application controller with a remote display. The method can include the steps of providing an application on an application controller comprising a controller display; executing the application to retrieve a user input into the application controller; executing logic to render an output; and displaying the output on at least one of the controller display and the remote display.
US09573052B2
A position information acquiring unit acquires position information relating to positions of a plurality of body parts of a player. A determination unit determines whether or not the at least one of the plurality of body parts exists within a determination region including the reference position at a time point corresponding to the reference time. A body part information acquiring unit acquires body part information relating to a kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts determined to exist within the determination region. An evaluation unit evaluates gameplay of the player based on the kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts acquired by the body part information acquiring unit.
US09573047B1
A single deck shuffler includes a pre-shuffle bin, card-selector assembly, drive wheel and post-shuffle bin. The pre-shuffle bin is configured to accept a single deck of cards. While in the pre-shuffle bin, a modest downward force is applied to the single deck of cards. A base of the pre-shuffle bin is an independent member that selectively raises and lowers the deck of cards pursuant to a randomly-selected card number (e.g., 1-52). Once positioned correctly based on the randomly-selected card number, an upper body of the card-selector assembly moves forward to push a number of cards off the top of the deck corresponding to the randomly-selected card number thereby exposing a bottom card (i.e., the randomly-selected card) to a drive wheel. The drive wheel propels the card from the pre-shuffle bin into the post-shuffle bin. The process is repeated until each card is propelled into the post-shuffle bin.
US09573045B2
A skateboard assembly is provided, including: a base plate having a plurality of first through holes, an ear part formed on the base plate, a second through hole formed on an end of the ear part corresponding to the base plate, a first stopping part formed on an inner periphery of the second through hole, and a protruding part formed on the base plate and having a first groove. The ear part and the protruding part are disposed on a same side of the base plate. The second through hole has a cross section orthogonal to the base plate. The skateboard assembly further comprises buffer members, retaining members, wheel frames, keels and plates, which are assembled and coupled together by a plurality of fastening members, such that the skateboard is assembled.
US09573040B1
A golf swing training apparatus to be used exclusively in the short game of golf to provide a first audible clicking sound when the golfer cocks his wrists and a second audible clicking sound when the golfer releases the club head. The training aid includes a base having a clamping mechanism for attaching the apparatus to the end of the grip of a golf club and a click generating mechanism including a spring having a free end which engages an actuator during the cocking of the wrist and flexes to generate the first audible click and again the second audible click when the flex of the spring relaxes during the release of the club head.
US09573038B1
A variable speed swim spa system wherein the user can choose between a combination of speeds with two or more pumps connected through a manifold to one or more swim jets. Check valves are used on all but the first pump to prevent backflow of water effluent and can be placed inside the manifold or between the pumps and the manifold. A user interface attached to electronic controls and operating software allow the user to program his preferred speeds with the one more jets using the two or more pumps.
US09573033B2
A returning goal system including a generally U-shaped entryway, first and second sides extending away from the entryway, and lower and upper back crossbars extending between the sides to form lower and upper open portions. A net is connected to the goal and covers the lower open portion and upper open portion. The lower open portion of the net is sufficiently tensioned so as to return a ball towards the entryway without causing it to be ejected from the goal.
US09573032B2
In one example, a system for fitting golf equipment for an individual can be configured to be used with an electronic device comprising a fitting processor module and a camera. The system can comprise an image analysis module configured to receive image data of at least a portion of the individual and one or more physical indicia proximate to the individual, where the image data can be captured by the camera. The image analysis module can also be configured to recognize one or more reference features of the individual from the image data, and to calculate one or more fitting dimensions between the one or more reference features in the image data. Other examples, devices, and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US09573027B2
A weight member for removable attachment to a weight port of a golf club head is provided. The weight member comprises a head that has a tool mating port for operatively receiving a portion of a fastening tool. The weight member further comprises a shaft that is associated with the head such that the shaft terminates at an end surface. The shaft has a threaded external surface and a non-threaded internal bore that extends from the end surface.
US09573021B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in shot feeling, flight distance and durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a core rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (x) a crosslinked rubber powder; (x) the crosslinked rubber powder contains (x1) soft particles with a hardness difference (Hs−Hp)between a particle hardness (Hp) of the soft particles and a surface hardness (Hs) of the spherical core being 20 or more in JIS-C hardness, and a hardness difference (Hs5−Hp) between the particle hardness (Hp) of the soft particles and a hardness (Hs5) at 5 mm point inside the surface of the spherical core being 15 or more in JIS-C hardness; and the core rubber composition contains (x1) the soft particles in an amount of 1.0 mass % or more.
US09573019B2
A mobility and exercise system includes a user support platform, a leg platform connected to the user support platform, a first linearly movable mount and a second linearly movably mount each coupled to the leg platform and movable relative to the leg platform in two directions parallel to a longitudinal axis of the leg platform. A first abducting arm and a second abducting arm are coupled to the leg platform, each by a respective hinge. The first and second abducting arms are movable relative to the leg platform by swinging motion away from the longitudinal axis and back toward the longitudinal axis. A first foot cradle is mounted on the first linearly movable mount or the first abducting arm, and second foot cradle is mounted on the second linearly movable mount or the second abducting arm.
US09573016B2
An exercise device is formed of inelastic, fixed length, substantially rigid straps connected in a T-shaped configuration so as to define an anchor member and two support members. An anchor loop is fixed to the outer end of the anchor member for securing a weighted member thereon or for securing to various stationary objects. A hand grip is coupled to the outer end of each support member such that the user must exert additional effort during various exercises to maintain proper position of their hands relative to one another.
US09573013B2
Provided herein is an apparatus including a top member configured to couple with an anatomical appendage or a structure thereof; a bottom member rotatably attached to the top member; and a movement-enabling means for enabling the apparatus to move across a surface substantially without interruption, wherein the movement-enabling means comprises a turntable bearing between the top member and the bottom member, and a rolling mechanism about a bottom surface of the bottom member.
US09573004B2
The application discloses a control system of a fire fighting truck for high-rise and super high-rise building firefighting, comprising: a command control equipment (2), a launch control equipment (3), a turret control apparatus (8), and a photoelectric detection equipment (9), wherein, the photoelectric detection equipment (9) comprises: an installing shell, a power supply, a white light zoom camera, an infrared camera, a laser rangefinder, and an integrated processing unit, wherein the white light zoom camera is connected to the installing shell via screws, the infrared camera is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the laser rangefinder is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the power supply interface of the white light zoom camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the infrared camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the laser rangefinder is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the data interface of the white light zoom camera is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire, the data interface of the infrared camera is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire, and the data interface of the laser rangefinder is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire.
US09573002B2
The self-blocking descender-belay device (1) according to the invention comprises: a first lateral guide flange (6) for the rope, comprising a braking nose (4e), a second lateral guide flange (7) for the rope, which is separated from the first flange (6) by a transverse gap (8) for passage of the rope, and can be displaced between a spaced position for putting into place and removal of a rope, and a closed position in which the rope is trapped in the transverse gap (8) for passage of the rope, a cam (4d) which is engaged between the first and second flanges (6, 7) and is mobile towards and away from the braking nose (4e), and is thrust towards the braking nose (4e) by a cam return spring, the transverse gap (8) for passage of the rope extending between a rope input in the vicinity of the braking nose (4e), and a rope output opposite, the rope output having a large opening such as to permit free orientation of the rope output end between a blocking orientation in which the rope surrounds the cam (4d), and a release orientation in which the rope passes through the transverse gap (8) for passage of the rope directly, and without thrusting the cam (4d) towards the braking nose (4e).
US09573000B2
An applicator for providing HIFU therapy to a patient includes a HIFU transducer that is rotatably coupled to a frame. In one embodiment, the rotatable coupling is configured such that the HIFU transducer can be mechanically oriented to position a focal zone of the HIFU transducer at any desired location in a treatment volume radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the applicator while the HIFU transducer remains within a housing that is not more than a defined percentage (e.g., 50%) larger than the maximum diameter of the HIFU transducer. In one embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with a ball and socket joint. In another embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with an offset gimble assembly. A pair of linear actuators and drive shafts engage the HIFU transducer to orient HIFU transducer in a desired direction.
US09572996B2
The invention relates to a device for the stimulation of thermal receptors in the skin of a patient by means of thermal stimuli. The device comprises a plurality of noninvasive stimulation units for irradiating the skin of the patient with electromagnetic radiation, wherein thermal stimuli are produced by absorption of the electromagnetic radiation in the skin of the patient and the wavelength range of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the stimulation units can be adjusted. The device also comprises a control unit for controlling the stimulation units.
US09572994B2
In general, techniques are described for labeling an implantable medical device (IMD). In one example, an IMD can include a housing including electronic circuitry. The IMD can include a header coupled to the housing and includes a core. The core can define a bore and include a first metal label positioned adjacent to the at least one bore. The IMD includes a lead assembly including at least one lead having a distal end and a proximal end, the at least one lead including a second metal label, the distal end including at least one electrode and the proximal end received within the bore.
US09572990B2
A medical device system and method for detecting cardiac lead dislodgement measures intervals between sensed cardiac events for detecting an event interval pattern including at least one short event interval consecutively followed by a long event interval. Responsive to detecting the event interval pattern, a cardiac signal amplitude associated with a detected short event interval is measured. Dislodgement of the cardiac lead is detected in response to the measured amplitude.
US09572978B2
An electro stimulation system for providing signals to a subject including: at least one electrical power supply; a first switching device for intermittently connecting the output of an electrical power supply to one or more connection probes electrically connected to the subject; a second switching device for intermittently connecting one or more connection probes electrically connected to the subject to form an electrical current return path for current supplied by the electrical power supply; and switching control devices connected to the first and second switching devices; wherein the intermittent connection of the output of an electrical power supply or the intermittent formation of electrical current return paths vary during a treatment and wherein the switching of the first and second devices occurs independently of each other.
US09572977B2
An epicardial stimulation lead includes a lead body having a connector at a proximal end for coupling the lead to a generator of an active implantable medical device. The lead also includes a distributor housing at a distal end of the lead body and means for anchoring the distal end of the lead body to the epicardium. The lead also includes an active part having a plurality of microcable conductors, the proximal ends being coupled to the distributor housing, the distal ends being free. Each microcable has a diameter of at most equal to 2 French. Each microcable includes at least one denuded area in the insulating coating forming a stimulation electrode adapted to contact or penetrate an epicardium wall. Each microcable also includes a transverse elongated member extending at an angle relative to the main direction of the microcable for penetrating into the epicardial wall.
US09572975B2
Various embodiments concern an implantable paddle lead. The paddle can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate lead body. The paddle can comprise a main panel and a ridge that peripherally surrounds the main panel. The main panel can comprise a first face and a second face opposite the first face. One or more electrodes can be exposed on the first face but not exposed on the second face. The paddles can be sutured to anatomical structures. The sutures can be threaded through the main panel but not through the ridge. The paddle can be thicker along the ridge than along the main panel.
US09572972B2
Systems and methods for applying stimulating current to a patient for treating insufficient uterine contractions are provided. The system includes stimulation electrodes of a balloon electrode array device, a ring electrode array device, an electrode probe device, or a mesh electrode array device. Some aspects of the invention also provide a connector and cable device for coupling the stimulation electrodes to electronics for generating and providing the stimulating current to the stimulation electrodes.
US09572971B2
The present invention provides an osmotic orthodontic appliance, comprising: an actuation structure forming a hollow tube filled with a supersaturated solution; a dental aligner structure mounted on the actuation structure for fixing the actuation structure on teeth; and a pumping structure connected one end of the hollow tube, comprising a semipermeable device and a supporting structure. The osmotic orthodontic appliance of the present invention could provide steady movement and force output; it is a solution for the periodic actuation problem of conventional orthodontic appliances.
US09572958B2
A catheter for use in a patient's heart, especially for mapping a tubular region of the heart, has a catheter body, a deflectable intermediate section and a distal mapping assembly that has a generally circular portion adapted to sit on or in a tubular region of the heart. A control handle of the catheter allows for single-handed manipulation of various control mechanisms that can deflect the intermediate section and contract the mapping assembly by means of a deflection control assembly and a rotational control assembly. The deflection control assembly has a deflection arm and a rocker member. The rotational control assembly has an outer rotational member, an inner rotational member and a cam. A pair of puller members are responsive to the deflection control assembly to bi-directionally deflect the intermediate section. A third puller member is responsive to the rotational control assembly to contract the generally circular portion of the mapping assembly.
US09572957B2
A surgical apparatus includes an elongated handle assembly having opposed proximal and distal end portions and an interior cavity. An elongated sheath extends from the proximal end of the handle assembly, through the interior cavity of the handle assembly and out from the distal end portion of the handle assembly. The sheath includes an interior lumen extending therethrough and a distal end portion of the sheath is deflectable. The surgical apparatus includes a steering mechanism operatively associated with the handle assembly for controlling deflection of the deflectable distal end portion of the sheath. The steering mechanism includes a pull wire retraction assembly configured to selectively retract a pull wire to deflect the distal end portion of the sheath and a telescoping tube system for straightly guiding the pull wire as the pull wire retraction assembly moves within the interior cavity of the handle assembly.
US09572943B2
A nebulizer and a method of breathing using the nebulizer is described. The nebulizer and breathing techniques are capable of delivering medicament into the sinus cavity of a user.
US09572936B2
Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor 12, including a receiver 14, a medicament delivery device 16, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor 18 are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
US09572934B2
Method of monitoring a control operation of a medication delivery system, determining whether a signal level received from an analyte sensor is associated with a fault condition and a potential fault condition, and adjusting a medication delivery rate executed by the control operation when it is determined that the signal level from the analyte sensor is associated with one of the fault condition or the potential fault condition, where the medication delivery rate is adjusted to a first predetermined range when the signal level is associated with the fault condition, and adjusted to a second predetermined range when the signal level is associated with the potential fault condition is provided. Devices, systems and kits for implementing the afore-mentioned method are also provided.
US09572931B2
A device, system and method for self-administration of a bolus dosage of a treatment fluid are disclosed. A device according to embodiments of the present invention may comprise a housing comprising an external lever operable by a user, an internal lever, for applying pressure to a compression spring, which in turn may press a piston to pressurize treatment fluid contained in an internal reservoir, in a high flow rate, through a small diameter catheter, into a patient body. A system according to some embodiment may comprise a device having an external reservoir connected to an inlet thereof, and a catheter connected to an outlet thereof. A method according to some embodiments may comprise actuating levers of the device, compressing a partially loaded compression spring contained in a spring cage, and pressurizing fluid contained in an internal reservoir of the device to be released through an outlet of the device.
US09572930B2
A shielding needle assembly is provided with a hub having a needle cannula with a puncture tip extending from a forward end thereof, and a shield member in telescoping association with the hub. A drive member biases the hub and the shield member away from each other for relative telescopic movement between a first position in which the puncture tip extends from a forward end of the shield member, and a second position in which the puncture tip is encompassed within the shield member. A pivoting lever maintains the hub and the shield member in the first position against the bias of the drive member with the needle cannula exposed for use. The lever is pivotable during contact with a patient's skin surface such as during venipuncture, thereby releasing the hub and the shield member from the first position and permitting the drive member to bias the hub and the shield member toward the second position.
US09572928B2
A substance delivery device includes an elongated tubular body having opposing proximal and distal ends, and a diaphragm that is in slideable sealing engagement with an inside wall of the tubular body. The diaphragm is movable in opposite first and second directions within the tubular body. A substance is contained within the tubular body between the diaphragm and the tubular body distal end, and a slave fluid is contained within the tubular body between the diaphragm and the tubular body proximal end. When pressure is exerted on the slave fluid, the slave fluid causes the diaphragm to move and eject the substance through the tubular body distal end.
US09572927B2
A medicament delivery device comprises a housing, a telescopic piston rod assembly for driving a bung of a medicament container, and a drive mechanism for the telescopic piston rod assembly. The telescopic piston rod assembly comprises a plunger for driving a bung, a key for allowing predominantly axial movement between the plunger and the housing and an input drive telescopically coupled to the plunger and supported for rotational and axial movement relative the housing. The drive mechanism additionally comprises a transfer drive that operates to rotate the input drive. As the input drive rotates, it moves axially relative to the housing, expanding telescopically relative to the plunger.
US09572925B2
A liquid transporting apparatus includes a driving section that transports a the liquid; a control section that controls the driving section, based on a control pattern; and an operation section that is operated to change the control pattern for controlling the driving section.
US09572923B2
A system for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices includes software designed for use in a hospital, pharmacy or biomedical technical service environments. The software may be provided on a computer readable medium. The software allows a facility to customize a drug library with both hard and soft drug limits and other parameters for use with an infuser having a plug and play module removably inserted into a slot within a housing, or for use with an infuser having a connectivity engine enclosed within the housing. The system supports data transfer to one or more infusers connected to one or more computers. The connection between the computer and the pump can be hard wired or wireless.
US09572919B2
A dialysis system includes a fresh dialysis fluid pump, a used dialysis fluid pump, a fresh fluid flow path, a used fluid flow path, and a dialysis fluid cassette carrying a balance chamber, the balance chamber including a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion, and a flexible sheet located between the first and second rigid portions, the flexible sheet dividing the balance chamber into (i) a fresh dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the fresh dialysis fluid pump via the fresh fluid flow path, wherein fresh dialysis fluid contacts the first rigid portion and a first side of the flexible sheet, and (ii) a used dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the used dialysis fluid pump via the used fluid flow path, wherein used dialysis fluid contacts the second rigid portion and a second side of the flexible sheet.
US09572909B2
Nerve guides which are formed from three dimensional (3D) arrays of highly aligned electrospun fibers are provided. The electrospun fibers are oriented parallel to the long axis of the guide, and gaps and elongated spaces between the stacked fiber arrays provide channels for directed axonal growth. In some embodiments, the nerve guides also comprise high precision gradients of beneficial substances such as growth factors, which aid in nerve regeneration and growth along the guide.
US09572906B2
A method and composition is provided that aids in the reduction of objectionable volatile odors when a few drops are placed in the toilet prior to use. In one embodiment, the composition contains a high molecular weight polypropylene glycol (PPG) together with a dispersing agent to create an instantaneous multifunctional surface barrier of the polypropylene glycol/isopropanol mixture across the water surface. The composition may also optionally include one or more essential oils, fragrances or colorants.
US09572905B2
A sterile display for a sterile container includes a thermally actuatable display apparatus for the display of a first and a second sterility condition of the sterile container. The display apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism having an actuator element which can be transferred, by external heating, from a first stress state in which the first sterility condition can be displayed, to a second stress state in which the second sterility condition can be displayed. The adjustment mechanism includes a thermo-bimetal element wherein, by its actuation, the actuator element of the adjustment mechanism can be transferred from the first stress state to the second stress state.
US09572894B2
The present invention provides three-component compositions comprising microparticles, a tumor antigen, a first immune adjuvant, and a second immune adjuvant. Also provided are chemo-immunotherapeutic compositions comprising microparticles, a chemotherapeutic agent, and an immune adjuvant.
US09572890B2
Provided are stable liquid and solid formulations of oxidized and reduced mitochondria-targeted antioxidants, and methods of their preparation and use.
US09572878B2
A method of combination therapy for prevention and/or treatment of c-Met- and/or EGFR-induced diseases including co-administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an EGFR antagonist and a pharmaceutically effective amount of an anti-c-Met antibody to a subject in need thereof is provided.
US09572876B2
The present invention includes methyltransferase (MTase)-defective recombinant viruses as live vaccine candidates for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV), and human parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV3). Here the inventors provide the technical description for generating MTase-defective paramyxoviruses useful as immunogens, as well as related materials and methods.
US09572868B2
The present invention relates to an isocyanate-free multi-component system, in particular for medical uses such as foamable wound coverings, with at least two separate components, wherein the first component comprises at least one alkoxysilane-terminated prepolymer and the second component comprises an aqueous component, wherein the aqueous component is a polyurethane dispersion.
US09572861B2
The present invention provides novel agents for broad spectrum influenza neutralization. The present invention provides agents for inhibiting influenza infection by bind to the influenza virus and/or hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides and/or HA receptors, and reagents and methods relating thereto. The present invention provides a system for analyzing interactions between infolds and the interaction partners that bind to them.
US09572856B2
A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
US09572849B2
Methods for recovering valuable compounds and substances from plants after distillation of oils are disclosed. The methods involve various aqueous and non-aqueous solvent extraction of plant material from which oils have been distilled previously.
US09572847B2
The invention discloses an herbal extract of treating lung tumor. The herbal extract comprises Antrodia cinnamomea and Cordyceps militaris, and the herbal extract is manufactured as following: mingling Antrodia cinnamomea and Cordyceps militaris with a weight ratio being between 1:5 and 5:1 to obtain a mixture; blending the mixture with a solvent with a weight-volume percentage being 50%, followed by extracting at 40-90° C. to obtain a herbal solution; and concentrating the herbal solution to obtain the herbal extract.
US09572846B2
The present invention provides Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP55 KCTC 11401BP, a composition for treating bowel disease containing the lactobacillus, and a composition for immunological enhancement containing the lactobacillus.
US09572844B2
The present invention provides Leuconostoc mesenteroides NTM048 strain deposited under accession No. NITE BP-1519, or a mutant strain thereof or a processed bacterium thereof, and a lactobacillus preparation and an immunity (particularly intestinal immunity) stimulant, containing the lactobacillus or a processed bacterium thereof.
