US09606469B2
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer to rotate, an image forming unit including a charger and a developing device, a charge power supply to output a charging bias applied to a charger, a transfer device, a toner adhesion amount, and a controller. The controller causes the image forming unit to form a background fog pattern in a background area of the latent image bearer while changing a background potential, acquires toner adhesion amount values detected at different positions of the background fog pattern, having different potentials, sorts the toner adhesion amount values in an order of the background potential, determines a relation between the background potential and background fog amount based the toner adhesion amount values except any toner adhesion amount value out of monotonicity, and adjust the charging bias to an optimum value computed based on the determined relation.
US09606466B2
The present invention is a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a charge control agent, wherein the binder resin includes a resin having a polyester unit with at least one aliphatic compound condensed to the terminal thereof, the at least one aliphatic compound being selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids each having 30 or more and 102 or less carbon atoms and aliphatic monoalcohols each having 30 or more and 102 or less carbon atoms; and the charge control agent includes a specific compound (a pyrazolone monoazo metal compound).
US09606449B2
An immersion lithographic apparatus has adaptations to prevent or reduce bubble formation in one or more gaps in the substrate table by preventing bubbles escaping from the gap into the beam path and/or extracting bubbles that may form in the gap.
US09606448B2
A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed for use with an immersion liquid positioned between the projection system and a substrate. Several methods and mechanism are disclosed to protect components of the projection system, substrate table and a liquid confinement system. These include providing a protective coating on a final element of the projection system as well as providing one or more sacrificial bodies upstream of the components. A two component final optical element of CaF2 is also disclosed.
US09606434B2
A polymer includes repeat units, most of which are photoacid-generating repeat units. Each of the photoacid-generating repeat units includes photoacid-generating functionality and base-solubility-enhancing functionality. Each of the photoacid-generating repeat units comprises an anion and a photoacid-generating cation that collectively have structure (I) wherein q, r, R1, m, X, and Z− are defined herein. The polymer is useful as a component of a photoresist composition that further includes a second polymer that exhibits a change in solubility in an alkali developer under action of acid.
US09606433B2
There is provided a resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution by the action of acid, including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution by the action of acid, wherein the base component (A) contains a polymeric compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0) shown below. In the formula, A″ represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may contain an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 represents a lactone-containing cyclic group, an —SO2— containing cyclic group or a carbonate-containing cyclic group; and W2 represents a group which is formed by polymerization reaction of a group containing a polymerizable group.
US09606427B2
A light source module adapted to a projector includes a light source, a light combining system, a first cooling fan, a second cooling fan, a first guide duct and a second guide duct. The light source includes a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device. The light combining system is disposed between the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device. The first cooling fan is disposed on the first light emitting device. The second cooling fan is disposed on the second light emitting device. The first guide duct is connected to the first cooling fan and guides a cooling airflow provided by the first cooling fan to the second light emitting device. The second guide duct is connected to the second cooling fan and guides a cooling airflow provided by the second cooling fan to the first light emitting device.
US09606421B2
A focal-plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a shutter opening and closing the opening; a drive lever provided with a drive pin and swinging; a drive arm provided with an engagement hole engaged with the drive pin, swinging about a center same as a swing center of the drive lever, driving the shutter, and made of a synthetic resin; and a restriction portion defining a swinging range of the drive lever.
US09606418B2
The liquid crystal grating substrate includes a base substrate, and several bar-like signal electrodes and several bar-like common electrodes formed at an identical layer on the base substrate. The signal electrodes and the common electrodes are arranged alternately and parallel to each other. The liquid crystal grating substrate further includes a signal electrode input line connected to a first end of the signal electrode and a common electrode input line connected to a second end of the common electrode. Respective first ends of the signal electrode and the common electrode are arranged close to one side of the base substrate, respective second ends of the signal electrode and the common electrode are arranged close to the other side of the base substrate opposite to the side, and the signal electrode input line and the common electrode input line are arranged at a layer identical to the signal electrode.
US09606416B2
A differential TWE MZM includes a differential driver, first and second capacitors, and first and second terminations. The differential driver includes a first differential output and a second differential output that collectively form a differential pair. The first differential output is DC coupled to a first arm optical phase shifter of a TWE MZM. The second differential output is DC coupled to a second arm optical phase shifter of the TWE MZM. The first capacitor AC couples the second differential output to the first arm optical phase shifter. The second capacitor AC couples the first differential output to the second arm optical phase shifter. The first and second terminations are coupled to, respectively, the first or second arm optical phase shifter.
US09606411B2
A multi-layer device comprising a first substrate and a first electrically conductive layer on a surface thereof, the first electrically conductive layer having a sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current through the first electrically conductive layer that varies as a function of position.
US09606409B2
An electrochromic insert adapted to be fitted into an existing window frame allowing an existing window to be retrofit to have the benefits of electrochromics. The insert may have a scaffold that fits into a window frame. Securing the insert to the frame may occur through a variety of ways including a bracket, a flexible tab, a brace, a screw, a bolt, a projection, a detent, and an adhesive. The technology allows for the electrochromic insert to include an electrochromic device, energy collection device, an energy storage device, and an electrochromic device controller. Such a configuration may be considered autonoumous such that it need not draw power from another source.
US09606407B2
A display panel includes a thin film transistor substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer. A thin film transistor is disposed on a substrate and has a drain. A first insulating layer is disposed on the drain and has a first via above the drain. A planarization layer is disposed on the first insulating layer and has a second via above the drain. The first via and the second via are partially overlapped to form an overlap portion. A second insulating layer is disposed on the planarization layer. A pixel electrode layer is disposed on the second insulating layer and in the overlap portion to connect to the drain. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the thin film transistor substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the thin film transistor substrate and the opposite substrate.
US09606404B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line on the first substrate; a first switching element connected to the gate line, to which a data voltage is applied; a first pixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a color filter between the first switching element and the first pixel electrode, in which is defined: two contact holes spaced apart from each other, and a connecting portion connecting the spaced apart two contact holes to each other. The first pixel electrode is connected to the first switching element via a first contact hole among the spaced apart two contact holes.
US09606401B2
In an aspect, an liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystals, a first alignment polymer, and a second alignment polymer is provided, In an aspect, the first alignment polymer is formed by radiating electromagnetic radiation on a first alignment aid photoreactive in a first wavelength region, the second alignment polymer is formed by radiating electromagnetic radiation on a second alignment aid photoreactive in a second wavelength region, and the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region are different from each other.
US09606389B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including: plural pixels disposed in a matrix shape, each pixel having insulating wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels and a small wall-shaped structure between the wall-shaped structures; wall electrodes, each having wall-shaped electrodes formed on the side faces of the wall-shaped structures, and planar electrodes that are connected to the wall-shaped electrodes and extend in the planar direction; electrodes, each having a TFT-side electrode covering the small wall-shaped structure and a storage capacitor electrode that is connected to the TFT-side electrode and extends in the planar direction of the substrate; and interlayer insulating films formed between the storage capacitor electrodes and the planar electrodes. And the interlayer insulating films of inorganic films are not formed on the upper and side faces and at the base portions of the wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels.
US09606388B2
A display device is provided. The display device may include a display panel, a back cover positioned at a rear surface of the display panel, a guide panel positioned at a lateral surface of the back cover, and a top case positioned at an edge portion of a front surface of the display panel and a lateral surface of the guide panel. A lateral surface of the top case may include a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface. The first lateral surface may be recessed further than the second lateral surface. A fastener may be provided to couple the first lateral surface of the top case, the guide panel and the back cover.
US09606387B2
In a liquid crystal display module, notches are disposed on limiting sections and opposite to flexible circuit boards disposed on a liquid crystal panel so that the flexible circuit boards protrude through the notches and are bent toward the connecting sections; and moreover first depressed sections configured to accommodate the flexible circuit boards may be disposed on the connecting sections and opposite to the notches; and second depressed sections depressed inward may be disposed on the folded edge and opposite to the first depressed sections so that the first depressed sections and the second depressed sections cooperate with each other.
US09606385B2
A display device includes a display panel, a panel cover, and a backlight unit. The display panel is configured to display an image on a front surface thereof. The panel cover covers an edge of the display panel. The backlight unit is configured to provide a light to the display panel. The panel cover includes a first portion disposed on the front surface of the display panel, a second portion bent and extending from the first portion to face a side surface of the display panel, and a third portion bent and extending from the second portion. The third portion is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to be substantially in parallel to the first portion.
US09606384B2
A flexible display includes a flexible display substrate, a first fixing part at a first side of the display substrate, and a second fixing part at a second side of the display substrate opposite to the first side. The first fixing part includes a plurality of first unit fixing parts arranged along the first side, and the second fixing part includes a plurality of second unit fixing parts arranged along the second side. A first folding part is between adjacent ones of the plurality of first unit fixing parts, and a second folding part is between adjacent ones of the plurality of second unit fixing parts. A plurality of first folding lines, each extending between the corresponding first folding part and the corresponding second folding part, are defined, and the display substrate is configured to be folded along at least one of the first folding lines.
US09606379B2
Disclosed is a light modulating apparatus. The light modulating apparatus includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a light modulating device that absorbs or transmit light incident on the pixel array according to an applied voltage, a flip-flop circuit that outputs a first voltage based on a device driving signal indicating a level of a second voltage applied to be applied to the light modulating device, and an amplifier that amplifies the first voltage to generate the second voltage and applies the second voltage to the light modulating device.
US09606374B2
Eyeglasses, including a frame for supporting the eyeglasses on a user's face, a platform movably connected to the frame, and a plurality of lenses moveable relative to the frame along with the platform, each of the lenses being movably connected to the platform.
US09606373B2
Provided is a spherical or aspherical polarized mirrored glasses lens that substantially prevents the appearance of reflections caused by reflection from the mirrored surface, has a high transmittance, and with the use of a colored absorption-polarization film layer, allows arbitrary selection of the color of the field of view of the sunglasses user and the color of the lens as seen by others. A polarized mirrored glasses lens is fabricated, said lens being characterized by having, in order from the light-incidence side, at least a reflection-polarization film layer and an absorption-polarization film layer, and further characterized in that: the transmission axes of said layers are aligned; and the light-incidence side is a convex spherical or aspherical surface.
US09606372B2
An eyewear apparatus with interchangeable insert chassis components that may insert into a frame structure in accordance with a specific mechanical interlocking apparatus. In particular, the contour of the insert chassis may conform to the contour of a channel in the frame, and tabs or notches in the chassis insert may snap into a hole, tab, or indentation in the nose of the frame, and at either side of the frame near the temples, as described herein.
US09606365B2
A reading apparatus for assisting a person to read or view reading material, including from a lying down position, with the reading apparatus including in a lying down position. The reading apparatus comprises: an optical system including a tray for supporting the reading material, a reflecting mirror and an imaging mirror, said tray, said reflecting mirror and said imaging mirror being mechanically intercoupled in a manner that enables them to be positioned at predetermined, respective angles relative to each other, to enable the reading material located on said tray to be viewed by viewing an image formed by said imaging mirror. A support is configured to enable the optical system to be positioned in front of the person. The tray, the reflecting mirror and the imaging mirror can be folded onto each other.
US09606361B2
An electronic eyeglass is disclosed. The electronic eyeglass includes a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) and an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame carries the PBS.
US09606359B2
A first optic receives optical environment content for delivery to the see-through display. The see-through display delivers output optical content to the second optic and delivers the optical environment content to the second optic. The second optic delivers the optical output content and optical environment content to a viewing position. The first optic alters the focal vergence of the optical environment content; the second optic alters the focal vergence of the optical environment content and the focal vergence of the optical output content. The focal vergences of the optical output content and optical environment content thus are independently controllable. The first and second optics may render the focal vergence of the optical environment content after first and second optics substantially equal to optical environment content unmodified by either the first or second optics. The focal vergences of optical environment content and output content may be equal after alteration.
US09606356B2
The present invention provides a positioning module for a head-up display device, including: a positioning motor which is operated by an operating signal from a control unit; a lead screw which is connected with the positioning motor and rotated by an operation of the positioning motor; a movable link which is in threaded engagement with the lead screw and moved in an axial direction of the lead screw by the rotation of the lead screw; and a connecting member which connects a mirror unit, which is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft, with the movable link, and rotates the mirror unit according to the movement of the movable link, in which connection portions between the connecting member and the movable link are in surface contact with each other, thereby improving durability and positioning performance.
US09606354B2
Embodiments of an apparatus comprising a light guide including a proximal end, a distal end, a display positioned near the proximal end, an ocular measurement camera positioned at or near the proximal end to image ocular measurement radiation, a proximal optical element positioned in the light guide near the proximal end and a distal optical element positioned in the light guide near the distal end. The proximal optical element is optically coupled to the display, the ocular measurement camera and the distal optical element and the distal optical element is optically coupled to the proximal optical element, the ambient input region and an input/output optical element. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09606351B2
A vehicle headlight includes a light source, a wavelength converting member and a mirror mounted on a movable frame unit configured to rotate the mirror about two orthogonal axes. Light emitted by the light source is reflected by the mirror such that rotation of the mirror by the movable frame unit scans the reflected light in two directions at a substantially right angle with respect to each other and/or direct the reflected light towards the wavelength converting member to provide various color lights The movable frame unit might be actuated by an AC voltage having a low frequency.
US09606349B2
Electromechanical light modulators and backlight providing efficient, low cost and high performance displays.
US09606346B2
The invention relates to an incident illumination device for a microscope, for viewing a sample (1) in the microscope (10), having a planar light source (100) for incident illumination of the sample (1), wherein the planar light source (100) comprises a panel-shaped light guide having a lower boundary surface (111), an upper boundary surface, and at least one lateral surface, as well as at least one light-emitting means that is arranged so that it irradiates light, via at least one lateral surface serving as a light entry surface, into the light guide in such a way that said light propagates in the light guide due to total reflection; wherein the total reflection is disrupted in defined fashion by an element abutting at the lower boundary surface of the light guide against a contact surface so that an outcoupling of light occurs at the upper boundary surface of the light guide.
US09606341B2
An optical apparatus includes: laser; objective that irradiates a sample with laser light; phase-modulation spatial light modulator that is located at a pupil conjugate position of the objective and modulates a phase of the laser light; scan unit that scans the sample with the laser light; detector that detects observation light from the sample; image generating unit that generates a sample image according to a signal from the detector and control information of the scan unit; and controlling unit that sets for the modulator a modulation amount of the phase of laser light in accordance with a pattern to be formed on the sample using the laser light. According to the pattern to be formed on the sample and a pattern of irradiation with the laser light obtained from the image generated by the image generating unit, the controlling unit corrects the modulation amount that is set for the modulator.
US09606326B2
An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has a positive refractive power and may have a convex object-side surface. The second through fifth lens elements has a refractive power and the object-side and image-side surfaces of these lens elements are aspheric. The sixth lens element has a negative refractive power and may have a concave image-side surface. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are aspheric, and at least one of the two surfaces has inflection points. When specific conditions are satisfied, the optical image capturing system may has a large aperture value and a better optical path adjusting ability to acquire better imaging quality.
US09606318B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to cable management plate assemblies for a media patching system or a rack. The cable management plate assemblies include a lower cable management plate and an upper cable management plate. The upper cable management plate can be slidably secured to the lower cable management plate. In a first configuration, the upper cable management plate is disposed in a retracted position relative to the lower cable management plate. In a second configuration, the upper cable management plate is disposed in an extended position relative to the lower cable management plate. Embodiments are also directed to methods of supporting one or more cables in a media patching system or a rack, and associated media patching systems.
US09606316B1
A just-in-time data center cabling infrastructure is installed incrementally and concurrently with incremental changes in computing capacity in a data center. Based at least in part upon a determination to install one or more rack computer systems in a row of rack positions of the data center, a network switch device can be installed in the row, linked with a network zone via fiber optic cable connections, and linked to rack computer systems via patch cable connections. The fiber optic cables and patch cables are installed in the data center concurrently with installation of the rack computer system. A transverse bridge spans over an aisle space between opposite rows and includes console switch devices. The console switch devices, installed concurrently with one or more rack computer systems in the rows, enable remote access to console systems in the rack computer systems.
US09606308B2
Techniques are provided for flip-chip assembly and packaging of microelectronic, photonics and optoelectronic devices in which three-dimensional alignment of package components is achieved using solder surface tension during a solder reflow process to move one or more package components and align such components in X, Y and Z directions using mechanical stops and chip butting techniques.
US09606302B2
A ferrule for a fiber optic connector includes: a main body extending from a first end to a second end, the main body defining a bore extending from the first end to the second end; an end surface at the second end of the main body; and a raised portion on the end surface, the raised portion extending from the second end and surrounding the bore; wherein an optical fiber is configured to be positioned within the bore of the main body; and wherein the end surface is configured to be polished to remove the raised portion.
US09606301B2
An apparatus for fixing an optical fiber hole insert in coordinate measurement, is provided. The apparatus includes a main body and a cover plate. The main body includes a front side surface, a back side surface and a support surface, a plurality of first grooves formed in the support surface and exposed at the front side surface, a plurality of second grooves formed in the support surface and exposed at the back side surface, and a through hole defined in the support surface. The first grooves are aligned with the respective second grooves, the first and second grooves communicate with the through hole and are configured for cooperatively receiving the optical fiber hole insert. The cover plate is configured for covering the support surface and making contact with the optical fiber hole insert. A method for measuring the optical fiber hole insert using the apparatus is also provided.
US09606299B2
A fiber optic connector (12) is mounted to a fiber optic connector holder (14). The holder (14) can be a separate piece mountable to other devices, such as trays, panels, modules, cassettes, and chassis. Alternatively, the holder (14) can be integrally formed with the device. In some implementations, multiple holders (14) can be provided as separate elements, or as an integral element. The fiber optic connector holder (14) holds the fiber optic connector (12) in position ready for connection to another fiber optic connector (50) at a desired time. The holder (14) receives a fiber optic adapter (36), and a second fiber optic connector (50). The adapter (36) aligns the two connectors (12, 50) for fiber optic signal transmission. The fiber optic connector holder (14) includes a clip (26) for clipping to the first connector (12).
US09606292B2
Example devices are optical dividers including: a first optical coupler; a second optical coupler; and a third optical coupler. The devices also comprise a first optical fiber integrated in the first optical coupler, the first optical fiber coupled to an optical combiner, and a second optical fiber integrated in the first optical coupler and in the second optical coupler, the second optical fiber coupled to the optical combiner. The devices further comprise a third optical fiber integrated in the second optical coupler and in the third optical coupler, the third optical fiber coupled to the optical combiner. The optical combiner includes: a first output coupler; a second output coupler; and the optical combiner couples a subset of the first through third optical fibers to the first output coupler; and the optical combiner couples a subset of the first through third optical fibers to the second output coupler.
US09606285B1
A disclosed lighting apparatus includes a light-diffusive plate having opposing first and second faces bounded by one or more sides. A first electrically conductive sheet is disposed on the first face of the light-diffusive plate, and an electrically insulative sheet is disposed on the first electrically conductive sheet. A second electrically conductive sheet is disposed on the electrically insulative sheet. A plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have light emitting portions that face a portion of the light-diffusive plate. The LEDs are electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive sheet and to the second electrically conductive sheet.
US09606283B2
The invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly to a surface light source, a backlight module and a display device. The surface light source of the invention comprises at least one optical fiber and at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is provided at one end of the at least one optical fiber one to one, the at least one optical fiber each is provided with a plurality of light outgoing windows along its length direction, a light beam emitted from each light source propagates in a corresponding optical fiber, and outgoes from the optical fiber through the plurality of light outgoing windows. The surface light source and the backlight module adopting the surface light source have advantages of wide gamut, high efficiency and high light focusing effect. The display device adopting the backlight module has better display effect.
US09606272B2
This transparent layered element (1) has two smooth outer main surfaces (2A, 4A) and comprises: two outer layers (2, 4), which each form one of the two outer main surfaces (2A, 4A) of the element (1) and which are constituted of dielectric materials having substantially the same refractive index (n2, n4), and a central layer (3) inserted between the two outer layers, this central layer (3) being formed either by a single layer which is a dielectric layer having a refractive index different from that of the outer layers or a metal layer, or by a stack of layers which comprises at least one dielectric layer having a refractive index different from that of the outer layers or a metal layer. Each contact surface (S0, S1) between two adjacent layers of the element (1), which are one a dielectric layer and the other a metal layer, or which are two dielectric layers having different refractive indices, is textured and parallel to the other textured contact surfaces.
US09606256B2
Determining parameters associated with a hydrocarbon bearing formation beneath a sea bed. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: obtaining data gathered regarding a plurality of distinct readings by sensors, the readings responsive to a source of electrical energy towed in water above the hydrocarbon bearing formation, the sensors sense an electrical parameter associated with the source; combining a first datum associated with a first path of travel of the source with a second datum associated with a second path of travel of the source, the second path of travel distinct from the first path of travel, and the combining creates a first combined datum; and determining the parameter associated with the hydrocarbon bearing formation by evaluating the first combined datum.
US09606255B2
An electronic motor vehicle sensor unit includes a housing, a control and evaluation device arranged in the housing, and at least one capacitive sensor electrode with a detection region (X, X′). The capacitive sensor electrode is coupled to the control and evaluation device and is arranged in the housing. The sensor unit further includes a lighting device with an illuminant that can emit an optical signal, wherein the lighting device is coupled to the control and evaluation device, and a target region (Y) identifying the detection region (X) can be marked outside the housing with the lighting device. The housing, the control and evaluation device, the at least one capacitive sensor electrode and the lighting device form an integrated assembly.
US09606249B2
Calibration of an analyzing apparatus is performed using appropriate calibration data that reflects actual measurement conditions. The analyzing apparatus includes an emission unit, a collection filter, a calibration base material, a detection unit, and a composition analysis unit. The emission unit emits an exciting X-ray to generate a fluorescent X-ray by exciting particulate matter. The collection filter collects the particulate matter. The calibration base material is provided in a measurement area together with the collection filter when performing the calibration. The detection unit detects X-rays generated from the measurement area. The detection unit detects a calibration X-ray when performing the calibration. The composition analysis unit generates calibration data by using the calibration X-ray when performing the calibration. The composition analysis unit analyzes compositions of the particulate matter based on the calibration data and a measured X-ray detected by the detection unit when analyzing the compositions of the particulate matter.
US09606232B2
A method for compensating range offset of a range sensor located in a predetermined position in a spatial environment and comprising a pixel array adapted for measuring a distance, the spatial environment comprising at least two stationary reference positions located at predetermined reference distances, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining distance values to the reference positions; b) calculating differences between the distance values and the corresponding reference distances; c) determining a range offset value as the maximum of the differences; d) measuring distance values to positions within the spatial environment using the pixel array; e) correcting the measured distance values by subtracting the determined in-situ range offset value from each of the measured distance values.
US09606224B2
A system includes a transmission unit, a first reception antenna, a second reception antenna, and a processing unit. The transmission unit is configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle traversing a route, includes a transmission antenna, and is configured to transmit a location signal to a target disposed along the route as the vehicle traverses the route. The first reception antenna is configured to receive at least one reflection signal of the location signal reflected off the target. The second reception antenna is configured to receive the at least one reflection signal. The processing unit is configured to obtain first reception information from the first reception antenna and second reception information from the second reception antenna, perform a comparison of the first and second reception information, and determine a position of the vehicle using the comparison of the first and second reception information.
US09606220B2
The present invention relates a method and device for tracking movements of marine animals or objects in large bodies of water and across significant distances. The method and device can track an acoustic transmitter attached to an animal or object beneath the ocean surface by employing an unmanned surface vessel equipped with a hydrophone array and GPS receiver.
US09606218B2
Determination of route completion from wireless network data is presented. A recording is performed of data associated with wireless devices while traveling. The recording is compared to an expected recording of data associated with wireless networks along a route. Execution of the route is then proven based on the comparison.
US09606216B2
A terminal device for indoor positioning includes a communication module to receive access point (AP) radio environment information from one or more Aps, a memory module to store the AP radio environment information in a preset number of frame areas, the AP radio environment information being stored in order of reception, and a terminal control module to calculate an estimated location of the terminal device based on the order of the AP radio environment information stored in the preset number of frame areas.
US09606215B2
Embodiments disclosed aggregate a plurality of crowdsourced measurement sets for antennas received from a plurality of Mobile Stations (MS) with a Base Station Almanac (BSA), based on a measurement location estimate and a measurement location uncertainty estimate associated with each measurement set. A map comprising a plurality of map layers may be obtained, where each map layer associates locations in the BSA with spatially variable Forward Link Calibration (FLC) values for the antenna derived from the updated BSA data, wherein each spatially variable FLC value is associated with a corresponding location in the updated BSA data. Map layers, which may also include multipath map and/or received signal strength layers, may be provided to MS′ as location assistance data.
US09606210B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and image generating circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry executes a pulse sequence which applies a excitation pulse and then continuously applies a readout gradient magnetic field with alternating polarity thereof and acquires echo signals continuously generated by the pulse sequence from a plurality of receive channels. The image generating circuitry corrects the echo signals so as to generate an image, correcting the echo signals for all of the receive channels collectively on the basis of phase differences between echo signals corresponding to even lines of k-space and echo signals corresponding to odd lines of k-space, and corrects the echo signals for each of the receive channels individually on the basis of magnitude differences between echo signals corresponding to the even lines of k-space and echo signals corresponding to the odd lines of k-space.
US09606205B1
An imaging unit of an MRI apparatus collects NMR signals using high frequency pulses including a pre-RF pulse exciting a first region and an excitation RF pulse exciting a second region different from the first region. A shimming parameter calculation unit calculating a shimming parameter for adjusting a radiation magnetic field distribution generated by the high-frequency pulses radiated from a plurality of channels sets different shimming parameters in the pre-RF pulse and the excitation RF pulse. The imaging unit performs imaging using the pre-RF pulse and the excitation RF pulse adjusted with the different shimming parameters.
US09606198B2
A magnetic field probe, a magnetic field measurement system, and a magnetic field measurement method are provided. The magnetic field probe includes a probe head. The probe head includes a first and second inner metal layer. The first inner metal layer includes a first sensing part and a first connecting part coupled thereto. The first sensing part is configured for detecting a magnetic field signal of a device under test to form a first magnetic field distribution signal. The second inner metal layer includes a second sensing part and a second connecting part coupled thereto. The second sensing part is configured for detecting the magnetic field signal of the device under test to form a second magnetic field distribution signal. A distance between the first sensing part and the device under test is smaller than that between the second sensing part and the device under test.
US09606194B2
A method for measuring an angular position of a rotating shaft, the method including providing a magnetic field which rotates with the shaft about an axis of rotation, positioning an integrated circuit having first and second magnetic sensing bridges within the magnetic field at a radially off-center position from the axis of rotation, the first and second magnetic sensing bridges respectively providing first and second signals representative of first and second magnetic field directions, the integrated circuit having a set of adjustment parameters for modifying attributes of the first and second signals, modifying values of the set of adjustment parameters until errors in the first and second signals are substantially minimized, and determining an angular position of the shaft based on the first and second signals.
US09606184B2
A method is disclosed for determining fault states in a half-bridge circuit having at least a first semiconductor switch and a second semiconductor switch are connected in series with one another and each controllable by a control signal to switch between an open and a closed switching state. For each of the first and second semiconductor switches, an actual switching state and a setpoint switching state are determined. A bridge short circuit in the half-bridge circuit is identified if both (a) the actual switching state of the first semiconductor switch is different than the setpoint switching state of the first semiconductor switch and (b) the actual switching state of the second semiconductor switch is different than the setpoint switching state of the second semiconductor switch.
US09606177B2
In one form, a scan flip-flop includes a clock gating cell and a dedicated clock flip-flop. The clock gating cell provides an input clock input signal as a scan clock signal when a scan shift enable signal is active, and provides the input clock signal as a data clock signal when the scan shift enable signal is inactive. The dedicated clock flip-flop stores a data input signal and provides the data input signal, so stored, as a data output signal in response to transitions of the data clock signal, and stores a scan data input signal and provides the scan data input signal, so stored, as the data output signal in response to transitions of the scan clock signal. The clock gating cell may further provide the input clock signal as the data clock signal when both a scan shift enable signal is inactive and a data enable signal is active.
US09606176B2
Some embodiments provide an integrated circuit (“IC”) with a primary circuit structure. The primary circuit structure is for performing multiple operations that implement a user design. The primary circuit structure includes multiple circuits. The IC also includes a secondary monitoring structure for monitoring multiple operations. The secondary monitoring structure includes a network communicatively coupled to multiple circuits of the primary circuit structure. The secondary monitoring circuit structure is for analyzing the monitored operations and reporting on the analysis to a circuit outside of the IC.
US09606174B2
A semiconductor device includes a built-in self-test controller suitable for generating a test command and test data, and generating a test result signal in response to test result data, in a built-in self-test mode, an internal circuit suitable for performing a test operation in response to the test command and the test data and generating the test result data as a result of the test operation, and a signal transfer controller suitable for outputting the test command, the test data, and the test result signal through a set probe pad and a set bump pad in the built-in self-test mode.
US09606168B2
A computer processor implemented method of developing irradiance mapping using a distributed network of solar photovoltaic systems, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a predetermined geographic area having at least five solar photovoltaic systems to provide a photovoltaic system; calibrating the photovoltaic system; reversing the photovoltaic system performance model using a computer processor to solve the irradiance input value; calculating irradiance according to irradiance input value, energy output and weather data using the computer processor to provide a single irradiance point; and mapping at least two single irradiance points to create an irradiance map.
US09606165B2
An electrical power supply includes DC source outputting Vm and a device that detects insulation defects in the DC source. The device includes input terminals connected to the source's terminals, impedances Z1 and Z2 connected in series between the input terminals, where Z1=Z2=Z and Vm/Imax
US09606162B2
An insulation test apparatus and method for a circuit board having a plurality of wiring patterns formed thereon includes: selection means for selecting wiring patterns to be tested, power supply means for sending a predetermined electrical output between a first object to be measured and a target object to be measured; measurement means for measuring an electrical signal between the first object to be measured and the target object to be measured; and calculation means for calculating the resistance of an insulation failure portion between the first object to be measured and the target object to be measured.
US09606161B2
The apparatus for diagnosing malfunction of a high voltage relay includes: first and second relays configured to connect or disconnect a battery and a circuit using the battery as a power source in each electrode; a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a first voltage between a battery side terminal or a circuit side terminal, among terminals of the first relay, and a circuit side terminal or a battery side terminal, among terminals of the second relay, and measure a second voltage between the battery side terminals or between the circuit side terminals; and a controller configured to determine whether the first or second relay malfunctions based on the first and second voltage values measured by the voltage measuring unit by controlling connection and disconnection of the first or second relay.
US09606160B2
A method for detecting a sensor that is stuck in range includes computing a variation value for each of a first signal and a second signal generated by a respective first and second sensor, wherein the first and second signals are correlated signals. The variation value for each of the first and second signals is computed for the same diagnostic period, such that when one of the first and second sensors is generating a signal which is stuck in range during the diagnostic period, the signal stuck in range will be characterized by a variation value which is much less than the variation value of the correlated signal. The magnitude of difference between the variation values of the first and second signals can be compared to a predetermined fault threshold to diagnose a sensor stuck in range.
US09606159B2
An electronic device for generating an error signal in response to an electrostatic discharge perturbation is described. The device may comprise: a detection unit for generating a detection signal in response to said electrostatic discharge perturbation, said detection signal correlating in time with said electrostatic discharge perturbation; a clock for generating a clock signal having a clock period; and a protection unit for generating an error signal in response to said detection signal only when a duration of said detection signal exceeds a predefined multiple of said clock period. A method of generating an error signal in response to an electrostatic discharge perturbation, for protecting electronic circuitry, is also disclosed.
US09606157B2
In one embodiment a method to evaluate a shielding effectiveness of an enclosed structure, comprising collecting synthetic aperture data from an electromagnetic transmission originating from within the enclosed structure to generate a synthetic aperture dataset, performing angular spectrum processing on the synthetic aperture dataset to generate an angle of arrival dataset and determining a shielding effectiveness parameter from the angle of arrival dataset. Other embodiments may be described.
US09606155B2
A circuit includes a stacked circuit layer, a plurality of test contact points, and a comparator. The stacked circuit layer includes a plurality of reference capacitors each having a reference capacitance. Each of the test contact points is electrically connecting to an under-test capacitor of an under-test module. The comparator compares the reference capacitance of one of the reference capacitors with an under-test capacitance of the under-test capacitor corresponding to one of the test contact points to measure a range of the under-test capacitance.
US09606153B2
A system for automatic identification of a device or appliance includes: at least one sensor associatable with the device or appliance to be identified, and able to monitor an evolution in time of an electrical quantity indicative of device or appliance energy consumption; an analyzer communicating with the at least one sensor including receiving reports of the monitored electrical quantity, and automatically identifying the device or appliance by analyzing the evolution in time of the monitored electric quantity. The analyzing calculates a cross-correlation between the evolution in time of the monitored electric quantity and at least one reference pattern representative of at least one sample device or appliance; and when more than one sample device or appliance is included in a candidate list, identifies the device or appliance by performing a selection among the candidates based on characteristic parameters related to the respective calculated cross-correlations.
US09606151B2
A circuit for sensing current in a capacitive network. A first capacitor carries a first current. A second capacitor is connected to the first capacitor thereby forming a current divider. The second capacitor carries a second current which is proportional to the first current. A transimpedance amplifier is connected to the second capacitor and has a voltage output that is proportional to the second current. Using a current feedback amplifier as the transimpedance amplifier significantly improves bandwidth and stability.
US09606143B1
A device under test (DUT) has terminals connected to electrically conductive contacts which are in turn connect to a load board and to a test signal source. A second set of kelvin terminals are likewise connected to the DUT, but by pass the load board for connection to a test signal source. The kelvin terminals extend distally away from the DUT and are bonded to a flex circuit at their distal ends so that they make electrical and mechanical contact with the flex circuit. An intermediary terminal block receives the flex circuit and a ribbon cable or other wire connects to a test signal source. The entire circuit then circumvents the use of the load board.
US09606138B2
Provided are a motion recognition apparatus, a motion recognition system and a motion recognition method that enable ‘event motions’ to be recognized with a small number of calculations. The motion recognition system, which recognizes user motions by using sensor data, is configured to be provided with: a cyclical loss detection means for detecting cyclical losses of sensor data when a user is moving; and a recognition processing means for setting data intervals to be used for recognizing motions in accordance with the cyclical losses of sensor data that were detected, and for recognizing user motions on the basis of sensor data for the data intervals that have been set.
US09606134B2
According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzer includes a reaction disc, cleaning mechanism, and cover. The reaction disc holds a cuvette which contains a sample and a reagent. The cleaning mechanism is configured to clean the cuvette using a nozzle. The cover is configured to be movable along an axis of the nozzle and to cover an opening of the cuvette.
US09606127B2
The invention pertains, at least in part, to a method for forming an ordered structure of amphiphilic molecules, such as proteins. The method includes contacting a population of amphiphilic molecules with an interface; compressing said population laterally to an appropriate pressure, such that an ordered structure at the interface is formed. The invention also pertains to the two- and three-dimensional ordered structures that are formed using the planar membrane compression method of the invention.
US09606120B2
The invention relates to novel interfering peptides having peptide sequence S with between 7 and 12 amino acids, originating from the peptide sequence of an antigenic protein of a micro-organism M, the sequence S being aligned with a peptide sequence S′ with between 7 and 12 amino acids originating from the peptide sequence of a target protein of a micro-organism M′ that is different from the micro-organism M, provided that: sequences S and S′ have at least 50% identity over their length of 7 to 12 amino acids and at least 4 identical or analogous contiguous amino acids; and their length is identical or they have 1 or 2 different amino acids distributed at one and/or the other end of the sequences. The invention also relates to a method for the in vitro immunoassay-based detection of the presence of a micro-organism M′ or M in a biological sample.
US09606118B2
Methods and kits for sampling mucous from within a sinus to determine if a single sample includes one or more bacterial types indicating bacterial sinusitis.
US09606111B2
Disclosed herein are methods of protein quantification and normalization using haloalkylated tryptophan fluorescence. Complex protein samples, i.e., samples that each contain 1,000 or more distinct proteins, from diverse sources that do not have common protein profiles are treated with a halo-substituted organic compound (i.e. haloalkane) that reacts with tryptophan residues to form fluorescent products. Irradiation of the samples with ultraviolet light and the detection and quantification of the resultant fluorescent emissions from all proteins in each sample are then used to obtain comparative values for total protein content among the various samples. The values thus obtained are found to be valid indications of comparative total protein content, despite the fact that the tryptophan levels vary widely among the various proteins in any single sample and the samples, due to the diversity of their origins, tend to differ among themselves in the identities and relative amounts of the proteins that they contain. Protein samples are also normalized to correct for differences in sample dilution, sample loading, and protein transfer inconsistencies, by using stain-free detection of total protein in each of the samples, or detection of subsamples within each sample.
US09606105B2
A system for conducting the identification and quantification of micro-organisms, e.g., bacteria in urine samples which includes: 1) several disposable cartridges for holding four disposable components including a centrifuge tube, a pipette tip having a 1 ml volume, a second pipette tip having a 0.5 ml volume, and an optical cup or cuvette; 2) a sample processor for receiving the disposable cartridges and processing the urine samples including transferring the processed urine sample to the optical cups; and 3) an optical analyzer for receiving the disposable cartridges and configured to analyze the type and quantity of micro-organisms in the urine sample. The disposable cartridges with their components including the optical cups or cuvettes are used in the sample processor, and the optical cups or cuvettes containing the processed urine samples are used in the optical analyzer for identifying and quantifying the type of micro-organism existing in the processed urine samples.
US09606102B2
A system and method for capturing and analyzing a set of cells, comprising: an array including a set of parallel pores, each pore including a chamber including a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, and configured to hold a single cell, and a pore channel fluidly connected to the chamber outlet; an inlet channel fluidly connected to each chamber inlet of the set of parallel pores; an outlet channel fluidly connected to each pore channel of the set of parallel pores; a set of electrophoresis channels fluidly coupled to the outlet channel, configured to receive a sieving matrix for electrophoretic separation; and a set of electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the set of electrodes is configured to provide an electric field that facilitates electrophoretic analysis of the set of cells.
US09606101B2
A method of analyzing a biological sample, for example serum or other blood-based samples, using a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer instrument is described. The method includes the steps of applying the sample to a sample spot on a MALDI-TOF sample plate and directing more than 20,000 laser shots to the sample at the sample spot and collecting mass-spectral data from the instrument. In some embodiments at least 100,000 laser shots and even 500,000 shots are directed onto the sample. It has been discovered that this approach, referred to as “deep-MALDI”, leads to a reduction in the noise level in the mass spectra and that a significant amount of additional spectral information can be obtained from the sample. Moreover, peaks visible at lower number of shots become better defined and allow for more reliable comparisons between samples.
US09606095B2
Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing large area graphene nanoribbons, which have no residual layer by interposing a chromium layer between a resist layer and a graphene layer, and a sensor including the graphene nanoribbons.
US09606090B2
To efficiently heat and burn a sample without using a combustion aid, an analysis device that heats a sample in a sample accommodation part and analyzes the resulting gas is provided with an induced current generation mechanism for generating an induced current in the sample through electromagnetic induction and a laser irradiation mechanism for irradiating laser light onto the sample and is configured so that the induced current generation mechanism and the laser irradiation mechanism act simultaneously on the sample.
US09606089B2
Impurities of lapatinib such as N-{3-chloro-4-[(2-fluorobenzyl)oxy]phenyl}-6-[5-({[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)furan-2-yl]quinazoline-4-amine compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: and analytical methods for identifying and quantifying such impurities of Lapatinib and salts thereof are provided. Also provided is Lapatinib containing less than about 0.05 percent of this and related impurities and methods for preparing such pure forms of Lapatinib.
US09606087B1
An ultrasonic near-surface inundation testing (UNIT) device includes a soil cell device, a head tank feeding fluid into the soil cell and a reservoir tank feeding fluid into the head tank. The soil cell device includes a substantially planar base, at least one removable top plate with at least one pressure equalization port, at least one bottom plate, at least one sample chamber holding a soil sample, bender ports and a bender sensor pair. The base connects to chamber posts. The top plate connects to the chamber posts and has a cell inlet receiving fluid from the head tank. The bottom plate connects to the chamber posts and has a cell outlet passing fluid to the reservoir tank. The sample chamber, including at least one removable chamber plate, is located between the top and bottom plates. The bender sensor pair extend into the sample chamber through the bender ports.
US09606079B2
Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate (10) carrying plurality of circuit elements (20); a plurality of sensing electrodes (34) over said substrate, each sensing electrode being electrically connected to at least one of said circuit elements; and a plurality of wells (50) for receiving a sample, each sensing electrode defining the bottom of one of said wells, wherein each sensing electrode comprises at least one portion (34′) extending upwardly into said well. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.
US09606075B2
A first bridge fixed resistor (211) of a combustible gas detection apparatus (1) is composed of a resistor element which is less likely to deteriorate as compared with a second bridge fixed resistor (212) and a variable resistor section (213). The combustible gas detection apparatus (1) can judge a deteriorated state of at least one of the second bridge fixed resistor (212) and the variable resistor section (213) on the basis of the absolute value of a difference temperature ΔT which is the difference between a detection-time judgment temperature T1 and a reference judgment temperature T0. The combustible gas detection apparatus (1) obtains a corrected high-temperature-time voltage VH′ and a corrected low-temperature-time voltage VL′ through use of a voltage error ΔV1. Thus, a decrease in the accuracy in detecting the hydrogen concentration can be suppressed even when the resistance of the resistor section changes.
US09606074B2
An improved Pirani sensor uses a measuring element disposed within a fluid between a base plate and a cover. The measuring element is held by suspension members that are connected to the base plate. A heating element is thermally conductively connected to the suspension members. Using the sensor the characteristic of the fluid is determined by evaluating the heat transfer from the thermal element through the fluid into the cover when heating power is applied to measuring element. Parasitic conductive heat loss from the measuring element into the suspension members is compensated by applying power to the heating element.
US09606071B2
A defect inspection device inspecting a sample includes a movable table on which the sample as an inspection object and a pattern chip are mounted, an illumination light irradiation unit which irradiates a surface of the sample or a surface of the pattern chip with linearly-formed illumination light, a detection optical system section where a plurality of detection optical systems are disposed at a plurality of positions above the table and which detect images of scattered light generated from the sample, and a signal processing unit which processes detected signals to detect a defect of the sample surface, and a plurality of repeating patterns for generating the scattered light according to positions of the objective lenses of the plurality of detection optical systems of the detection optical system section when the linearly-formed illumination light is irradiated by the illumination light irradiation unit are periodically formed in the pattern chip.
US09606056B2
Material classification using multiplexed illumination by broadband spectral light from multiple different incident angles, coupled with multi-spectral narrow band spectral measurement of light reflected from the illuminated object of unknown material, wherein selection of spectral bands for illumination or for narrow-band capture may comprise analysis of a database of labeled training material samples within a multi-class classification framework, captured using a relatively large number of spectral bands (such as 32 spectral bands), so as to select a subset of a relatively fewer number of spectral bands (such as 5 spectral bands), wherein the selected spectral bands in the subset retain a significant aptitude for distinguishing between different classifications of materials.
US09606055B2
A computer implemented method. The method includes obtaining, using a processor, spectral reflectance data from a coated surface having a target coating theron; and determining, using the processor, whether the data includes any outlier data points. The method also includes removing, using the processor, at least one of the outlier data points to produce final spectral reflectance data; and calculating, using the processor, a characteristic of the target coating based at least in part on the final spectral reflectance data.
US09606049B1
Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with an sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
US09606044B1
Techniques for testing a component for compatibility with a depressurization profile associated with a launch vehicle payload fairing during ascent are disclosed. A pressure of air or other gas within a pressure vessel containing the component is raised to a first value substantially higher than one atmosphere absolute pressure. The air/gas pressure within the pressure vessel is lowered, by venting into the ambient atmosphere, at a rate simulating or demonstrating margin with respect to the launch vehicle payload fairing depressurization profile. The component is inspected for damage. The component may be a panel including a honeycomb core sandwiched between two faceskins, the panel having a planar area in excess of twenty five square feet.
US09606040B2
A sensor controller is applied to a particulate matter detection sensor that includes an attachment portion to which conductive particulate matter contained in gas is attached, and a pair of opposed electrodes spaced from each other at the attachment portion. The particulate matter detection sensor is adapted to output a detection signal corresponding to a resistance between the pair of opposed electrodes, and the sensor controller is adapted to calculate an amount of attached particulate matter based on a sensor detection value from the particulate matter detection sensor. The sensor controller includes a heater for heating the attachment portion so as to burn and remove the particulate matter attached to the attachment portion, and an abnormality diagnosis portion for obtaining the sensor detection value during a heating of the heater and for performing diagnosis of abnormality of the particulate matter detection sensor based on the obtained sensor detection value.
US09606035B2
A system for applying mechanical stimulation to a biologic sample includes a first biologic sample chamber having a biologic sample holder therein, a support structure for holding the first biologic sample chamber, and a first actuator that can supply a mechanical load to a biologic sample held by the biologic sample holder. The actuator is configured to move into a first position proximate to the chamber in which the actuator can transmit the load to the biologic sample via a first transmission path that includes the biologic sample holder. A controller is configured to automatically move the first actuator into the first position.
US09606031B2
Systems and methods are described for transfer of tissue samples from a substrate to a vessel, for subsequent processing (e.g., focused acoustic treatment) within the vessel. A transfer apparatus, having a transfer end and a handle end, may be used to collect a sample material from the substrate. When the sample material is collected from the substrate, the transfer end may be placed within a vessel for treatment of the sample material while the transfer end is also located within the vessel. In some embodiments, the transfer end may be decoupled or otherwise separated from the handle end so that only the transfer end portion of the transfer apparatus is located within the vessel during treatment.
US09606023B2
A method for detecting whether an injector with a valve controlled by a PWM signal of an SCR system is at least partially clogged, the system including a pump, or a positive-displacement pump, driven by a motor and pressure of which is controlled by a controller that continuously measures the pressure and/or another parameter characteristic of energy transmitted by the motor to the pump. According to the method, during normal operation of the SCR system, specific portions of one of the measurements are compared with equivalent portions stored in a memory.
US09605998B2
A measurement system, comprising: a first light source that generates first light and irradiates an object with the first light, at least one of an intensity, a polarization state, and a wavelength being modulated with a first period in the first light; a second light source that generates second light, at least one of an intensity, a polarization state, and a wavelength being modulated with a second period in the second light; a first optical system that mixes light from the object based on the first light with the second light; a nonlinear optical crystal that generates third light from the mixed light by sum-frequency generation phenomenon, the third light having a frequency equivalent to a sum of a frequency of the light from the object based on the first light and a frequency of the second light; and a photodetector that measures an intensity of the third light.
US09605995B2
The embodiments relate to the use of one or more phase lock loops (PLL's) for detecting wobble of a surface upon which a computing device is set. The PLL's can be configured to lock onto an exponentially-damped sinusoid output from an accelerometer in order to differentiate between surface-induced movement and direct human-induced movement of the computing device. Reduced latency in wobble detection can be achieved by implementing the PLL in software and using multiple PLL's per accelerometer axis. Further reduction in the latency of wobble detection can be achieved by seeding the phase of an oscillator signal generated by each PLL in order to improve phase estimates when attempting to lock a PLL onto the accelerometer output.
US09605990B2
A liquid container includes: a container main body which stores a liquid; an ultrasonic sensor which is disposed so as to contact an outer side wall of the container main body and so as to emit an ultrasonic wave into the liquid; and a reflecting means which is disposed at an inner bottom portion of the container main body and reflects the ultrasonic wave emitted into the liquid from the ultrasonic sensor towards a surface of the liquid, the reflecting means being disposed at a position where a distance the ultrasonic wave travels through the liquid in a path of the ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic sensor to a reflecting surface of the reflecting means, is greater than a distance at which an insensitive band of the ultrasonic sensor is obtained.
US09605983B2
A sensor arrangement according to an embodiment includes a board with a plurality of conductive lines of a first type, and a plurality of conductive lines of a second type different from the conductive lines of the first type, and a recess. The sensor arrangement further includes a plurality of sensor devices mechanically accommodated on a main surface of the board and arranged around the recess, each sensor device being electrically coupled to the conductive lines of the first type and at least to one of the conductive lines of the second type, wherein each conductive line of the second type electrically couples a sensor device with at least one other item different from the sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices. A projection of the conductive lines of the first and second types perpendicular to the main surface is crossing-free. Each conductive line of the first type electrically couples at least all of the plurality of sensor devices.
US09605979B2
In an embodiment, a magnetic field sensor comprises a substrate and a first magnetoresistive element supported by the substrate. The magnetic field sensor also includes a second magnetoresistive element supported by the substrate and coupled in series with the first magnetoresistive element to form a voltage node between the first and second magnetoresistive elements, and at which an output voltage is provided that changes in response to an external magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor also includes a magnetic source that produces a local magnetic field having a strength sufficient to bias the first magnetoresistive element to a resistive value that is substantially resistant to changing in response to the external magnetic field. In embodiments, additional magnetoresistive elements are included to form an H-bridge circuit.
US09605973B2
Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.
US09605966B2
A method estimating orientation of a path followed by a carrier of a movement sensor includes: determining an orientation of the movement sensor with respect to the path; estimating an orientation of the movement sensor with respect to a fixed reference; estimating an orientation of the path with respect to the fixed reference by the determined orientation of the movement sensor and the estimated orientation of the movement sensor; detecting start and end of a phase of disorientation of the movement sensor with respect to the path; updating, after the detected end of the disorientation phase, determined orientation of the movement sensor with respect to the path by orientation of the path with respect to the fixed reference as estimated at the detected start of the disorientation phase and orientation of the movement sensor with respect to the fixed reference as estimated after the detected end of the disorientation phase.
US09605961B2
Information processing apparatus that performs three-dimensional shape measurement with high accuracy at high speed while taking into account lens distortion of a projection device. An image input unit of an information processing apparatus inputs image data of a measurement object photographed by a camera in a state where a predetermined pattern light is projected by a projector. An association unit calculates associations between coordinates on the image data of the measurement object and coordinates on image data of the predetermined pattern light. A three-dimensional coordinate calculation unit calculates a viewing vector of the camera from which lens distortion thereof has been eliminated and a viewing vector of the projector to which lens distortion thereof has been added. The calculation unit calculates coordinates of a point, in a three-dimensional space, of intersection between the camera viewing vector and the projector viewing vector, for each association.
US09605957B2
The invention provides a surveying instrument, which comprises a surveying instrument main unit having a machine reference point already known, a telescope unit installed on the surveying instrument main unit and for sighting a measuring point, a leveling unit for leveling the surveying instrument main unit, a laser pointer projecting unit for projecting a laser pointer beam in a downward direction along a vertical axis of the surveying instrument main unit and for performing distance measurement, a rotation driving unit for rotating the telescope unit in a direction as desired, a horizontal angle detecting unit for detecting a horizontal angle of the surveying instrument, main unit, a vertical angle detecting unit for detecting a vertical angle of the telescope unit, a tilt angle detecting unit for detecting a tilt angle of the surveying instrument main unit, and a control device, wherein the control device calculates relative space coordinates of the machine reference point of the surveying instrument main unit with respect to a projecting point of the laser pointer beam based on a distance measurement value obtained by the laser pointer projecting unit and on a tilt angle at the time of distance measurement.
US09605955B2
A distance measuring method includes: emitting a pulse of measuring light towards an object; receiving a pulse measuring light from the object and generating a pulse signal corresponding to the pulse of measuring light received from the object; delaying a first portion of the generated pulse signal for a predetermined time; generating an intensity signal indicative of an intensity of the generated pulse signal, while delaying the first portion of the generated pulse signal; amplifying the delayed first portion of the generated pulse signal using a gain dependent on the generated intensity signal; and determining a value representing a distance based on the amplified delayed first portion of the generated pulse signal.
US09605952B2
A displacement measuring cell may be used to measure linear and/or angular displacement. The displacement measuring cell may include movable and stationary electrodes in a conductive fluid. Electrical property measurements may be used to determine how far the movable electrode has moved relative to the stationary electrode. The displacement measuring cell may include pistons and/or flexible walls. The displacement measuring cell may be used in a touch-sensitive robotic gripper. The touch-sensitive robotic gripper may include a plurality of displacement measuring cells mechanically in series and/or parallel. The touch-sensitive robotic gripper may be include a processor and/or memory configured to identify objects based on displacement measurements and/or other measurements. The processor may determine how to manipulate the object based on its identity.
US09605951B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (8) for detecting a target position deviation of two bodies (10, 12), with a first measuring unit (14) for placement on the first body (10), a second measuring unit (18) for placement on the second body (12), and an evaluation unit (22). The first measuring unit (14) has means (24) to generate at least one bundle of light beams (28) and a scattering area (34) to scatter light (WV, PV) striking the scattering area, and the second measuring unit (18) has a reflector arrangement (38) to reflect the bundle of light beams (28) onto the scattering area (34). The second measuring unit (18) has a camera (36) to record images of the scattering area (34). The evaluation unit (22) is configured so as to detect from the images a deviation in target position of the bodies (10, 12). The invention additionally relates to a method to detect the deviation in target position.
US09605948B2
Methodology of measuring a position of a wafer with an encoder directing measurement beam(s) of light towards a wafer area that is being contemporaneously patterned in an exposure apparatus. The Abbe error of such measurement is minimized or even negated by combining the data from first and second measurement signals, one of which is defined as complementary, Abbe-error correcting measurement signal for which the induced Abbe error is either opposite to or at least different from the Abbe error corresponding to another, main measurement signal. The combination of the main and Abbe-error correcting signals is performed with a heterodyne interferometer employing a two-dimensional diffraction grating diffracting each of the measurement beams twice.
US09605947B2
An apparatus (AS) measures positions of marks (202) on a lithographic substrate (W). An illumination arrangement (940, 962, 964) provides off-axis radiation from at least first and second regions. The first and second source regions are diametrically opposite one another with respect to an optical axis (O) and are limited in angular extent. The regions may be small spots selected according to a direction of periodicity of a mark being measured, or larger segments. Radiation at a selected pair of source regions can be generated by supplying radiation at a single source feed position to a self-referencing interferometer. A modified half wave plate is positioned downstream of the interferometer, which can be used in the position measuring apparatus. The modified half wave plate has its fast axis in one part arranged at 45° to the fast axis in another part diametrically opposite.
US09605946B2
A method is provided for characterizing a mask having a structure, comprising the steps of: illuminating said mask under at least one illumination angle with monochromatic illuminating radiation, so as to produce a diffraction pattern of said structure that includes at least two maxima of adjacent diffraction orders, capturing said diffraction pattern, determining the intensities of the maxima of the adjacent diffraction orders, and determining an intensity quotient of the intensities. A mask inspection microscope for characterizing a mask in conjunction with the performance of the inventive method is also provided.
US09605941B2
A lens-free system for the three-dimensional imaging of objects contained within a sample places a sample holder between an image sensor and an illumination source, with the sample-sensor distance being much smaller than the sample-illumination source distance. Holographic images are taken at different angles as well as different lateral jogs within a single angle and are reconstructed into a three dimensional image of objects within the sample. The system may be a hand held, portable unit.
US09605940B2
The invention relates to a measuring probe for measuring the thickness of thin layers with a housing, having at least one sensor element, which is received in the housing at least slightly moveably along a longitudinal axis and which comprises at least one winding device, which is allocated to the longitudinal axis, having a spherical positioning cap facing the outer front face of the housing, said cap being arranged in the longitudinal axis, wherein the spherical positioning cap has a basic body that has a cylindrical core section and a pole cap arranged on a front face of the core section, wherein the winding device is allocated to the spherical positioning cap, said winding device being formed from a discoidal or annular carrier with at least one Archimedean coil arranged thereon and with the basic body consisting of a ferritic material and the pole cap consisting of a hard metal.
US09605933B2
An expandable broadhead includes a number of fixed blades cumulating in a point, with each of the fixed blades having a channel for receiving a cammable deployable expansion blade, with the expansion blade having a slot which cooperates with a fixed retaining pin transverse to the channel that cams the deployable blade outwardly when a forward impact shoulder of the deployable blade strikes a target. This moves the blade relative to the fixed retaining pin and thus cams the deployable blade out to an expanded position for maximum blade cutting edge contact to effectuate maximum damage to the target and a quick kill.
US09605925B1
A pistol grip that assists in bump firing a pistol is disclosed. The bump fire grip may comprise a partially hollow exterior shaft that can contain an interior shaft. The interior shaft can be sized to slide from the front to the back of the exterior shaft, and vice versa. The interior shaft can slide on one or more pins, wherein the pins are lockedly engaged in the exterior shaft, pass through the interior shaft, but are not attached to the interior shaft. The bump fire grip can also employ a male/female grove design such that male groves on the exterior shaft can receive female groves on the interior shaft. The interior shaft can slide on the male/female groves. The bump fire grip can also include a locking mechanism, which, when engaged, can prevent the interior shaft from sliding within the exterior shaft, prohibiting bump firing.
US09605917B2
A bolt action firearm that cocks the firing pin upon closing the bolt and includes a cam pin with dual heads for a high velocity rimfire cartridge. In one embodiment, actuating the main spring while closing the bolt, instead of while opening the bolt, more uniformly distributes the physical energy required by the user over the bolt actuation cycle. The dual heads of the cam pin provide symmetric reactive forces with dual cam slots, thereby preventing the cam pin from skewing or canting within the cam slots. A safety system is provided for the trigger mechanism and a robust connecting systems for the stock.
US09605913B2
A heat exchanger tube for conveying a heat transfer fluid, into which one or more turbulence-inducing elements are fixedly positioned on a supporting member extending in spaced relation along the central axis of the tube. The turbulence-inducing elements have a first portion facing upstream and a second portion facing downstream. The entire exterior surface of the first portion forms a continuous solid surface that blocks and deflects the path of the flowing fluid.
US09605909B2
A removable radiator fin assembly adapted to removably receive a radiator pipe. The removable fin assembly includes a first plurality of fins and a second plurality of fins having collar flanges sized to receive a radiator pipe. The fins are received on first and second spacer rods, respectively and are hingedly connected by a hinge rod such that the first and second plurality of fins are pivotally movable about the hinge rod between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the first and second plurality of fins are positionable over the radiator pipe. In the closed position, the collar flanges of the first and second plurality of fins substantially surround the radiator pipe. A fin clamp secures the first and second plurality of fins together in the closed position about the radiator pipe.
US09605907B2
A phase change cooler of the present invention includes: a plurality of heat receiving units that cause a refrigerant to change phase from liquid to gas by heat received from a heat generating body; one heat radiating unit that causes the refrigerant to change phase from gas to liquid by radiating heat to surrounding area; a plurality of vapor tubes that respectively transport the refrigerant in a vapor state from each of the heat receiving units to the heat radiating unit; a liquid tube that respectively circulates the refrigerant in a liquid state from the heat radiating unit to each of the heat receiving units; and a bypass tube that connects each of the heat receiving units to each other.
US09605906B2
A heat recovery system captures, stores, and releases waste heat from an exhaust. The system includes a first exchanger that removes waste heat from the exhaust and transfers it to a heat transfer fluid. A second heat exchanger transfers at least a portion of the waste heat from the heat transfer fluid to a storage device. The storage device continuously stores the waste heat until a predetermined temperature is obtained. A pump draws flow of the heat transfer fluid from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger. A valve directs flow of the heat transfer fluid into the storage device during a charge mode and out of the storage device during a discharge mode.
US09605896B2
The disclosure includes a process for treating a natural gas containing carbon dioxide wherein the natural gas is separated by a cryogenic process in order to provide, on the one hand, a stream of liquid carbon dioxide, containing hydrocarbons, and, on the other hand, purified natural gas; at least one part of the natural gas is cooled in a first heat exchanger and then in a second heat exchanger before the cryogenic process and/or before a reflux to the cryogenic process; at least one part of the stream of liquid carbon dioxide is recovered in order to provide a stream of recycled carbon dioxide; the stream of recycled carbon dioxide is divided into a first portion and a second portion; the first portion is expanded and then heated in the first heat exchanger, in order to provide a first stream of heated carbon dioxide; the second portion is cooled, then at least one part of the second portion is expanded and then heated in the second heat exchanger, in order to provide a second stream of heated carbon dioxide; at least some of the hydrocarbons contained in the first stream of heated carbon dioxide and in the second stream of heated carbon dioxide are recovered by liquid/gas separation.
US09605885B2
An air conditioning system includes: first and second utilization side heat exchangers and a heat source side heat exchanger respectively connected in series; a compressor connected between the first utilization side heat exchanger and the heat source side heat exchanger; an expansion valve connected between the first utilization side heat exchanger and the second utilization side heat exchanger; a pressure control device connected between the second utilization side heat exchanger and the heat source side heat exchanger; and a bypass valve connected between the expansion valve and the heat source side heat exchanger. The bypass valve provides a variable amount of liquid refrigerant flowing from the expansion valve to the heat source side heat exchanger. The pressure control device and the bypass valve cooperate with each other to keep a temperature of the compressor below a maximum allowable temperature predetermined for the compressor.
US09605883B2
A heat pump cycle includes a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. A first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger are disposed between the refrigerant circuit and the coolant circuit. The first heat exchanger includes an exterior heat exchanger that functions as an evaporator in a heating operation, and a radiator for radiating heat of a coolant. The second heat exchanger transmits a heat of high-pressure refrigerant to the coolant in the heating operation. A temperature of refrigerant within the second heat exchanger is higher than a temperature of refrigerant within the first heat exchanger. The heat obtained from the second heat exchanger is supplied to the first heat exchanger through the coolant. Further, the heat obtained from the second heat exchanger is stored in the coolant. In defrosting operation, the coolant that has stored the heat therein is supplied to the first heat exchanger.
US09605881B2
A system for adaptive cooling and energy harvesting comprising at least one thermoelectric device capable of acting as a thermoelectric cooler and as a thermoelectric generator, a hierarchical multiple-level control system, and electronics controlled by the control system and connected to the thermoelectric device. The electronics selectively configure the thermoelectric device in at least in a thermoelectric cooler operating mode and in a thermoelectric generation operating mode. The thermoelectric device can incorporate quantum-process and quantum-well materials for higher heat transfer and thermoelectric generation efficiencies. The invention provides for thermoelectric devices to additionally operate in temperature sensing mode. The hierarchical control system can comprise a plurality of control system, each of which can operate in isolation and can be interconnected with additional subsystems associated with other hierarchical levels. The hierarchical control system can comprise linear (additive) control, bilinear (additive and multiplicative) control, nonlinear control, and hysteresis.
US09605878B2
The present disclosure includes a mining system which comprises ore, waste, and a reservoir which comprises a portion of said waste through which air can flow with low resistance for storing thermal energy from a tempered air source and supplying it to a tempered air consumer, and connections for tempered air flow between said tempered air source and said reservoir and between said tempered air consumer and said reservoir. Note: As used herein, “tempered air” means air of a temperature sufficiently high to heat, or low to cool, an object to a desired temperature. For example, in a house, the furnace is a source of tempered air for heating in winter, the air conditioner a source of tempered air for cooling in summer, and the house is a consumer of tempered air.
US09605875B2
A solar energy converter comprising: a solar energy absorber, the solar energy absorber comprising a photovoltaic element; a heat transfer element in thermal contact with the solar energy absorber; a primary heat exchanger in thermal contact with the heat transfer element; a secondary heat exchanger; and a heat transfer control element; wherein the heat transfer control element is arranged to selectively place the secondary heat exchanger either in thermal contact with the heat transfer element or out of thermal contact with the heat transfer element.
US09605872B2
A water heater includes an electrical junction box that receives a voltage supply. The electrical junction box includes at least one cover plate for providing access to an internal portion of the water heater. The voltage supply passes through the at least one cover plate and connects to internal wiring of the water heater. A method for providing a control module on the water heater includes routing service wiring for providing the voltage supply to the water heater into an electrical connection portion of the control module, routing the internal wiring of the water heater into the electrical connection portion of the control module, and connecting the service wiring to the internal wiring of the water heater within the electrical connection portion of the control module.
US09605868B2
A backflow preventer for use in a multiple fan array system that draws air from an inlet area and expels it into a discharge area includes a main body defining an open front end and an open rear end and is adapted for attachment to a fan of the fan array system adjacent an inlet of the fan. Doors are attached to the main body and configured for movement between an open position in which air is permitted to enter through the open front end and a closed position in which the doors block the open front end and air is prevented from entering through the open front end. The doors are movable between the open position and the closed position by a pressure differential between the inlet area and the discharge area. The doors in the open position form a tapered intake passageway that funnels air into the fan.
US09605867B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise a plurality of apertures and a second set of illumination devices. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices. Also, a plate can be coupled to the grille so that the plate is adjacent to the second set of illumination devices.
US09605865B2
Example air ducts comprising pliable tubular sidewalls are provided with example internal frameworks that hold the duct in a generally expanded shape even when the duct is depressurized. The framework tensions the pliable sidewall material along the length of the ducts to keep the material taut. In some examples, the framework is restrained within the duct such that the duct's sidewall, being in tension, holds the framework in compression longitudinally. Thus, in the longitudinal direction, the duct is in tension and the framework is in compression. To prevent the framework from buckling under the compressive force, some example frameworks comprise a central longitudinal shaft with a plurality of radial spokes and rings that help hold the shaft straight. In some examples, the rings also help hold the duct radially expanded.
US09605856B2
A pressurization control system configured to regulate air pressure with a space includes an air supply source fluidly coupled to a damper, a room controller configured to provide a control signal to the damper. The room controller includes a flow controller configured to generate a flow feedback signal, and a pressure controller configured to generate a pressure feedback signal, wherein the room controller is configured to receive flow and pressure feedback signals and generate the control signal based on one or more of the received flow and pressure feedback signals.
US09605855B2
An air conditioning system utilizing outdoor air for cooling an indoor space wherein a rack is disposed, includes at least one rack disposed in the indoor space, the rack having the heating element, an air inlet face and an air discharge face; and at least one air conditioning device using outdoor air for cooling and unitized in accordance with the at least one rack, the air conditioning device having an air supply face and a cold air supply unit for generating cold air and being disposed in vicinity of the rack such that the air supply face faces the air inlet face to form a rack row and an air conditioning device row substantially parallel to the rack row, the rack row being formed of the at least one rack and the air conditioning device row being formed of the at least one air conditioning device.
US09605852B2
An indicator device for proving an announcement of the status of a burner control knob, A base plate attaches to and rotates with a burner control shaft on a stove. An attitude sensing switch mounted with the base plate changes its conductive state when a burner control shaft moves from an “off” position. An annunciator senses the change in conductive state to initiate an announcement of that event.
US09605845B2
An LED light has a built-in, added-on, or snapped-on sound device such as a whistle to allow people to generate a loud sound that can be heard by other people during conditions such as an earthquake, flood, typhoon, hurricane, tornado, fire, bombing, tsunami, terrorist attack, and so forth. The LED light normally serves as non-portable light device which can be installed in a certain location, but which can be removed in the event of an emergency to serve as a power fail or emergency light. The LED light, without the sound device, may also be applied to an electrical outlet wall plate cover.
US09605839B2
A purse illumination assembly including a power source, a light emitting portion, a voice-sensitive switch, and a circuit assembly connecting the light emitting portion to the power source through the voice-sensitive switch. The light emitting portion may be a light emitting fabric or may include EL wire alone or in combination with LED lights to provide both lighting and a decorative effect. A driver circuit may be included for driving both the EL wire and the LED lights.
US09605833B2
An optical component is disclosed that comprises a first substrate, an optical material comprising quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles disposed over a predetermined region of a first surface of the first substrate, a layer comprising an adhesive material disposed over the optical material and any portion of the first surface of the first substrate not covered by the optical material, and a second substrate disposed over the layer comprising an adhesive material, wherein the first and second substrates are sealed together. In certain embodiments, the optical component further includes a second optical material comprising quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles disposed between the layer comprising the adhesive material and the second substrate. Method are also disclosed. Also disclosed are products including the optical component.
US09605831B2
The present disclosure provides a novel construction for homogenizing light in a mirror-lined light duct, in particular such as in a light duct having an increase in the cross-sectional duct area in the light propagation direction. The present disclosure also provides for an apparatus for light homogenization after a portion of the light in a duct has been extracted from the duct and/or diverted to a side duct.
US09605806B2
A method of transporting liquefied breathing gases in underground mines includes providing a conduit system that extends within a mine shaft to a work space below ground where the conduit system includes an outlet positioned in the work space, delivering liquefied breathing gases through the conduit system, and vaporizing the liquefied breathing gases at the outlet of the conduit system.
US09605801B2
An apparatus for the relief of grease under pressure in the delivery line of grease guns and similar pressure delivery devices includes a 3-port valve in which the relief port is located between the delivery and inlet ports and includes a one way flow control valve mounted therein. The one way flow control valve is maintained in a closed position by the pressure of the grease and is activated to be opened to reduce the pressure in the valve body and allow the grease to return to the grease reservoir.
US09605799B1
The present invention is a dual anchor device that quickly, inexpensively and space-efficiently anchors objects to free-standing slabs. The dual anchor device consists of a notched stem and a bushing. The device works by first inserting the bushing into a hole through a free-standing slab, and then inserting the notched stem into the bushing. Doing so automatically anchors the entire assembly to the free-standing slab. The bushing employs a first anchoring mechanism, consisting of flexible legs, which automatically latch onto free-standing slabs, and a second anchoring mechanism, consisting of a split sleeve possessing ledges that latch onto the notch in the stem.
US09605790B1
A support stand for portable electronic devices includes a substantially-circular base component having an upper surface, a lower surface and a continuous periphery surrounding a central aperture. Formed on the upper surface are a pair of transverse channels that are each substantially tangential to the central aperture. Within each channel are a plurality of substantially semi-cylindrical grooves, each having an imaginary bisector plane that is at a discrete, oblique angle relative to a vertical plane. Each channel includes an inclined inner wall that in combination with one of the grooves uprightly supports a portable electronic device at a distinct angle.
US09605789B2
Provided are magneto-cryogenic valves, methods and systems that extract thermal energy from a fluid within a conduit such that the temperature of at least a portion of the fluid is reduced to a temperature below which at least a portion of the fluid becomes a solid thereby forming a frozen plug of fluid and magnetically susceptible particles that reversibly plugs the conduit, preventing flow of fluid past the plug. Also provided are methods and systems for temporarily preventing the flow of fluid in a conduit.
US09605785B2
A connector apparatus including a body, a fluid supply connection subassembly and a docking station connection subassembly. The body defines a fluid passageway including a first passageway portion and a second passageway portion generally perpendicular to the first passageway portion. The first passageway portion including a first end outlet and the second passageway portion including a second end outlet. The fluid supply connection subassembly is at the first end of the body and includes an elongated probe defined by the first end outlet. The docking station connection subassembly is at the second end of the body and includes an elongated spout defining the second end outlet. The elongated spout extends from a frame including an outside surface and a base rim. The base rim defines a plane with the elongated spout extending therebeyond.
US09605781B2
A threaded tubular connection includes a female threaded portion at a first tubular component end and a male threaded portion at a second tubular component end, the female threaded portion including a female thread, at least one female sealing surface on its inner peripheral surface, and at least one female axial abutment surface, the male threaded portion including a male thread, at least one male sealing surface on its outer peripheral surface, at least one axial abutment surface, and a lip disposed between the sealing surface and an axial abutment surface located at a free end of the threaded portion distant from the thread, the male thread being made up into the female thread such that at least one male axial abutment surface is in contact with at least one female axial abutment surface, at least one male sealing surface being in interference contact with at least one corresponding female sealing surface, the portion of the lip between the sealing surface and the axial abutment surface being radially distant from a corresponding surface of the other threaded portion, at least one leak channel being provided in one of the threaded portions to place the chamber formed between the lip and the corresponding surface of the other threaded portion in communication with the interior of the connection.
US09605775B2
The subject matter relates to a clamp for use in disengagably locking together a pair of cylindrical tubular joints of pipe, such as oilfield drill pipe or casing, to convert them into a non-rotatable flat beam. The clamp includes a pair of jaws that are formed to closely conform to the curvature of the outside side surfaces of the two pipe joints. The ends of the jaws extend down past the midlines of the two outer surfaces. The clamp also includes an assembly for holding and moving the jaws together and apart. Once the clamp is positioned over the pair of joints and tightened against their side surfaces they lock the joints together. This locking of the jaws after tightening can be accomplished using a threaded bolt.
US09605768B2
A solenoid valve including a spool received within a housing. The spool is configured to move to multiple positions within the housing. The housing includes supply ports, exhaust ports, and outlet ports. When the spool is in a specific location, two outlet ports are in fluid communication with each other.
US09605767B2
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a spring retainer configuration without suction bore grooves, wherein the spring retainer may be secured in place via a keeper. By eliminating the grooves, embodiments may reduce the surface area of the bore intersection, which may slow the rate of material erosion. Accordingly, embodiments may extend the life of a fluid end in high pressure environments.
US09605761B2
A seal assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element.
US09605760B2
A gear case seal is provided for use with a traction motor. The seal may have an arcuate body with an outer annular layer forming a centrally located channel extending along its length, and an inner annular layer bonded to the outer annular layer along opposing axial edges so as to close off the centrally located channel. The body may also have a middle layer disposed within the centrally located channel and made from a material different than a material of the inner and outer layers.
US09605758B2
A stroke piston for a stroke piston compressor for generating compressed air for a vehicle, such as a commercial vehicle, includes a piston body with a piston floor, a piston skirt with piston skirt walls and pin hubs for receiving a piston pin, and at least two piston rings, which can be inserted into circumferential ring grooves of the piston body. Ridges of the piston body are provided between each two ring grooves and between the piston floor and the first ring groove arranged closest to the piston floor and the ring groove arranged closest to the piston skirt facing away from the other ring groove or grooves. At least one of the ridges is recessed at least over a partial section of its ridge height, which is measured parallel to the axis of the piston body, with at least one recess relative to the diameter of the piston body.
US09605755B2
A method and system for controlling movement of an actuator fork of a transmission through a pre-synchronization phase of a synchronization event at a pre-synchronization fork velocity includes adjusting the level of fluid pressure applied to an actuator operatively attached to the actuator fork to control the pre-synchronization fork velocity within a predetermined range of a velocity target. The method determines, via a controller, the fork velocity during the pre-synchronization phase of a current synchronization event, compares the determined fork velocity to a velocity target, and adjusts the pressure level of fluid applied to an actuator piston of the actuator to control the velocity of the actuator fork within a predetermined range defined by the velocity target during a subsequent pre-synchronization phase. The velocity target may be defined for a shift type, such as a fast or slow shift, where the shift type is determined by the controller.
US09605754B2
A dog clutch for an automatic transmission includes a shape-memory alloy shifter. The shape-memory alloy shifter is configured for moving a sliding clutch along an axial direction between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. A plurality of splines of a mating clutch meshes with a plurality of splines of the sliding clutch in the engaged configuration. A related automatic transmission is also provided.
US09605752B2
A control method for an automatic transmission and a two-way clutch includes determining whether a current speed stage is a forward speed stage, comparing a rotation speed of the two-way clutch with a predetermined minimum rotation speed if a current speed stage is a forward speed stage, deciding that the two-way clutch has failed when a rotation speed of the two-way clutch is lower than the predetermined minimum rotation speed, and performing a fail-safe mode if the two-way clutch has failed.
US09605750B2
A control device 11 of a power transmission device 1 sets an allowable range of a temporal change rate of an inter-element driving force transmitted between a driving element 4 (elastic member) and a driven element 5 such that the allowable range changes in accordance with an observed value of the amount of elastic deformation of the elastic member (driving element 4), and controls the inter-element driving force, via an actuator 2, in such a way as to restrict the temporal change rate of the inter-element driving force to be within the allowable range thus set.
US09605749B2
A planetary gear reducer has a planetary carrier supported by an input-side main bearing and an output-side main bearing. An angular contact ball bearing or a deep groove ball bearing which requires less installation space and is inexpensive is used for the input-side main bearing. A tapered roller bearing having a large capacity is used for the output-side main bearing. A compact, flat and inexpensive planetary gear reducer can be realized in comparison with a case in which the both main bearings are tapered roller bearings.
US09605742B2
A strain wave gearing speed changing apparatus has a coaxial pair of circular splines including a first with tooth number TA and a second with TD. A coaxial pair of flex splines includes a first with tooth number TB and a second with TC. First flex spline meshes first circular spline and second flex spline meshes second circular spline at two, preferably more, meshing engagements. A wave generator is connected to one of the input and output shafts. Two flex splines are fixed together to operate flexingly on the wave generator with equal spline tooth engagement pitch circle circumference lengths. One circular spline is fixed to the apparatus frame and the other is connected to the other of the input and output shafts not connected to the wave generator. The four splines satisfy TA=TK+Ti, TB=TK, TC=TK−Tj and TD=TK+Ti−Tj.
US09605736B1
An electromagnetic actuator is provided. The electromagnetic actuator includes a planetary roller screw and at least two motor assemblies disposed on opposing sides of the roller screw. The planetary roller screw includes a shaft linearly translatable between an extended position and a retracted position, a nut rotatable about the shaft, and a plurality of rollers coupling the nut to the shaft. A spur gear is fixedly connected to the nut. Each motor assembly includes a DC motor having an output shaft, a planetary gear head coupled to the DC motor output shaft and having an output shaft, and a pinion gear coupled to the spur gear and fixedly connected to the planetary gear head output shaft.
US09605734B2
A cartridge includes a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing each other, a drive-transmission member and a detected body rotatable about a first axis and a second axis respectively parallel to a first direction from the second wall toward the first wall. The detected body having a detected portion is movable first in the first direction and then in a second direction opposite to the first direction relative to the first wall while irreversibly moving from a first position to a second position, a distance between the detected portion and the first wall in the first direction being longer at the second position than at the first position. The drive-transmission member includes a first engaging portion engageable with the detected body at the first position and positioned upstream of an abutment portion abuttable with a receiving portion of the detected body in the first direction.
US09605699B2
The invention relates to the production of an assembly made up of at least two components that are made of, for example, a flat material such as sheet steel and which are clamped together at a predetermined distance using: a clamping nut; a clamping bolt that engages in the clamping nut; and an adjustable spacer formed of a threaded sleeve and a drum nut.
US09605697B2
A clamping system includes a housing, a clamping lever pivotally coupled relative to the housing, a clamping arm pivotally coupled relative to the housing and the clamping lever, and an expandable link coupled to the clamping arm. The clamping lever and the clamping arm are rotatable from an open position to a closed position. A method of mounting a device on a substrate using the clamping system is also provided.
US09605696B1
Magnetic retainers for detachably holding and suspending items such as cell phones from a user or support comprise a hanger and a holder that are magnetically coupled together. The holder is removably attached to an item such as a cell phone, and the hanger is removably suspended from the phone user. The hanger selectively, detachably couples to the harness with vertically aligned permanent magnets. The hanger may comprise a loop, clip, or lanyard that is worn or held by the user or attached to a static support. The holder is retrofitted to cell phone structure with a flexible, anti-slip sticky-tape connection that is removably, adhesively secured between parts of the cell phone body, its interior, or its case, being sandwiched and restrained between abutting parts. Magnets are permanently attached to remote ends or portions of the hanger and holder through either a shrink wrap connection or a snap fitting arrangement.
US09605682B2
There is provided a blower fan including a motor. In its bearing apparatus, the inner circumferential surface of the rotor cylindrical portion 222b and the outer circumferential surface of the bearing portion are arranged to together define a seal gap 35. The bushing 26 includes a bushing base portion 260 and a bushing cylindrical portion 262. The inner circumferential surface of the bushing cylindrical portion 262 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotor cylindrical portion 222b are arranged to together define a vertical gap. The vertical gap is arranged to have a minimum radial width equal to or smaller than a maximum width of the seal gap. A lower end portion of the rotor raised portion 514 and an upper end portion of the bushing cylindrical portion 262 are arranged to together define a second horizontal gap 266a.
US09605669B2
A multi-port metering pump assembly includes a manifold coupled to a metering pump. The manifold defines a central passage in fluid communication with a plurality of intermediate passages defined in the manifold. The manifold includes a plurality of outer passages. Each intermediate passage provides fluid communication between the central passage and a corresponding outer passage. A plurality of valves is coupled to the manifold. Each valve of the plurality of valves is located between an intermediate passage and a corresponding outer passage, and is configured to enable or prevent passage of fluid between a corresponding intermediate passage of the plurality of intermediate passages and a corresponding outer passage. The multi-port metering pump assembly also includes an electronic controller coupled to the plurality of valves, the electronic controller having an associated electronic interface and being programmable to selectively and independently open and close the valves of the plurality of valves.
US09605666B2
A linear compressor comprising a cylinder part including a cylinder bore. A piston disposed in, and is slidable within, the bore. A main spring connects the cylinder part directly or indirectly to the piston. A connecting rod connects between the main spring and the piston. A stator has an air gap, and the connecting rod passes through the air gap. At least one armature pole is located along the connecting rod.
US09605661B2
A solar thermal power plant comprises a solar radiation receiver mounted on a tower surrounded by a heliostat field to receive solar radiation reflected by heliostats. A power generation circuit includes a steam turbine for driving an electrical generator to produce electrical power, and water in the power generation circuit is heated directly by solar radiation reflected onto the solar radiation receiver by the heliostat field to generate steam to drive the steam turbine. An energy storage circuit includes a thermal energy storage fluid, such as molten salt, which is capable of being heated directly by solar radiation reflected by the heliostat field. A heat exchanger is also provided for recovering thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid. The recovered thermal energy may then be used to generate steam to drive the steam turbine.
US09605657B2
An electric power generation system includes a wind turbine, a conductor rotating as the wind turbine rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel, a magnetic field generator, a heat accumulator, and an electric power generation unit. The magnetic field generator is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine and thus drives an electric power generator to generate electric power.
US09605650B2
A wind blade is provided. The wind blade includes a self-supporting structural framework, having multiple chord-wise members and one or more span-wise members. Each of the multiple chord-wise members and the one or more span-wise members have an aerodynamic contour. The wind blade also comprises a fabric skin located over the self-supporting structural framework. Further, the wind blade includes a tensioning mechanism configured for providing pretensioning in the fabric skin. The tensioning mechanism includes multiple mechanical force elements coupled with the fabric skin for providing a predetermined force for maintaining an aerodynamic surface of the fabric skin during operation of the wind blade.
US09605649B2
A wind turbine rotor blade has a longitudinal axis, a blade root, a blade tip, a pressure side, a suction side and an aerodynamic profile which, in a longitudinal section of the rotor blade, has a profile chord and a thick trailing edge. The rotor blade includes a multiplicity of flow deflection elements which are arranged on the thick trailing edge and have respective inflow surfaces which are shaped and arranged such that a radial flow running in the direction from the blade root toward the blade tip is diverted by the inflow surface in the direction of the profile chord.
US09605642B2
A starter includes a motor unit, a drive shaft configured to receive a rotational force of the motor unit and rotate, a transmission pinion gear installed on the drive shaft, an idle shaft extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft, an idle gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with the transmission pinion gear, a driving pinion gear installed on the idle shaft and configured to mesh with a ring gear of an engine, a gear cover configured to rotatably support portions of the drive shaft and the idle shaft and accommodate the transmission pinion gear and the idle gear, and a bracket section installed between the motor unit and the gear cover and configured to rotatably support a first end in an axial direction of the idle shaft.
US09605634B2
A needle has a large-diameter portion, an outer diameter of which is larger than that of a shaft portion of the needle. A needle-side tapered surface is formed at the large-diameter portion on a valve closing side thereof, wherein the needle-side tapered surface is inclined by a needle angle with respect to a center axis of the needle. A core-side tapered surface is formed at a movable core, wherein the core-side tapered surface is inclined by a core angle with respect to the center axis of the needle. The needle and the movable core are brought into contact with each other via the needle-side and the core-side tapered surfaces. The needle angle and the core angle are made to be equal to each other.
US09605632B1
A resonator for attenuating sound waves produced by an engine includes a resonator housing and a neck. The neck includes an outer shell extending from the resonator housing providing fluid communication between the resonator housing and an air duct. The neck further includes a partition disposed in the outer shell. The partition cooperates with the outer shell to define a plurality of distinct air paths, each air path in fluid communication with a distinct resonance chamber of the plurality of resonance chambers. The resonator is operable to attenuate or change the characteristics of sound waves produced by the engine.
US09605629B2
An under-hood mounting configuration for a work vehicle may generally include an air intake component positioned upstream of an engine of the work vehicle. The air intake component may include a wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The wall may define a cooling port extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface. In addition, the under-hood mounting configuration may include a control unit having a housing defining an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The housing may be mounted to the wall along the exterior surface such that the housing is positioned directly over at least a portion of the cooling port. When the airflow is directed through the air intake component, a portion of the airflow may flow through the cooling port and may be directed towards the lower surface of the housing.
US09605625B2
A venturi valve assembly, having a flow tube, an upper port integrally formed with flow tube, a flow cavity disposed within the flow tube, an inlet formed as part of the flow tube such that the inlet forms a part of the flow cavity, an outlet formed as part of the flow tube such that the outlet forms a part of the flow cavity, and a venturi nozzle disposed in the flow tube. Pressurized air flows into the flow cavity from the inlet such that the pressurized air flows around the venturi nozzle. Purge vapor flows into the flow cavity from the upper port, and the flow rate of the pressurized air is increased after flowing around the venturi nozzle, increasing the flow of the purge vapor after the purge vapor is mixed with the pressurized air in the flow tube.
US09605593B2
An exemplary gas turbine engine may include a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor disposed between the compressor and the turbine. The combustor generally may have an inner casing. The exemplary gas turbine may further include a pre-swirl nozzle configured to receive a cooling stream. The cooling stream may be supplied from a cooled cooling air stream. The pre-swirl nozzle may further be configured to direct at least a portion of the cooling stream to the turbine. The pre-swirl nozzle may be flexibly mounted to the inner casing of the combustor.
US09605592B2
A bearing lubrication tube for an APU is mounted on a bearing to permit expansion and contraction of the tube along its length while preventing rotational movement of the tube. The bearing lubrication tube is held by a bracket attached to a flange outside the engine. The bracket includes a double hex ring with the outer hex ring engaging the bracket and an inner hex ring engaging the tube to prevent rotation of the tube. A cover on the bracket maintains the double hex ring in position.
US09605588B2
A supercharger (15) is provided with a bypass pathway (17). A backflow preventer (20) is provided to the air intake pathway (8) between an airflow meter (10) and the bypass pathway (17). The backflow preventer (20) has: a casing (41) formed by locally expanding the cross-sectional area of the air intake pathway; and an inner tube (42) substantially constructing a duct for the mainstream of air intake. The inner tube (42) is supported by a flange portion (50) and the downstream end (42a) opens within the casing (41). During backflow when the bypass pathway (17) opens, a portion of the intake air enters into an exit-side space section (55), and the flow is prevented by the flange portion (50). Consequently, reverse flow is suppressed.
US09605586B2
An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer housing of the intake pipe, wherein a feed line for charge air opens into an inlet section of the housing, a heat exchanger that is integrated in the intake pipe and cooled by a coolant and that comprises a plurality of exchanger tubes, in particular flat tubes, and an engine flange for connecting the intake tube to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein charge air flows through the exchanger tubes and at least a section of the outer housing is designed as a water jacket surrounding the exchanger tubes.
US09605583B2
A method for controlling a fan. An ECU estimates the time for an engine to reach a substantially decreased engine load relative to a current engine load. The ECU determines whether the time to reach the substantially decreased engine load is within a threshold. And the ECU controls a fan operating characteristic based on whether the time is within the threshold.
US09605576B2
A mounting mat for a pollution control device is disclosed. The device comprises at least a first sheet and a second sheet and at least one holding means for holding the at least first and second sheets together. The holding means are adapted to (i) hold the at least first and second sheets together while allowing movement of the at least first and second sheets parallel to each other in the region where the holding means is positioned; and/or (ii) to break upon wrapping around a body thereby allowing movement of the at least first and second sheets parallel to each other in the region where the holding means is positioned. A pollution control device containing such a mat and method of making a pollution control device containing such a mat are also disclosed.
US09605575B2
A reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming device, an obtaining section and a controller. The reforming device mixes fuel, which is a hydrocarbon compound, with air, and reforms the fuel by partially oxidizing the fuel with oxygen in the air. A reformed fuel is supplied into the exhaust passage as the reducing agent. The obtaining section obtains a physical quantity as a property index. The physical quantity has a correlation with property of the fuel that is supplied to the reforming device. The controller controls the reforming device according to the property index obtained by the obtaining section.
US09605567B2
A first target module determines a first target output pressure of an engine oil pump based on a speed of the engine oil pump and an oil temperature. A second target module, based on a runtime period of an engine, sets a second target output pressure of the engine oil pump to one of greater than and equal to the first target output pressure. A third target module, based on an engine load, sets a third target output pressure of the engine oil pump to one of greater than and equal to the first target output pressure. A selection module selects one of the second and third target output pressures, sets a selected target output pressure based on the selected one of the second and third target output pressures, and controls displacement of the engine oil pump based on the selected target output pressure.
US09605563B2
A method and tooling for assembling a guide vane stage that includes an inner shroud and an outer shroud that are coaxial and interconnected by radial airfoils, the method including holding plates pressed against an outer surface of the inner shroud so that the plates cover gaps formed between openings in the inner shroud and the airfoils at least in part and in a manner that is leaktight, and applying a sealing resin to the inner surface of the inner shroud so that the resin fills the gaps and so that radially inner ends of the airfoils are embedded in the resin.
US09605558B2
Systems and methods for preventing excessive loading on a wind turbine are disclosed. The method includes: measuring an actual wind parameter upwind from the wind turbine using one or more sensors; providing the measured wind parameter to a processor; providing a plurality of wind turbine operating data to the processor; utilizing the plurality of operating data to determine an estimated wind turbine condition at the wind turbine; generating a control wind profile based on the actual wind parameter and the estimated wind turbine condition; and, implementing a control action based on the control wind profile to prevent excessive loading from acting on the wind turbine.
US09605556B2
A power station (10) is provided having a turbine shafting (11) including a gas turbine (12) and a generator (18) which is driven directly by the gas turbine (12), produces alternating current at an operating frequency and whose output is connected to an electrical grid (21) with a predetermined grid frequency. An electronic decoupling apparatus or a variable electronic gearbox (27) is arranged between the generator (18) and the electrical grid (21), and decouples the operating frequency from the grid frequency.
US09605550B2
An improved seal assembly for use with a combustion liner assembly is employed with a gas turbine engine so as to control fluid flow. The seal assembly has a bi-metal sealing member that is affixed to a first surface that is proximal to a second perpendicular surface that is not in contact with the first surface, thus providing a potential fluid flow path. Upon heating, the bi-metal sealing member “uncoils” contacting the second perpendicular surface, thus blocking the flowpath between the two surfaces. Various metals may be provided to provide predetermined sealing characteristics.
US09605545B2
A hollow blade including an airfoil extending along a longitudinal direction, a root, a tip, an internal cooling passage, and an open cavity defined by an end wall and a rim, together with cooling channels connecting the internal cooling passage to a pressure side. The cooling channels slope relative to the pressure side. A stack of airfoil sections of the blade at a level of the rim of the tip of the blade are offset towards the pressure side. The pressure side wall of the airfoil includes a projecting portion and cooling channels arranged in the projecting portion to open out into a terminal face of the projecting portion.
US09605530B2
A formation tester tool can include a longitudinal probe drill collar having a surface, a formation probe assembly located within the probe drill collar, the formation probe assembly including a piston reciprocal between a retracted position and an extended position beyond the probe drill collar surface, the piston being slidingly retained within a chamber, a seal pad located at an end of the piston, the seal pad including an outer surface defining a partial cylindrical surface. The piston includes an outer surface having non-circular cross-sectional shape and the chamber includes an inner surface having a non-circular shape similar to the shape of the piston outer surface. The formation tester tool can include interchangeable draw down assemblies and a flow bore having a curving path.
US09605529B1
A method of projection a production characteristic includes receiving down well video image data depicting multiphase flow within the well, determining a flow rate data of at least one phase of the multiphase flow based on the down well video image data, and projecting the production characteristic based at least in part on the determined flow rate using a well performance model.
US09605528B2
An example method for distributed sensing in a subterranean formation may include drilling to a first depth in the subterranean formation using a drilling device and detaching a first phase of the drilling device at the first depth. The first phase may include a first coil of line and a first sensor. The drilling assembly may drill to a second depth and decouple a second phase of the drilling device, with the second phase including a second coil of line and a second sensor. Measurements may be generated at the first and second depths using the first and second sensors, respectively.
US09605527B2
An apparatus for mitigation of torsional noise effects on borehole measurements. The apparatus may include a conveyance device; a sleeve having a sensor section, the sleeve rotatably disposed on the conveyance device; a sensor having at least one component disposed on the sensor section; and a driver coupled to the conveyance device and configured to rotate at least the sleeve sensor section. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section independent of the conveyance device. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section at a preset substantially constant rotational speed. The sleeve may include at least one arm configured to selectively lock the sleeve to a surface in the borehole. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section during measurement by the sensor. The driver may selectively couple the sleeve.
US09605524B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to heater patterns and related methods of producing hydrocarbon fluids from a subsurface hydrocarbon-containing formation (for example, an oil shale formation) where a heater cell may be divided into nested inner and outer zones. Production wells may be located within one or both zones. In the smaller inner zone, heaters may be arranged at a relatively high spatial density while in the larger surrounding outer zone, a heater spatial density may be significantly lower. Due to the higher heater density, a rate of temperature increase in the smaller inner zone of the subsurface exceeds that of the larger outer zone, and a rate of hydrocarbon fluid production ramps up faster in the inner zone than in the outer zone. In some embodiments, a ratio between a half-maximum sustained production time and a half-maximum rise time of a hydrocarbon fluid production function is relatively large.
US09605516B2
A method includes disconnecting subsea equipment containing a first fluid from an installation in a subsea environment, wherein the first fluid is a produced fluid that includes produced hydrocarbons. Furthermore, the method also includes raising the disconnected subsea equipment from the subsea environment and controlling a fluid pressure of the first fluid in the subsea equipment with an accumulator device while raising the subsea equipment from the subsea environment, wherein the accumulator device includes first and second adjustable accumulator chambers and a movable pressure boundary separating the first and second adjustable accumulator chambers.
US09605515B2
An apparatus for collecting fluids into a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is floating on a body of water and has an opening in the bottom of the reservoir through which the fluids, such as petro-based products, arrive flowing upward from a submersible structure, such as a riser from a fluid source. The reservoir has a canopy and mechanism connected to the rim of the side walls of the reservoir allowing the canopy to pivot. The pivoting canopy and mechanism attached along the rim of the reservoir restrains the fluids contained inside from spilling over the rim into the body of water, say an ocean, and also restrains the ocean waters from spilling over into the reservoir containing the fluids. The reservoir can be used as a temporary holding vessel for the fluids, whereby the fluids can then be vacuumed into a drillship.
US09605508B2
A seal includes a metal composite that has a cellular nanomatrix that includes a metallic nanomatrix material, a metal matrix disposed in the cellular nanomatrix, and a disintegration agent; an inner sealing surface; and an outer sealing surface disposed radially from the inner sealing surface. The seal can be prepared by combining a metal matrix powder, a disintegration agent, and metal nanomatrix material to form a composition; compacting the composition to form a compacted composition; sintering the compacted composition; and pressing the sintered composition to form the seal.
US09605506B1
A stuffing box lubrication system for oilfield pumping units automatically delivers to the stuffing box, at specified time intervals, a precise volume of lubricant. The stuffing box lubrication system has a grease reservoir, a pump, a controller, a high pressure hose and grease fitting, and a stuffing box which receives the grease. In situations where the stuffing box in use is not equipped with a ported inlet for receiving the grease, the present invention may further include a stuffing box adapter, having a ported inlet, where the stuffing box adapter couples with the stuffing box.
US09605501B2
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure a system includes a plug launching assembly, including a housing. The system also includes a first flow assembly of the plug launching assembly including a first primary flow path configured to direct a fluid flow into a wellbore. Moreover, the first flow assembly is configured to transition from a first position to a second position within the plug launching assembly. Also, the first flow assembly is releasably coupled to the housing while in the first position. The system further includes a second flow assembly of the plug launching assembly coupled to the housing and positioned downstream of the first flow assembly. The first flow assembly engages the second flow assembly while the first flow assembly is in the second position. The system also includes a cement plug releasably coupled to the second flow assembly. Furthermore, the cement plug is positioned within a second primary flow path of the second flow assembly while the cement plug is coupled to the second flow assembly. The system also includes a cement plug launcher of the second flow assembly configured to release the cement plug from a stored position, in which the cement plug is coupled to the cement plug launcher, to a release position. Also, the system includes a bypass line of the plug launching assembly configured to direct the fluid flow from the first flow assembly to the second flow assembly while the first flow assembly is in the first position.
US09605499B1
The present invention relates to deep-water drilling in petroleum engineering and, in particular, to a subsea wellhead pressure indicating and automatic adjusting device for deep-water dual-gradient drilling, comprising a subsea drilling fluid manifold system and a subsea wellhead pressure indicating and automatic adjusting system, wherein the subsea drilling fluid manifold system provides a flow channel for the drilling fluid returning through the wellbore so that the drilling fluid can smoothly return to a drilling platform, and provides a basis for the subsea wellhead pressure indicating and automatic adjusting system; and wherein the subsea wellhead pressure indicating and automatic adjusting system can display and adjust the subsea wellhead pressure in real time, in order to keep the subsea wellhead pressure to be constantly equal to the hydrostatic pressure of the seawater at the seabed. The present invention makes it possible to keep the subsea wellhead pressure to be constantly equal to the hydrostatic pressure of the seawater at the seabed in an automatic and real-time way, ensuring successful implementation of the dual-gradient drilling.
US09605497B2
An apparatus for handling one or more tubulars includes a body defining at least a portion of a tapered bowl. A plurality of slips may be disposed at least partially within the bowl and configured to slide along a surface of the bowl. Each of the slips includes a radial engaging surface and a tapered engaging surface. The radial engaging surface may have a plurality of gripping structures extending inwardly therefrom that are configured to engage an outer surface of a first tubular having a substantially constant outer diameter. The tapered engaging surface may be configured to engage a tapered outer surface of a second tubular.
US09605494B2
The present invention relates to a tool for selectively connecting or disconnecting components of a downhole workstring comprising a drive shaft (3) and a housing couplable to said drive shaft, and housing comprising first and second housing parts (21, 22) releasably connected to one another, transmission means such as a reduction gear mechanism (52-54) coupled to the drive shaft, the transmission means being arranged to selectively connect or disconnect the housing parts by rotating the drive shaft.
US09605491B2
Underground drilling operation often requires connecting a drill tool (e.g., drill bit, backreamer, etc.) to a drill string. It is desirable to connect the drill tools to a drill string in a manner that facilitates quick and easy assembly and disassembly. Low torque coupling, commonly referred to as “torque-less” connection, can provide such functionality. The useful life and strength of such connections can be improved upon. The present disclosure provides a low torque coupling with improved strength and durability.
US09605478B2
A motorized window treatment provides a low-cost solution for controlling the amount of daylight entering a space through a window. The window treatment includes a covering material, a drive shaft, at least one lift cord rotatably received around the drive shaft and connected to the covering material, and a motor coupled to the drive shaft for raising and lowering the covering material. The window treatment also includes a spring assist unit for assisting the motor by providing a torque that equals the torque provided by the weight on the cords that lift the covering material at a position midway between fully-open and fully-closed positions, which helps to minimize motor usage and conserve battery life if a battery is used to power the motorized window treatment. The window treatment may comprise a photosensor for measuring the amount of daylight outside the window and temperature sensors for measuring the temperatures inside and outside of the window. The position of the covering material may be automatically controlled in response to the photosensor and the temperature sensors to save energy, or may also be controlled in response to an infrared or radio-frequency remote control.
US09605476B2
An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a motor and a gearbox coupled to the motor and comprising an output shaft configured to actuate a window covering. A position encoder, directly driven by the output shaft, is configured to measure at least one of an angular position and a number of rotations of the output shaft. The angular position and number of rotations may be used to calculate an angular position of slats of a window blind and/or an amount a window covering is opened or closed. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.
US09605473B2
A protector with a sensor is installed on a sliding door for detecting an object by touch between two core wires in a hollow part. In a terminal part of the protector with the sensor, the core wires drawn out are connected with leads joined with a control unit. A primary seal is formed by means of injection molding for covering wire connection parts and another end side of an insert while also covering a skin of a wire harness which ties and coats the two leads. A secondary seal is formed by means of the injection molding for coating a part formed with the primary seal and for forming an external shape of a product.
US09605467B2
An apparatus and a method for controlling an opening and closing of vehicle windows are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, an open signal for at least one window disposed within the vehicle. Further, the controller detects a rainfall at an exterior of the vehicle using a sensor and opens and closes the windows based on the open signal and the detected rainfall.
US09605466B2
A door assembly for a motorized vehicle includes a door configured to move between an open position and a closed position, a first member defining a first axis, and a first support member pivotally coupled to the door and defining a second axis. A linkage assembly includes a first arm and a second arm. The first arm and the second arm are pivotally coupled to one another, where the first arm is coupled to the first member at a location offset from the first axis and the second arm defines a first slot. A cross member has a first end and a second end. The first end has a first pin for slideably engaging the first slot and the second end being coupled to the first member. The door is movable between the open and closed positions as the first member pivots about the first axis.
US09605461B2
In a door fitting with height adjustment for a sliding door panel with a housing in which a support roller is rotatably supported, a sliding door panel lifting member is slidingly supported by guide elements extending from the support base member into inclined guide passages formed in the housing side wails whereby the sliding door panel can be raised or lowered by longitudinal movement of the lifting member relative to the housing, the inclined guide passages are provided with end walls which limit the movement of the guide elements in the inclined passages to limit the height adjustment and an access area is formed at an upper end of each guide passage. Adjustment elements are provided for the movement of the base member relative to the housing.
US09605460B2
A hinge dampening device is provided for a granulation processor having a bowl and a lid. A dampening device includes first and second spaced apart hinge supports fixed to the bowl and a pin extending through the lid collar residing between the hinge supports. The first end of the pin is fixed to the first hinge support, and a second end of the pin extends through the second hinge support. An adjustable compressive force is applied axially to the hinge supports and lid collar to create frictional resistance to rotation of the lid. The rotational resistance provides controlled opening and closing of the lid.
US09605455B2
A self-contained combination latch and cam lock adapter module affixes to the rear of any lock (keyed or non-keyed) that has a requisite mating feature. The module is alignable in any of four positions (up, down, left, and right) on the back of the lock for latching in any installed position. The module allows a user to slam closed an associated door or drawer without having to rotate the lock into a locked position. The module retrofits in the field by removing and replacing an existing fixed cam. In one embodiment, a mating part is rotationally spring-loaded so that when the key or knob is turned and then released, the module automatically returns to its locked position, ready to be shut.
US09605452B2
A door handle apparatus includes: a handle body; a driven member; and a driving mechanism configured such that in a state where the driven member is at a first driving position, the handle body is positioned at a first handle position, and rotated to a second handle position by the driven member driven to a second driving position, and in a state where the driven member is at the second driving position, the handle body is rotatable or unrotatable from the second handle position in a first direction when subjected to a force in the first direction, and rotatable from the second handle position to a second direction opposite to the first direction when subjected to a force in the second direction, and the handle body is urged in the direction of being restored to the second handle position when rotating from the second handle position by the external force.
US09605450B2
A vehicle door includes a door structure and a movable door handle that is connected to a latch mechanism by a cable. A rotatably biased stop member is connected to the cable. The vehicle door further includes a housing having a channel that receives portion of the stop member. The channel includes first and second linear portions and a transverse stop portion that is engaged by the follower to prevent further lengthwise movement of the lock member and cable if a speed of the cable exceeds an allowable value.
US09605447B2
A cylinder locking device is provided in which an inner cylinder is pivotably inserted into a cylinder body, a protector is disposed opposite a rear end of the inner cylinder along an insertion direction of a mechanical key, the protector enabling the mechanical key to be inserted toward the inner cylinder, and a coil-shaped spring is provided between the protector and the inner cylinder or the cylinder body, wherein the spring is formed so as to have a coil portion that extends in the axial direction of the inner cylinder and a bent portion that is bent from at least one end part of the coil portion toward an interior of the coil portion in a direction along an axis of the inner cylinder. This enables deformation of a coil-shaped spring to be prevented.
US09605445B2
A component carrier for substantially electrical components (1), in particular for electrical/electronic components (1) as parts of motor vehicle locking systems, preferably motor vehicle door lock component carriers, comprising a main part (2) and at least one side wall (3, 4), wherein the side wall (3, 4) is detachably connected to the main part (2) at least in some regions.
US09605434B2
A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle.
US09605432B1
Interlocking roof shingle has a front rounded tongue on the first side edge; a tongue on the first end edge; an elongated groove assembly on the upper surface with a groove defined therein; a groove in the second end edge of the body; a groove in the second side edge of the body; and an elongated tongue assembly on the lower surface. In an embodiment of the invention, the front rounded tongue of an upper roof shingle is inserted into the elongated groove assembly of a lower roof shingle while at the same time a leg of the elongated tongue assembly of the upper roof shingle enters into a groove in the second end edge of the lower roof shingle for interlocking upper and lower shingles. The tongue on the first end edge is inserted into a corresponding groove in the second end edge of an adjacent roof shingle.
US09605421B2
A water-saving siphon toilet has a toilet body and a water tank, a eject water channel used for flushing the bottom of the toilet body and a brushing water channel used for brushing the washable surface of the toilet body are arranged between the toilet body and the water tank, and a siphon channel used for pollution is arranged at the bottom of the toilet body, and a first drain valve and a overflow pipe are arranged in the water tank, the eject water channel is isolated from the outside air, and reserved water is stored in the eject water channel for assisting flush the bottom of the toilet body next time. The eject water channel of the toilet body contacts outside air only at the water seal out of the eject hole when the toilet is at non-working states.
US09605417B2
A system for harvesting rainwater for use in a skirt building. The skirt building includes a main building and a podium supporting the main building. The system includes: a standpipe; a buffer channel; a filter channel; and a green roof. The green roof includes a vegetation region including a baffled diversion corridor, and a bottom filtering layer including a drainage pipe. The standpipe is arranged on the main building and is connected to the buffer channel where the energy of rainwater flowing out of the standpipe is dissipated. The buffer channel, the filter channel, and the green roof are arranged on the podium, and the buffer channel communicates with the filter channel. The filter channel is connected to the green roof. The filter channel is divided into a plurality of sections respectively filled with different matrix materials.
US09605416B2
A spacer shim for locating between adjacent ground engaging tools of a work implement for an earth working machine includes a shim body, a shim upper protrusion, and a shim retention surface. The shim body includes a shim first leg and a shim second leg spaced apart to form a shim slot for receiving a lip of the work implement. The shim upper protrusion extends from the shim body and is adjacent to the shim first leg. The shim retention surface extends between the forward end and the shim upper protrusion and is configured to contact a bottom surface of a portion of an adjacent ground engaging tool.
US09605413B2
A multi-tool machine for utilizing a plurality of work tools includes an engine and a controller operatively coupled to the engine. The engine is configured to operate at a first engine operating configuration when a first work tool is coupled to the machine and configured to operate at a second engine operating configuration when a second work tool is coupled to the machine. The controller is configured to transition the engine from the first configuration to the second configuration when the machine transitions from the first work tool to the second work tool.
US09605398B2
A method to utilize an ice-breaker (10) in a novel way such that tanks of the anti-roll system and/or tanks (21, 22, 23 and 24) of the heeling system are used for recovering and/or processing oil (16) to be recovered from water. The oil is separated from water in a tank of the anti-roll system and/or a tank (21) of the heeling system of the ice-breaker, which tank contains warm water (15) and steam heat pipes (19). The tanks of the anti-roll system and/or tanks of the heeling system of the ice-breaker have separate oil recovery piping which is used when the heeling tanks of the ice-breaker are used for responding to an oil spill.
US09605393B2
A milling machine includes a frame, a rotor coupled to the frame and vertically adjustable, a chamber coupled to the frame and at least partially surrounding the rotor, a speed sensor configured to measure a speed of the machine, a height sensor configured to measure a height of the rotor, a ground characteristic sensor configured to measure a ground characteristic, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the speed of the machine from the speed sensor, receive the height of the rotor from the height sensor, receive the ground characteristic from the ground characteristic sensor, determine a target speed for the machine, determine a target height for the rotor, adjust the speed of the machine to the target speed, and adjust the height of the rotor to the target height.
US09605392B2
Apparatus for forming a liquid-tight seal across gaps formed between at least first and second adjacent mats in a load-supporting surface includes at least one seal member configured to be coupled to each among first and second outer edges of at least a first side of each among at least first and second adjacent mats and extend laterally outwardly therefrom into one among at least two gaps formed between the adjacent mats and abut at least one other such seal member extending into the same gap from the other adjacent mat that forms the gap.
US09605387B2
The invention relates to a railway work vehicle comprising a chassis supported by a drive mechanism and work devices supported by the chassis. According to the invention, the transportation of material within the work vehicle below and/or above and/or next to the working devices can be improved by using at least one conveyor track on which conveyor bodies for objects or objects forming conveyor bodies, in the form of a parceled goods, can be driven along the working vehicle.
US09605384B2
A process for the manufacture of hydrophobic paper using a pulp comprising a slurry of cellulosic fibers in an aqueous medium comprising an alkoxysilane. A paper or cardboard packaging product comprising cellulosic fibers having a silane residue substantially uniformly distributed throughout the paper or cardboard and bonded to the cellulosic fibers predominantly through Si—O— bonds.
US09605378B2
A textile printing method that includes printing to a textile with a material including a dye expressed by the following general formula 1. In general formula 1, R1 to R16 is H, CH3, OH, NHC2H5, COOH, SO3H, SO3Na, NO2, or NH2.
US09605356B2
Plate-like samples each having as a principal plane thereof a cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction of a polycrystalline silicon rod grown by the deposition using a chemical vapor deposition method are sampled; an X-ray diffraction measurement is performed omnidirectionally in the plane of each of the plate-like samples thus sampled; and when none of the plate-like samples has any X-ray diffraction peak with a diffraction intensity deviating from the average value ±2×standard deviation (μ±2σ) found for any one of the Miller indices <111>, <220>, <311> and <400>, the polycrystalline silicon rod is selected as the raw material for use in the production of single-crystalline silicon. The use of such a polycrystalline silicon raw material suppresses the local occurrence of the portions remaining unmelted, and can contribute to the stable production of single-crystalline silicon.
US09605354B2
An electrolytic recycling method recovers two or more component elements of one or more compounds simultaneously. A compound, such as a compound semiconductor, to be recycled is dissolved in a liquid electrolyte. Electrolysis of the dissolved compound recovers component elements simultaneously at respective negative and positive electrodes by reduction and oxidation respectively. The component elements produced may be in respective condensed phases or include a gaseous phase.
US09605353B2
An apparatus including at least one electrolytic cell having at least one electrode compartment structured to contain a liquid electrolyte and a plurality of electrically conducting particulates forming a particulate bed, at least one reaction region structured to support electrochemical reactions, at least one collection region structured to facilitate collection of electrically conducting particulates, at least one feeding region structured to facilitate input of electrically conducting particulates, at least one actuation module arranged substantially outside of the at least one reaction region of relevance for the electrochemical modifications.
US09605347B2
Provided is a method of forming a film having a surface structure of a random wrinkles. A compound according to the present invention is coated and then, a film having a surface structure of random wrinkles may be simply formed through simple ultraviolet (UV) curing or thermosetting. When the film thus formed is used in an organic light emitting device, light generated from the organic light emitting device is scattered on surfaces of the random wrinkles to prevent light guide or total reflection, and thus, light is extracted to the outside. That is, a random structure disposed at the outside of the device performs a light extraction function and consequently, light efficiency of the organic light emitting device may be increased.
US09605345B2
A vertical furnace includes a heat treatment tube, at least one reactive gas inlet, first adiabatic plates and second adiabatic plates. The at least one reactive gas inlet is disposed at or near a bottom end of the heat treatment tube. The first adiabatic plates are stacked in the heat treatment tube, each of the first adiabatic plates having a flow channel structure for allowing a gas to pass through, in which all the corners in the flow channel structure are rounded. The second adiabatic plates are stacked below the first adiabatic plates in the heat treatment tube.
US09605343B2
Methods of forming carbon films, structures and devices including the carbon films, and systems for forming the carbon films are disclosed. A method includes depositing a metal carbide film using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Metal from the metal carbide film is removed from the metal carbide film to form a carbon film. Because the films are formed using ALD, the films can be relatively conformal and can have relatively uniform thickness over the surface of a substrate.
US09605342B2
Embodiments related to hardware and methods for processing a semiconductor substrate are disclosed. One example film deposition reactor includes a process gas distributor including a plasma gas-feed inlet located to supply plasma gas to a plasma generation region within the film deposition reactor and a precursor gas-feed inlet located to supply film precursor gas downstream of the plasma generation region; an insulating confinement vessel configured to maintain a plasma generation region at a reduced pressure within the film deposition reactor and an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) coil arranged around a portion of a sidewall of the insulating confinement vessel and positioned so that the sidewall separates the plasma generation region from the ICP coil; and a susceptor configured to support the semiconductor substrate so that a film deposition surface of the semiconductor substrate is exposed to a reaction region formed downstream of the process gas distributor.
US09605335B2
Disclosed is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet for stamping, which has excellent cold workability, has such satisfactory surface quality as to be free from unplating and other defects even in the absence of dedicated facilities, and ensures a strength of 1370 MPa or more after quenching even when cooled at a low rate. Also disclosed is a method effective for the produce of the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet for stamping. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet for stamping comprises a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, in which the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition and has a microstructure comprising equiaxed ferrite having an average aspect ratio of 4.0 or less and cementite and/or pearlite having an average major axis of grains of 20 μm or less.
US09605324B2
This invention relates to compositions and processes for improving the clarification of sugar juices and syrups in sugar mills. The process involves adding compositions directly to the juice and or syrup. The compositions provided in this invention are mixed intimately into the sugar juices or syrups, and allowed sufficient time to react with the sugar juices or syrups as well as with the any other chemicals added in the clarification processes so as to impart an improvement in the purity of the clarified juice or syrup obtained therefrom. Compositions include at least one particulate sulfur reagent containing at least one sulfur atom and at least three oxygen atoms, and one or more particulate solids selected from the group consisting of (A) a silica reagent, (B) a particulate phosphorous reagent containing at least one phosphorous atom and at least three oxygen atoms in the chemical formula, (C) a particulate carbonaceous reagent, (D) a particulate aluminum reagent containing at least one aluminum atom and at least three oxygen atoms in the chemical formula, (E) a particulate filter aid, (F) a polymer decolorant, (G) a particulate ammonium reagent having at least one ammonium group (NH4) in the chemical formula, and (H) a bleaching earth.
US09605321B2
Provided are oligonucleotides that are capable of detecting KRAS and PIK3CA mutations in both cancer patients and healthy individuals with high specificity in kPCR assays. When the oligonucleotides are used as forward primers in conjunction with a defined genotyping algorithm spreadsheet, the primers are capable of enhancing detection of KRAS codon 12, 13, and 61 and PIK3CA codon 542, 545, and 1047 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a background of wild-type sequences. The oligonucleotides of the present invention are also capable of preventing pseudogene amplification when the oligonucleotides are hybridized as reverse primers or detection probes to the mismatch sequences.
US09605315B2
The present invention provides minimally invasive methods of detecting, diagnosing, and assessing neuronal damage associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Specific species of microRNAs (miRNA), small, noncoding RNA molecules that play gene regulatory functions, are correlated with cellular damage and oxidative stress following TBI or CTE, allowing for rapid, minimally-invasive diagnosis and assessment of brain injury. The early identification and longitudinal assessment of neuronal damage in subjects suffering from or at risk of suffering from a TBI (e.g., football players, boxers, military personnel, fall victims) will improve clinical outcomes by guiding critical medical and behavioral decision making.
US09605311B2
The present invention relates to compositions, methods and systems for analyzing the methylation state of nucleic acids. Some embodiments relate to a compositions, methods and systems for analyzing the methylation state of DNA with a gene array.
US09605305B2
The present invention reduces primer-dimer amplification in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). When a first forward primer (F1) and a second reverse primer (R2) have a complementary region at their 3′ends, primer dimers may form. The present method uses a primer comprising a 5′-end partial sequence or a full sequence of a first forward primer (F1^) in between a first tag (t1) and R2 to reduce the primer-dimer (F1_R2) amplification.
US09605301B2
The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. The methods of the invention include correcting one or more phenomena that are encountered during nucleotide sequencing, such as using sequencing by synthesis methods. These phenomena include, without limitation, sequence lead, sequence lag, spectral crosstalk, and noise resulting from variations in illumination and/or filter responses.
US09605298B2
Systems and methods are provided for high speed sorting of objects in a continuous body of fluid. The object can be analyzed within one or more interrogation volumes that allow for simultaneous or time-correlated measurement of the object's properties. A processor can interpret the properties of the object and then measured and then direct the object to one of a plurality of downstream flow paths. In some embodiments, the sorting of the object is based on two or more properties of the object. The sorting process can be repeated to create a network of sorting events.
US09605290B2
The present disclosure relates to biocatalysts and its uses for the efficient preparation of eslicarbazepine, eslicarbazepine acetate, and analogs thereof.
US09605288B2
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
US09605284B2
A microorganism with improved acid-resistance. A microorganism capable of efficiently producing 3-HP, and methods for producing an organic acid.
US09605279B2
Systems and methods for providing alternative fuel, in particular hydrogen photocatalytically generated by a system comprising photoactive nanoparticles and a nitrogenase cofactor are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a water soluble cadmium selenide nanoparticle (CdSe) surface capped with mercaptosuccinate (CdSe-MSA); and a NafY.FeMo-co complex comprising a NafY protein and an iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co); wherein the CdSe-MSA and the NafY.FeMo-co complex are present in about 1:1 molar ratio in a CdSe-MSA.NafY.FeMo-co system. In various embodiments, when illuminated, the CdSe-MSA.NafY.FeMo-co system is capable of photocatalytically producing hydrogen gas for an extended period of, e.g., at least 5 hours, at least 10 hours, or at least 90 hours. Methods for making and using the same are also provided.
US09605277B2
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, nucleic acids containing non-canonical nucleotides, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids, methods, kits, and devices for inducing cells to express proteins, methods, kits, and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods for inducing cells to express proteins and for reprogramming and gene-editing cells using RNA are disclosed. Methods for producing cells from patient samples, cells produced using these methods, and therapeutics comprising cells produced using these methods are also disclosed.
US09605267B2
In an aspect, the invention relates to compositions and methods for genetic constructs. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09605264B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotidic sequences (ODN) against Smad7 suitably modified, and their uses in medical field as therapeutic biological agents, in particular in the treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US09605263B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing expression of C9ORF72 mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, ameliorate, or slow progression of neurodegenerative diseases in an individual in need thereof.
US09605261B2
The present invention relates to novel phosphoramidites, A-n-bz, C-n-bz, C-n-ac, G-n-ac and U are produced with an HPLC purity of greater than 98% and 31P NMR purity greater than 99%. A novel process of reverse 5′→3′ directed synthesis of RNA oligomers has been developed and disclosed. Using that method demonstrated high quality RNA synthesis with coupling efficiency approaching 99%.
US09605255B2
The present invention relates to the field of gene therapy, more specifically to oligonucleotides for making a change in the sequence of a target RNA molecule present in a living cell.
US09605249B2
An object of the invention is to provide cellobiohydrolase with high activity. The activity of cellobiohydrolase can be improved by substituting, with alanine, asparagine that is the amino acid at position 62 from the N-terminal of cellobiohydrolase shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or asparagine at a position corresponding to the position 62 in an amino acid sequence corresponding to the sequence of the cellobiohydrolase shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.
US09605242B2
The invention relates to a method performed ex vivo for removal of tumor cells from intraoperatively collected blood salvage, to antibodies and scaffold proteins which mimic antibodies for use in said ex vivo method, to the use of said ex vivo method for removal of tumor cells from intraoperatively collected blood salvage followed by reintroducing the so obtained purified blood salvage or of concentrates of erythrocytes purified by said method to a patient from whom said intra-operatively collected blood was obtained, as well as to blood salvage or a concentrate of erythrocytes, both obtainable by said method for reinfusion to said patient.
US09605236B2
Caustic-free detergent compositions are provided. Detergent compositions including an aminocarboxylate, water conditioning agent, non-caustic source of alkalinity and water beneficially do not require the use of additional surfactants and/or polymers to provide suitable detergency and prevent scale build-up on treated surfaces and enhance protein removal from the treated surfaces. Beneficially the detergent compositions have a concentrate pH less than about 11.5. The detergent compositions are used with a sanitizer to employ the low alkaline detergent compositions are particularly suitable for use as low temperature ware wash detergents that beneficially reduce scale build-up. Methods of employing the low alkaline detergent compositions are also provided.
US09605232B2
The invention provides a water-soluble metal-working oil agent, including a component A and a component B, wherein the component A is a mineral oil which has a characteristic temperature, as measured in accordance with JIS K2242, of 570° C. or higher, and the component B is at least one condensed fatty acid which is selected from a condensed fatty acid (1), produced through dehydration condensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a condensed fatty acid (2), produced through dehydration condensation of an alcoholic hydroxyl group of the condensed fatty acid (1) with a monovalent carboxylic acid, which has a characteristic temperature, as measured in accordance with JIS K2242, of 650° C. or higher. The agent can provide excellent workability with a hard-to-work material and can prolong tool life.
US09605222B2
The present application provides a reactor for: converting feedstock material into gases; or disassociating or reforming a chemical compound; and/a a mixture to its constituent elements; and/to other chemical forms, and; finally a heating device. The reactor comprises a heating device for discharging an ionized gas into the reactor, a feedstock feeder for injecting the feedstock material into the reactor, and a shell forming a chamber that encloses a portion of the heating device and a portion of the feedstock feeder. The application also provides a method for converting hydrocarbon material into synthetic gases. The method comprises: providing the hydrocarbon material to a burner inserted into a reactor, a second step of supplying ionized gases into the reactor, and a third step of subjecting the burner to a flame of the ionized gases such that molecules of the hydrocarbon material are dissociated to forming synthetic gas.
US09605214B1
A method for separating and isolating catalyst particles from the hydrocarbon component of a cat slurry oil of a fluid catalytic cracking unit (hereinafter SOCFBs) by mixing a low boiling point solvent with a quantity of SOCFBs in a digester, allowing catalyst fines to settle the bottom of a hydrocarbon layer (comprised of slurry oil, solvent and any diluent used to retrieve the SOCFBs) in the digester, decanting the hydrocarbon layer from the digester, and evaporating the low boiling point solvent from the settled catalyst fines.
US09605202B2
The invention belongs to the field of luminescent materials. Disclosed are silicate luminescent materials doped with metal nano particles and preparation methods there for. The silicate luminescent materials doped with metal nano particles are represented by the chemical formula:MLn1-xSiO4:xRE,yA; wherein M is one or two elements selected from Li, Na and K; Ln is one or two elements selected from Y, Sc, La and Lu; A is a metal nano particle selected from Ag, Au, Pt, Pd and Cu; RE is one or two ions selected from Eu, Gd, Tb, Tm, Sm, Ce and Dy; 0
US09605201B2
A light emitting device can include a wavelength conversion member with a high light extraction efficiency and capable of achieving a light emitting device with high performance. The wavelength conversion member can include phosphor particles formed from a base material and an activator agent added thereto and having an irregular surface; a matrix material including a light-transmitting material, the matrix material being present between the phosphor particles; and additive particles formed from the base material and adhering to the irregular surface of the phosphor particle to form a particle structure having an irregular surface including a projected section and a recessed section. The difference between the projected section and the recessed section of the irregular surface of the particle structure is larger than the difference between a projected section and a recessed section of the irregular surface of the phosphor particle without the additive particles adhering thereto.
US09605193B2
A thermal interface material provides thermal conduction or thermal dissipation across an interface, using a three-dimensional interconnected porous graphene (3D-IPG) foam structure. The 3D-IPG foam structure is constructed of three-dimensional interconnected graphene sheets formed as a plurality of monolayers, and having an flexible interconnection architecture. The flexible interconnection architectures allow the 3D-IPG to maintain a high interfacial thermal conductance by the 3D-IPG filling a gap between a heat source and a heat sink across the interface, and by capping small features up to nanoscale roughened surfaces.
US09605190B2
Disclosed is an adhesive composition for hydrophobic or water-repellent substrate comprises an modified epoxy resin, a urethane resin, and a dilution solvent. The adhesive composition according to the present invention can be employed to be adhered the same or different materials or print pattern on a hydrophobic or water-repellent substrate.
US09605189B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided for forming an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive that constitutes an adhesive face. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an amino group-containing (meth)acrylate as its monomeric component. The amino group-containing (meth)acrylate accounts for 5% by mass or more of all monomeric components of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
US09605187B2
An adhesive composition that includes: one or more polyester polyether copolymers of formula I: wherein Nu is a predominately cyclic nucleus and RI is randomly selected from either a C2-6 alkylene or an amorphous, long-chain polyether subunit including a polyoxyalkylene group; one or more polyisocyanate prepolymers that includes the reaction product of: one or more polyols; and a polyfunctional isocyanate having a functionality of more than about 2; polymeric MDI; and a first aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic polymer tackifying resin having a softening point of equal to or greater than about 100° C.
US09605181B2
The present invention is directed towards an article suitable for attachment to facial skin or other surfaces, which comprises microfibrils and continuous microribbons. The article provides good sealing when used on a regular skin, and on a challenge skin surface with facial hair, sweat and acnes. The article also provides good adhesion and sealing on any other rough surfaces, and can be used repeatedly against different surfaces. These dry adhesives can be used for improving sealing of mask respirators, swimming goggles, or for other applications such as medical bandage, working gloves, and protective clothing seal.
US09605170B2
Provided is an ink set enabling the recording of images that have excellent color developability and bronzing resistance and have suppressed a coloring by fringe when a clear ink and a pigment ink are used in combination. An aqueous ink set includes a combination of a first ink containing no coloring material and a second ink containing a coloring material.
US09605167B2
The present invention relates to the field of heat sensitive optically variable inks and tamper indicating markings obtained thereof. The present invention relates to the field of irreversible changes in color and/or changes in structure upon a tampering attempt against articles or items comprising said tamper indicating markings through the use of temperature variation. In particular, the present invention provides optically variable ink compositions comprising a plurality of optically variable pigment particles and a plurality of thermally expandable spheres; tamper indicating marking comprising the optically variable ink compositions described herein; their uses as a proof of an illegal action as well as methods for detecting a tampering activity of a marking including the optically variable ink composition described herein.
US09605166B2
An emulsified aqueous ink comprising an electrorheological fluid including a liquid phase and a solid phase, and a co-solvent, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method.
US09605165B2
Mixture of triglycerides obtained from vegetable oils comprising one or more of the following oligomeric structures: R4-[O—C(O)—R1-C(O)—O—CH2-CH(OR2)-CH2]n-O—R3 wherein R1 is selected from C2-C22 alkylenes, R2 is selected from one or more of the following groups consisting of C6-C24 dicarboxylic acid residues and C6-C24 monocarboxylic acid residues, R3 is selected from one or more of the following groups consisting of H, C6-C24 dicarboxylic acid residues and C6-C24 monocarboxylic acid residues, R4 is an alkyl group, n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, said C6-C24 dicarboxylic acid residues of R2 and R3 being esterified with monoalcohols and said mixture of triglycerides having a Numerical Average Molecular Weight (Mn) of between 800 and 10.000 Da.
US09605164B2
Low solids coating compositions having polyurea rheology control agents, methods for making such coating compositions, and systems for making such coating compositions are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a coating composition with no more than 30 weight percent nonvolatile content includes a colorant, a polyurea rheology control agent comprising polyurea crystals and a moderating resin, a film forming binder resin, and a solvent.
US09605162B2
A corrosion inhibiting composition includes one or more of a plurality of carriers, each having a carrier body and an organic corrosion inhibitor, such that the carrier body encapsulates the organic corrosion inhibitor, and the carrier body is formed of a degradable material. Coatings and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal substrate are also described herein.
US09605157B2
A surface treatment method on a base material coated a surface with a carbon film includes: supplying at least any one of titanium, zirconium, niobium, vanadium, hafnium, tantalum, and tungsten to the carbon film; and heating the carbon film to 400° C. or more under an inert atmosphere, thereby forming a coating film on the base material.
US09605134B2
A composition is provided that comprises a perfluorinated tetrafluoroethene polymer containing from 0 to 1.0% by weight of comonomers. The composition further comprises fibers containing inorganic oxides selected from silica or alumina and combinations thereof. Further, the composition comprises particles containing inorganic oxides selected from silica and alumina and combinations thereof. Also provided are methods of making such compositions and articles prepared from such compositions.
US09605133B2
The present invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution capable of suppressing contamination by components other than polyvinyl alcohol to form a film that contains few air bubbles and is excellent in adhesion to a base material, and a laminated film formed of the polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution. The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution including polyvinyl alcohol, a surface tension regulator, and water, the surface tension regulator being at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyether silicone compound, a glycerol compound, a cyclic hydrocarbon compound, a propylene glycol compound, and a fatty acid ester compound, the polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution containing 500 to 10000 parts by weight of water based on 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol and having a surface tension of 45 to 72 mN/m.
US09605127B2
A process for recovering wastes of a polymeric composition including at least one peroxide-curable polymer and at least one peroxidic crosslinking agent, which includes compounding the wastes with at least one antioxidant agent suitable for sulfur-vulcanized elastomeric compositions, at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the at least one peroxide crosslinking agent. The compounding of the polymeric wastes with the antioxidant agent is carried out at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the peroxide crosslinking agent, so as to avoid any premature activation of the crosslinking agent. The process is particularly suitable for compositions based on elastomeric polyolefins, more preferably for elastomeric ethylene copolymers such as ethylene-propylene copolymers (EPR) and ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers (EPDM), which can be processed at relatively low temperatures, much lower than the decomposition temperatures of the most common peroxide crosslinking agents.
US09605124B2
A method for making an impact-absorptive material is introduced. The method involves mixing silicon dioxide (SiO2) particles, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and an appropriate amount of an additive, allowing the mixture to settle until tiny bubbles in the mixture are evenly distributed, thereby forming a colloidal solution raw material, adding a crosslinking agent to the colloidal solution raw material to form a colloidal solution plastic material, filling a die with the colloidal solution plastic material, heating the colloidal solution plastic material in the die such that it takes shape and forms an effective impact absorbing material, quickly and at low costs, for use in physical education, medicine, transportation, and safety-enhancing equipment.
US09605114B2
Optically sensitized binders which are energetic polyphosphazenes tailored at the molecular level to achieve enhanced absorption of electromagnetic radiation by having attached thereto a chromophore to absorb light and therefore ignite the binder in use.
US09605110B2
The epoxy resin curing agent of the present invention comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a hydroxyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US09605106B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyester polyol having a concentration of ether groups in the range from 9.0 mol/kg of polyester polyol to 22 mol/kg polyester polyol, characterized in that (i) in a first step (A) isophthalic acid, optionally in the form of a C1-C4 alkyl ester, and/or terephthalic acid, optionally in the form of a C1-C4 alkyl ester, is reacted with (B) oligoethylene glycol of the formula H—(OCH2CH2)n—OH having a numerical average number of oxyethylene groups n in the range from 3.0 to 9.0, in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group made up of tin(II) salts, bismuth(II) salts, and titanium tetraalkoxylates, at a temperature in the range from 160° C. to 240° C., and at a pressure in the range from 1 to 1013 mbar, for a duration in the range from 7 to 100 hours, and (ii) in a second step the reaction mixture resulting from step (i) is reacted with (C) phthalic acid and/or phthalic acid hydride, the polyester polyols obtained according to said method, and to the use thereof for producing PUR/PIR hard foam materials.
US09605102B2
A polymer consisting of a regio-regular polymer backbone basing on asymmetric fluorine-substituted 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units (FBT) having a Formula 1MP0: where. R1 is any alkyl group of 1-30 carbons; R2 is any alkyl group of 1-30 carbons; n is any number greater than 6; D is an aryl moiety.
US09605090B2
An activated clay for treating aromatic hydrocarbons, containing montmorillonite in an amount of not less than 34% by mass, having an SiO2/Al2O3 mol ratio in a range of 3.8 to 8.0, and desorbing ammonia in an amount in a range of 0.11 to 0.20 mmols/g as measured by the ammonia TPD method with the heat of adsorption in a range of 128 to 148 kJ/mol. The activated clay comprises an acid-treated product of smectite clay, imposes no limitation on the area where the starting clay is produced, and features long catalytic life free of dispersion in the properties.
US09605074B2
The technology described herein is directed to methods and compositions directed to the treatment of cancer, e.g. using multifunctional receptor targeted cancer therapeutics.
US09605071B2
The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser9lPhe substitution in the hA19 VH sequence.
US09605068B2
The invention relates to a method of determining feline or canine proBNP or fragments thereof for the diagnosis of heart disease, comprising the steps of providing a feline or canine sample, contacting the sample with at least one species-specific antibody for binding to at least one epitope of the respective species proBNP, determining the concentration of at least one fragment of proBNP, and diagnosing the animal with heart disease if the concentration is elevated compared to healthy subjects.
US09605065B2
The present invention relates to anti-IL13 antibodies that bind specifically and with high affinity to both glycosylated and non-glycosylated human IL13, does not bind mouse IL13, and neutralize human IL13 activity at an approximate molar ratio of 1:2 (MAb:IL13). The invention also relates to the use of these antibodies in the treatment of IL13-mediated diseases, such as allergic disease, including asthma, allergic asthma, non-allergic (intrinsic) asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, eczema, urticaria, food allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcerative colitis, RSV infection, uveitis, scleroderma, and osteoporosis.
US09605055B2
Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CD100, including certain autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancers. In particular, anti-CD100 monoclonal antibodies have been developed to neutralize CD100.
US09605046B2
The present invention provides novel PAR 1 derived cytoprotective oligopeptides or polypeptides which typically contain at least the first 4 N-terminal residues that are substantially identical to the corresponding N-terminal residues of Met1-Arg46 deleted human PAR 1 sequence. These cytoprotective oligopeptides or polypeptides are capable of activating PAR 1 and promoting PAR 1 cytoprotective signaling activities. The invention also provides engineered cells or transgenic non-human animals which harbor in their genome an altered PAR 1 gene that is resistant to cleavage at Arg41 and/or Arg46 residues. Additionally provided in the invention are methods of screening candidate compounds to identity additional cytoprotective compounds or cytoprotective proteases. The invention further provides therapeutic use or methods of employing a PAR 1 derived cytoprotective oligopeptide or polypeptide to treat conditions associated with tissue injuries or undesired apoptosis.
US09605040B2
Nutritive proteins are provided. In some embodiments the nutritive proteins comprise at least one of a level of a) a ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in whey protein; b) a ratio of leucine residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of leucine residues to total amino acid residues present in whey protein; and c) a ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in whey protein. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the proteins, recombinant microorganisms that make the proteins, methods of making the proteins using recombinant microorganisms, compositions that comprise the proteins, and methods of using the proteins, among other things.
US09605039B2
Disclosed herein are proteins that include an immunoglobulin fold and that can be used as scaffolds. Also disclosed herein are nucleic acids encoding such proteins and the use of such proteins in diagnostic methods and in methods for evolving novel compound-binding species and their ligands.
US09605037B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09605034B2
Provided are compositions are methods for discovery of new materials and interactions under extreme environmental conditions such as elevated temperatures at or in excess of 60° C. A synthetic thermostable protein is provided that is linked to a target peptide. A library of target peptides may be linked to a plurality of the thermostable proteins for expression on the cell surface of a thermophilic organism. The composition employs a modified form of the T. thermophilus TtoA protein that has a non-naturally occurring N-terminus for associating with a target peptide thereby expressing the target peptide on the outer cell membrane where the thermophilic protein is stable at high temperatures for discovery of materials useful in extreme environments or for us in study conditions that require or suffer under elevated temperatures.
US09605032B2
The present invention concerns gp19 immunoreactive compositions for E. canis and compositions related thereto, including vaccines, antibodies, polypeptides, peptides, and polynucleotides. In particular, epitopes for E. canis gp19 are disclosed.
US09605027B2
The present invention relates to novel linear and cyclic polypeptides that bind to IL-23 receptor and inhibit the binding of IL-23 to its corresponding receptor and cell signaling thereof. The novel polypeptides of the present invention has a core structure of WX1X2X3W, where W is tryptophan, and X1, X2 and X3 are amino acids, with the proviso that when one of X1, X2 or X3 is W, the remaining two of X1, X2 or X3 cannot be W. Preferred core structures include WVDYW or WQDYW. The present invention relates a composition containing the novel polypeptides (linear or cyclic), and use of same in inhibiting cell functions including production of IL-22 and IL-17F from immune cells as well as in treating IL-23 associated human diseases including, for example, inflammatory bowel diseases, psoriasis and Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and multiple sclerosis.
US09605023B2
The present invention provides an application of an SP peptide or a derivative thereof in preparing medicines for preventing or treating asthma. The peptide or the derivative thereof is the SP peptide shown in Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. The present invention also provides a method for treating asthma, the method comprises: administering to a patient with medicine containing the peptide or the derivative thereof with an effective therapeutic dosage. It proves through researches of the present invention that, the peptide or the derivative thereof can effectively alleviate pathological symptoms of asthma, especially pathological symptoms of allergic asthma. In the formula (I), Xaa1 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu or Ile; Xaa2 is Thr or Ser; Xaa3 is Tyr, Phe or Trp; and Xaa4 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu, Ile or Pro. Xaa1-Gln-Xaa2-Xaa3-Thr-Ser-Gly-Xaa4 (Formula I)
US09605020B2
A method for producing a dipeptide that has a protected N-terminal and is represented by formula (1) or a salt of the dipeptide, said method comprising condensing an α-monosubstituted amino acid that has a protected N-terminal and is represented by formula (2) or glycine or a salt thereof with a disubstituted amino acid that is represented by formula (3) or a salt thereof in the presence of a condensing agent [in each of the formulae, substituents are as defined in the description or the like].
US09605008B2
The present application relates to novel benzyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09605002B2
The invention provides a series of 5,5-heteroaromatic compounds, syntheses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of using such compounds and compositions. Various embodiments provide methods of killing and/or inhibiting the growth of M. tuberculosis and/or M. avium, and methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating M. tuberculosis and/or M. avium infections in a subject. In various embodiments, the 5,5-heteroaromatic compound is N-(4-(4-chlorophenoxy)benzyl)-2,6-dimethylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxamide.
US09604999B2
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
US09604984B2
Compounds of Formula (00A) and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
US09604981B2
The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives of formula (Ia) which activate the IP receptor. Activating the IP receptor signaling pathway is useful to treat many forms of PAH, pulmonary fibrosis and exert beneficial effects in fibrotic conditions of various organs in animal models and in patients. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
US09604977B2
Compounds having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, A, E and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) 4 and/or 5 inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and cancer.
US09604950B2
The invention is directed to methods of inducing apoptosis, arresting cell cycle, or inhibiting cellular proliferation, or any combination thereof, in a tumor cell, by administration of an effective amount of an N-acyl homoserine lactone analog (AHL), optionally in conjunction with a tumor modulating agent such tumor necrosis factor (TNF) related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) to the patient. Novel bioactive analogs of an N-acyl homoserine lactone are also provided.
US09604948B2
The present application relates to a novel and efficient process for preparing novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines of the formula (VI) which are suitable as an intermediate for production of medicaments and for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders. More particularly, the 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines of the formula (VI) are suitable for preparation of the compound of the formula (I) which serves for production of medicaments, for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09604936B2
The present invention provides a salt form, and compositions thereof, useful as an inhibitor of one or more protein kinases and which exhibits desirable characteristics for the same.
US09604935B2
The present invention relates to a deuterated phenyl amino pyrimidine compound and pharmaceutical composition containing the same. Specifically provided are a deuterated phenyl amino pyrimidine compound as represented by formula (I), and pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, or polymorph, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof. The compound of the present invention can treat and/or prevent JAK kinase-related diseases, such as bone marrow proliferative disease, cancer, immunologic diseases and the like.
US09604934B2
The present invention relates to urea hydantoin compounds, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the FPR2 receptor, and to methods of treating inflammatory diseases or conditions in a subject in need thereof by administering the compound(s) or pharmaceutical composition to the subject.
US09604914B2
This invention relates to novel processes for synthesizing N-(4-cyclohexyl-3-trifluoromethyl-benzyloxy)-acetimidic acid ethyl ester and to the compound of formula I below and other intermediates that are used in such processes.
US09604911B2
Process for the industrial synthesis of the compound of formula (I):
US09604903B2
A process of metathesizing a feedstock in the presence of a metathesis catalyst and at least one catalyst enhancer. The catalyst enhancer can be selected from a sacrificial catalyst or a non-catalyst enhancer. The process exhibits improved reaction times and/or the metathesis catalyst can be used at very low concentrations.
US09604902B2
A method of making 2-octyl acrylate comprising reacting 2-octanol with acrylic acid in the presence of an acid catalyst and added water is described. The 2-octanol may be derived from renewable resources, such as castor oil. The method is efficient and provides selectivity for 2-octyl acrylate.
US09604900B2
The present invention relates to aromatic carbocycle or heterocycle compounds comprising an acid function and being of formula (5), wherein W, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, R1, R3, R4, R7, R9, R11, a, c, e, and g are as described in the description; and the use of such compounds in the treatment or the prevention of viral disorders, including HIV.
US09604893B2
A method for protecting a phenol group on a precursor compound is provided. The method includes reacting the phenol group with dihydropyran in an acid catalyzed protection reaction and quenching the protection reaction with a strong base within less than about 60 seconds to form a protected precursor compound.
US09604891B2
As shown by the following reaction formula, disclosed is a fluorine-containing hydroxyaldehyde production method, including the step of obtaining a fluorine-containing hydroxyaldehyde represented by the general formula (1) by reacting a fluorine-containing ketone represented by the general formula (4) and an aldehyde represented by the general formula (5) in the presence of an organic base selected from a heterocyclic compound which contains a nitrogen atom in its ring or a tertiary amine. By this production method, it is possible to obtain the fluorine-containing hydroxyaldehyde in a high yield. Furthermore, it is possible to easily obtain in high yields a fluorine-containing propanediol, which is a derivative of this fluorine-containing hydroxyaldehyde, and a fluorine-containing alcohol monomer by using the same.
US09604888B2
Method of producing ethylene and, optionally, propylene by subjecting a feedstock to steam cracking to produce a first olefin containing stream; heating an ethanol containing stream with heat from a steam cracker; passing the heated ethanol containing stream over a dehydration catalyst at a temperature between 200 C to 500 C preferably 250 C to 450 C to produce a second olefin containing stream; and combining the first and second olefin containing streams to give an initial product stream containing ethylene and optionally propylene. The initial product stream is subjected to purification including at least i) water content reduction ii) hydrogen content reduction iii) reduction of content of molecules containing 4 or more carbon atoms and iv) ethane content reduction.
US09604875B2
Temperable and non-temperable coatings are provided which have similar optical characteristics. The non-temperable coating is placed on glass that is not to be tempered and provides certain optical characteristics. The temperable coating is placed on a glass substrate and the coated substrate is then tempered. After tempering, the coated tempered glass sheet and the coated non-tempered glass sheet have similar optical characteristics. Both coatings have a plurality of metal layers, with at least one of the metallic layers being a discontinuous layer with a primer layer over the discontinuous metal layer. For the non-temperable coating, the discontinuous metal layer has an effective thickness in the range of 1.5 nm to 1.7 nm. For the temperable coating, the discontinuous metal layer has an effective thickness in the range of 1.7 nm to 1.8 nm. The primer layer of the temperable coating is thinner than the primer layer of the non-temperable coating.
US09604874B2
Disclosed herein are glasses that are capable of forming nepheline crystal phases when exposed to light, photoformable glass-ceramics comprising at least one nepheline crystal phase, products containing such glasses and glass ceramics, and methods for making the same.
US09604871B2
The invention relates to glass articles suitable for use as electronic device housing/cover glass which comprise a glass ceramic material. Particularly, a cover glass comprising an ion-exchanged glass ceramic exhibiting the following attributes (1) optical transparency, as defined by greater than 90% transmission at 400-750 nm; (2) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (3) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (4) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (5) a Young's Modulus ranging between about 50 to 100 GPa; (6) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C., and (7) and at least one of the following attributes: (i) a compressive surface layer having a depth of layer (DOL) greater and a compressive stress greater than 400 MPa, or, (ii) a central tension of more than 20 MPa.
US09604865B2
A process for producing a base material for disks including forming a raw slurry material into a platy shape and drying the plate, the raw slurry material containing inorganic fibers which have a wet volume of about 300 mL/5 g or larger and which are amorphous or have a degree of crystallinity of about 50% or lower.
US09604864B2
The method include (a) compressing the feed water at a low pressure; (b) filtering the feed water; (c) compressing the filtered water stream at a medium pressure; (d) supplying the filtered water stream, compressed at a medium pressure, in the liquid phase of an instant expansion tank; (e) in the tank, heating the stream of step (d) by mixing with the recycled stream (h); (f) compressing again at a high pressure the liquid fraction in the tank and supplying it to the heat exchanger inlet; (g) heating the liquid fraction in the exchanger while maintaining the liquid fraction in the liquid state; (h) recycling the fraction from the step (g) in the tank; and (i) expanding the stream of the step (h) in the expansion tank, generating by instant expansion the searched steam; and (j) separating the solid particles formed as a second blowdown containing water and the particles.
US09604863B2
A pressure cycling wastewater treatment apparatus can include a confined chamber which encloses an interior volume. The confined chamber can have a wastewater inlet through which wastewater can flow into the confined chamber. In addition, an expansion fluid inlet can receive an expansion fluid into the confined chamber. A treated water outlet can allow treated water to flow out of the confined chamber. Within the interior volume of the confined chamber, a mechanical pressurizing element can be configured to move in a cyclical pattern. Motion of the mechanical pressurizing element can cyclically compress and decompress a mixture of wastewater and expansion fluid inside the confined chamber. The motion of the mechanical pressurizing element can be driven by a driving unit connected to the mechanical pressurizing element through a crankshaft.
US09604859B2
In the present invention nanotubes-based dye-adsorbent powder is used for adsorption and decomposition of synthetic dye under dark-condition without the use of any external power-source such as the applied potential-difference, microwave, ultrasonicator, and others to save the energy consumption, which results in a complete dye-decomposition on the powder-surface. The surface-cleaned dye-adsorbent powder has very high specific surface-area and dye-adsorption capacity comparable with those of the original dye-adsorbent powder and can be recycled for the next cycles of dye-adsorption and dye-decomposition under the dark-condition. In the present method, the nanotubes-based dye-adsorbent powder is stirred under the dark-condition in an aqueous dye solution containing a strong oxidizer to get simultaneous dye-adsorption and dye-decomposition on the powder-surface, or getting dye adsorption in one solution and dye decomposition in a separate solution by said adsorbent powder under dark condition.
US09604854B2
Nanoplatelet forms of metal hydroxide and metal oxide are provided, as well as methods for preparing same. The nanoplatelets are suitable for use as fire retardants and as agents for chemical or biological decontamination.
US09604851B2
Provided are a method of manufacturing a high silica zeolite using a recovered silica filtrate, and a high silica zeolite manufactured according to the method. To this end, the present invention provides the method of manufacturing the high silica zeolite using the recovered silica filtrate, including manufacturing a solated agglomerated silica from the silica filtrate including a metal salt (step 1); filtering and washing the solated agglomerated silica of step 1 to manufacture a silica cake from which the metal salt is removed (step 2); peptizing the silica cake to manufacture a silica sol (step 3); and manufacturing the high silica zeolite using the silica sol manufactured in step 3 as a silica source (step 4). Further, the present invention provides a high silica zeolite manufactured from a recovered silica filtrate through the manufacturing method and having a Si/Al mole ratio of 5 or more. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a process of manufacturing a high silica zeolite, in which economic feasibility, a manufacturing cost, and a manufacturing time of process steps are reduced, by reusing a recovered silica filtrate to manufacture the zeolite.
US09604849B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of capturing a gas from an environment by associating the environment (e.g., a pressurized environment) with a porous carbon material that comprises a plurality of pores and a plurality of nucleophilic moieties. In some embodiments, the associating results in sorption of gas components (e.g., CO2 or H2S) to the porous carbon materials. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of releasing captured gas components from porous carbon materials. In some embodiments, the releasing occurs without any heating steps by decreasing environmental pressure. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of disposing released gas components and reusing porous carbon materials. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to porous carbon materials that are used for gas capture.
US09604831B2
A stabilizer apparatus operable with a jack device that includes a jack device base and a vertical member is provided. The stabilizer apparatus includes a stabilization base, which has a surface area greater than the surface area of the jack device base. The stabilizer apparatus stabilization base also includes a receiver section that is configured to removably receive the base of the jack device and couple the jack device to the stabilizer apparatus. The stabilizer apparatus further includes a stabilizing system configured to counteract a side load applied to a lifting end of the jack device while the jack device supports a load during a lifting operation. Related methods and systems are also provided.
US09604825B2
The hoist comprises a crosspiece, an insertion portion, and two folding members. The insertion portion may be inserted into a receiver. The folding members are each positioned near opposite ends of the crosspiece and are pivotally coupled to the crosspiece such that each folding member may be pivoted upward and towards each other. The folding members may be lengthened and shortened. When in a folded position, the folding members are retracted and turned inward so that each folding member aligns parallel to the crosspiece. When in the extended working position, a chain is coupled to a top portion of a vertical extension member to the coupling member such that the folding members are in an upright, lifting position. A winch cable extending from the crosspiece and through a pulley positioned near the coupling member is adapted for lifting an object.
US09604824B2
The invention provides a clamp and trolley system for moveably attaching a power cable, hose or tube (104) of a lifting apparatus to a guiding cable or track, the clamp 100) comprising: a first clamp component (102) having a first engagement surface (106,116) adapted to engage with the power cable, hose or tube (104); and a second clamp component (114) having a second engagement surface (132,133) adapted to engage with the power cable, hose or tube, the second clamp component (114) being pivotally attachable to the first clamp component and rigidly fastenable to it in a range of relative orientations; wherein the first and second engagement surfaces (106,116;132,233) are shaped so as to clamp the power cable, hose or tube (104) between the first (102) and second (114) clamp components as the second clamp component (124) is pivoted towards a more closed orientation.
US09604822B2
An elevator includes at least one elevator car driving in an elevator shaft driven by an elevator drive. The elevator car has at least one car door and a door sill at the bottom of the car door, which door sill includes at least one groove, in which the car door is guided, in which groove at least one trash hole is located to prevent trash from accumulating in the groove, whereby the elevator car further includes a toe guard which extends downwards from the door sill. The trash hole is connected with a first upper end of an air channel extending downwards from the door sill and includes at least one channel portion extending with a direction component in a horizontal direction and/or having an opening directed sideward, which air channel is connected with the toe guard. The elevator leads to a reduced noise generation in the region of the door sill, particularly in elevator cars traveling with a high speed.
US09604821B2
A traction sheave elevator includes a drive machine having an output shaft which is connected to the traction sheave via an endless drive member. An encoder is provided in connection with the traction sheave, and a motor speed detection device is provided. A monitoring unit is provided to which the output signal of the encoder and a speed signal of the motor speed detection device are fed. The monitoring unit includes a comparator which compares the output signal of the encoder with the speed signal of the motor speed detection device, and the monitoring unit initiates an emergency action if the result of the comparison exceeds a threshold value. The solution improves the safety in belt driven traction sheave elevators, particularly if only one belt is used for the transmission between drive machine and traction sheave.
US09604813B1
A sheet transport apparatus includes a first belt having a first pattern of first vacuum holes, and a second belt having a second pattern of second vacuum holes. The first belt is positioned on and contacts the second belt. The first belt contacts sheets to be transported. When transporting the sheets on the first belt separated by spaces between the sheets, the first pulleys and second pulleys rotate together and the first belt and the second belt move together. When not transporting the sheets, a controller controls pulleys to move the first belt relative to the second belt so as to leave blocked-hole regions of the first belt where the spaces between the sheets are located. The blocked-hole regions are locations of the first belt where the first vacuum holes are unaligned with the second vacuum holes and the first vacuum holes are blocked by the second belt.
US09604812B2
A temporary holding section includes bridge portions that span along a shaft direction across respective groove portions of a drum at plural discrete locations around the drum circumferential direction. The temporary holding section can accordingly prevent an outer tape and an inner tape from slipping off into the groove portions, enabling damage to the tapes to be forestalled. The temporary holding section can also precisely determine the presence or absence of a banknote by shining a drum detection light toward the groove portions so as to pass through opening hole portions.
US09604803B2
A push-pull latch assembly for a detachable media pick mechanism. The latch assembly comprises a handle that is slidably and axially insertable into a handle base which is mounted to the pick mechanism housing. The handle base includes a pair of cantilevered, opposed latched arms having opposed catches for engagement with a groove positioned inboard a free end of a cantilevered drive shaft for the pick mechanism. The handle includes triangular rails having inner and outer ramps used to separate the opposed latch arms. The outer ramp separates the latch arms when the handle is inserted into the handle base. The inner ramp separates the latch arms during removal of the pick mechanism from the drive shaft. An axial pushing force engages the latch assembly to the groove and an axial pulling force disengages the latch assembly from the groove allowing for pick assembly removal.
US09604799B2
A sealing assembly for a dock leveler comprises two side restraints mounted on a loading dock along respective left and right sides of the vertical face of the dock leveler. A bottom restraint is mounted on the loading dock below the vertical face of the dock leveler. A mat is removably insertable between the side restraints. The mat is sized to allow left and right edges of the mat to engage the side restraints when inserted therebetween. The mat is foldable to define a vertical portion that covers the vertical face of the dock leveler and a horizontal portion that covers at least part of the horizontal face of the dock leveler. The mat substantially restricts airflow into and out of the loading dock through the gaps when the vertical portion of the mat is inserted between the side restraints such that a bottom edge of the vertical portion of the mat engages the bottom restraint, and the loading dock door closes atop of the horizontal portion of the mat.
US09604793B2
Apparatus and methods for conveying granular plastic resin from a supply to receivers that retain and dispense the resin when needed by process machine include a vacuum pump, an air flow limiter connected to the suction head of the vacuum pump, a first conduit connecting the receivers to the air flow limiter, and a second conduit connecting the resin supply to the receivers.
US09604792B2
The invention relates to a device for transferring products from a feeder conveyor belt (10) to a discharge conveyor belt (12), comprising a linear motor having conveyor elements (14) which are movably guided on a guide and have grippers (18) for the temporary accommodation of products (20). The guide is designed as a linear guide section (13), and the conveyor elements (14) can be moved back and forth on the guide section (13) for picking up and putting down the products (20). When products (20) are conveyed consecutively in a row in the conveying direction (z) of the feeder conveyor belt (10), the feeder conveyor belt (10), the discharge conveyor belt (12) and the guide section (13) are arranged in parallel next to one another, at least in one lateral overlapping area. When products (20) are conveyed side-by-side in rows in the conveying direction (z) of the feeder conveyor belt (10), the feeder conveyor belt (10) is arranged perpendicular to the discharge conveyor belt (12), and the discharge conveyor belt (12) and the guide section (13) are arranged in parallel to one another and are arranged side-by-side with the feeder conveyor belt (10) at least in a lateral overlapping area.
US09604788B2
A spiral conveyor belt system generally includes a rotatable cage, a first drive mechanism for rotating the cage about an axis in a first direction, an endless conveyor belt supported by the cage and a rotatable free wheel. The cage drives the conveyor belt along a helical path in a first direction and the rotatable free wheel rotates about an axis in a second direction opposite the first direction for guiding the endless conveyor belt from the cage along a return path and back to the cage. A second drive mechanism is preferably provided for rotating the free wheel.
US09604783B2
A system is provided for maintaining a minimum separation between a first pallet positioned on a first rack and a second pallet positioned on a second rack. The system comprises a double back stop that includes a first back stop attached to the first rack to prevent lateral movement of the first pallet beyond the first back stop. The double back stop also includes a second back stop attached to the second rack to prevent lateral movement of the second pallet beyond the second back stop. A minimum distance is maintained between the first and second backstops such that the minimum separation is maintained. The double back stop also includes a middle section to connect the first back stop to the second back stop. Methods are also provided for forming the double back stop and for maintaining the minimum separation between the first pallet and the second pallet.
US09604774B2
Agriculturally active products are disclosed that are used to eliminate or otherwise control pests.
US09604772B2
A container for radioactive inventory has an end wall, a side wall, and a container lid that form a closed chamber for the radioactive inventory. A plastically deformable layer is provided between the container lid and the inventory and is of such a composition that, in the event of an impact of the inventory against the container lid, at least a majority of the impact forces are uniformly distributable over at least a majority of a surface of the plastically deformable layer.
US09604771B1
A tool holder contains: a connector and a fixer. The connector includes at least one body, and each body has a first side plate and a second side plate. The connector also includes a fixing mount connecting with the first side plate and the second side plate. The first side plate has a first fitting portion, and the second side plate has a second fitting portion. The first fitting portion and the second fitting portion define a fitting zone, and the first side plate further has a first locking projection. Among the first side plate, the second side plate and the fixing mount is defined a cavity. The fixer is housed in the cavity of the connector to limit the first side plate and the second side plate to drive the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion to deform.
US09604765B2
A cap device and methods for use with a container are provided. The cap device can include a piercer cover and a shell for comprising a composition. The piercer cover has one or more side walls comprising one or more piercers attached to the top wall and disposed toward the bottom portion of the piercer cover for breaking a film covering the bottom portion of the shell.
US09604763B2
A lid for a transit case includes alignment features such as protuberances and alignment guides that cooperate to permit multiple lids to be stacked in a stable configuration and in a space efficient manner one on top of another. The lids may take the form of deep-profile lids and low-profile lids. In addition, the lids may include features for receiving and securing extra latch assemblies or other hardware on an interior surface of the lid.
US09604762B2
A plug structure for taking out liquid from a container includes a plug body press-fitted into a container inlet port. The plug body is resiliently deformable with a lower portion being formed into a ring shape and being provided with slits in an axial direction. The plug structure includes a locking claw on an outer peripheral surface of the plug body, which projects toward an inner wall surface of the container inlet port. The locking claw has a minimum diameter substantially the same as or smaller than the inner diameter of the container inlet port. The locking claw has a maximum diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the container inlet port. The plug structure includes a valve operating portion that presses a valve on a socket connected to the plug body. The valve operating portion is provided on an upper end inlet port of the siphon tube.
US09604759B2
A pouch container is provided with sack-like portions provided respectively to upper parts of the front-surface sheet and the rear-surface sheet.
US09604752B2
The present invention relates to a box with lid which allows easy access to and removal of the product contained at the bottom or bottoms of the box, said box comprising at least one body (1) provided with cutting and folding lines demarcating a first central sector (10) forming the bottom of the body (1), and a pair of end sectors (11) corresponding to the larger sides of the body (1); further comprising a lid (2) also provided with cutting and folding lines demarcating a second central sector (3) forming the upper surface of the lid (2), and a pair of side sectors (4) corresponding to the larger sides of the lid (2), said second central sector (3) having a transverse perforated line (7) and two side perforated lines (8) to allow opening the entire lid (2) or part thereof.
US09604744B2
Improved product handling and transfer apparatus includes rotatable product buckets for receiving product and re-orienting product for packaging in diverse configurations or containers. Buckets preferably include channels spanned by deposited product or receiving product therein, with bucket turning as appropriate to a packaging configuration. Flat bottom buckets and methods are disclosed.
US09604743B2
An apparatus for producing a container pack includes a linear transporter, applicator elements, and head guides. The linear transporter has first, second, and third sections. Transport surfaces run parallel to one another in said first section, are oriented at an angle to one another in said second section, and again run parallel to one another in said third section. The second section comprises applicator elements having transversely displaceable and rotatable head guides for single-container transport along said three sections. The apparatus is configured to bring containers together in said third section to form said pack and to transport said pack towards a discharge side.
US09604742B2
Provided is a method for packing a cable having a static friction coefficient of 0.15 or more and 0.50 or less, a dynamic friction coefficient of 0.10 or more and 0.40 or less and a bending rigidity of 60 gf or more and 350 gf or less. The method includes the steps of: (1) winding the cable into a figure-of-eight shape to form a cylindrical cable bundle, (2) winding a wrapping film as a restraining member, which restrains the cable bundle, around an outer circumferential portion of the cable bundle, (3) winding a wrapping film as a closing member which closes openings on both ends of the cable bundle, and (4) housing the cable bundle being wound with the restraining member and the closing member in a housing container.
US09604731B2
The disclosure herein relates to a measurement system to measure characteristics of the velocity vector of an aircraft in relation to a surrounding air mass, the measurement system comprising—a frontal surface of the aircraft, two primary sensors, each being fixed to the frontal surface of the aircraft and able to deliver an output value relating to the deformation experienced by the sensor, and a processing unit able to receive the output values and able to calculate the angle of attack and/or the velocity of the aircraft on the basis of these output values.
US09604729B2
An aircraft control system includes a co-axial, counter-rotating propeller shaft assembly. Also included is a first rotor operatively coupled to the propeller shaft assembly, the first rotor having a first plurality of blades mounted thereto, wherein the first plurality of blades are disposed at a substantially identical nominal pitch during rotation of the first rotor. Further included is a second rotor operatively coupled to the propeller shaft assembly, the second rotor having a second plurality of blades mounted thereto, wherein a pitch of the second plurality of blades is configured to cyclically change during rotation of the second rotor.
US09604723B2
Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to provide sensor data and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environment type for the environment; select a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight mode is associated with a different set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the environment while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode.
US09604721B2
The instant invention provides cross-linkable coating compositions, process for producing the same, and substrates coated therewith. The cross-linkable coating composition comprises: (a) polyaldehyde, or acetal or hemiacetal thereof; (b) an acid catalyst having pKa of less than 6; (c) a liquid media; (d) an acrylic polycarbamate comprising at least an average of 2.0 carbamate functional groups, wherein said polycarbamate has a glass transition (Tg) of less than 25° C.; and (e) one or more fillers having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9 and/or one or more pigments having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9, and/or one or more additives having a pH in the range of equal to or less than 9, wherein said composition has a curing temperature in the range of less than 70° C.
US09604719B2
A device for lateral control of an aircraft includes a calculating unit for automatically applying, if conditions for turning of the aircraft are met, a symmetrical braking value at a brake assembly. Subsequently, in the course of the turn, the device automatically distributes this symmetrical braking value in differential braking between a braking device of the left main landing gear and a braking device of the right main landing gear of the aircraft. Distribution of the symmetrical breaking is performed as a function of current directional command orders in such a way as to maintain a constant overall braking level for, at least for directional command orders below a predetermined threshold.
US09604701B2
A marine seismic surveying apparatus for obstructed waters includes a deployed device and a buoy. The deployed device is disposed at an end of a streamer and is towed below a surface of water. The buoy extends from the end of the streamer to the water's surface. A coupling connects the buoy to the end of the streamer and is breakable due to tension from the buoy obstructed at the surface of the water. A receiver associated with the buoy obtains location information via the buoy at the water's surface. The deployed device can reckon its location with an inertial navigation system in place of location information obtained with the buoy's receiver. Also, the buoy can be deployed at the surface of the water, and more than one buoy can be available for deployment should one be lost.
US09604698B2
A bicycle cogset comprises a sprocket base, a first sprocket, and a second sprocket. A periphery of the sprocket base is provided with a plurality of connecting arms, and each of the connecting arms is provided with at least one first and one second connection hole respectively. The first sprocket has a first outer portion and a first inner portion, the first outer portion provided with a plurality of first teeth, the first inner portion provided with a plurality of first insertion members, and the first insertion members disposed in the first connection holes. The second sprocket has a second outer portion and a second inner portion, the second outer portion provided with a plurality of second teeth, the second inner portion provided with a plurality of second insertion members, and the second insertion members disposed in the second connection holes.
US09604697B2
A mobility vehicle includes a personal mobility vehicle having at least one wheel body and a power-assisting system. The power-assisting system includes an actuation unit, a sensing unit and a signal processing unit. The actuation unit has a motor and a power amplifier geared with the motor. The sensing unit includes a motor rotation speed sensor, a multi-axis accelerometer and a multi-axis gyroscope, so as to sense the velocity, acceleration and the absolute angular velocity of the mobility vehicle in motion in real time. The signal processing unit is connected to the actuation unit and the sensing unit, so as to process the signals of the sensing unit. Then, the actuation unit performs inertia compensation, damping compensation and gravity compensation to the mobility vehicle through a dynamic signal-conditioning algorithm. When the mobility vehicle is actuated by human-power, the power-assisting system assists the power automatically to save human labor.
US09604693B2
A method and apparatus for an adjustable suspension system for a vehicle comprises at least one strut. In one embodiment, the stanchion (or slider) is non-uniform with a major and minor circumferential stiffness and is adjustable relative to a fore and aft axis of the vehicle in order to provide a differing amount of stiffness relative thereto. In another embodiment, a portion of the stanchion is circular and a reinforcement is annularly disposed therearound with axial retention formations, The reinforcement has a non-uniform circumferential characteristic and is rotatable relative to the fore/aft axis of the vehicle.
US09604691B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operated member. The operated member is configured to be movable relative to the base member from a rest position to a first operated position along a first path such that an operation cable is pulled relative to the base member by a first amount of movement in a cable operating direction. The operated member is configured to be movable relative to the base member from the rest position to a second operated position along a second path such that the operation cable is pulled relative to the base member by a second amount of movement in the cable operating direction. The second path is at least partially different from the first path. The second amount of movement is different from the first amount of movement.
US09604687B2
At least a portion of a detecting portion of a front wheel rotation speed detector is supported on one front telescopic element of a shock absorbing device and is positioned in, as viewed in the direction of a wheel axis, an area defined by a front imaginary line which passes a front end of the shock absorbing device and which is parallel to a steering axis and a rear imaginary line which passes a rear end of the shock absorbing device and which is parallel to the steering axis in a perpendicular or substantially perpendicular direction to the wheel axis and the steering axis, an area located inwards of an outer shape of a wheel, and an area which is located outside an area defined between the front and rear telescopic elements.
US09604682B2
A track system for use as a wheel replacement on typically wheeled vehicle is disclosed. The track system comprises a drive wheel configured to be mounted to the vehicle, a support frame, front and rear idler wheels respectively pivotally mounted at the front and at the rear of the support frame, road wheels pivotally mounted along the support frame between the front and read idler wheels, and an endless track mounted about the wheels. The position of the front and/or rear idler wheels is adjustable in order to modify the overall shape of the perimeter of the track system generally defined by the endless track, thereby changing the riding behavior of the track system. A method to change the position of the adjustable idler wheels is also disclosed.
US09604680B2
Left and right front flanges are provided respectively in left and right front legs in a center frame. Left and right rear flanges are provided respectively in left and right rear legs in the center frame. Left and right front leg mounting members, and left and right rear leg mounting members, which protrude toward the center frame are provided respectively in left and right side frames. The respective front flanges are placed on the respective front leg mounting members, which are respectively fastened by bolts inserted therebetween in the upper-lower direction. The respective rear flanges are placed on the respective rear leg mounting members, which are respectively fastened by bolts inserted therebetween in the upper-lower direction.
US09604671B2
An underbody structure for a vehicle cargo bed is provided. The underbody structure includes a front cross member defining a forward end of the underbody structure, a rear cross member defining an opposite rearward end of the underbody structure, a first side member coupled between the front cross member and the rear cross member, and a second opposite side member coupled between the front cross member and the rear cross member. The underbody structure includes a center cross member coupled between the first and second side members, a first angled cross member oriented at a predetermined acute angle relative to the rear cross member, and a second angled cross member oriented at a predetermined acute angle relative to the rear cross member, where the first and second angled cross members are configured to match a load distribution of the vehicle cargo bed.
US09604668B2
The present disclosure is directed to a control system for a machine having first and second traction devices and a cabin. The control system has a first actuator driving the first traction device and a first interface device to generate a first input indicating a desired movement of the first actuator. The control system also has a second actuator driving the second traction device and a second interface device to generate a second input indicating a desired movement of the second actuator. The control system has a controller that causes the first actuator to operate according to the first input and the second actuator to operate according to the second input when the cabin faces a first direction. The controller also causes the first actuator to operate according to the second input and the second actuator to operate according to the first input when the cabin faces a second direction.
US09604667B2
A method of detecting a deviation of a travel path of a vehicle, may include a first step of determining whether a steering torque of a driver and a motor torque of a motor driven power steering apparatus have different directions, a second step of determining whether the vehicle travels at a predetermined speed or higher, a third step of determining whether the motor torque has a predetermined magnitude or larger, and a fourth step of determining whether a change rate of a yaw rate may be a predetermined value or less.
US09604663B2
A steering system includes: an upper bracket that supports a column jacket so that the column jacket is pivotable about a central shaft; a pair of first tooth rows that are supported by the upper bracket and are arranged side by side in an axial direction; and a tooth member that is pivotable together with the column jacket and is movable in a right-and-left direction. The tooth member has second teeth that are formed in two locations spaced apart from each other in the axial direction and that can mesh with the pair of the first tooth rows. The tooth tip angle of first teeth in one first tooth row of the pair of the first tooth rows is different from the tooth tip angle of the first teeth in the other first tooth row that is more distant from the central shaft than the one first tooth row.
US09604658B2
A wheeled enclosure having an interior volume defining body including a rigid base and a plurality of upwardly extending and flexible sides. A plurality of wheeled supports are incorporated into the rigid base. A telescoping handle extends from a rear of the body and may be secured to an edge of the rigid base. Other features include the provision of rigid inserts which are seated within vertical pockets integrated into each of four interconnecting sides associated with a flexible body. The flexible body can include an upper half which reverse folds into an interior defined by the lower half and the rigid inserts. The rigid base can also be foldable and can convert the assembly between expanded use and collapsed storage positions.
US09604656B2
The present invention relates to wheel chock storage apparatuses. Specifically, the present invention provides a storage apparatus for holding auto-rack railcar wheel chocks thereon when not in use within the auto-rack railcars. The wheel chock storage apparatuses of the present invention comprise a flat base sheet or plate of metal or other rigid material, having a generally rectangular or square configuration. Legs bent at roughly ninety degree angles extend from right and left sides of the base sheet or plate. A plurality of apertures or slots may be configured centrally running from top to bottom of the base sheet, and one or more well nuts extend through the apertures or slots for installing to an auto-rack sidewall. A plurality of horizontally-disposed rods may be welded to both bent legs, with each of the plurality of horizontally-disposed rods running laterally across the base sheet from the first leg to the second leg for holding front and/or rear wheel chock teeth.
US09604655B2
Various methods and systems are provided for initiating and executing a fuel routine for reducing a pressure of gaseous fuel in a gaseous fuel system for a vehicle. In one embodiment, a control system for a vehicle comprises a controller operable to: determine a required pressure relief event is needed for a fuel tank on a fuel tender coupled to a first vehicle; and communicate a request to reduce a pressure of a gaseous component disposed within the fuel tank or adjust operation of a first engine on board the first vehicle to consume the gaseous component.
US09604653B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving vehicle performance and efficiency. The performance is improved by allowing the user to customize parameters and other features through the use of an interface accessible to the vehicle operator or owner, which enables and encourages development and rewards many stakeholders including vehicle producers and third party vendors (e.g. aftermarket), customers, maintenance service providers, and insurance companies. One form of performance improvement, a novel method of accomplishing an enhanced form of energy efficiency calculation for near real-time display to the operator, is provided in detail.
US09604649B1
A method and system for determining whether a driver of a vehicle is in contact with a steering wheel of the vehicle is provided. One embodiment of the method includes the steps of generating a perturbation signal that causes vibration of the steering wheel and receiving a steering signal from a steering system sensor configured to provide an indication of at least one of a steering torque and a steering movement of a component of an electronic power steering system of the vehicle. The method further includes the steps of mixing the perturbation signal and the steering signal to produce a heterodyne signal and generating a driver contact signal indicative of whether the driver of the vehicle is in contact with the steering wheel of the vehicle, the value of the driver contact signal dependent on characteristics of the heterodyne signal relating to the perturbation signal.
US09604644B2
A running control system for vehicles is provided to reduce uncomfortable feeling during coasting by adjusting a braking force. The running control system is applied to a vehicle having a braking device adapted to generate a braking force according to an operation of a driver irrespective of an engagement state of the engagement elements disposed between a prime mover and drive wheels. The running control system comprises a controller that applies a braking force of the prime mover to the drive wheels by bringing the engagement elements into engagement to enable torque transmission between the prime mover and the drive wheels, when the braking force of the braking device is eliminated by aborting an operation of the braking device during coasting while disengaging the engagement elements to interrupt torque transmission between the prime mover and the drive wheels.
US09604638B2
A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether a vehicle is allowed to run over the obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to, when it is determined that the vehicle is allowed to run over the obstacle, set a target position, to which the vehicle moves, to a position at which the vehicle overlaps with the obstacle.
US09604635B1
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor that are both capable of powering the wheels. While a vehicle is being driven, the vehicle's driving condition data is monitored. The driving condition data can include steering wheel angle or position, accelerator pedal position, driver torque or power demands, or road grade or incline. The vehicle includes a controller with a specific control scheme to receive the driving condition data, and subject the data to a moving average or a weighted moving average. Based on the averaged driving condition data, the engine is inhibited from stopping under certain conditions to reduce the frequency of the engine turning on and off.
US09604634B2
An apparatus for activating a catalyst of a hybrid vehicle may include: an engine including a plurality of cylinders, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve, a variable valve apparatus adjusting lift and opening timing of the intake valve and exhaust valve, an integrated starter-generator, a driving information detector detecting driving information including a vehicle speed, a displacement of an accelerator pedal, and a displacement of a brake pedal, an exhaust gas purification apparatus, and a controller cutting off fuel supplied into the cylinder, opening the exhaust valve by using the variable valve apparatus during a suction stroke, and generating electrical energy through the integrated starter-generator when a regenerative braking condition of a hybrid vehicle is satisfied from the driving information detected by the driving information detector.
US09604628B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine selectively coupled to the engine via a clutch. The engine, electric machine, and clutch are arranged along a common axis. At least one controller is programmed to execute various commands when the vehicle is in park or neutral and the accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed. This enhances perceived vehicle reactions in response to accelerator pedal movement. To do so, the controller is programmed to control a rate of speed increase of the electric machine based on a rate of the depression of the accelerator pedal (e.g., “speed control”). Furthermore, the torque output of the engine is controlled to a target value irrespective of engine speed and engine torque is converted into electric energy via the electric machine (e.g., “torque control”). The rate of speed increase of the electric machine is altered when the engine is started.
US09604626B2
An ECU performs a control process including the steps of: acquiring information about a gear, a vehicle speed, a depression amount of an accelerator pedal, and a transmission mode being selected; calculating a reference value; calculating a restriction value; calculating a target value of the SOC; calculating a required electric power value; and outputting a command value for the engine torque and respective torque command values for a first MG and a second MG.
US09604615B2
In a method for carrying out a braking procedure in a vehicle having a hydraulic brake system, when the brake temperature exceeds a boundary value hydraulic fluid is intermediately stored in a storage chamber, and when brake fading occurs the hydraulic fluid is pumped back into the brake circuit.
US09604610B2
In a method for setting a limiting value of a vehicle state variable in a driver assistance system, in particular in an electronic stability program ESP, accelerations are measured by the airbag sensor system, and are used in the event of an accident of low to medium severity to determine limiting values of the yaw acceleration and the yaw rate. These limiting values are used for monitoring the functionality of the yaw rate sensor.
US09604609B2
An emergency in-lane steering assist system for use during a braking event comprises an object sensor for detecting the presence of an object in front of a motor vehicle and providing data from which the distance from the object to the motor vehicle is determined and a velocity sensor providing data from which the forward velocity of the motor vehicle is determined. A controller in communication with the object sensor and the velocity sensor calculates a Time to Contact (TTC) with the detected object and a steering system is responsive at least in part to operation by the controller. If the calculated TTC is less than a predetermined TTC, the controller provides a lateral steering input during the braking event to reduce the linear distance traveled by the motor vehicle relative to a predetermined path in the lane.
US09604607B2
A method of controlling a vehicle includes providing a vehicle having a brake system configured to operate according to a nominal mode in which applied braking pressure is based on a driver braking request, a first active braking mode in which applied braking pressure is based on maximum ABS braking pressure and decreased in response to a driver brake pedal release, and a second active braking mode in which applied braking pressure is based on maximum braking pressure. In response to a detected collision, the system is controlled according to the first active braking mode. In response to the first active braking mode being active and no driver braking request being anticipated, the system is controlled according to the second active braking mode. In response to the first or second active braking modes being active and a termination criterion being satisfied, the system is controlled according to the nominal mode.
US09604606B2
A method for controlling a pneumatic braking system of a utility vehicle that includes a service brake and an electric parking brake, an electronic control unit being provided for controlling the electric parking brake. The parking brake assists a brake intervention of the utility vehicle when there is a circuit failure of the service brake.
US09604604B2
A vehicle washing installation having two stands on which a nozzle beam with a plurality of high-pressure nozzles is held so as be adjustable in height is provided. The nozzle beam is surrounded by a protective body extending along the nozzle beam and having at least one outlet opening for cleaning liquid, the protective body being adjustable in height together with the nozzle beam and being movable relative to the nozzle beam upon striking an obstacle, the movement of the protective body relative to the nozzle beam being detectable by a sensor assembly in order to provide a control signal.
US09604599B2
The invention relates to a wiper blade device comprising a wiper blade adapter (10) and a wiper strip unit (12). According to the invention, said wiper strip unit (12) has at least one securing recess (14) which, in at least one operating state, forms an interlocking connection with the wiper blade adapter (10).
US09604597B2
The invention relates to a wiping device, in particular a wiping device for a motor vehicle pane, comprising a wiper blade adapter (12a; 12b). According to the invention, the wiper blade adapter (12a; 12b) comprises a pivot bearing (26a; 26b) that is designed to pivotally mount a spring element (20a; 20b).
US09604585B2
A system includes first and second failsafe devices. Each of the failsafe devices includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor for performing at least one of detecting a fault and providing a communication concerning a fault. The system further includes an arbitration bus connecting the first and second failsafe devices. The communication concerning the fault may be provided from a first one of the first and second failsafe devices to a second one of the first and second failsafe devices.
US09604570B2
There is provided a sound generating device for vehicles that is capable of improving the sensing of acceleration feeling. The sound generating device for vehicles includes an input unit that receives an input of a speed of a vehicle; and a generation unit that generates a sound including a plurality of frequency components when the speed of the vehicle is a first speed. When the speed of the vehicle changes from the first speed to a second speed (higher than the first speed), the generation unit shifts the frequency components included in the sound to a higher frequency side and reduces the sound at a higher frequency band in the shifted frequency components. The generation unit preferably performs pitch shift processing and low pass filter processing (and more preferably performs moving average processing) on the sound.
US09604567B1
A trailer hitch plug is provided herein. A base member is configured to luminesce in response to excitation light provided by a light source. An electrical connector is provided at the base member. A cover is removably coupled to the electrical connector and configured to luminesce in response to excitation light provided by the light source.
US09604565B2
A heads up display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a wireless transceiver configured to connect and communicate with a device providing information for display, an energy storage device configured to provide energy to the display apparatus, a processor configured receive information from the transceiver and configure the information for display, and a display configured to output the information.
US09604555B2
A vehicle seat includes anchors to engage with engagement members provided on a child seat; a pad having recesses provided either at a rear edge of a seat cushion or a lower edge of a seatback; a trim cover covering the pad and having openings above the pad recesses; and bezels covering and hiding the pad recesses. Each of the anchors may comprise left and right side bars and a front bar connecting front ends of the side bars and is U-shaped, each of the bezels is box-shaped, has an upper and lower flaps formed integral and defining a bottom wall of the bezel, and covers the pad recess, providing a space in the pad recess located behind the flaps, each front bar is located in front of or behind the flaps, and each of the engagement members provided on the child seat is able to engage with the anchor.
US09604542B2
An I/O device for a vehicle includes at least one touch-sensitive I/O display unit DT, at least one output display unit DI and a control unit CU connecting the I/O display unit DT and the output display unit DI with an information exchange unit IEU. The touch-sensitive I/O display unit DT is located in a readily reachable position for a driver and the output display unit DI is located in a readily discernible position for a driver, and the control unit CU communicates output data DD-I/O related to an interactive I/O communication to the I/O display unit DT, receives touchscreen input data TI from the I/O display unit DT and communicates output data DD-O to the output display unit DI in relation with the input data TI. An I/O method using the above mentioned I/O device for a vehicle is also provided.
US09604541B1
A method and system are presented for configuring a vehicle operating environment. An initial VOE configuration file and a VOE components file are provided to a VOE configuring application. A user employs the application to modify the VOE configuration file. The modified VOE configuration file is provided to a vehicle, where the vehicle uses the modified VOE configuration file to configure an operating environment of the vehicle.
US09604539B1
An apparatus designed to be used in vehicles with automatic transmissions, to cause the engines to stall or cut-off if the driver leaves the vehicle while it is in drive or reverse. The apparatus features a sensor in a driver's seat and a sensor along a brake pedal, both connected to the vehicle's computer system and working in parallel for improving safety of a motorist. When the seat sensor indicates the seat has been vacated, and the brake sensor indicates the driver has removed his or her foot from the brake pedal while the vehicle is in D or R, a signal will be transmitted via the computer system to cut off the engine for improving safety of the motorist by preventing a possible accident.
US09604537B2
A vehicle including a driving axle (10), a driven axle (20), a hydraulic pump (14) and a hydraulic motor (24) providing hydraulic assistance for driving the driven axle (20) by lapping off torque applied to the driving axle (10). The driving axle (10) comprising includes a differential (11) thus defining two output half axles on which wheels are mounted. Rotation of the box allows the output half axles to be rotationally driven at distinct speeds. The hydraulic pump (14) includes a rotor and a stator, the stator being mounted fixed with respect to the chassis and the rotor being connected to and rotating as one with the differential box (11). The hydraulic pumps (14) are rotationally driven at a speed equal to the average speed of the two half axles associated with the differential (11) on which the pump is mounted.
US09604536B1
A drive train configuration is disclosed. The drive train configuration has a transmission or transaxle assembly which may be directly mounted to a vehicle frame. The drive train configuration also comprises an engine that may be attached to a housing of the transmission or transaxle portion. The drive train configuration may also have a power take off mechanism.
US09604532B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or truck, comprising a diesel electric traction drive and a cooling system, wherein a common cooling circuit of the liquid cooling medium is provided for the parallel cooling of one or more components of the power electronics and for the cooling of one or more drive components in the region of the driven vehicle axle.
US09604531B2
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (12) each having at its front end a pivot (14) that is attached to a vehicle body, a beam member (13) connecting the pair of trailing arms, and a pair of in-wheel motor drive devices (31) coupled and fixed to rear end regions of the trailing arms. The position of the pivot (14) in a lateral direction of a vehicle is included in a range A, B, and C from an inner end to an outer end of the in-wheel motor drive device (31) in the lateral direction of the vehicle.
US09604527B2
A hybrid powertrain for powering a vehicle includes a micro turbine assembly with multi-fuel capabilities and a turbine drive shaft extending therefrom. The turbine drive shaft has a turbine engaged position where a turbine rotational output of the micro turbine assembly is transferred by the turbine drive shaft to wheels of the vehicle, and a turbine unengaged position where the turbine rotational output is independent from the wheels. A generator is selectively connected to the micro turbine assembly in parallel with a portion of the turbine drive shaft. A power storage device is chargeable by the generator and can drive an electric motor. A motor drive shaft has a motor engaged position where a motor rotational output of the electric motor is transferred by the motor drive shaft to the wheels, and a motor unengaged position where the motor rotational output is independent from the wheels.
US09604523B2
Systems, kits and methods for transferring heat with a portion of a mammal are provided. Aspects of the subject systems include a negative pressure device configured to apply negative pressure to a portion of a mammal, and a temperature modulation device configured to contact the portion of the mammal under negative pressure in a manner sufficient to transfer heat with the contacted portion of the mammal, e.g., either remove heat or introduce heat into the contacted portion of the mammal. The disclosed systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including both therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications.
US09604510B2
A TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method is disclosed to use a setting tool for selecting the ID codes of multiple TPMS sensors and burning a communication protocol into the multiple selected TPMS sensors at a time, significantly shortening the operation time.
US09604507B2
A tread profile of a vehicle tire has profile positives such as profile blocks or tread bands that have sipes. The sipes have an approximately Ω-shaped geometry in plan view having two axial sections which are arranged approximately in an axial direction and which are arranged on a common, imaginary straight line with a spacing (a) to one another; a central bulge arranged between the axial sections, wherein the bulge has a maximum extent (b) measured in the axial direction; and, wherein a
US09604498B2
A wheel for a pneumatic tire has a rim with one monolithic bead seat and a removable beat seat. The removable bead seat has two halves that embrace the rim and engage a groove to retain the tire. The removable bead seat may have a second lip either monolithically formed or as a part of a separate retainer that bolts to the bead seat. The wheel may be made from aluminum alloy.
US09604491B2
A sheet material dispenser is provided for a utensil item that allows a user to dispense individual sheets of material, such as adhesive notes, tape, or paper material, from the upper end of a writing utensil or similar tool. The device comprises one of a sheet material housing or support, whereby individual sheets are dispensed from the upper end of the utensil and the device remains connected to the utensil item while the utensil item is used. The housing comprises one of a rectangular or rounded housing with an elongated slot therealong to dispense individual sheets of material. The upper end of the housing is secured closed using an end cap. The sheet material support comprises a U-shaped assembly that supports a stack of exposed sheets for individual dispensation. The lower end of each device comprises an aperture adapted to secure to the upper end of the utensil.
US09604486B2
Provided is thermally imagable media in which selected areas may be thermally activated to change color. The thermally imagable media includes a substrate having a first and second surface, the first surface supporting a thermally imagable coating, an extender coating, and a top coating such that when activated the thermally imagable coating produces a visible color. The thermally imagable media is activated in a direct thermal printer.
US09604483B2
An inkjet printing apparatus for printing an image on an absorbent substrate includes a print head unit and a dust removal device. The absorbent substrate includes a print side and an opposite side and is conveyed between the print-head unit and the dust removal device. The print head unit defines a print zone on the print side. The dust removal device includes a pumping chamber formed of a pre-pumping sub-chamber, a print zone sub-chamber, and a post-pumping sub-chamber, said chambers being positioned at the opposite side. The pre-pumping sub-chamber is positioned substantially upstream from the print zone. The print zone sub-chamber is positioned substantially at the print zone. The post-pumping sub-chamber is positioned downstream from the print zone. A second pressure in the print zone sub-chamber is higher than a first pressure in the pre-pumping sub-chamber and a third pressure in the post-pumping sub-chamber so as to create a suction impact to dust particles generated by the conveyed absorbent substrate.
US09604480B2
An apparatus for printing closure bodies of containers having a transfer device that is associated in input with a feeder of closure bodies to be printed and in output with an unloader of printed closure bodies. The transfer device defines seats for a respective closure body to be printed which are provided with at least one resting region for at least one abutment portion defined on the outer lateral surface of the respective closure body. The seats are mutually spaced at preset distances and movable along a transfer trajectory. The apparatus includes a device for digital printing of the closure bodies to be printed which is arranged along the transfer trajectory.
US09604477B2
In order to provide a printer capable of detecting a continuous paper sheet without causing a sensor provided in the downstream side of a thermal head from being hindered by an ink ribbon, the printer includes: a main body (20) defining a conveying passage of a continuous paper sheet (P); a print unit having a thermal head (40) provided in the main body (20) to print predetermined information on the continuous paper sheet (P) by using an ink ribbon, and a platen roller (41) provided to face the thermal head (40) by interposing the continuous paper sheet (P); and a sensor unit (45) installed in the main body (20) and provided with a sensor (48) for detecting the continuous paper sheet (P), the sensor unit (45) being configured to move between a first position where the sensor (48) detects the continuous paper sheet (P) in the downstream side of the thermal head (40) and a second position farther than the first position from the thermal head (40).
US09604473B2
A first feeder contacts a first surface of a first sheet held in a first tray and feeds the first sheet toward a recording unit. A second feeder contacts a first surface of a second sheet held in a second tray and feeds the second sheet toward the recording unit. An inner member is disposed above a standing plate. An outer member comprises an upstream portion opposing the standing plate, and a downstream portion opposing the inner member. The inner member guides the first surface of the first sheet and the first surface of the second sheet. The standing plate guides the first surface of the second sheet. The upstream portion of the outer member guides a second surface of the second sheet, and the downstream portion guides a second surface of the first sheet and the second surface of the second sheet. The standing plate moves relative to the outer member.
US09604472B2
An image recording apparatus includes: an apparatus casing in which a transport path for transporting a sheet is formed; a first sheet support unit having a first support surface configured to support the sheet; a feed unit configured to feed the sheet supported by the first support surface to the transport path; a second sheet support unit having a second support surface configured to support the sheet; a transport unit configured to transport the sheet from the first and second sheet support units via the transport path; and a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet transported by the transport unit in the transport path. The first and second sheet support units are arranged on one side surface of the apparatus casing, and the first and second support surfaces are configured to incline with respect to a placement surface on which the apparatus casing is placed.
US09604465B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a sub tank, an ink tank containing ink supplied to the sub tank, a detector that detects an amount of ink contained in the sub tank, a variable volume member provided between the recording head and the sub tank and having variable inner volume, and a controller that repeatedly performs first and second operations, thereby supplying ink from the ink tank to the sub tank. In the first operation, the member is caused to switch from a first state to a second state, while in the second operation, the member is caused to switch from the second state to the first state.
US09604462B2
A restrictor plate for an ink jet print head assembly includes a substantially flat body having fluid flow passageways extending through the body. The fluid flow passageways are elongated between a fluid receiving volume end and an opposite fluid ejection volume end. The receiving volume end is fluidly coupled with a chamber and the ejection volume end is fluidly coupled with an orifice of the assembly from which the fluid is ejected. The receiving volume end receives the ink from the chamber so that the ink flows through the passageways along a printing direction. The body is shaped around the one or more fluid flow passageways to form one or more bottlenecks in the one or more fluid flow passageways that increase a fluid flow resistance of the fluid along a direction in the one or more fluid flow passageways that is opposite of the printing direction.
US09604459B2
In one example, a multi-part body for a printhead assembly includes a first body part and a second body part joined to one another with no intervening body parts. Each body part includes one or more of a group of datum points used to position the printhead assembly in a printer.
US09604458B1
A liquid ejecting head includes: a circuit board extending in a first direction and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a main body including head units; wiring members each extending from each head unit toward the circuit board; contacts including a first contact and a second contact connected to corresponding wiring members; a first support member facing the first surface; and a second support member facing the second surface. The first support member has a first protrusion protruding toward the first surface in the second direction and arranged at a position aligned with the second contact in the second direction. The second support member has a second protrusion protruding toward the second surface in the second direction and arranged at a position aligned with the first contact in the second direction.
US09604456B2
A liquid ejection device actuator unit is fitted to a nozzle unit including a liquid chamber of which an inside volume is variable by deformation of a liquid chamber side diaphragm and an ejection tube which ejects a liquid from the liquid chamber. The liquid ejection device actuator unit includes a movable plate which comes into contact with the liquid chamber side diaphragm, a piezoelectric element which comes into contact with the movable plate at one end of the piezoelectric element in an expansion or contraction direction to deform the movable plate, and a support member which is adhered to the piezoelectric element at other end of the piezoelectric element in the expansion or contraction direction. At least one of a contact portion of the movable plate and the piezoelectric element and a contact portion of the piezoelectric element and the support member is adhered by a hard material containing adhesive in which a hard material with a larger elastic modulus than a hardened adhesive is mixed.
US09604453B2
According to one embodiment, an element substrate includes: heater arrays each having heaters arranged in parallel; corresponding transistors for driving the heaters included in the heater arrays; a first pad for supplying a voltage to be applied to the heaters; and a second pad for grounding the heaters. The element substrate is provided with a first wiring for connecting the first pad to the heaters, and a second wiring for connecting the heaters to the second pad. Furthermore, sizes of the transistors included in a heater array, of the heater arrays, provided at a position where intervals with respect to the first pad and the second pad are relatively large are set to be larger than the sizes of the transistors included in a heater array provided at a position where the intervals are relatively small.
US09604452B2
An image processing apparatus including a controller for controlling a print execution unit. The print execution unit repeatedly performs ejection processing of ejection droplet of color material onto a printing medium. The controller is configured to perform: specifying an estimate value for a target pixel image by using at least one pixel value corresponding to at least one of a plurality of pixels included in target partial data representing the target partial image, the target partial image being selected among a plurality of partial images included in an N-th band image and representing a part of an object; specifying an object type of the object; and determining an ejection execution direction with respect to an N-th ejection processing to be one of a first direction and a second direction according to the estimate value and the object type.
US09604451B2
An inkjet printer includes: an inkjet head configured to eject ink; an image acquirer configured to acquire an image data indicating a number of drops of the ink for each of pixels and to output the acquired image data via a communication line; and a head controller configured to convert the image data received from the image acquirer via the communication line such that, in a pixel for which the number of drops of the ink in the received image data is one or more, the number of drops of the ink is incremented while a number of gradation steps of the received image data is maintained, and to control drive of the inkjet head based on the converted image data.
US09604444B2
A screen printing machine includes a printing execution unit which fills a pattern hole of a mask with solder by sliding a squeegee on the mask contacting a board and thereafter separates the board from the mask. The screen printing machine further includes: a library which stores printing conditions, each of which includes operation parameters of the printing execution unit and corresponds to a combination of options of selection items which include aboard type, a solder type, and a squeegee type; an option display unit which displays the options of each selection item in an image display area; and a printing condition setting unit which reads out, from the library, a printing condition corresponding to a combination of selected options, and which sets the read-out printing condition to a printing control unit which operates the printing execution unit.
US09604436B2
A composition includes an isocyanate, a polyether diol, a branched short chain diol having a backbone including carbon atoms in a range of 1 to 9 and at least one branching group, and a cross-linker having a hydroxyl functionality in a range of 2.2 to 4. A films includes the composition and an interlayer includes the film. Transparencies including the interlayer and methods of making the same are further disclosed.
US09604435B2
Provided is a multilayer film, in which a resin layer obtained using a resin (α) is provided on at least one surface of a polyester film, and which satisfies the conditions (I)-(IV) described below. (I) The resin layer has a thickness of 80-500 nm. (II) The resin layer has a pencil hardness of F or higher. (III) The multilayer film has a haze of 3.0% or less. (IV) The resin (α) is a resin that is obtained by heating a resin composition, which contains a resin (A) that has a hydroxyl group and an acryloyl group and a melamine compound (B) that has a methylol group, at 150° C. or higher. This multilayer film has a transparent resin layer that has a predominantly thin thickness of 500 nm or less, while having high hardness and excellent oligomer precipitation inhibiting properties.
US09604434B2
A window for a display device, the window including a polymeric substrate, a polymeric layer disposed on a side of the polymeric substrate, and a binder layer interposed between the polymeric substrate and the polymer layer, wherein the binder layer includes a binder and a blue colorant.
US09604428B2
A multi-plenum structural panel comprising a top sheet, a middle sheet, and a bottom sheet, each sheet being parallel to the other two. A first plurality of spacing structural elements, fixedly attaching the top sheet to the middle sheet, and a second plurality of spacing structural elements fixedly attaching the middle sheet to the bottom sheet, such that a yield strength of an assembled multi-plenum structural panel is greater than a sum of individual sheet yield strengths. An upper plenum is defined by a first spacing between the top and middle sheets. A lower plenum is defined by a second spacing between the middle and bottom sheets. The first plurality of spacing structural elements is formed such that a first plurality of spaced apart unobstructed pathways are created in the upper plenum for air to move in a first direction from at least one edge of the multi-plenum structural panel to at least one of an opposite and an adjacent edge of the multi-plenum structural panel in each plenum. The second plurality of spacing structural elements is formed such that a second plurality of spaced apart unobstructed pathways are created in the lower plenum for air to move in a second direction from at least one edge of the multi-plenum structural panel to at least one of an opposite and an adjacent edge of the multi-plenum structural panel in each plenum, where the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.
US09604422B2
A layer of cellular material forms a running layer (14A) of a tread (14) in which tread pattern elements (20, 22, 26) are made. In order to form the cellular material, an uncured blank is provided with a mass of material comprising p,p′-oxybis(benzenesulphonyl hydrazide) that forms a pore-forming agent. The uncured blank is placed in a vulcanization mold (28) comprising molding elements (30, 32, 34). At least 95% of the molding elements (30, 32, 34) each satisfy the following two conditions: a) the molding element (30, 32, 34) is separated from at least one other molding element (30, 32, 34) by a distance, expressed in millimeters, of less than or equal to DM=6.85+0.0065T3, T, greater than or equal to 3 phr, being the amount of p,p′-oxybis(benzenesulphonyl hydrazide) in the mass of material intended to form the cellular material, b) the molding element (30, 32, 34) is intended to form a tread pattern element (20, 22, 26) having a depth at least equal to 80% of the thickness of the running layer (14A).
US09604403B1
A method of assessing bond quality of a bond between first and second composite parts may include bonding an indication film to the first composite part. The indication film may include NDI-detectable particles arranged in a pattern and bound to polymer chains located inside particle regions. The polymer chains and particles may be stationary during bonding of the indication film to the first composite part. The method may additionally include bonding the first and second composite parts along an assembly bondline during which the particles in the indication film migrate with the polymer chains. The method may further include NDI-inspection of the assembly bondline by observing the appearance of the particles along a direction locally normal to an in-plane direction of the assembly bondline, and determining the bond quality of the assembly bondline based on particle density in the in-plane direction.
US09604402B2
A transfer device includes a holding body that holds a molded material; a first roller that holds, together with the holding body, a wound mold and the molded material held by the holding body so as to carry out a transfer, and rotates about a central axis to move with respect to the holding body; and a second roller on which the mold extending from the first roller is wound in a direction away from the molded material held by the holding body, the second roller rotating about a central axis to relatively move together with the first roller.
US09604388B2
The method of making a pellet comprising wood pulp fiber and thermoplastic polymer, comprising extruding an extrudate comprising 10 to 50 weight % wood pulp fiber and 45 to 85 weight % thermoplastic polymer through a die, cutting a pellet from the extrudate, removing the pellet from the extrudate with water having a temperature less than the extrudate, filtering the pellet from the water. In one embodiment the wood pulp fiber in the pellet has a moisture content of 1% or less. In one embodiment the wood fiber does not swell.
US09604385B2
An electric trimmer includes: a base; and a trimmer main body configured capable of sliding movement in an axial direction of the base. The base includes a slit that extends in the axial direction and is open, and the base also includes a fixing releasing mechanism disposed so as to straddle both end portions of the slit. Operating the fixing releasing mechanism to reduce a distance between the both end portions of the slit enables clamping of the trimmer main body by the base to be performed. The fixing releasing mechanism is formed as a toggle mechanism that is configured by a combination of three support points and two links, and the fixing releasing mechanism has a shape which follows an outer peripheral surface of the base. Therefore, this electric trimmer includes high operability, strong impact resistance characteristics, and excellent maintenance properties.
US09604380B2
The present invention discloses a mandolin slicer kit assembly comprising: a main body having two opposite side panels; a cutting blade mounted on the main body; a slicing plate carrier mounted between the two side panels of the main body; a plurality of slicing plates of different types, each of the slicing plates having a plurality of slicing teeth mounted on a top surface thereof and at least one recess formed on a bottom surface thereof; and an adapter plate having a leading portion, wherein said leading portion has at least one elastic rib for detachable engagement with the at least one recess of the slicing plate to form a slicing plate assembly, and said slicing plate assembly detachably is mounted on the slicing plate carrier. The mandolin slicer further comprises a slicing plate holder separate from all of the main body, the cutting blade, the slicing plate carrier, and the adapter plate.
US09604367B2
A surface area vacuum gripper having a housing with suction openings for sucking a workpiece to be gripped, at least one cover plate that seals the end face of the housing, an insertion element that can be inserted into the housing, wherein the insertion element can be fixed at the cover plate and comprises at least one opening which is flow-connected with the suction openings in the housing, the cover plate comprising a compressed air inlet. The insertion element comprises a functional device for controlling a flow through the opening of the insert.
US09604364B2
A picking apparatus includes: a three-dimensional imaging device configured to three-dimensionally-image workpieces contained in bulk in a container; a robot arm having a hand capable of gripping a workpiece; and a control device configured to control an operation of the robot arm; the control device is configured: to recognize a position and a posture of a target workpiece, based on an imaging result of the three-dimensional imaging device; to obtain an gripping position of the workpiece and an approach vector thereof, based on the recognized position and posture information; to calculate an intersection point between a straight line extending along the approach vector through the gripping position and a plane including an opening of the container; and to judge whether the workpiece can be picked or not, based on a positional relationship between the intersection point and the opening.
US09604362B2
A method and apparatus for failure handling of a robot having at least a first and a second movement axis are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes receiving a first position information of the first movement axis for a first point of time and a first position information of the second movement axis for the first point of time and storing the received first position information as a motion data set, receiving a second position information of the first movement axis for a second point of time and a second position information of the second movement axis for the second point of time and storing the received second position information in the motion data set and controlling the robot according to a failure procedure.
US09604359B1
An apparatus and methods for training and/or operating a robotic device to follow a trajectory. A robotic vehicle may utilize a camera and stores the sequence of images of a visual scene seen when following a trajectory during training in an ordered buffer. Motor commands associated with a given image may be stored. During autonomous operation, an acquired image may be compared with one or more images from the training buffer in order to determine the most likely match. An evaluation may be performed in order to determine if the image may correspond to a shifted (e.g., left/right) version of a stored image as previously observed. If the new image is shifted left, right turn command may be issued. If the new image is shifted right then left turn command may be issued.
US09604356B2
A sloped cabinet header or top member for use with a storage cabinet has a front wall, a rear wall, an angled top wall extending between the front and rear walls, and a bottom wall extending between the front and rear walls. First and second side walls interconnect the top, front, rear, and bottom walls. The top wall is angled with respect to the rear wall and bottom wall. The top member is mounted onto an upper surface of the storage cabinet to prevent storage of components on the top surface of the cabinet and to prevent dust or debris from accumulating on the upper surface of the cabinet.
US09604354B2
A tool having a housing assembly, which defines a handle, a motor assembly, a trigger assembly, a spindle and a transmission assembly. The motor assembly is received in the housing assembly and has an output shaft. The trigger assembly is coupled to the housing assembly and is configured for use in actuating the motor assembly. The transmission assembly transmits rotary power between the output shaft of the motor assembly and the spindle. The transmission assembly includes a planetary stage with an input sun gear, an output planet carrier and a compound planet gear having a first planet gear and a second planet gear coupled together for common rotation on the output planet carrier. The planetary stage is selectively operable in a first gear reduction and a second, relatively lower gear reduction in which the compound planet gear cooperates to produce at least one intermediate gear reduction within the planetary stage.
US09604353B1
A nail removal tool in the form of an adapter for attachment to the drive socket of a rotary driver such as a rotary pneumatic impact driver. The adapter includes a drive shaft engagable with the chuck of the pneumatic driver, a cylindrical bit with a slot for receiving the body of a nail and a ramp for engaging under the head and lifting it to dislodge the nail from its embedded location. Slop between the drive blade and the slot in the cylindrical bit serves as a flexible connection to provide proper presentation of cylindrical bit allowing wedging of the adapter beneath the head of a nail which is reluctant to be removed.
US09604352B2
An impact tool can be operated by generating an impact using an internal mechanism. The impact tool includes a control unit and sensors. The control unit controls the internal mechanism. The sensors output a signal for operating the internal mechanism or a signal for preparing the operation of the internal mechanism, to the control unit. Until a predetermined condition is established after the internal mechanism is operated, the control unit does not accept the input of the sensors.
US09604350B2
A power tool adaptor for holding a tool adapted thereto including an adaptor body, a tool insertion cavity formed in an end of the adaptor body for receiving the tool, an elongated tool bit insertion cavity formed as a continuation of the tool insertion cavity, means for fixating the tool by protruding into one or more fixation recesses on the outer surface of the tool and means for attaching the power tool adaptor to a power tool; a reversible tool bit holder is further disclosed for holding two changeable tool bits, which reversible tool bit holder is adapted to fit into the power tool adaptor, along with a kit including a power tool adaptor and a reversible tool bit holder adapted to fit into the power tool adaptor.
US09604346B2
A coated abrasive article including a plurality of shaped abrasive particles overlying a backing, the coated abrasive article having a plain-carbon steel grinding lifespan of at least about 5500 g/in.
US09604337B2
A method of polishing a substrate is disclosed. The method includes irradiating the substrate with light; measuring intensity of the reflected light; producing spectral waveform representing relationship between relative reflectance and wavelength of the light; performing a Fourier transform process on the spectral waveform to determine a thickness of the film and a corresponding strength of frequency component; determining whether the determined thickness of the film is reliable or not by comparing the strength of frequency component with a threshold value; calculating a defective data rate representing a proportion of the number of unreliable measured values to the total number of measured values; and changing the threshold value based on the defective data rate.
US09604336B2
The present disclosure provides a belt transmission device and a grinding apparatus. The device comprises: a grinding stand; rotation wheels mounted on the grinding stand, including a driver wheel and driven wheels; a grinding belt supported by rotation wheels; a first sensor fixedly provided on the grinding stand and configured to detect a rotation speed of any one of the driven wheels; and a controller configured to control a rotation speed of the driver wheel and connected with a driving motor of the driver wheel, wherein the controller is further connected with the first sensor, receives rotation speed signals of the one driven wheel detected by the first sensor, calculates difference between the rotation speeds of the driver wheel and the one driven wheel, and compares the difference with a predetermined difference range in the controller; and when the difference is beyond the predetermined difference range, an alarm is provided.
US09604335B2
An apparatus and method of polishing a substrate is described. The polishing includes: rotating a substrate; pressing a first polishing tool against an edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion; and pressing a second polishing tool against the edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion. The second polishing tool is located more inwardly than the first polishing tool with respect to a radial direction of the substrate. The first polishing tool has a polishing surface rougher than a polishing surface of the second polishing tool.
US09604333B2
In an electric machine tool having an electronics unit for implementing a starting lockout, the electric machine tool being connectable to an associated power source in an electrically conductive manner, the electronics unit is configured to receive power from the power source only for a limited, predefined period of time after an electrically conductive connection between the electric machine tool and the power source has been established.
US09604329B2
A tightening system for tightening a fastening member includes: a driving section producing torque for tightening the fastening member; an extension bar coupled to the driving section and rotating by the torque; a spindle to which the torque is transmitted via the extension bar and which is connected to the extension bar such that the spindle moves forward or backward in a rotational axis direction of the extension bar with respect to the extension bar; a socket provided at a tip of the spindle and engages in the fastening member; a spindle case housing the spindle and helically spline-engaging with the spindle along a rotational axis direction of the spindle; an outer case housing the spindle case; and a switch for switching between held and separated states between the spindle case and the outer case.
US09604327B2
A nut feeding apparatus for feeding a weld nut to an upper electrode of a resistance welding machine, whose size and production cost are reduced, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a piston rod, a tension rod, a tube, a link mechanism and a nut chuck. When the piston rod is in a most retracting state, an upper surface of the nut chuck becomes substantially flush with a lower portion of an opening of the tube. While the tension rod is at a stop in a most advancing state and when the piston rod further advances, the link mechanism rotates around a rotation axis at a tip of the tension rod, and thereby, the weld nut held by the nut chuck moves to a feeding position of the weld nut in the upper electrode.
US09604325B2
Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same.
US09604323B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a steam turbine low-pressure or medium-pressure module deflector, said deflector comprising an internal ring and an external ring as well as vanes, said method comprising a step of welding said vanes to said rings. The main characteristic of a method according to the invention is that the welding step is preceded by a step of automatically machining the ends of each vane to create a peripheral recess around each of said ends.
US09604322B2
Method of assembling a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine having a plurality of components. The method comprises in one aspect calculating the bending forces due to the mass distribution along the rotor. In another aspect, an optimization routine iterates different rotor arrangements, comparing the calculated bending moments to determine a set of component positions that minimizes the bending forces. In another aspect, mass corrections are optimized to balance the rotor assembly.
US09604316B2
A tin-based solder melt or aqueous tin plating bath composition comprising a source of tin and a stabilizing additive of chemical structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are independently selected from hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon groups R having at least one and up to twelve carbon atoms, groups OR′ wherein R′ is selected from hydrogen atom and hydrocarbon groups R, and halogen atoms, and wherein any two, three, or four of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 or any two, three, or four of R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are optionally interconnected to form a fused ring system; R11 and R12 are independently selected from hydrogen atom and hydrocarbon groups R; and r is either 0 or 1. Methods for coating and/or bonding metal substrates by use of the above-described solder compositions are also described.
US09604299B2
A method and a device for the material-fit connection of an optical element to a frame are disclosed.
US09604298B2
The removal starting position (8S1) of a first removal process and the four removal starting positions (8S21-8S24) in a second removal process are established on an imaginary circle (7I) with a prescribed radius (R) that is inscribed in the apex (7C) of an incomplete thread part (7a). In each removal process, the tip of the screw thread cutting tool shaves off the apex (7C) of the incomplete thread part (7a) into respective recesses, contacting the imaginary inscribed circle (7I) from the outside (above). The multiple cutting surfaces of the apex (7C) are formed in parallel helices (that is, as mutually adjacent helical recesses) from the starting position to the ending position of the incomplete thread part. Points and burrs in the incomplete thread part can thereby be eliminated or reduced without loss of the ability to screw together with a partner threaded fastener (threaded portion).
US09604296B2
A chainsaw as a working machine, which switches among stop, drive, and choke operations of an internal combustion engine, includes an operation lever that is turnable, a turning member turnably combined with the operation lever, and a torsion coil spring holding abutting of the operation lever and the turning member. The turning member is coupled to a choke operating member via a choke rod and is regulated in turning from drive position to stop position. When the operation lever is turned from drive position to choke position, the turning member also turns to move the choke rod, by which the choke operating member closes the choke valve. Meanwhile, the operation lever is turned from drive position to stop position, against the turning force of the torsion coil spring.
US09604280B2
A method of working an additively manufactured part includes applying a layer of wax to a part manufactured with an additive manufacturing process. Then a mold is formed over the layer of wax on the part. The wax is then removed from between the mold and the part. The part is then melted in the mold, and then the part is re-solidified in the mold. Finally, the mold is removed.
US09604279B2
Disclosed is a vessel for melting meltable material having a body with a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein and an injection path for injecting the meltable material in molten form after melting (e.g., into a mold). The body has a recess configured to contain the meltable material within the vessel during melting of the material. The vessel is configured for movement between in a first position to restrict entry of molten material into an injection path of the vessel and to contain the material in the recess during melting, and a second position to allow movement of the material in a molten form through the injection path and into the mold (e.g., using a plunger). The vessel can be used in an injection molding system for molding bulk amorphous alloys.
US09604277B2
The present invention provides an integrated mold for casting of wheels. The integrated mold has an upper mold, integrated side molds and a lower mold, wherein the number of the integrated side molds is four in the circumferential direction of the wheel mold. Thermal deformation circular arc compensation surfaces are formed by processing on an upper and lower one-fourth circular arc part of each integrated side mold, and compensation surfaces are formed by processing on key parts of 45-degree matching surfaces of the adjacent integrated side molds. The integrated side molds can effectively solve the problems such as imprecise matching of the matching surfaces, parting-line flashes of the matching surfaces and adhesion of aluminum caused by thermal deformation of the integrated side molds.
US09604273B1
A swaging tool having a housing, a piston, a fixed jaw and a moveable jaw, wherein the housing is capable of receiving and holding a tube and a swage fitting in the fixed jaw; the moveable jaw is in communication with a moveable die and is capable of moving axially along the housing with respect to an axis for the tube and the swage fitting to connect the swage fitting to the tube and create a seal between the swage fitting and the tube, and two opposing arms attached to the moveable jaw that have an open and a closed position to hold the tube and swage in alignment.
US09604272B2
An induction heating coil for stably heating a steel tube which is being fed in its axial direction without rotating, the heating being uniform in the circumferential direction and in a narrow range in the axial direction has at least two 1-turn coils in the form of a first turn coil body and a second turn coil body. The inner peripheral length Ln (the non-effective coil length) where the effective number of coil turns is less than the total number of coil turns when the coil is projected in the axial direction and the inner peripheral length L0 of the projected coil bodies (the inner coil length) satisfy Ln/L0<0.05. First and second coil bodies have insulating portions on their connecting portions, and the insulating portions are present in locations separated by a central angle of 5-45° measured from the center of the coil bodies.
US09604268B2
A cold state metal plate strip surface treatment system and a treatment method thereof, used for high-pressure jet-flow descaling and rinsing metal plate strips, includes a high-pressure jet-flow descaling section. A tension unit and a stabilizing roller are provided in front of the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section, and a stabilizing roller, a compressed air drying device and a tension unit are provided after the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section; at least one descaling unit is provided in the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section, wherein the descaling unit includes first and second bending rollers used for bending a metal plate strip, and correspondingly first and second jet-flow descaling nozzles, and first and second rinsing nozzle sets. The present invention can be used for replacing the prior cold state continuous descaling pickling sets for metal plate strip, to meet the requirements of the rapidness and continuousness of modern cold-state metal plate strip, without affecting the original productivity of the production line. The present invention not only performs the synchronous and continuous descaling for both obverse and reverse surfaces of the metal plate strips, but also meets the requirements for the plate surfaces in the following procedure.
US09604261B2
An apparatus for removing a coating from a lengthwise section of an optical fiber includes a heater at least partially defining an elongate heating region configured for receiving the lengthwise section of the optical fiber, wherein the heater is configured for heating the heating region to a temperature above a thermal decomposition temperature of the at least one coating; a sensor configured for providing a signal indicative of explosive removal of the at least one coating from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber; and at least one device operatively associated with the sensor and the heater for receiving and processing the at least one signal from the sensor, and deactivating the heater. The at least one device may be configured for determining how much time passes between occurrence of the heater being deactivated and the at least one coating being removed from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber.
US09604254B2
A system and method for driving ultrasonic transducers and improvements to a phase track controller for reducing loss of lock occurrence is disclosed and described.
US09604240B2
Provided are a mask assembly and a method of fabricating the same. The mask assembly includes a mask frame in which a frame opening is formed therein and insulation grooves are formed at both sides of a first direction with the frame opening therebetween. The mask has both ends disposed at the both sides and includes a plurality of pattern open parts configured by a plurality of pattern openings between the both ends. A movement member is provided in the insulation groove, to which the both ends of the mask are fixed, and which includes a movement block moving in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US09604237B2
A computer-implemented method and a control system are described for controlling one or more operations of a sprayer vehicle with a tilt-detection mechanism, a tank, and a tank fill-volume sensor. The tilt-detection mechanism is utilized to determine a tilt indicator. A tilt value is determined based upon the tilt indicator. A tank fill-volume indicator is determined based upon information from the tank fill-volume sensor. A tilt-corrected fill-volume of the tank is determined based upon the tilt value and the tank fill-volume indicator.
US09604224B2
A system and method for processing objects having contaminating particles includes the steps of shredding the objects in a shredding chamber to form a plurality of shredded fragments, wherein the shredding chamber is arranged to be substantially combustion resistant, and removing the contaminating particles from the plurality of shredded fragments.
US09604222B2
A cutter assembly is presented for mounting to one or more hammers of a rotor assembly of a grinding machine. The cutter assembly includes a base, a tip and a fastener securing the base and the tip to the hammer. The base includes a key having side walls extending upwardly from a surface of the base and spatially oriented as sides of a pyramid that is truncated before reaching their apex. The tip includes a keyway having side walls extending inwardly from a lower surface into a body of the tip and spatially oriented as sides of a pyramid. The keyway mates with the key of the base. The tip includes at least one, and preferably two, cutting edges disposed on opposing ends of the tip. In one embodiment, the tip is reversibly mountable to the base such that the cutting edges may be selectively used within grinding operations. In one embodiment, at least a portion of side walls of the truncated pyramid key and keyway are curved in a plane parallel to the surface of the base.
US09604219B2
The invention concerns a thermal cycler and a microtiter plate. The cycler comprises a sample holder having a first surface and a surface and means for automated, controlled heating and cooling of the sample holder. The first surface of the sample holder is designed to hold a plurality of samples arrayed in a grid having a predefined pitch. The number of samples in one dimension is an exact match of the SBS plate standards for that sample pitch and in another dimension corresponds to a fraction of the number of samples in a second dimension of an SBS microtiter standard plate. According to the invention, the sample holder is shaped such that the area of the second surface is larger than the area of the first surface. By means of the invention, the thermal ramping speeds of the cycler can be significantly increased.
US09604215B2
This invention relates to the design, construction and method of use of a novel thin film transport and applicator for use on XRF sample cups.
US09604212B2
A fluid ejection device including, at least, one recirculation system is disclosed. Such recirculation system contains, at least, one drop generator, recirculation channels that include an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a connection channel and a fluid feedhole that communicates with the drop generator via the inlet channel and the outlet channel of the recirculation channel. The recirculation channels can be asymmetrical with reference to the drop generator.
US09604210B2
A microelectronic package includes a die which may include MEMS and CMOS circuitry for analyzing a fluid. A defined path is provided for channeling fluid to the die. Rather than patterning depressions or physical channels in the package substrate, the defined paths comprise coatings that may channel the flow of liquids to the die for biological sensor type applications. The defined paths may comprise a wetting coating that has an affinity to fluids. Similarity, the defined paths may comprise a dewetting coating the tend to repel fluid surrounding the paths.
US09604206B2
A method for regenerating a carbonyl sulfide (COS) hydrolysis catalyst for hydrolyzing COS which is contained in a gas obtained by gasifying a carbon material, wherein a spent COS hydrolysis catalyst is immersed in an acid solution for a prescribed time thereby removing poisoning substances adhering to the surface of the COS hydrolysis catalyst; and thus regenerating the COS hydrolysis catalyst.
US09604204B2
Process for preparing a catalyst support which process comprises a) mixing pentasil zeolite having a bulk silica to alumina molar ratio in the range of from 20 to 150 with water, a silica source and an alkali metal salt, b) extruding the mixture obtained in step (a), c) drying and calcining the extrudates obtained in step (b), d) subjecting the calcined extrudates obtained in step (c) to ion exchange to reduce the alkali metal content, and e) drying the extrudates obtained in step (d); process for preparing a catalyst by furthermore impregnating such support with platinum in an amount in the range of from 0.001 to 0.1 wt % and tin in an amount in the range of from 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, each on the basis of total catalyst; ethylbenzene dealkylation catalyst obtainable thereby and a process for dealkylation of ethylbenzene which process comprises contacting feedstock containing ethylbenzene with such catalyst.
US09604199B2
A catalyst for producing butadiene using n-butene as a raw material, a process for producing the same and a process for producing butadiene using the catalyst are provided, and specifically, a catalyst for producing butadiene by gas-phase contact oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene, which is capable of stably producing butadiene in a high yield from the beginning of the reaction, a process for producing the same and a process for producing butadiene, in which the catalyst is a shaped catalyst containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient, wherein the pore volume of macropores is 80% or more, more preferably 90% or more, based on the total pore volume, are provided.
US09604198B2
It is possible to obtain a visible light-responsive photocatalytic nanoparticle dispersion liquid containing copper-containing titanium oxide nanoparticles by subjecting an aqueous peroxotitanic acid solution containing a copper compound to hydrothermal reaction for crystallizing the aqueous solution by means of heat under high pressure. The visible light-responsive photocatalytic nanoparticle dispersion liquid thus obtained exhibits excellent dispersion stability of titanium oxide nanoparticles within a water-based dispersion medium even when left in a cold and dark indoor area for a long period of time, expresses photocatalytic activity even in visible light (400 to 800 nm) alone, and can easily create a photocatalytic thin film which is extremely transparent and exhibits excellent durability, and in which the state of copper coordination when exposed to heat or ultraviolet rays is stable and cannot be easily modified.
US09604197B2
A composition and method for preparing molecular sieves having a STW framework structure are described wherein a structure directing agent comprising quaternary cation 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium is contacted with a source of an oxide of a first tetravalent element with or without a source of an oxide of another tetravalent elements and/or a source of a trivalent element in a molar ratio of tetravalent element:trivalent element 100:1 and greater.
US09604185B2
An apparatus configured for mixing the contents of one or more fluid containers includes a fluid container support platform configured to hold one or more fluid containers. The fluid container support platform is configured to index the container to one or more specified locations and to be moved in an orbital path about an orbital center independently of the rotation about the central axis of rotation. The apparatus further includes an indexing drive system configured to effect indexing movement of the container support platform and a vortex drive system configured to effect powered orbital movement of the container support platform about the orbital center. An evaporation limiting insert placed within containers reduces exposure of the fluid contents of the container to atmospheric air, thereby reducing susceptibility of the fluid contents to evaporation.
US09604182B2
A system includes a solid feed pump having a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, a curved passage disposed between the rotor and the housing, a solid feed inlet coupled to the curved passage, and a solid feed outlet coupled to the curved passage. Also, a solids packing device is coupled to the solid feed inlet of the solid feed pump. The solids packing device includes a first channel configured to receive a solid feed with a first range of sizes, a second channel configured to receive transport assisting particles (TAP) with a second range of sizes. The first range is different from the second range. A third channel is configured to receive and mix the solid feed and the TAP to provide a solid feed-TAP mixture with the TAP filling interspatial spaces between the solid feed. The third channel is coupled to the solid feed inlet.
US09604181B2
Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, a diblock copolymer of the formula (I): wherein R1—R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the block copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves spray coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by annealing the thin film in a solvent vapor and/or soaking in a solvent or mixture of solvents to form a nanoporous membrane.
US09604177B2
A decrease in an NOx removal or reduction rate at the time of filter regeneration is suppressed. To this end, provision is made for an NOx selective reduction catalyst, a filter arranged at the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, an NH3 generation catalyst arranged at the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst to generate NH3 when the air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas is equal to or less than a stoichiometric air fuel ratio, a regeneration unit to carry out regeneration of the filter, and a generation unit to make the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas equal to or less than the stoichiometric air fuel ratio, thereby causing NH3 to be generated in the NH3 generation catalyst, wherein the regeneration unit inhibits the regeneration of the filter until the generation of NH3 by the generation unit is completed.
US09604176B2
A high-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst in which an NOx occlusion material containing an alkali metal is supported, and a low-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst in which an NOx occlusion material containing an alkaline earth metal is supported, are disposed in series on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, of an exhaust gas purification system. An oxidation catalyst is disposed on an upstream side of the high-temperature NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst. The desulfurization of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalysts is facilitated, and the NOx reduction efficiency is improved by the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas, while a wide NOx active temperature window is achieved.
US09604175B2
The present disclosure describes zoned three way catalyst (TWC) systems including Rhodium-iron overcoat layers and Nb—Zr—Al Oxide overcoat layers. Disclosed herein are TWC sample systems that are configured to include a substrate and one or more of a washcoat layer, an impregnation layer, and/or an overcoat layer. In catalyst systems disclosed herein, closed-coupled catalysts include a first catalyst zone with an overcoat layer formed using a slurry that includes an oxide mixture and an Oxygen Storage Material (OSM). In catalyst systems disclosed herein, oxide mixtures include niobium oxide (Nb2O5), zirconia, and alumina. Further, catalyst systems disclosed herein include a second catalyst zone with an overcoat layer formed to include a rhodium-iron catalyst. Yet further, catalyst systems disclosed herein include impregnation layers that include one or more of Palladium, Barium, Cerium, Neodymium, and Rhodium.
US09604167B2
A filter assembly having a first stage filter that filters particulates from fluid flowing through the filter and a second stage filter downstream of the first stage filter that coalesces water from the fluid. By providing the first stage filter upstream of the second stage filter, particulate filtration capacity and efficiency may be provided while protecting the second stage filter from particulates. Protecting the second stage filter from particulates allows for the life of the second stage filter to be extended while providing efficient emulsion removal in the filter assembly.
US09604158B2
A separator apparatus for separating fluid may include a fluid inlet port into which the fluid in which gas and liquid may be mixed flows while being pressurized, a lower body which has a partition wall formed in an internal space of the lower body that fluid-communicates with the fluid inlet port, and an upper body which may be assembled to an upper opening portion of the lower body, and has a first gas discharge port that fluid-communicates with the internal space of the lower body to discharge gaseous fluid flowing into the lower body, wherein the partition wall divides the internal space of the lower body into a central portion and an outer peripheral portion on a basis of an axis thereof.
US09604151B2
A water amusement device includes a base pad that extends in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. A plurality of longitudinally-extending troughs is located on the base pad. Each longitudinally-extending trough has a respective channel opening that is connected to a laterally extending drain channel. A pad surface is located on the longitudinally-extending troughs and a water-distribution feature located on the pad surface.
US09604149B2
A method for enabling purchases of status items associated with an online virtual game is disclosed. The method involves: determining that a player of the online virtual game has achieved a first objective defined in the online virtual game, and informing an online store that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow the player to purchase a first status item for achieving the first objective. The first status item comprises a real-world indication that the player has achieved the first objective. The online store is configured to allow a particular player to purchase a particular status item associated with achieving a particular objective in the online virtual game that conveys that the particular player has, in fact, achieved the particular objective. The online store is configured to not allow the particular player to purchase the particular status item without actually having achieved the particular objective.
US09604136B1
A golf club simulation apparatus includes an elongate shaft housing having opposed lower and upper ends and defining an interior area. A head housing is coupled to the lower end of the shaft housing. A battery is situated in the shaft housing. An input member configured to receive club selection data is coupled to an outer surface of the shaft housing and electrically connected to the battery. A weight indexing assembly is situated in the head housing that includes a tumbler rotatably coupled to the lower portion of the shaft housing and that includes a weight carriage situated in the club head housing. The tumbler has an outer surface defining an indexed slot network, the weight carriage being in communication with the indexed slot network and configured for movement along the indexed slot network in a gravity assisted movement.
US09604133B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling movement of a digital object displayed on a screen provide a virtual dynamic direction control pad based on zone detection and touch stroke direction to control customized animated character motion. A player wishing to move the digital object can use a stylus or other touch to indicate a first point on the screen. When the player first touches the stylus to the screen, the system analyzes the touch and divides the screen into multiple zones around the first point indicated by the player. To move the object, the player moves the stylus to a second point on the screen. Movement of the stylus to a second point within one of these zones causes the digital object to perform a predetermined action. Each zone has a predetermined associated action. Direct control of character motion by the game player is enhanced.
US09604129B2
Pinball machines with animated playfield components and automatic level detection are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a method may include changing a visual appearance of a surface of a physical object within a pinball machine, the physical object configured to physically interact with a pinball during a pinball game. In another illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a pinball machine may be configured to receive leveling information detected by one or more accelerometers, the leveling information selected from the group consisting of: pitch, roll, and yaw. In yet another illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a pinball machine may be configured to periodically or continuously receive leveling information detected by one or more accelerometers during a pinball game, and then discourage the player from applying force to the pinball machine in response to the leveling information meeting a value and/or encourage a player to apply force to the pinball machine.
US09604124B2
An apparatus comprising a platform; a plurality of trucks coupled to the platform; and a roller assembly coupled to the platform, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an omnidirectional rotation, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an elastic biasing, wherein the roller assembly is driven by a motor.
US09604083B2
A device for suppressing and/or extinguishing a fire associated with a container may include a housing defining a hollow sleeve and a column configured to be received within the hollow sleeve. The column may define a first chamber, a second chamber, at least one aperture, and a piercing end configured to pierce a barrier. The first chamber may be configured to receive an expansion agent, and the second chamber may be configured to receive a fire extinguishing agent. The device may be configured such that upon activation of the expansion agent, the column extends from the housing so as to enable the piercing end to penetrate the container and to enable the fire extinguishing agent to be delivered into an interior of the container via the at least one aperture.
US09604076B2
A radioactive seed and method for making a radioactive seed with selective magnetic imaging characteristics are provided. The seed includes a housing which may include a metal shell for at least partially enclosing a radioactive material. The shell encloses a rod having a nickel layer with a phosphorous content, wherein the phosphorous content includes a level of phosphorous sufficient, when the seed is implanted in tissue, to provide a magnetic resonance image of the seed while substantially eliminating gross artifacts in the magnetic resonance image.
US09604060B2
Systems and methods for deep brain electrode placement and deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment of conditions such as obesity are disclosed. In one example approach, during placement of a deep brain stimulating electrode in a target region of the brain of a patient, a temperature of brown adipose tissue (BAT) may be monitored, e.g., via a supraclavicular temperature sensor implanted in the patient, and used to identify an optimal location of electrode stimulation which causes an increase in BAT temperature. Additionally, BAT temperature measurements may be used to provide regulated closed-loop control to increase efficiency of DBS while reducing energy consumption of the pulse generator. Further, core temperature measurements may be obtained from the electrode in the brain and used to adjust DBS.
US09604058B2
A method for treating an ailment of a patient using at least one electrode implanted within a spinal column of the patient at a T4-T6 spinal nerve level. The method comprises increasing an activation threshold of a side-effect exhibiting neural structure relative to the activation threshold of a dorsal column (DC) nerve fiber of the patient, and applying electrical stimulation energy to the DC nerve fiber via the at least one electrode while the activation threshold of the neural structure is increased, thereby treating the ailment while minimizing stimulation of the neural structure. Another method comprises applying electrical stimulation energy to the spinal column of the patient via the plurality of electrodes, thereby generating a medio-lateral electrical field relative to the spinal column of the patient and treating the ailment.
US09604053B2
The methods and apparatus for lead placement on a surface of the heart are employed using an elongated body having proximal and distal end portions. The body defines a lead receiving passageway extending between a proximal inlet and a distal outlet for receiving a lead therethrough for contact with the heart surface. The elongated body is adapted for insertion between a pericardium and an epicardial surface. At least a portion of the body may have a non-circular cross-sectional shape adapted to retain the body orientation between the pericardium and the epicardial surface.
US09604040B1
A system and method for performing spine surgery, including a tissue distraction assembly. The tissue distraction assembly includes an initial dilator, a secondary dilator, a first expander, and a second expander. The tissue distraction assembly is provided with an overall generally oblong shape. The tissue distraction assembly provides for asymmetrical tissue distraction in a single direction.
US09604039B2
A self-clearing actuator configured to be positioned in a pore providing fluid communication into a central lumen of a ventricular catheter body is described. The actuator extends into a central bore via a cantilever beam having a first end emanating at the central bore and a second end terminating at the actuator, wherein the actuator is configured to reciprocate within the central bore between a first position extending downward at an angle into the central bore and a second position substantially at or above the external surface of the catheter. The cantilever beam is stressed, e.g. via a composite compress layer, such that it is preloaded to nominally curve downward to extend the actuator into the second position. The actuator is preferably a magnet responsive to magnetic field such that the magnetic field drives the actuator toward the first position.
US09604030B2
A hub for a sheath, catheter, or other tubular device includes a first hub portion including a first hub lumen sized for receiving a medical device therethrough, and a second hub portion including a second hub lumen, the second hub portion coupled to the first hub portion such that the first and second hub lumens are aligned with one another and the first and second hub portions are spaced apart from one another to define a gap. A valve is secured within the gap between the first and second hub portions that includes a valve passage therethrough, e.g., for accommodating receiving a medical device through the first and second hub lumens into the tubular device, while providing a substantially fluid tight seal.
US09604011B2
According to the invention, a safety device for a pre-filled syringe comprises a hollow support body for retaining the pre-filled syringe, a hollow needle shield that is movable relative to the support body from a first position to a second position, releasable mounting means to mount the pre-filled syringe within the support body and a spring means arranged within the support body in a non-energized or only slightly energized state. The movement of the needle shield from the first position to the second position fully energizes the spring means.
US09603993B2
A power-injectable access port includes a housing defining an internal cavity and including a plurality of suture apertures, a needle-penetrable septum captured by the housing enabling needle access to the internal cavity, a stem having a lumen in fluid communication with the internal cavity, the stem configured for coupling to a catheter, and a radiopaque identification feature observable via imaging technology subsequent to subcutaneous implantation of the port, the feature indicating that the port is suitable for power injection.
US09603989B2
Methods are provided for anticoagulating blood. Whole blood is drawn from a donor into a system at a draw flow rate. Anticoagulant from an anticoagulant source is pumped into the system at an anticoagulant flow rate to mix with the blood. The anticoagulated blood may be subsequently processed in any of a number of known ways, including separating it and removing at least a portion of one of the components of the blood. Thereafter, at least a portion of the remaining blood may be returned to the donor. The anticoagulant flow rate is independent of the draw flow rate and can be based on a number of factors, including the weight of the donor and the rate at which the donor can metabolize the anticoagulant.
US09603987B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for conveying fluids into the treatment unit of a medical treatment apparatus. The device and method according to the present invention are based on the fact that the fluid with which the treatment unit is supplied, circulates in a fluid circuit including the treatment unit. To balance fresh and used fluid fed to the treatment unit or conveyed from the treatment unit, a balancing unit with a balancing chamber is used, which can be incorporated into the fluid circuit including the treatment unit. It is thus possible to supply the fluid circuit continuously with fresh fluid or to carry away used fluid continuously from the fluid circuit. The supply and discharge of fresh and used fluid can take place at a different flow rate from the flow rate at which the fluid circulates in the fluid circuit via the treatment unit.
US09603985B2
Dialysis systems comprising actuators that cooperate to perform dialysis functions and sensors that cooperate to monitor dialysis functions are disclosed. According to one aspect, such a hemodialysis system comprises a user interface model layer, a therapy layer, below the user interface model layer, and a machine layer below the therapy layer. The user interface model layer is configured to manage the state of a graphical user interface and receive inputs from a graphical user interface. The therapy layer is configured to run state machines that generate therapy commands based at least in part on the inputs from the graphical user interface. The machine layer is configured to provide commands for the actuators based on the therapy commands.
US09603981B2
This patent relates to devices that can be manipulated by a user to expel or draw in a material. In one example, a hand-operable vacuum device can include an interface portion configured to contact a material. The hand-operable vacuum device can also include a deformable portion that extends along an axis that passes through the interface portion and wherein the deformable portion includes at least one longitudinally-oriented resilient structure that extends generally parallel to the axis.
US09603972B2
The invention relates to an implant with a coating (23) which releases silver ions in the human body and as a result has antimicrobial action. According to the invention, a first surface component of the coating (23) is formed by an anode material (25). A second surface component of the coating (23) is formed by a cathode material (26). The cathode material is higher in the electrochemical voltage series than the anode material (25). The cathode material (26) and the anode material (25) are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner. Together with the body electrolyte in the environment of the implant, the anode material (25) and the cathode material (26) form a multitude of local galvanic elements. The antimicrobial action of the coating (23) is improved as a result.
US09603971B2
Disclosed herein are pH-dependent silk fibroin-based ionomeric compositions and colloids, and methods of making the same. The state of the silk fibroin ionomeric compositions is reversible and can transform from a gel-like colloid to a more fluid-like solution, or vice versa, upon an environmental stimulus, e.g., pH. Thus, the silk-based ionomeric compositions and colloids can be applied in various industries, ranging from electronic applications to biomedical applications, such as sensors, gel diodes, absorbent materials, drug delivery systems, tissue implants and contrast agents.
US09603970B2
A biodegradable material with shape retention ability may be prepared using a process that includes (a) dissolving a polymer that in a first solvent to obtain a first solution; (b) dissolving a poly-N-vinyl lactam (e.g., polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)) in a second solvent to obtain a second solution; (c) mixing the first solution with the second solution to obtain a liquid mixture; and (d) preparing the biodegradable material using the liquid mixture in an electrospinning process. The polymer may include a copolymer of lactide and caprolactone, where the lactide preferably includes L-lactide. The first solution may be an aprotic solvent, preferably ethyl acetate.
