US09810206B2
A hydraulic fluid line coupling system is disclosed. The coupling may include a female fitting, a male fitting, first and second elastomeric seals between the female fitting and male fitting, and a cylindrical collar surrounding the female fitting, male fitting, and first and second elastomeric seals.
US09810204B2
A structure of a floating, semi-submersible wind turbine platform is provided. The floating wind turbine platform includes three elongate stabilizing columns, each having a top end, a keel end, and an outer shell containing an inner shaft. Each stabilizing column further includes a water entrapment plate at its keel cantilevered in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the stabilizing column. The floating wind turbine platform also includes three truss members, each truss member including two horizontal main tubular members and two diagonal tubular members. The truss members connect the stabilizing columns to form a triangular cross-section. An elongate wind turbine tower is disposed over the top end of one of the three stabilizing columns such that the longitudinal axis of the tower is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stabilizing column.
US09810198B2
Structural preform layers of multiple rigid unidirectional strength elements or rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements of wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Each preform layer includes one or more fibrous carrier layers to which the multiple strength elements or rods are joined and arranged in the single layer. Each strength element or rod is longitudinally oriented and adjacent to other elements or rods. Individual strength elements or rods include a mass of substantially straight unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the elements or rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide strength elements or rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength.
US09810184B2
An air filter device is provided with a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. A frame part is connected to the filter element and frames the filter element at least over sections thereof circumferentially. The frame part is provided with an air duct receptacle that is adapted to receive an air duct. The frame part is arranged at least partially on an exterior side of the filter housing. The filter element is fastened by the frame part on the filter housing.
US09810181B2
A heater device of a diesel fuel filter may include a heater housing inserted into a diesel fuel filter, and a heater portion inserted into the heater housing. A plurality of flow-path regions may be formed in the heater portion such that heated fuel passes through the heater portion. Accordingly, heat is transmitted directly from a heater portion including a plurality of heat radiating plates and PTC devices, and thus fuel is rapidly heated and a fuel transfer velocity is increased so as to improve engine starting performance at low temperature, thereby improving marketability and convenience.
US09810180B2
The EGR cooling structure includes a cylinder block having cylinders, and a cylinder head into which exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinders is collected. An exhaust emission control device is provided for purifying the exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinder head, and an EGR pipe is provided through which EGR gas of a part of the purified exhaust gas is introduced into an intake system. An EGR cooler is provided in the EGR pipe and cools the EGR gas with the cooling liquid. An exhaust gas passage leading from the cylinders to the exhaust gas purification device is curved when seen from a side, and the EGR cooler is disposed in the space surrounded by the cylinder block, the cylinder head, and the exhaust gas purification device.
US09810175B2
The oil control ring (2) extends in a circumferential direction (2x) about a center (2l) and has a longitudinal axis (2m) that passes through the center (2l), wherein the oil control ring (2) has an end face (2d) that faces the center (2l), and wherein the oil control ring (2) has a first lateral surface (2s), a second lateral surface (2t), and an outer surface (2u) facing away from the center (2l), wherein the oil control ring (2) has a plurality of channels (2c) extending toward the center (2l) on the first lateral surface (2s), said channels being arranged at mutual distances in the circumferential direction (2x) and extending over the entire width of the first lateral surface (2s) in the radial direction and thereby forming a fluid-conducting connection between the end face (2d) and the outer surface (2u), and wherein crown parts (2i) extending in the circumferential direction (2x) are arranged between pairs of channels (2c), wherein each crown part (2i) protrudes beyond the respective channel (2c) in the direction of extent of the longitudinal axis (2m) and forms a lateral channel surface (2w) for the channel (2c), wherein at least one of the crown parts (5i) is designed as a long crown part (2p) and extends over an angular range (α) between 60 degrees and 350 degrees in the circumferential direction (2x). 212×2121.
US09810171B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining an offset of a manifold pressure sensor. In one example, an engine method may include indicating degradation of the manifold pressure sensor based on a sensor offset, the sensor offset based on a manifold pressure measured at a first throttle angle, a barometric pressure at a second throttle angle, a reference manifold pressure at the first throttle angle and reference barometric pressure, and the reference barometric pressure. Further, the method may include adjusting an output of the manifold pressure sensor by the determined sensor offset.
US09810170B2
Various systems and methods are provided for a mass flow rate sensor. In one example, a mass flow rate sensor comprises a first signal input, a second signal input, an output for a mass flow rate signal, a first characteristic field, a second characteristic field, each of the first and second characteristic fields associating a mass flow rate value with a pair of values of a revolution rate value and an output pressure value, and a selection unit that comprises a first parameter input and a second parameter input, the selection unit configured to produce a selection signal depending on a pair of parameters respectively received via the first and second parameter inputs and to switch the mass flow rate value of either the first or the second characteristic field through to the output of the mass flow rate sensor depending on the selection signal.
US09810169B2
Starting an internal combustion engine may be difficult as a consequence of the operating conditions of the engine. Even after the engine has started, it may take a long period of time for the engine to reach operating temperatures. In the present disclosure, when engine start difficulty is expected, before starting the engine a forced induction compressor arranged with the engine may be turned on to increase the engine intake air pressure before the engine is started.
US09810167B2
When a catalytic converter in an exhaust passage is in an un-activated state, an intake air amount is increased, as compared to when the converter is in an activated state under the same engine operation condition, and an ignition timing is retarded beyond a TDC of a compression stroke. The ignition timing is set such that a retard amount thereof from the TDC becomes larger as an external load causing a rotational resistance of an engine becomes lower. A valve opening start timing of an exhaust valve is set such that, when the external load is lower than a given reference load, the valve starts opening, before an in-cylinder pressure reaches a peak, according to combustion of an air-fuel mixture ignited at the above ignition timing, in a subsequent expansion stroke, wherein the in-cylinder pressure is based on an assumption that the valve is maintained in a valve-closed state.
US09810165B2
An internal combustion engine includes a control unit determining the occurrence or non-occurrence of dew condensation in a tip portion of a nozzle based on a nozzle heat receiving amount of an injector and a nozzle tip temperature of the injector at a point in time when ignition is turned OFF and performing nozzle corrosion prevention control when the dew condensation is determined to occur in the nozzle tip portion. The control unit calculates a nozzle tip temperature reduction rate based on the nozzle heat receiving amount, calculates a dew point arrival time based on the reduction rate, and determines the occurrence or non-occurrence of the dew condensation in the nozzle tip portion based on the dew point arrival time.
US09810159B2
An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a rotating speed detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, and a fuel control unit for judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and controlling respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner.
US09810153B2
The present disclosure relates to an engine having two modes of operation—air breathing and rocket—that may be used in aerospace applications such as in an aircraft, flying machine, or aerospace vehicle. The engine's efficiency can be maximized by using a precooler arrangement to cool intake air in air breathing mode using cold fuel delivery systems used for the rocket mode. By introducing the precooler and certain other engine cycle components, and arranging and operating them as described, problems such as those associated with higher fuel and weight requirements and frost formation can be alleviated.
US09810144B2
A process for the crystallisation of a water-soluble compound is disclosed. The process comprises (a) providing, in a crystallisation vessel, a solution of the water-soluble compound in a mixture of water and a solvent in which the water-soluble compound has a lower solubility than in water; (b) passing vapor phase of the mixture through a sorption zone containing a water vapor sorbent to selectively adsorb water from the vapor phase; (c) recycling a part of the vapor phase to the crystallisation vessel or withdrawing vapor phase depleted in water from the process and adding solvent to the crystallisation vessel; (d) allowing solid crystals of the water-soluble compound to precipitate from the solution; and (e) discharging precipitated solid crystals of the water-soluble compound from the crystallisation vessel and discharging a solution of non-crystallised water-soluble compound in water-solvent mixture from the crystallisation vessel.
US09810142B2
A uniflow-scavenging-type two-cycle engine includes: a cylinder; a piston that slides in the cylinder; an exhaust port that is provided at a first end of the cylinder; an exhaust valve that opens and closes the exhaust port; a scavenging port that is provided in an inner circumferential surface of a second end of the cylinder in the stroke direction of the piston and inhales an active gas into a combustion chamber in accordance with a sliding movement of the piston; a plurality of fuel injection valves that inject a fuel gas to the active gas, which has been drawn in from the scavenging port to the combustion chamber, to thereby generate a premixed gas; and a fuel injection control unit that varies injection directions of fuel gas injected from a part or all of the fuel injection valves.
US09810130B2
The present disclosure relates to a generator for an internal combustion engine. The generator for an internal combustion engine includes: a heat protector configured to cover an exhaust manifold in which exhaust gas flows to absorb heat energy emitted from the exhaust manifold; and a thermoelectric module configured to be disposed on the heat protector to generate electric energy from heat energy absorbed by the heat protector.
US09810125B2
Provided is a catalytic converter, having a first casing, a first honeycomb carrier disposed in the first casing, multiple second casings connected to the first casing, and multiple second honeycomb carriers each respectively disposed in the second casings. The first honeycomb carrier has multiple first metal sheets and a first catalyst layer formed on the first metal sheets. The first metal sheets are disposed in the first casing to form multiple first channels. Each of the second honeycomb carriers has a similar structure with that of the first honeycomb carrier. The materials of the first and the second catalyst layers include platinum, palladium, and rhodium. The exhaust gas is subjected to redox reaction by the first and the second catalyst layers and burned at high temperature, and thus the emission of the harmful components from the diesel engine is reduced.
US09810119B2
The invention relates to a mixer for a device for selective catalytic reduction of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines. The mixer comprises a structure of mixer elements through which the mixture of exhaust gas and reducing agent is to flow. The mixer elements have an electric current flowing through them for electrical heating due to the electrical resistance thereof. The invention further relates to a device for selective catalytic reaction of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas pipe leading to a mixer according to the invention and having a reducing agent pipe which is connected to a reservoir for reducing agent and which opens into the exhaust gas pipe in the flow direction upstream of the mixer, and a catalyst in the flow direction downstream of the mixer.
US09810115B2
An engine block, an engine sub-assembly, and method for providing and manufacturing an engine block. The engine block includes a plurality of cylinder barrels positioned in the engine block, at least one oil jacket channel formed in the engine block, and an oil inlet port positioned in a peripheral wall of the engine block and connected to the at least one oil jacket channel. The at least one oil jacket channel includes a plurality of curved channel sections. Each curved channel section in the plurality of curved channel sections extends about at least a portion of a circumferential portion of a respective cylinder barrel in the plurality of cylinder barrels. The at least one oil jacket channel extends between adjacent cylinder barrels of the plurality of cylinder barrels in the engine block.
US09810114B2
A cam follower assembly is provided including an improved lubricant flowpath. The assembly includes a generally cylindrical housing including an annular groove adapted to be in communication with a lubricant gallery in an engine block or cylinder head. An axial end of the housing includes skirt portions including openings, and one of the skirt portions includes a first recessed section indented from an outer lateral surface of the housing and extending axially between the annular groove and a respective one of the openings. A pin is mounted in the openings of the skirt portions and has a second recessed section indented from an outer lateral surface of the pin that extends to at least one of the ends of the pin. The second recessed section is in communication with the first recessed section, and a cam roller supported on the pin.
US09810107B2
An intermediate phase adjustment apparatus of a CVVT includes check valves provided to prevent backflow of oil when the oil moves from one chamber to another chamber in order to secure a parking position of a lock pin in a CVVT of which an advance chamber and a retard chamber are formed between a rotor and a stator, and an oil inlet portion formed at the stator to correspond to inlet portions of the check valves, wherein an oil inlet portion provided at one chamber is formed larger than an oil inlet portion provided at the other chamber by a predetermined size, and the open angles of the check valves for making oil to flow into a chamber are increased, thereby preventing an offset occurrence by a cam torque.
US09810104B2
A method for recovering waste heat in a process for the synthesis of a chemical product, particularly ammonia, where the product is used as the working fluid of a thermodynamic cycle; the waste heat is used to increase the enthalpy content of a high-pressure liquid stream of said product (11), delivered by a synthesis section (10), thus obtaining a vapor or supercritical product stream (20), and energy is recovered by expanding said vapor or supercritical stream across at least one suitable ex-pander (13); the method is particularly suited to recover the heat content of the syngas effluent after low-temperature shift.
US09810101B2
A method for starting a continuous steam generator is provided. The steam generator includes a combustion chamber provided with a plurality of burners, a water-steam separation device that is mounted downstream of evaporator tubes of the water-steam separation device on a flow-medium side. The amount of water flowing into the water-steam separation device during a starting process is kept to a minimum. The firing power of at least one of the burners is adjusted in accordance with a filling level characteristic value of the water-steam separation device.
US09810099B2
An arrangement to control vibrations in a gas turbine exhaust diffuser is provided. The arrangement includes a protrusion coupled to a turbine exhaust cylinder strut for controlling shock induced oscillations in a gas turbine diffuser. The controlled shock induced oscillations minimize pressure fluctuations in the gas turbine exhaust diffuser such that an unsteadiness of the fluid flow surrounding the turbine exhaust cylinder strut is reduced. A method to fluid flow induced vibrations in a gas turbine diffuser is also provided.
US09810092B2
A rotor arrangement including: a rotor stage having an annular array of rotor blades each blade having a tip; a casing that surrounds the rotor stage and defines a clearance between the tips and the casing; and an over tip leakage measurement system including a multi-hole total pressure probe mounted to a stationary component downstream of the rotor stage; the probe arranged such that the axis of at least one of the holes is substantially aligned with an expected flow direction from the rotor stage.
US09810084B1
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes pressure and suction side walls joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The pressure and suction side walls surround an airfoil cavity and provide an exterior airfoil surface. A baffle is arranged in the airfoil cavity and includes a supply hole. Ribs extend from the pressure and suction side walls into the airfoil cavity and engage the baffle. The ribs are configured to provide a serpentine cooling passage between the baffle and at least one of the pressure and suction side walls. The serpentine cooling passage has first and second passes joined by a bend. The ribs form a film cooling cavity between the first and second passes. The supply hole fluidly connects the baffle to the film cooling cavity. Film cooling holes extend through at least one of the pressure and suction side walls. The film cooling holes are in fluid communication with the film cooling cavity.
US09810077B2
A fan blade includes a root including a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface connected to the front surface and the rear surface, and a second side surface connected to the front surface and the rear surface. The front surface engages the first side surface and the second side surface by one or more blunted surfaces, and the rear surface engages the first side surface and the second side surface by one or more blunted surfaces. A blade extends from the root.
US09810074B2
Gas turbine engine blade squealer tips incorporate cooling slots formed in the suction side rail downstream of the leading edge for directing cooling gas flow along an inside edge of the squealer tip pressure side rail. Some embodiments incorporate a tip fin on the suction side rail proximal a cooling slot. Segmented suction side rail embodiments abrade opposing turbine casing abradable surfaces prior to potential contact with the pressure side rail, reducing likelihood of pressure side rail friction heating. During turbine engine operation cooler pressure side rails reduce likelihood of squealer tip erosion.
US09810058B2
The invention is a petroleum well downhole logging tool (0) comprising —a wireline telemetry controller unit (6) comprising —a downhole modem (61) for transmitting data at a first bitrate uplink on a wireline (8) to a surface telemetry unit (106) connected to a surface read-out unit (SRO) with a memory (123)), a server toolbus controller (62) connected between said downhole modem (61) and an internal tool databus (7) operating at a second bitrate (r2) higher than the first bitrate; —one or more logging tools (4) each with sensors (40a, 40b, 40c, . . . ), each with a client toolbus controller (42) connected on said tool databus (7), said downhole logging tool (0) further comprising —a memory tool unit (2) with a memory section (21) with relatively high IO speed and capacity and connected to said internal tool databus (7) via a memory tool client toolbus controller (42m) connected to said tool databus (7) and arranged for communicating with said server toolbus controller (62), said memory tool (2) further provided with —an internal local high speed data bus (3) operating at a third bitrate (r3) higher than said second bitrate (r2), to —a high-resolution logging tool (1) with one or more sensors (1s) which provides high-resolution data (11), —said memory tool (2) arranged for transmitting a part (11s) of said high-resolution data (11) via said internal tool databus (7) online to said server toolbus controller (62) during logging, and —for uploading more of or all of said high-resolution data (11) via said server toolbus controller (62) to said surface telemetry unit (106) and said surface read-out unit (SRO).
US09810054B2
A technique facilitates monitoring of load forces at various locations along a well string. The technique enables determination of loading based on measurement of hydraulic pressures, and the technique may be used to determine axial loading along a variety of downhole completions. A compensating piston may be disposed in a fluid chamber between a housing and a mandrel of one of the completions. The mandrel is slidably received in the housing and the fluid chamber is coupled with a sensor gauge via a pressure communication passage to facilitate accurate measurement of loading via the hydraulic pressures in the fluid chamber. The load forces may be monitored during, for example, landing of an uphole completion into a downhole completion. The sensor gauge also may be used for monitoring other pressures along the overall completion.
US09810036B2
In a fracking context the object that will ultimately block a passage in an isolation device is introduced into the zone with the bottom hole assembly. The object is not released until the guns fire to create a pressure spike in the borehole that triggers the object retaining device to release the object. The retaining device is placed in close proximity to the isolation device and its setting tool to allow a larger object and passage in the isolation device to be used. If the guns misfire, the object is not released and comes out with the guns. The replacement guns can be pumped in because the passage in the isolation device has stayed open during the misfire. Direct and indirect object release in response to pressure created from the firing of the guns is contemplated.
US09810031B2
Coiled tubing optimized for long, horizontal completions is provided. The tubing comprises a body portion; at least two tapered portions, each tapered portion defining distal ends spaced apart from one another; and at least one bias weld portion. In some embodiments, the tapered portions are located between the body portion and the bias weld. The tubing has a weld thickness in the bias weld portion(s), a body thickness in the body portion, and a taper thickness in the tapered portions; generally, the thickness of the bias weld portion is greater than the body portion thickness. The wall thickness transitions from one end of each tapered portion to the other end of the same tapered portion.
US09810028B2
An improved gap sub assembly that can withstand the rigors of directional drilling, while still being cost effective and easy to deploy at the drill site. Embodiments can be assembled by sliding a mandrel into a housing without any threading or clocking, filling the gap between the housing and mandrel with an electrically isolating material, and curing the electrically isolating material to mechanically couple the housing and mandrel. In some embodiments, the interior surface of the housing and the outer surface of the mandrel comprise a plurality of complimentary axial sections having staggered diameters so that a constant dielectric gap is maintained. In some embodiments, the interior surface of the housing and the outer surface of the mandrel comprise non-overlapping right- and/or left-handed helical grooves that, when filled with a cured electrically insulating material, forms a complex 3D shear resistance mechanism optimized to resist torsion or twisting.
US09810023B2
A climbing system for inhibiting a ladder from tipping includes a ladder that may be climbed. A platform is provided and the platform may be positioned on a support surface. The ladder is removably coupled to the platform such that the platform inhibits the ladder from tipping.
US09810021B2
A thermal expansion and contraction system secures cables to a ladder rung. The thermal expansion and contraction system includes a cable grip secured to the ladder rung. The cable grip includes a protective grommet for holding cables to the ladder rung, a metal plate and wire forms to secure the protective grommet to the metal plate. The thermal expansion and contraction system also includes a cable divider secured to the ladder rung to maintaining separation of cables and a cable containment clamp secured to the ladder rung.
US09810010B1
A hinge for a swinging gate includes a base plate, a hinge base pivotally secured to the base plate and a mounting member connected in spaced apart relation to the hinge base by an elongate bolt. A gate-engaging member is secured to the mounting member so that pivoting of the hinge base effects conjoint pivoting of the mounting member, the gate-engaging member and a gate that it engages. An upstanding post has a pair of laterally spaced apart T-shaped slots that extend along its height. A bolt disposed within a T-shaped slot is disposed horizontally and cannot rotate. The bolts housed in a T-shaped slot screw-threadedly engage apertures formed in the corners of the base plate to secure the base plate to the upstanding post. In a second embodiment, a cantilever gate supported by a trolley assembly is secured in cantilever relation to at least one upstanding post.
US09809997B2
An all-plastic, tumbler-free cam lock includes a cylindrical lock body with a flange extending radially from the distal end to be glued to a surface surrounding a mounting hole. The lock body has a bore extending axially and a central spindle received coaxially in the bore. A key has a cylindrical tubular key body insertable concentrically between the lock body shoulder and the distal end of the spindle. A pair of outer key lugs extend radially outwardly from the tubular key body to pass through the key channels of an interior shoulder of the lock body, thus permitting access only by one key configuration. A third key lug extends radially inwardly from the inner surface of the tubular key body to engage a keyway channel of the spindle.
US09809994B1
An integrally formed panel (10) comprising an annular member (15) defining a longitudinally extending cavity (16) for engaging a picket (5); at least a first distal panel (100) extending away from the longitudinally extending cavity (16) for screening; the annular member (15) having a longitudinally extending slot (21) in communication with the longitudinally extending cavity (16) for receiving and releasing the picket 5; a locking tab (74) and an anchor lock (94) along opposite sides of the longitudinally extending slot (21) for releasably and tensionally securing the annular member (15) to the picket 5, the anchor lock (94) extending away from the longitudinally extending cavity (16) and projecting angularly from the adjoining portion of the annular member (15), and the locking tab (74) extending toward said anchor lock (94); a prying means 70 for receiving a lever and prying force to releasably latch the locking tab (74) and the anchor lock (94); at most one hinge (54) between the locking tab (74) and the anchor lock (94) for flexibly opening the annular member (15) to receive and release the picket (5); at most one corner (55) adjacent the locking tab (74) for cooperating with the hinge (54) to open the annular member (15) to receive and release the picket 5; a spring (51) between the corner (55) and the hinge (54) for tensioning the annular member (15); and an anchor flange 92 adjacent the anchor lock (94) extending into the longitudinally extending cavity (16) for anchoring the annular member (15) to the picket (5) and for resisting releasably latching the locking tab (74) to the anchor lock (94) during handling, shipping, or displaying.
US09809978B2
Exemplary embodiments include a structural system for replacing a standard beam. The standard beam has a weight per unit length, a depth in a load direction, a characteristic cross-sectional shape and a width in a cross direction substantially perpendicular to the load direction. The structural system includes a monolithic beam having the characteristic cross-sectional shape and the depth in the load direction. The monolithic beam may also have the weight per unit length. The monolithic beam includes first and second flanges connected by a transverse section. The first and second flanges extend in the cross direction and have first and second thicknesses, respectively, in the load direction. The flanges are not wider than the width in the cross direction. At least one of the flanges has the width in the cross direction. The thicknesses are different. The flanges and the transverse section are an integrated structure forming the monolithic beam.
US09809976B2
A saddle connector, having an inverted channel, engages a bulb of a beam in the grid of a suspended ceiling. The channel has hardened teeth staggered along the opposing walls of the channel. The teeth are forced into the bulb of the beam, one at a time, by the full force exerted by hand operated pliers.
US09809971B2
An architectural building block including a generally triangular block having an outer wall, an inner wall disposed in substantially parallel configuration with respect to the outer wall and three side walls, each adjoining the outer wall and the inner wall. One of the side walls includes dual inverse mirror planes and each of the other two of which includes a single inverse mirror plane. At least one the side walls is configured to be positionable so as to mate with a side wall of an abuttingly disposed block, whereby curved structures may be constructed from a plurality of such blocks to form a dihedral angle between each set of two blocks. In one embodiment, the inner wall further includes at least one depression disposed on the inner wall of the block.
US09809970B2
A collapsible and portable deck system comprising: a) a collapsible support frame configured to support a deck base portion comprising a plurality of frame members coupled in a scissor structure and configured to be expanded from a collapsed position to an extended position, comprising i. a plurality of frame members, ii. a plurality of corner upright frame members; iii. a plurality of middle upright frame members; iv. a plurality of upper connector assemblies; and v. a plurality of lower connector assemblies; and b) a modular deck base portion, comprising i. at least two first deck support members, ii. a plurality of second deck support members, and iii. a plurality of interconnected deck boards.
US09809969B2
A system designed to control and filter runoff water in storm drains is presented. Drain water frequently carries trash, organic matter, suspended solids, hydrocarbons, metals, nutrients and bacteria collected from streets and parking lots into a storm drain inlet, which enters storm water drain pipe systems.The present invention supplies a series of baffle boxes inserted in the drain water stream with a final box possessing an upflow filter comprising filtration media and filter cartridges. The system can also support a storm flow bypass that directs high-flow storm runoff water directly to the outlet to protect the filter system.
US09809965B1
A toilet having a built-in odor evacuating system has a toilet body wherein a tank portion contains a module further comprised of a turbine member that is powered by a DC motor, and triggered by a motion sensor. The turbine member takes air from openings located inside a bowl portion of the toilet body, and pumps the air through a first pipe, forming part of the module. Once passed the turbine member, the air is directed into a second pipe directing the air into a “P” trap extending integrally from the bowl portion so that odors are blocked by water inside the bowl portion.
US09809960B2
An underground water-storage system that includes a sump having a base and sidewalls that cooperate to define an open-topped box that defines a reservoir, a plurality of plastic water matrices each defining a void space for receiving water, and a lid. The sump and lid are formed of a reinforced geomembrane material and include welds and are prefabricated in a location remote from an installation site of the underground water-storage vault more than two days prior to installation.
US09809957B2
The object of the present invention is to provide an inventive energy recovery method for a hydraulic system comprising a hydraulic cylinder (1), a pump (2), a tank (3), a supply conduit (4), a return conduit (5), and a hydraulic accumulator (7), the method comprises the steps of charging said hydraulic accumulator (7), and storing fluid in said hydraulic accumulator (7), wherein said energy recovery method comprises the step of directing fluid from said hydraulic accumulator (7) into an expanding chamber (8, 9) of said hydraulic cylinder (1) during an overrunning load condition.
US09809947B2
A dipper for a mining shovel includes a back wall, a first side wall extending from the back wall, a second side wall extending from the back wall, a front wall disposed opposite the back wall and extending between the first and second side walls, and a dipper door pivotally coupled to a bottom end of the dipper. The dipper door is movable between a latched and an unlatched position relative to the dipper. The dipper door is angled relative to the front wall at an acute angle when the dipper door is in the latched position.
US09809941B1
A drainage unit has a plurality of modules defining channels with arced or flared surfaces longitudinally spaced from one another for installation into a ground excavation. The spaced modules may be aligned on a longitudinally support pipe that may provide a fluid connection between the channels. The adjacent surfaces of successive modules are spaced from each other a non-constant distance across the laterally transverse thickness or height. Filtration fabric that allows fluid flow therethrough while substantially filtering surrounding soil or other back fill is wrapped around each of modules. The flared and/or arced configuration of the modules defining channels allows for increased surface area interfacing between the channels and soil and a corresponding reduction in laterally transverse footprint.
US09809938B2
A box culvert assembly and method of forming a box culvert assembly. The boxes forming the assembly comprise portions configured to allow pivoted assembly of one box into another, while reducing the likelihood of high stress or fracture. The box assembly further allows for a generally tight seal between the boxes.
US09809935B2
Rails for drainage channels or manholes are known on which a cover of a channel or of a manhole can be placed. The rail has a horizontal bearing surface (10) extending in a longitudinal direction of the drainage channel or of the manhole and, substantially perpendicular to this bearing face, a rail edge (11) on the inner surface (12) of which the cover can be placed and on the outer surface (13) of which a surface covering can be applied. To increase the strength, it is proposed that the bearing surface (10) and/or the inner surface (12) and/or the outer surface (13) is/are provided with beads (20, 22, 23) over the entire length of the rail (1).
US09809931B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a dispersible moist wipe comprising hydroentangled fibers and a binder composition. The moist wipe demonstrates high initial wet strength while maintaining effective dispersion in an aqueous environment. The moist wipe has potential application as a flushable surface cleaning product and/or a flushable cleansing cloth.
US09809928B2
A cellulose pulp particle having the shape of a general prismatoid having two parallel bases, the pulp particle comprising pulp fibers in a wet laid pulp sheet form, one of the bases having an area that is equal to or greater than the area of the other base, the area of the larger base being equal to or less than 30 mm2 and equal to or greater than 8 mm2, the height of the particle, the perpendicular distance between the bases, being equal to or greater than 0.9 mm and equal to or less than 5 mm.
US09809926B2
A machine and method are presented for producing interlaced composite components. The method includes: depositing a first one or more warp filaments onto a deposition surface in a first linear direction, inserting, on top of the first one or more warp filaments, a first one or more weft filaments in a second linear direction, where the second direction is in the same plane as the first one or more warp filaments but is not parallel to the direction of the first one or more warp filaments, depositing, on top of the one or more first weft filaments, one or more second warp filaments in first linear direction, where the second one or more warp filaments are not collinear with the first one of more warp filaments, and inserting, on top of the second one or more warp filaments, a second one or more weft filaments in the second direction.
US09809920B2
A fabric treatment apparatus including a steam spray device for heating water to generate steam and for spraying the generated steam into a space in which fabric is received and a water supply valve for adjusting flow of water supplied to the steam spray device to generate steam. A control method of the fabric treatment apparatus including controlling the water supply valve to be repeatedly opened and closed according to a first pattern and controlling the water supply valve to be repeatedly opened and closed according to a second pattern, the second pattern supplying a larger amount of water than in the first pattern for the same time period.
US09809917B2
Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, a circular guide, and a panel. The drum holds laundry, has a front side and a rear side opened, and has a cross-section of a noncircular looped curve in which a distance from a rotation center is not uniform. The circular guide rotatably supports a portion of the drum in which a section curvature is uniform. The panel is provided on a front side or a rear side of the drum and supports the circular guide such that the circular guide is rotatable.
US09809897B2
A metal plating apparatus includes a chemical bath chamber, an anode disposed at a bottom portion of the chemical bath chamber, and a cathode disposed at a top portion of the chemical bath chamber. A solenoid coil is disposed within the chemical bath chamber between the anode and the cathode. The solenoid coil is arranged to apply a magnetic field during a metal plating process in a direction from the anode to the cathode.
US09809896B2
An apparatus and method for measuring the isoelectric pH for materials deposited on or otherwise affixed onto and in contact with an electrode surface, and a method for utilizing the isoelectric pH to form nanometer thickness, self-assembled layers on the material, are described. Forming such layers utilizing information obtained about the isoelectric pH values of the substrate and the coating is advantageous since the growth of the coating is self-limiting because once the surface charge has been neutralized there is no longer a driving force for the solid electrolyte coating thickness to increase, and uniform coatings without pinhole defects will be produced because a local driving force for assembly will exist if any bare electrode material is exposed to the solution. The present self-assembly procedure, when combined with electrodeposition, may be used to increase the coating thickness. Self-assembly, with or without additional electrodeposition, allows intimate contact between the anode, electrolyte and cathode which is required for successful application to solid-state batteries, as an example.
US09809891B2
Copper electroplating baths having a surface tension of ≦40 mN/m are suitable for filling vias with copper, where such copper deposits are substantially void-free and substantially free of surface defects.
US09809886B2
A method of machining a nickel containing alloy gas turbine engine component (34) comprises applying a material removal gas comprising gaseous carbon monoxide at a nickel carbonyl gas forming temperature such as 50 to 60° C. to a surface of the component to form a nickel carbonyl gas, and thereby remove a surface layer from at least part of the component.
US09809878B2
In-line metallizer assemblies can include an external rotating actuator exchange that can be operable to exchange one or more parts between a conveyor system and a vacuum chamber, and an internal rotating actuator exchange within the vacuum chamber that can be operable to receive the one or more parts from the external rotating actuator exchange, transition the one or more parts to a sputter coater integrated with the vacuum chamber for metallizing, and return metallized one or more parts to the external rotating actuator exchange such that the external rotating actuator exchange can return the metallized one or more parts to the conveyor system.
US09809872B2
A dilute copper alloy material includes, based on a total mass of the dilute copper alloy material, 2 to 12 mass ppm of sulfur, 2 to 30 mass ppm of oxygen, 4 to 55 mass ppm of titanium, and a balance of pure copper and inevitable impurity. A part of the sulfur and the titanium forms a compound or an aggregate of TiO, TiO2, TiS or Ti—O—S, and an other part of the sulfur and the titanium forms a solid solution. TiO, TiO2, TiS and Ti—O—S distributed in a crystal grain of the dilute copper alloy material are not more than 200 nm, not more than 1000 nm, not more than 200 nm and not more than 300 nm, respectively, in particle size thereof, and not less than 90% of particles distributed in a crystal grain of the dilute copper alloy material are 500 nm or less in particle size.
US09809870B2
A process for treating spent catalyst containing heavy metals, e.g., Group VIB metals and Group VIII metals is provided. In one embodiment after deoiling, the spent catalyst is treated with an ammonia leach solution under conditions sufficient to dissolve the group VIB metal and the Group VIII metal into the leaching solution, forming a leach slurry. After solid-liquid separation to recover a leach solution, chemical precipitation and solids repulping is carried out to obtain an effluent stream containing ammonium sulfate (Amsul), ammonium sulfamate, Group VB, Group VIB and Group VIII metals. Following sulfidation, the Group VIII metal is fully removed and Group VB and Group VI metals are partially removed from the Amsul stream. In the additional steps of oxydrolysis and iron precipitation, an effective amount of ferric ion at a pre-select pH is added to form insoluble complexes with the Group VB and Group VIB metals, which upon liquid-solid separation produces an effluent ammonium sulfate stream containing less than 10 ppm each of the Group VB and Group VIB metals.
US09809867B2
Provided are methods and compositions using activated carbon for optimizing purification and clarification of sugar streams produced from cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass. Also provided are methods and compositions for decreasing one or more undesirable products during pretreatment.
US09809863B2
This disclosure relates to Theiler's disease-associated virus (“TDAV”), reagents relating thereto, and methods for detecting, using, and/or treating diseases associated with TDAV.
US09809854B2
This invention related to methods and assays for screening for, identifying, and predicting the severity and clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Specifically, this invention provides various biomarkers for the prediction of flares of the disease both in number and severity, as well as clinical manifestations of the disease, and methods of using these biomarkers to correctly subclassify patients with this disease, and prescribe appropriate treatment. The invention also provides for biomarkers of lupus disease activity, i.e., flares, as well as biomarkers for the prediction of future flares, and methods of using these biomarkers. The invention also provides, in these biomarkers, targets and methods for drug development and basic research for SLE.
US09809849B2
The present teachings relate to a method and system for normalizing spectra across multiple instruments. In an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises at least one reference instrument and a test instrument. Each instrument comprises at least one excitation filter and at least one emission filter arranged in pairs. Each instrument further comprises a pure dye plate comprising a plurality of wells. Each well contains a plurality of dyes where each dye comprises a fluorescent component. Fluorescent spectra are obtained from each instrument for each dye across multiple filter combinations to contribute to a pure dye matrix Mref for the reference instrument and pure dye matrix M for the test instrument. The pure dye spectra can then be multiplied by correction factors for each filter pair to result in corrected pure dye spectra, then normalized and the multicomponenting data can be extracted.
US09809848B2
Methods and reagents for detection and analysis of nucleic acids are provided. The methods employ proximity extension assays for detection of a target nucleic acids of interest, e.g., a target RNA. The method can additionally be used in multiplex assays with a protein proximity extension assay to detect protein.
US09809841B2
The present invention provides a method of detecting nucleotide sequence differences between two nucleic acid samples. The method employs a comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) technique to analyze the sequence differences between the samples. This method permits the identification of small sequence differences (e.g., sequence divergence of 1% or less) in nucleic acid samples of high complexity (e.g., an entire genome).
US09809837B2
A method is provided for evaluating the suitability of a duodenal fluid sample collected from an animal as a sample for detecting pancreatic fluid-derived components. The method includes: (a) mixing a duodenal fluid sample with a chymotrypsin-specific substrate and measuring an amount of degradation the chymotrypsin-specific substrate by of the duodenal fluid sample, (b) mixing the duodenal fluid sample with a pepsin-specific substrate and measuring an amount of degradation of the pepsin-specific substrate by the duodenal fluid sample, and (c) evaluating that the duodenal fluid sample is suitable as a sample for detecting pancreatic fluid-derived components if the amount of degradation of the chymotrypsin-specific substrate by the duodenal fluid sample is higher than a prescribed threshold value and the amount of degradation of the pepsin-specific substrate by the duodenal fluid sample is lower than a prescribed threshold value, as being suitable as a sample for detecting pancreatic fluid-derived components.
US09809835B2
The present disclosure is directed to the use of certain glycosyltransferase variants having N-terminal truncation deletions. Contrary to previous findings certain truncations were found to exhibit sialidase enzymatic activity, particularly a variant of human sialyltransferase (hST6Gal-I) with a truncation deletion involving the first 89 N-terminal amino acids of the respective wild-type polypeptide. A fundamental finding documented in the present disclosure is that there exists a variant of this enzyme which is capable of catalyzing transfer of a glycosyl moiety as well as hydrolysis thereof. Thus, disclosed is a specific exemplary variant of mammalian glycosyltransferase, nucleic acids encoding the same, methods and means for recombinantly producing the variant of mammalian glycosyltransferase and use thereof, particularly for sialylating in a quantitatively controlled manner terminal acceptor groups of glycan moieties being part of glycoproteins such as immunoglobulins.
US09809829B2
The present invention provides genetically modified eukaryotic host cells that produce isoprenoid precursors or isoprenoid compounds. A subject genetically modified host cell comprises increased activity levels of one or more of mevalonate pathway enzymes, increased levels of prenyltransferase activity, and decreased levels of squalene synthase activity. Methods are provided for the production of an isoprenoid compound or an isoprenoid precursor in a subject genetically modified eukaryotic host cell. The methods generally involve culturing a subject genetically modified host cell under conditions that promote production of high levels of an isoprenoid or isoprenoid precursor compound.
US09809826B2
The present invention relates to regulatory sequences. In particular, the invention relates to a regulatory nucleic acid molecule, at least part of which has a transcription initiation function directing expression of an operably associated protein encoding polynucleotide of interest to non-tassel tissue in maize, but not or substantially not to tassel.The invention further relates to chimeric genes and expression cassettes comprising the regulatory nucleic acid molecule and to transgenic plants comprising the chimeric genes and expression cassettes.
US09809821B2
There is disclosed a composition and a method for the efficient delivery of a therapeutic RNAi-inducing nucleic acid to cells both in vitro and in vivo through specific formulations of a non viral delivery system using chitosans. Particularly, the composition contains a nucleic acid and a specific chitosan that has the following physico-chemical properties: a number-average molecular weight between 5 kDa and 200 kDa, a degree of deacetylation between 80% and 95% and a chitosan amine to nucleic acid phosphate ratio below 20.
US09809815B2
The present invention relates to the identification of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences that are characteristic of tumor tissues such as ovarian tumor and lung tumor tissues and which represent targets for therapy or diagnosis of tumor diseases in a subject.
US09809813B2
A method of measuring immunocompetence is described. This method provides a means for assessing the effects of diseases or conditions that compromise the immune system and of therapies aimed to reconstitute it. This method is based on quantifying T-cell diversity by calculating the number of diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) beta chain variable regions from blood cells.
US09809812B2
The present invention relates to methods for the screening, identification and/or application of microorganisms and/or compositions of use in imparting beneficial properties to plants, and microorganisms and compositions identified therefrom.
US09809807B1
A cellulase having improved enzymatic activity is disclosed. The cellulase comprises a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the modification is a substitution of Tyrosine at position 161 with Histidine.
US09809805B2
The present invention relates to a new zinc binding fusion protein that is a fusion protein of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and metallothionein (MT), to which zinc bind, providing an efficacy in preventing or treating a ROS-related disease and heavy metal poisoning.
US09809799B2
The present application relates to novel and improved methods of achieving virus inactivation during a protein purification process.
US09809794B2
The subject invention provides a two-step protocol using pressure cycling technology (PCT) and alkaline lysis for differential extraction of mixtures. In a preferred embodiment the procedure is used in forensic DNA applications such as, for example, DNA testing in the case of rape.
US09809791B1
This disclosure describes a biochemical reactor with a lower divider support structure. The biochemical reactor may include a tank configured to house immobilized carriers and fluid. The biochemical reactor may include a circulation conduit at least partially disposed within the tank. The circulation conduit may include a circulation outlet opening. The biochemical reactor may include one or more vanes disposed proximate to the circulation outlet opening. The biochemical reactor may include a tank recirculation port disposed proximate to a second end. The biochemical reactor may include a tank inlet configured for feeding fluid into the tank. The biochemical reactor may include a tank outlet configured for drawing fluid from the tank. The tank outlet may be disposed proximate to a first end. The biochemical reactor may include a first divider and a second divider. The second divider may include a support structure including a grating configured to withstand variable loads.
US09809782B2
Fabric care compositions comprising a cationic polymer, a silicone, and a surfactant system. Methods of making and using such compositions.
US09809780B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing a polymer, employing the steps of: (1) contacting a free radical initiator; a chain transfer agent containing a thiocarbonyl thio group and a free radical leaving group; and a radically polymerizable monomer, to form a polymer chain; and (2) contacting the polymer chain of step (1) with at least one of a polyvalent coupling agent, a polymerization inhibitor, a grafting acylating agent, an amine and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides compositions and uses for the polymer.
US09809775B2
An organic fuel additive for improving the combustion of a bioenergy solid fuel product, the organic fuel additive comprising a mixture of combustible organic fines and a polymer material, wherein the polymer material encapsulates the combustible organic fines in solid form, and methods of making and using the same.
US09809770B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing hydrogen-rich gas by solid organics. For example, solid organic raw materials are heated in a pyrolysis reaction device to perform pyrolysis reaction, and gaseous product generated from the pyrolysis reaction performs gasification with steam in a moving bed gasification reaction device to generate hydrogen-rich product. The present disclosure also provides a system for preparing hydrogen-rich gas by solid organics, and the system may include a solid heat carrier grading-dedusting device; a pyrolysis reaction device; a moving bed gasification reaction device; and a riser and combustion reactor. The present disclosure may operate at atmospheric pressure, and the technology is simple and suitable for the gasification and co-gasification of various high-volatile solid organics, such as raw materials containing a relatively large amount of moisture, mineral substance, and sulfur content.
US09809768B2
A device for producing fuel gas from materials of organic and/or inorganic origin, comprising filling chamber connected to at least one supply auger conveyor for supplying material from the filling chamber into a reactor comprising at least two heated gasification augers. The invention consists in the fact that each horizontal row of gasification augers is formed by a gasification body, the casing of which has a closed oval cross-section formed by an upper base, a lower base, and convex side walls each with circular arc profiles, wherein each gasifying body contains at least two gasification augers arranged side by side and mutually partially separated by longitudinal partitions that form half-grooves for gasifying augers. The device is provided with at least one electrical heater. The filling chamber is hermetically sealed.
US09809759B2
The present disclosure relates to reactor components and their use, e.g., in regenerative reactors. A process and apparatus for utilizing different wetted areas along the flow path of a fluid in a pyrolysis reactor, e.g., a thermally regenerating reactor, such as a regenerative, reverse-flow reactor, is described.
US09809752B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device that includes a particular color filter containing a material containing chiral liquid crystals and a particular pigment.The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can prevent a decrease in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and solve the problem of display defects, such as white spots, variations in alignment, and burn-in.Because liquid crystal display devices according to the present invention characteristically prevent a decrease in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and reduces the occurrence of display defects, such as burn-in, the liquid crystal display devices are particularly useful as liquid crystal display devices in IPS mode and FFS mode for active-matrix driving and can be applied to household electrical appliances, automobiles, production facilities, measuring and analytical instruments, and communication devices.
US09809748B2
The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media) having negative or positive dielectric anisotropy, comprising a low-molecular-weight component and a polymerizable component. The polymerizable component comprises self-aligning, polymerizable mesogens (polymerizable self-alignment additives) which effect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell walls of a liquid-crystal display (LC display). The invention therefore also encompasses LC displays having homeotropic alignment of the LC medium without alignment layers. The invention discloses novel structures for self-alignment additives which have a certain position of the functional groups.
US09809747B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition in which various characteristics of a liquid crystal display element such as a dielectric anisotropy, a viscosity, a nematic phase upper limit temperature, and γ1, and a burn-in characteristic of a display element are not deteriorated, dropping mark is unlikely to be generated during preparation, a compound represented by liquid crystal composition Formula (I) suitable for a liquid crystal display element in which a discharging amount of the liquid crystal material stable in an ODF step is realized is contained, and a compound represented by General Formula (II) is contained by equal to or more than 15%, and a liquid crystal display element using the same.
US09809744B2
There is provided a fluoride phosphor composite including: fluoride phosphor core particles that may be expressed by the empirical formula AxMFy:Mn4+, wherein A may be at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, M may be at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, and Sn, the composition ratio (x) of A may satisfy 2≦x≦3, the composition ratio (y) of F may satisfy 4≦y≦7, each fluoride phosphor composite particle may be coated with a Mn-free fluoride coating. The Mn-free fluoride coating may have a thickness less than or equal to 35% of the size of each fluoride phosphor composite particle.
US09809732B2
The invention concerns a two-component polyurethane composition including a polyol component K1 and a polyisocyanate component K2, the polyol component K1 including castor oil A1 and 1,2,3-propane triol A2, and the polyisocyanate component K2 including at least one aromatic polyisocyanate B1, the ratio in weight percent of (A1/A2) being between 4 and 50 and the ratio of all NCO groups of the aromatic polyisocyanates B1 to all the OH groups totaling (A1+A2)=1.15:1-85:1, and the total of all the OH groups of (A1+A2) being >93% of the total of all the OH groups of the two-component polyurethane composition, characterized by controllable hydrolytic degradability.
US09809731B2
There is provided a new pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition that can have adhesiveness to the extent of being peelable in a room temperature condition, has fluidity by hot-melting, and can finally be crosslinked to firmly bond adherends to each other. There is proposed a pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an acrylic copolymer (A), 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent (B), and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (C), wherein the acrylic copolymer (A) is a graft copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5.0×104 to 5.0×105, contains as a trunk component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate, contains as a branch component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a macromonomer having a number average molecular weight of 5.0×102 or more and less than 6.0×103, and contains the repeating unit derived from the macromonomer in the acrylic copolymer (A) in a proportion in a range of 0.1 to 3 mol %.
US09809723B2
Provided is an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink with high productivity which has the same quality level as the conventional printing and which contains an isoindoline-based pigment having a specific electric conductance, which is measured according to DIN ISO 787/14, of 150 μS/cm or less.
US09809722B2
The disclosure provides transitorially erasable ink compositions, including an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, a rubber dissolved in the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, a hydrophilic pigment, and a surfactant. The disclosure further provides methods of preparing transitorially erasable ink compositions and writing instruments comprising transitorially erasable ink compositions. The disclosed erasable ink compositions write well, have strong color and erase easily transitorially, and demonstrate color stability.
US09809718B1
In one aspect of the present disclosure is a multicolor paint composition comprising a mixture of a resin composition, a colloid-forming composition, and at least one dispersed pigment composition.
US09809715B2
A corrosion inhibition composition is disclosed comprising a cerium, a tungstate, a molybdate and silicate compounds. A corrosion inhibition composition is provided comprising a zinc oxide, a zinc hydroxide benzoate, a sodium benzoate, a molybdate and a silicate compound. A corrosion inhibition composition is provided comprising a zinc oxide, a zinc phosphate, a calcium silicate, an aluminum phosphate, a zinc calcium strontium aluminum orthophosphate silicate hydrate, a molybdate, and silicate compounds.
US09809714B2
An antireflection coating film for an optical element is provided on a surface of a substrate of an optical material and includes first particles having a refractive index (nd) of at least 2.2 or more for the d-line and an average particle size of 10 to 70 nm, second particles of at least one of silica and sericite and having an average particle size of 1 to 11 μm, a colorant of an organic substance and soluble in an organic solvent, and a resin, in which the first particle content is in the range of 10% to 35% by weight, and second particle content is in the range of 1% to 11% by weight. The antireflection coating film has a high effect of preventing surface reflection, a high effect of preventing inner-surface reflection, satisfactory absorption of visible light, and low levels of reflection and scattering in the film.
US09809712B2
A hydrophobic surface comprises a surface texture and a coating disposed on the surface texture, wherein the coating comprises an amorphous diamond like carbon material doped with 10 to 35 atomic percent of Si, O, F, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, or a low surface energy material selected from fluoropolymer, silicone, ceramic, fluoropolymer composite, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and wherein the surface texture comprises a micro texture, a micro-nano texture, or a combination of a micro texture and a micro-nano texture.
US09809709B2
Provided is a production method of a recycled hot asphalt mixture obtained by mixing a recycled aggregate, a new aggregate, asphalt, and an additive for recycle, comprising: heating the additive for recycle; adding moisture to the heated additive for recycle and mixing thereof so as to make the additive for recycle be formed; and adding the additive for recycle in a foamed state to the recycled aggregate, the new aggregate, and the asphalt and mixing thereof.
US09809707B2
Disclosed are a polymer resin composition comprising: a binder resin including an olefin-based polymer resin; a carbon fiber surface-treated with a predetermined compound; and a modified polyolefin resin grafted with polyetheramine-bonded dicarboxylic acid or an acid anhydride thereof, a polymer composite tape including the polymer resin composition, and a front bumper of a vehicle equipped with the polymer composite tape.
US09809702B2
Composites containing one or more synthetic plastics, such as thermoplastics, one or more natural materials, such as plant/tree fibers, and biochar and/or torrefied material are described herein. The composite can contain additional additives, such as reinforcing agents and/or fibers, compatibilizers, etc. The composites have improved mechanical and/or physical properties, such as strength, impact strength, rigidity/modulus, heat deflection temperature, moldability/melt flow index, renewability, and lower cost compared to composites that do not contain the biochar and/or torrefied material. The presence of the biochar and/or torrefied material also serves to remove the odor often associated with natural fibers and other additives.
US09809691B2
A polyolefin composite composition is used in an automotive air duct. The polyolefin composite composition is useful as an automotive air duct component material due to excellent mechanical property, heat resistance, and foaming property as a composition in which a polyethylene resin and a long chain branched polypropylene resin having low crystallization of 45% or less are included as a base resin.
US09809689B2
A method of producing molded articles. The method uses a fibrous material and a first and second resin material. The first resin material is at least partially cured before being combined with the fibrous material and the second resin material. The molding material is inserted into a mold and processed to form a molded article by providing energy. The molded article is produced using less energy than would be necessary for processing a molding material which did not include a partially cured first resin material.
US09809678B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polymerization systems for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides comprising 1) a catalyst including a metal coordination compound having a permanent ligand set and at least one ligand that is a polymerization initiator, and 2) a chain transfer agent having two or more sites that can initiate polymerization. In a second aspect, the present disclosure encompasses methods for the synthesis of polycarbonate polyols using the inventive polymerization systems. In a third aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polycarbonate polyol compositions characterized in that the polymer chains have a high percentage of —OH end groups and a high percentage of carbonate linkages. The compositions are further characterized in that they contain polymer chains having an embedded polyfunctional moiety linked to a plurality of individual polycarbonate chains.
US09809674B2
Aromatic polyester polyols with high functionality, moderate viscosity, and high aromatic content suitable as the sole polyol in the production of polyurethane foams without the use of any polyether polyols are disclosed. This unique combination of properties makes them suit for use as the sole polyol in the production of polyurethane foams. With reduction of flame retardants, these foams based on sole aromatic polyol can have E-84 class one fire properties. The aromatic polyester polyols of this invention are characterized as having a functionality of greater than 2.8 while having a moderate viscosity ranging from 4,000-10,000 cps @ 25 C. A typical high functional polyester polyol of the present invention has a hydroxyl number in the range of 320-400, viscosity of 4,000-10,000 cps @ 25 C, functionality of greater than 2.8 and percent phenyl content greater than 14.75.
US09809668B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymerizable compound suitable as a material for optically anisotropic bodies having excellent optical properties, a composition containing the polymerizable compound, a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound, an optically anisotropic body formed of the polymer, and a liquid crystal display device including the optically anisotropic body.
US09809658B2
Described herein is a method of purifying a product and recycling water comprising the following steps: (i) providing a crude product comprising at least one low molecular weight fluoroorganic compounds wherein the low molecular weight fluoroorganic compounds is partially fluorinated and comprises a polar group and/or a reactive group; (ii) extracting the impurity from the product using water to form an extract, (iii) contacting the extract with a radical-forming process to degrade the low molecular weight fluoroorganic compounds into carbon dioxide, water, fluorine ions, and optionally cations; and (iv) using the water from step (iii) in step (ii)
US09809657B2
A solution of a mixed alkaline earth alkoxide compound with an aluminum compound in an aprotic solvent, and methods of making and using them.
US09809655B2
The invention relates to a method for modifying nanofibrillar cellulose composition, comprising—preparing fibrous dispersion of ionically charged nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC), and—applying heat treatment at a temperature of at least 90° C. to the fibrous dispersion until the viscosity of NFC starts to decrease. The viscosity of the heat-treated NFC is reversible by applying shear forces to the NFC.
US09809651B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells.
US09809648B2
Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders.
US09809646B2
The present invention concerns chimeric or humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that comprise specific CDR sequences, disclosed herein. Preferably, the antibodies or fragments comprise specific heavy and light chain variable region sequences disclosed herein. More preferably, the antibodies or fragments also comprise specific constant region sequences, such as those associated with the nG1m1,2 or Km3 allotypes. The antibodies or fragments may bind to a human histone protein, such as H2B, H3 or H4. The antibodies or fragments are of use to treat a variety of diseases that may be associated with histones, such as autoimmune disease (e.g., SLE), atherosclerosis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, edema, sepsis, septic shock, hyperinflammatory disorder, infectious disease, inflammatory disease, immune dysregulatory disorder, GVHD, transplant rejection, atherosclerosis, asthma, a coagulopathy, myocardial ischemia, thrombosis, nephritis, inflammatory liver injury, acute pancreatitis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and burn.
US09809640B2
The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising ApoE-derived peptide dimers. In particular, the ApoE peptide dimers of the invention comprise at least two ApoE mimetic domains and can comprise one or more protein transduction domains. Methods of treating various conditions, such as cancer, inflammatory conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases, by administering the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are also disclosed.
US09809638B2
The present invention provides variant activin IIB soluble receptor polypeptides and proteins capable of binding and inhibiting the activities of activin A, myostatin, or GDF-11. The present invention also provides polynucleotides, vectors and host cells capable of producing the variant polypeptides and proteins. Compositions and methods for treating muscle-wasting and other diseases and disorders are also provided.
US09809636B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
US09809628B2
The present invention refers to methods for selectively recognizing a base pair in a DNA sequence by a polypeptide, to modified polypeptides which specifically recognize one or more base pairs in a DNA sequence and, to DNA which is modified so that it can be specifically recognized by a polypeptide and to uses of the polypeptide and DNA in specific DNA targeting as well as to methods of modulating expression of target genes in a cell.
US09809625B2
The present disclosure provides novel macrocyclic peptides which inhibit the PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-L1/CD80 protein/protein interaction, and thus are useful for the amelioration of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.
US09809619B2
Methods for pulse combustion spray drying of heat-sensitive protein compositions using high temperature pulsating jets to atomize and dry the feed simultaneously are described herein. Methods and compositions described herein provide dried protein-containing compositions with low protein denaturation and other useful functional properties at high operational efficiencies.
US09809618B2
A new process for enriching triterpene esters comprising: providing a mixture comprising a non-distilled vegetable oil and/or a non-distilled vegetable fat, further comprising triterpene esters, performing a mild transesterification with a lower alcohol, removing lower alcohol esters by deodorization, physical refining, evaporation or distillation, and recovering the remaining fraction rich in triterpene esters. Triterpene esters enriched with the method as well as uses of the same are also provided. One advantage is that it is a more economically viable way of achieving higher concentration of triterpene esters. There is both the chance to fully keep the natural distribution of triterpene esters but in the other end also to replace the natural level of cinnamic and acetic acids-triterpene esters with a high level of long fatty acid triterpene-esters.
US09809617B2
The present invention relates to the field of medicinal chemistry, and discloses a new crystal form of regadenoson, i.e., a crystal form E of regadenoson, as well as a method for preparing the new crystal form of regadenoson. The crystal form E of regadenoson according to the present invention has excellent performances in terms of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging, and has a poor toxicity, good storage stability, and can be used in the preparation of a medicament used as a stress agent for radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging.
US09809615B2
Compositions and methods related to anti-cancer terpenoid compounds isolated from plants in the Salviniaceae family, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating cancer.
US09809612B2
The invention relates to a method and kits for isolating and/or purifying nucleic acids, in particular, short-chain nucleic acids, from a nucleic acid containing starting material, characterized by the following method steps: (a) bonding the nucleic acids to a nucleic acid bonding support material, wherein the starting material is brought into contact with the nucleic acid bonding support material in the presence of at least one chaotropic compound and preferably isopropanol, wherein the isopropanol is present in a concentration of ≧15% (v/v) and ≦35% (v/v), (b) optional elution of the bonded nucleic acids from the nucleic acid bonding support material. Said method is particularly suitable for the purification of foetal DNA from maternal blood.
US09809611B2
Novel bidentate ligands of general formula (I) are described. In formula (I), A and B each independently represent a linking group; and R represents a hydrocarbyl aromatic structure. The substituent(s) Yi on the aromatic structure together have a total number Σti of atoms other than hydrogen such that Σti is greater than or equal to 4, wherein ti represents the number of atoms other than hydrogen on a particular substituent Yi. i ranges from 1 to n; and n is the total number of substituent(s) Yi. The groups X1, X2, X3 and X4 are joined via tertiary carbon atoms to the respective atom Q2 or Q1. Q1 and Q2 each independently represent phosphorus, arsenic, or antimony. A catalyst system and a process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds utilizing the catalyst system are also described.
US09809610B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: wherein X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are as described herein, and salts thereof and therapeutic uses of these compounds for treatment of disorders associated with RAF kinase activity. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds and a therapeutic co-agent.
US09809604B2
The present invention discloses a novel DGAT1 inhibitor, especially the compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preparation and pharmaceutical composition thereof, as well as their uses in the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and treatment of Familial hyperchylomicronemia (FCS), obesity, hyperlipoproteinemia or hypertriglyceridemia.
US09809589B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and relates to a crystal form of a compound used as a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist and a preparation method therefor, and in particular, to a method for preparing a compound 2-chloro-4-[(3S,3aR)-3-cyclopentyl-7-(4-hydroxypiperidin-1-carbonyl)-3,3a,4,5-tetrahydro-2H-pyrazolo[3,4-f]quinolin-2-yl]benzonitrile of formula (1); a crystal form thereof, a preparation method for the crystal form, and the use of the crystal form in the preparation of drugs for the treatment and/or prevention of renal injury or cardiovascular diseases.
US09809573B2
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands, antagonists of the NR2B receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system.
US09809561B2
The invention provides certain bicylic heterocyclic compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and Cy are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same for treating diseases or conditions mediated by RORgammaT.
US09809560B2
Disclosed are tris(triazolylmethyl)amine ligands, and kits and methods for labeling and/or imaging a biomolecule of interest in a subject or living system.
US09809555B2
A crystalline form of mefenpyr-diethyl of formula (I), the crystal preparation process, the analyses of the crystal through various analytical methods and using the crystal to prepare stable agrochemical formulation. The invention also describes the use of various solvents towards the crystalline form preparation conditions.
US09809551B2
Provided herein is a polymorphic form of Ivacaftor, namely APO-I, as well as processes for the preparation and pharmaceutical compositions of the same. Also, provided is a new solvate of Ivacaftor, processes for its preparation and use in the preparation of pure Ivacaftor.
US09809549B2
Disclosed are malate salts of N-(4-{[6,7-bis(methyloxy)-quinolin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, including a (L)-malate salt, a (D)-malate salt, a (DL) malate salt, and mixtures thereof; and crystalline and amorphous forms of the malate salts. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one malate salts of N-(4-{[6,7-bis(methyloxy)quinolin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)-cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide; and methods of treating cancer comprising administering at least one malate salt of N-(4-{[6,7-bis(methyloxy)quinolin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide.
US09809542B2
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z, A and G have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or fungicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selectively herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the spiroheterocyclically substituted tetramic acid derivatives and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.The present invention furthermore relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising in particular spiroheterocyclically substituted tetramic acid derivatives through the addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for their preparation and to their use in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or fungicides and/or for preventing unwanted vegetation.
US09809538B2
Provided are modified natural compounds that are produced, at least in part, from (A) at least one epoxidized and/or maleated natural fatty acid, or epoxidized and/or maleated natural oil, and (B) at least one lactam having at least one hydroxyl functional group, wherein the lactam may be in a blend with one or more optional alcohol(s). Among other properties, the modified natural compounds may exhibit dispersibility or solubility characteristics in water and/or alcohols. The invention further provides a wide variety of compositions comprising the modified natural compounds.
US09809528B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and composition used in the preparation of alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acids and esters from higher sugars using a tandem catalyst system comprising retro-aldol catalysts and Lewis acid catalysts. In some embodiments, these alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acids may be prepared from pentoses and hexoses. The retro-aldol and Lewis catalysts may be characterized by their respective ability to catalyze a 1,2-carbon shift reaction and a 1,2-hydride shift reaction on an aldose or ketose substrate.
US09809520B2
Provided are methods for removing one or more components from a butanol based composition. The methods comprise providing a butanol based composition comprising one or more components, targeting at least one component or a combination thereof for reduction, and processing said butanol based composition such that the at least one targeted component is substantially removed. The butanol based composition can, for example, be bio-produced.
US09809519B1
The invention relates to processes for oxygenate synthesis and homologation, to equipment and materials useful in such processes, and to the use of such oxygenate for producing olefin and polyolefin.
US09809517B2
A process for decomposing formates in formate-containing compositions of matter comprises reacting formate-containing compositions of matter in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst comprising lanthanum and at a temperature of from 80 to 180° C. and a pressure of from 0.1 to 60 bar, the formate-containing compositions of matter having a pH of from 6.5 to 10.
US09809513B2
Processes for the production of olefins are disclosed, which may include: contacting a hydrocarbon mixture comprising linear butenes with an isomerization catalyst to form an isomerization product comprising 2-butenes and 1-butenes; contacting the isomerization product with a first metathesis catalyst to form a first metathesis product comprising 2-pentene and propylene, as well as any unreacted C4 olefins, and byproducts ethylene and 3-hexene; and fractionating the first metathesis product to form a C3− fraction and a C5 fraction comprising 2-pentene. The 2-pentene may then be advantageously used to produce high purity 1-butene, 3-hexene, 1-hexene, propylene, or other desired products.
US09809511B2
A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles. In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles at n places located at heights a1, a2, . . . , and an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle, respectively, feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively. Furthermore, a weighted mean value represented by the following formula is 100 mm or greater: weighted mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . . +an*bn.
US09809508B2
An apparatus and method are provided for processing hydrocarbon feeds. The method may pass a pyrolysis feed to a thermal pyrolysis reactor and expose at least a portion of the pyrolysis feed to high-severity operating conditions in a thermal pyrolysis reactor, wherein the thermal pyrolysis reactor is operated at operating conditions that include pressure ≧36 psig and provide a reactor product that has a C3+ to C2 unsaturate weight ratio ≦0.5.
US09809507B2
A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., into contact with the above-mentioned catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
US09809499B2
A dielectric material having a rutile crystalline structure includes Ti as a major constituent metal element, and, as metal elements other than Ti, a metal element M1 which includes at least one selected from among Ni, Co, and elements belonging to Group 2 according to a periodic table, and a metal element M2 which includes at least one selected from among elements belonging to Group 5 and Group 6 in the periodic table, and, on a basis of a total amount of Ti, the metal element M1, and the metal element M2, a molar ratio x of the metal element M1 is in a range of 0.005 to 0.025 and a molar ratio y of the metal element M2 is in a range of 0.010 to 0.050.
US09809492B2
The invention relates to a substrate (30) coated on one face (31) with a multilayer of thin films (34) comprising at least one metal functional layer (140) based on silver or made of silver and two antireflective coatings (120, 160), the said antireflective coatings each comprising at least one antireflective layer (124, 164), the said functional layer (140) being disposed between the two antireflective coatings (120, 160), characterized in that the said metal functional layer (140) is a discontinuous layer having a surface area occupation factor in the range between 50% and 98%, or even between 53% and 83%.
US09809475B2
A water treatment system including an enclosure for water to be treated, a multiplicity of biomass carriers located within the enclosure, at least one airlift in the enclosure for raising the water and the biomass carriers and at least one mechanical biomass carrier accumulated residue removal apparatus operative to remove accumulated residue from the biomass carriers.
US09809473B2
A water treatment system includes a water mixing unit adapted to promote water turbulence, an input line having an upstream end adapted to be in fluid communication with a body of water to be treated, and a downstream end in fluid communication with the water mixing unit. The system includes an ozone injector adapted to be connected in fluid communication with an ozone gas generation system. A branching line is in fluid communication with the input line and the ozone injector and an ozone supply line is in fluid communication with the ozone injector and the input line. A bypass control valve is in fluid communication with the ozone supply line and the water input line and is adapted to be selectively switched between an open position and a closed position, wherein water is prevented from flowing through the branching line and the ozone supply line when the bypass control valve is in the closed position.
US09809469B2
A siphon trap disinfection unit consisting of a copper/silver electrode coated on inside body of the siphon parallel to each other along the siphon in the area which water normally stands. A water level sensor to generate resistance between two electrodes and an electric controller circuit to generate ions by applying voltage between two electrodes and controlling the amount of current passing through this control circuit to generate enough concentration of copper and silver ion continuously in the water standing area of the siphon trap to remove and deactivate harmful bacteria's in this area.
US09809464B2
An apparatus for harvesting algae from an open body of water includes a boat having a pair of spaced apart parallel flotation members and a deck disposed on and connected to the members. The spaced apart members define an area therebetween forming a process channel. A separating mechanism disposed on the boat separates the process channel into a plurality of process channel sections arranged in series. The process channel sections are disposed intermediate the flotation members. Each of the process channel sections include a deflector plate, a scum beach, a scum trough, and diffused air piping. The diffused air piping is in fluid communication with a dissolved air flotation system.
US09809460B2
An electrically conductive thin film including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having a layered crystal structure Re2C Chemical Formula 1 wherein Re is a lanthanide. Also an electronic device including the electrically conductive thin film.
US09809457B2
The present invention is a carbon nanotube aggregate having a three-dimensional shape. The carbon nanotube aggregate having a three-dimensional shape includes a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, wherein a carbon nanotube of the first surface has a Herman orientation coefficient greater than −0.1 and smaller than 0.2, a carbon nanotube of the second surface has a Herman orientation coefficient greater than −0.1 and smaller than 0.2, and a carbon nanotube of the side surface has degree of orientation in which a Herman orientation coefficient is 0.2 or more and 0.99 or less, and the first surface and second surface are mutually arranged in parallel and the side surface is perpendicular with respect to the first surface and second surface.
US09809452B2
A process for making a nanoduct includes: disposing an etchant catalyst on a semiconductor substrate including a single crystal structure; heating the semiconductor substrate to an etching temperature; introducing an oxidant; contacting the semiconductor substrate with the oxidant in a presence of the etchant catalyst; anisotropically etching the semiconductor substrate by the etchant catalyst in a presence of the oxidant in an etch direction that is coincident along a crystallographic axis of the semiconductor substrate; and forming the nanoduct as the etchant catalyst propagates along a surface of the semiconductor substrate during anisotropically etching the semiconductor substrate, the nanoduct being crystallographically aligned with the crystallographic axis of the semiconductor substrate.
US09809440B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for conveniently holding a drinking cup while dispensing liquid from a dispenser such as a spigot, filling the cup, and collecting any drips and/or spillage from the dispenser or the drinking cup into a second drip collecting cup.
US09809436B2
A filling element includes an actuator, a liquid valve, and a gas tube on a plunger that extends into a container. The plunger and the gas tube define a first gas-duct that extends through the plunger and the gas tube. The first gas-duct has ends that extend respectively into a gas-space of a product vessel and the container's interior. A first gas-valve along the first gas-duct has a gas-valve body that interacts with a valve seat in the first gas-duct. The gas-valve body has a second gas-duct formed therethrough. This second gas-duct at least temporarily engages the first gas-duct in a fluid-tight manner. The gas-valve body has a valve face and a valve opening that cooperate to form a second gas-valve through which, when the second gas-valve opens, gas flows through the first and second gas-ducts and enters the container.
US09809431B2
An oil return mechanism includes a base, a control switch, a first blocking ball mounted in the base, an elastic member mounted between the first blocking ball and the base. The base has a liquid storing cavity, a liquid returning cavity, a communicating cavity, a first communicating opening communicating between the liquid returning cavity and the communicating cavity, and a second communicating opening communicating between the communicating cavity and the liquid storing cavity. The present invention can regulate a speed of a fluid flowing from the liquid returning cavity to the communicating cavity, and has the advantages of simple structure and great reduction of cost.
US09809429B2
A marine knuckle boom crane includes a crane housing which is rotational relative to a pedestal about a vertical rotation axis and a knuckle boom assembly attached to the crane housing. The knuckle boom assembly includes a main boom, the inner end of which is connected pivotably about a first horizontal pivot axis to the crane housing; and a jib, the inner end of which is connected pivotably about a second horizontal pivot axis to the outer end of the main boom, wherein the jib is pivotable at least between an extended position in which the tip extends mainly forward from the main boom, and a folded position in which the jib is folded back, essentially parallel along the main boom. In order to position the jib with respect to the main boom, a tensioning member is provided extending between the crane housing and a curved extension guide connected to the jib.
US09809426B2
The present invention relates to a low-speed brake apparatus for an escalator, comprising: a brake sprocket mounted on a drive shaft for a step; a driven sprocket connected to the brake sprocket through a brake chain to operate in conjunction with the brake sprocket; an electronic clutch that controls a connection between the driven sprocket and a transmission gear; a brake motor of which the central shaft is rotated by the transmission gear; a plurality of switching means connected to a plurality of winding wires that are stators of the brake motor; and a controller for supplying an operating pulse to a selected switching means. Therefore, when there is an abnormality in an escalator, it is possible to stop a step at a low speed according to an operating pulse supplied by the controller, thereby stably stopping riders standing on the step and thus protecting the riders.
US09809424B2
A method of constructing an elevator, the elevator including a hoistway, an elevator car, a first movable support structure in the hoistway above the elevator car, for supporting the elevator car with a roping, and a roof structure, separate from the movable support structure, in the hoistway above the support structure, where the elevator car is used for transporting passengers and/or goods, and thereafter the first movable support structure is lifted higher in the hoistway, and thereafter the elevator car is used again for transporting passengers and/or goods. The method includes lifting the roof structure higher in the hoistway so as to make more room below the roof structure, the roof structure being a movable roof structure, and in that the movable roof structure is lifted in the hoistway taking support for the lift from a second movable support structure mounted in the hoistway above the roof structure.
US09809413B2
A winding device for winding a strand like winding material is disclosed. The winding device includes a winding disk onto which the strand like winding material is wound, and a housing being arranged adjacently to the winding disk. The winding disk is prevented from moving, for example, from twisting, by at least one magnetic holding device. The magnetic holding device has a first magnetic arrangement, which is connected torque proof to the housing, and a second magnetic arrangement, which is connected torque proof to the winding disk, each magnetic arrangement having a north pole N and a south pole S. Between the first and second magnetic arrangements there is a gap. The first and second magnetic arrangements are magnetically coupled across the gap, wherein the strand shaped winding material is guided through the gap.
US09809412B2
A sheet folding apparatus having two-folding rollers each of whose outer diameter gradually decreases from the central part to each end part, a folding plate which can move forward to or backward from a nip between the two-folding rollers, and has a cutout part located at an edge part of the folding plate facing the nip between central parts of the two-folding rollers, wherein the cutout part does not reach the nip between the central parts of the two-folding rollers when the sheets are folded, and a folding plate support member which is placed at a position facing the nip between the central parts of the two-folding rollers, and can slide in a direction of moving closer to or away from the nip, wherein the folding plate support member projects from the cutout part when the sheets are set, and does not reach the nip when the sheets are folded.
US09809398B1
An end effector for the packaging industry comprises has a frame, a bridge on top of the frame, a rack and pinion assembly, actuation rods, carrier assemblies, and vacuum ports. The rack and pinion assembly is configured to be operatively connected to a robot's rotatable shaft, and to the actuation rods. The actuation rods are fixedly connected to one or more of the carrier assemblies. As the robot's shaft rotates, the rack and pinion assembly is actuated, which actuates the actuation rods, which causes the carrier assemblies fixedly connected to the actuation rods to move longitudinally along the frame. Each carrier assembly includes a carrier block and at least one pick-up member. Each carrier block has at least one arm with a grabber to cooperate with an adjacent arm with grabbers of an adjacent carrier block(s) of the same subgroup.
US09809396B2
A method for separating containers in a densely packed container flow from each other so that they are spaced by a defined distance includes using a compartment star to place the containers on a rearrangement portion and then sweeping the containers forward using catch elements that move along the rearrangement portion so that they arrive at an inlet star with a separation that enables them to be picked up by a waiting inlet-star receptacle.
US09809392B2
A transport device for transporting containers in a container treatment system which has a first container treatment unit for a process step and a second container treatment unit for the process step, the transport device having at least one receiving point for the containers, at least one delivery point for the containers, a transport track which connects the at least one receiving point, the at least one delivery point, the first container treatment unit, and the second container treatment unit, and at least one transport element for transporting a container, the transport element being movably arranged on the transport track. The transport track and the at least one transport element are designed such that the at least one transport element can be guided from a receiving point to a delivery point in an individually controllable manner.
US09809391B2
In a method for conveying laden or unladen load carriers, the load carriers are conveyed by a first conveying system and a second conveying system which differ from one another in conveying terms. At least one load carrier is picked up and conveyed, at least temporarily, by in each case one conveying device of the first conveying system independently of the second conveying system. The second conveying system at least temporarily conveys a conveying device or an assembly which is formed by a conveying device and at least one load carrier brought together with the latter. A unit for this purpose is also specified.
US09809390B2
An integrated granular-material scoop and near-vertical lifting feeder/conveyor includes special connections and skirts between a bullnose rotating scoop and an open-helical screw that provides the rotations and material lift and evacuation. A conical working-face of the bullnose rotating scoop has symmetrically distributed graters and vents to break loose and force-in granular material from natural deposits and cargo holds. The bullnose rotating scoop and the open-helical screw its attached to move the material into a continuous layer on the inside surface of an outer stationary sheathing. A motor drive attached to the open-helical screw above at the delivery end provides the lifting force necessary.
US09809386B2
An ore chute system, comprising: a chute box for collecting material and having a chute opening formed therein for discharging the material therethrough; a chute press gate mounted over the chute opening and moveable between an opened position to allow discharge of the material from the chute box and a closed position to prevent discharge of the material from the chute box; a chute press gate actuator coupled to the chute press gate and controllable to move the chute press gate between the opened position and the closed position; and, a chute press gate counterweight system coupled to the chute press gate and configured to move the chute press gate from the opened position to the closed position upon failure of the chute press gate actuator.
US09809381B2
An apparatus for the transport and storage of proppant has a container with a top wall, a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls extend between the pair of end walls. The container has a bottom discharge opening. The container includes a funnel extending from the pair of side walls and from the pair of and walls toward the bottom discharge opening. The funnel has sides extending in an angle of greater than 25° with respect to horizontal. The funnel includes a pair of side plates extending respectively from the pair of side walls toward the bottom discharge opening and a pair of end plates extending respectively from the pair of end walls toward the bottom discharge opening. Each of the side plates and the end plates is formed of a stainless steel material.
US09809379B2
A cartridge for preparing a beverage comprises a container, a pod for containing a substance from which a beverage is to be extracted, a separating element for protecting the pod, and one or more supporting elements for holding the separating element in a preferred position. The cartridge is of the type which is pierced by at least one piercing tool to allow the injection of a liquid and extraction of a beverage. The separating element comprises a platform upon which the pod is disposed. The platform forms a boundary within the container, thereby defining first and second portions of the container. Liquid is injected into the first portion of the container, and the beverage is removed from the second portion. The separating element is positioned an appropriate distance from the piercing tools by the supporting elements.
US09809375B2
A stackable microwave covers including a first food cover that includes a top wall for supporting a first food item and having a particular shape that has a first area, one or more side walls slanted at an outward angle from beneath the top wall, wherein a top of the one or more side walls defines a second area that is smaller than the first area, wherein a bottom edge of the one or more side walls defines a substantially similar shape to the particular shape of the top wall and has a third area greater than the second area and less than the first area, and wherein the top wall and the one or more side walls form a first cavity for positioning a second food item.
US09809348B2
A carton for holding a plurality of containers is disclosed. The carton includes a plurality of panels. The plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The carton includes a plurality of end flaps. Each end flap of the plurality of end flaps is respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for at least partially closing an end of the carton. The carton further includes a plurality of lines of weakening positioned in at least one portion of the carton. The at least one portion of the carton being selected from the group consisting of at least one panel of the plurality of panels and at least one end flap of the plurality of end flaps. The plurality of lines of weakening forms at least one texture in the exterior of the carton.
US09809347B2
A carton for storing a product can include a plurality of panels, including a plurality of major panels and at least one display panel that at least partially define a product storage space. The carton can further include a cutout or window in one or more of the major panels, and a presentation area on a surface of the display panel. After the carton is sealed, the presentation area is visible through the cutout. The display panel may be positioned between the product storage space and the cutout.
US09809344B2
A labeling unit for applying labels to containers includes a label removing device, a vacuum drum, and a gluing device. The vacuum drum receives labels at a first transfer position and delivers them to a second transfer position. The gluing device is arranged within an angular region of rotary motion of the vacuum drum between the first and second transfer positions. The vacuum drum moves labels past the gluing device. The label removal device removes either labels or label residues that remain on the vacuum drum in the angular region.
US09809341B2
A sealing machine having a movable carriage assembly which utilizes a counterbalance and two servo motors is disclosed. The counterbalance allows high throughput operation without excessive mechanical vibration. The use of two servo motors allows independent control of the horizontal movement of the movable carriage assembly and the vertical movement of the jaws. The use of two servo motors also allows adaptation to articles or packages of various dimensions. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is used to detect the position of the package to be sealed, and the movement of the movable carriage assembly and the jaw is altered based on the detected position.
US09809339B2
Packaging systems include a rotating table and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart spool mount assemblies mounted to the rotating table at respective clipper stations. The spool mount assemblies can include a laterally extending centrifugal force retention shaft that faces an outer perimeter of the table.
US09809338B2
A loading device to supply successively with cardboard sheets a station for handling the sheets by folding to form from them boxes for packaging, the handling station having a storage area to receive the successive sheets, optionally grouped in bundles, the device itself having a manipulator that includes: a gripping tool to pick up the sheets; an actuator to move the tool between an inventory of sheets and the receiving storage area of the station; a detection unit for detecting the status of filling of the storage area; and a control unit that directs the action of the device and that receives detection information from the detection unit to do this, the control unit being independent of the control of the handling station and programmable to adapt the operation of the loading device to the type of sheets handled. A corresponding process is also described.
US09809330B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for controlling flow of a flowable material. The flowable material passes from a product supply through one or more valves which are coupled to a controller. The controller is also coupled to one or more sensors operable to generate a signal indicating whether flowable product is present or not present at a specific level within a container. The controller is programmed to operate the valves based on signals received from the sensors. The sensors may be associated with the feed container and used to control metering of flowable product out of the feed container, or they may be associated with a container and used to control filling of the container with flowable product.
US09809328B2
Described herein are systems and methods for attitude determination using infrared Earth horizon sensors (EHSs) with Gaussian response characteristics. Attitude information is acquired by detecting Earth's infrared electromagnetic radiation and, subsequently, determining the region obscured by Earth in the sensors' fields of view to compute a nadir vector estimation in the spacecraft's body frame. The method can be applied when two sensors, each with known and distinct pointing directions, detect the horizon, which is defined as having their fields of view partially obscured by Earth. The method can be implemented compactly to provide high-accuracy attitude within small spacecraft, such as CubeSat-based satellites.
US09809327B2
A method for using a device for coupling with a space satellite before the satellite is launched for the purpose of de-orbiting the satellite and/or returning it to Earth. The device includes: controller for controlling the device; propulsion system operatively connected with the controller; receiver for receiving control signals operatively connected with the controller; powering system for electrically powering the device; coupler for mechanically coupling the device with the satellite before the satellite is launched. The propulsion system is enabled by the controller on receipt of control signals for deorbiting the satellite and transferring it to a given orbit.
US09809321B2
An electrical power distribution system for converting and distributing electrical power to local loads within a vehicle is disclosed. The electrical power distribution system includes at least one generator providing high voltage AC (HVAC) power, a primary power panel for receiving the HVAC power from the generator, and a plurality of distribution conversion units located throughout the vehicle. The plurality of distribution conversion units convert the HVAC power from the primary power panel into medium voltage AC (MVAC) power and low voltage DC (LVDC) power for consumption by the local loads within the vehicle. The electrical power distribution system also includes a plurality of HVAC distribution feeder lines. Each HVAC distribution feeder line connects the primary power panel to one of the plurality of distribution conversion units.
US09809313B2
Systems and methods for intelligently alerting the flight crew of a cabin depressurization. An example system includes a cabin altimeter that generates a cabin pressure value, an alerting device, such as a speaker system and a processing device in data communication with the cabin altimeter and the alerting device. The processing device determines if there is a problem with the cabin pressure received from the cabin altimeter, determines rate of change of the cabin pressure, and sets at least one of an alert volume or an alert frequency based on the cabin pressure and the rate of change of the cabin pressure if it was determined that a problem exists with the cabin pressure. The processing device also issues a cabin depressurization alert over the alerting device based on at least one of the set alert volume or alert frequency, if there is a problem with the cabin pressure value.
US09809311B2
A mounting system may be installed in an aircraft, such as by installing a first plate and a second plate on either side of a sandwich panel wall in a personal space of an aircraft. The first plate and second plate may be coupled together, and a structural interface may receive a mounting accessory such that it is positioned adjacent the first plate. A personal electronic device may be mounted to the mounting accessory, thereby facilitating use of the personal electronic device on-board the aircraft. Such a mounting system may facilitate the use of personal electronic devices in lieu of costly in-flight entertainment systems. The first plate and second plate may be secured to a honeycomb core sandwich panel, such that fasteners may extend through inserts extending through the core, thereby distributing the weight of the personal electronic device and mounting accessory via the first plate and second plate.
US09809310B2
An aircraft passenger service device for receiving goods for cold storage to be supplied to aircraft passengers includes a receiving device having a viewing apparatus, a coolant inlet for feeding a coolant into the receiving device, and a coolant outlet for discharging the coolant from the receiving device. The viewing apparatus is designed to enable a user to inspect goods stored in the receiving device before removal. The aircraft passenger service device further includes a cooling arrangement having a coolant circuit line connected to the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet of the receiving device, and a device that directs into the coolant circuit line a refrigerant fluid flowing through a refrigerant fluid circuit line of a central cooling system of the aircraft.
US09809305B2
Unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) which fly to destinations (e.g., for delivering items) may land on transportation vehicles (e.g., delivery trucks, etc.) for temporary transport. An agreement with the owner of the transportation vehicles (e.g., a shipping carrier) may be made for obtaining consent and determining compensation for landings, and the associated transportation vehicles that are available for landings may be identified by markers on the roof or other identification techniques. The routes of the transportation vehicles may be known and utilized to determine locations where UAVs will land on and take off from the transportation vehicles, and in cases of emergencies (e.g., due to low batteries, mechanical issues, etc.) the UAVs may land on the transportation vehicles for later retrieval.
US09809294B2
A high altitude balloon including a balloon film, a lifting gas disposed within the balloon film, a payload operably coupled to the balloon film, and a heat transfer element operably coupled between the payload and the balloon film configured to transfer heat from the payload to the lifting gas causing a change in buoyancy of the high altitude balloon.
US09809293B2
A method for balloon launching may include loading a pre-packaged balloon and payload into a shell structure. The pre-packaged balloon may be pulled out of its packaging in a vertical direction, for instance using a gantry crane. The gantry crane may be configured to inflate the balloon from the top of the envelope. The balloon may be inflated while substantially within the shell structure, which may provide protection from wind gusts. A vehicle, such as a heavy forklift, may provide mobility and support for the balloon and shell. Once the balloon is inflated, the vehicle may move the balloon/shell combination at a rate and direction substantially matching the current wind direction/speed. Furthermore, after reaching a zero-velocity condition relative to the wind, the vehicle may assist and/or initiate the opening of the shell. A tether connecting the balloon to the shell structure may be disconnected, allowing the balloon to launch.
US09809291B2
Turning gear apparatus (10) for rotating a shaft (11) comprises a rotary drive arrangement (12) and a transmission system including a pivot arm (20). The rotary drive arrangement (12) is fixed, for example to a vessel hull (14), and the pivot arm (20) is pivotable between a first, shaft-disengaged, position and a second, shaft-engaged position where the rotary drive arrangement (12) is operably coupled to the shaft (11), thereby permitting control over rotation of the shaft (11) by the rotary drive arrangement (12).
US09809280B2
A cleat having an adjustable anchoring system configured to suspend a bumper. The cleat has a first horn located opposite a second horn. A support structure is connected to the cleat. A recess of the support structure has a ridge protruding from a wall surface of the recess. The ridge is configured to deform a portion of rope. A bore of the support structure is configured to receive a fastener. A base has a bore configured to receive the fastener. The bore of the support structure is oriented to align with the bore of the base. The base has two ramps that protrude from a wall surface of a recess of the base. The two ramps form a pocket that can have a protrusion configured to bind a portion of the rope when the fastener is tightened.
US09809274B2
A hydraulic brake mechanism is mountable to a bicycle handlebar. The hydraulic brake mechanism includes a housing having a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion including first and second ends, the base portion including a handlebar clamp at the first end, the base portion extending generally horizontally and the extension portion extending forwardly of the base portion at the second end and angled generally upwardly from the base portion when the hydraulic brake mechanism is mounted to the bicycle handlebar, the housing sized and shaped to be grasped by a user's hand, the housing having a fluid outlet port in the extension portion. The hydraulic brake mechanism may include a fluid line attached to the fluid outlet port and disposed in a groove formed along a length of the extension portion and the base portion of the housing.
US09809272B2
A set of elements giving the possibility of forming two types of wheeled devices for children which comprises: a platform (10), a handle (3) comprising an upright (20) intended to be connected to the front of the platform (10), and a removable seat (6); said handle (3) is removable with respect to the platform (10), and the platform (10) comprises, on the side of the front wheel(s) (11), a well (13) for receiving the lower portion of the upright (20); the platform (10) comprises a front boss (14) and said well (13) opens at the upper portion of this boss (14); the set of elements comprises a body (4) for supporting the seat (6), the front portion (4a) of which has a front extension (22) and a rear extension (23) defining together a housing (24) having a recessed shape corresponding to the shape of the boss (14); the set of elements comprises means (28, 31) for mounting the seat (6) on said supporting body (4), and the set of elements comprises means (5) for attaching at least one of said extensions (22, 23) to the platform (10).
US09809270B2
A vehicle has a frame, a motor connected to the frame, two front wheels operatively connected to the frame, two intermediate wheels operatively connected to the frame, the two intermediate wheels being disposed rearward of the two front wheels, two rear wheels operatively connected to the frame, the two rear wheels being disposed rearward of the intermediate wheels, a driver seat connected to the frame, a passenger seat disposed at least in part rearward of the driver seat, the driver seat and the passenger seat being straddle seats, and a cargo box connected to the frame, the passenger seat being disposed at least in part forward of the cargo box.
US09809264B1
A dynamically balanced, tracked robot, which can switch between dynamically balanced (wheeled) operation and tracked operation, can include a body and at least one wheel rotatably mounted to the body. At least one strut can also be mounted to the body so that it extends therefrom, and an idler wheel can be fixed to the distal end of the strut. A track can be slipped over the wheel and that idler wheel, so that the track frictionally engages both the wheel and the idler wheel. The robot can have a defined vertical reference vector and a processor. The processor can have non-transitory written instructions that, when accomplished, cause the vertical reference vector to be parallel with a vector defined by the robot axis and the revised post-installation center of gravity, to continue to allow for dynamic balancing of the newly-tracked robot.
US09809259B2
A method for producing a motor vehicle and a correspondingly produced motor vehicle having a modular construction, in which a substructure and at least one superstructure module are produced independently of one another and are subsequently permanently connected together.
US09809255B1
A vehicle an underbody structure includes a bumper, a subframe, and a frame. The frame interconnects the bumper and the subframe. The frame includes first and second symmetrical halves spaced at a distance. The frame is attached to the bumper at front segments of each of the halves, and to the subframe at rear segments of each of the halves. The halves are defined by a plurality of legs formed with the front and rear segments such that the first and second halves define load paths configured to transfer energy throughout the frame.
US09809250B2
A trailer backup steering input apparatus is coupled to a vehicle. The trailer backup steering input apparatus comprises a rotatable control element (e.g., a knob) and a rotatable control element movement sensing device. The rotatable control element biased to an at-rest position between opposing rotational ranges of motion. The rotatable control element movement sensing device is coupled to the rotatable control element for sensing movement of the rotatable control element. The rotatable control element movement sensing device outputs a signal generated as a function of an amount of rotation of the rotatable control element with respect to the at-rest position, a rate movement of the rotatable control element, and/or a direction of movement of the rotatable control element with respect to the at-rest position.
US09809248B2
The invention provides a steering system comprising a controlled element which is movable in a neutral area comprising a neutral position and in areas on opposite sides of the neutral area based on a steering input and a handle for requesting a desired position for the controlled element. The handle is movable between set-points in a center zone comprising a center set-point and set-points on opposite sides of the center zone. Furthermore, a steering unit is arranged to receive set-points from the handle, to determine a corresponding controlled position of the controlled element, and to move the controlled element to said controlled position. In order to prevent or reduce jerks, the steering unit is adapted to vary a speed by which the controlled element is moved to the controlled position. The speed is variable in dependence of the received set-point.
US09809240B2
A dispenser configured for securely storing a plurality of items within a cart and providing access to a subset of the plurality of items to authorized users. The dispenser generally includes a housing defining an interior portion dimensioned to receive a storage cart having an array of receptacles each configured to hold one or more items, a laterally sliding access door configured to provide restricted access to the cart stored within the dispenser, and an item access mechanism configured to provide selective access to a subset of the plurality of items stored within the cart. The dispenser additionally comprises a cart guide mechanism and a cart locking mechanism configured to guide the cart into the housing and to secure the cart in an appropriate location within the housing for use with the item access mechanism.
US09809236B2
A railroad electric power management system includes a service management system, a station management system and a control system. The service management system performs service management of railroad vehicles. The station management system performs operation management of a station facility. The control system controls the service management system and the station management system such that a sum of first electric power consumption and second electric power consumption is to be equal to or less than a certain electric-power regulation value. the first electric power consumption is consumed by the railroad vehicles. The second electric power consumption is consumed by the station facility.
US09809230B2
A vehicle system may include a thermal sensor; and a connectivity device of a vehicle, in communication with the thermal sensor, configured to receive an indication from the thermal sensor indicative of detection of a thermal event within a structure housing the vehicle, responsive to the detection, autonomously move the vehicle out of the structure away from the thermal event, and operate as an information relay that provides status of the thermal event. A method may include activating a connectivity device of a vehicle responsive to detection of a thermal event external to the vehicle by a vehicle thermal sensor; confirming, by the connectivity device, the detection of the thermal event by utilizing other thermal sensor inputs of the vehicle; and responsive to the confirmation, commanding a vehicle system to autonomously move the vehicle out of a structure away from the thermal event.
US09809213B2
A vehicle includes a traction motor coupled to a driveline. An engine and a generator are coupled to the driveline through a planetary gearset. A controller commands the traction motor torque based on a difference between a driver torque demand and an estimated powertrain torque. The estimated powertrain torque is based on an error between actual and estimated engine speed and an error between actual and estimated generator speed. The estimated powertrain torque may be further based on commanded or estimated engine torque and generator torque. The estimated powertrain torque may utilize a state estimator to calculate internal states based on the errors.
US09809210B2
A device includes at least one of a brake position sensor operationally coupled to a brake and providing a brake position signal, or a clutch position sensor operationally coupled to a clutch and providing a clutch position signal. The device further includes a controller having a communication module structured to interpret the at least one of the brake position signal or the clutch position signal, and a collection module structured to collect vehicle dynamics information. The controller further includes a vehicle dynamics module structured to interpret the vehicle dynamics information, and a sensor diagnostics module structured to determine a failure of at least one of the clutch position sensor or the brake position sensor in response to the vehicle dynamics information and at least one of the clutch signal or the brake signal.
US09809209B2
An Antilock brake system (ABS) cover for an ABS sensor on a motorcycle to protect the ABS sensor from environmental dust, grime and debris from the roads and other terrains through which the motorcycle travels as well as to cover the somewhat non-symmetrical ABS sensor structure and fill in the unsightly empty space located directly around the ABS sensor, to give the wheels an aesthetic appearance. The ABS sensor cover can be held in place over the ABS sensor by screws or permanently attached with a suitable adhesive. The ABS sensor cover of the present invention additionally has the benefit of a positive effect on the aerodynamics of the front of the motorcycle when it is mounted on the ABS sensor located on the wheels.
US09809199B2
A wiper arm device comprising a wiper arm unit which has at least one wiper rod, and comprising at least one nozzle unit which is provided for applying washer fluid onto a vehicle window, and which, in an installed state, is arranged at least substantially laterally on the wiper arm unit. The nozzle unit, in the installed state, is arranged at least substantially as an extension of a wiper rod of the wiper arm unit and is fastened to the wiper arm unit by a latching connection.
US09809196B1
Methods, systems and media are provided for managing personal security of a user of a vehicle. The vehicle is provided with a plurality of active sensors. One method includes receiving a first remote request at the vehicle to activate a first level of security. The first level of security activates a first active sensor. The method includes recording an area proximate to vehicle in response to activating the first level of security. The recording produces a media file. The method includes transmitting the media file to Internet storage associated with an account of the user of the vehicle. The method includes setting indicators, such as lighting in and around the vehicle to identify a security level of the vehicle. The lighting can be color illumination, that indicates to a user before the user fully approaches the vehicle if the vehicle has a particular security level, based on prior monitored activity.
US09809194B2
A safety system for a motor vehicle having at least a front wheel arrangement having one or more wheels and rear wheel arrangement having one or more wheels, the arrangement having: a control unit; and one or more vehicle inertial sensors to detect acceleration experienced by the vehicle, the inertial sensors being connected to the control unit so the control unit receives output signals from the inertial sensors; and one or more vehicle safety systems which may be activated by the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to process the signals received from the inertial sensors and to determine whether at least one of the wheels of the front and rear wheel arrangements is not in contact with the surface over which the vehicle is driven.
US09809190B2
A method of packaging an air-bag includes providing an air-bag having a base. A first part of the air-bag is folded at least partly towards the base of the air-bag and additionally folded such that the first part of the air-bag incorporates at least one Z-fold. The first part of the air-bag and a second part of the air-bag are at least partly rolled towards the base of the air-bag to package the air-bag.
US09809181B2
An access port cover system, including a housing for an item, the housing defining interior and exterior regions and including an access port through which access to the item from the exterior region is provided, a cover inhibiting access through the access port from the exterior region to the interior region, and a fastener connectable to the housing and the cover. The fastener has an actuation portion for disconnecting the housing and the cover to permit access through the access port from the exterior region to the interior region, the actuation portion being inaccessible from the exterior region when the fastener is connected to the housing and the cover.
US09809179B2
An electrical wire guiding apparatus includes: an electrical wire guiding body that is configured by coupling multiple link members in a single line so as to be capable of undergoing curving deformation, and that receives insertion of electrical wires; a self-adhesive cloth member that has stretchability and is wrapped around the electrical wire guiding body in the circumference direction so as to envelop the electrical wire guiding body; and clips (fixing means) for fixing the self-adhesive cloth member to the electrical wire guiding body. The self-adhesive cloth member is wrapped around the electrical wire guiding body in the circumference direction so as to envelop it. Also, the self-adhesive cloth member is fixed to the link members by the clips, and therefore there is no risk of detachment from the electrical wire guiding body or becoming twisted.
US09809153B2
A headlamp includes a light-emitting module that includes a condenser lens that defines an optical axis through a center of the condenser lens and that is configured to focus light incident on a rear surface of the condenser lens. The light-emitting module further includes a laser light source that is located behind the condenser lens and that is configured to generate light toward the condenser lens. The light-emitting module further includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) scanner that is located in front of the condenser lens, that is configured to reflect, toward the condenser lens, light generated by the laser light source, and that is configured to scan light generated by the laser light source by moving horizontally and vertically. The light-emitting module further includes a reflection unit that is located behind the condenser lens and that is configured to reflect light reflected by the MEMS scanner.
US09809152B2
A smart light assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That smart light assembly includes an electronic sensing device dedicated to the smart light assembly, an adjustable beam light source and a controller directly connected to the adjustable beam light source. A smart lighting system is also disclosed.
US09809138B2
A seat device includes a seat part on which an occupant is seated, a support part for supporting the seat part, and a front cover made of soft material, which is fitted between front parts of the seat part and the support part. The front cover includes a seat connection end part joined with the front part of the seat part, a detachable first fixture attached to an end of the front cover opposite to the seat connection end part for attachment to the support part, an elastic member having one end disposed between the seat connection end part and the first fixture, and a detachable second fixture attached to the other end of the elastic member for attachment to a seat lower surface as a lower surface of the seat part.
US09809133B2
A reclining seat assembly includes a seat frame, and a backrest frame supported by the seat frame for pivoting movement about a backrest pivot axis. A seat pan has a forward portion supported by the seat frame for relative longitudinal movement, for example, using a slider. The seat pan has a rearward portion that is pivotally supported along a rear seat pan axis by a lower extension of the backrest frame, such that the backrest frame reclines relative to the seat frame upon forward longitudinal movement of the rear seat pan pivot axis relative to the seat frame. A backrest recline angle adjuster on the seat frame, such as a pair of linear actuators respectively coupling the seat frame to each side of the backrest frame along an actuator pivot axis that is itself offset from the backrest pivot axis, maintains a selected position of the rear seat pan support axis relative to the seat frame to thereby achieve a desired backrest inclination.
US09809126B2
In the present invention, when charging both a high-voltage battery and a low-voltage battery by means of electrical power obtained by means of solar generation, by means of prioritizing the charging of the low-voltage battery over the charging of the high-voltage battery, a decrease in charging efficiency of the battery overall is suppressed. The vehicle-mounted power source device charges batteries by means of electrical power obtained by means of solar generation. A solar panel converts sunlight into electrical power. A DC/DC boost converter boosts the power converted by the solar panel. A control unit causes switching in a manner so that the high-voltage battery is charged by the electrical power boosted by the DC/DC boost converter when charging the low-voltage battery by means of the power converted by the solar panel and the amount of accumulated electrical power accumulated at the low-voltage battery is at least a predetermined value.
US09809120B2
Health status signals generated by components of a power supply system, including health status signals generated by a control processor, are logically combined together using discrete electronic components and which provide a single, highly-reliable enable/disable signal to a master switch. The master switch connects and disconnects the power supply to and from electrical loads.
US09809109B2
A self-sealing liquid bladder having a wall including plurality of connected cells each cell having an elastic wall portion and a stiffened wall portion and at least one source of pressure associated with one or more of the plurality of cells.
US09809107B2
A power transmission device comprises an engine arranged on a shaft and a first motor. A second motor is arranged on a different shaft from the shaft on which the engine is arranged. A first differential mechanism has a sun gear to which the first motor is connected, a carrier to which the engine is connected, and a ring gear to which the second motor and a drive wheel are connected. A second differential mechanism has a first rotational element to which the first motor is connected, a second rotational element, and a third rotational element to which the engine is connected, and is arranged such that the first motor is located between the first differential mechanism and the second differential mechanism. A case houses the second differential mechanism. A brake mechanism is configured to restrict rotation of the second rotational element and is arranged in the case.
US09809100B2
A vehicle battery mounting structure has: a battery frame lower member that is made of resin, and that is disposed at vehicle transverse direction inner sides of energy absorbing members provided at a lower side of a floor panel, and that, together with a battery frame upper member, structures a battery frame that supports a battery; a lower ductile member having a lower main body portion that is joined to vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the battery frame lower member, and lower flange portions that are fixed to a bottom surface side of the floor panel; and inclined walls that are formed at vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the battery frame lower member, and that are inclined from vehicle transverse direction outer upper sides toward vehicle transverse direction inner lower sides.
US09809088B2
A controller for a heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit may comprise a compressor control signal output; a condenser fan control signal output; a pressure sensor input that receives information regarding an output pressure of the compressor; a temperature input that receives information regarding ambient temperature; a processor coupled to the compressor control signal output, the condenser fan control signal output, the first pressure sensor input, and the temperature input; and a computer-readable memory that stores instructions. The processor may cause the controller to: turn on the compressor via the compressor control signal output based on a request for air conditioning, select a condenser fan speed, from condenser fan control data stored in the computer readable memory, based on the ambient temperature and an output pressure of the compressor, and set a speed of the condenser fan to the selected condenser fan speed via the condenser fan control signal.
US09809087B2
A foreign object obstruction device for preventing foreign objects from entering into the vent of a vehicle without completely obstructing the air passage of the vent is provided. The foreign object obstruction device extends between the a rear vehicle bumper and the vehicle body, and includes a rigid panel mounted to the vehicle body, generally beneath the vent so as to present a generally horizontal planar surface. The foreign object obstruction device may also include a stand-off structure extending from the rigid panel to the vehicle body so as to maintain the foreign obstruction device a predetermined distance from the vent, and a resilient pad disposed between the stand-off structure and the vehicle body so as to help absorb the force caused by objects being hurled into the device; and between the rigid panel and the bumper so as to form a seal.
US09809083B2
A heat pump cooling and heating system for an electric vehicle includes a range extending PCM heat exchanger (24), with a single acting phase change material with a melt temperature between the two comfort temperatures associated with cooling and heating, respectively. In a charging mode, as the vehicle batteries are charged, the same exterior current source runs the compressor (10), charging the PCM exchanger (24) with heat or “cold.” During an initial range extending mode, the PCM exchanger/reservoir (24) serves as the heat source or heat sink. The PCM material does not directly heat or cool the air, as is conventional, allowing a single reservoir material to be used in both heating and cooling modes.
US09809082B2
Electric vehicle thermal management systems and electric vehicles using the thermal management system, are disclosed. A passenger cabin is heated by the heat dissipated from a battery and/or a motor. A cooling circuit in the management system fluidly connects the battery, the motor and a first radiator in series. The first radiator provides a heat source to the passenger cabin by means of the heat dissipated from the battery and/or the electric motor. Under certain conditions, the electric motor is selectively separated from the cooling circuit, so that when the passenger cabin needs to be heated, the thermal management system can provide heat to the passenger cabin without affecting the heat dissipation of the battery.
US09809079B2
In a suspension controlling apparatus for a vehicle including a suspension whose damping force is variably settable and a control unit capable of controlling the damping force of the suspension, for appropriately obtaining a pitch behavior. When a vibration state of a vehicle in a vertical direction exceeds a given vibration state, a control unit controls damping force of suspensions on the basis of a target damping force in order to execute a skyhook control. However, when acceleration in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle is outside a given range, a decision condition for the given vibration state is changed to a condition on the side on which the skyhook controlling damping force control of the suspensions is less likely to be started.
US09809073B2
An axle/suspension system for a heavy-duty vehicle with a pair of suspension assemblies which each are mounted on a hanger outboardly offset from the outboard surface of the vehicle main member from which it depends. Each suspension assembly includes a beam pivotally attached to the hanger outboardly offset from the outboard surface of the main member. The beam has a tapered profile including an upward outboard taper on at least the inboard side of the beam, which provides clearance between each beam and its respective vehicle main member during upward jounce travel or lifting of the axle/suspension system.
US09809072B2
An improved jack assembly for use with a trailer tongue of a towed vehicle. The jack assembly including telescoping height adjustment of the assembly, a pivot assembly for pivoting between a vertical and horizontal stowed position, and a clip for maintaining a handle assembly in a stowed position when not in use. The jack assembly also includes the use of bushings for the telescoping tubes to enhance the sliding movement between the tubes and aid in maintaining the axial alignment of the tubes thereby extending the life of the jack assembly. The pivot assembly further includes an attachment bracket that may be rotated to accommodate at least two different sizes of trailer tongues.
US09809065B2
A tire inflation system having a spindle that has a spindle fastener hole and spindle passage through which a pressurized gas flows for inflating a tire. An adapter or a fastener tube may inhibit pressurized gas from flowing from the spindle passage into the spindle fastener hole.
US09809057B2
A method and a system for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, where the information transfer rate is calculated using driver information measured directly from the driver and vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle. The method also includes retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database. A driver safety factor is calculated using the information transfer rate and the baseline information transfer rate.
US09809053B2
Systems and methods directed to the art of transferring a fluid, such as to a work surface, are provided. A fluid applicator capable of being received within a standard hobby knife handle and used to apply a desired amount of fluid to a work surface. The fluid applicator has a loop end for collecting, supporting, and depositing a fluid.
US09809049B2
The present invention provides tablets with interconnection features and a system of multiple tablet assemblies removably interconnected to one another. The tablets may be removably mounted to a vertical surface or positioned on a horizontal surface. Features of the present invention allow a user to remove or move one tablet from the system without disrupting or moving the other tablets.
US09809047B2
A ring metal (M) installed in a binder (B) stores punched sheets of paper and the like. The ring metal includes binder rings (R) mounted on movable frames (F) to which one end of each ring half is attached. The frames are movable relative to each other to open and close the rings. A ring guard (10) is removably installable over a portion of each ring half, when the binder ring is closed, to securely encompass rings halves (12, 14) forming the ring. The guard encloses the junction (J) where outer ends of the ring halves meet when the rings are closed and prevents a gap from opening between the ring halves if the binder is subjected to a force which would otherwise cause a gap to form between the ring halves and paper stored in the binder to spill out or be damaged.
US09809044B1
A marketing system implemented at one or more target sites having a contaminated user interface includes a plurality of sanitary glove assemblies each having at least one advertising indicia visibly displayed thereon, and which are provided to end users for use at the target site without charge. At least one dispenser assembly having an advertisement media support disposed at each target site proximate the contaminated user interface, and a replaceable advertising media displayed therein. Each dispenser assembly comprises a storage compartment dimensioned to contain at least some of the plurality of sanitary glove assemblies, and a dispensing aperture through which an end user can remove one or more of the plurality of sanitary glove assemblies, as needed. In at least one embodiment, a disposal assembly is provided proximate the dispenser assembly at the target site. A method for implementing the present system is also provided.
US09809042B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.
US09809039B2
A plasma generating device includes a first plasma electrode and a counter electrode facing each other. The first plasma electrode extends in a lateral direction and includes two projections. Each of the two projections protrudes from the first plasma electrode in the direction of the counter electrode over a predetermined distance. The plasma generating device further includes a preload mechanism adapted for urging each of said two projections of the first plasma electrode against the counter electrode. The two projections cooperatively define a plasma gap between the first plasma electrode and the counter electrode. The counter electrode includes a support surface facing said plasma gap. The support surface is substantially flat along the plasma gap.
US09809027B2
A method of manufacturing a structure includes (1) positioning a first resin layer provided on a first supporting member on a substrate having a through hole, with the first resin layer facing toward the substrate, and releasing the first supporting member from the first resin layer; and (2) positioning a second resin layer provided on a second supporting member on the first resin layer from which the first supporting member has been released, with the second resin layer facing toward the first resin layer, and releasing the second supporting member from the second resin layer. A first resin layer portion that is above the through hole is removed before or simultaneously with the releasing of the first supporting member.
US09809023B2
A liquid ejecting device, including: a flow-path defining member having a pressure chamber formed therein; a piezoelectric actuator constituted by a plurality of layers which includes a piezoelectric layer, a common electrode, and an individual electrode, superposed on the flow-path defining member, and having a through-hole communicating with the pressure chamber; an annular conductor disposed on one of opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric actuator remote from the flow-path defining member such that a part of the layers are sandwiched between the annular conductor and the common electrode, the annular conductor surrounding a periphery of the through-hole; and a liquid supply member having a supply path communicating with the through-hole and bonded to the one of the opposite surfaces via the annular conductor, wherein the annular conductor is connected to a terminal configured to be given a predetermined constant potential and is exposed to a flow path defined by the through-hole.
US09809019B2
Embodiments generally relate to apparatus and methods for dismantling a hermetically sealed chamber. In one embodiment, an apparatus facilitating the opening of a hermetically sealed chamber in a device comprises a fixture configured to hold the device, and a system configured to create sufficient tensile or shear stress at a bond interface of the seal to open the seal under controlled conditions. In one embodiment, a method for opening a hermetic seal between first and second elements forming a chamber in a microfluidic chip comprises using a release technique creating sufficient tensile or shear stress at a bond interface of the seal to open the seal under controlled conditions. The release technique comprises introducing a tool to the vicinity of the interface without any contact between the tool and any material within the chamber. The breaking of the seal results in the complete separation of the first and second elements.
US09809017B2
To allow short time spreading for adhesive, verifying whether the adhesive is spread out to a member end. In obtaining a bonded member by applying the adhesive to a surface of one of two members and bonding the members with a member bonding device, a tilt adjusting device acquires with a camera an image of spreading state of the adhesive in the members' bonding surface, and adjusts the tilt of the bonded member when a non-spreading part of the adhesive between ends of the bonded member and the adhesive has a size bias so that the adhesive moves to the larger side of the part, and a spreading adjustment device controls a pushing amount and a pushing time interval of a pressing-side member to adjust spreading of the adhesive so that the part size reduces to a predetermined size depending on the part size acquired with the camera, and cures the adhesive in the bonded member edge with the non-spreading part eliminated.
US09809016B2
The invention relates to a process for bonding a silicone or silicone based material to a polyurethane and use of the bonded silicone-polyurethane in the manufacture of biomaterials, devices, articles or implants, in particular long term implantable medical devices in the fields of cardiology, orthopaedics, plastic surgery and gastroenterology. The process involves the steps of (a) flame treating a surface of the silicone or silicone based material and (b) bonding the polyurethane to the flame treated surface of the silicone or silicone based material.
US09809011B1
A planar article in the form of a thin strip is shown. The article, comprising a fabric and a polymer, can be formed into a variety of shapes. A hollow profile made from the article by forming a seam using opposing edges of the strip to enclose a volume. A thermoplastic extrusion formed composite structural member and method for making is disclosed. In one embodiment, the composite structural member includes a first web made from a first material and a first resin, a second web made from a second material different from the first material, a third web made from a third material and a third resin, and a fourth web made from a fourth material.
US09809008B2
A laminate of a rubber layer (A) and a fluororesin layer (B) on the rubber layer (A), wherein the rubber layer (A) is a layer made of a rubber composition for vulcanization, the rubber composition for vulcanization contains an unvulcanized rubber (a1); at least one compound (a2) selected from the group consisting of a 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene salt, a 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene salt, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene, and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene; magnesium oxide (a3); and silica (a4), the amount of the compound (a2) is larger than 1.0 part by mass and not larger than 5.0 parts by mass, for each 100 parts by mass of the unvulcanized rubber (a1), the fluororesin layer (B) is a layer made of a fluoropolymer composition, and the fluoropolymer composition contains a fluoropolymer (b1) having a copolymer unit derived from chlorotrifluoroethylene.
US09809005B2
Anti-ballistic systems and methods for making same are described. The anti-ballistic systems may be formed from various materials arranged in a structure, such as a wall structure. For example, an anti-ballistic system may be formed from a metal material, a polymer material, and a stone material. In some embodiments, the metal material may include aluminum (for example, an aluminum composite panel), the polymer material may include ethylene vinyl acetate, and the stone material may include granite. The anti-ballistic wall systems may be configured to be resistant to ballistics, blasts, and/or forced entry.
US09809004B2
A laminated structure containing a microporous film bonded in a face to face relationship with a plexifilamentary nonwoven web with an adhesive layer situated in contact with a least a portion of both the microporous film and the nonwoven web. The adhesive may contain reactive tracers.
US09808995B2
A method for reinforcing a substrate or textile of a core structure of a component with the following method steps: a continuous semi-finished product is fed, via a feed means, into a cartridge of a conveying means which comprises a plurality of cartridges; the continuous semi-finished product is cut to length using a cutting means in order to produce a cut, reinforcing semi-finished product which is received in the cartridge; the cartridge is conveyed to a machining means; the cut, reinforcing semi-finished product is sharpened using the machining means; the cartridge is conveyed to a textile or substrate to be reinforced of a core structure; and the sharpened semi-finished product is shot into the textile or substrate of a core structure by a stud-shooting means.
US09808992B1
An example three-dimensional printer system includes (a) a resin container, (b) a base plate, (c) a light source arranged below the resin container, where the light source is operable to emit electromagnetic radiation that causes resin in the resin container to cure, (d) a robotic device having the base plate attached thereto, wherein the robotic device positions the base plate above the resin container and is operable to move the base plate with at least two degrees of freedom, such that a build volume of the three-dimensional printer system extends beyond the edges of the resin container, and (e) a control system that is operable to (i) receive data specifying a three-dimensional structure and (ii) generate control signals that coordinate movement of the base plate by the robotic device and operation of the light source to form the three-dimensional structure from layers of resin.
US09808989B2
A machine converts a web of preformed pouches, which are defined by transverse seals extending from a remote edge, into inflated dunnage units. A sealing arrangement is positioned to provide a longitudinal seal intersecting the transverse seals to close the preformed pouches and form a dunnage unit. The sealing arrangement has at least two sealing belts. Each belt is positioned so that respective first sides engage a surface of the web and pull the web through sealing elements positioned on either side of the web. A heating element is on a second side of the first belt not engaging the web. A compliant material is on a second side of the second belt not engaging the web. As the web passes between the heating element and compliant material, imperfections in the web are smoothed by the compliant material and the layers of the web are sealed by the heating element.
US09808985B2
A roller-type depressing device, an imprint device and an imprint method utilizing the same which can depress an object like a die or a molding target by controlling the depressing force of a roller is provided. A roller-type depressing device to depress the object with a roller includes a pressure adjusting plate provided with the roller, a roller moving unit moving the roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit holding the pressure adjusting plate in such a way that force produced by a pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate acts on the roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving the pressure of the roller via the object, and a pressure adjuster adjusting the pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate.
US09808983B2
A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multiple layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multiple layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated inner and outer parisons to establish the multiple layer parison.
US09808978B2
The present invention relates to screw elements with novel, tightly intermeshing, self-cleaning, co-rotating screw profiles for multishaft screw machines with pairs of co-rotating and fully abrading screw shafts, to the use of these screw elements in multishaft screw machines and to a method of generating these screw elements.
US09808970B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element on a molded part. The molded part is formed by molding and curing a thermosetting epoxy resin composition comprising (A) the reaction product of a triazine derived epoxy resin with an acid anhydride, (B) an internal parting agent having m.p. 50-90° C., (C) a reflective agent, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) a curing catalyst.
US09808969B2
The present invention relates to sheet-form fiber composite components which are obtainable by impregnating fibers with a reactive resin mixture comprising polyisocyanates, polyepoxides, polyols and optionally additives, and to a process for the production thereof.
US09808966B2
This invention is directed to a process for applying a symbol to a molded device which symbol on the molded device is visible as an indentation in the surface of the device. The process involves the step of applying the symbol as an elevation to the mold before using the mold for making the molded device. The process of the invention is characterized in that the elevation on the mold is produced by applying a material to the mold surface which material is liquid when being applied and which material is applied at a temperature higher than the temperature which is at or preferably below the melting point of the material, and which material solidifies at the temperature of the mold. The material applied to the mold and solidified on the mold surface as an elevation needs to remain solid during the process of using the mold for making the molded device. During the molding process the elevation of the symbol on the mold is transferred as an indentation of the symbol to the surface of the molded device. After the molding process is complete and the molded device has been separated from the mold the elevation on the mold surface can be removed and the mold can be re-used without an elevation or with another elevation being applied to make another molded device.
US09808960B1
One example of correlating energy to mix well cement slurry under laboratory conditions to field conditions can be implemented as a method to determine energy to mix cement slurry. Electrical power supplied to an electric mixer in mixing a specified well cement slurry is measured. An energy to mix the specified well cement slurry is determined from the measuring. The determined energy to mix the specified well cement slurry and specifications of field equipment for use in mixing the specified well cement slurry at a well site are compared. The field equipment is a different configuration than the electric mixer. Based on the comparing, it is determined whether the well cement slurry needs redesigning according to capabilities of the field equipment.
US09808956B2
The present invention relates to an extension recycling method by the technology of bar embedment with glue for wood columns and an apparatus thereof, the method comprising: classification of short wood, sawing of short wood, drying of short wood, assembling and sorting of short wood, connection in series of short wood under pressure, processing of short wood, and marking of stand columns. The apparatus is a short wood connection machine comprising a main body, rotating rollers, pressing cylinders, pressing plates and a planing frame. By using the present method, short wood can be connected into a strut, so that the abandoned short wood can be recycled to save natural resources. Due to the apparatus and the connecting member of the present invention, the process of connecting short wood into a strut can be completed conveniently, which have the advantages of simple structure, convenient processing and easy manufacturing.
US09808955B2
Provided is a wood treatment composition comprising a reaction product produced by reacting a mixture, which includes creosote and a fatty ester component, in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst. The reaction mixture may optionally include bunker oil and/or a borate ester. The mixture may comprise i) at least about 85 wt % creosote; and ii) at least about 1 wt % of an ester component containing one or more C8-C50 fatty esters. Also provided are wood treated with the composition and methods for using the composition to treat wood.
US09808942B2
The present invention publishes a knife with a replaceable blade, comprising a housing, a cover arranged on the housing and a blade carrier arranged between the housing and the cover, characterized in that, a blade which can move between an extended position and a retracted position is installed on the blade carrier, and a blade cartridge carrier is arrange around the periphery of a position adjacent to the retracted position of the blade, the blade cartridge carrier is provided with an internal space of a blade shape to place spare blades. Wherein, the cover can be connected with the housing in an open type to fix the blade carrier between the cover and the housing.
US09808937B2
A film suction mechanism is provided which can prevent a film-like member from warping or sagging for reliable suction, handing over, or the like of the film-like member. A film suction mechanism of the present invention is a film suction mechanism for processing or transferring a flexible film-like member. The film suction mechanism includes a suction unit having a function of attaching the film-like member thereto by suction and an air nozzle having a function of blowing pressurized air onto a first surface of the film-like member. The suction unit includes a plurality of suction pads. The suction unit is capable of attaching a second surface of the film-like member thereto by suction while the pressurized air is blown onto the first surface of the film-like member.
US09808936B2
Two-phase gripper. The gripper reorients and grasps an object while being picked up. The gripper includes a parallel jaw gripper including a pair of opposed, two-phase fingers, each finger including a cavity covered by an elastic strip wherein the elastic strip includes a point contact. Closure of the jaws of the gripper on an object at a first relatively lower force results in contact with lower friction between the point contact on the elastic strip on the fingers and the object allowing the object to rotate under gravity as the gripper is raised. Thereafter, closure of the jaws of the gripper on the object at a second relatively higher force causes the elastic strip to receded into the cavity resulting in multi-point contact with higher friction between the fingers and the object to securely grasp the object. In a preferred embodiment, the cavity is a Y-shaped groove and the object is cylindrical or prismatic.
US09808926B2
A hand tool for servicing a power tool or other host tool is adapted to be readily mountable to and dismountable from the host tool via magnetic coupling. The hand tool includes a handle body, and a nut driver supported on the handle body. The handle body may define a bifurcated support, and the tool may include a pivot pin extending through the bifurcated support and the nut driver to support the nut driver on the tool. The nut driver defines at least one socket region dimensioned to receive a nut, and further is magnetized for magnetic coupling with a nut positioned within the socket region. In one embodiment, the nut driver houses a discrete magnet for this purpose. A second magnet may be supported on the handle body toward its central portion.
US09808925B2
An impact tool includes a casing (13) supporting a tip tool (12), a piston (41) provided in the casing (13), an electric motor (11) provided in the casing (13), a motion converting mechanism (45) provided in the casing (13), and a vibration reducing mechanism (47) provided in the casing (13). The vibration reducing mechanism (47) has a supporting member, which is swingable with using a fixing position (J) as a supporting point and a weight (49) attached to a free end side of the supporting member. In a plane including a center line (C), the gravity center (H) of the weight (49) and the gravity center (G) of the casing (13) are disposed at mutually different locations, and the fixing position (J) is disposed on the side of the gravity center (G) relative to the center line (C).
US09808923B2
A nail machine with effort-saving mechanism is provided, including: a shell body; an operating mechanism, disposed on the shell body and including a pressing lever, a driving rod and a linkage, the operating mechanism provided for being operated to move between a first position and a second position; an actuating member, two ends thereof having a sliding portion and an engaging portion respectively; a striking force accumulating mechanism, including a striking board and a force accumulating member, the striking board being movable between an initial position and a releasing position; wherein when the operating mechanism moves toward the second position, the engaging portion is engaged with the striking board, and the striking board moves toward the releasing position; when the operating mechanism is in the second position, the engaging portion is detached from the striking board, and the striking board moves toward the initial position.
US09808918B2
A system, and a method of using a system, for controlled tool operation. The method includes providing a tool used in a force application such as a such torque application. The tool communicates with a controller which can communicate with the tool, and to a display in communication with the tool and the controller. The controller can be programmed with operational information about a tool operation. Information related to the operational information is displayed to a user during use. Service information including at least information about an amount of force applied during use is recorded and stored in the controller. Also disclosed is a computerized system for controlled tool operation which sends operational instructions to the tool before use and retrieves service information from the tool after use.
US09808916B2
A reduced arc box end ratchet wrench or ratchet drive wrench utilizes a multiple pawl ratchet assembly comprised of a body having an insert cavity to enclose critical components of an insert that is secured within the ratchet assembly. The insert is set into the wrench body and includes a plurality of pivoting pawls. Each pawl comprises a lever arm with ratchet engaging teeth. The pawl arms are positioned relative to the ratchet wheel to create “pawl swing arcs” and “reduced ratcheting arcs” to alternately or successively engage a portion of the teeth of a ratchet wheel at all times. This configuration allows smaller degrees between ratchet teeth and a smaller wrench rotation that is otherwise required to apply torque.
US09808908B2
A method of monitoring dressing of a polishing pad is provided. The method includes: rotating a polishing table that supports the polishing pad; dressing the polishing pad by pressing a dresser against the polishing pad while causing the dresser to oscillate in a radial direction of the polishing pad; calculating a work coefficient representing a ratio of a frictional force between the dresser and the polishing pad to a force of pressing the dresser against the polishing pad; and monitoring dressing of the polishing pad based on the work coefficient.
US09808905B2
An invention is provided for creating smoothed, heat-treated glass fragments. The invention includes placing a plurality of heat-treated glass fragments into a tumbling or vibrating apparatus. Each heat-treated glass fragment is formed from glass that has been heated to a temperature of at least 1000° Fahrenheit and rapidly cooled to a temperature below 700° Fahrenheit. The plurality of glass fragments are then tumbled or vibrated for a predetermined period of time such that surfaces of the heat-treated glass fragments are smoother than prior to tumbling. The glass fragments are thereafter removed from the tumbling apparatus, resulting in smoothed, heat-treated glass fragments that are suitable for direct handling without hand protection.
US09808900B2
A system for duplicating a master key includes a mechanism for receiving and positioning a master key. The master key defines a major key axis and an intermediate key axis along which a key blade variably extends, and a minor key axis along a key thickness. Optical path components direct a light beam along the minor key axis. The light beam impinges upon the key blade. A portion of the light beam traverses the key blade. A detector receives the portion of the light beam that traverses the key blade. An apparatus imparts relative motion along the major key axis between the light beam and the master key. The light beam scans along the major key axis of the master key. A processor receives a signal from the detector as the beam scans along the major key axis and generates information usable for defining the machining of a duplicate key.
US09808892B2
A fitting holding device holds an olet fitting in place while tack welding the olet fitting to a pipe. The device includes an elongated rectangular handle with a gripping section and a tapered section. A first rod straight rod extends from the handle. A second rod extends from the handle having a first section is coplanar with the first rod, a second section coplanar with respect to the first section and skewed relative to the first rod, a third section coplanar with the second section and the first section and transverse relative to the first rod defining a gap to engage and hold an olet fitting. A cuff is slidable along a length of the first rod and the first section to adjust tension on the olet fitting positioned between the first rod and the third section of the second rod.
US09808889B2
A turbine is provided comprising a plurality of stages, each stage comprising a rotatable disk and blades carried thereby, at least one pair of adjacent rotatable disks defining an annular gap therebetween and having respective opposing sealing band receiving slots aligned with the annular gap A sealing band is located in the opposing receiving slots to seal the annular gap Disk engagement structure is defined in the pair of adjacent rotatable disks. A clip member is coupled to the sealing band and engaged with the pair of adjacent rotatable disks through the disk engagement structure The clip member may have an aperture extending only partially through the clip member for alignment with a hole in the sealing band for engagement with a tool To improve weld geometry, the clip member may have angled surfaces and notched areas, and the sealing band may have chamfered edges.
US09808883B2
A dual ultrasonic welder unit may be coupled to and carried by a mounting bracket including a base member extending in a an end of a robot arm and may include a first welder including a welding horn adjustable in a Z-axis direction by a first motor mounted within a mounting bar assembly of the first welder. The mounting bar assembly may be coupled to the base member and include a support for adjusting the location of the first welder in an X-axis direction by a second motor mounted to an extension member coupled to the base member and including a threaded member coupled to a follower member coupled to the mounting bar assembly. The dual ultrasonic welder may include a second ultrasonic welder fixedly coupled to the base member. Methods of controlling and operating the dual ultrasonic welding unit include steps of operating the robot and the first and second motors to position the first welder relative to the second welder unit for simultaneously performing ultrasonic welds on at multiple locations on a workpiece.
US09808876B2
A stainless steel weldment and pad combined welding method includes steps of: (a) respectively processing and pairing butts of to-be-welded portions of two weldments, wherein, during pairing, inner walls of the two weldments are aligned at the same plane; the butts of the two weldments are opposed to form a V-shaped groove with an angle α; and between bottoms of the butts of the two weldments is kept a gap L of 2-4 mm; (b) providing a copper pad at the gap between the bottoms of the butts of the two weldments, wherein the copper pad closely attaches to the inner walls of the two weldments; (c) welding the V-shaped groove to form a root pass; and (d) removing the copper pad, and filling the root pass to be welded into a cover pass.
US09808867B2
A tool having a flexible shaft, a first end and, a second end and capable of being bent about its axis. The tool transfers rotary motion from a device to tool. The shaft, manufactured from a rigid material, has at least one flexible segment, each flexible segment have at least one sinuous slot ascending in a helical path. With multiple segments, the helical path of the slots can be opposite or the same. With one or more segments having multiple slots, the slots can be parallel or have opposite ascensions, thereby crossing one another. The helical paths can vary within each segment or from segment to segment.
US09808859B2
A furnace assembly for dewaxing investment casting molds includes a housing having a top and a bottom and sides and extends along an axis to define a cavity. A plurality of tiles are supported in a spaced relationship with the bottom of the housing and define a pair of lower chambers for directing the wax vapors out of the cavity. A plurality of trays having apertures are supported by the tiles for moving molds through the housing. Chimneys connect to the lower chambers and a passageway is defined by the tiles for evacuating the wax and wax vapors from the cavity to the lower chambers and out through the chimneys. A pair of lower burners extends into the lower chambers for igniting wax vapors in said lower chambers. The heat from the lower chambers radiantly heats up portions of the furnace assembly that are disposed above the lower chambers.
US09808856B2
The present disclosure relates a rivet body, including a rivet head and a rivet shank, composed of a different material than a mandrel used for insertion into a workpiece(s), the mandrel including a mandrel shaft and a mandrel cap. The rivet body receives the mandrel shaft, including the mandrel cap, through the rivet shank. The mandrel shaft is received by the installation tool, which rotates the rivet body, and the mandrel cap locally deforms workpieces(s) through friction riveting to install the rivet body. During the friction riveting, the fast-rotating rivet body is pushed into the workpiece(s) causing local deformation/melting where the mandrel cap contacts the workpiece(s). The mandrel cap creates a cavity which progresses through an upper surface and a lower surface of the workpiece(s).
US09808852B2
A hand expansion device is capable of expanding pipe ends. The device includes an expanding head, which can be actuated by an electric motor and/or by a hydraulic medium and which has a plurality of segments. The segments can be actuated by an expanding mandrel that can be moved in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the expanding head. The segments are expanded in a direction which is transverse to the movement direction of the expanding mandrel as the result of a first triggering of an expansion process. A second activation of the hand expansion device is only allowed if it is determined that the hand expansion device was rotated around the longitudinal axis a predetermined angle.
US09808848B2
According to the die cushion apparatus of a press machine and the die cushion controlling method of the present invention, in holding the cushion pad on standby at a desired standby position, it is possible to hold the cushion pad on standby in parallel with the lower faces of the dies mounted to the slide, and if the lower faces of the dies are inclined, it is possible to hold the cushion pad on standby in the state of being inclined. Through this configuration, it is possible to easily allow the material to come into contact with the lower faces of the dies from the beginning of the die cushion force control (beginning of the collision), and also possible to smoothen the die cushion action in the plane, thereby enhancing the formability.
US09808847B2
The invention relates to a method for compensating deviations in a deforming operation between two beams of a press, comprising of arranging one or more compensating element at a suitably chosen location in the press, detecting the deviations and moving the compensating element(s) relative to the beams by (electro) mechanical means during the deforming operation such that the detected deviations are compensated. The compensating elements can be moved here to an over-compensating position prior to the deforming operation and pressed out of their over-compensating position during the operation by the load on the beam, wherein each compensating element exerts an adjustable resistance force on surrounding parts of the press. It is conversely possible for the compensating elements each to be pressed stepwise to a position compensating the detected deviations during the deforming operation. It is possible to use (piezoelectric) actuators to exert the resistance force and/or to move the compensating elements. The invention further relates to a device with which this compensation method can be performed.
US09808841B2
There is provided a reticle chuck cleaner A for cleaning a reticle chuck of an apparatus, as a reticle chuck cleaner that allows easy cleaning of a reticle chuck in a vacuum chamber of an apparatus without exposing the chamber to the atmosphere and contributes to improvement of the operating ratio of the apparatus, including: an adhesive layer 1 to be adhered to a chuck region of the reticle chuck; a support layer 2 laminated on the adhesive layer 1; and a substrate 3 having a shape capable of being carried to the reticle chuck, the support layer 2 and the substrate 3 being partially bonded together in an adhesive region 41 of a partial adhesive layer 4.
US09808828B2
An electrostatic painting method includes steps of: attaching a grounded clip to an insulating workpiece; spraying water-based paint to the workpiece while moving a paint gun from a position where the painting has started in a predetermined direction to form a first band-like painting film; spraying the water-based paint to the workpiece while moving the paint gun to thereby form a second band-like painting film, in which the second band-like painting film is formed in parallel to the first painting film, and a part of the second band-like painting film overlaps the first painting film. An amount of overlap between the first and second painting films is within a range previously determined based on an influence on the water-based paint sprayed when the second painting film is formed that causes the water-based paint sprayed to be attracted to the grounded first painting film.
US09808815B2
An atomizing cutting fluid system. The system includes a common chamber terminating in a shaped droplet nozzle and including a nozzle section immediately behind the shaped droplet nozzle. An atomizer creates spray directly within the common chamber behind the nozzle section. A cutting fluid supply line provides cutting fluid to the atomizer. A high velocity gas nozzle within the nozzle section and behind the droplet nozzle is configured to provide a high velocity gas to entrain the flow of droplets. The nozzle section and droplet nozzle are configured to produce a fully developed droplets-gas flow at a predetermined distance from the droplet nozzle. In a cutting system, the spray system provides a uniform film for a macro or micro cutting operation at sufficient flow rates.
US09808813B1
A sprinkler nozzle includes a nozzle plate having at least one orifice formed therein. A stream deflector is rotatably mounted adjacent the nozzle plate and has a plurality of flutes formed therein that face the nozzle plate. Each flute has an inner portion that can momentarily align with water flowing through the orifice in the nozzle plate during rotation of the stream deflector relative to the nozzle plate. Water flowing through the orifice will be channeled in a generally radial direction by the flute to form a stream of water that is ejected from the stream deflector. The flutes have a plurality of different tangential trajectories relative to the orifice in the nozzle plate so that in combination the streams of water successively ejected from the stream deflector establish a predetermined shape of coverage.
US09808812B2
Microfluidic delivery systems for dispensing a fluid composition into the air comprising microfluidic die and at least one heating element that is configured to receive an electrical signal comprising a certain on-time and wave form to deliver a fluid composition into the air.
US09808809B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dust collector, an electrode selection method for a dust collector, and a dust collection method such that it is possible to select a suitable wire mesh to be used in a collecting electrode and thereby improve the collecting efficiency even at high flow velocities. A dust collector has a discharge electrode to which a voltage is applied, and a collecting electrode that is disposed facing the discharge electrode and has a planar member formed of a wire mesh, wherein the wire mesh of the planar member satisfies equations <1> and <2> below, and the gas face velocity (v) of the gas penetrating the wire mesh is v=0.1 m/s or higher. <1> IndexT=(the inter-wire distance÷2)÷the opening ratio÷the wire diameter×the gas face velocity <2> IndexT≦2.
US09808806B2
An embodiment of a device for automatically executing a process of generating an emulsion containing nucleic acids, amplifying the nucleic acids in the emulsion, breaking the emulsion, and separating and purifying said amplified nucleic acids, is described that comprises an emulsion generation unit for sealing beads to which nucleic acids are bound in a water-in-oil type emulsion; a nucleic acid amplification unit provided with a reaction vessel for amplifying said nucleic acids and a heating and cooling part for heating and cooling the reaction vessel; an emulsion breaking unit for breaking the emulsion after nucleic acid amplification; and a nucleic acid purification unit for recovering said amplified nucleic acids from said emulsion breaking unit.
US09808805B2
A liquid reservoir for use in a microgravity environment includes a bladder for holding a liquid. The bladder includes flexible walls and an opening for extraction of the liquid from the bladder. An internal structure is shaped so as to form a channel to conduct the liquid from an end of the bladder that is distal to the opening. The internal structure is configured to prevent the walls of the bladder from blocking the channel when suction is applied to the opening.
US09808801B2
A cartridge for an automatic analyzer, formed from a cover and carrier structure, is operable for rotation about an axis and has at least one container with at least one reservoir containing at least one fluid. Each container may rotate about the axis within a cavity and relative to the carrier structure. A piercing structure opens a seal of each reservoir when the container rotates relative to the carrier structure. Each container and each cavity has a frictional element that mate and cause friction. Each container has an engaging surface which mates with an engaging surface of a rotational actuator that applies torque to rotate and open the container via the piercing structure. A fluidic structure of the cartridge processes a biological sample into a processed biological sample and enables via a measurement structure measurement of the processed biological sample. A duct is between the cavity and the fluidic structure.
US09808799B2
The present invention provides systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for automated bioprocessing. Examples of protocols and bioprocessing procedures suitable for the present invention include but are not limited to immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein isolation, nucleic acid separation and isolation, protein labeling, separation and isolation, cell separation and isolation, food safety analysis and automatic bead based separation. In some embodiments, the invention provides automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods of western blot processing. Other embodiments include automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods for separation, preparation and purification of nucleic acids, such as DNA or RNA or fragments thereof, including plasmid DNA, genomic DNA, bacterial DNA, viral DNA and any other DNA, and for automated systems, automated devices, automated cartridges and automated methods for processing, separation and purification of proteins, peptides and the like.
US09808797B2
A resistance furnace provides an improved upper and lower electrode construction with significantly increased coolant flow. The lower electrode has a tip design that significantly lowers the electrode tip temperature during an analysis. The upper and lower electrodes also cooperate with an improved crucible design to significantly reduce the power required to fuse a specimen contained in the crucible. The furnace uniformly heats the floor and lower side walls of a crucible, which lowers the power requirement for specimen fusion and provides higher structural benefits to provide consistent analysis and manufacturing yields. The crucible has a cylindrical body and pedestal base with an annular smoothly curved concave indentation therebetween.
US09808795B2
The following invention relates to methods for reprocessing SCR catalysts. In a first embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reprocessing SCR catalysts, wherein an oxygen-containing compound of titanium and tungsten or molybdenum is removed from the catalyst and is then reacted with a vanadium compound. In a second embodiment, the invention relates to a method for removing titanium oxide and vanadium, molybdenum, and tungsten compounds from SCR catalysts and to a method for reusing these compounds in such catalysts.
US09808794B2
A honeycomb ceramic substrate, a method of making thereof, and a honeycomb extrusion die configured to extrude a honeycomb ceramic substrate from a batch of ceramic or ceramic-forming material is provided. The substrate may include a lattice of intersecting walls defining a honeycomb network of flow channels extending between an inlet end and an outlet end of the honeycomb substrate. Each flow channel may be defined by a plurality of channel walls of the intersecting walls with at least two of the plurality of channel walls including concave inner surfaces facing a center of the corresponding flow channel from central portions of the concave inner surfaces to concave corner portions facing the center of the corresponding flow channel.
US09808793B1
Differing from the startup temperature of partial oxidation of butane (POB) reaction stimulated by conventional rhodium-based or nickel-based catalyst reaches 700° C. or above, the present invention particularly discloses a novel catalyst consisting of fluorite-type oxide support and Ni active metal for being applied in hydrogen production by low temperature partial oxidation of light hydrocarbon (POLH), so as to effectively reduce the startup temperature of the POLH reaction. In the present invention, the said light hydrocarbon means methane, ethane, propane, or butane. Moreover, a variety of experimental data have proved that this novel catalyst makes the startup temperature of POB reactions be lowered to 250° C. On the other hand, the experimental data have also proved that, the carbon deposition formed on the catalyst during POB reaction can be obviously improved after adding a few amount of platinum into the constituting ingredients of the novel catalyst.
US09808790B2
Disclosed are catalysts comprised of platinum and gold. The catalysts are generally useful for the selective oxidation of compositions comprised of a primary alcohol group and at least one secondary alcohol group wherein at least the primary alcohol group is converted to a carboxyl group. More particularly, the catalysts are supported catalysts including particles comprising gold and particles comprising platinum, wherein the molar ratio of platinum to gold is in the range of about 100:1 to about 1:4, the platinum is essentially present as Pt(0) and the platinum-containing particles are of a size in the range of about 2 to about 50 nm. Also disclosed are methods for the oxidative chemocatalytic conversion of carbohydrates to carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof. Additionally, methods are disclosed for the selective oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid or derivatives thereof using catalysts comprising platinum and gold. Further, methods are disclosed for the production of such catalysts.
US09808788B2
This disclosure relates to a method that includes (1) contacting a solvent with a porous cyclodextrin-based metal organic framework (CD-MOF) adsorbed with CO2 to release CO2, and (2) collecting the released CO2. The CD-MOF includes at least a metal cation and a plurality of cyclodextrin components.
US09808775B2
A manual mixer serves to facilitate mixing and agitating materials for use during surgery. For example, the manual mixer includes a body portion defining an interior area, a mixing assembly provided in the interior area of the body portion, a crank assembly for actuating the mixing assembly, and a valve assembly. The mixing assembly serves to mix and agitate the materials provided in the interior through rotation of a plunger portion and a spring attached thereto, and through upwards and downwards movement of the plunger portion in the interior area. Rotation of the crank assembly serves to rotate the plunger portion and the spring attached thereto, and effectuate upwards and downwards movement of the plunger portion. The valve assembly can be opened to facilitate dispensing of the materials from the interior area.
US09808765B2
An adhesive composition suitable for reverse osmosis modules, the adhesive composition includes (I) a polyurethane composition that includes (A) an isocyanate group-containing pre-polymer comprising a reaction product of (i) castor oil or a derivative thereof; and (ii) a polyisocyanate; and (iii) optionally a second polyol; and (B) an isocyanate-reactive polyol mixture comprising: (i) a polybutadiene polyol; and (ii) a urethane catalyst; and (iii) optionally the second polyol; and (II) a plasticizer wherein the adhesive composition is essentially free from diluent oils and solvents.
US09808764B2
A reverse osmosis system includes a membrane chamber having a feed line. The chamber generates a permeate stream and a brine stream from the feed line. A feed pump pressurizes the feed line. A first flow meter generates a first flow signal corresponding to a flow of fluid in the permeate stream. A booster device has a turbine in fluid communication with the brine stream and a pump in fluid communication with the feed line. A motor is coupled to the turbine device and a variable frequency drive is attached to the turbine device operating in response to the first flow signal. A second flow meter generates a second flow signal corresponding to a flow of fluid in the brine stream and a variable size nozzle operates an opening in response to the second flow meter.
US09808757B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a carbon-dioxide (“CO2”) sequestration system comprising a CO2 source, a process-water source, a membrane module, and a sequestration duct. The membrane module comprises a first section, a second section, and a membrane. The first section can be configured to receive gaseous CO2 at a first pressure from the CO2 source. The second section can be configured to receive process-water at a second pressure from the process-water source, wherein the first pressure is greater than the second pressure. The membrane can be positioned between the first section and the second section and can comprise a plurality of apertures configured such that the gaseous CO2 passes through the plurality of apertures and dissolves into the process-water to form a process-water-CO2-solution. The sequestration duct can be in fluid communication with the second section and configured to transport the process-water-CO2 solution to a sequestration site.
US09808755B2
Methods and apparatuses for separating CO2 and sulfur-containing compounds from a synthesis gas obtained from gasification of a carbonaceous feedstock. The primary separating steps are performed using a sour pressure swing adsorption (SPSA) system, followed by an acid gas enrichment system and a sulfur removal unit. The SPSA system includes multiple pressure equalization steps and a rinse step using a rinse gas that is supplied from a source other than directly from one of the adsorber beds of the SPSA system.
US09808753B2
Systems and methods for automated fabrication of pleated filters that promote user-selected adjustment of the pleat spacing generated by the system. A lower conveyor of a pleat spacing station is operated at a selected conveyor rate. A gathered pleated segment of filter material is received at the pleat spacing station. The pleat spacing station expands a pleat spacing of the gathered pleated segment in forming a pleated filter segment. Expansion of the pleats at the pleat spacing station is accomplished by initially engaging the filter material along the lower conveyor, with the conveyor rate being alterable by a user, including on the fly alteration, to establish a desired pleat spacing and thus pleat density in the pleated filter.
US09808740B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatuses for purifying liquids. One illustrative method includes generating an aerosol from a contaminated liquid. The illustrative method also includes generating a vapor from the aerosol by applying a negative pressure to the aerosol. The illustrative method further includes separating at least one type of contaminant particle from the vapor and converting the vapor into a liquid.
US09808737B2
A water vapor collector assembly, which consists of an optional capillary net, a dome, a water conveying channel, an optional capillary mat, a floatation base, and a water tube anchor, which many of it can be looped together by ropes and tubes and can float on sea surface to take sun rays to generate freshwater.
US09808736B2
A collapsible toy structure has a back support, a counter top pivotably connected to the back support, a front wall that is pivotably connected to underside of the counter top, a locking mechanism having a block secured to the back support and a locking bar rotatably connected to the block, a left side wall having a left front panel, and a right side wall having a right front panel. The toy structure assumes a collapsed position with the counter top pivoted to an upright position against the back support, the front wall pivoted to an upright position against the counter top, the left front panel and the right front panel pivoted against the front wall, and with the locking bar rotated to a position where its opposite ends are positioned against the left front panel and the right front panel.
US09808711B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a processor that performs operations including receiving from a computer accessory a control signal for controlling a software application, determining a result that would arise if the control signal is supplied to the software application, and generating an updated control signal to produce a desired result responsive to detecting that the result is undesirable. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09808703B2
A flexible, reusable protective sports board sleeve for use inside of a sports board bag comprises a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is joined to the second panel along the respective outer edges of the panels thereby creating an overlapping pocket, wherein the overlapping pocket receives a sports board through the sleeve's tip end, and the bottom edge of the sports board sleeve allows attachment to the tail end of the sports board. The sleeve is made of a flexible, wax-resistant material that allows the sports board to easily slide in and out of a sports board bag without wax sticking to the inside of the sports board bag. There are both horizontal and parallel longitudinal lines printed on the sleeve to help users customize the dimensions of said sleeve by cutting along the horizontal and parallel longitudinal lines.
US09808701B2
A wearable device includes: a wake up component that generates a first wake-up signal based on a first detected exercise activity location and generates a second wake-up signal based on a second detected exercise activity location; a receiver that receives a first exercise signal from a first transmitter based on receipt of the first wake-up signal and receives a second exercise signal from a second transmitter based on receipt of the second wake-up signal, the first exercise signal being associated with a first exercise session of the user, the second exercise signal being associated with a second exercise session of the user; a memory that stores first exercise data based on first exercise signal and stores second exercise data based on the second exercise signal; and a transmitter that transmits an exercise download signal based on the first exercise data and the second exercise data.
US09808698B2
A paddling action simulating exerciser in the form of a kayaking trainer that includes pole, a cord that extends along the pole and linearly displaceably passes therethrough, a hollow spacer that extends between a seating facility and an anchoring layout including a cord guiding layout via which the free ends of the cord are secured to a spring. A multi-directionally adjustable footplate facility that includes an upright foot abutment plate fitted with a heel rest and a toe strap is fitted along the spacer. The spacer, seating facility, leg, footplate facility and guiding layout in constituting a trainer core assembly are laterally rockable by way of rocking formations fitting along slots.
US09808693B2
The present invention provides for a taekwondo kicking and punching apparatus comprising: a first padded element designed like an Olympic style taekwondo chest protector; a paddle having a handle on one end and a padded portion designed to look like an Olympic style helmet; and a device for securing the paddle to the first padded element.
US09808691B2
A laser distance comparator incorporates a case housing a laser controller for producing a laser beam. The case has a handle and a button for engagement of a positioning device over a reference ball. A switch control is present on the case for activating the laser controller and a central processing unit (CPU) receives an input from the switch control, providing outputs to the laser controller to obtain a distance measurement to at least one competition ball.
US09808690B1
A recreational activity and component pieces for that activity in which one or more participants toss a specially designed article that fits over at least the toe portion of their footwear, the toss using their lower extremities (leg and foot) in combination with upper body for balance and coordination. The activity can be adapted as a game in which the participants or players score points while sometimes negotiating obstacles or making goals depending on the game of choice. The game tests a player's kick toss agility.
US09808687B1
A golf tee assembly includes a support that has a plurality of arms. The support may be positioned on a support surface to define a vertically oriented arm and a plurality of supporting arms. A plurality of tees is provided and each of the tees is removably coupled to the support. The tee corresponding to the vertically oriented arm may support a golf ball thereby facilitating the golf ball to be struck. A plurality of extensions is provided. Each of the extensions is removably positioned between the arms and the tees. Thus, the tees are spaced a selected distance from the support.
US09808685B1
A golf club head with at least one cavity including a fill material comprising a polymer and a plurality of microscopic glass bubbles, and methods of manufacturing such golf club heads, are disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is an iron having a striking face, a rear portion, and an internal cavity disposed behind the striking face, which is at least partially filled with the fill material. The plurality of microscopic glass bubbles constitutes at 5-70% of the volume of the fill material, and more preferably approximately 20-30% of the volume of the fill material. The polymer material preferably is a polyurethane having a Poisson's ratio of 0.40-0.50. In some embodiments, the fill material takes the form a medallion affixed to a rear surface of the striking face, while in others, the fill material is injected into the internal cavity.
US09808684B2
A set of iron type golf club heads comprising a plurality of iron type golf club heads, the plurality of iron type golf club heads comprising a long iron, a mid iron, and a short iron; wherein each of the plurality of iron type golf club heads comprise a striking face, and wherein each of the plurality of iron type golf club heads comprise a plurality of grooves formed in the striking face extending generally from a heel side of the striking face towards a toe side of the striking face; wherein the plurality of grooves of each of the plurality of iron type golf club heads comprise an edge radius, wherein the edge radius of the plurality of grooves of the long iron is greater than the edge radius of the plurality of grooves of the short iron.
US09808674B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US09808670B2
Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
US09808667B2
A stationary exercise device having variable footpaths is disclosed. The exercise device includes a frame, a pair of supporting members that have a first end to rotate about an axis and a second end to move along a reciprocating path, a pair of pedals joined to the supporting members, and a guider assembly for adjusting an incline angle of the reciprocating path.
US09808638B2
The device includes a cardiac therapy circuit with a first terminal, and a peripheral therapy circuit with a second terminal. These terminals can either receive a cardiac detection/stimulation lead or a peripheral detection/stimulation lead of an organ. The device is configured to recognize the leads and automatically configure the connection terminals according to the type of lead received by the terminal. This includes discrimination methods for identifying the terminal on which a cardiac signal is detected, and selectively activating the cardiac therapy circuit and the peripheral therapy circuit based on the detection of the cardiac signal on a lead.
US09808630B2
An external device transfers a key to an implantable medical device over a proximity communication and then establishes a first far field communication session with the implantable medical device where the key is used for the first communication session. This first communication session may occur before implantation while the implantable medical device is positioned outside of the sterile field so that using a proximity communication is easily achieved. Once the implantable medical device is passed into the sterile field for implantation, the external device may then establish a second far field communication session with the implantable medical device where the last key that was used for the first communication session is again used for the second communication session which avoids the need for another proximity communication to occur within the sterile field.
US09808629B2
A delivery system assembly includes an outer tube, an inner member, extending within a lumen of the outer tube, and a deflectable shaft, extending within the outer tube lumen and around the inner member; the tube and inner member are longitudinally moveable with respect to the shaft, and a distal end of the inner member is located distal to the shaft within the tube lumen. A medical device can be loaded into the tube lumen, along a distal-most portion of the tube, and contained between the inner member and a distal opening of the tube lumen. Deflecting the shaft orients the distal-most portion for navigation of the assembly, and, when the distal end of the inner member is engaged within the tube lumen, distal movement of the tube, with respect to the shaft, causes similar distal movement of the inner member and the loaded medical device toward an implant site.
US09808624B2
A signal processing arrangement is described for signal processing in a bilateral hearing implant system having left side and right side hearing implants. An interaural coherence analysis module analyzes system input signals to produce an interaural coherence signal output characterizing reverberation-related similarity of the input signals. And a stimulation timing and coding module for each hearing implant processes band pass signals to develop stimulation timing signals based on selecting as a function of the interaural coherence signal a stimulation coding strategy from a plurality of different stimulation coding strategies including an envelope-based stimulation coding strategy based on the band pass envelope, and an event-based stimulation coding strategy based on the temporal fine structure features, producing the stimulation timing signals using the selected stimulation coding strategy, and switching between different selected stimulation coding strategies as a function of changes in the interaural coherence signal.
US09808621B2
A method and system for applying therapeutic stimulation to a patient stricken with paralysis or other condition. The inventive method includes the steps of: inserting an acupuncture needle against the spine of the patient and applying an electrical potential to the needle with a signal that mimics natural neural impulses in the body. The needle is located depending on the nature of the patient's condition. In the illustrative application, the needle is inserted against the ligamentum flavum of the patient's spine at L3. In the best mode, the patient's legs are moved during the application of the electrical potential. The inventive system is adapted to minimize a notch reaction and includes an electrode inserted into a tissue of the patient and a circuit for applying an electrical potential to the electrodes with a signal that mimics natural neural impulses in the body.
US09808619B2
Electrotherapy systems and methods for delivering an electrostimulation treatment program to a user while reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation. The systems and methods detect electrostimulation treatment program delivery characteristics, including a pulse intensity above a preset limit; a pulse duration above a preset limit; an inappropriately compensated pulse; a charge per pulse above a predetermined limit; a current improperly exiting from a stimulation channel; a current present outside of a pulse; an excitation pulse and a compensation pulse generated on different channels; an inter-pulse time less than a predetermined limit; and a time between an excitation and a compensation pulse greater than a predetermined limit. The limits are selected in relation to an objective of reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation.
US09808612B2
In an embodiment, a connector or connector assembly for attaching a nasal cannula with a gas delivery hose includes a sensor port for a sensor probe positioned near an end of a nasal cannula, which can allow the sensor probe to be placed closer to the patient's nostrils than previous connector parts allowed. The connector can be configured to advantageously allow the nasal cannula to rotate relative to the gas delivery hose, thereby allowing a patient or healthcare provider to untangle or otherwise straighten the hose or the cannula. The connector assembly can be configured to automatically align locking protrusions on a first component with locking recesses on a second component, where insertion of the second component within the first component causes the second component to rotate relative to the first component, thereby aligning the locking protrusions with associated locking recesses.
US09808602B2
A needle retraction apparatus comprising a body having a forwardly projecting needle, a needle retraction mechanism seated inside the body and biasing the needle rearwardly relative to the body, a slide member attachable to the body and having an opening communicating with a needle retraction cavity projecting away from the body, and an actuator rotatable relative to the slide member to reposition the slide member from a first position preventing needle retraction to a second position permitting needle retraction. An IV catheter introducer comprising the subject needle retraction apparatus is also disclosed.
US09808591B2
Systems and methods for triggering inspiration and/or cycling exhalation with a ventilator are described herein. In particular, systems and methods for synchronizing ventilator breath delivery with patient breath demand utilizing a digital sample counting trigger mode are described herein. The digital sample counting triggering mode characterizes digital samples taken from a measured or estimated parameter during the patient inhalation/exhalation period to synchronize breath delivery with patient breath demand.
US09808584B2
An elastic cap detachably mountable to a barrel tip portion of a barrel so as to seal a tip of a needle hole includes a cylindrical receiving hole configured to receive at least part of a barrel tip portion and a puncture needle of a barrel. The receiving hole includes a first inner diameter portion having a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of the annular head; a stopper portion provided at an end of the first inner diameter portion; and a second inner diameter portion that is formed from the stopper portion to a bottom wall provided at an end of the second inner diameter portion, the second inner diameter portion having a smaller diameter than the first inner diameter portion.
US09808575B2
There is provided a cassette unit that is suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The cassette unit housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe that is suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a removable cap that fits over and thereby, acts such as to close off, the needle projection aperture; and connecting to the removable cap, a needle cover defining a needle sheath for sheathing of the needle tip of the syringe. The removable cap is provided with a finger-grip feature that is sized and shaped for gripping by the finger of a user to allow for removal of the removable cap and needle cover from the cassette unit housing.
US09808570B2
A storage system is provided. The system may include a tray having at least one recess in which at least one syringe is disposed, the syringe including a barrel with first and second barrel ends, and a stopper fixedly disposed between the first and second barrel ends. A tool attached to the stopper through the second barrel end, the tool having a first end attached to the stopper and a second end attached to or abutting the barrel or a surface of the recess, the first end being selectively adjustable relative to the second end to vary the distance between the first and second ends of the tool. In addition or in the alternative to the tool, the system may include a motion generator attached externally to the syringe, the motion generator being one of at least a vibration generator and a rotating frame.
US09808563B2
There is a breastfeeding device having a microprocessor having a memory embedded therein that can be pre-programmed to have a plurality of different sucking cycles interspersed with periodic pauses. These different cycles and pauses allow for an accurate modeling of a woman breastfeeding a child. In addition, this system and process can also result in a pre-programmable breastfeeding pump, which creates a preset time for initialization and a preset schedule of a series of events for breastfeeding over a period of time such as over a 24 hour or 30 hour period of time so that the user can automatically use the breast pump without having to use any of the keys on the keyboard of the device. In at least one embodiment, the device including any software which can be programmed thereon, is configured to mimic or model itself towards a suction pattern of a child.
US09808562B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for using such devices and systems for treating incisions and wounds. In an aspect, disclosed is a device having a generally planar tension relief module and a flexible sealant structure sized to cover the tension relief module, the flexible sealant structure comprising a lower adhesive surface. The tension relief module includes a conduit structure having a plurality of support structures on an upper surface of the conduit structure and at least one opening extending through the conduit structure from a lower surface to the upper surface. At least a portion of the conduit structure is adapted to be aligned with a longitudinal axis of the incision. The tension relief module also includes opposing adhesive structures coupled to the conduit structure. The lower adhesive surface of the flexible sealant structure and the upper surface of the conduit structure form a flow pathway.
US09808548B2
A regenerable antimicrobial coating with long-lasting efficacy for use in medical applications including implants, medical instruments or devices, and hospital equipment is disclosed. The regenerable antimicrobial coating is derived from a polymer doped with a metal derivative which has been exposed to vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide, wherein hydrogen peroxide is sequestered in or on the doped polymer.
US09808546B2
Methods and systems for sterilizing a room are disclosed, including using a laser positioned within a housing to generate a pulsed laser beam; and intercepting the pulsed laser beam with a scattering optical element to substantially isotropically scatter the radiation of the pulsed laser beam outside the housing to sterilize the room. The scattering optical element comprises a hollow fused silica bulb filled with solid fused silica spheres or a fiber optic bundle and in some embodiments the scattering optical element is rotated. The pulsed laser beam comprises a wavelength ranging between about 200 nm to about 320 nm and in some embodiments comprises nanosecond or picosecond light pulses. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09808545B2
A mobile sterilization system comprising: a sterilization cabinet, the sterilization cabinet comprising: a bottom panel, a top panel, two side panels, a back panel and a door configured so as to define an interior chamber; a plurality of casters or wheels mounted to the bottom panel, each of the plurality of casters or wheels being mounted to the bottom panel by a caster or wheel bracket, wherein the caster or wheel bracket comprises a lateral projection; perforations formed in at least one of the bottom panel, top panel and two side panels; and at least one filter configured to cover the perforations; and a transfer cart, the transfer cart comprising: an upper platform for receiving a sterilization cabinet, the upper platform comprising a pair of transfer cart tracks extending longitudinally along the upper platform, wherein each of the transfer cart tracks comprises a lateral projection; and a lower support structure for supporting the upper platform and for receiving wheels; wherein the sterilization cabinet is received on the transfer cart such that the lateral projections of the caster or wheel brackets engage the lateral projections of the transfer cart tracks, whereby to prevent side-to-side and up-and-down movement of the sterilization cabinet relative to the transfer cart.
US09808538B2
The present disclosure relates to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted compounds conjugated to near-infra red (NIR) dyes and methods for their therapeutic and diagnostic use. More specifically, this disclosure provides compounds and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with cells and/or vasculature expressing prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), such as prostate cancer and related diseases. The disclosure further describes methods and compositions for making and using the compounds, methods incorporating the compounds, and kits incorporating the compounds.
US09808534B2
This invention is directed to the use of a chorionic gonadotrophin carboxy terminal peptide (CTP) or fragments thereof for modifying a polypeptide or a fragment thereof in order to increase the hydrodynamic volume of the polypeptide or fragment thereof.
US09808531B2
The disclosure describes prodrugs and derivatives of prostaglandins, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors, beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists and other drugs, as well as controlled delivery formulations containing such prodrugs and derivatives, for the treatment of ocular disorders.
US09808530B2
A composition comprising as the active ingredient one or more of a tiacumicin compound, a stereo-isomer thereof, a polymorph thereof or a solvate thereof, in combination with an excipient, selected from the group consisting of a xanthan gum, carrageenan, sodium alginate, guar gum, water dispersible cellulose (microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethylcellulose) and mixtures thereof is provided. Further, use of an excipient, selected from the group consisting of a xanthan gum, carrageenan, sodium alginate, guar gum, water dispersible cellulose (microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethylcellulose) and mixtures thereof as an anti-foaming agent in a composition comprising as the active ingredient one or more of a tiacumicin compound, a stereo-isomer thereof, a polymorph thereof or a solvate thereof is provided.
US09808520B1
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the etiological agent of a contagious, often lethal viral disease of domestic pigs. The control of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been hampered by the unavailability of vaccines. Experimental vaccines have been derived from naturally occurring, cell culture-adapted, or genetically modified live attenuated ASFVs; however, these vaccines are only successful when protecting against homologous viruses. We have constructed a recombinant Δ9GL/ΔUK virus derived from the highly virulent ASFV Georgia 2007 (ASFV-G) isolate by deleting the specific virulence-associated 9GL (B119L) and the UK (DP96R) genes. In vivo, ASFV-G Δ9GL/ΔUK administered intramuscularly to swine even at relatively high doses (106 HAD50) does not induce disease. Importantly, animals infected with 104 or 106 HAD50 are solidly protected against the presentation of clinical disease when challenged at 28 days post infection with the virulent parental strain Georgia 2007.
US09808517B2
The present invention relates to a probiotic cell transformed with a construct suitable to overexpress and display on the surface of the probiotic cell a fusion protein comprising at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic proteins or peptides. Probiotic-derived vesicles displaying this fusion protein as well as methods of inducing an immune response using the probiotic cells or vesicles are also disclosed.
US09808507B2
An anti-c-Met/anti-Ang2 bispecific antibody including (a) an anti-c-Met antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof and (b) an anti-Ang2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including the anti-c-Met/anti-Ang2 bispecific antibody, and a method using the anti-c-Met/anti-Ang2 bispecific antibody.
US09808502B2
The present invention relates to C5 binding polypeptides, comprising a C5 binding motif, BM, which motif consists of an amino acid sequence selected from i) EX2X3X4A X6X7EID X11LPNL X16X17X18QW X21AFIX25X26LX28D, and ii) an amino acid sequence which has at least 86% identity to the sequence defined in i), wherein the polypeptide binds to C5. The present invention moreover relates to C5 binding polypeptides for use in therapy, such as for use in treatment of a C5 related condition, and to methods of treatments.
US09808500B2
The present invention encompasses an antithrombotic nanoparticle and use thereof.
US09808499B2
The present invention relates to oriental medicine compositions marked as SEC 22 and SEC 33 for improving digestive functions and respiratory functions for improving children's underweight, low growth and depressed respiratory organ, an oriental medicine derived therefrom, and methods of preparing them. According to an example of the present invention, the oriental medicine composition containing broiled fruit of Crataegus pinnatifida, broiled root of Atractylodes japonica, dried peel of Citrus unshiu, broiled sprout of Hordeum vulgare, broiled fruit of Amomum xanthioides, root of Zingiber officinale, dried fruit of Zizyphi, and horn of Cervus elaphus.
US09808495B2
The present subject matter relates to a novel herbal and oil composition and methods for modulating fatty acid composition and metabolism in an animal. In one aspect, the subject matter involves a composition comprising rosemary extract, oregano extract, and a polyunsaturated oil. In a particular embodiment, the polyunsaturated oil is fish oil or a derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the present subject matter relates to methods for modulating essential dietary fatty acid composition of lipoprotein particles or cell membranes, modulating essential fatty acid metabolism, regulating the activity of lipoxygenases and cyclooxygenases, improving cardiovascular health, and/or inhibiting cell proliferation diseases and disorders.
US09808486B2
Methods and compositions related to the use of a protein with kynureninase activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified kynureninase capable of degrading kynurenine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with kynurenine depletion using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids.
US09808485B2
Isolated cells are described that are not embryonic stem cells, not embryonic germ cells, and not germ cells. The cells can differentiate into at least one cell type of each of at least two of the endodermal, ectodermal, and mesodermal lineages. The cells do not provoke a harmful immune response. The cells can modulate immune responses. As an example, the cells can suppress an immune response in a host engendered by allogeneic cells, tissues, and organs. Methods are described for using the cells, by themselves or adjunctively, to treat subjects. For instance, the cells can be used adjunctively for immunosuppression in transplant therapy. Methods for obtaining the cells and compositions for using them also are described.
US09808482B2
The object of the present invention relates to the new and surprising use of sulfated hyaluronic acid (HAS) as regulator agent of the cytokine activity (pro- and anti-inflammatory) and consequently the use of HAS for the preparation of a new medicine for the prevention and treatment of pathologies associated with the activation and/or deficiency of cytokines of a pro- and anti-inflammatory nature. The Applicant has in fact discovered its exclusive capacity in modulating the activity of these particular proteins, it has studied the action mechanism and demonstrated the substantial difference between the different sulfated types known in the state of the art, but above all it has demonstrated an unexpectedly high activity of HAS vs different types and strains of Herpes virus, HIV, Cytomegalovirus and the virus of vesicular stomatitis.
US09808481B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating symptoms associated with lactose intolerance and for overall improvement in gastrointestinal health. Described herein are methods and compositions for improving overall gastrointestinal health or for decreasing symptoms of lactose intolerance by administering to subject in need thereof a prebiotic composition, optionally in combination with effective amount of a probiotic microbe or microbes.
US09808472B2
Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of prostate cancer in a subject in need thereof. The prostate cancer may be a castration resistant and an androgen receptor antagonist-resistant prostate cancer. The methods may comprise administering to the subject a CYP17-lyase inhibitor of Formula II.
US09808471B2
Nasal pharmaceutical formulations comprising a drug substance having a specific particle size distribution profile are disclosed herein. Such profile provides increased bioavailability, increased efficacy or prolonged therapeutic effect of the drug substance when administered intranasally. The formulations of the present invention may comprise one or more corticosteroids having a specific particle size distribution profile. In a preferred embodiment, the corticosteroid is fluticasone or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof for the treatment of one or more symptoms of rhinitis. Preferably, the drug substance is fluticasone propionate. The formulations herein may be provided as an aqueous suspension suitable for inhalation via the intranasal route.
US09808469B2
A composition comprising a) a compound of Formula (I), where R1, R2, and R3 are, each one and independently, hydrogen or a protector group, wherein said protector group may consist of an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic cycloalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic aryl group, an alkylaryl group, an ester group, a carbonate group, a carboxylic acid group, an aldehyde group, a ketone group, a urethane group, a silyl group, a sulfoxide group or a combination thereof, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are, each one and independently, hydrogen, hydroxyl or an —OR4 group, where R4 is a protector group according to the previous definition; and b) at least one chemotherapeutic agent, suitable for use in the treatment of Breast Cancer.
US09808467B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for the treatment of an enteric nervous system disorder. Such methods may comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a phenothiazine compound, a peripherally restricted dopamine decarboxylase inhibitor, and/or a peripherally restricted dopamine D2 receptor antagonist that does not substantially inhibit hERG channels.
US09808450B2
Provided herein are solid forms comprising (a) 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione (Lenalidomide) and (b) a coformer. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid forms and methods for treating, preventing and managing various disorders are also disclosed.
US09808445B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of benzamide compounds represented by Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and methods for using said compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
US09808440B2
Provided is a novel medicament capable of reducing the side effects of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and useful as an anti-malignant tumor agent, in which metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and dihydroquercetin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are combined.
US09808437B2
Compositions comprising high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids having low melting points and high iodine values and use of such compositions as dietary supplements, nutraceuticals or pharmaceuticals for reducing atherosclerotic plaque in mammals. It has been found that high concentrations of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) having low melting point temperatures and iodine values of about 50 to about 130 can be used to effectively treat atherosclerosis. Epidemiological studies suggest that those populations consuming large quantities of C18:1 found in olive oil are protected against vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.
US09808433B2
The present invention relates to veterinary pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of pain and inflammation, containing a combination of Tramadol and Firocoxib, for oral administration.
US09808426B2
The invention relates to a novel free-flowing powder pharmaceutical formulation for the delivery of a poorly-water-soluble drug substance that increases the solubility and bioavailability of the poorly-water soluble drug substance, as well as to a method of making the free-flowing powder pharmaceutical formulation. The invention also relates to dispersed particles that disperse instantaneously from the free-flowing powder formulation when the formulation is added to water, aqueous solvent, or organic solvent, wherein the bulk distribution of the poorly-water soluble drug substance of the free-flowing powder formulation in the dispersed particles is uniform. Such dispersed particles increase the bioavailable surface area of the poorly water-soluble drug substance and facilitate the drug substance's dissolution.
US09808420B2
Drug delivery devices comprising a non-bioabsorbable polymer structure configured to support a composition comprising an active agent. The devices include a plurality of portions fused together and a recess configured to support the composition. At least one of the portions includes an impermeable polymer and at least one other portion includes a rate-limiting water-permeable polymer. The rate-limiting water-permeable polymer allows for transportation of the active agent to an exterior of the device.
US09808417B2
Disclosed is a method of treating skin in need thereof, the method comprising topically applying to the skin a composition comprising an effective amount of an ethanolic or a butanolic extract from the leaf and stem of Docynia delavajy, wherein the composition reduces oxidation in the skin, reduces tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in the skin, or reduces metalloprotease-1 (MMP-1) activity in the skin.
US09808413B2
The present invention provides resin beads that are capable of realizing a water repellent and oil repellent effect, and further, that are also capable of providing cosmetic materials excellent in persistence of makeup when added and used in cosmetic materials etc. because the resin beads themselves contain silicone in a fixed state, and the present invention also provides a process for producing the resin beads. Resin beads being resin particles (a copolymer) obtained by subjecting a monomer mixture containing a plurality of monomers each having a copolymerizable functional group to suspension polymerization in a state where at least a non-polymerizable silicone is present, the resin particles containing the silicon in a fixed state, and a process for producing the resin beads.
US09808407B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a porous silica particle with the small specific surface area and the large pore volume, a method for producing the same, and a cosmetic containing the porous silica particle with such characteristics as the texture improver. The porous silica particle according to the present invention has a structure sparsely packed with silica microparticles. The mean particle diameter is 0.5 to 25 μm, the specific surface area measured by the BET method is 5 to 60 m2/cm3, and the pore volume is 0.35 to 2.0 ml/g. In the pore size distribution of the porous silica particles (X axis: pore diameter, Y axis: value obtained by differentiating the pore volume by the pore diameter), the most frequent pore diameter (Dm) satisfies 100
US09808392B2
A crutch includes a base, one or more leg support members coupled to the base, and an axillary support member coupled to the base. The leg support members are configurable to at least partially the weight of a person through the person's leg. The axillary support member is configurable to extend under one of the user's arms to at least partially bear weight of the person. The axillary support member may be adjustable to reversibly transform the crutch between axillary support of the person and leg support of the person. The crutch can be selectively configured for use in a hands-free walking mode, an axillary support mode, a sitting mode, or a compact mode.
US09808374B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an ocular drainage device that includes a stability system. The stability system includes a plate, and can further include a material comprising collagen covering at least a portion of a top surface of the plate, and/or a viscoelastic substance covering at least a portion of the plate's top surface. The plate is formed of a flexible material and includes a tube retaining structure integrally formed therewith, wherein the tube retaining structure is configured to hold a tube that is at least partially surrounded by the tube retaining structure to the plate when the tube is moved. The tube retaining structure can include a low profile ridge, and/or a channel having an undercut or horseshoe shape. The plate has at least one plate channel, including a plate channel configured for carrying the tube. The plate can further include a reservoir.
US09808372B2
There is provided a therapeutic instrument, for storing a sheet-type therapeutic substance to which a liquid is delivered, and delivering the stored therapeutic substance to an affected part, including: a nozzle member 23 having an opening 34 on a tip end of a tubular part 31 in which the therapeutic substance can be stored, for charging and discharging the therapeutic substance; and a syringe unit 22 that selectively causes a negative pressure and a positive pressure to act in the tubular part 31 through a hole of a valve member 27, wherein the space 33 of the tubular part 31 is the space for sucking the therapeutic substance into the tubular part 31 together with the liquid by causing the negative pressure in the tubular part 31 by the syringe unit 22 when the therapeutic substance is stored therein, and is the space for pushing out the therapeutic substance to outside of the tubular part 31 together with the liquid by causing the positive pressure to act in the tubular part 31 by the syringe unit 22 when the stored therapeutic substance is delivered to the affected part.
US09808364B2
An endoluminal prosthesis comprises a graft having a tubular body comprising proximal and distal ends, inner and outer surfaces, and partially and fully deployed states. A temporary channel is disposed external to the outer surface of the graft in the partially deployed state. The temporary channel begins at one of the proximal and distal ends of the graft, and extends along only a portion of a longitudinal length of the graft. The temporary channel is removed when the graft is in a fully deployed state.
US09808363B2
One aspect of the present disclosure can include a frame structure adapted for use with a stent graft. The frame structure can include a scallop region and a Z-form region. The scallop region can have a first end portion, a second end portion, and a perimeter that defines an aperture. The Z-form region can extend from the scallop region and include a plurality of Z-shaped struts, each of which has a first end and a second end that is connected to the scallop region at different points so as to form a central frame structure lumen. The second end portion of the scallop region can include a backstop that is deployable from a first flattened configuration to a second erect configuration. The backstop, in the second erect configuration, is sized and dimensioned to extend into a lumen of an aortic branch vessel.
US09808356B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for facilitating knee balancing during a knee replacement surgery. A system can include a force sensor, a main body, a moveable sensor platform, and an adjustment mechanism. The force sensor can sense one or more forces applied within a knee joint, including forces applied on a medial side and a lateral side. The movable sensor platform can be coupled between the force sensor and the main body. The adjustment mechanism can adjust the moveable sensor platform, relative to the main body, thereby adjusting a collective height of the system. A method can include inserting portions of a knee balancing system into a gap formed between a cut distal end of a femur and a cut proximal end of a tibia, adjusting an adjustable mechanism of the system to increase or decrease a collective system height, and sensing and displaying the medial and lateral forces.
US09808348B2
Implants, and processes for installing them, which replace the medial condyle and portions of the patellofemoral channel but preferably not portions of the lateral condyle that articulate relative to the tibia. Processes are provided which allow proper location and orientation of an anterior resection and a distal resection on the femur, which make use of a transition point which can be designated on the bone, for navigating proper positioning of such implants. Proper positioning of the implant relative to the femur for insuring a smooth transition between lateral portions of the implant and the lateral condyle is thus reduced to determining proper medial/lateral location of the implant on the anterior and distal resections. Such implants and processes can allow, among other things, for controlled location and orientation of an implant on the bone which saves lateral compartment bone, which eliminates the need to sacrifice the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, and which is adapted for minimally invasive surgery with its attendant benefits.
US09808345B2
The disclosure is directed to a resilient implant for implantation into human or animal joints to act as a cushion allowing for renewed joint motion. The implant endures variable joint forces and cyclic loads while reducing pain and improving function after injury or disease to repair, reconstruct, and regenerate joint integrity. The implant is deployed in a prepared debrided joint space, secured to at least one of the joint bones and expanded in the space, molding to surrounding structures with sufficient stability to avoid extrusion or dislocation. The implant has opposing walls that move in varied directions, and an inner space filled with suitable filler to accommodate motions which mimic or approximate normal joint motion. The implant pads the damaged joint surfaces, restores cushioning immediately and may be employed to restore cartilage to normal by delivering regenerative cells.
US09808337B2
The present disclosure relates to a delivery device and screw combination. The combination includes a delivery device comprising a handle and a shall coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a non-circular cannulation, and markings along a length of the shaft; an interference screw coupled to the delivery device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the screw including threads extending in an open helical form from the proximal end to the distal end, a suture bridge located at a distal end of the screw and housed within a slot of the delivery device shaft, and a plurality of runners extending longitudinally along an interior of the screw, the runners housed within grooves of the delivery device shaft; and a suture disposed around the suture bridge, ends of the suture extending through the cannulation of the delivery device shaft.
US09808335B2
The present invention is an anatomic system which uses the principle of applying higher elastic tonus than the rest tonus of the agonist muscles to provide the function of the antagonist muscles, and which is designed in a simplest way to provide the said purpose and which can be integrated to the body. The static mechanism of the invention is an elastic mechanism which applies a continuous stable tension in order to keep the joints open. The tension of the mechanism is calibrated by increasing or decreasing the amount of the liquid in a chamber which has flexible and elastic walls up to a certain via a port. In the dynamic mechanism of the invention, the tension applied by the elastic mechanism can be changed according to the motion the patient wants to perform.
US09808327B1
Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing an oral appliance, the method comprising the steps of: a) importing into a computer aided design (CAD) computer program a digitized data set obtained from a three-dimensional scan of a patient's dentition; b) preparing a three-dimensional electronic model of the patient's dentition; c) subtracting the three-dimensional electronic model of the patient's dentition from an image of a solid block to obtain an appliance data set; and d) manufacturing a dental appliance in accordance with the appliance data set. Also disclosed are devices made by the above method, and methods of treating a condition, for example a sleep breathing disorder, by using a device made by the above method.
US09808319B2
A stockinette (200), suitable for covering an appendage (1440) of a patient, includes one or more folds (206). The fold (206) can be in a length of material (205) disposed between an open end (204) and a closed end (203). Alternatively, the fold (880) can be in an optional cuff (860) formed by a section of material (661) near the open end (603). Folds can be present both in the length of material (205) and in the cuff (860) as well. The cuff (860) can be disposed atop the fold (206) in the length of material (205). The stockinette (200) enables one person to apply the stockinette (200) to an appendage (1440) with one continuous motion that expands the folds.
US09808318B2
A robotic system for use in performing an arthroplasty procedure of a patient is provided. The robotic system includes a robotic mechanism, a cutting tool coupled to the robotic mechanism for resecting a portion of a bone of the patient through an incision in the skin of the patient, and a computer coupled to the robotic mechanism and configured to control the robotic mechanism. The robotic system also includes at least one navigation member positionable into engagement with tissue in the patient, an optical system coupled to the computer, a position sensor configured to provide movement information of the robotic mechanism relative to the bone, and an interface coupled to the computer, the interface configured to operate the computer.
US09808311B2
A deflective medical device including a catheter shaft having a distal end, and an ablation electrode disposed at the distal end of the catheter shaft. A deflection body is provided within the catheter shaft, and the deflection body includes a longitudinally extending spine. Multiple slots are formed in the deflection body, and the slots define a group of ribs. A flex member is disposed distal to the deflection body, and an intermediate region is defined between the deflection body and the flex member. A deflection mechanism is coupled to the intermediate region, which includes a retaining member, a collar, and a pull wire coupled to the collar.
US09808309B2
An electrocautery instrument for endoscopic therapy includes an operation handle and a rotatable positioning means. The operation handle includes a cylindrical member, a fastening element, and a fixing protruding element. The fastening element and the fixing protruding element are disposed on the cylindrical member which further has a first inner hole. The rotatable positioning means encloses the cylindrical member and includes a rotatable element, a second inner hole, a clasping member, and securing units. The clasping member is disposed on a side wall of the second inner hole and engages with the fastening element. The rotatable element is provided for rotating the rotatable positioning means, so that the fixing protruding element can be positioned on any corresponding securing unit. Therefore, an electrocautery rod can be connectedly moved with the operation handle, thereby reducing components of the electrocautery instrument, and thus the cost is reduced greatly.
US09808296B2
A bone implant comprising an elongate body having a first end and a second end coupled by a shaft is disclosed. The first portion is configured to couple to a first bone. The second portion comprises a first expandable section comprising at least one expandable feature. The first expandable section is configured to be received within a reverse countersink in a second bone in a collapsed state and to expand within the reverse countersink. The expandable feature couples to a bearing surface of the reverse countersink. A surgical tool comprising a shaft and at least one expandable cutting edge is disclosed. The shaft is sized and configured to be received within a canal formed in a bone. The expandable cutting edge is formed integrally with the shaft. The expandable cutting edge is configured to expand from a collapsed position to an expanded position for forming a reverse countersink.
US09808285B2
An apparatus and method for inserting prosthesis implants into a patient pocket. The apparatus has three openings including a prosthesis opening, a large proximal opening, and a small proximal opening. The apparatus prevents infection; eases insertion and placement; and reduces complications. In use, the bellow is placed through the patient incision while allowing the bellow to be manipulated to force the prosthesis into a surgical pocket of a patient. Then the bellow is rotated so the distal end becomes the proximal end and inserted into the second incision while allowing the bellow to be manipulated to force the prosthesis into the second pocket.
US09808274B2
An endoscopic surgical device having a slotted clear cannula, a blade and a housing, wherein the cannula is attached to the housing, and wherein the blade is enclosed in the housing and is slidable into the cannula is disclosed. The blade is enclosed within the housing and cannula, and has a horizontally-oriented pushing component and a vertically-oriented cutting component that protrudes through the slot of the cannula. The device further has a device for locking a viewing device in place relative to other components of the device. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using the endoscopic surgical device is also described.
US09808272B2
A locking tonsil forceps having first and second intersecting and pivoting arm members, and grasping members disposed on the arm members. The grasping members have blunt tine members, a concave interior surface, inwardly facing blunt interior projection members, flush lateral projection members and angled lateral projection members. The tine members and projecting members are non-contacting with each other even in the maximum closed forceps position.
US09808265B2
The present invention provides system for accurate guide wire positioning. The said system comprises Jigs with series of holes at different angle. Guide wire can be positioned at different version with or without change in angle depending on the position of guide wire. Also, jig provides flexibility of change in version with or without change of entry point of insertion of guide wire in bone. Also, system comprises external drive which superimposes grid guide of parallel lines or line extensions on the image of guide wire. This drive also projects the future position of the said wire guide. From the projection, if correction is required in the guide wire positioning then it can be changed with the help of said jig.
US09808260B2
A system for diverting emboli within a patient can include a device that detects a presence of emboli in a first blood vessel of a patient. A compression member can be aligned with a second blood vessel of the patient when a collar supporting the compression member is positioned at least partially around a portion of the patient. In response to the detection device, a controller can actuate the compression member, when the presence of emboli is detected, from an unactuated state to an actuated state in which at least a portion of the compression member (i) is closer to the second blood vessel than while in the unactuated state and (ii) compresses and limits blood flow through the second blood vessel.
US09808259B2
A clip-over disposable assembly includes a switch assembly and a disposable body. The disposable body includes a first disposable member, a second disposable member including first and second wall portions, and a third disposable member. The first wall portion defines a first aperture therethrough and a first cavity configured to receive therein a first portion of the switch assembly. The third disposable member includes a third wall portion, wherein a body of the second disposable member and the third wall portion define an opening configured to allow a shaft of a hemostat-style surgical instrument to pass therethrough. The second wall portion and the third wall portion cooperatively define a chamber in communication with the opening and configured to receive therein at least a portion of the shaft of the hemostat-style surgical instrument, wherein the at least a portion of the shaft is received in the chamber from an off-axis position.
US09808255B2
An embolic coil detachment system includes an elongated, flexible shape memory polymer tube having an inner wall surface defining an interior lumen. A distal portion of the shape memory polymer tube has an enlarged and reduced diameter configurations. An embolic coil is releasably mounted to the shape memory polymer tube by a headpiece releasably attached within a distal portion of the shape memory polymer tube. A resistive heating element disposed longitudinally along and in immediate contact with the inner wall surface of the distal tubular wall of the shape memory polymer tube provides direct, even heating to release the headpiece and embolic coil attached thereto when the resistive heating element is energized.
US09808250B2
Systems and methods introduce and deploy prosthesis into a blood vessel or hollow body organ by intra-vascular access. The prosthesis is secured in place by fasteners which are implanted by an applier that is also deployed by intra-vascular access. The applier is configured to permit controlled, selective release of the fastener in a step that is independent of the step of implantation.
US09808241B2
A suturing apparatus comprises a pair of jaws. A bendable needle housed in one of the jaws is adapted to carry a suture. An optional suture receiver may be disposed adjacent to the opposite jaw. A transition block curves the needle and directs it in a direction generally unparallel to an axis of the carrying jaw. The needle may also be configured to retrieve a suture. A retaining mechanism holds a suture in place to be engaged by the needle. The jaw housing the needle may include a lateral opening through which the suture may be inserted. The needle may also include a lateral notch which may be aligned with lateral opening to receive the suture. An actuator coupled to the needle enables the user to move the needle proximally to align the notch with the lateral slot.
US09808239B2
A device for the transosseous insertion of suture threads comprises: —a main body (1), equipped with a grip (2), supporting a protruding cannula (3) provided with an active end (30); —a flexible thread-like element (4) which is housed in a coaxially sliding manner inside the cannula (3) and is suitable, on command, for exiting from the active end (30) of the cannula (3). The thread-like element (4) is made of a super-elastic, shape-memory material and thus has the property of freely assuming, at least in an adequate temperature range for which its operative use is foreseen, a natural and predetermined curved form at least in a determined portion of the terminal part thereof. Means are provided for producing the coaxial movement of the thread-like element (4) in the two directions relative to the cannula (3).
US09808236B2
An internal bracing system is disclosed for stabilizing a joint such as the knee, shoulder, ankle or the like. The internal bracing system includes an extra-articular tension band mechanism and an anchor assembly therefore. The internal bracing system adds substantial control to unstable joints which is effective in limiting the pathological joint motions and internal slippage. The anchor anchoring assembly designed to affix a tethering device to various bony structures which form a joint, for the purpose of providing stability. The anchor assembly includes an anchor and a set screw. A series of disc structures compressed by the set screw securely holds the tether without binding.
US09808231B2
A surgical site retractor is configured to retract tissue, such as in an intercostal procedure. The retractor may be formed from non-radiopaque material for improved monitoring via x-ray imaging. The retractor may have a rigid retractor and a soft tissue retractor, where the rigid retractor has a plurality of legs and the soft tissue retractor extends between the legs to prevent soft tissue from extending between said legs. The retractor may have a bendable arm with an implement holder, such as distal cuff or clip adapted to resiliently hold an implement such as a tube of an elongated port-access device. A method involves partly installing the surgical site retractor, expanding the surgical site retractor, deploying the surgical implement from outside the body through the incision and into the patient, resiliently capturing the implement with the holder of the arm, and bending the arm to hold the implement in a desired position.
US09808228B2
Protective barrier for laparoscopy. The barrier has a closed bottom, wall(s), and open end. The barrier may incorporate a drawstring and/or optional flexible stay(s), in internal channel around periphery of the open end of bag. The barrier may optionally utilize self-sealing communication in closed bottom. Furthermore, barrier may also include flexible ring or other shapes positioned inside and tube passing through communication in the closed bottom. Protective barrier is configured to be collapsed, rolled, and/or folded into a size that can pass through an opening, such as a trocar. Protective barrier, when deployed in the peritoneal cavity, may be used to collect tissue, tissue parts, blood and/or other fluid that may spray during Morcellation or other laparoscopic procedure. After completion of the procedure, protective barrier can be collapsed, rolled or folded at a size that can be easily removed from the peritoneal cavity.
US09808225B2
The invention provides devices and methods for self-administered noninvasive retrieval of biological materials of the uterus and/or cervix. The cervical device comprises a receptacle with a variable volume receptacle cavity, a controller configured to change the volume of the receptacle cavity, a surface for collection of biological materials, and a flexible pouch for generation of suction to facilitate efficient retrieval of biological materials. The biological materials retrieved include various biomarkers of diseases and disorders of reproduction, are directly isolated from a site of pathology, and are not metabolized or diluted. Information generated by analyzing these biological materials permits early diagnosis and prognosis assessments of disease and disorders of the female reproductive organs, irregularities of pregnancy, anomalies of the fetus in utero, and microbial infections.
US09808212B2
Medical couch apparatus is provided capable of reducing the overrun amount even if the overrun occurs while shortening the stop distance when the top is urgently stopped to make it difficult for the overrun to occur. The frame is arranged between the couch body and the top to be guided in the rostrocaudal direction of the subject by the couch body. The driving unit transfers the top in the rostrocaudal direction via the frame. The guide unit is arranged between the frame and the top to guide the top in the rostrocaudal direction. The biasing mechanism biases the top in the opposite direction of the transfer direction of the top. The bias control unit applies the force to the top to be transferred in the opposite direction for the frame through the biasing force by the biasing mechanism when the transfer of the top by the driving unit is stopped.
US09808210B2
A photon counting type X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a detector, a raw data generating section, an information compression section, and a data transmission section. The X-ray tube is configured to irradiate an X-ray. The detector is configured to count photons derived from the irradiated X-ray. The raw data generating section is configured to collect results of counting performed by the detector and to generate, from the results of counting, raw data for each of a plurality of energy bands. The information compression section is configured to compare values of the raw data between the raw data generated respectively for the energy bands, and to perform information compression of each of the raw data. The data transmission section is configured to transmit the raw data compressed by the information compression.
US09808204B2
Methods and apparatus for qualifying and quantifying excitation-dependent physiological information extracted from wearable sensors in the midst of interference from unwanted sources are provided. An organism is interrogated with at least one excitation energy, energy response signals from two or more distinct physiological regions are sensed, and these signals are processed to generate an extracted signal. The extracted signal is compared with a physiological model to qualify and/or quantify a physiological property. Additionally, important physiological information can be qualified and quantified by comparing the excitation wavelength-dependent response, measured via wearable sensors, with a physiological model.
US09808201B2
Prosthetic heart devices may be implanted into the heart with a sensor coupled to the device, the sensor being configured to measure physiological data, such as blood pressure, in the heart. Devices that may employ such sensors include prosthetic heart valves and occlusion devices, although sensor systems may be deployed in the heart separate from other implantable devices. The sensors may include a body with different configurations for attaching to the implantable device, such as apertures for sutures or fingers for connecting to structures of the implantable device. The sensors may provide data that allow a determination of aortic regurgitation or other information indicative of function of the implantable device and patient health during and after implantation of the device.
US09808198B2
A biological information measuring device includes a case section having, in sectional view, a trapezoidal shape including an upper base and a lower base shorter than the upper base, a first leg substantially orthogonal to the upper base and the lower base, and a second leg that is the opposite side of the first leg, a display section disposed on the second leg side, a main circuit board housed in the case section, a flexible board configured to electrically connect the main circuit board and the display section, and a pulse-wave sensor section disposed on the first leg side and configured to detect a pulse wave signal of a user. The flexible board is disposed on the lower base side.
US09808192B2
A blood separation and testing system for a blood sample is disclosed. The blood separation and testing system includes a blood sampling transfer device adapted to receive a blood sample, a blood separation device, and a blood testing device. The blood separation device is adapted to receive a portion of the blood sampling transfer device such that with the blood sampling transfer device received within the blood separation device and a rotational force applied to the blood sampling transfer device, a plasma portion of the blood sample is separated from a cellular portion of the blood sample. The blood testing device is adapted to receive a portion of the blood sampling transfer device to analyze the plasma portion of the blood sample and obtain test results.
US09808172B2
A soft-tissue-injury diagnostic system for diagnosing soft tissue injury within a patient includes a set of hand-held inclinometers configured and arranged for measuring angles formed between a first inclinometer disposed in proximity to a patient joint and a second inclinometer disposed distal to the joint during controlled patient movements of the joint. A plurality of measuring electrodes are coupleable in proximity to the patient's spine along the body portion that moves along the joint. The measuring electrodes are configured and arranged for measuring action potentials along patient muscle groups during the controlled patient movements of the joint and transmitting the measured action potentials to a dynamic surface electromyograph (“sEMG”) module. A hub receives and processes data from the inclinometers and the dynamic sEMG module. A visual display is configured and arranged for receiving and displaying the processed data.
US09808162B2
A pulse wave sensor includes: a white LED emitting white light to a human body; a G sensor converting, into a first electrical signal, green light included in light emitted from the white LED and reflected within the human body; an R sensor converting, into a second electrical signal, red light included in the light emitted from the white LED and reflected within the human body; and an arithmetic control unit configured to generate a signal showing a heart rate based on a level difference between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. Therefore, a distance between the G sensor and the R sensor does not have to be increased, so that an apparatus can be reduced in size.
US09808138B1
Described herein is a rotary mop and a rotary structure of a mop handle of the rotary mop. The rotary structure comprises a rotary cylinder of which the inner wall is provided with spiral grooves and a lifting rod penetrating through the rotary cylinder, wherein the lifting rod is provided with a unidirectional rotary one-way bearing, bulges matched with the spiral grooves are apart arranged outside the one-way bearing, when the lifting rod is pressed downwards, the one-way bearing stops rotation, and the bulges and the spiral grooves are mutually matched to drive the rotary cylinder to rotate; and when the lifting rod is pulled upwards, the one-way bearing idly rotates along the spiral grooves. The bottom of the rotary cylinder is provided with a bottom plate for sealing the rotary cylinder, and lubricating oil or lubricating grease is provided in the rotary cylinder.
US09808133B2
Surface cleaning device, comprising a cloth (C) placed on a porous material (PM), a reservoir (R) for collecting liquid absorbed by the cloth (C), and an arrangement (P) for applying under-pressure in the reservoir (R) so as to transfer liquid from the cloth (C) into the reservoir (R). A pore size of the porous material (PM) is between 1 μm and 50 μm.
US09808129B2
A splash guard apparatus includes an elongated wall having a first end, a second end, a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, an upper edge and a lower edge. The elongated wall is comprised of a water impermeable material, the elongated wall is flexible. A plurality of couplers is attached to the elongated wall along the lower edge. Each of the couplers releasably engages a wall adjacent to a bathing area.
US09808126B2
A showerhead water collection device includes an arc hanging element and a pipeline. The arc hanging element includes a fastener, an arc hook, a temperature sensing element, a temperature display device and a through hole. The fastener is for fixing the arc hanging element to a seat or a wall; the arc hook is for hanging the showerhead; the temperature sensing element is for sensing the temperature of water outputted from the showerhead and displaying the water temperature on the temperature display device; the through hole is formed at the bottom inside the arc hanging element for collecting the water outputted from the showerhead; and the pipeline is coupled to the bottom of the arc hanging element for receiving the water outputted from the through hole through the connecting portion. The invention has the effects of fixing the showerhead, facilitating water connection, and preventing unnecessary waste of water resource.
US09808123B1
The present invention support devices and shoe assembly are for an article that is adjacent to a sink margin, the present invention provides a storage solution for the article and holds the article in an upright position, thereby helping to prevent seepage and loss of soap fluids from the article and also directs sponge drainage either into a sink or a container. The present invention works on sinks that are either under-mounted or drop-in sinks, or can be positioned adjacent to a sink on the countertop. The present invention is easily movable, can be placed in multiple locations, can be easily cleaned and function without the need for suction cups or other attachments. When the article is being used, the present invention is out of the way resulting in minimal conflict with the use and activity around the sink, thereby allowing maximum unimpeded use of the sink area.
US09808122B2
A device for cracking eggs is provided. The device has a generally flat blade portion secured to an arched base portion. The generally flat blade portion is used to cut or crack the egg. The generally flat blade portion is perpendicularly secured to the arched base portion wherein the arched base portion mirrors the arc of the exterior surface of an average egg. A user uses the generally flat blade portion to strike the egg. The arched base portion stops the generally flat blade portion from penetrating the egg past a predetermined point. In some embodiments, a padded attachment or a spring loaded contact surface may be secured to the arched base portion and may prevent the device from over-cutting or cracking the egg. In alternative embodiments, the back of the arched base portion has a loop for securing a finger. Finally, a handle may be secured to the arched base portion to easily grasp the device.
US09808119B1
A grill apparatus that raises and lowers a coal grate to and away from a food grill. The grill apparatus includes an oven having a bottom oven portion in the shape of an upright bowl, a top oven portion in the shape of an inverted bowl, and a middle portion in the shape of a cylinder. A cranking of a handle outside of the oven rotates a shaft running through the oven. The shaft spools up and spools out a tether engaged to the coal grate to draw a heat source on the coal grate to and away from food items on the food grill.
US09808115B2
An automatic tea-making machine, comprising a base assembly and a tea-making assembly arranged on the base assembly. A water pump configured to pump water to the tea-making assembly and a motor are arranged on the base assembly. The tea-making assembly includes a tea-making cavity with an open top part, a closed bottom part and a closed peripheral wall; a tea basket driven by the motor, and a drain valve arranged at a bottom of the tea-making cavity and communicated with the tea-making cavity. The automatic tea-making machine of the present application can automatically wash tea and make tea, which is very convenient to use.
US09808111B2
Devices for preparing a drink extracted from a capsule include a capsule mounting and a capsule housing, inside of which at least one water inlet and a capsule-boring means are arranged, wherein the housing is sized so as to at least partially deform any capsule, consisting of a material that is deformable when placed in contact with hot water and placed in the housing, such that the capsule is retained in the housing after the contact thereof with the hot water.
US09808108B1
A device for making and dispensing pasta comprises: a pressure cooking vessel; and a ball valve assembly comprising: i) a valve body coupled to a top opening of the vessel, and ii) a rotatable ball securely located within the valve body and rotatable between an open position and a closed position, the ball having a bore, wherein in the open position the bore provides access to the top opening of the vessel, and in the closed position the ball hermetically seals the top opening. The device also includes a means for dropping pasta through the bore and into the vessel; a means for rotating the ball to the closed position; a means for heating the interior volume of the vessel to cook the pasta; and a means for providing egress of the pasta from the device after the vessel has cooked the pasta.
US09808106B1
A safe rotatable apparatus for supporting a rural roadside mailbox and for providing a simple, low-cost, highly rugged mounting structure which is less subject to damage due to impact from passing vehicles. The apparatus returns to its original position after a side impact. It is made of a typical mailbox; a top structural member; (c) a manner to connect the mailbox to the member; strengthening gussets attached to an outer sleeve connected to the top member and a way for connecting gussets to the top member; the outer sleeve having an opening for a pivot rod; the pivot rod held to the outer sleeve; an inner post with a rotational “sinusoidal” slice at the top end of inner post and an opening for a locking bar at the bottom of the inner post; the locking bar and a way for ballasting the locking bar such as concrete.
US09808104B1
A one-piece construction chopsticks including symmetrical first and second portions connected to each other by a parallelepiped resilient member at a rear end thereof in a mirror image configuration. A hook on the second portion aligns and maintains positioning of the first and second portions and limits the size of an opening between a bottom side thereof. A pair of parallelelepiped rails perpendicularly disposed on a lower segment of the first portion guides and aligns the first and second portions. Interchangeable implements, such as a spoon, a fork, and a gripping tool, is attachable to the bottom side of each of the first and second portions. Thus, the present chopsticks secure a food particle between the gripping tools without the time and effort involved in developing the skills necessary to use conventional chopsticks, while also permitting the interchangeable use of an eating utensil, such as a spoon and a fork.
US09808103B2
A food utensil having a handle portion and a food engagement portion, the food engagement portion includes one or more member(s) disposed about the periphery of the food engagement portion, whereby the one or more member(s) define a food engagement region. The utensil is suitable for use by young children.
US09808102B2
A container is provided with a lid having a push-button trigger mechanism that operates both a drink seal for a drinking opening and a vent seal for a vent opening. The trigger translates in a straight line transverse to a longitudinal axis of the container body during the entire movement of the trigger to define a straight-line actuation stroke. The vent opening is initially opened during a first portion of the actuation stroke of the trigger, and the drink opening is initially opened during a second portion of the actuation stroke of the trigger.
US09808096B1
A cushion includes a cushion shell formed to define a fill receiving cavity and a cushion fill that resides within the fill receiving cavity. The cushion shell includes a shell upper surface, at least one shell side surface and a bottom surface. The shell upper surface is generally oriented parallel to a first plane. The shell upper surface does not include any seams and is fabricated from at least one water impervious material. The at least one shell side surface is generally oriented parallel to a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The shell side surface is fabricated from the at least one water impervious material. The shell bottom surface is generally oriented parallel to the first plane. The shell bottom surface is fabricated from a water pervious material and is joined to the side surface along a bottom edge seam.
US09808089B2
A collapsible chair includes a collapsible seat having a front portion and an opposing rear portion and a collapsible back. The collapsible back includes a first back support member and a second back support member. Each of the first back support member and the second back support member includes an arcuate portion extending toward the front portion of the collapsible seat. A back membrane is coupled to the back support members and spans a distance between the back support members.
US09808084B2
A posture adjustment system includes a set of sensors coupled to a chair on which a person may sit. The posture adjustment system gathers data from the set of sensors and generates a posture model that reflects a posture associated with the seated person. The posture adjustment system then determines corrections to the posture of the person that could, potentially, improve their posture. The posture adjustment system then indicates those corrections to the person, or, alternatively, applies a set of adjustments to the chair to cause the person to assume a new posture that reflects the posture corrections.
US09808078B2
Methods and systems for managing policy configurations of different device types are described herein. An interface may be provided to a user where individual settings of different device types that are similar or the same are mapped to the same setting on the interface. The valid options or values for the individual device types are evaluated to identify common options or values. The user may select the common options or values of each common setting. The values selected as common settings values may be saved as the values for the corresponding individual settings of the different device types.
US09808077B2
A toothbrush includes a brush head having a capsule receiving zone sized to receive a dentrifice capsule. A plurality angled bristles may retain the capsule in such zone. Loading of such toothbrush with a capsule may be performed with a dispenser including a toothbrush manipulation element adapted to move a retention structure associated with the brush head, and dispensation element adapted to deliver the capsule into the receiving zone. Such dispenser may include a desiccant material disposed to receive moisture from a capsule storage container. A dispenser may further include a plurality of toothbrush insertion apertures each adapted to receive a portion of a different toothbrush, so as to enable multiple users each having different toothbrushes to use the same dispenser without requiring contact between multiple brushes and single capsule interface surface of the dispenser.
US09808073B1
An exoskeleton system is disclosed including a hip joint to provide anatomically emulating three degrees of freedom of movement of the hip joint at a hip location of a user, a knee joint to provide anatomically emulating forward and backward movement of the knee joint at a knee location of the user, an ankle joint to provide anatomically emulating forward and backward movement of the ankle joint at an ankle location of the user, a knee rocker arm as part of the knee joint to transfer a load to a ground surface when the knee rocker arm is in contact with the ground surface as manually powered by the user, and a ground rocker arm as part of the ankle joint to transfer the load to a ground surface when the ground rocker arm is in contact with the ground surface as manually powered by the user.
US09808071B2
An apparatus is provided for dispensing cosmetic material. The apparatus includes a dispensing assembly configured to receive at least one cartridge that contains a cosmetic material and to dispense a specified amount of the cosmetic material from the cartridge into a receiving area; a memory configured to receive and store dispensing information which includes the specified amount of the cosmetic material to be dispensed for each cartridge disposed in the dispensing assembly to achieve a specified single use of a cosmetic application; and circuitry configured to obtain the dispensing information from the memory and to control the dispensing assembly to dispense the cosmetic material from each cartridge disposed in the dispensing assembly into the receiving area according to the one or more specified amounts included in the dispensing information.
US09808070B2
Apparatus and methods for providing samples (e.g., cosmetic samples) with primary product packages (e.g., cosmetic product packages) exterior to the primary product package.
US09808069B2
A pumping-type cosmetic container having a side button, and, when pressing a button part which is positioned toward a side so as to be crossed at a right angle to a container body, a first check valve is closed while a second check valve is opened, and the contents flowing into a cylinder are discharged outward through an applicator. Therefore, with a simple structure of the pumping-type cosmetic container having a side button, a user can directly apply a fixed amount of contents to a desired region.
US09808065B2
A hair care appliance including a body, and a handle having a first end in fluid communication with the body and a second end comprising a primary fluid inlet into the appliance wherein the primary fluid inlet includes a first aperture extending at least partially around the handle and a second aperture extending through the second end of the handle. The handle can include an end wall that is substantially orthogonal to the handle at the second end with the second aperture extending through the end wall. The first aperture may be adjacent the second end. The handle may include a fan unit for drawing fluid into the primary fluid inlet upstream of the primary fluid inlet. The first aperture may include a plurality of apertures extending at least partially around and along the handle. The second aperture may include a plurality of apertures extending through the handle end.
US09808062B2
A hair styling device simplifies the task of curling a person's hair. The device includes a first heating element extending from the first end of a handle. The first heating element is elongated and spiral defining a first plurality of spaced coils. A pivot arm coupled to the handle is pivotable between a closed position and a pivoted position. A second heating element extends from a primary end of the pivot arm. The second heating element is elongated and spiral defining a second plurality of spaced coils. The second plurality of spaced coils is interlaced and substantially co-linear with the first plurality of coils when the pivot arm is in the closed position. The second heating element pivots away from the first heating element when the pivot arm is pivoted into the pivoted position.
US09808060B2
A pull handle of a luggage, which is adapted for accommodating a control device having a button, includes a main body and a cover. The main body has a transverse pipe, two vertical pipes integrally extended from two ends of the transverse pipe respectively, and a hollow portion located at the transverse pipe. The cover is mounted to the main body and covers at least one part of the hollow portion. The cover and the transverse pipe constitute a grip which has an opening corresponding in position to the button of the control device. In this way, the pull handle is not only firm in structure so as to be uneasily damaged and have long life time, but also simplified in assembling process.
US09808051B1
An improved one-piece fastener for retaining a loop shank button in the buttonhole of a garment. The fastener is in the form of a planar disk having a solid margin and a central portion within the margin that is notched to define a pair of mutually parallel deflectable legs sized and spaced to permit their partial insertion through the loop shank of the button. The legs of the fastener are contoured to define a detent position in which the loop shank seats to securely attach the fastener to the loop shank and thereby retain the loop shank button in the buttonhole of the garment. One longitudinal end of the fastener margin is provided with an extension or tab by which a user can conveniently grasp the fastener during its installation and removal.
US09808040B2
Strap fasteners inhibit undesirable adjustment of garment straps, such as bra straps. The strap fasteners may have a clamshell configuration designed to encompass an adjustable portion of a bra strap to prevent movement of the bra strap or prevent movement of an adjustable element of the bra strap. In particular, strap fasteners minimize or prevent movement of a slider that controls the adjustment of a bra strap.
US09808029B2
This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
US09808024B1
An apparatus and method for quick release of a spinner head assembly of a cotton candy machine. The spinner head is snap-fit to the rotational output shaft of the motor of the cotton candy machine to prevent longitudinal separation between the two during operation. Intermeshing portions between the spinner head and the output shaft are configured to translate rotational torque between the two and thus translate rotational torque of the output shaft of the motor to the spinner head. Quick release of the head is possible by pulling on the head along the rotational axis of the output shaft to overcome the snap-fit. This allows longitudinal separation of the spinner head and disengages the intermeshing portions for complete removal of the head. Reattachment is possible by snap-fitting connection between head and output shaft.
US09808016B2
The present invention provides a method of shortening pesticidal time of the baculovirus to pest, comprising: (1) preparing a pesticide composition; (2) diluting the pesticide composition 100-3000 times; and (3) spraying the diluted pesticide composition on third or older instars in fields; wherein the pesticide composition comprises: (a) a ryanodine receptor insecticide or a diamides insecticide and (b) baculovirus, wherein the concentration of the ryanodine receptor insecticide or the diamides insecticide is 0.01-75% and the concentration of the nucleopolyhedrovirus is 107-1012 PIB/ml. The pesticide composition of the present invention can effectively reduce the lethal time to the pest compared to the baculovirus alone, and also can increase the control effect of the pest compared to the same concentration of the insecticide, when applied in field.
US09808015B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a dispersion of solid particles of a substantially insoluble copper compound; a boron-containing compound, a fluoride-containing compound, or a combination thereof; wherein at least 20% of the particles of the composition comprise particles having particle size greater than 25 microns. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the same.
US09808009B2
A solid body of dazomet for use in internal remedial treatments of wood and methods of applying such solid bodies to wooden structures and manufacturing such solid bodies. The solid bodies can be easily transported and inserted into treatment holes in utility poles, wooden pilings, and other wooden structures, delivering a dose of insecticide and fungicide that combats internal decay in the wood.
US09808006B2
A compound of formula (I) wherein A, p, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, R7, n and R8 are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
US09808005B2
The present invention relates to a composition for anti-green algae containing water-soluble free amine chitosan having the anti-algae activity against water-bloom forming algae as an active ingredient and a method for preparing the same. Particularly, the water-soluble free amine chitosan of the present invention can kill directly water-bloom forming algae, suggesting that it has excellent anti-green algae activity to inhibit water-bloom, and is non-toxic to freshwater organism cells. Therefore, the composition for anti-green algae containing the said water-soluble free amine chitosan as an active ingredient can be efficiently used as a safe anti-green algae composition applicable in the freshwater ecosystem including solidified dam, reservoir, lake, golf course water hazard, pond, freshwater fish farm, and fishing spot.
US09807995B2
An insect trapping device traps, kills and facilitates disposal of an insect. The device includes a handle which is hollow defining a conduit extending between a first end and a second end. A fan coupled to the handle in the conduit such that the fan provides suction into the first end of the handle. A cup is coupled to the first end of the handle for directing an insect into the first end of the handle. A receptacle is coupled to the second end of the handle and vented end such that the fan urges air flow out through the receptacle wherein the receptacle receives and holds the insect sucked through the first end of the handle.
US09807994B2
A method for killing pests in an affected area of a structure includes receiving a flow of water from a faucet, wherein the faucet comprises one of a shower faucet and a sink faucet and the temperature of the flow of water is at least 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The method continues by generating heated air using a heat pump by transferring heat from the flow of water to air, and emitting the heated air into an affected area in order to raise the temperature of the affected area to a target temperature greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The method concludes by monitoring a temperature of a flow of water as it is received and, automatically ceasing operation of the heat pump when the temperature of the flow of water is above a predefined limit.
US09807992B2
Disclosed herein is a crankbait tuning device comprising a main lever arm comprising a first main lever arm major side, a second main lever arm major side, and a first handle portion, the first lever arm major side comprising a first interlocking portion and a main lever arm threaded portion; a torque setting knob comprising a mating threaded portion, wherein the mated threaded portion is attached to the main lever arm threaded portion in mated threaded fashion; an opposing lever arm comprising a second handle portion and a first jaw portion, the opposing lever arm pivotally attached to the main lever arm; and a movable lever arm comprising a first movable lever arm major side and a second movable lever arm major side, wherein the first movable lever arm major side comprises a second jaw portion and a second interlocking portion, wherein the movable lever arm first major side is disposed between the torque setting knob and the main lever arm and pivotally attached to the main lever arm such that the first interlocking portion is contacted with and engaged with the second interlocking portion.
US09807982B2
A scalable pet ecosystem includes modules that are activated by an activity collar of a pet. The modules collect data, such as feeding, resting, and other biological functions. The data may be uploaded to a central server for reporting to an owner's computing device. An app on the computing device may be used to link multiple pets via the activity collars to multiple modules. Modules of the system may include a feeding bowl, a pet bed, an activity collar, and a litter box, and a water dish. A pet recognition device on the activity collar may identify a pet within the system. A profile may logically link the pet recognition device to one or more of the system modules. Collected data may be stored in a repository that is accessible to owners, veterinarians, and marketers via a phone app or server connection. The data may be analyzed to identify trends, to provide marketing and industry data, and to provide advice to owners.
US09807980B2
A leash comprises a main strap; a pet attachment arm connected to the main strap, the pet attachment arm including an animal connection mechanism; and a pet accessory arm connected to the main strap, the pet accessory arm including an accessory connection mechanism. A method of using a leash includes holding the leash and connecting the leash to a pet.
US09807975B2
A device for processing milk foam for use in an automatic hot and/or cold beverage machine includes a milk pump to pump the milk foam, and a secondary processing device coupled to the milk foam pump to change the consistency of the milk foam. The secondary processing device includes a homogenizer to break up and distribute air bubbles in the milk foam. The homogenizer has a reducing region including a plurality of impact bodies arranged to define a channel labyrinth through which the milk foam is flowable. Additionally, there is provided a process for homogenizing milk foam utilizing the above device, includes steps of a) impacting divided partial flows of the milk foam with the impact surfaces to divide the air bubbles of the milk foam; and b) mixing the divided partial flows with the divided air bubbles together to form new partial flows.
US09807967B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2STM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2STM with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2STM through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2STM or a locus conversion of PH2STM with another maize variety.
US09807965B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2SRT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2SRT with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2SRT through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2SRT or a locus conversion of PH2SRT with another maize variety.
US09807950B2
Embodiments of a hydroponic growing system include raft segments that can be reversibly attached together to form a raft. Rafts can have one or more plant holes to support a plant body, and one or more thermal chimneys to provide for gas transport from underneath the raft to the upper surface, to control temperature and humidity of the plant. Additional embodiments include wireless sensors that may or may not be part of a raft, and a growing environment control system that can receive data from one or more sensors of environmental conditions of a plant and in other embodiments, can detect discrepancies between the actual environmental conditions and desired conditions. In still further embodiments, a growing environment control system can automatically adjust an actuator to return an environmental condition to a desired state.
US09807942B2
A bale shredder apparatus may comprise a frame and a bale hopper mounted on the frame and defining an interior bale chamber for receiving a bale to be shredded with a bale feed opening. A bale shredding assembly may be in communication with the bale chamber through the opening to shred a bale in the bale chamber. A side wall of the hopper may be movable away from the primary side wall to permit removal of a bale from the bale chamber. A primary bale movement assembly may move a bale in a lateral direction toward the opening and a secondary bale movement assembly may move the bale in a direction substantially transverse to the lateral direction. A shredding rotor of the shredding assembly may include at least one brace including at least one leg extending outwardly from the outer surface of the rotor.
US09807932B2
A set of sensor inputs are received in an agricultural machine. The sensor inputs are indicative of sensed or measured variables. A probabilistic control system probabilistically infers values for another set of variables and generates a set of control signals based on the probabilistically inferred values.
US09807924B2
A seeding machine with a seed meter and a seed delivery system for moving seed from a seed meter to a furrow formed in the soil. The delivery system has an endless member moving in a housing about pulleys to move seed from an upper opening in the housing to a lower discharge opening. In one embodiment, a loading wheel at the upper opening to the housing engages seed on a metering disk to move seed into the housing. The metering disk and housing can be arranged in planes parallel to one another.
US09814167B2
A coil component capable of matching characteristic impedance (Zo) includes an insulating layer in which coil conductors are embedded; a first magnetic member disposed to be in contact with one surface of the insulating layer; and a second magnetic member having permeability lower than that of the first magnetic member and disposed to be in contact with the other surface of the insulating layer. An interval L1 between the second magnetic member and the coil conductors depends on an intended impedance value.
US09814164B2
An assembly (500) is provided including: a first component (10) having a first outer surface (15) defining an opening therein; a second component (30) having second surface (60); and a sealing system (100). The sealing system includes a sealing member (200) and a support member (300). The sealing member is configured for providing sealing between the first component and the second component with respect to the opening and along a generally non-planar sealing perimeters. The support member is configured for supporting the sealing member in a generally non-planar configuration corresponding to the generally non-planar sealing perimeter. At least one of the second component and the support member is configured for enabling the sealing system to be mounted to the second component in a sealing position wherein to align the sealing member with the second component along the sealing perimeter. The support member is configured for being sealingly affixed to the first component subsequent to the system being mounted to the second component in the sealing position.
US09814161B2
An electronic device rack includes a plurality of panels surrounding a first space. Moreover, the electronic device rack includes: an electronic-device housing unit disposed in the first space and configured to house electronic devices; a heat exchanger disposed in the first space at a position away from the electronic-device housing unit; a second space provided between the electronic-device housing unit and the heat exchanger and isolated from the rest of the first space; and an air blower configured to circulate air inside the first space through the electronic-device housing unit, the second space, and the heat exchanger in the described order.
US09814149B2
According to one embodiment, an access door for a hazard detector includes a release member that releasably secures the access door in a closed position over a battery compartment of the hazard detector. The release member allows the access door to be pivoted open and closed relative to the battery compartment and hazard detector. The access door also includes a first hinge member and a second hinge member. The first hinge member enables the access door to pivot along a first pivot path and by a first pivot amount and the second hinge member enables the access door to pivot along a second pivot path and by a second pivot amount. A cumulative total of the first pivot amount and the second pivot amount is substantially greater than either pivot amount alone.
US09814147B2
A housing includes a first chassis and a second chassis which are each formed of a metal sheet. Support projections integrally formed with support pieces formed in the first chassis are fitted into support holes of a circuit board on both left and right sides of a connector. A lower surface of the circuit board is supported by receiving portions formed in the support pieces, and part of the circuit board facing the connector is pressed downward by a pressing projection formed in the second chassis.
US09814146B2
Plug having common specifications are arranged on the side surfaces of each of the devices of different types included in the drive apparatus that controls an electric motor, and the plugs are positioned such that the side surfaces of the devices are in close contact with each other by connecting the plugs and the devices of different types are integrated.
US09814145B2
A method for forming a Z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board according to one example includes filling a first cavity having a tapered surface with a body material. A first layer of a constraining material is provided on top of the first cavity and has a second cavity having a width that is smaller than the first cavity. The second cavity is filled with the body material. Successive layers of the constraining material are provided on top of the first layer of the constraining material. Cavities of the successive layers of the constraining material are selectively filled with at least the body material to form layers of the main body portion of the Z-directed component. The constraining material is dissipated to release the Z-directed component from the constraining material and the Z-directed component is fired.
US09814144B2
A component placement device for picking up a component and placing a component on a substrate device comprises a holder which is movable at least in a main direction, as well as a nozzle for picking up a component. The nozzle is movable at least in a direction opposite the main direction relative to the holder. The component placement device comprises a fluid flow channel which opens or closes upon movement of the nozzle in the direction opposite the main direction relative to the holder, detection means for detecting the opening or closing of the fluid flow channel as well as means for controlling the movement of the holder in at least the main direction on the basis of a signal delivered by the detection means concerning the opening or closing of the fluid flow channel.
US09814132B2
A display device having a display panel, a conductive shielding film disposed on a surface of the display panel, and a flexible circuit unit connected to another surface of the display panel and configured to provide a driving signal to the display panel, wherein the shielding film has at least one protrusion disposed adjacent the flexible circuit unit.
US09814126B2
A radiation driven light source comprises laser and focusing optics. These produce a beam of radiation focused on a plasma forming zone within a first container containing a gas (e.g. Xe). Collection optics collects photons emitted by a plasma maintained by the laser radiation to form a beam of output radiation. First container is enclosed within a hermetically sealed second container. Any ozone generated within the second container as a result of ultraviolet components of the output radiation is completely contained within the second container. Second container further filters out the ultraviolet components. Microwave radiation may be used instead of laser radiation to form the plasma.
US09814114B2
An LED lighting module includes a substrate and multiple divergent types of LED light sources that have different wavelengths and are housed on the substrate. The multiple LED light sources include: a phosphor-converted amber source; a phosphor-converted green source; a direct emission red source; a direct emission green source; a direct emission blue source; and a direct emission cyan source. The module can further include a controllable power source unit configured to supply the LED light sources and a control unit to control the power supply unit.
US09814113B2
A voltage converter is proposed, for providing a DC voltage (Vout) for operating at least one LED strip (1), wherein the converter is configured to:a) output a DC voltage increasing or decreasing at least once, preferably in a voltage range lying above the flux voltage of the LED strip (1) while measuring the LED current (iL), andb) set the operating point of the DC voltage (Vout) as a function of this measurement.
US09814112B2
A load control device for controlling the intensity of a lighting load, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may include a power converter circuit operable to receive a rectified AC voltage and to generate a DC bus voltage, a load regulation circuit operable to receive the bus voltage and to control the magnitude of a load current conducted through the lighting load, and a control circuit operatively coupled to the load regulation circuit for pulse width modulating or pulse frequency modulating the load current to control the intensity of the lighting load to a target intensity. The control circuit may control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse width modulating the load current when the target intensity is above a predetermined threshold and control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse frequency modulating the load current when the target intensity is below the predetermined threshold.
US09814098B2
A microfluidic refill includes a reservoir having a hollow body and an opening; a transport member in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a lid enclosing the opening of the reservoir. The lid is in fluid communication with the transport member. The lid comprises a rigid microfluidic delivery member. The rigid microfluidic delivery member includes a die and electrical traces that are in electrical communication with the die, wherein the electrical traces terminate at electrical contacts, wherein the electrical traces are disposed on only one plane. The die has a fluid chamber in fluid communication with the transport member at an inlet of the fluid chamber and with an orifice at an outlet of the fluid chamber and.
US09814096B2
A method of controlling heating of hot melt adhesive within a hot melt dispensing system includes receiving input AC electric power, determining on a half cycle-by-half cycle basis which heaters in a plurality of zones will receive AC electric power during the next half cycle, and distributing the AC electric power to the heaters on a time sharing basis.
US09814084B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method, comprising: establishing, at a computing device on a network, a communication connection with a setup access point; generating a token identifier, wherein the token identifier includes identification data corresponding to the computing device; transmitting the token identifier; transmitting a query, wherein the query includes a request to establish a new communication connection with the setup access point when the communication connection is terminated; and receiving a communication including a response to the query, wherein the response indicates that a new communication connection has been established with the setup access point, and wherein the new communication connection is established using the token identifier.
US09814079B2
A process carried out by a first mobile radio includes detecting a request to transmit group communication media and, responsively, determining, by the first mobile radio, whether a push-to-talk (PTT) key input is in an activated or de-activated state, selecting, by the first mobile radio and as a function of the determined state of the PTT key, one of a first talkgroup on a first wireless network and a second talkgroup on a second wireless network as a target talkgroup to transmit the communication media to, and transmitting, by the first mobile radio via a corresponding one of a first wireless communication interface to the first wireless network and a second wireless communication interface to the second wireless network, the communication media to the selected target talkgroup.
US09814065B2
A method and a user equipment for receiving a downlink signal, and a method and a base station for transmitting a downlink signal in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method of receiving a downlink signal according to an embodiment includes receiving downlink scheduling information. The downlink scheduling information includes a frequency block indicator and resource allocation information for one or more first transport blocks (TBs). The method further includes receiving the downlink signal including the one or more first TBs via a first frequency block among multiple frequency blocks. The first frequency block is indicated by the frequency block indicator among the multiple frequency blocks. Each of the multiple frequency blocks does not overlap with other multiple frequency blocks and a respective hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process is provided per each of the one or more first TBs.
US09814059B2
A radio communication device is described having a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology; a first processor configured to control the first transceiver to transmit signals during a transmitting period, the transmitting period comprising a first time period, during which signals are transmitted, and a second time period, during which no signals are transmitted; and a second processor configured to control the second transceiver to transmit signals taking into account the transmitting period of the first transceiver such that the second transceiver transmits signals at least partially during the second time period.
US09814057B2
A wireless communication device uses an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) resource block structure. The wireless communication device generates and stores data for wireless transmission. The wireless communication device translates an identifier and a current time into one or more OFDM resource blocks that are reserved for use without base station scheduling. The wireless communication device generates one or more authorization marks. The wireless communication device wirelessly transmits the data and the one or more authorization marks in the one or more OFDM resource blocks that are reserved for use without base station scheduling.
US09814056B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for interference management of wireless links with overriding link priority. The switched wireless link or connection may have lower or higher priority than the non-switched or scheduled link. The priority order between the links may be overridden in certain conditions.
US09814055B2
Wireless networking devices scan for available channels and gather data about the channels and the RF environment. Using this information, each wireless networking device determines a cost value for each available channel and a quality value for its overall RF neighborhood. Each wireless networking device select the channel with the best cost value as a candidate channel for use. The wireless networking devices may submit channel requests to the arbiter for approval. If two or more wireless networking devices are requesting the same channel, the arbiter assigns the channel to the wireless networking device with the worst RF neighborhood quality. The arbiter informs the wireless networking devices if their channel requests are approved. If a wireless networking device's channel request is not approved, the wireless networking device will rescan the remaining available channels to select a different candidate channel to be approved.
US09814043B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for receiving a signal from an access point (AP) by a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a raw parameter set (RPS) element including a restricted access window (RAW) allocation field; and identifying, in the RAW allocation field, first information indicating whether the RAW allocation field relates to a periodic RAW and second information indicating whether the RAW allocation field relates to AP power management (PM), wherein the STA can acquire only information relating to a time interval of the RAW in subfields other than a subfield including the first information and the second information when the RAW relates to the AP PM.
US09814042B2
A wireless local area network (WLAN) communication method and apparatus using multiple transmission speed partitioning and cooperative transmission are disclosed. The WLAN communication method includes transmitting, by access point to the nodes, transmission time slots, partitions and internal transmission priorities using transmission time slot information, partition information and internal transmission priority information, receiving uplink packet from one node, determining whether downlink data to be transmitted to the high speed or the low speed node is present, or not in the download queue, transmitting, if present, the downlink packet to the nodes, removing downlink data from the download queue for ACK, and transmitting, if not present, transmitting ACK to the nodes.
US09814041B2
A communication mode switching method and device. The method comprises: receiving a sending request; detecting whether the radio-frequency signal strength of a downlink channel meets a first threshold; when the radio-frequency signal strength is greater than or equal to the first threshold, determining that a relay station is in a working state, and keeping a relaying mode to finish the sending request; when the radio-frequency signal strength is less than the first threshold, determining that the relay station is in an abnormal state, and switching to an offline mode to finish the sending request, the offline mode specifically being to perform sending after regulating the sending frequency to be the receiving frequency of the downlink channel. It can be seen that, whether the relay station is in the abnormal state is determined by detecting whether the signal strength of the downlink channel meets the preset threshold, and sequentially, the working mode is switched between the relaying mode and the offline mode in a targeted manner, so that when the relay station is in the abnormal state, the receiving frequency of the downlink channel is used as the sending frequency for sending signals, so as to ensure that other mobile stations are capable of receiving the sent signals, and the rate of call loss is lowered.
US09814025B2
A method of reporting information on a UE state performed by UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: generating information on a UE state; transmitting the information on the UE state to a network; obtaining, from the network, configuration information generated based on the information on the UE state; and operating based on the configuration information. The information on the UE state includes at least one of UE activity specifying a frequency at which a UE communicates with the network, and an activity state of the UE determined based on the UE activity.
US09814023B2
The present invention provides a method carried out by a base station, including: a step (S320) of generating a code sequence containing system information of the base station; a step (S330) generating, by modulating the code sequence, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) sequence including a distributed PRB frequency division multiplexing format or a centralized PRB frequency division multiplexing format; a step (S340) of selecting a physical resource block (PRB) for a PBCH contained in the PBCH sequence; and a step (S350) of carrying out mapping between the PBCH and a resource element (RE) in the PRB thus selected. The present invention also provides (i) a method carried out by a user equipment, (ii) a corresponding base station, and (iii) the corresponding user equipment. According to the present invention, it is possible to increase energy use efficiency of an LTE-Advanced system, improve spectral efficiency, and reduce inter-cell collision of time/frequency resources.
US09814016B2
A system and method of locating a position of a wireless device in range of one or more base stations. Three signals are received that each contain a unique identifier for a base station. An estimate of the distance between the wireless device and each base station is performed. Previously determined locations for each base station are referenced. At least one of the three base stations is capable of communication to remote locations and unavailable to the wireless device for communication to remote locations.
US09814010B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of the same mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on locations and other mobile subscriber identity information can be assigned to devices based on the locations. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09814008B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for receiving a clock synchronization message are disclosed. According to one exemplary method, the method occurs at a first node configured to operate on a protected side of a firewall device. The method includes sending, via the firewall device and to a second node configured to operate on a non-protected side of the firewall device, a clock lease message indicating an amount of time for clock synchronization, wherein the clock lease message triggers the firewall device to allow a clock synchronization message from the second node to the first node. The method also includes receiving, via the firewall device and from the second node, the clock synchronization message.
US09813987B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to coordinate a power save delay between a station (STA) and an access point (AP.) The STA may be configured to transmit information regarding a power save delay duration to the AP. The STA may then inform the AP that it will be entering power save mode and delay entering the power save mode for a specified period of time corresponding to the power save delay duration, thus providing a buffer period to allow the AP to complete the delivery of any frames that may already be in the hardware queue.
US09813986B2
A method is presented for a mobile station operating in a wireless communication system. The mobile station receives configuration information for power management from a base station. The configuration information informs the mobile station a first time period during which the mobile station monitors signals from the base station and a second time period during which the mobile station does not monitor signals from the base station. The mobile station applies the configuration information for power management to one or more primary carriers and one or more activated secondary carriers. The mobile station receives downlink data from the base station via the one or more primary carriers and the one or more activated secondary carriers during the first time period. The mobile station receives a specific Medium Access Control (MAC) message from the base station, wherein the mobile station stops the first time period when receiving the specific MAC message.
US09813983B2
In a wireless communication system, a master device includes a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with the slave device, a power supply that supplies power to each unit of the master device, an interrupt detector that detects various interrupts, and a controller that controls the entire master device, the interrupt detector supplies power from the power supply to each unit when detecting the interrupt, and the controller performs control to continuously transmit a capture signal to the slave device that waits for reception at a reception timing of a first predetermined interval, via the wireless communicator for time longer than the first predetermined interval when the detected interrupt is an interrupt that requests signal transmission to the slave device, and control to await a capture signal transmitted from the slave device through the wireless communicator when the detected interrupt is a timer interrupt occurring at a second predetermined interval.
US09813974B2
The present application relates to the field of communications technologies. In embodiments of the present application, the UE may first obtain information about a best cell on a secondary frequency and a list of information about cells whose frequency is the same as the secondary frequency. The UE may measure a cell on the secondary frequency, compare information about the cell with the information about the best cell on the secondary frequency, and determine, according to a comparison result, whether to report the event.
US09813970B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include generating feedback information by a small cell radio and a macro cell radio; setting a high mobility handover threshold for the macro cell radio based, at least in part, on the feedback information, wherein the high mobility handover threshold is used to trigger handover of one or more high mobility user equipment (UE) associated with the macro cell radio to the small cell radio; and setting a maximum downlink transmit power for the small cell radio based, at least in part, on the feedback information and the high mobility handover threshold.
US09813966B1
A first wireless device is served with an access node. The access node has a first coverage area. A second wireless device is served with a sub-cell access node. The sub-cell access node has a second coverage area that is contained within the access node coverage area. Based on the determination to reduce the load on the sub-cell access node, a handover of a wireless device from the sub-cell access node to the access node is caused by reducing the transmit power used by the sub-cell access node. Based on a comparison of a first signal quality indicator associated with a first sub-cell access node to a second signal quality indicator associated with a second sub-cell access node, a transmit power from the first access node is reduced.
US09813964B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for signaling. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include making mobility information including visited cell history available based on at least received mobility state estimation configuration information; and reporting, by the user equipment, the mobility information including the visited cell history. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09813956B2
[Problem] To provide a base station device and a handover control method capable of avoiding a situation in which the base station device of a cell becomes overloaded when the cell transitions from an inactive state to an active state. [Solution] A base station device (100) having: an adjacent base station information table (150) for storing adjacent base station information that includes handover suppression information correlated with an adjacent cell (200a) managed by an adjacent base station device (200), and also includes the processing capacity index of the adjacent base station device; and a handover control unit (130) for limiting the handover of a mobile terminal device (300) under control to an activated adjacent cell on the basis of the handover suppression information and the processing capacity index when the adjacent cell transitions from an inactive state to an active state.
US09813948B2
The present invention solves communication disruption problems during the hand-off transition period by using a pre-handoff registration of a new foreign agent on behalf of the mobile node The pre-handoff registration message should: (1) identify itself as a pre-hand off registration message, (2) indicate direction of traffic for the pre-handoff registration time period, and (3) specify a lifetime or time period when the pre-handoff registration request will continue to be considered valid The local mobility anchor will accept traffic using the pre-handoff registration care-of address depending on the directionality indicator, but the communication traffic to or from the mobile node will not be disrupted during the transition period. Because the care-of address for the mobile node on the new foreign network can be used to direct communication traffic to or from the mobile node during this transition time period, no disruption of service will be encountered.
US09813931B2
In some examples, an apparatus may be usable in a first network and configurable to operate within a proximity of a second network that communicates traffic that interferes with data communication in the first network. The apparatus may include a calculation module configured to calculate a packet loss rate. The apparatus may include a determination module coupled to the calculation module and configured to determine whether the packet loss rate exceeds a particular threshold level. The apparatus may include a preamble module coupled to the determination module and configured to dynamically adjust a number of protective bytes included in a packet preamble in response to a determination by the determination module that the packet loss rate exceeds the particular threshold level. The protective bytes may be effective to reduce packet corruption due to turnaround time collisions between packets communicated in the first network and traffic communicated in the second network.
US09813922B2
A system and method for resource management in a heterogeneous wireless network wherein the resources of the mobile communications system are managed on a coarse time-scale and a fine time-scale. The coarse time-scale management comprises a first stage of determining the user association for each of the plurality of TPs followed by a second stage of determining activation fractions for all TPs. The determining of the user association is performed by utilizing a GLS procedure having a Greedy Stage and a Local Search Stage. In the Greedy Stage, new user, TP pairs are analyzed and the pair with the greatest improvement in system utility is selected. In the Local Search Stage, potential swaps are analyzed and a pair offering the greatest improvement that exceeds a threshold is selected. The determining of activation fractions for all TPs is performed by utilizing an auxiliary function method.
US09813913B2
There is provided a method and apparatus for detecting an unauthorized access point. The method for detecting an unauthorized access point according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes making an attempt to deliver, through an access point to a validation server, a message that includes network information regarding a network access of a terminal device and requests a validity verification of the network information; and determining that the access point is unauthorized when a response indicating that the network information is valid is not received from the validation server. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to implement a device for determining an unauthorized access point device in a general manner, independent of a specific device.
US09813909B2
A method for authenticating the identity of a handset user in a cloud-computing environment is provided. The method includes: obtaining, a login account and a password from the user; judging whether the login account and the password are correct; if the login account or the password is incorrect, refusing the user to access an operating system of the handset; if the login account and the password are correct, sending the login account and the password to a cloud server, wherein the login account and the password correspond to a face sample image library of the user stored on the cloud server; acquiring an input face image of the user; sending the input face image to the cloud server; authenticating, by the cloud server, the identity of the user according to the login account, the password and the input face image.
US09813905B2
Methods, systems, and media for facilitating an automatic out-of-band authentication process that includes a DTMF token. The process involves receiving an authentication token via one network and automatically sending the token back through a different network. In some cases, the process may be performed without the need for any human interaction. One of the tokens is a DTMF signal that may be sent on its own or during a voice communication session over the audio path established for the session.
US09813904B2
A system includes a sensor to determine a user is proximate to the system and a logon module to receive information from the sensor that a user is proximate to the system, receive logon information from the user and identification information associated with the user, authenticate the user to use the system based on the logon information, store the identification information, receive second information from the sensor that the user is not proximate to the system, suspend an operating system session, receive information from the sensor that the user is again proximate to the system, receive second identification information associated with the user, determine that the first and second identification information matches, and resume the OS session in response to determining that the first and second identification information matches.
US09813902B2
A method including maintaining a database of unique radio network identifiers within a home node B gateway, wherein the unique radio network identifier uniquely identifies the radio network termination point of user equipment attached to a radio node controlled by the home node B gateway.
US09813901B2
Disclosed is a technique for performing flexible service-level access control in real-time while suppressing occurrence of signaling. According to the technique, a network entity (AAA server 10) configured to perform access control sets correspondences between addresses of a communication terminal (UE) 40 and respective service contents of services that the communication terminal 40 receives, and notifies the communication terminal of the correspondences. Thus, the communication terminal is able to know the service contents corresponding to the addresses that the communication terminal uses. In a case where a service content of a service that the communication terminal receives is changed, the address used by the communication terminal is changed to an address corresponding to the changed service content. As a result, from the changed address, the communication terminal is able to know that the service content has been changed and to know the changed service content.
US09813898B2
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for call control. In one embodiment, it can be determined whether an outbound phone number is one of a plurality of target telephone numbers. Responsive to determining that the outbound phone number is one of the plurality of target telephone numbers, one or more call control rules associated with the outbound phone number can be identified. Responsive to identifying the one or more call control rules associated with the outbound phone number, one or more actions to be carried out by the apparatus in accordance with the one or more call control rules can be identified.
US09813895B2
Certain embodiments provide a method including obtaining data at a first time using at least one sensor associated with a mobile computing device, the at least one sensor arranged to gather data regarding at least one operating factor for the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device configured to receive market data and execute a trading application. The example method includes analyzing the data obtained from the at least one sensor to determine the at least one operating factor. The example method includes determining a first operating state of the mobile computing device based on the at least one operating factor. The example method includes altering a function of the mobile computing device with respect to the trading application based on the first operating state.
US09813891B2
Structures and protocols are presented for using or otherwise relating to a first mobile device (a smartphone or tablet computer or wearable device, e.g.) configured to be shared by two or more parties such that a subset of the parties may be addressed selectively (in content directed to such parties, e.g.) in a cost-effective manner.
US09813889B2
An apparatus, method, and computer program product for mobility estimation are provided. One method may include estimating a mobility state of a user equipment, and scaling the estimate of the mobility state according to certain factors. The factors may include, for example, a DRX cycle applied during the period of estimation of the mobility state and the number of cell changes of the user equipment.
US09813886B2
Locational tracking aids emergency management plans. Occupants of a building or campus are determined based on presence or detection of wireless devices. When an emergency occurs, the occupants may move to safety based on the current locations of their wireless devices.
US09813881B2
There is provided a messaging automatic response service (ARS) server for transceiving an ARS text message with a mobile device. The messaging ARS server includes: a receiver configured to receive an ARS request text message sent by the mobile device from a message service center server; an ARS text message generator configured to analyze the received ARS request text message and generate an ARS response text message including at least one automatic response menu text; a transmitter configured to transmit the generated ARS response text message to the message service center server; a state information generator configured to generate state information corresponding to one or more of the received ARS request text message and the generated ARS response text message; and a state information transmitter configured to transmit the generated state information to a first apparatus of a voice ARS system.
US09813879B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile face-to-face interaction monitoring device and method using the same and system including the same, for supporting accurate and efficient turn monitoring. One embodiment of the mobile face-to-face interaction monitoring device may comprise a conversation group detector for scanning mobile devices in a surrounding area and setting a conversation group, a turn detector for determining (conversational) turn using volume topography created based on sound signals detected in the mobile devices in the conversation group, and a meta-linguistic information processor for extracting meta-linguistic context of participants or interactants in the conversation group based on the turn. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US09813878B1
A system includes a plurality of wireless transceivers deployed in a vehicle cabin and a processor configured to receive a relay signal from a transceiver, including a device identification and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) associated with a device signal. The processor is also configured to use the RSSI and device identification, associated with a single device, included in relay signals from multiple transceivers to determine a device location and store the device location and corresponding possessor identification and location in memory.
US09813872B2
A control method, in a system including a detection surface interfacing a plurality of mobile entities with a computer system, the detection surface including a plurality of elementary detection surfaces forming groups and sub-groups, wherein at least one mobile entity is registered with management modules of at least two different sub-groups, a period of time reserved for the at least one mobile entity registered with management modules of at least two different sub-groups, enabling the activation of at least one mobile entity, being the same in each of the at least two sub-groups.
US09813867B2
Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival.
