US09864644B2
An application programming interface (API) is disclosed for interfacing a vehicle electronic component with a smartphone, wherein the vehicle electronic component and the smartphone each make use of a short range wireless transceiver for wirelessly communicating with the other, and wherein the smartphone includes an application running thereon. The API has an interconnect API disposed in the electronic component. The interconnect API also has a software library of command and function definitions that are able to be implemented by the API. A connect library is also used which resides within the smartphone and which is configured to communicate with the application running on the smartphone. The interconnect API and the connect library cooperatively operate as a translation mechanism to implement a plurality of functionalities when communicating with the application, according to the electronic device's capabilities.
US09864643B1
Embodiments are directed to methods for allowing an I/O path of a data storage system to directly modify an object model while bypassing the highly-contested transaction lock used by a control path. This may be done by introducing a local lock to be used for individual resources within the object model. The control path also uses this local lock mechanism (in the context of a transaction lock) for essential resources that might be accessed by the I/O path in order to avoid accessing a given essential resource at the same time as the I/O path. A data storage system, apparatus, and computer program product for performing similar methods are also provided.
US09864639B2
Resources in a computing environment are managed, for example, by a hardware controller controlling dispatching of resources from one or more pools of resources to be used in execution of threads. The controlling includes conditionally dispatching resources from the pool(s) to one or more low-priority threads of the computing environment based on current usage of resources in the pool(s) relative to an associated resource usage threshold. The management further includes monitoring resource dispatching from the pool(s) to one or more high-priority threads of the computing environment, and based on the monitoring, dynamically adjusting the resource usage threshold used in the conditionally dispatching of resources from the pool(s) to the low-priority thread(s).
US09864630B2
According to an example, a method includes: before a first process exits, a kernel receives a connection holding request carrying a File Descriptor (FD) transmitted by the first process, with respect to the FD carried by the connection holding request, the kernel increases a reference count of a file object corresponding to the FD and puts the file object into a cache, the kernel returns cache position information to the first process, such that the first process puts a corresponding relationship between the cache position information and identifier information of a communication connection pointed to by the FD in a predefined storage area; when a second process starts, the kernel receives an FD obtaining request carrying the cache position information transmitted by the second process, reads the file object from the cache, assigns a new FD to the file object and returns the new FD to the second process.
US09864624B2
Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include initializing, by a hypervisor executing on a processor, first and second virtual machines. A first software application configured to provide a service is executed on the first virtual machine, and a logical data connection is established between the first and the second virtual machines. Examples of the logical connection include physical and virtual serial connections, and physical and virtual data networking connections. A second software application configured to enable remote monitoring of the first software application via the logical data connection is executed on the second virtual machine. In some embodiments, the second software application can remotely monitor the first software application via an interface such as a command line interface, a graphical user interface and an application programming interface.
US09864600B2
A method of virtualizing an application to execute on a plurality of operating systems without installation. The method includes creating an input configuration file for each operating system. The templates each include a collection of configurations that were made by the application during installation on a computing device executing the operating system. The templates are combined into a single application template having a layer including the collection of configurations for each operating system. The collection of configurations includes files and registry entries. The collections also identifies and configures environmental variables, systems, and the like. Files in the collection of configurations and references to those files may be replaced with references to files stored on installation media. The application template is used to build an executable of the virtualized application. The application template may be incorporated into a manifest listing other application templates and made available to users from a website.
US09864598B2
Supplemental functionalities may be provided for an executable program. In some embodiments, documentation associated with a business or technical asset may be collected. Business objects may be extracted from the associated documentation. The business objects may be converted to one or more data sets having a pre-defined format. One or more relationships between the data sets may be defined. An ontology may be generated based on the data sets and the relationships. Supplemental information may be generated for an executable program based on the ontology. The supplemental information may be related to one or more functionalities of an application. The supplemental information may be provided as input to the executable program, where the supplemental information causes the functionalities of the application be made available via the executable program.
US09864597B1
The present invention comprises systems and methods, and computer readable media comprising the methods, for updating software applications. The systems and methods of the present invention provide automation and flexibility to the updating process. Processor usage and network usage are monitored and software updates are initiated and/or continued during periods where processor and/or network usage are low. The update process may be halted when the processor and/or network connection are called upon for other uses. Processor and/or network usage may also be throttled, for example limiting the bandwidth available for the download to maintain sufficient processor share and/or bandwidth for other tasks. Adverse impact on a computer user is minimized.
US09864590B2
A method of program compilation to improve parallelism during the linking of the program by a compiler. The method includes converting statements of the program to canonical form, constructing a traversable representation, such as an abstract syntax tree (AST), for each procedure in the program, and traversing the program to construct a graph by making each non-control flow statement and each control structure into at least one node of the graph.
US09864585B2
A device may determine use case information associated with a use case for a development project. The device may determine a set of use case objects associated with the use case based on the use case information. The device may select an abstract machine model. The abstract machine model may be associated with modeling the development project based on the set of use case objects. The abstract machine model may be selected from a set of abstract machine models associated with modeling development projects. The device may generate program code for the development project based on the abstract machine model and the use case information. The device may provide information associated with the generated program code.
US09864584B2
A processing network including a plurality of lookup and decision engines (LDEs) each having one or more configuration registers and a plurality of on-chip routers forming a matrix for routing the data between the LDEs, wherein each of the on-chip routers is communicatively coupled with one or more of the LDEs. The processing network further including an LDE compiler stored on a memory and communicatively coupled with each of the LDEs, wherein the LDE compiler is configured to generate values based on input source code that when programmed into the configuration registers of the LDEs cause the LDEs to implement the functionality defined by the input source code.
US09864575B2
A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program.
US09864564B2
An information processing device includes: an image output unit which outputs a screen displayed on a display unit to an image display device; a display control unit which displays a first screen including a user interface screen at least in a part of the screen; a detection unit which detects that the user interface screen is switched from a first state that does not include predetermined information to a second state that includes the information; and an output control unit which outputs a second screen that does not include the user interface screen, instead of the first screen displayed by the display control unit, to the image output unit, if it is detected that the user interface screen is switched from the first state to the second state.
US09864560B2
A data processing system composites graphics content, generated by an application program running on the data processing system, to generate image data. The data processing system stores the image data in a first framebuffer and displays an image generated from the image data in the first framebuffer on an internal display device of the data processing system. A scaler in the data processing system performs scaling operations on the image data in the first framebuffer, stores the scaled image data in a second framebuffer and displays an image generated from the scaled image data in the second framebuffer on an external display device coupled to the data processing system. The scaler performs the scaling operations asynchronously with respect to the compositing of the graphics content. The data processing system automatically mirrors the image on the external display device unless the application program is publishing additional graphics content for display on the external display device.
US09864559B2
A method and system are provided for generating imagery of a virtual window within an aircraft cabin. The method may be implemented using computer executable instructions, loaded onto a personal entertainment device (PED) for configuring the PED to link to an aircraft inflight entertainment system (IFE) and access imagery, such as imagery from at least one camera directed to an environment outside of the aircraft. The imagery is displayed on a surface visible to the passenger, and formatted to simulate an aircraft window.
US09864548B2
According to one embodiment, a memory module includes a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and a controller. The volatile memory is data readable and writable. The nonvolatile memory is data readable and writable and stores therein correspondence information containing an attribute indicating any of volatile, nonvolatile, and both of volatile and nonvolatile associated with an address in an address space assigned to the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The controller reads data from and writes data to the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, referring to the correspondence information.
US09864547B2
According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a processor which executes first processing, second processing and third processing. The second processing includes processing for relaying a command issued by a host device, and an execution result of the first processing corresponding to the. command, between the host device and the first processing. The third processing includes processing for causing the second processing to transition from a first state to a second state of lower energy consumption than the first state, when a first period in which the second processing is in an idle state exceeds a second period. The third processing further includes processing for maintaining the first state under a first condition, when the first period exceeds the second period.
US09864539B1
Systems and method are disclosed for provisioning storage for a logical storage device. At least one storage capability profile is provided. A request to provision the storage for the logical storage device is received. A plurality of candidate storage resource configurations are determine based on the at least one storage capability profile and the storage policy profile, where a first candidate storage resource configuration specifies thick provisioning in a first storage pool and a second candidate storage resource configuration specifies thin provisioning in the first storage pool. A ranking of the plurality of candidate storage resource configurations is provided, the ranking indicating the first candidate storage resource configuration has a higher priority than the second candidate storage resource configuration. It is determined that the first storage pool has insufficient storage for thick provisioning. The storage of the logical device is provisioned in accordance with the second candidate storage configuration.
US09864534B1
A peer to peer remote copy operation is performed between a primary storage controller and a secondary storage controller, to establish a peer to peer remote copy relationship between a primary storage volume and a secondary storage volume. Subsequent to indicating completion of the peer to peer remote copy operation to a host, a determination is made as to whether the primary storage volume and the secondary storage volume have identical data, by performing operations of staging data of the primary storage volume from auxiliary storage of the primary storage controller to local storage of the primary storage controller, and transmitting the data of the primary storage volume that is staged, to the secondary storage controller for comparison with data of the secondary storage volume stored in an auxiliary storage of the secondary storage controller.
US09864530B2
An administrator provisions a virtual disk in a remote storage platform and defines policies for that virtual disk. A virtual machine writes to and reads from the storage platform using any storage protocol. Virtual disk data within a failed storage pool is migrated to different storage pools while still respecting the policies of each virtual disk. Snapshot and revert commands are given for a virtual disk at a particular point in time and overhead is minimal. A virtual disk is cloned utilizing snapshot information and no data need be copied. Any number of Zookeeper clusters are executing in a coordinated fashion within the storage platform, thus increasing overall throughput. A timestamp is generated that guarantees a monotonically increasing counter, even upon a crash of a virtual machine. Any virtual disk has a “hybrid cloud aware” policy in which one replica of the virtual disk is stored in a public cloud.
US09864518B2
Embodiments are directed to assigning a home memory location for a function call parameter. A method may include determining whether a caller is configured to allocate a memory location for a parameter passed to a callee. The caller is a module that includes a function call to the callee and the callee is a function. The method may include inserting instructions in the callee to allocate a home memory location for the parameter in response to determining that the caller is not configured to allocate a memory location for the parameter. In addition, the method may include inserting instructions in the callee to set the memory location as a home location for the parameter in response to determining that the caller is configured to allocate a memory location for the parameter.
US09864513B2
A method comprises a processor detecting a person's finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display. As a result of detecting the finger moving, the method further comprises the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual keyboard image on the display.
US09864509B2
In some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. In some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.
US09864507B2
A method and device are provided for measuring force on a force enabled input device having a touch surface. The method includes detecting force information associated with an input object contacting the touch surface, and determining a push event if the force information is either greater than a predetermined static push threshold value, or a substantially monotonic increase of at least a dynamic push threshold value above a low baseline value. The method thereafter determines a release event if the force information either decreases below a predetermined static release threshold value, or decreases from a maximum baseline value by an amount greater than a dynamic release threshold value. The method initiates a first type of user interface action associated with the input object based on a determination of the push event and the release event, wherein the first type of user interface action may comprise determining a virtual button click.
US09864504B2
A user interface display method and apparatus of a touch-enabled device is provided. The user interface display method includes detecting a touch gesture; analyzing at least one of a contact position, a movement direction, a contact area size, a contact area shape, and an occurrence frequency of the touch gesture; determining one of a left hand grip state and a right hand grip state of the device based on a result of the analysis; and displaying a user interface corresponding to the determined one of the left hand grip state and the right hand grip state.
US09864502B1
A method for reviewing a document using a computing device, the computing device comprising a display for displaying the document in a user interface (UI) and one or more processors, the processor for executing a plurality of computer readable instructions, the computer readable instruction for implementing the method, the method includes displaying to a user within a document one or more pinned indicators, each of the one or more pinned indicators associated with respective certain information in the document, detecting the selection of one of the one or more pinned indicators, directing the user to the certain information associated with the selected pinned indicator, and receiving a confirmation that the user has reviewed the certain information associated with the selected pinned indication.
US09864498B2
Automatic scrolling of content displayed on a display device in response to gaze detection. Content may be displayed in a window rendered on a display screen. Gaze detection components may be used to detect that a user is gazing at the content and to determine a gaze point. At least one scroll zone relative to the display screen and a scroll action associated with each scroll zone may be determined. In response to determining that the gaze point is within a scroll zone, an associated scroll action may be initiated. The scroll action causes the content to scroll within the window until at least one of: expiration of a defined period, determining that a portion of the content scrolls past a defined position within the window, determining that the gaze point is outside of the scroll zone, and detecting an indicator that the user begins reading the content.
US09864487B2
According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item.
US09864486B2
Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof, by which saved image data can be effectively searched. The present invention includes a memory configured to store at least one image data, a touchscreen, and a controller outputting a thumbnail list for the stored image data on a 1st scale through the touchscreen, the controller receiving a scroll input to the outputted thumbnail list plural times, the controller, if the scroll input received plural times meets a scale change condition, changing the 1st scale of the outputted thumbnail list into a 2nd scale.
US09864483B2
The present document describes methods and apparatuses for managing and viewing calendar event items in an electronic calendaring application. For example, calendar event items may be viewed in an “agenda” view. A calendar event item may have a date and include any information relating to a corresponding calendar event. According to some example embodiments, a list of calendar event items and a list of dates are each displayed in a navigable format. The list of dates may include at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items. A navigation position of the list of calendar event items and a navigation position of the list of dates may be coordinated.
US09864481B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a storage to classify images into each of groups, and to store the classified images; an output unit to output, as a representative image of the group, a thumbnail image of each of the images, which are extracted one by one for each of the groups from the images classified into the groups; an operation detecting unit to detect a predetermined operation by the user with respect to the output representative image; and a controller to control, when the predetermined operation is detected, the output unit to output the thumbnail images of the images classified into the group in which the representative image is extracted, together with the output representative image, the thumbnail images being arranged in a predetermined direction, and to scroll the thumbnail images in the predetermined direction.
US09864480B2
An image processing apparatus that is capable of displaying a WEB top button without deteriorating the quality of appearance even if the display size of the WEB top button is changed. A display unit displays a button, to which a URL is assigned, on an operation screen. An acquisition unit accesses a Web server that is identified by the URL and to acquire a plurality of icons in different sizes. The display unit selects an icon, which corresponds to a display size of the button, from among the icons acquired by the acquisition unit, and displays the selected icon together with the button.
US09864476B2
An electromagnetic touch three-dimensional grating comprising: an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposite to each other; a plurality of first strip electrodes located on a side of the lower substrate facing the upper substrate; and a plurality of second strip electrodes located on a side of the upper substrate facing the lower substrate and intersected with the first strip electrodes; wherein, during a touching period, the plurality of first strip electrodes are used as first electromagnetic touch electrodes, and the plurality of second strip electrodes are used as second electromagnetic touch electrodes; and during a three-dimensional displaying period, the plurality of first strip electrodes are used as first three-dimensional driving electrodes, and the second strip electrodes are used as a surface electrode, or, the plurality of second strip electrodes are used as second three-dimensional driving electrodes, and the first strip electrodes are used as a surface electrode.
US09864475B2
A method of detecting an input of an input marking apparatus includes generating and outputting a number signal to be written to the input marking apparatus, detecting the input marking apparatus in which the number signal is written, by detecting a response signal output from the input marking apparatus, and detecting a position of the input of the input marking apparatus of which the response signal is detected.
US09864474B2
A contact hole that penetrates a protective insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a transparent cap film and has a surface of a low-reflection film uncovered as a bottom surface is formed in a lead-out wiring region. A lower-layer terminal portion is formed by the low-reflection film and a low-resistance conductive film below the bottom surface of the contact hole. A contact hole that penetrates the protective insulating film and a transparent cap film and has a surface of a low-reflection film uncovered as a bottom surface is formed in the lead-out wiring region. An upper-layer terminal portion is formed by the low-reflection film and a low-resistance conductive film below the bottom surface of the contact hole.
US09864473B2
There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US09864471B2
The method and processor for analyzing two-dimension information are disclosed. A 2-D information generated from a touch panel/screen is obtained, wherein the 2-D information comprises a plurality of values distributed over a plurality of reduced 2-D coordinates. Then, an approaching/touching range on the touch panel/screen approached or touched by an approaching/touching object is detected, wherein a minimum of the plurality of values distributed over a boundary of the approaching/touching range is greater than a maximum of the plurality of values inside the approaching/touching range except the boundary.
US09864466B2
A processing system configured for capacitive sensing includes sensor circuitry with functionality to acquire an absolute capacitive profile for sensor electrodes, and acquire a transcapacitive image using the sensor electrodes. The processing system is configured to create a first estimate of common mode noise using the absolute capacitive profile and the transcapacitive image, determine a location lacking an input object in the transcapacitive image using the first estimate of common mode noise, create a second estimate of common mode noise based on the location and the transcapacitive image, determine positional information of the input object using the second estimate of common mode noise, and process the positional information.
US09864462B2
In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate includes a detection electrode of a touch panel, pixels include pixel electrodes and counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are provided in common to the pixels on a plurality of display lines being side by side, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel as well, the liquid crystal display device includes a semiconductor chip configured to supply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the divided blocks, the semiconductor chip includes a first terminal group formed on a side of a display area side configured by the plurality of pixels.
US09864447B2
A display having a touch sensor comprises: a plurality of pixel areas disposed in a matrix manner on a substrate; a routing line running along a first direction on the substrate; a first passivation layer covering the routing line; a touch electrode covering the routing line and corresponding to a grouped pixel areas on the first passivation layer; a touch contact hole exposing some portions of the routing line by penetrating the touch electrode and the first passivation layer; a second passivation layer covering the touch electrode; a passivation contact hole exposing the touch contact hole and some portions of the touch electrode around the touch contact hole by penetrating the second passivation layer; and a touch terminal connecting the touch electrode and the routing line on the second passivation layer.
US09864436B2
A computer capable of recognizing gesture commands is disclosed. Suppose that a user makes a gesture of swinging a hand from side to side in front of a camera associated with a computer. A camera module receives frames with shots of the gesture in order. The camera module calculates a gradation difference between corresponding pixels of each frame and a background image to generate a set of binarized differential images. The camera module then combines differential images to generate composite images. In response to a determination that any of the composite images matches a reference pattern, the camera module outputs a computer command. The computer command can be used to control the power state of the computer or start a specific application within the computer.
US09864435B2
Techniques are described for notebook hinge sensors. For example, a computing device may comprise a housing having a processor circuit and an input device, the input device arranged on a side of the housing, a lid having a digital display arranged on a side of the lid, a hinge arranged to couple the housing and the lid, and a sensor module coupled to the processor circuit, the sensor module arranged inside the hinge and operative to capture motion input outside of the computing device.
US09864433B2
Described herein is a method for enabling human-to-computer three-dimensional hand gesture-based natural interactions from depth images provided by a range finding imaging system. The method enables recognition of simultaneous gestures from detection, tracking and analysis of singular points of interests on a single hand of a user and provides contextual feedback information to the user. The singular points of interest of the hand: include hand tip(s), fingertip(s), palm center and center of mass of the hand, and are used for defining at least one representation of a pointer. The point(s) of interest is/are tracked over time and are analyzed to enable the determination of sequential and/or simultaneous “pointing” and “activation” gestures performed by a single hand.
US09864432B1
An electronic device receives a first set of one or more inputs corresponding to user interface elements displayed on the display and a first set of one or more tactile outputs, and also receives a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more hardware elements and a second set of one or more tactile outputs. In response, in accordance with a determination that the first set of one or more tactile outputs and the second set of one or more tactile outputs overlap, the device outputs, with one or more tactile output generators, a modified tactile output sequence that is modified so as to emphasize the second set of one or more tactile outputs relative to the first set of one or more tactile outputs.
US09864430B2
Examples are disclosed herein that are related to gaze tracking via image data. One example provides, on a gaze tracking system comprising an image sensor, a method of determining a gaze direction, the method comprising acquiring image data via the image sensor, detecting in the image data facial features of a human subject, determining an eye rotation center based upon the facial features using a calibrated face model, determining an estimated position of a center of a lens of an eye from the image data, determining an optical axis based upon the eye rotation center and the estimated position of the center of the lens, determining a visual axis by applying an adjustment to the optical axis, determining the gaze direction based upon the visual axis, and providing an output based upon the gaze direction.
US09864428B2
Embodiments of apparatus and methods for human-computer interaction are described. An apparatus for human-computer interaction may have one or more processors, multiple sensors to measure motion of a body part of a user, a communication module to communicate with a remote computing device, and an interpretation module to interpret the motion of the body part of the user to be associated with an indication of a user input to the remote computing device. The components may be encased in a body configured to be worn by the user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09864423B2
Apparatus and methods may provide for characterizing a plurality of similar components of a distributed computing system based on a maximum safe operation level associated with each component and storing characterization data in a database and allocating non-uniform power to each similar component based at least in part on the characterization data in the database to substantially equalize performance of the components.
US09864419B2
A handheld device including a circuit board including at least one electronic component, a heat pipe disposed on the electronic component to absorb heat generated from the electronic component and to release the absorbed heat in a direction opposite to the electronic component, and a heat sinking material configured to bond the circuit board and the heat pipe to each other. The heat pipe includes an evaporation section disposed on the main processor to absorb heat generated from the main processor, a connection section disposed on a side region of the main board to transfer the absorbed heat in a direction opposite to the main processor, and a condensation section configured to release the transferred heat.
US09864413B2
An accessory suitable for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a display area. The accessory includes a coupling portion and a cover portion. The coupling portion is suitable to be coupled to the electronic device. The cover portion is connected to the coupling portion and is suitable for covering the display area of the electronic device. The cover portion has a plurality of light-transmitting areas, and the light-transmitting areas are arranged on the display area in an array. An image generated by the display area is projected out of the cover portion through the light-transmitting areas. Moreover, an electronic assembly containing the electronic device and the accessory is also provided. Furthermore, a control method is also provided for controlling the electronic assembly. A method is also provided for forming an accessory.
US09864410B2
A foldable device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The foldable device includes: a flexible display which includes a main display area and an edge display area; and a controller which is configured to determine, based on an angle at which the foldable device is unfolded, a range of a partial activation area of the main display area, wherein the range of the partial activation area is partially bounded by a boundary between the edge display area and the main display area.
US09864404B2
Multiple unique configurations for a computer tablet holding device are disclosed. One of device's configurations allows for multiple viewing angles through the use of multi-configurable assembly. Another configuration is a multi-positional computer tablet holding device that can be used within a folio, with the benefit of working cooperatively with an accessory such as a keyboard or wrist rest, or removed and used independently of the folio. The holding device and other accessories may be retained on the folio by judiciously placed magnets. The folio of the invention includes a first and second flap, the first flap including a plurality of magnets arranged in a matrix, the magnets being spaced apart at a distance, the riser including a base having a pair of magnets, said individual magnets of the pair of magnets being spaced apart at the distance, the riser being selectively attachable at positions corresponding to the magnet positions of the folio. The cooperatively working feature aids in the use of these items functioning cooperatively with each other when assembled together as well as aiding for the easy transportability of these items when they are within proximity of each other.
US09864403B2
Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.
US09864399B2
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit such as an SOC (or even a discrete chip system) includes one or more local timebases in various locations. The timebases may be incremented based on a high frequency local clock that may be subject to variation during use due. Periodically, based on a lower frequency clock that is subject to less variation, the local timebases may be synchronized to the correct time, using hardware circuitry. In particular, the correct timebase value for the next synchronization may be transmitted to each local timebase, and the control circuit for the local timebase may be configured to saturate the local timebase at the correct value if the local timebase reaches the correct value before the synchronization occurs. Similarly, if the synchronization occurs and the local timebase has not reached the correct value, the control circuit may be configured to load the correct timebase value.
US09864397B2
An operating member 3 has a shaft portion 31 and a fulcrum portion 32. A first swinging member 4 has a concave fitting portion 42. Inside the fitting portion, engaging surfaces and guide surfaces 45, 46 are included. The engaging surfaces are formed to be engageable with the fulcrum portion. The guide surfaces allow the fulcrum portion to swing with respect to the first swinging member. The second swinging member 5 includes an engaging portion 63 which includes a long hole, and which covers the fulcrum portion while passing the shaft portion through the long hole in a manner that the shaft portion is movable in the longitudinal direction of the long hole, in such a manner that the engaging portion and the fitting portion cooperate to sandwich the fulcrum portion. The engaging portion is coupled with the second swing shaft, and configured to be engageable with the shaft portion.
US09864396B1
Highly maneuverable utility vehicles having Mecanum wheels capable of traveling in a variety of different directions and turning in a zero turn manner may include one or more controllers in communication with drive units for powering the Mecanum wheels. A multi-axis interface, such as a joystick, may be connected to the controller for proportionally controlling the direction and speed of the vehicle, and for providing different manners in which the vehicle may enter zero-turn mode. The joystick may include at least one pushbutton for switching between programmed travel modes or selecting an auxiliary function. The controller may be programmed to permit the vehicle to operate in different operating modes.
US09864392B2
A CMOS voltage reference is disclosed. The CMOS voltage reference may include a PTAT current bias circuit including a start-up circuit, a core module implementing high order non-linear curvature compensation and an output stage supplying the reference voltage. The CMOS voltage reference may include a PTAT current bias circuit having a start-up and a CTAT feedback loop and a PTAT feedback loop and a compensating circuit summing the current from the CTAT feedback loop and the PTAT feedback loop.
US09864390B2
A power supply system and a power supply method thereof are disclosed. The power supply system includes a master power supply device and a slave power supply device. When a master power detection module detects that a current value of a master power signal generated from a master power supply module increases to a first loading proportion, a master micro-controlling module will notices a slave micro-controlling module via a controlling pin to enable a slave power supply module to generate a slave power signal. When a slave power detection module detects that a current value of the slave power signal decreases to a second loading proportion, the slave micro-control module will control the slave power supply module to stop generating the power signal.
US09864388B2
A reference voltage generator may include the following elements: a first power supply terminal configured to receive a first power supply voltage; a second power supply terminal configured to receive a second power supply voltage; a reference voltage output node configured to provide a reference voltage; a first switch electrically connected between the first power supply terminal and the reference voltage output node; a second switch electrically connected between the second power supply terminal and the reference voltage output node; a first positive feedback module electrically connected to both the reference voltage output node and the first switch and configured to provide a first feedback voltage to the first switch; and a second positive feedback module electrically connected to both the reference voltage output node and the second switch and configured to provide a second feedback voltage to the second switch.
US09864381B2
Pulling eyes are provided with integrated wiring systems suitable for installing conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may include body portions that define interior cavities that are sized to snugly engage outside portions of the conductors or cables. The body portions are sized to be deformably crimped onto the outside portions of the conductors or cables. The pulling eyes may also include head portions joined to the body portions, with the head portions defining apertures for receiving a strength member for installing the conductors or cables. These apertures place the interior cavities in communication with the exteriors of the pulling eyes.
US09864380B1
An extremum-seeking control system for formation flight that uses blended performance parameters in a conglomerate performance function that better approximates drag reduction than performance functions formed from individual measurements. Generally, a variety of different measurements are taken and fed to a control system, the measurements are weighted, and are then subjected to a peak-seeking control algorithm. As measurements are continually taken, the aircraft will be guided to a relative position which optimizes the drag reduction of the formation. Two embodiments are discussed. Two approaches are shown for determining relative weightings: “a priori” by which they are qualitatively determined (by minimizing the error between the conglomerate function and the drag reduction function), and by periodically updating the weightings as the formation evolves.
US09864377B2
A method for generating a navigation map of an environment in which a plurality of robots will navigate, includes obtaining an image of the environment defined by a plurality of pixels, each having a cost value. The environment includes an image of a fixed object having a set of pixels corresponding to its location and having a first defined cost value. The method includes obtaining a planned path image for the robots, which include a first set of pixels corresponding to the location of each robot in the environment and a second set of pixels adjacent to the first set of pixels and extending along a planned path of travel toward a destination. The first set of pixels of each robot having the first defined cost value and the second set of pixels having a second defined cost value. The second defined cost value is less than the first defined cost value.
US09864369B2
A robotic vehicle is provided with vertical ball cannon and a ball deflector. The ball deflector is mounted over the vertical ball cannon on a vertical linear slide. The deflector redirects a ball shot from the cannon toward a desired target, such as a cylindrical goal. The vehicle further includes a rotating goal-grabber for anchoring a goal adjacent to the vehicle and underneath the output of the deflector. A pair of counter-rotating helical screws capture a ball from the ground and raise it into the ball cannon. The cannon launches the ball toward the deflector, which redirects the ball's upward vertical motion away from the cannon into a downward vertical motion toward the desired target.
US09864367B2
A mounting pin straightness management system is provided. The system includes a sensor unit that is configured to measure 3-dimensional coordinates (a(Ta, La, Ha), b(Tb, Lb. Hb)) for a first and a second center point (a, b) of two approximate circles formed from intersections of an exterior surface of the at least one mounting pin and two parallel planes (PA and PB) perpendicular to a target length direction of the at least one mounting pin and spaced apart at a predetermined distance (H) from each other. A controller is configured to calculate a straightness index (S.I.) related to a maximum distance (Lmax) between the first and the second center point under a straightness management tolerance (r) and an actual distance (Lactual) between the first and the second center point by receiving the 3-dimensional coordinates of the first and the second center point from the sensor unit.
US09864364B2
A method includes receiving notifications associated with batch execution instances executed by multiple devices. The notifications identify events occurring in an industrial process control and automation system. The method also includes creating a unique namespace for association with the notifications. The method further includes storing records identifying the notifications in a unified activity hierarchy based on the unique namespace. Creating the unique namespace could include creating an initial namespace using one or more fields associated with a parent process being executed. The parent process can activate a child process, and a namespace for the child process can contain the initial namespace and use one or more fields associated with the child process. The child process can activate a grand-child process, and a namespace for the grand-child process can contain the initial namespace and the namespace for the child process and use one or more fields associated with the grand-child process.
US09864363B2
A process control method is provided for performing a deposition process on a plurality of wafers of a batch. The process control method includes: deciding a placement location of the wafers of the batch according to the history information of a tool and the product information of the batch; calculating a target value of each placement location according to the placement location of the wafers of the batch and the history information of the tool; calculating a process parameter according to the history information of the tool, the product information of the batch, and the target value of each placement location; and performing a deposition process according to the placement location of the wafers of the batch and the process parameter.
US09864351B2
System, method and apparatus for resupplying fast moving consumable goods associated with appliances
A consumable-goods reordering system in which a system controller has access to the signals transmitted by each smart appliance relevant to the environment being monitored, such as a home. Each appliance monitors a particular physical condition that is related to the appliance's usage of a consumable good, senses changes in the condition being monitored, and reports states of the condition. Meanwhile, the system controller memorizes and maintains the states of various processing events, such as when an appliance reported a particular state of the monitored condition. By considering the information reported by the multiple smart appliances, as well as by accounting for the states corresponding to the various events, the system controller is able to continually update a representation of the state of the monitored environment. Having such context awareness enables the system controller to generate intelligently various reorder messages for transmission to the various suppliers of the consumables.
US09864350B2
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a building automation system may comprise a communication network compatible with at least one building automation system communication protocol, a control system coupled to the communication network, and a building automation server coupled to the communication network. The building automation server may be configured to receive at least one event message over the communication network from the control system in response to a corresponding condition occurring on the control system, access past event messages generated by the control system in response to past occurrences of the corresponding condition, and generate event alert data as a function of the received at least one event message and the retrieved past event messages, the event alert data identifying (i) a name of the corresponding condition, (ii) a real-time status of the control system, and (iii) a quantitative summary of the past occurrences of the corresponding condition.
US09864348B2
A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product optimizes operations of an electronic system. The electronic system receives first operational inputs from a first user device, which control operations of the electronic system. The electronic system also receives second operational inputs from a second user device, which are overridden by the first operational inputs at the electronic system, such that the second operational inputs initially do not control operations of the electronic system. Operational input qualities of the first operational inputs and the second operational inputs are compared according to how efficiently the electronic system functions. In response to determining that the operational input quality of the second operational inputs is equal to or greater than the operational input quality of the first operational inputs, the second operational inputs are unblocked and the first operational inputs are blocked, such that the unblocked second operational inputs now control the electronic system.
US09864326B2
An image forming apparatus comprises a developing unit and a developing unit attaching portion that is provided in an apparatus main body. The developing unit and the developing unit attaching portion are provided with an insertion guide. The insertion guide makes the developing unit a state it is inclined from a normal posture so as to be moved on a position departed from a photoreceptor drum during a period from a start of insertion of the developing unit into the developing unit attaching portion until just before completion of the insertion, and makes, during a period from just before completion of the insertion until completion of the insertion, the developing unit turn according to an insertion operation of the developing unit so as to be brought close to the photoreceptor drum, whereby the developing unit is positioned so as to take the normal posture.
US09864325B2
In an image forming apparatus, a cover has a pivot shaft and is pivotally movable between a closed position and an open position. The link member is slidingly movable in a direction parallel to the pivot shaft in response to depression of a button. The locking member provides locking engagement between the cover and a housing, and is pressed by the link member in accordance with the sliding movement of the link member to release the locking engagement. The push member is movable in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the cover to be pressed against the housing when the cover is at the closed position in accordance with the sliding movement of the link member. The depression of the button causes both unlocking and movement of the cover in the opening direction when the cover is at the closed position.
US09864324B2
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a case having a door which can be opened and closed. A first rotating body, provided in the case, is exposed from the case when the door is opened. A second rotating body, provided in the case, is exposed from the case when the door is opened. The second rotating body forms a nip with the first rotating body. A spacer, detachably provided in the case, separates the first rotating body and the second rotating body when the spacer is attached. The second rotating body forms a nip with the first rotating body when the spacer is detached.
US09864320B2
A cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning blade, and first and second sealing members. The housing has formed therein an opening facing an image carrying member. The cleaning blade removes toner that remains attached to the image carrying member while being in contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrying member. The first and second sealing members prevent waste toner inside the housing from leaking out through a gap between the housing and the image carrying member, owing to the first and second sealing members abutting on the circumferential surface of the image carrying member.
US09864319B2
The image forming apparatus includes a slide member configured to slide with a transfer material in a case that the transfer material is brought into contact with a transfer member, a grounding member configured to be electrically connected to the earth, and a connection member having conductivity and configured to be electrically connected to the slide member. The connection member includes a deforming portion deformed by an electrostatic force acting between the grounding member and the connection member, the slide member is conducted to the grounding member via the connection member in a case that the deforming portion is deformed and abuts on the grounding member, and the slide member is electrically insulated from the grounding member in a case that the deforming portion is separated from the grounding member.
US09864318B2
An imaging forming apparatus includes a positive high-voltage circuit that generates voltage having a positive polarity, a negative high-voltage circuit connected in series with the positive high-voltage circuit and generates voltage having a negative polarity, a transfer roller to which the voltage generated by the positive high-voltage circuit or the negative high-voltage circuit is supplied, neutralizing pins to which the voltage generated by the negative high-voltage circuit is supplied, a current detection circuit that detects current flowing into the transfer roller, and a diode connected between the transfer roller and the neutralizing pins and that separates a path for the current flowing into the transfer roller and a path for current flowing into the neutralizing pins from each other.
US09864317B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a registration roller pair, a first guiding portion, a second guiding portion, a resistor, and a grounding conductive mechanism. The housing is made of metal and has a grounded inner wall. The registration roller pair is located between the paper sheet feeder and the transfer member in the sheet conveyance path, includes a metallic registration roller and a facing roller that is constituted of an elastic material, and rotates in abutting contact with the registration roller, so as to convey the sheet toward the transfer nip portion. The first guiding portion is made of metal. The second guiding portion is made of a conductive resin material. The grounding conductive mechanism electrically conducts the registration roller, the first guiding portion, and the second guiding portion to the inner wall via a resistor.
US09864316B2
According to one embodiment, a paper conveyance apparatus includes: a paper feed section on which paper is placed; a first roller configured to be arranged at the upstream side of a reading position where the paper is read to convey the paper at a first speed; a second roller configured to be arranged between the first roller and the paper feed section to convey the paper at a second speed faster than the first speed; a motor; a fourth roller configured to be arranged between the first roller and the reading position and driven by the motor to convey the paper to the reading position at the first speed; and a transmission section configured to always transmit a rotation driving force of the motor to the first roller and the fourth roller.
US09864301B1
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container, a development device, a developer replenishment device and a control part. The control part obtains a replenishment amount (X) of the developer replenished by the developer replenishment device from a last-time replenishment until a this-time replenishment and a predicted consumption (Y) of the developer, calculated based on the image data output from the last-time replenishment until the this-time replenishment, and informs abnormality when an absolute value of a difference of the replenishment amount (X) and the predicted consumption (Y) is larger than a threshold value.
US09864289B2
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core containing a binder resin and a shell layer covering a surface of the core. The shell layer contains a copolymer of at least two vinyl compounds including a compound represented by the following formula (1). The toner contains a ring unopened oxazoline group in an amount of at least 0.10 μmol/g and no greater than 100 μmol/g.
US09864285B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support, an intermediate layer formed on the support, a charge generating layer formed directly on the intermediate layer, and a charge transporting layer formed on the charge generating layer, in which the intermediate layer contains a compound represented by the formula (1).
US09864281B2
Movable pressing and light-shielding mechanism for digital stereo image printing and method therefor
A movable pressing and light-shielding mechanism for digital stereo image printing comprises a base (1), multiple gantries (2), a photosensitive platform (3) and an exposure system device (4); wherein the base (1) has a groove inside which the photosensitive platform (3) is provided. The number of the gantries (2) is two. The two gantries (2) are provided in parallel and fixed on the base (1) and a slideway (22) is provided between the two gantries (2). A screw is provided in the slideway (22). One end of the screw is connected with a second motor (12). The motor (12) is connected with the exposure system device (4). A top end face of the exposure system device (4) is connected with the screw. A laser scan line opening is provided on a bottom surface of the exposure system equipment (4).
US09864279B2
An imprint lithography apparatus having a first frame to be mounted on a floor, a second frame mounted on the first frame via a kinematic coupling, an alignment sensor mounted on the second frame, to align an imprint lithography template arrangement with a target portion of a substrate, and a position sensor to measure a position of the imprint lithography template arrangement and/or a substrate stage relative to the second frame.
US09864275B2
An improved resist material and a technique for patterning a workpiece such as an integrated circuit workpiece that offers improved resistance to environmental contaminants is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a workpiece and applying to the workpiece a resist material containing a protectant disbursed throughout. A thermal process is performed on the workpiece that causes the protectant to become concentrated in an upper region of the resist material. The resist material is exposed in a lithographic process and the exposed resist material is developed to define a pattern within the resist material. In some such examples, the protectant is selected to reduce an effect of an environmental contaminant without affecting an acid/base ratio of the resist material. In some such embodiments, the protectant includes a hydrophobic functional group.
US09864274B2
The invention relates to a method for forming a liquid radiation curable resin capable of curing into a solid upon irradiation comprising at least one thermally sensitive visual effect initiator. The liquid radiation curable resin is capable of curing into three-dimensional articles having selective visual effects. The resulting three-dimensional articles possess excellent color and/or transparency stability and excellent mechanical properties.
US09864271B2
A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that has a first substrate table arranged to hold a substrate and a second substrate table arranged to hold a substrate, an imprint template holder arranged to hold an imprint template, and an imprintable medium dispenser, wherein the first substrate table is moveable between a first position located at or adjacent to the imprintable medium dispenser, and a second position located at or adjacent to the imprint template holder, and the second substrate table is moveable between the first and second positions, such that the first and second substrate tables swap positions.
US09864270B2
A method for manufacturing a pellicle includes: providing a supporting substrate; forming an oxide layer over the supporting substrate; forming a metal layer over the oxide layer; forming a graphene layer over the metal layer; and removing at least a portion of the supporting substrate and the oxide layer. An associated method includes: providing a supporting substrate; forming a first silicon carbide (SiC) layer or a diamond layer over the supporting substrate; forming a graphene layer over the SiC layer or the diamond layer; and removing at least a portion of the supporting substrate and the first silicon carbide (SiC) layer or the diamond layer; wherein the pellicle is at least partially transparent to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation. An associated pellicle is also disclosed.
US09864268B2
In order to form a fine mask pattern with high accuracy, in a mask blank in which a light-semitransmissive film, a light shielding film, and a hard mask film are laminated in the stated order on a transparent substrate, the light-semitransmissive film containing silicon and additionally nitrogen, the hard mask film containing silicon or tantalum, and additionally oxygen, the light shielding film having the laminate structure of a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer and containing chromium, conditions on the light shielding film are adjusted so that etching rates using a mixture gas of chlorine and oxygen are the lowest for the upper layer and the next lowest for the lower layer.
US09864267B2
To provide a reflective mask blank which may inhibit a variation in reflectance with respect to EUV light due to counter diffusion between a protective film and a material of an adjacent phase-shift film pattern caused by thermal diffusion even if the power of an exposure light source of an EUV exposure machine becomes high; a reflective mask manufactured therefrom; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The reflective mask blank comprises a multilayer reflective film 13, protective film 14, and phase-shift film 16 for shifting a phase of the EUV light, which are formed in said order on a substrate 12. The protective film 14 is made of a material containing ruthenium as a main component, the phase-shift film 16 has a tantalum-based material layer comprising tantalum, and an anti-diffusion layer 15 comprising ruthenium and oxygen is formed on a surface of the protective film 14, or as a part of the protective film 14 on a side adjacent to the phase-shift layer 16, so as to inhibit counter diffusion in relation to the phase-shift film 16, thereby inhibiting the thermal diffusion between the protective film 14 and the material of the phase-shift film pattern.
US09864266B2
A photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate and a chromium-containing film is provided. The chromium-containing film is constructed by one or more chromium compound layers which are formed of a chromium compound containing Cr, N and optionally O, and have a composition having a Cr content ≧30 at % and a total Cr+N+O content ≧93 at %, and meeting the formula: 3Cr≦2O+3N. A chromium compound layer meeting a first composition having an N/Cr atomic ratio ≧0.95, a Cr content ≧40 at %, a total Cr+N content ≧80 at %, and an O content ≦10 at % is included to a thickness of more than 70% to 100% of the overall thickness of the chromium-containing film.
US09864259B2
Provided is a beam projector including: an image generation unit configured to generate an image light for an image signal; an optical unit configured to enlarge the image light to project toward a screen; a housing provided with the image generation unit; a motion sensor configured to detect movement of the housing; and a compensation driving unit configured to move at least one of the image generation unit and the optical unit so as to countervail the movement.
US09864254B2
A device for generating a modulation of an optical signal is provided which has a first electro-absorption modulator including a first P-doped semi-conductor area, a first N-doped semi-conductor area, and a first active portion, along with a second electro-absorption modulator including a second P-doped semi-conductor area in electric contact with the first N-doped semi-conductor area, a second N-doped semi-conductor area, and a second active portion, and a connector for introducing electric modulation. In the device, the connector for introducing electric modulation is in contact with the first N-doped semi-conductor area and the second P-doped semi-conductor area.
US09864252B2
Variable transmittance optical filters capable of transitioning from a light state to a dark state on exposure to UV radiation and from a dark state to a light state with application of an electric voltage are provided. The optical filters comprise a switching material that comprises one or more chromophores that have electrochromic and photochromic properties.
US09864247B1
A TFT device of a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The TFT device has: a substrate; a first metal layer formed on the substrate on which a first silicon nitride protective film is deposited; a second metal layer deposited on the first silicon nitride protective film on which a second silicon nitride protective film is deposited; and a conductive film deposited on the second metal layer where the second silicon nitride protective film is etched, and connected with the first metal layer through a contact hole which passes through the first and second silicon nitride protective films, so that the first and second metal layers are connected. Thus, the connecting distance of the conductive film between the different metal layers and the contact resistance between metals are decreased, so as to enhance the product yield rate and the competitive capability of the product.
US09864243B2
A display provides increased contrast and resolution via first LCD panel energized to generate an image and a second LCD panel configured to increase contrast of the image. The second panel is an LCD panel without color filters and is configured to increase contrast by decreasing black levels of dark portions of images (making them blacker or darker) using polarization rotation and filtration. Preferably, the second LCD panel is of higher resolution than the first LCD panel. The panels may be directly illuminated or edge lit, and may be globally or locally dimmed monochrome or multi primary lights that may also include individual control of color intensities for each image or frame displayed. The panels may be placed in any order, but preferably are arranged such that active layers in each panel are as close together as possible. Brightness is maintained by the combination of reusing polarization between the panels and by not going through more than one set of color filters. Improved contrast is a result of using multiple light modulators in series.
US09864242B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; a at least one pad in the non-display area of the display panel; a driving chip connected to the at least one pad, the driving chip including a driving circuit and at least one bump therein, wherein the at least one bump has an inclined surface facing toward a central portion of the driving chip.
US09864240B2
The present invention provides a fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display device that makes it possible to improve transmittance when a voltage is applied. The fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes, in order, a plurality of pixel electrodes, an insulating film covering the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode that is layered on top of the plurality of pixel electrodes and has a plurality of parallel slits formed therein, wherein steps that protrude towards a liquid crystal layer side are formed in the first substrate in at least sides of regions between the plurality of pixel electrodes that are parallel to a lengthwise direction of the plurality of parallel slits, and wherein the common electrode covers at least side faces of the steps.
US09864233B2
In a liquid crystal display device, a reflecting surface is attached to a portion, which overlaps with a periphery portion of a light guiding plate where the light incident section is position in a surface on the light guiding plate side in the dispersing sheet which is positioned farthest to the light guiding plate side among a plurality of optical sheets which are positioned between the light guiding plate and a liquid crystal panel. As a result, light which is emitted from the periphery portion of the light guiding plate is returned into the light guiding plate by being reflected by the reflecting surface, and after this, is emitted as illumination light from a light emitting surface while progressing within the light guiding plate.
US09864227B2
A display device includes a first substrate on which a thin film transistor is formed and which is divided into a display area and a non-display area outside thereof, a second substrate arranged to face an upper surface of the first substrate, a light-shielding film provided in an area between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a circuit provided on an upper surface of the second substrate and in an area facing the display area. The second substrate includes a terminal part of the circuit, which is provided on the upper surface of the second substrate and in an area facing the non-display area. The terminal part is connected with a circuit driving substrate, which drives the circuit through an anisotropic conductive film covering the terminal part. The light-shielding film is provided to avoid at least part of an area facing the terminal part.
US09864223B2
A display device for displaying an image on a display surface includes a liquid crystal panel having the display surface, the liquid crystal panel with a first through hole formed in the display surface, a backlight disposed oppositely to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight with a second through hole formed at a position overlapping with the first through hole, and a cap inserted into the first through hole and the second through hole. The cap includes a tube portion with a third through hole formed, the third through hole parallel to the first through hole and the second through hole, and a flange portion formed at least one end of the tube portion, the flange portion having an outer diameter larger than a diameter of the first through hole, and larger than a diameter of the second through hole.
US09864222B2
A curved display panel, a curved display device, and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. Both the light output face and the light input face of the curved display panel are continuously curved surfaces. The curved display panel with a continuously curved surface has a bending degree which is closer to the natural bending degree of a liquid crystal panel, so that a relatively small stress is generated on the curved display panel, and the problem of serious peripheral light leakage caused by deformation of the curved display panel is alleviated. Besides, since the curvature radius of each point on the continuously curved surface changes slowly, the problem of serious peripheral light leakage caused by deformation of the curved display panel is alleviated, the complexity of the fabricating process is reduced, the fabricating process is simplified, and the production of the product is improved.
US09864220B2
Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure for use in image display device devices that can accurately measure the amount of light from a backlight by measuring leak LED light, without having to modify an image display panel module itself. In an image display device using an image display panel module in which a wire drawing port for drawing a wire from a backlight is formed in a panel sheet metal, an optical sensor mounting structure includes an optical sensor configured to measure leak light from the backlight and a positioning member (intermediate connector) positioning the optical sensor. The optical sensor is disposed near the wire drawing port and measures the leak LED light from the wire drawing port.
US09864208B2
In an optical display system that includes a waveguide with multiple diffractive optical elements (DOEs), one or more of the DOEs is configured with gratings that have varying depth and varying directions for depth modulation, in which the modulation direction is aligned with the steepest change (i.e., slope) of grating depth. Depth modulation direction may change at a point of transition between different regions in the DOE. For example, with a zero axis being defined along a line parallel to a long side of a DOE, the depth modulation direction can change from a negative angle, with respect to the axis in the plane of the waveguide in one region, to a positive angle in another region, or vice versa. By varying depth modulation direction in a DOE, display uniformity in the optical display system may be increased.
US09864200B2
The present application provides a head-mounted display, including a display device comprising a display body and two support arms extending from opposite ends of the display body, a headphone device comprising two headphone bodies, and two connection mechanisms connected to the two support arms respectively and rotatably connected to the two headphone bodies respectively. A head-mounted bracket is connected to the two connection mechanisms via two connection portions. Each connection mechanism includes a first rotation member for connecting a support arm to a corresponding headphone body and a second rotation member rotatably connected to the first rotation member and connected to a corresponding connection portion, respectively. The display device is driven to rotate relative to the head-mounted bracket under the first rotation member rotating relative to the second rotation member, which enables the display device to be folded together with the head-mounted bracket to improve portability of the product.
US09864197B2
A display device includes: a stepping motor; a concave mirror that moves in accordance with the operation of the stepping motor, the concave mirror reflecting display light emitted from a display unit toward the windshield; a lever part that moves together with the concave mirror; a drive unit for driving the stepping motor by a microstep drive system; a control unit for controlling the movement of the concave mirror by controlling the drive unit; and a stopper unit provided within the range of movement of the lever part. The drive unit is configured to detect the counter-electromotive force generated by the stepping motor when the lever part comes into contact with the stopper unit. The control unit determines the reference position when the movement of the concave mirror is controlled in accordance with the counter-electromotive force detected by the drive unit.
US09864191B2
A viewer includes a varifocal lens and a lens controller that adjusts a focal length of the varifocal lens, and can adjust a focal point in accordance with eye movement of the user. When a 3D image viewing detector detects 3D image viewing by the user, a focal length fixing section instructs a lens controller to fix a focal length of the varifocal lens irrespective of eye movement of the user.
US09864187B2
A reflector micromechanical structure includes a frame with a window. The frame is elastically connected to an anchorage structure by first elastic elements. An actuation structure operatively coupled to the frame is configured to generate a first actuation movement of the frame about a first actuation axis. A mobile mass is positioned within the window and elastically coupled to the frame by second elastic elements. A mass distribution is associated to the mobile mass such as to generate, by an inertial effect in response to the first actuation movement, a second actuation movement of rotation of the mobile mass about a second actuation axis.
US09864184B2
Certain aspects pertain to Fourier ptychographic imaging systems, devices, and methods that implement an embedded pupil function recovery.
US09864169B2
An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is disclosed. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. At least one of the image side surface and the object side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens elements can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09864168B2
A first optical imaging system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, and a third lens element, arranged along an optical axis. A second optical imaging system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element, arranged along an optical axis. A third optical imaging system is a telecentric lens system having only lens elements having a refractive power and a chief ray angle smaller than 1 degree. The lens elements of the optical imaging systems may be made of the same material having absorption in visible wavelengths and high transmission in near infrared radiation. The lens elements may be coated with an antireflective coating that is optimized for near infrared radiation.
US09864167B2
An image forming lens is formed by sequentially arranging, from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive or negative refractive power. When focusing is performed from a long distance to a short distance, the third lens group is fixed relative to an image surface, and the first lens group, the aperture stop, and the second lens group are moved integrally to the object side. In the image forming lens, the third lens group is formed by sequentially arranging, from the object side to the image side, two lenses in order of a negative lens and a positive lens, and a conditional expression is satisfied: 0.20
US09864162B2
A lens barrel according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes the lens frame which holds the lens, and the holding frame which holds the lens frame in a state where the lens frame is movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis. A biasing means which generates a force in the direction that the lens frame is lifted up against the gravity is provided to at least the holding frame out of the holding frame and the lens.
US09864152B1
The present invention is directed to an optical assembly that comprises a coupler and a connecting structure. The coupler comprises first optical waveguides, a male alignment feature and optical connection means. The first optical waveguides extend parallel from a first end to a second end and form a planar end portion at the level of the second end. The male alignment feature, to which said planar end portion is secured, protrudes transversally to an average plane of the planar end portion, at the level of said planar end portion. The optical connection means are arranged at the level of said first end. The connecting structure comprises second optical waveguides that extend parallel to said plane and a female alignment feature, which is configured to receive said male alignment feature, and extends transversally to said plane at the level of the planar end portion.
US09864149B1
The cleaning nozzle is used for cleaning an optical fiber connector using a cleaning fluid. The optical fiber connector includes a connector housing. A ferrule is supported within the interior of the connector housing. The nozzle has inner and outer housing members that respectively define an inner channel and an outer channel. The inner channel is sized to accommodate a front-end section of the ferrule. The inner and outer channels are in fluid communication through the interior of the connector housing when the front-end section of the ferrule resides within the inner channel. The nozzle assembly includes the nozzle and the optical fiber connector. Methods of cleaning the interior of the optical fiber connector as well as the ferrule end face, the optical fiber end face and the ferrule outer surface are also disclosed.
US09864148B1
An optical device includes at least three optical ports. An optical arrangement arranges an optical beam received from any of the optical ports into a first polarization state. A dispersion element spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. An optical power element converges each wavelength component in at least one direction. A programmable optical phase modulator steers the wavelength components through the optical arrangement, the dispersion element and the focusing element to a selected optical output. The programmable optical phase modulator includes an active area that performs the steering and a non-active area surrounding the active area. A polarizing arrangement located in an optical path between at least one of the optical ports and at least a portion of the non-active area of the programmable optical phase modulator is configured to arrange optical energy into a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state.
US09864145B2
A Mux/Demux subassembly includes a stamped optical bench, which includes an array of stamped reflective surfaces for redirecting optical signals. Alignment features and components of the Mux/Demux subassembly are integrally formed on a stamped optical bench, defining a desired optical path with optical alignment at tight tolerances. The optical bench is formed by stamping a malleable stock material (e.g., a metal stock), to form precise geometries and features of the optical bench.
US09864142B2
A double mirror (Mi) of a light-guiding device of the present invention is made of (i) a first mirror (Mi1) that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate (B) and has a reflective surface (S1) entering an input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S1) and (ii) a second mirror (Mi2) that is mounted on a top surface of the first mirror (Mi1) and is a prism having a reflective surface (S2) reflecting the input beam that has been reflected by the reflective surface (S1), the input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S2) being totally reflected inside the prism.
US09864141B1
A compact polarization beam rotator includes a converter waveguide comprising a first segment and a second segment both in corresponding taper rib shapes sharing a first middle plane and configured to receive an input optical signal with TM polarization mode from an input plane and convert the TM polarization mode to TE1 polarization mode comprising a first arm mode and a second arm mode at a second middle plane. The polarization beam rotator additionally includes a splitter waveguide coupled to the second middle plane for separating the first arm mode and the second arm mode at a third plane respectively coupled to a first branch waveguide to deliver the first arm mode in phase and a second branch waveguide to reverse the second arm mode phase by 180°, and a 2×1 MMI coupler waveguide to combine both arm modes in phase to an output optical signal with TE polarization mode.
US09864139B1
A waveguide includes a segment with a substantially uniform cure profile and related methods and systems for making and using the same. The waveguide is formed by modifying a laser beam used to write the waveguide to provide a substantially uniform cure profile in the waveguide. A marker characteristic of laser writing may be present in the waveguide. A method or system modifies an intensity profile or a shape profile of a laser beam to proactively compensate for exposure convolution based on the characteristics of the laser beam spot profile. A convolution compensator is positioned in the path of the laser beam to modify the beam spot profile during writing to form the one or more segments of the waveguide in a photo-curable layer.
US09864137B2
An optical waveguide element according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a first optical waveguide configured by combining a plurality of first element waveguides; and a second optical waveguide configured by combining a plurality of second element waveguides each of which having the same structure as the plurality of first element waveguides.
US09864133B2
The embodiments herein describe a photonic chip (formed from a SOI structure) which includes an optical interface for coupling the optical components in the photonic chip to an external optical device. In one embodiment, the optical interface is formed on a separate substrate which is later joined to the photonic chip. Through oxide vias (TOVs) and through silicon vias (TSVs) can be used to electrically couple the optical components in the photonic chip to external integrated circuits or amplifiers. In one embodiment, after the separate wafer is bonded to the photonic chip, a TOV is formed in the photonic chip to electrically connect metal routing layers coupled to the optical components in the photonic chip to a TSV in the separate wafer. For example, the TOV may extend across a wafer bonding interface where the two substrates where bonded to form an electrical connection with the TSV.
US09864127B2
Arrangement for use with a touchscreen, includes a substrate, such as an optically substantially transparent film or a film defining a through hole, the substrate including support electronics, such as printed electronics including a number of printed conductors, for providing power, control and/or communications connection to further electronic components, a number of emitters and detectors arranged on the substrate into contact with the support electronics, for emitting and detecting light, respectively, and a lightguide arranged onto the substrate such that the emitters and detectors, and optionally at least part of the support electronics, are substantially immersed in the lightguide material, the properties of the lightguide including the refractive index of the lightguide material being selected and the emitters and detectors being configured so as to enable, when in use, total internal reflection (TIR)-type propagation of light within the lightguide between the emitters and detectors and recognition of a touch on the basis of a drop in the TIR performance as determined from the detected light. A related method of manufacture is presented.
US09864125B2
An illuminated light guide assembly includes a first light guide panel coupled to a first light source; a first light-extracting system on the first light guide panel; a second light guide panel coupled to a second light source different from the first light source; a second light-extracting system offset from the first extracting system; and a first optical isolator coupled to the first light guide panel with a first lamination interlayer and coupled to the second light guide panel with a second lamination interlayer.
US09864120B2
A multilayer optical film (130) has a packet of microlayers that selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference to provide a first reflective characteristic. At least some of the microlayers are birefringent. A stabilizing layer attaches to and covers the microlayer packet proximate an outer exposed surface of the film Heating elements (122) can physically contact the film to deliver heat to the packet through the stabilizing layer by thermal conduction, at altered regions of the film, such that the first reflective characteristic changes to an altered reflective characteristic in the altered regions to pattern the film The stabilizing layer provides sufficient heat conduction to allow heat from the heating elements to change (e.g. reduce) the birefringence of the birefringent microlayers disposed near the outer exposed surface in the altered regions, while providing sufficient mechanical support to avoid substantial layer distortion of the microlayers near the outer exposed surface in the altered regions.
US09864118B2
The present disclosure is directed to solar control films containing a photochromic layer. For example, in certain embodiments, a solar control film includes a photochromic layer comprising an inorganic photochromic material and an infrared control layer.
US09864110B2
A light diffuser and its use are provided, which not only reduces a color change in a source light when the light diffuser is disposed on an optical path of a light source, but also has a good light transmission property and a good light diffusion property. The light diffuser contains a thermoplastic resin and transparent particles added thereto. The total light transmittance of the light diffuser is 75% or more. The degree of dispersion of the light diffuser is 2° or more, the degree of dispersion being defined as a transmission angle at which a light transmittance is 50% of a rectilinear light transmittance when light is emitted to a surface of the light diffuser in a direction normal to the surface. The difference between the rectilinear light transmittance at 460 nm and the rectilinear light transmittance at 580 nm of the light diffuser is 0.96% or less.
US09864108B2
The present invention general related to a reusable mold for making a contact lens comprises a first mold half having a first mold surface in contact with a polymerizable and/or crosslinkable silicone containing lens forming composition and a second mold half having a second mold surface in contact with the lens-forming composition, and the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to receive each other such that a cavity is formed between the first mold surface and the second mold surface. The cavity defines the shape of a contact lens to be molded. The reusable mold has at least one of the mold halves being made from an oxide glass comprising fluorine and/or fluoride. The mold made by oxide glass comprising fluorine and/or fluoride demonstrates improving mold cleanability with water based cleaning process.
US09864100B1
A metafilm coating having omni-directional bending of electromagnetic waves to the normal direction includes at least one medium having an effective relative permittivity of epsilon-near-zero, ∈. The real component of the effective relative permittivity along the z-axis, (∈z), perpendicular to the x-y plane, of the at medium, is about zero. At least one receptor is associated with the medium.
US09864097B2
A method for modeling shallow water multiples modeling using a predicted sea floor reconstruction is provided. A seafloor reflectivity image is reconstructed using acquired seismic data. Surface multiples are determined by evaluating a seismic wave equation using, as an input, the reconstructed seafloor reflectivity image. The determined surface multiples are subtracted from the acquired seismic data.
US09864095B2
Multiplexed microvolt sensor systems and methods are described. An example system may include a pulsed light source, a first optical waveguide segment operatively coupled to the pulsed light source, an optical circulator including a first port, a second port, and a third port, the first port being operatively coupled to the first optical waveguide segment, a second optical waveguide segment operatively coupled to the second port of the optical circulator, and an array of sensor elements. Each of the sensor elements may include a detector and an electro-optical modulator, the electro-optical modulator being operatively coupled to the second optical waveguide segment. The example system may further include a third optical waveguide segment operatively coupled to the third port of the optical circulator, a compensating interferometer operatively coupled to the third optical waveguide segment, and a time division multiplexed demodulator operatively coupled to the compensating interferometer and the pulsed light source.
US09864092B2
Disclosed herein methods for determining a property of a formation, for example, when well logging, by feeding a gadolinium tracer fluid into the formation, applying an emitted radiation to the formation to thereby produce a signal, such as a neutron signal, and capturing the signal from the formation.
US09864088B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for adaptive source electromagnetic (EM) surveying. In accordance with one embodiment, a source waveform signal is generated, and an outgoing EM signal which is based on the source waveform signal is transmitted using an antenna. A responsive electromagnetic signal is detected using at least one electromagnetic sensor, and a receiver waveform signal based on the responsive electromagnetic signal is obtained. A feedback control signal which depends on at least one input signal is determined. Based on the feedback control signal, the source waveform signal is adapted. Other embodiments, aspects, and features are also disclosed.
US09864087B2
A circuit includes a sensing circuit for a first antenna and a second antenna, the sensing circuit including an adjustable characteristic that is based on a proximity of an object to the first or second antenna used to transmit a transmit signal. An evaluation circuit is coupled to the sensing circuit. The evaluation circuit is configured to monitor the characteristic of the sensing circuit and to determine whether the characteristic fulfills a predetermined criterion.
US09864086B2
A method for estimating saturation using mCSEM data and stochastic petrophysical models by quantifying the average water saturation in a reservoir given the transverse resistance (TR) obtained from mCSEM data, including the following steps: a) obtaining mCSEM survey data from a subsurface region of interest, b) performing an inversion of the obtained mCSEM data, c) subtracting a background resistivity trend from the mCSEM inversion data from the resistivity trend of the mCSEM inversion data from inside a hydrocarbon reservoir, d) estimating the location of an anomaly in the mCSEM inversion data, e) estimating the magnitude of the transverse resistance associated with an anomaly from the mCSEM inversion data, f) estimating an initial average reservoir saturation corresponding to transverse resistance using a stochastic petrophysical model and Monte Carlo simulation connecting reservoir parameters to transverse resistance, and g) integrating the obtained saturation distribution as a function of transverse resistances over the assumed distribution of transverse resistances to obtain a final estimation of the fluid saturation probability.
US09864083B2
A full wave inversion (FWI) may utilize an Amplitude-Frequency-Differentiation (AFD) or a Phase-Frequency-Differentiation (PFD) operation to form a velocity model of a subterranean formation utilizing recovered low wavenumber data. Received seismic data is processes to isolate two data signals at different frequencies. In an AFD operation, the two data signals are summed and the data of the envelope of the summed function is used for the FWI. In a PFD operation, the phase data of the quotient of the two data signals is used for the FWI. The FWI proceeds iteratively utilizing either the AFD or PFD data or with single frequency data until the cost function of the AFD or PFD is satisfied.
US09864082B2
A method for migrating three dimensional seismic data in tilted transversely isotropic media (“TTI”) is based on generating numerical solutions to an exact relationship for a three dimensional dispersion relationship of seismic energy traveling through TTI media. The numerical solutions use selected input values of polar angle and azimuth angle of a transverse isotropic axis of symmetry, and selected values of Thomsen anisotropic parameters to generate tables of numerical values. Based on the tables of numerical values, optimized coefficients for a finite-difference relationship are estimated along multiple splitting directions. The seismic data are then migrated using a three dimensional Fourier finite difference extrapolation algorithm.
US09864080B2
Embodiments related to restriction of gas flow in a marine acoustic vibrator to compensate for gas spring effects. An embodiment provides a marine acoustic vibrator, comprising: an outer shell; and a variable gas flow restrictor disposed within the outer shell; wherein the marine acoustic vibrator has a resonance frequency selectable based at least in part on the variable gas flow restrictor.
US09864079B2
According to an embodiment, a radiation detection device includes a scintillator layer, a plurality of detectors, a setting unit, an identifier, and a corrector. The scintillator layer is configured to convert radiation into scintillation light. The detectors are arranged along a first surface facing the scintillator layer to detect light. The setting unit is configured to set one of the detectors as a first detector to be corrected. The identifier is configured to identify, out of the detectors, a second detector that detects a synchronization signal synchronizing with a first signal detected by the first detector. The corrector is configured to correct an energy spectrum of light detected by the first detector on the basis of a second signal serving as the synchronization signal in signals detected by the second detector, the first signal, and characteristic X-ray energy of a scintillator raw material constituting the scintillator layer.
US09864071B2
A device has planar components forming part of a stack on a support frame, such as a substrate and upper layer, for example a fiber optic scintillator/fiber optic plate, bonded together by an adhesive layer of well-defined thickness. The device is made by providing a trench in a peripheral recess extending in a marginal portion of the support frame. Excess adhesive is applied to one of the planar components, which are then brought together such that the adhesive layer of well-defined thickness is formed between the two components and surplus adhesive is collected in the trench.
US09864069B2
A Geiger-Mueller charge particle rate measurement system includes a clock management unit in combination with multiple oscillators and rate feedback controller to allow for reactive switching between the different oscillator frequencies to optimize system use. Controlling the clock management unit to send the appropriate frequency (clock signal) to the timers in response to measured rate date from the rate feedback controller facilitates operation at different clock speeds, which helps reduce power consumption when operated at lower speeds.
US09864067B2
Method for determining a current position (5) of a motor vehicle (6) in a geodetic coordinate system from a time series of first geodetic position data (2) recorded particularly by a position sensor (8) associated with a global navigation satellite system, and proper motion data (3) recorded by at least one proper motion sensor (9), wherein the position is determined by applying a transformation into the geodetic coordinate system to the displacement vector of the motor vehicle (6), which is derived from the most current proper motion data (3) starting from a reference time to which the transformation relates, wherein the transformation is determined in the context of a regression analysis as optimal mapping of a progression of displacement vectors determined over a defined time period onto a progression of the position data (2) determined for the same time period.
US09864064B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a positioning device which can more reliably and frequently correct a own vehicle position earlier, reliably detect an error matching state or a straying state earlier and correct the position to a correct position. The positioning device according to the present invention includes a GPS receiver, a GPS position calculating unit which calculates pseudo distances to the GPS satellites based on the transmission signals, and calculates a re-calculated GPS position which is the own vehicle position based on the pseudo distances, and a multipath influence evaluating unit which evaluates a multipath influence on the GPS position based on a difference between the GPS position calculated by the GPS receiver and the re-calculated GPS position calculated by the GPS position calculating unit.
US09864061B2
The invention relates to a portable observation device having an observation path for optical targeting of a target object, and comprising an optoelectronic rangefinder for measuring the distance in the direction of the targeting. The rangefinder includes a transmission unit for emitting a temporal sequence of pulses of optical radiation, a reception unit for receiving a portion of the optical radiation cast back by the target object and for determining signal information and an electronic evaluation unit, which a distance to the target object can be determined on the basis of a signal travel time between emission and reception of the optical radiation. When a trigger is actuated manually, the distance is determined including the signal information from a specified minimum number of pulses, which define a minimum length of a time window of the distance measurement.
US09864060B2
A laser radar system using collocated laser beams to unambiguously detects a range of a target and a range rate at which the target is moving relative to the laser radar system. Another aspect of various embodiments of the invention may relate to a laser radar system that uses multiple laser radar sections to obtain multiple simultaneous measurements (or substantially so), whereby both range and range rate can be determined without various temporal effects introduced by systems employing single laser sections taking sequential measurements. In addition, other aspects of various embodiments of the invention may enable faster determination of the range and rate of the target, a more accurate determination of the range and rate of the target, and/or may provide other advantages.
US09864051B2
A method of estimating a local plot density in a radar system observing an observation volume, the radar system configured to generate plots with plot attributes, by establishing a non-empty set of M-dimensional basis functions and corresponding coefficients, and repeatedly updating at least one coefficient based on at least one plot as obtained from the radar system, adjusting the basis functions and corresponding coefficients to represent a number of plots in a predetermined adjusting interval, and estimating the local plot density at a given point in the observation volume.
US09864048B2
A GT-TOF camera that illuminates a scene with a train of light pulses to determine amounts of light reflected from the transmitted light pulses by features in a scene for each of N different exposure periods and determines a distance to a feature in the scene responsive to a direction in an N-dimensional space of an N-dimensional vector defined by the amounts of reflected light determined for the feature for the N gates.
US09864046B2
The mathematical majorize-minimize principle is applied in various ways to process the image data to provide a more reliable image from the backscatter data using a reduced amount of memory and processing resources. A processing device processes the data set by creating an estimated image value for each voxel in the image by iteratively deriving the estimated image value through application of a majorize-minimize principle to solve a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation problem associated with a mathematical model of image data from the data. A prior probability density function for the unknown reflection coefficients is used to apply an assumption that a majority of the reflection coefficients are small. The described prior probability density functions promote sparse solutions automatically estimated from the observed data.
US09864044B2
Methods and systems that reduce the effect of phase noise in radar receivers. The received phase noise spectrum is modulated with periodic nulls due to the two way range delay function. The system and method include strategically positioning the nulls of the delay function to cancel portions of phase noise power spectral density, the portions of the power spectral density of the phase noise being selected so that effect of phase noise in radar sensitivity is reduced.
US09864043B2
Methods and devices are disclosed of using a Frequency-Modulated-Continuous-Wave (FMCW) radar unit for data communication by receiving a signal with a phase encoded data channel, and processing the signal with the phase encoded data channel to simultaneously determine data and timing information.
US09864042B2
Heatmap data, such as Angle-of-Arrival heatmap data, is generated and stored for a plurality of antennas of wireless communication device. A centroid of the plurality of antennas is determined. A heatmap is computed for the centroid for a measured parameter across a plurality of bins at coordinates within a region of interest. Heatmap data for the centroid is stored. For a given one of the plurality of antennas, a difference is computed between a heatmap for the given antenna and the heatmap for the centroid. The difference data representing the difference is stored for the given antenna.
US09864025B2
MRI systems with a new concept and hardware modality configured for parallel transmit, receive, and shim to address B0 and B1 inhomogeneity, both of which increase with field strength. This invention benefits from a number of advantages over existing technologies: it can save valuable space within the MRI magnet bore, largely reduce the manufacturing cost of MRI scanners, and avoid the electromagnetic interference issue associated with existing technologies.
US09864017B2
A performance deterioration detecting apparatus configured to detect a performance deterioration start state of an energy storage device. The performance deterioration start state is an initial state of deterioration in performance of the energy storage device. The apparatus includes a performance deterioration determiner configured to determine that the energy storage device is in the performance deterioration start state based on a displacement of peak position in a capacity-voltage property of the energy storage device with time. The capacity-voltage property indicates a relation between a capacity variation amount (dQ/dV) and a voltage (V).
US09864012B2
This invention pertains to determining the proper discharge level of lithium sulfur, as well as to determine the state of charge and remaining capacity of battery cells. In particular, this invention provides for a method for determining the charge and/or discharge level of a lithium sulfur cell. Also, this invention provides for a method for determining the capacity of a battery cell charge and/or discharge level of lithium sulfur cell. Further, this invention provides a method for determining the impedance of a lithium sulfur battery cell.
US09864006B1
Generating a unique die identifier for an electronic chip including placing the electronic chip in an identifier generation state, wherein the electronic chip comprises a set of test circuits, wherein each of the set of test circuits is attached to a corresponding component on the electronic chip; obtaining an ordered list of race pairs of the set of test circuits; for each race pair in the ordered list of race pairs of the set of test circuits: selecting the race pair of test circuits; executing a race between the selected race pair; and adding an element to the unique die identifier based on an outcome of the executed race; and returning the electronic chip to an operational state.
US09863988B1
One embodiment includes and I/O bus including a signal line coupled to a signal source and multiple line switches, each line switch to couple a corresponding I/O port to the signal line. Switch logic coupled to the I/O bus may programmatically switch the multiple line switches to couple at least one of the signal source and measurement circuitry to the respective I/O port.
US09863982B2
The embodiments described herein relate to an improved circuit technique for sensing current conducting in a power transistor coupled with an input power supply. The circuit includes a bi-directional current sensing circuit using current sensing transistor gate control. The circuit includes a forward current sensing transistor to sense current conducting in the power transistor during forward mode current of the circuit and a reverse boost current sensing transistor to sense current conducting during reverse current mode of the circuit. A level shifter is also provided with complementary outputs to either turn on the forward current sensing transistor or turn off the reverse boost current sensing transistor when the circuit is in forward current mode, or to turn off the forward current sensing transistor and turn on the reverse boost current sensing transistor when the circuit is in reverse current mode.
US09863981B2
A circuit and a method for sensing a current flowing from a supply voltage into an electric load are presented. The current sensing circuit comprises a first circuit branch connected between the supply voltage and the electric load, a second circuit branch connected between the supply voltage and ground, and an equalization circuit for equalizing a first voltage drop across a first resistive element and a second voltage drop across a second resistive element and for generating an indication of a current flowing through the second circuit branch.
US09863978B2
An electrical contacting device for electrical physical contact with a specimen, particularly wafers, taking place in a contacting direction, with at least one conductor substrate which can be electrically connected to a testing device, at least one contact distance transformer and at least one contact head having electrical contact elements, particularly resilient contact elements, preferably serving to compensate different physical contact distances existing in the contacting direction particularly at the contact elements.
US09863975B2
An apparatus for the imaging of gaseous fluid motion is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sub-nanosecond pulsed laser. The sub-nanosecond pulsed laser is configured to cause a particle species to fragment and for the recombining fragments subsequently to fluoresce. The apparatus also includes a gaseous fluid comprised of particle species. The apparatus also includes a time gated camera. The time gated camera configured to capture at least one image of the fluorescence from the recombining particle fragment species displaced after a specific time lapse following the laser pulse. Additionally, a fluid velocity can be calculated from a comparison of the image of the displaced particle species to an initial reference position and the time lapse. A Femtosecond Laser Electronic Excitation Tagging (FLEET) method of using the disclosed apparatus is also disclosed.
US09863970B2
A novel solution is proposed for processing a test tube transported on a test tube carrier by a conveyor so that spilling of the liquid in the test tube is reduced or even prevented, particularly an arrangement for sequencing and guiding travel of test tube carriers transported on at least one conveyor. The arrangement includes at least one rotatable deviator positioned to intersect the at least one conveyor. The deviator includes a horizontal deviator plate including at least one grip for receiving a test tube carrier. One contact surface is positioned vertically at a distance from the deviator plate and aligned with the grip. The contact surface is formed to contact the test tube carrier at a distance from the contact level of the grip and the carrier.
US09863966B2
The invention provides novel haptens and immunogens for the preparation of novel monoclonal antibodies, which detect the synthetic opioid meperidine and its active metabolite normeperidine. These antibodies enable methods and kits, which are useful in an immunoassay for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and in extending the window of detection for cases of abuse and drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA).
US09863958B2
The present invention provides a method for diagnosing venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising: detecting the level of an integrin β1 subunit, an integrin β2 subunit, and/or an integrin β3 subunit in a blood sample. Also provided is a reagent kit for diagnosing VTE, comprising a substance capable of specifically binding to the integrin β1 subunit, the integrin β2 subunit, and/or the integrin β3 subunit.
US09863954B2
The present invention provides the use of RNA removal to initiate protein aggregation of a plurality of proteins in a cell or cell lysate. This may be used to create an in vitro model of a disease, such as a neurodegenerative disease. The present invention also provides a method for determining the efficacy of a potential anti-protein aggregation agent comprising the following steps: i) using RNA removal to initiate the aggregation of a protein in a cell or cell lysate, ii) treating the cell or cell lysate with the potential anti-protein aggregation agent before, after or during RNA removal; and iii) comparing protein aggregation in equivalent samples with and without step ii) treatment in which a decrease in protein aggregation associated with step ii) treatment indicates that the potential anti-protein aggregation agent is effective in preventing and/or reversing protein aggregation.
US09863952B2
Disclosed is a method of diagnosing the presence of higher grade astrocytoma/glioblastoma (GBM) or lower-grade astrocytoma (DA or AA) in a human subject using secreted or plasma membrane associated biomarkers, which involves the detection of the expression levels of said genes, alone or in combination, in either tumor tissue samples or body fluids and a diagnostic kit thereof.
US09863951B2
The present invention provides a rare cell isolation device including: a first body which is disposed above a filtration membrane and includes a first inlet for injecting a biospecimen; and a second body which is disposed under the first body and bonded to the filtration membrane, wherein the first body and the second body have a disk-shaped structure to be rotatable around their centers, and the filtration membrane is disposed to be separated from the center of the second body in a radial direction.
US09863945B2
The present invention provides an immunochromatography detection method capable of suppressing non-specific reactions. The present invention relates to an immunochromatography detection method including: a step of adding an analyte dilution solution containing an analyte to a chromatography medium; a step of recognizing a detection target by a labeling substance modified with gold nanoparticles, which is dry-retained at a labeling substance retaining part; a step of developing a composite of the labeling substance and the detection target as a mobile phase; and a step of detecting the detection target in the developed mobile phase at a judgment part, wherein the labeling substance is protected with a polyalkylene glycol having one or more mercapto groups and/or a derivative thereof and then dry-retained together with arginine and casein at the labeling substance retaining part.
US09863944B2
Provided is an immunochromatographic diagnostic kit which renders prompt diagnosis possible, has high analysis sensitivity, and gives test results with excellent reproducibility. The immunochromatographic diagnostic kit includes: a conjugate pad that contains a conjugate containing chromogenic particles which have an average particle diameter of 100-1,000 nm and attain a color intensity of 1.0-10.0, 10-90 wt % of the particles being derived from cellulose and 90-10 wt % of the particles being derived from a colorant; and a sample pad for an in vitro diagnostic reagent, the sample pad being constituted of nonwoven fabric that has a basis weight of 10-150 g/m2 and a thickness of 0.07-1.00 mm and comprises regenerated cellulosic fibers.
US09863943B2
A method for detecting pork in heated food by immunochromatographic detection with high performance and high sensitivity without causing non-specific reaction. The method provides a convenient and high-accuracy detection method using a polyclonal antibody. When a target to be detected in a sample, pork-derived protein in heat-processed food, is detected by immunochromatography, a polyclonal antibody specifically recognizing a protein of approximately 23 kD (molecular weight: 23000) contained in heat-treated pork is used as at least one or both detection antibodies.
US09863931B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a sensor comprising an on-board control system and a testing system. The on-board system can determine viability of the control system or the testing system. Also disclosed are methods of using such a sensor.
US09863930B2
Various molecular barcoded bi-stable switches are provided that can be used to detect various analytes. An electrical current is provided through a pore to electrophoretically draw at least a portion of one or more molecular barcoded bi-stable switches from one volume through one or more pores to another volume. Each molecular barcoded bi-stable switch includes a status identifier that provides an indication when a binding material is bound to the analyte. Each molecular barcoded bi-stable switch also includes a barcode that can be read as it passes through the pore to ascertain the identity of the particular molecular barcoded bi-stable switch.
US09863914B2
A gas sensor includes a first chamber containing a plurality of evenly spaced rods having voltages applied thereto to cause gas ions in the first chamber to move in a direction from a first end of the first chamber to a second end of the first chamber and a second chamber coupled to the second end of the first chamber and having at least one ion detector, where ions pass from the first chamber to the second chamber through a plurality of channels between the first chamber and the second chamber and are detected by the at least one ion detector. The voltages applied to the rods may include a first voltage applied to a first subset of the rods and a second voltage applied to a second subset of the rods, each of first and second voltages containing a DC component and an AC component.
US09863911B2
A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters.
US09863902B2
A resistive microelectronic fluid sensor implemented as an integrated voltage divider circuit can sense the presence of a fluid within a fluid reservoir, identify the fluid, and monitor fluid temperature or volume. Such a sensor has biomedical, industrial, and consumer product applications. After fluid detection, the fluid can be expelled from the reservoir and replenished with a fresh supply of fluid. A depression at the bottom of the sample reservoir allows a residual fluid to remain undetected so as not to skew the measurements. Electrodes can sense variations in the resistivity of the fluid, indicating a change in the fluid chemical composition, volume, or temperature. Such fluctuations that can be electrically sensed by the voltage divider circuit can be used as a thermal actuator to trigger ejection of all or part of the fluid sample.
US09863894B1
Seed sensors that surround the conventional mounting location on existing seed tubes. The seed sensors sense seeds using electromagnetic fields, including RF and microwave fields. In one embodiment, a first seed sensor has a coaxial Fabry-Perot resonant cavity which is formed between two coaxial portions of a conduit that surround the seed tube. Another seed sensor uses a capacitive design. In one embodiment, the driving signals are applied 180 degrees out of phase. The detected phase shift between the reference and reflected signals provides reliable seed counting. Electronics extract the signal from the sensing field.
US09863892B2
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitter configured for sequentially emitting a first set of photons and a second set of photons onto a surface of an article. In addition, a photon detector array is configured to focus the first set of photons scattered from surface features of the article in a first focal plane. The photon detector array is further configured to focus the second set of photons scattered from surface features of the article in a second focal plane, wherein the first set of photons scattered is different from the second set of photons scattered. The photon detector array is further configured to provide information for distinguishing foreign surface features of the article from native surface features of the article.
US09863891B1
A vehicle for external inspection of tubing conformed by a body with a magnetic traction arrangement in its lower part and at least one inspection device mounted on the body; In which the magnetic drive arrangement includes two front magnetic wheels, a rear magnetic wheel coupled to two servomotors, one for controlling longitudinal advancement and another rudder servomotor for controlling the spin or rotation of this third wheel, and wherein the magnetic drive arrangement Inspection consists of a laser sensor coupled to a linear actuator.
US09863888B2
A multispectral imaging system and method and a system for composite layup are provided in order to detect foreign object debris during the fabrication of a composite structure. In the context of a method, a surface of a composite material is illuminated with near infrared light. The method also detects the near infrared light following interaction of the near infrared light with the composite material. Following detection, the method analyzes a spectrum of the near infrared light to detect foreign object debris upon the composite material. The method analyzes the spectrum of near infrared light by distinguishing between different types of foreign object debris as a result of comparing the spectrum of near infrared light to predefined spectral signatures of a plurality of different types of foreign object debris. The method may also determine the size and location of the foreign object debris.
US09863886B2
A sensor system, and a method of detecting a target analyte, comprises a chemically functionalized block copolymer, and a target analyte. The block copolymer exhibits a color change in the visible spectrum upon exposure to the target analyte.
US09863871B2
An illumination device for a color sorter includes an LED substrate placed on a longitudinal chassis for heat radiation and a light source in which many LED elements are linearly aligned in the longitudinal direction on the LED substrate, and the light source is an integration of at least two light sources provided together, one of the light sources illuminating a side on which items-to-be-sorted flow down and the other one of the light sources illuminating a side of a background arranged to face a camera.
US09863860B2
An apparatus for measuring rheological properties of a multi-phase fluid is provided. The apparatus includes a static chamber configured to contain a multi-phase fluid having at least a first phase and a second phase. The apparatus also includes a rotor member submersed in the multi-phase fluid in the static chamber. The rotor member is rotatable about a horizontal rotational axis within the static chamber and the static chamber and the rotor member are oriented in a substantially horizontal direction.
US09863857B2
An embodiment of the invention relates to a device for detecting an analyte in a sample. The device comprises a fluidic network and an integrated circuitry component. The fluidic network comprises a sample zone, a cleaning zone and a detection zone. The fluidic network contains a magnetic particle and/or a signal particle. A sample containing an analyte is introduced, and the analyte interacts with the magnetic particle and/or the signal particle through affinity agents. A microcoil array or a mechanically movable permanent magnet is functionally coupled to the fluidic network, which are activatable to generate a magnetic field within a portion of the fluidic network, and move the magnetic particle from the sample zone to the detection zone. A detection element is present which detects optical or electrical signals from the signal particle, thus indicating the presence of the analyte.
US09863853B2
A measuring device comprises a measuring unit and a synchronization unit. In this context, the measuring unit is embodied to implement a measurement task on the basis of first measurement parameters. The synchronization unit is accordingly embodied to synchronize the first measurement parameters with a further measuring device. The measuring device is then embodied to implement the measurement task jointly with the further measuring device on the basis of at least the first measurement parameters.
US09863852B2
Some of the embodiments provide a method comprising: during an operation phase, operating a rotating device at a first speed; during the operation phase, monitoring a first current consumed by the rotating device to operate at the first speed; comparing the first current to a second current measured during a calibration phase while rotating the device at a second speed, wherein the first speed is substantially equal to the second speed; and based on comparing the first current and the second current, predicting a possible failure of the rotating device.
US09863851B2
An exhaust gas measuring information processing apparatus of the present invention detects troubles etc. of a flow sensor during a flow rate measurement and performs predetermined processing relevant to maintenance and check of the flow sensor. The exhaust gas measuring information processing apparatus includes a reception circuit that receives a flow rate measurement signal indicating a flow rate measurement value of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas tube of an internal combustion engine and an operational state signal indicating an operational state of the internal combustion engine, and a processing executing circuit that executes predetermined processing relevant to maintenance and check of the flow sensor that outputs the flow rate measurement signal when a predetermined correlation is not satisfied between an index value for the operational state indicated by the operational state signal and the flow rate measurement value indicated by the flow rate measurement signal.
US09863845B2
Method/apparatus for performing the following acts on a system that includes an electrical motor followed by a gear, and a speed output unit: monitoring a first set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in a known good operating condition; storing the first set of monitored frequencies or derivatives thereof as reference data in a long-term storage system; monitoring a second set of frequencies from the system over a measurement period when the system is in an unknown operating condition; comparing the second set of monitored frequencies with the first set of monitored frequencies in a frequency domain; in the frequency domain, detecting changes between corresponding frequencies resulting from the second set of monitored frequencies and the first set of monitored frequencies.
US09863840B1
Systems and methods for providing a multi-direction wind tunnel, or “windball,” are disclosed. The system can have a series of fans configured to provide air flow in a plurality of directions to enable accurate testing of aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other vehicles capable of multi-dimensional flight. The system can comprise a spherical or polyhedral test chamber with a plurality of fans. The fans can be arranged in pairs, such that a first fan comprises an intake fan and a second fan comprises an exhaust fan. The direction of the air flow can be controlled by activating one or more pairs of fans, each pair of fan creating a portion of the air flow in a particular direction. The direction of the air flow can also be controlled by rotating one or more pairs of fans with respect to the test chamber on a gimbal device, or similar.
US09863838B2
The present invention provides an air tightness detection device for an aluminum alloy wheel hub, which is characterized by precision air pressure sensors, a lower clamp, a cone cylinder pressure plate, air pipes, a pressure plate, guide posts, an air inlet pipe, and a compressed gas control and detection system. A technical solution of the present invention has the following advantages that the cone cylinder pressure plate of the detection device reduces the space of an inner cavity of the wheel hub to further reduce inflating volume, thereby increasing detection efficiency; the characteristics of readily availability for preparation, no pollution and low cost are achieved by taking compressed air as a leakage indication gas.
US09863829B2
A sensor has an electronic chip and a sensor chip which are arranged within a functional volume which is at the most 4-5 mm long, a maximum 2-3 mm wide, and the maximum height is 0.5-0.8 mm, thereby potentially providing a compact sensor.
US09863827B2
Collecting data includes generating a sensor signal from each of a plurality of sensors located on a sensing roll, wherein each signal is generated when each sensor enters a region of a nip between the sensing roll and mating roll during each rotation of the sensing roll; wherein a web of material travels through the nip and a continuous band, which also travels through the nip, contacts a region of the web of material upstream from or in the nip. A periodically occurring time reference is generated associated with each rotation of the continuous band and the signal generated by each sensor is received so that the one of the plurality of sensors which generated this signal is determined and one of a plurality of tracking segments associated with the continuous band is identified. The signal is stored to associate the respective sensor signal with the identified one tracking segment.
US09863823B2
Sensors and sensor systems incorporating piezoresistive materials for integration with footwear are described.
US09863821B2
A calibrator for calibrating devices with a temperature function, e.g. thermometers or thermal switches has an input and display unit. The calibrator has a capacitive touchscreen with the input and display unit.
US09863807B2
A non-removable fixed protective cover, of protective covers of a machine tool, is fitted with a light-projecting unit and a light-receiving unit, while a removable fixed protective cover and a movable protective cover are each fitted with a reflector. The light-projecting unit, light-receiving unit, and reflector are disposed so that light emitted from the light-projecting unit reaches the light-receiving unit only when the removable fixed protective cover is mounted in a proper position and the movable protective cover is fully closed.
US09863802B2
A photoelectric switch includes first and second shell halves respectively having first and second coupled surfaces which confront each other along an axis in either a horizontal direction or an upright direction. The coupled surfaces respectively have first and second recessed regions aligned with each other to confine a rolling chamber for a roller to be rollable therein, and define left and right holes at two opposite ends of the rolling chamber, and emitter and receiver accommodating chambers outwardly of the left and right holes for accommodating a light emitter and a light receiver such that a light passage is defined by the left and right holes and the rolling chamber.
US09863786B2
A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit.
US09863782B2
The present invention provides a method for calibrating a geodetic instrument, an instrument and a computer program product thereof. In the method and geodetic instrument of the present invention, a value of at least one parameter affecting the measurements made by the instrument is detected and compared with a predetermined threshold. On the basis of the comparison between the detected value and the predetermined threshold, the instrument aims at a reference target and a calibration is performed using the reference target. The present invention is advantageous in that the accuracy and reliability of the measurements performed by the instrument are increased. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that the requirements on mechanical stability are reduced.
US09863764B2
According to one embodiment, a recording medium records a shape calculation program that causes a computer to calculate a shape of a periodic structure. The shape calculation program causes the computer to extract a second scattering profile from a first scattering profile obtained when the electromagnetic waves are incident and to extract a fourth scattering profile from a third scattering profile calculated using a second periodic structure that is virtually set. The shape calculation program causes the computer to perform fitting between the second scattering profile and the fourth scattering profile and to calculate the shape of the first periodic structure on the basis of the result of the fitting.
US09863758B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to methods and systems for measuring the thickness of coatings or thin films on various substrates. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of providing and directing light waves of varying wavelengths toward a moving substrate comprising a coating, linearly polarizing the light waves, converting the linearly polarized light waves to circularly polarized light waves, analyzing elliptically polarized light waves reflected by the moving substrate, capturing analyzed light waves, generating light wave data based on the captured light waves, and determining a thickness of the coating based on the light wave data.
US09863754B2
A wafer alignment apparatus includes a light source, a light detection device, and a rotation device configured to rotate a wafer. The light source is configured to provide light directed to the wafer. The light detection device is configured to detect reflected light intensity from the wafer to locate at least one wafer alignment mark of wafer alignment marks separated by a plurality of angles. At least two of those angles are equal.
US09863741B2
Accessory for the installation, positioning and fixing of a telescopic sight or any other aiming accessory on an air rifle or firearm. The referred rifle or firearm comprises a series of longitudinal grooves (11) on its upper part, facing said accessory (10) and characterized in that said accessory comprises: first longitudinal support (14), with at least one orifice (17) perpendicular to the air rifle (12) or firearm, through which positioning means (16) pass that are housed on the rifle (12) or firearm, defining a firm supporting position between chamber (26) of said firearm and said first longitudinal support (14).
US09863740B2
A sight mechanism for firearms such as pistols, rifles and the like. The sight mechanism includes a sight member that has a rear sight that is vertically adjusted. The sight member can be mounted on a vertically moveable member that has a fixing member that sets the vertical position of the sight member. The vertically moveable member may, without limitation, be a pivoting member. The sight mechanism includes magnets that bias the vertical member against the fixing member so that the magnets maintain the sight at the vertical position defined by the fixing member.
US09863739B2
A munitions dispenser employs a plurality of launch tubes mounted in an array as a segmented dispenser assembly. Each tube in the array is configured to carry a selected munition releasably coupled in a cylindrical bore of the tube for substantially vertical release through a lower aperture. A frame, mountable to an air vehicle, carries the array of launch tubes. A skin covers the array of launch tubes with the skin and frame with the array configured for nested engagement of multiple segmented assemblies.
US09863736B2
An archery release assembly and method are disclosed herein. The assembly, in an embodiment, includes a body having a first structure having a first finger engagement surface and a second structure defining a recess and an axial space. The assembly also includes a hook pivotally coupled to the body and an extension having a protrusion configured to be inserted into the recess. Also, the assembly includes a member configured to be at least partially positioned within the axial space.
US09863730B2
A modular trigger and hammer assembly having a hammer, a trigger, a disconnector and a hammer spring for use in a weapon including at least a lob including a firing notch, a safety notch; and a curved landing flat. Also including a trigger needle bearing and a hammer needle bearing.
US09863725B1
Ammonium carbamate-based methods and systems for management of thermal loads, particularly low-quality, high-flux thermal loads. The increase in temperature in heat sensitive devices is mitigated by the endothermic decomposition of ammonium carbamate into carbon dioxide and ammonia gases. This process has an energy density an order of magnitude greater than conventional thermal management materials and is particularly useful for temperatures between 20° C. and 100° C. Systems incorporating ammonium carbamate may be controlled by regulating the fluid flow, overhead pressure, temperature, or combinations thereof.
US09863720B2
A cooling pad support system for holding a cooling pad may include a support array; a pivoting platform configured to be pivotably connected with respect to the support array and a support finger configured to be pivotably connected to the pivoting platform. The cooling pad may be sandwiched between the support finger and support array.
US09863712B2
A heat pipe includes a reservoir of liquid that is connected to a horizontal portion of the heat pipe via a capillary connection. The heat pipe includes a temperature sensor in proximity to a heat interface in the horizontal portion and a controller that controls a heater for the reservoir. As power into the heat pipe increases, the controller turns on the heater, causing the temperature of the liquid in the reservoir to rise. Liquid then passes from the reservoir through the capillary connection into the horizontal portion, thereby dynamically increasing the amount of liquid in the heat pipe, which increases performance of the heat pipe at higher power levels. When the heater is off, as the heat pipe cools, the liquid condenses and flows back through the capillary connection into the reservoir. The result is a heat pipe that provides demand-based charging of the liquid based on power level.
US09863710B2
A laminated total heat exchange element that includes a plurality of laminated plates, a first spacing member forming a first flow path between the laminated plates, and a second spacing member forming a second flow path between the laminated plates, wherein the first flow path is formed to allow fluid to pass from one side to another side of the laminated total heat exchange element, the second flow path is formed to allow fluid to pass from the another side to the one side of the laminated total heat exchange element, a third flow path, which communicates with the first flow path on the one side and extends substantially parallel to a lamination direction of the laminated plates, is formed, and a fourth flow path, which communicates with the second flow path on the another side and extends substantially parallel to the lamination direction of the laminated plate, is formed.
US09863709B2
A device for measuring the temperature of a melt, particularly of a molten metal, includes an optical fiber and a guiding tube having an immersion end and a second end opposite to the immersion end. The optical fiber is partially arranged in the guiding tube. An inner diameter of the guiding tube is larger than an outer diameter of the optical fiber. A first plug is arranged at the immersion end of or within the guiding tube proximate the immersion end of the guiding tube. The optical fiber is fed through the first plug and the first plug reduces a gap between the optical fiber and the guiding tube.
US09863696B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a process for liquefaction of a natural gas. The process includes cooling the natural gas with a first refrigerant provided by a first cooling system and cooling the natural gas with a second refrigerant provided by a second cooling system. The second cooling system is a single phase cooling system. The first and second cooling systems operate independently from each other. The second refrigerant is cooled with the first refrigerant so that the cooling capacity of the second refrigerant and the second cooling system is increased.
US09863692B2
Disclosed herein are a refrigerator capable of reducing a manufacturing cost by reducing the number of members constituting a sliding apparatus to simplify the sliding apparatus. A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber provided in the inside of the main body, wherein the front part of the storage chamber opens, a storage box accommodated in the storage chamber, and including side surfaces and a bottom surface, a guide rail coupled with the storage box, and configured to guide the storage box to be slidingly pushed into and pulled from the storage chamber and a closing apparatus configured to accumulate an elastic force when the storage box is pulled, and to transfer, when the storage box is pushed, the accumulated elastic force, thereby assisting the pushing of the storage box, wherein the closing apparatus is directly coupled with the bottom surface of the storage box.
US09863691B2
A hinge device for a door of a refrigerator, etc. moves the center of rotation of the door by interlocking with the opening/closing operations of the door, while stabilizing the opening/closing operations without any hindrance such as rattling. The hinge device comprises: a shaft member which is mounted on a refrigerator main body and comprises a hinge pin; a bearing member which is mounted on a door and comprises a long hole which is in contact with the hinge pin to be relatively movable or relatively rotatable with respect to the hinge pin; and a cam which is installed on the hinge pin and constitutes a cam unit by contacting a cam follower of the bearing member.
US09863688B2
A refrigerator includes a compressor, a cold storage medium, a power supply to convert AC power supplied from an outside of the refrigerator, and to receive DC power during interruption of electric power, and a controller to perform a control operation to supply a cooling capacity to an interior of the refrigerator by driving the compressor based on the supplied AC power when no interruption of electric power occurs, and to perform a control operation to supply a cooling capacity to the interior of the refrigerator based on the supplied DC power and the cold storage medium during the interruption of electric power. Accordingly, consumption of electric power during interruption of electric power is reduced.
US09863684B2
An ice maker includes, among other things, an ice cube mold, an ice cube remover and a force sensor comprising a piezo dielectric elastomer (PDE). The ice cube mold has at least one cavity for receiving liquid. The ice cube remover is configured to apply a removal force to either the mold or an ice cube. The force sensor is provided on either the mold or the remover and provides an output indicative of the removal force. Upon the removal of an ice cube from the cavity, the ice cube remover applies a removal force to the mold or the ice cube to effect the removal of the ice cube from the cavity and the force sensor outputs a signal indicative of the removal force.
US09863681B2
Systems and methods of controlling an HVAC system electronic expansion valve (EEV) include determining an optimal EEV position for the HVAC system as a function of a variable related to an ambient environment enthalpy and operating the HVAC system as a function of the optimal EEV position.
US09863674B2
An evaporator system that includes: a first evaporator coil at a first evaporator temperature and pressure; a second evaporator coil at a second evaporator temperature and pressure that is less than the first evaporator temperature and pressure where the first evaporator and second evaporator are configured to be thermally disjointed; and a plurality of thermally conductive spaced apart evaporator fins having a plurality of spaced apart thermal break portions positioned between the first evaporator coil and the second evaporator coil that thermally disjoin the first evaporator and the second evaporator.
US09863672B2
Disclosed is an air conditioning system that operates in a heating mode, a cooling mode or a demisting mode. In some embodiments, the system includes a first circuit for circulating a first medium therein, a second circuit for circulating the first medium or a second medium therein and a thermoelectric module having a first surface in thermal contact with the first medium.
US09863670B2
Variations of the devices and methods disclosed herein pertain to an extended travel spiral flexure bearing having spiral arms, each of the spiral arms including an attachment point at the inner end thereof and at the outer end thereof. Variations of the bearing may also include a bearing clamp to be attached to the spiral flexure bearing at the attachment points, the bearing including an outer bearing portion to be disposed on the outer periphery of the flexure bearing and an inner bearing portion to be disposed at the center of the flexure bearing. Variations also pertain to a micro check valve assembly that includes a valve base, a valve cover, and a flexure that are all bonded together. The valve being closed when the valve door rests on the valve seat and open when the valve door is lifted from the valve seat.
US09863667B2
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.
US09863664B2
A deviation between an inlet-outlet temperature difference of a first superheater part and an inlet-outlet temperature difference of each of second superheater parts can be reduced so that a difference in thermal expansion between the first superheater part and the second superheater part can be reduced. It is therefore possible to avoid damage on heat transfer pipes. A solar collector for a solar heat boiler is provided with: cylindrical headers (1,3,5) which are connected to opposite end portions of heat transfer pipes; and a solar heat collection portion including the heat transfer pipes and membrane bars fixing the heat transfer pipes to one another; wherein: the cylindrical headers include an inlet header (1) into which a fluid to be heated flows, an intermediate header (3) which is disposed in a position opposed to the inlet header (1) with interposition of the heat transfer pipes, and two outlet headers (5,5) which are provided to extend on opposite end sides of the inlet header and through which the fluid from the intermediate header can be discharged to the outside; and the solar heat collection portion includes a first superheating portion (2) which has a group of the heat transfer pipes connected between the inlet header (1) and the intermediate header (3) so as to form a center region of the solar heat collection portion, and second superheating portions (4,4) which have groups of the heat transfer pipes connected between the intermediate header (3) and the two outlet headers (5) so as to be formed on opposite sides of the first superheating portion (2) respectively.
US09863663B2
Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger, comprising at least one electric resistance heating element, at least two conductors which are connected to the at least one electric resistance heating element in an electrically conductive manner in order to conduct electric current through the at least one electric resistance heating element and thereby heat the electric resistance heating element, at least one thermally conductive element for transferring heat from the at least one electric resistance heating element to a fluid to be heated, at least one electrically insulating element, which electrically insulates the at least two conductors, and at least one pipe, wherein the at least two conductors and the at least one electric resistance heating element are arranged within a cavity bounded by the pipe and the pipe lies on the at least one electrically insulating element under a compressive force at at least one contact surface.
US09863656B2
A sensor assembly has a housing with at least two ventilation openings, a sensing element, a passage within the housing, and an electrokinetic transducer. The passage extends between the at least two ventilation openings, and is in fluid communication with the sensing element. The electrokinetic transducer is configured to move air in a first direction with the passage.
US09863644B2
A grilling apparatus for bacon or other thinly sliced meat. The apparatus includes a base with sidewalls extending from opposite ends of the base. A pair of doors are coupled to opposite sides of the base and movable from an open position to a closed position. A pair of grill plates are removably connected to a corresponding one of the doors. A heating element extends from the base between the side walls. A removable grill is placed over the heating element between the said side walls. When the doors are in the closed position, the grill and the grill plates form an enclosed space, so that when power is supplied to the heating element, heat generated by the heating element is provided by convection to the grill and the grill plates.
US09863643B2
A heating cooker includes: a top plate on which a cooking container to be heated is placed; an outer case as a main body having an upper surface on which the top plate is placed; a heater heating the cooking container; and a light emitting device disposed in the outer case, for displaying the heating state. The top plate includes: a glass substrate having a transparent light-transmitting low-expansion crystallized glass made mainly of Li2O—AL2O3—SiO2 and having β-quartz solid solution, having a crystal size smaller than the wavelength of visible light; a design layer having a black-based color disposed on an undersurface of the glass substrate; a diffusion region disposed partially on an undersurface of the design layer, for diffusedly emitting light from the light emitting device; and a light-blocking layer disposed on the undersurface of the design layer other than the diffusion region, for blocking light from below.
US09863641B2
A heater includes: a controller; a user input operatively connected to the controller; and a lighting system operatively connected to, and controlled by, the controller, the lighting system configured to illuminate outside the heater along a length of the heater. A method of displaying light includes: attaching a lighting system to a heater; operatively connecting the lighting system to a controller; operatively connecting a user input device to the controller; and configure the controller to illuminate the light system to provide indirect lighting to a room in which the heater is located.
US09863628B2
Various embodiments may relate to a semiconductor retrofit bulb, in particular a retrofit festoon bulb, having connecting elements that are arranged on two sides. The semiconductor retrofit bulb may include at least a tubular cooling body having at least one outer face support surface, wherein there is arranged on the support surface at least one semiconductor light source, in particular a light diode, a driver housing that is introduced into a hollow space of the tubular cooling body. At least one flow channel is provided between the driver housing and the cooling body.
US09863625B2
A modular cube shaped light emitting diode (LED) luminaire that can be cascaded, or interconnected, to create a larger, higher power LED luminaire that produces more light than the modular LED luminaire is disclosed. Each modular LED luminaire comprises a housing, a heat sink, a power/control circuit board (PCB-A) and an LED circuit board (PCB-B). An optional fan and a metallic heat sink are also enclosed inside the modular LED luminaire housing/shell. The modular LED luminaire provides optical expansion across interconnected modular LED luminaires. The LEDs and heat sinks are easily removable for defect replacement, LED light replacement and upgrade, without uninstalling the entire luminaire. Secondary side processor control of the feedback regulator allows sensor, radio module, user inputs etc. to reside on the “safe” isolated (low voltage) secondary side of the supply can then be used to safely make changes (an allowable UL approval) in the regulated output drive to the LEDs.
US09863624B2
A gas-filled LED bulb manufactured by SMT includes a shell, a lamp holder, a holder, and a filament assembly. The shell defines a chamber therein. The lamp holder is positioned outside the chamber and assembled to the shell. The holder is secured in the chamber and fixed to the shell. The filament assembly includes a plurality of LEDs packaged in a SMD or CSP and a bendable circuit board. The LED is mounted on the circuit board by SMT and arranged on the circuit board sequentially, the circuit board has an elongated shape, and opposite ends of the circuit board are fixed to the holder.
US09863623B2
A lighting device may include a light irradiation portion, a main control module, and a second connector. The light irradiation portion may generate and irradiates light. The light control portion may control power applied to the light irradiation portion. The main control module may include an antenna to communicate with an external device by a wireless communication and control the light control portion according to a control signal from the external device. The second connector may be provided in the main control module and may connect the main control module and the light control portion by a wired communication. The second connector may include a first printed circuit board having a mode pin (for determining a control mode of the light control portion) and a power pin (for supplying power from the light control portion to the main control module), and a second printed circuit board having a control pin (for supplying a control signal from the main control module to the light control portion).
US09863599B2
The present invention discloses a lighting device provided with an electronic lamp cover (30) surrounding a light emitting component (20). The electronic lamp cover (30) can present different light transmitting states according to different voltage values applied thereto within an operation voltage range so as to change the illumination angle and illumination brightness of the illumination light of the lighting device.
US09863590B2
Environmental lighting assemblies are disclosed that may include a structural element, which may be a tubular J-shaped element or other shape or structure, as well as a driver module and an LED lighting engine assembly with a removable locking assembly for generating output light to streets, the ground, trees, or other surfaces, objects, or structures.
US09863587B2
A lighting device can include a base substrate, a plurality of LED light sources disposed in a center area of the base substrate in a first direction, and a resin layer stacked in a structure which covers the plurality of LED light sources. One or more printed circuit boards can be disposed on the base substrate.
US09863584B2
An LED lighting apparatus is disclosed. The LED lighting apparatus includes a board having a principal surface, a plurality of LED chips mounted on the principal surface of the board, and a wiring pattern which is formed on the principal surface of the board and makes electrical conduction with the plurality of LED chips. Further, the LED lighting apparatus includes a frame-like bank which is provided on the principal surface of the board and surrounds the plurality of LED chips. In this case, the wiring pattern has one or more pads having a first portion interposed between the bank and the plurality of LED chips. The LED lighting apparatus further includes a protective layer covering at least a portion of the pads.
US09863572B2
A lifting device configured to adjustably hold a display device at a certain height includes a support frame configured to support the display device, a shaft, a toothed gear, and a rack secured on the support frame. The shaft includes a wide portion secured on the display device and a narrow portion carrying the toothed gear, friction between the wide portion and the narrow portion being sufficient to hold the static weight of the display device. The toothed gear meshes with the rack. An upward or downward push on the display device drives the gear to move up and down along the rack to adjust the height of the display device.
US09863571B2
Disclosed are apparatus, systems and methods for maintaining desired thermal properties of a flowing hydrocarbon fluid in a subsea pipeline. An insulating layer including a plurality of elongated hollow elements containing an insulation material can surround the pipeline. The apparatus can be located on a seabed and connected to a source of hydrocarbon fluid at one end and to a facility for processing hydrocarbon fluid at another end. One method includes spirally winding an elongated hollow element containing an insulation material around the subsea pipeline. One method includes wrapping the subsea pipeline with a connecting layer which includes surface protrusions protruding radially outwards. An insulating layer having surface features reversibly engageable with the surface protrusions of the connecting layer can be reversibly attached to the connecting layer by engaging the surface features of the at least one elongated hollow element with the surface protrusions of the connecting layer.
US09863570B2
A hopper tee for redirecting the flow of material from one passage to another passage includes a radius providing a transition between the passages. A port at the exterior of the radius includes an upwardly-open cavity having a bottom wall disposed within the radius and forming a sacrificial wall extending between the bottom wall and the inner surface of the radius. The cavity provides an indication that material moving through the tee has worn the wall of the radius by the creation of a passage between the interior of the tee and the cavity and expelling material through the passage to the exterior of the tee. A plug may be secured within the cavity allowing a user to continue to use the tee until the tee is rotated or replaced. The radius may include a thickened wall for providing added structural support and sacrificial material.
US09863565B2
An expandable hose assembly that is able to expand one or more of longitudinally along the length-wise axis of the hose between hose ends and radially, to an expanded state in response to application of at least a minimum fluid pressure to an inner tube of the hose. Once the fluid pressure falls below the minimum fluid pressure, the hose will contract. The hose includes a thermoplastic elastomer inner layer and a slip coating layer thereon having lubricating properties that increases the life of the hose assembly. The hose assembly can include an outer sheath or covering that covers the inner tube and slip coating layer.
US09863564B2
In a clamp device, a main clamp body includes an elongated tightening groove delimited by groove-forming wall sections. First and second lobe parts are disposed in the vicinity of end portions of two such tightening grooves. The main clamp body presents a ring shape when bolt and nut are mounted in position on the lobe parts disposed facing each other. Each of the lobe parts includes sidewall sections respectively contiguous to the groove delimiting wall sections that delimit the tightening groove. Each lobe part also includes a curved outer end wall section interconnecting the sidewall sections at an outer end of each lobe part and a seat surface wall section contiguous to the sidewall sections and to the outer end wall section. The seat surface wall section provides a bolt/nut seat surface. An arcuately shaped fulcrum part is formed on the curved outer end wall section of each lobe part.
US09863562B2
A clamp assembly for temporarily applying compressive force to a flange connection assembly, such as a bolted pipe flange. Frame members are pivotally attached to interconnecting linkage members to form an elongate assembly having joinable ends. When installed around the circumference of a flange connection assembly, interchangeable cuff members removably attached to the frame members apply compressive forces to a flange connection assembly in order to facilitate a fluid-pressure seal.
US09863561B2
A pipe clamp assembly includes a band having an inner annular seal element wrappable around a pipe, opposing clamp members extending from the band, and tightening elements for clamping together the clamp members. The tightening elements are positioned at or near opposite ends of each of the clamp members. A stiffening element is constructed of an elongate beam with mounting holes near opposite ends of the beam. The tightening elements pass through the mounting holes of the stiffening element. There are no tightening elements along a length of the stiffening element between the mounting holes.
US09863559B2
An exhaust component assembly includes a first pipe that defines a center axis and has a first end, and a second pipe that has a second end inserted into the first end of the first pipe such that an outer surface of the second end is in contact with an inner surface of the first end. At least one axial weld connects the first and second ends together.
US09863553B2
A laser target assembly, which doubles as a pipe plug, has an outer sheath with a first end that fits within the end of a cut section of pipe, and a second, larger-diameter end that fits into the bell of an uncut section. A circular interior panel, made of tough plastic, is positioned in about the middle of the sheath perpendicular to its central axis. A lower half of the panel, which functions as the target, is opaque; the balance is transparent. A target scale, having evenly-spaced linear markings, is provided on the opaque portion of the panel. A bubble level, positioned within the larger-diameter end adjacent the panel, enables a pipe layer to position the target scale in a vertical orientation. Interior handles are used to adjust axial alignment of target assembly and remove the target assembly when it is installed within a bell.
US09863551B2
A valve assembly having a dynamic stem seal assembly includes a valve stem for moving a valve member from a closed position to an open position, the valve stem extending through a stem opening of a valve assembly body and having an axis. A packing assembly seals between the valve stem and the stem opening. The packing assembly has a seal assembly circumscribing the valve stem at a portion of the valve stem with a reduced outer diameter. The packing assembly also has a packing retainer assembly releasably secured to the valve stem at the portion of the valve stem with the reduced outer diameter. The packing assembly is axially static relative to the valve stem.
US09863549B2
Apparatuses for providing a visual indication outside a blowout preventer (BOP) relative to a position of ram blocks inside the BOP, and methods of adding such apparatuses to existing blowout preventers are provided. An apparatus has an indicator rod, a detectable portion and a sealing assembly. The indicator rod has an end extending outside an end cap of the BOP, and is configured to engage with a tail rod of a ram block of the BOP, and to switch between a first position when the BOP is in a close state, and a second position when the BOP is in an open state. The detectable portion is located outside the end cap and is configured to provide a visual indication relative to a current position of the indicator rod. The sealing assembly is configured to seal a space inside the end cap from an environment in which the BOP operates.
US09863544B2
A pressure-regulating valve assembly includes a sleeve body and a spool. The sleeve body has an interior surface and a sense port. The spool has an external surface and is slideably received within the sleeve body such that the external spool surface and the sleeve body interior surface define therebetween a plurality of sleeve body chambers. A first of the sleeve body interior chambers is a deadheaded chamber in fluid communication with the environment external to the sleeve body through the sense port for controlling pressure of fluid traversing the pressure-regulating valve assembly.
US09863534B2
A piston ring having a hard carbon coating film is provided that can be easily formed in the same batch, does not cause delamination, and is excellent in initial running-in and wear resistance.A hard carbon coating film is formed at least on an outer peripheral sliding surface of a piston ring base and contains substantially no hydrogen, wherein the hard carbon coating film has an sp2 content ratio ranging from 40% to 80% measured in a TEM-EELS spectrum where transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) are combined together, and an area ratio of contained macro particles on a surface of the hard carbon coating film ranges from 0.1% to 10.0%.
US09863529B2
A method for controlling a shift process of an automatic gearbox for a vehicle with an internal combustion engine as its engine, including specifying a shift strategy in a controller, by continuously predictively determining the behaviour of the engine following any shift process into a target gear on the basis of a current detected vehicle dynamic value, a current detected vehicle specific actual value, and/or a current detected engine specific actual value. The prediction results are taken into account and adapted shift thresholds are determined and specified as upshift thresholds or downshift thresholds for a fuel efficient shift. A control command for a corresponding automatic shift process is output after exceeding a shift threshold. The current temperature of at least one component of the engine exhaust system is taken into account during the specification of an adapted shift threshold.
US09863528B2
A hydraulic pressure supply system of an automatic transmission may include a mechanical oil pump driven by an engine to supply the oil stored in the oil pan to a first supply path fluidly-connected to the mechanical oil pump, a switch valve fluidly-connected to the first supply path and selectively supplying oil supplied from the first supply path to the transmission unit through a second supply path fluidly-connected to the switch valve and the transmission unit, a solenoid valve actuator engaged to the switch valve, and an electrical oil pump fluidly connected to the oil pan to pump the oil stored in the oil pan as a second high-pressure hydraulic pressure and supply the oil in the pan to a third supply path fluidly-connected with the second supply path, wherein the first and second hydraulic pressures may be applied to the transmission unit through three operation modes.
US09863524B2
An oil cooler for a vehicle may include a header tank partitioned by a diaphragm formed at an inside of a center in a length direction thereof, and adapted to take in a working fluid at a first side and to take out the working fluid at a second side with respect to the diaphragm, a connection tank disposed to be spaced apart from the header tank by a predetermined interval, a plurality of tubes mounted along a length direction at an interior surface of the header tank to connect with the connection tank such that the working fluid flows therethrough, and a bypass valve integrally mounted at an outside of the header tank and connected to the inside of the header tank so as to bypass or flow the working fluid flowing therein into the inflow tank by selectively opening/closing according to a temperature of the working fluid.
US09863509B2
A power transmission device including a transmission, a case housing the transmission, a brake including a plurality of frictional engaging plates and a piston for pressing the frictional engaging plates and configured to non-rotatably hold any one of rotation elements of the transmission stationary to the case, and a support fixed to the case and including a ring-shaped wall portion extending in a radial direction of the transmission, a drum portion extending from the ring-shaped wall portion in an axial direction of the transmission and non-rotatably supporting a part of the frictional engaging plates, and a boss portion extending from the ring-shaped wall portion toward a side opposite to the frictional engaging plates in the axial direction and rotatably supporting another rotation element of the power transmission device.
US09863503B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving power of an engine, an output shaft configured to output shifted power, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and six control elements which are disposed between the rotation elements, and disposed at portions where the rotation elements are selectively connected to a transmission housing.
US09863497B2
There is provided an anti-vibration wheel for an automobile, comprising: a disk member connected to an axle hub with a rim member extending from a circumferential edge of the disk member for mounting a tire, the rim member further having: an outer bead seat positioned at an outer end of the rim member where an outer bead of the tire sits, an inner bead seat positioned at an inner end of the rim member where an inner bead of the tire sits, and a well portion which is inclined and extends between the outer bead seat and the inner bead seat, with an outer well portion extending from the outer bead seat and an inner well portion extending from the outer well portion, with the thickness of the outer well portion being greater than the thickness of the inner bead seat which is greater than the thickness of the inner well portion.
US09863491B2
The invention relates to a piston for a brake caliper, which can be actuated in combined fashion, of a disk brake, which piston 1 is produced by shaping processes from a metallic material, in particular from a planar metal sheet, and which piston 1 is formed as a pot which is open on one side and which has a longitudinal axis, a wall and a piston crown, and which piston has a twist prevention facility for a drive nut. The invention is based on the problem of providing a robust piston construction which is better capable of tolerating erroneous repair work. To solve the problem, it is proposed that the twist prevention facility has, between the piston and drive nut, at least one reinforcement for protecting against plastic deformation of at least one driver.
US09863489B2
A disc brake including a brake caliper, which includes two lateral wings which tangentially encompass at least one brake disc, and which is displaceably guided on a brake carrier by two guiding elements, which are arranged opposite with respect to each other and radially with respect to the axis of the brake disc between the brake caliper and the brake carrier, in which a first guiding element in the area of one wing consists of a combination of a sliding bore and a guide pin being guided within it, and in which a second guiding element is configured within the opposite wing as a combination of at least two cooperating guiding surfaces.
US09863483B2
A mechanical coupling group of two devices, includes coupling body having a hollow cylindrical central portion and a first flange destined to couple with a first device, and a second flange destined to couple with a second device, threaded means being provided with a broadened head for fixing each of the two flanges to the respective device, in which the second flange comprises at least three first equidistant recesses located on a circumference thereof, and having a larger diameter than a diameter of the broadened head, a cylindrical tract branching from each recess having a diameter that is identical to a diameter of the circumference on which the threaded means lie, less one half of the diameter thereof, and a second recess facing towards the first recess and having a smaller diameter than the broadened head of the threaded means.
US09863480B2
A wobble mechanism having a wobble body is arranged on an input shaft. Magnets are arranged on the outer side of said wobble body, which interact with magnets which are arranged in a housing for transmitting torque to an output shaft. The wobble mechanism is connected to the output shaft via an angle joint.
US09863478B2
A motion guide device (1) includes: a track body that extends in a longitudinal direction; a movable body (20) that is mounted on the track body and is movable along the track body; an encoder scale that is disposed at the track body in the longitudinal direction; a sensor (50) that is disposed opposite to the encoder scale; and a folder (60) that is disposed at an end face of the movable body (20) in the longitudinal direction, houses the sensor (50) in a width direction of the track body, and holds the sensor such that the sensor faces the encoder scale.
US09863474B2
A wheel bearing assembly for a vehicle includes at least one rolling-element bearing having a first bearing ring and a second bearing ring defining therebetween a bearing interior, rolling elements disposed in the interior, and a seal assembly for sealing the bearing assembly. The seal assembly includes a sleeve-shaped element connected to the second bearing ring such that the sleeve-shaped element rotates with the second bearing, and the sleeve-shaped element includes a flange that forms an axial stop for the rolling elements. A carrier element is connected to the first bearing ring such the carrier element rotates with the first bearing ring, and the carrier element includes a radially extending annular flange. The radially extending annular flange supports a radially encircling seal having at least one seal lip, and the seal lip extends toward the second bearing ring and sealingly abuts on the sleeve shaped element.
US09863468B2
A rod and bracket assembly includes a bracket with a rod connected to the bracket via a fastener extending through a bracket hole. A bushing assembly is positioned at the bracket hole and includes a bushing having a bushing flange and a wear pad positioned between the bushing flange and an inner face of the bracket to prevent wear of the bracket and/or the rod in the event that the rod rolls about its own axis. A clevis assembly for a clevis and rod assembly includes a clevis having one or more clevis legs extending from a clevis base and a bushing assembly located at a clevis hole. The bushing assembly includes a bushing having a bushing flange and a wear pad disposed between the bushing flange and an inner face of the clevis leg to prevent wear of the clevis leg and/or the rod assembly.
US09863467B2
A bearing assembly includes a first race having an arcuate configuration and a first set of bearing elements. The first set of bearing elements is arranged to dynamically contact the first race and recirculate within the bearing assembly in a first direction. A second race has an arcuate configuration and is removably secured to the first race. A second set of bearing elements is arranged to dynamically contact the second race and recirculate within the bearing assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US09863443B2
A multistage ejector has a nozzle arrangement, which has at least three nozzles which are arranged in series in the direction of a longitudinal axis, wherein the nozzles are designed for passage of a throughflow of a fluid, wherein a fluid gap is provided between adjacent nozzles in each case, wherein at least two of the at least three nozzles are interconnected monolithically to form a nozzle string, and wherein the nozzle string is arranged at least partially in a sleeve and the nozzle string and the sleeve are detachably fastened to each other. The nozzle string and the sleeve are axially fastened to each other by fastening mechanism which acts in a positively locking manner.
US09863432B2
A method for filtering a fluid that includes collecting contaminates in the fluid, passing the fluid from inside an internal cavity of a first shaft through a tight clearance at a spline connection between the first shaft and a second shaft such that the fluid is filtered of contaminates as a result of the tight clearance, and delivering the filtered fluid to a delivery location.
US09863427B2
A barrel-type multistage pump with uniformed velocity distribution in an axial direction, on a cross-section of a rotating flow channel, to suppress fluid loss in a last stage, and including: plural stages of centrifugal impellers, covered by an inner casing; diffusers and return channels provided on downstream sides of the centrifugal impellers, to guide the flow of a fluid to a centrifugal impeller in the next stage, and return vanes arranged at respective return channels; a cylindrical outer casing having a suction pipe and a discharge pipe, wherein a cylindrical rotating flow channel connected to a discharge opening is provided between an outer casing and an inner casing, a connecting channel to connect between a rotating flow channel and diffusers.
US09863425B2
A pump system for a water supply mains has at least one pump device, a pressure detecting sensor at the pressure side of the pump device, a flow detecting sensor of the pump device, several pressure sensor units (D) remote arranged remotely from the pump device in different part regions of the mains, and a pump control device. The control device includes a model formation module designed in each case to produce a model (A) representing pressure loss from the pressure sensor to the position of the respective pressure sensor unit (D), based on several pressure measured values of at least two pressure sensor units (D) for the at least two associated part regions. The control device is designed for regulation of the pump device based on produced models (A), as well as to a corresponding method for regulation of a pump device in a water supply mains.
US09863424B2
A subsea pump, distinctive in that it comprises a pressure housing divided into two compartments; a compartment with pump or impellers arranged on a shaft and a compartment with motor or a stator; a diaphragm arranged sealingly between the compartments, a magnetic coupling between the compartments, through the diaphragm; and a pressure compensation system for balancing the pressure on the diaphragm of the motor or stator compartment side to the pressure on the diaphragm of the pump or impeller compartment side.
US09863420B2
A vacuum pump having a housing composed of light metal, in which a rotor composed of light metal is rotatably mounted. The rotor driving at least one vane, wherein the rotor is composed of light metal and has at least three different diameters along the axis of rotation thereof.
US09863416B2
A cover with a center axis for a pump assembly includes a plate. A center hole is formed in the plate and positioned on the center axis of the cover. A first edge of the plate extends between a first lobe and a second lobe, a second edge of the plate extends between the first lobe and a third lobe, and a third edge of the plate extends between the second lobe and the third lobe. The first, second, and third lobes each comprise a mounting boss with a thru-hole.
US09863413B1
A peristaltic pump includes a rotating member operably coupled to a drive. The rotating member includes a plurality of rollers arranged in a circular configuration. A guide member defines a channel configured to direct a peristaltic tube around the rotating member so that the peristaltic tube interfaces with the plurality of rollers. The peristaltic tube is pressed against the plurality of rollers by a retaining shoe. The retaining shoe contains surface irregularities configured to restrict movement of the peristaltic tube. A keeper braces the restraining shoe against the peristaltic tube. The rotating rollers compressing the peristaltic tube against the retaining shoe as the rotating member rotates results in a peristaltic action that produces a nearly pulse free linear flow.
US09863409B2
An Example can include an elongate pump barrel extending along a length and defining an elongate hollow piston chamber. The Example can include a piston slidably movable within the piston chamber to compress air within the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod connected to the piston. The Example can include a handle connected to the piston rod to reciprocally slide the piston in the piston chamber. The Example can include a piston rod seal disposed around the piston rod and coupled with the elongate pump barrel. The Example can include a downward opening air intake passage, located away from the rod seal, in fluid communication with a top of the piston.
US09863404B2
A dual-type solar power generator comprising a dual capture panel. The dual capture panel comprises a reflective surface configured to reflect solar radiation having a reflecting wavelength and an absorbent surface configured to absorb solar radiation having an absorbent wavelength to create a released electron stream. A thermal transfer unit comprising a receiving zone configured to absorb heat energy, a heat engine that converts the heat energy to mechanical work energy, and a generator configured to convert the mechanical work energy to an electric current, an electric conditioning system comprising an electrical buffer configured to prevent a cross flow of the released electron stream and the electric current, a power converter configured to equalize a released electron stream voltage with an electric current voltage, an electrical connector configured to combine the released stream voltage with the electric current voltage to create a power source.
US09863403B2
Air channels and wind turbines systems are provided for cooling vehicle parts and storing electrical energy in a vehicle battery. The vehicle may have a battery, a braking system, an air duct with wind turbines and a generator. The air duct has an inlet portion for receiving an airflow, a body portion having wind turbines, and an outlet portion for directing the airflow to the braking system. A generator converts kinetic energy of the wind turbines to electrical energy stored in the battery. The wind turbines can be positioned in an air duct extending from a front bumper to an area proximal to one or more wheels to enhance vehicle aerodynamics. Alternatively, the wind turbines can be positioned in openings between grill shutters to generate energy and cool a radiator. Alternatively, the wind turbines can be positioned proximal to powertrain or drivetrain components for cooling and generating electrical energy.
US09863388B2
A holding device is used for fastening a fuel distributor to an internal combustion engine. A plurality of holding elements is provided, which are able to be fixed in place on the internal combustion engine via a fastener. A cable guide is provided in addition. The holding elements are connected to the cable guide. In addition, a system having such a holding device and a fuel distributor for conveying fuel are provided.
US09863382B2
A high-pressure oil pump roller tappet, used for automobile fuel injection system, mounted between the driving cam and the tappet. The roller tappet includes a shell, a holder, a roller, and a pin. Planes A are arranged on both sides of the seam on lateral sides of the shell. Holes I are arranged at symmetrical positions on two planes A. Holes II are arranged on symmetrical positions on vertical plates. The roller is located in the middle of the pin. Welding has no requirement on the thickness of the plate. The weight can be controlled effectively, reducing inertia force, friction, and wear, improving engine efficiency. The shell and holder are designed as being separate, ensuring that the shell subjects to lateral force as little as possible when the holder subjects to a force, such that the shell is less likely to vibrate. Thus, the shell avoids the abrasion.
US09863381B2
A frequency-to-voltage (F2V) conversion module includes a pulse shaping module that generates a square wave signal based on an oscillator signal, an edge to pulse conversion module that generates a pulse train based on corresponding rising and falling edges of the square wave signal, and an integrator module that generates an output voltage based on the pulse train. The output voltage is based on a frequency of the oscillator signal.
US09863379B2
An arrangement that is as simple as possible and that has very few lines, has a valve with a base element having a regeneration nozzle in which a regeneration channel is formed, having an outflow nozzle in which an outflow channel is formed, and having a drive flow nozzle in which a Venturi tube is accommodated, whereby the regeneration channel, the outflow channel and the Venturi tube are flow-connected is characterized in that a closeable bypass channel is provided which opens up into the drive flow nozzle and which is configured there in such a way that a fluid that is flowing in through the regeneration channel can be discharged through the Venturi tube as well as through the bypass channel.
US09863370B2
A method for starting gas delivery from a liquefied gas fuel system includes a fuel tank filled with liquefied gas by a filling procedure and the filling procedure resulting in the pressure in the tank being at least at an operational pressure required by the engine. The method pressure in the tank is controlled by controlling the operation of a pressure build up system including the pressure build up evaporator which is arranged in a conduit leading from the bottom section of the tank to the upper section of the tank. The pressure build up system is controlled by controlling the flow rate of the evaporated gas in the conduit while the heat transfer medium is allowed to flow unconstrained through the pressure build up evaporator.
US09863364B2
NMSET and related device uses and improvements to the forces generated. Laminar flow control systems benefit from NMSET and related devices as they simplify installation and are easier to retrofit on existing aircraft. Necessary temperature gradients can me generated by using a heated material with the sides at different energy accommodation coefficients. Surface geometries can be used to increase the force generated. Photovoltaic film can be embedded into the membrane, providing a source of energy that can offset the power required for desired thrust. Intake scoops improve the air flow through the micro thrusters and surface geometries, and airflow diffusers increase air flow interaction with the hotter surface resulting in higher thrust outputs.
US09863359B2
A system and method of controlling the hydraulic dwell time between a first injection and a second injection performed by a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine are disclosed, in which the injector is equipped with a needle operated by a control valve. A value of a nominal electric dwell time between the first injection and the second injection is determined. An actual instant of hydraulic closing of the fuel injector after the first injection is also determined. A corrected electric dwell time is calculated as a function of the nominal electric dwell time and the actual instant of hydraulic closing of the fuel injector after the first injection. The fuel injector is operated using the corrected electric dwell time.
US09863358B2
A method for operating a common-rail system of a motor vehicle that includes a common-rail-pressure sensor configuration having at least two signal paths, and that can be operated at a maximally permissible common-rail pressure and at a minimally permissible common-rail pressure. Sensor signals are read out in each case in response to a pressure measurement in a common rail of the common-rail system via the at least two signal paths, and a signal deviation value is ascertained that characterizes a deviation between the pressure values that are each determined on the basis of the sensor signals. The method includes reducing the maximally permissible common-rail pressure by a correction value to a maximally permissible emergency common-rail pressure and/or increasing the minimally permissible common-rail pressure by a correction value to a minimally permissible emergency common-rail pressure in response to the signal deviation value exceeding a predefined value.
US09863352B2
A method for the regulation of a temperature in an exhaust stream in a motor vehicle through control of its driveline: the motor vehicle includes a driveline having a combustion engine, which may be connected to a gearbox via a clutch device, and an exhaust system for removing an exhaust stream from the engine. The method includes controlling the driveline for activation or deactivation of coasting of the vehicle based on one or several first parameters P1 and one or several second parameters P2 for regulation of a temperature TEx in the exhaust system. At least one of the first parameters P1 is a first temperature difference between the first temperature T1 in the exhaust system and a reference temperature TREF. The said second parameter P2 is related to a calculated speed and/or a calculated road inclination over the road section ahead for the motor vehicle. Further, a computer program, a computer program product, a system and a motor vehicle including such a system are disclosed.
US09863346B2
A system is provided and includes a fuel module that, based on a crankshaft angle of an engine, generates a value indicative of an amount of fuel burned in a cylinder or a change in the amount of fuel burned. A heat release module, based on the value, determines an amount of heat released during a combustion event of the cylinder. A pressure module, based on the amount of heat released, estimates a pressure in the cylinder. A temperature module, based on the pressure, estimates a temperature in the cylinder. A concentration module, based on the pressure or the temperature, estimates nitrogen oxide concentration levels in the cylinder. An output module, based on the nitrogen oxide concentration levels, estimates an amount of nitrogen oxides. A control module, based on the amount of nitrogen oxides out of the cylinder, controls operation of the engine or an exhaust system.
US09863343B2
A method and a device for operating an exhaust gas recirculation of a self-ignition internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine including an air system for controlling the air supply into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and it being provided in particular that a dynamic operating state of the internal combustion engine is detected and, in the event of a detected dynamic operating state, a corrective intervention in the air system of the internal combustion engine is carried out.
US09863342B2
Various methods and systems are provided for adjusting an air-fuel ratio for combustion in an engine. In one embodiment, a method for an engine (e.g., a method for controlling an engine system) comprises responding to a sensed change in a load on the engine, or indications of engine knock or misfire, by one or more of: altering a speed of the engine, adjusting a fueling flow rate into at least one cylinder of the engine, and adjusting a position of a valve in a bypass passage configured to direct compressed intake air away from cylinders of the engine to obtain a determined air-fuel ratio; and thereby maintaining an air-fuel ratio in a determined range.
US09863337B2
A system includes a soot module, a coordinator module, a regeneration module, and actuator modules. The soot module determines a current amount of soot mass in a particulate filter of a gasoline engine, where the particulate filter is downstream from the gasoline engine and receives an exhaust gas from the gasoline engine. The coordinator module generates an enable signal, a torque reserve signal, and an equivalence ratio. The regeneration module, based on the current amount of soot mass and the enable signal, generates a regeneration signal to regenerate the particulate filter. The actuator modules, based on the regeneration signal, the torque reserve signal and the equivalence ratio, retard spark and increase an amount of air flow to the particulate filter. The actuators maintain a same amount of torque out of the gasoline engine during regeneration as output from the gasoline engine prior to the regeneration of the particulate filter.
US09863335B1
A method for diagnosing a variable-lift camshaft follower of an internal combustion includes detecting a first knock using a spark knock sensor of the internal combustion engine; retarding ignition timing of the internal combustion engine after detecting the first knock such that the ignition timing is retarded sufficiently to ensure that spark knock is no longer possible; detecting a second knock using the spark knock sensor after retarding the ignition timing sufficiently to ensure that spark knock is no longer possible; determining that the variable-lift camshaft follower is not functioning as desired based on the second knock; and activating a malfunction alert based on the determining that the variable-lift camshaft follower is not functioning as desired.
US09863331B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling valve timing of a continuous variable valve duration engine. The method may include: classifying a plurality of control regions depending on an engine speed and an engine load; retarding an intake valve closing (IVC) timing and limiting a valve overlap between an intake valve and an exhaust valve in a first control region; advancing the IVC timing and applying a maximum duration to the exhaust valve in a second control region; advancing the IVC timing according to an increase of the engine load in a third control region; controlling a throttle valve to be fully opened and advancing the IVC timing in a fourth control region; and controlling the throttle valve to be fully opened and retarding the IVC timing in a fifth control region.
US09863330B2
A vehicle includes an engine having a combustion chamber with an inlet and an outlet. Valves and valve actuators regulate open and closing of the inlet and the outlet. A plasma ignition source initiates ignition in the combustion chamber. A controller is in communication with the inlet valve actuator and outlet valve actuator. The controller is configured to detect a transition from a first combustion mode of the engine to a second combustion mode of the engine. The controller is also configured to change at least one of an opening time, a closing time, and an open duration of the first valve in response to detecting the transition.
US09863329B2
The present invention relates to a throttle valve adapted to equip an air intake system in an internal combustion engine, in particular an explosion engine. The throttle valve comprises: a body delimiting an air intake pipe; a valve member mounted rotatably in the pipe about an axis of rotation and comprising a spherical portion shutting off the pipe in the closed configuration; means for moving the valve member in rotation about the axis of rotation between different configurations of the throttle valve; and a bearing ring which receives a spherical outer surface of the valve member in sliding bearing contact. The throttle valve is characterized in that it also comprises a seal which is elastically deformable, which is arranged between the body and the bearing ring and which is adapted to take up forces to which the valve member and the bearing ring are subjected during a back-fire through the pipe. The invention also relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular an explosion engine, comprising such a throttle valve.
US09863324B2
An engine has an oil tank mounted to an engine wall with clevis ears formed on both the oil tank and a mount bracket secured to the engine wall. A link connects the mount bracket clevis ears to the oil tank clevis ears. The link has a pair of spherical bearings that provide a connection allowing movement between the link, the oil tank clevis ears, and the mount bracket clevis ears. A stiffening element connects at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears to at least one of the oil tank clevis ears. The stiffening element is positioned on an outer side of the at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears and the oil tank clevis ears. The spherical bearings are positioned between the oil tank and mount bracket clevis ears.
US09863321B2
A gas turbine device includes an inlet casing and a stator diaphragm provided inside the inlet casing. The stator diaphragm has an integral inner stator shroud and an outer stator shroud and a plurality of stator vanes provided in a circumferential arrangement between the inner stator shroud and the outer stator shroud. A plurality of key slots is provided in a circumferential arrangement on the stator diaphragm and a corresponding plurality of key slots is provided in a circumferential arrangement on the inlet casing. The key slots provided on the stator diaphragm are aligned with the plurality of key slots provided on the inlet casing. A key is inserted into each of the plurality of key slots provided to prevent rotation of the stator diaphragm with respect to the inlet casing. The stator diaphragm is secured in an axial direction by a stator shear ring.
US09863309B2
An engine system for generating hydrogen and oxygen, and a method using a by-product of electrolysis, for use in an internal combustion engine to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. The engine system has an electrolysis cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis of an aqueous solution, a battery as a source of power for providing electrical power to the electrolysis cell, and cooling system for maintaining the temperature of the electrolysis cell to reduce problems associated with overheating of the cell during electrolysis. The engine system traps sludge generated during hydrolysis in a filter. The sludge is released from the filter by agitation, resulting in a gas containing the sludge which is then used during combustion to improve fuel efficiency. The novel reconfiguration of existing engine parts and introduction of new features results in a less expensive, cleaner and more efficient hydrogen powered engine.
US09863306B2
A system is disclosed comprising an engine having coolant passages defined therethrough, a first coolant pump, and a first radiator. The system additionally comprises a second coolant pump, a second radiator, and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger configured to condition the temperature of intake air to the engine. The system further includes a coolant valve means. For a first configuration of the coolant valve means the first coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the coolant passages in the engine and through the first radiator, and the second coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the liquid-to-air heat exchanger and through the second radiator. For a second configuration of the coolant valve means the second coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the coolant passages in the engine and through the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. A method for controlling the system is also disclosed.
US09863301B2
A filter fault detection apparatus for a filter mounted on an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for collecting particulate matter includes a sensor mounted on the exhaust passage downstream of the filter. The sensor includes an insulative sensor element formed with a pair of electrodes on which particulate matter is collected, the sensor generating a sensor output corresponding to an amount of particulate matter collected on the sensor element when the electrodes become electrically conductive therebetween, causing the sensor output to rise. The apparatus further includes an acquiring unit that acquires, as an output variation, a temporal variation of the sensor output after rise of the sensor output, and a fault determination unit that performs a fault detection process for detecting presence of a fault in the filter based on the output variation of the sensor output to determine whether the filter is normal or faulty.
US09863299B2
There is provided an engine exhaust treatment device in which stick of a nozzle portion of a urea water injector can be suppressed. The engine exhaust treatment device includes: an SCR catalyst case housing an SCR catalyst; an SCR exhaust inlet pipe; and the urea water injector and the nozzle portion of the urea water injector is directed toward an inside of the SCR exhaust inlet pipe. An exhaust deflector is provided in the SCR exhaust inlet pipe and the exhaust deflector is mounted to an inner peripheral face of the SCR exhaust inlet pipe on an exhaust upstream side of the urea water injector so that exhaust flowing toward the nozzle portion of the urea water injector is deflected by the exhaust deflector and diverted from the nozzle portion.
US09863288B2
A valve opening and closing timing control device includes: a driving-side rotating body including a sprocket around which a rotating body interlocked with a driving shaft of an internal combustion engine is wound and rotates in synchronization with the driving shaft; a driven-side rotating body supported by an inside of the driving-side rotating body to be rotatable coaxially with the same rotational axis and integrally rotating with a valve opening and closing cam shaft; a bolt inserted into the driven-side rotating body to fix the driven-side rotating body to the cam shaft; a fluid pressure chamber formed by being partitioned between the driving-side and driven-side rotating bodies; and a control valve switching supplying and discharging of a hydraulic fluid with respect to the fluid pressure chamber such that a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating body with respect to the driving-side rotating body is changed.
US09863266B2
The present disclosure is directed to a waste heat recovery system used in conjunction with a power source system. A pump may pressurize a working fluid to a set pressure threshold and feed the working fluid through a fluid flow path. An evaporator and a condenser may each connect to the fluid flow path. Connected to each the evaporator and the condenser may be a turbine able to receive the working fluid when the working fluid is above the set pressure threshold and a predetermined thermal threshold. An electric machine having a motor mode or a generator mode may then attach to the turbine. Attached to the other end of the turbine may be a shaft coupling also attached to the pump. The pump may be powered by the electric machine operating in a motor mode through the shaft coupling to provide pressure to the waste heat recovery system.
US09863262B2
Bolt holes 16 are formed in a joint part 14 of a turbine housing 12, with flanged bolts 40 screwed in the bolt holes 16. A flange part 32 of a bearing housing 30 is sandwiched between bearing surfaces 44a of the flanged bolts 40 and an inner end face 14b of the joint part 14. A sealing ring 48 is interposed in an annular space s. Before the flanged bolts 40 are fastened, there is formed a height difference G equivalent to a compression allowance h for the sealing ring 48, between an outer end face 60a of the joint part 14 and a bolt receiving surface 32a of the flange part 32. The flanged bolts 40 are screwed into the bolt holes 16 until the bearing surfaces 44a make tight contact with the outer end face 60a so as to resiliently deform the sealing ring 48.
US09863257B2
A damper-seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an additively manufactured seal and an additively manufactured damper inseparably assembled with the additively manufactured seal.
US09863247B2
The present invention relates to a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, a recycler, a stabilizer or a surface miner, comprising a milling drum with a milling drum width (a) extending along its rotational axis and with at least two chiseling devices, each of which comprises a chisel and a chisel holder, and a sensor device for determining wear on the at least two chiseling devices in a contactless manner, said sensor device comprising a sensor for measuring a wear parameter of the at least two chiseling devices, the sensor being movable at least over a part of the milling drum width (a) in order to set an identical measurement angle (α) and an identical position of the sensor relative to the at least two chiseling devices in order to measure the wear parameter of the at least two chiseling devices. The present invention further relates to a method for determining wear on the at least two chiseling devices of the ground milling machine in a contactless manner.
US09863244B2
A downhole fluid properties optical analysis probe (1) to analyze at least one property of a multiphase flow mixture (100) flowing in a hydrocarbon well (51) has an elongated cylindrical body shape and comprises an optical tip (5) at one end of the elongated cylindrical body arranged to be in contact with the multiphase flow mixture (100), and an optoelectronics module (11) at another end of the elongated cylindrical body arranged to be separated from the multiphase flow mixture (100) and coupled to the optical tip (5) by an optical fiber bundle. The optoelectronics module (11) comprises at least one light source (13) arranged to emit electromagnetic radiations in a wavelength range such that reflectance occurs when gas (G) is present at the optical tip (5) and fluorescence occurs when oil (O) is present at the optical tip (5), at least one reflectance light detector (14) arranged to be responsive to a reflectance light and to provide a reflectance signal (U1(t)) and at least one fluorescence light detector (15) arranged to be responsive to a fluorescence light and to provide a fluorescence signal (U2(t)). The optical fiber bundle comprises at least one first optical fiber (6) coupling the light source (13) to the optical tip (5), at least one second optical fiber (7) coupling the optical tip (5) to the reflectance light detector (14), and at least one third optical fiber (8) coupling the optical tip (5) to the fluorescence light detector (15), the at least one first, second and third optical fibers being mounted together into a protective tube (9) resistant to downhole conditions.
US09863242B2
A method for revealing anomalous discontinuity interfaces in pore pressures in non-drilled geological formations and an implementing system. The method includes generating, by an electroacoustic transducer, first pressure sound waves and receiving a reflected signal of such first pressure sound waves generated by at least one discontinuity interface due to passage from first to second different geological formations situated successively along an emission direction of the electroacoustic transducer; calculating speed of the first pressure sound waves generated and distance between the electroacoustic transducer and the at least one discontinuity interface; generating, by the electroacoustic transducer, second pressure sound waves and revealing the electrical impedance induced at terminals of the electroacoustic transducer; estimating, based on the electrical impedance revealed, plural parameters characteristic of the first and second geological formation; estimating pressure of the second geological formation based on the sound speed and distance calculated and the plural characteristic parameters estimated.
US09863237B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that may include a transmitter placed on an electrically-conductive member at a first location in the wellbore configured to induce electromagnetic waves that travel along an outside of the conduit and a receiver placed on the electrically-conductive member at a second distal location in the wellbore configured to detect the electromagnetic waves induced by the transmitter.
US09863234B2
A method of pressure testing downhole tubular connections includes connecting a pressure monitoring device to a test port on a downhole connector of a downhole tool, connecting the pressure monitoring device to a reference port, pressurizing the test port and the reference port, and monitoring for a pressure difference between the test port and the reference port with the pressure monitoring device.
US09863224B2
An isolation system is disclosed that contains: a lower wet connect portion, a central production tubing, an isolation device associated with the central production tubing, and at least one communication line, wherein the at least one communication line is associated with the lower wet connect portion and is disposed through an inside diameter of the isolation device. Further, a method for isolating a lower completion is disclosed that includes: conveying an isolation assembly to the lower completion, the isolation assembly including: a lower wet isolation device; and routing the at least one communication line through an inside diameter of the isolation device. Further a completion system is disclosed that contains a lower completion system and an isolation system associated with the lower completion system.
US09863213B1
The present invention is a retrievable back pressure valve device and method of using the same that may be placed in tubing during well completion and retrieved as desired by dropping a ball down hole, which then interacts with the valve to shear the positioning points allowing for retrieval as the valve is allowed to move up the well to be removed from same.
US09863209B2
An isolation tool is presented for use in fluidly isolating first and second sections of tubing and more typically to a bleed valve/port of a gas lift mandrel. The isolation tool is configured for disposition within an interior of a gas lift mandrel. The isolation tool includes one or more resilient elements that may be compressed to expand to and seal against an inside surface of the tubing/mandrel. Such expansion and sealing by the resilient element(s) fluidly isolates sections of the tubing/mandrel. The isolation tool may be removed through the tubing when desired by releasing the compression of the resilient element(s) such that the resilient element(s) disengage the inside surface of the tubing/mandrel.
US09863208B2
An assembly having a sleeve member located over a tubular body, there being a chamber between the two and by increased pressure in the chamber the sleeve member is morphed to secure it to a well bore wall and create a seal between the sleeve and well bore wall to form an isolation barrier. The tubular body is formed in one or more sections so that annular planar faces are created for abutment between the sleeve member and the tubular body so as to remove the requirement for complex fittings and reduce the time of construction.
US09863204B2
A connector assembly for insertion into a hollow portion of a tool, fixture, or housing. The connector assembly may have a connector having two terminated end portions for reducing assembly time and cost with on-site termination. The connector assembly may include a first outer body having a hollow portion for insertion of at least a portion of a first insert-assembly sleeve portion. The connector assembly may have at least one retaining portion extruding radially inward and configured to be positioned into at least one radially inward groove of the first insert-assembly sleeve portion for securing at least a portion of the first terminated end portion in the first outer body. With this assembly, one of the terminated end portions without an outer body may be passed through the hollow portion and then assembled to the corresponding outer body and reinserted into an end of the hollow portion.
US09863200B2
A device adapted for a down-hole seismic source in a down-hole in the subsoil and containing water, the device being adapted for introduction into the down-hole and immersion in water, includes: a cartridge-holding head, having a cavity having a number of firing mouths on the side surface of the head, inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the head towards the operationally lower end of the closed head, the cavity accommodating a cartridge inserted into the upper end of the head; a cartridge percussion system into a sealed body and adapted to cause the explosion of the cartridge, and connected in a top position of the head, the explosion of the cartridge, of the blank-loaded type, causing water to be expelled laterally through the firing mouths when the device is operationally immersed in water within the down-hole.
US09863195B2
Passive load balancing in a fluid bearing for a rotational device is provided using disclosed devices, systems, and methods. In particular, fluid bearing apparatus may include an outer member with an inner member disposed concentrically within the outer member. A fluid inlet may provide fluid communication with a surrounding space between the inner and outer members. A bearing may be connected to the inner member and may extend into the surrounding space. The apparatus may also include a piston located in the surrounding space between the bearing and the fluid inlet. A supporting fluid is located between the piston and a surface of the bearing to transmit force from the piston to the bearing.
US09863181B2
The invention relates to the manufacturing of solid wood doors and consists in increasing the insulating value of a door by inserting an insulating material between the internal and external panels and in the center of the structural parts of the door. In this way, a door with a minimum of non-insulated surfaces is achieved. By using this system, the insulating value of the assembled door is significantly increased and reach the requirements of high energy efficiency programs such as ENERGY STAR™. In addition to this, the rigidity and the durability of the solid wood door are not significantly compromised. A door with a traditional style and high thermal resistance levels is achieved.
US09863179B2
A sensing edge for providing a signal to a controller indicating that a forward edge of a door is obstructed during operation. The sensing edge includes an elongate sheath, a first end plug and a first end flap. The elongate sheath has a first end and a second end. A first cavity is located at the first end. The elongate sheath is mounted to the forward edge. The first end plug includes an inner end, an outer end, first engaging structures extending from the inner end and a first vertical groove in the outer end. The engaging structures are positioned within the first cavity in an assembled configuration. The first end flap includes a relatively flat first body and a first flange structure. The first flange structure is positioned in the first vertical groove in the assembled configuration to secure the first end flap to the first end plug.
US09863174B2
A collapsible bulk bin container having a flexible rib positioned to trap a hinge rod inserted between a base portion and a side wall of the container is provided. The flexible rib is moveable from a first position blocking an opening of a hinge rod channel to a second position allowing insertion or removal of the hinge rod.
US09863172B2
A railroad car door lock which eliminates the need for lubrication and which includes a bracket, a first base attached to the bracket, a second base attached to the bracket, aligned first and second apertures in the first and second bases for slidably receiving a locking pin, a replaceable first locking pin wear protector lockably insertable in and selectively removable from the first base to prevent contact between the locking pin and the inner edge of the first base which defines the first aperture, and a replaceable second locking pin wear protector lockably insertable in and selectively removable from the second base to prevent contact between the locking pin and the inner edge of the second base which defines the second aperture.
US09863162B2
A base for supporting posts of fencing, which base includes a block of plastics provided with apertures for receiving the ends of fencing posts. Each end of the block is provided with a gripping portion which projects longitudinally away from the main body of the block. A first interlocking means is associated with one of the gripping portions and interlocks with a corresponding second interlocking means of a cover which is fitted to the block over the gripping portion. The cover is of enhanced visibility compared to the main body of the block which is of a dull color.
US09863159B2
A floatable flexible sealed waterproof cover for pools, made of a flexible waterproof bottom sheet, a flexible waterproof upper sheet and several rods made of a foam material. The bottom sheet and the upper sheet are welded to each other on their four sides. The upper sheet and the bottom sheet are connected by a number of lines that construct hollow sleeves between them and the rods are inserted into the sleeves.
US09863154B2
An architectural mesh panel includes a plurality of spaced rods and a plurality of adjacent rows of pickets, each of the rows of pickets including at least a plurality of first links, a plurality of second links and a plurality of third links, the plurality of first links have a first spacing, the plurality of second links have a second spacing, and the plurality of third links have a third spacing, wherein each of the rows of pickets includes at least two adjacent first links defining a closely spaced link area, wherein each of the rows of pickets includes at least one second link disposed adjacent the closely spaced link area on each side thereof, wherein the closely spaced link area creates a simulated moiré appearance of a moving stripe to an observer whose viewpoint is continuously changing from one side of the architectural mesh panel towards the other.
US09863149B2
A functional roof construction arrangement for a roof frame of a building, includes a plurality of functional roof modules being assembled together. Each of the functional roof modules includes a module housing and a roof functional unit which includes three different roof functional panel units selectively supported by the module housing at different levels thereof to provide different functions for the building. The roof functional panel units are selectively configured for selectively providing multiple functions of solar energy collection, thermal insulation, sound insulation, wireless network system, and the like.
US09863146B2
The invention relates to structural panel systems with at least a four-layered generally in-plane sidelap, at least a three layer generally in-plane sidelap, or corner sidelaps of various layers, and methods for manufacturing and assembling structural panel systems with these types of sidelaps. The structural panels may be provided with an edge having a “lower lip” with two layers, and an opposite edge having an “upper lip” with two layers. Individual panels may be coupled together by placing the upper lip of a first panel over the lower lip of an adjacent panel, thus creating an un-joined sidelap. The lips may have nested portions for helping to place one lip over the other. The panels may be operatively coupled through various couplings configurations, such as fasteners, welding, cutting the sidelap, or the like. The present invention improves the shear strength of the structural panel system and reduces costs.
US09863145B2
A masonry block having chambers and cavities that form recesses in the block such that, when the blocks are laid on bond, re-bar may be inserted in horizontal and vertical directions for rectangular grid reinforcement, and the wall may be constructed without the use of mortar. The masonry block includes a stretcher block, end block, and a half-block and each block block has recesses for receiving insulation, re-bar, and/or a line pin.
US09863137B2
The present disclosure relates to an exterior wall for tilt-up construction comprising: (a) a fascia wythe; (b) a structural wythe; (c) a layer of insulating material disposed between the fascia wythe and the structural wythe; and (d) a thermal break in contact with at least the structural wythe, the thermal break comprising an elongate body comprising one or more thermal insulating materials, a first surface suitable for mounting a fixture, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first contacting surface, and a second contacting surface opposite the first contacting surface, the first contacting surface and the second contacting surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The elongate body is substantially made of a non-wood material, and the structural wythe contacts at least a portion of the second contacting surface. The present disclosure further relates to methods of constructing an exterior wall comprising a thermal break.
US09863129B2
A seamless locking drain connector structure of a metallic sink is provided. A water outlet of a bottom of the metallic sink is integrally formed with an annular ring extending outward from the bottom of the metallic sink. The annular ring is fixedly connected with a connecting sleeve. The connecting sleeve is formed with outer threads. An open end of a stepped trough of the drain connector is formed with a retaining rim portion relative to the bottom end of the connecting sleeve. The retaining rim portion is connected with a locking sleeve. The locking sleeve is formed with inner threads corresponding to the outer threads of the connecting sleeve. The inner threads mesh with the outer threads, such that the retaining rim portion of the drain connector is tightly locked to the bottom end of the connecting sleeve to connect with the annular ring and the water outlet.
US09863127B2
A sanitary fitting having an outlet contains an outlet end which is formed in a substantially tubular manner. In this tubular end there is arranged a shut-off valve having a cartridge, water flowing through the center of said shut-off valve. A rotary shaft serves to rotate and thus actuate the valve cartridge. The rotary shaft is arranged and mounted inside a mounting sleeve which contains an outlet element at its outlet-side end. An external sleeve, which forms a flush continuation of the fitting housing, serves to rotate the rotary shaft. The sleeve is connected to the rotary shaft by a radial pin which engages through an arcuate slot that extends in the circumferential direction. When the sleeve is rotated, the position and setting of the outlet element remains the same.
US09863125B2
An excavation tooth assembly comprising: a first tooth member including a nose portion; and a second tooth member comprising a body having opposite first and second ends and a socket extending into the body from the first end to finish at an end wall, the first and second tooth members arranged in an assembled condition where the nose portion of the first tooth member is received within the socket of the second tooth member, wherein the tooth members being configured in the assembled condition with opposed surface portions of the socket located towards the second end of the second tooth member bearing on the nose portion of the first tooth member and clearance gaps are provided between opposed surface portions of the socket located towards the first end of the second tooth member and the nose portion.
US09863124B2
To provide construction machinery capable of more efficiently utilizing the energy of return hydraulic oil from a hydraulic actuator. The present invention is provided with: an engine 11; a hydraulic pump 12 that is driven by the engine 11; a hydraulic actuator 17 that is driven by fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump 13; a discharge pressure sensor 12d that detects the discharge pressure from the hydraulic pump 13; a hydraulic regenerative motor 18 that is driven by the return hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator 17; a flow meter 18e that detects the flow rate of the return hydraulic oil; a flow dividing valve 50 that controls the rate of inflow to the hydraulic regenerative motor 18; a controller 15 that controls the flow dividing valve 50 according to the discharge pressure detected by the discharge pressure sensor 12d and the flow rate detected by the flow meter 18e; a regenerative generator 19 that generates electric power by being driven by the power of the hydraulic regenerative motor 18; and a motor generator 13 that assists drive of the engine 11 by the electric power supplied from the regenerative generator 19.
US09863111B2
The present invention relates to a vibration tamper, comprising a superstructure having a driving engine mounted on a machine frame and further having a guide bar, and further comprising a substructure having a compactor base driven by the driving engine and having a compactor plate and having a drive line, by means of which a drive connection between the driving engine and the compactor base is established such that the compactor base can move relatively to the superstructure along a compactor axis while executing at least one compacting amplitude. The driving engine of the vibration tamper is a liquid gas powered driving engine, wherein the superstructure and, more particularly, the guide bar on the superstructure, comprises a storage container for liquid gas, and wherein a gas supply line is provided to supply evaporated liquid gas to the driving engine.
US09863108B2
A tire assembly for use in reclaiming land from a marine environment. An anchor having at least one cable connected thereto acts as a base to which tires are connected by threading them down the cable to form a cylindrical tower of tires which can be filled with concrete or filler if desired. A plurality of the tire assemblies can be positioned adjacent to one another and further interconnected for stability purposes and can form the basis for further structural elements.
US09863107B2
A self-propelled snowthrower wherein, in one embodiment, drive members on each side of the snowthrower provide variable speed propulsion. A transmission that delivers power to the drive members may be adapted to de-clutch one of the two drive wheels when the ground speed of that wheel exceeds the driving speed of the transmission. In other embodiments, the snowthrower includes a rotor having a snow ejection surface forming a negative rake angle. Yet other embodiments include a chute rotation control mechanism that permits manual discharge chute rotation via one-handed input.
US09863100B2
A method for covering a site with synthetic turf includes laying down a first elongate strip of synthetic turf, laying down a second elongate strip of synthetic turf, with the second elongate strip of synthetic turf is laid down substantially adjacent to the first elongate strip of synthetic turf in a manner such that a portion of the second elongate strip partially overlays a portion of the first elongate strip forming a lap joint. The method also includes the step of applying heat and/or pressure to weld the first elongate strip of synthetic turf to the second elongate strip of synthetic turf along the lap joint.
US09863099B2
A structure for the reinforcement of pavements. The structure includes at least a first group of assemblies of grouped metal filaments. These assemblies of grouped metal filaments of said first group are oriented in a first direction in a mutual parallel or mutual substantially parallel position. The assemblies of grouped metal filaments of this first group are coupled to or integrated in a substrate having a non-metal material.
US09863095B2
An absorbent sheet of cellulosic fibers that has an upper side and a lower side. A plurality of hollow domed regions projects from the upper side of the absorbent sheet. Each of the hollow domed regions is shaped such that a distance from at least one first point on an edge of a hollow domed region to a second point on an edge at an opposite side of the hollow domed region is at least about 0.5 mm. Connecting regions form a network interconnecting the hollow domed regions of the absorbent sheet. A singly-ply of the absorbent sheet has a caliper of at least about 140 mils/8 sheets.
US09863093B2
A ply for a paper and paperboard made from a ply substrate material, wherein the ply comprises a hybrid material, in an amount of 1-25 wt-% of the ply, wherein the hybrid material is introduced into a target suspension of the short circulation of a fibrous web forming process of a fibrous web machine, in an in-line process, wherein said target suspension forms the ply substrate material, and the hybrid material comprises an alkaline earth carbonate precipitated onto or into fibers or fibrils of a nanofibrillated polysaccharide.
US09863092B2
A sheet processing apparatus which vertically conveys a sheet and performs sheet processing, the sheet having a folded part at a middle portion thereof and being in a vertical state with the folded part up and an edge part down, and the apparatus including: a supporting section which supports the folded part of the sheet from below; a sandwiching section which sandwiches both sides of the sheet supported by the supporting section; and a control section which controls the sandwiching section to execute a first sandwiching operation of sandwiching the sheet, to release the first sandwiching operation, and thereafter to execute a second sandwiching operation of sandwiching the sheet again.
US09863081B2
A system for steaming clothes is disclosed. A steamer is connected through a hose to a steamer bag or a steaming component having a plurality of connecting tubes, where the steaming component having the plurality of connecting tubes, where the plurality of connecting tubes connects to a plurality of detachable ventilating tubes, where the plurality of the detachable ventilating tubes have a plurality of holes to expel steam. The steaming component with the plurality of connecting tubes are configured to hold an article of clothing that fits around the steaming component and the plurality of connecting tubes, where the steaming component is configured to receive the steam from the steamer to expel the steam through the plurality of holes to the steamer bag to entirely steam an entire portion of the article of clothing.
US09863079B2
A washing machine including a washing tub to allow enhancement in washing efficiency. A washing tub of the washing machine includes a pattern having a protrusion portion to generate friction force between laundry and the washing tub and to thereby increase washing efficiency. The pattern has a concave-convex structure and performs action similar to a lifter, washing efficiency may be enhanced using tumbling generated by the pattern. A plurality of drain holes are arranged in a certain pattern in the washing tub to prevent a dehydration bottleneck phenomenon in which dehydration is concentrated at a particular drain hole and to increase a dehydration rate. The pattern is provided such that protrusion portions and recessed portions continue on the surface of the washing tub to enhance stiffness of the washing tub.
US09863077B2
A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a pump that is configured to drain or circulate water and that comprises a motor that is configured to operate the pump. The washing machine further includes a motor driver that is configured to supply operation power to the motor. The washing machine further includes a motor controller that is configured to set a rotation speed of the motor and that is configured to supply, to the motor driver, a signal that controls the motor. The washing machine further includes a current sensor that is configured to measure a current supplied from the motor driver to the motor. The washing machine further includes a speed sensor. The washing machine further includes a water level sensor. The washing machine further includes a main controller that is configured to start or stop operation of the motor by supplying a control command.
US09863074B2
A cord guide device that is attached to a guide attachment rod of a sewing machine body, the cord guide device including a disc-shaped cord guide in which a needle hole through which a sewing needle passes is provided in a center and in which a guide hole through which a piece of cord or the like passes is provided, the guide hole being positioned eccentrically with respect to the needle hole; a guide support board that supports an underside of the cord guide; a pressing holder that, by being connected to the guide support board, restricts an upper surface of the cord guide and holds the cord guide such that the cord guide is rotatable about the needle hole; and a rotation mechanism that rotates the cord guide according to a movement of a piece of cloth.
US09863072B2
In one aspect, various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rotary braiding machine capable of braiding wire around a cable, hose, mandrel, or other similar item, having actuator arm mechanism that includes a mechanism for fine-tuning of the dwell timing of the transfer arms. In another aspect, one or more embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for controlling the dwell timing of a transfer arm in a rotary braiding machine by adjusting the length of the actuator arm mechanism.
US09863064B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an α-Al2O3 layer. The α-Al2O3 layer contains a plurality of α-Al2O3 crystal grains and a plurality of κ-Al2O3 crystal grains, and has a TC(006) of more than 5 in a texture coefficient TC(hkl). A ratio of Cκ to a sum of Cα and Cκ: [Cκ/(Cα+Cκ)×100](%) is 0.05 to 7%, where Cα is a total number of peak counts of the α-Al2O3 crystal grains obtained from measurement data of x-ray diffraction for the coating, and Cκ is a total number of peak counts of the κ-Al2O3 crystal grains obtained from the measurement data of the x-ray diffraction for the coating.
US09863057B2
A coated substrate is formed with aligned objects such as small molecules, macromolecules and nanoscale particulates, such as inorganic, organic or inorganic/organic hybrid materials. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus or method involves an applicator having at least one surface patterned with protruded or indented features, and a coated substrate including a solution-based layer of objects having features and morphology attributes arranged as a function of the protruded or indented features.
US09863049B2
A flowing junction reference electrode comprising a liquid junction member matched with a filter. The junction member and the filter are situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. An array of nanochannels spans the junction member and provides fluid communication between the electrolyte solution and the sample solution. The filter is configured to allow a greater flux of electrolyte than that associated with the junction member. Preferably, the number of pores is greater than the number of nanochannels. The filter is preferably configured to have pores with an inner diameter that is the same or less than the inner diameter of the nanochannels. In some embodiment, the resistance of the filter is made lower relative to the resistance of the junction member by selecting suitable length, number, and inner diameter size for the pores of the filter relative to the nanochannels of the junction member.
US09863040B2
A method is directed to increasing the hardness of zinc sulfide. The hardness of zinc sulfide is increased by adding selective elements within a specified range to the crystal lattice of the zinc sulfide. The increased hardness over conventional zinc sulfide does not substantially compromise the optical properties of the zinc sulfide. The zinc sulfide may be used as a protective coating for windows and domes.
US09863039B2
The present disclosure relates to a MoS2 thin film and a method for manufacturing the same. The present disclosure provides a MoS2 thin film and a method for manufacturing the same using an atomic layer deposition method. In particular, the MoS2 thin film is manufactured by an atomic layer deposition method without using a toxic gas such as H2S as a sulfur precursor. Thus, the present disclosure is eco-friendly. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the damage and contamination of manufacturing equipment during the manufacturing process. In addition, it is possible to manufacture the MoS2 thin film by precisely controlling the thickness of the MoS2 thin film to the level of an atomic layer.
US09863037B2
A deposition mask comprises a mask body comprising a plurality of through holes; and a deposition layer formed on external surfaces of the mask body. A method of manufacturing a deposition mask comprises: installing a deposition mask body in a chamber; forming a magnetic field between a plurality of magnet units within the chamber, wherein the deposition mask body is disposed between the magnet units; and applying voltages to first and second sputtering targets comprising a material to generate electric discharge such that particles of the material are sputtered from the first and second sputtering targets and deposited on the deposition mask body, thereby making a deposition mask with a layer of the material. The voltages having different magnitudes are applied to the first and second sputtering targets.
US09863034B2
In a vacuum vapor deposition method which is carried out at a vacuum vapor deposition apparatus including a plurality of linear-shaped vaporization sources, an equal-thickness surface is calculated with respect to each of a polarity of release holes. The equal-thickness surface indicates a surface where a deposition amount of vapor of a vaporization material released from the corresponding release hole is the same per unit time. Then, the vaporization containers are placed in such a manner that contact points of the equal-thickness surfaces all coincide with each other on a deposition surface of a substrate, each of the contact points being where the corresponding equal-thickness surface comes in contact with the surface of the substrate.
US09863032B2
Herein, an improved technique for processing a substrate is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be achieved using a mask for processing the substrate. The mask may be incorporated into a substrate processing system such as, for example, an ion implantation system. The mask may comprise one or more first apertures disposed in a first row; and one or more second apertures disposed in a second row, each row extending along a width direction of the mask, wherein the one or more first apertures and the one or more second apertures are non-uniform.
US09863025B2
The present disclosure is directed to Ni—P—B alloys and glasses containing small fractions of Nb and Ta and optionally Mn. Over a specific range, the alloys are capable of forming bulk metallic glasses having critical casting thickness in excess of 1 mm. In one embodiment, compositions with a Mn content of between 3 and 4 atomic percent, Nb content of about 3 atomic percent, B content of about 3 atomic percent, and P content of about 16.5 atomic percent, where the balance in Ni, were capable of forming bulk metallic glass rods with diameters as large as 5 mm or larger. In another embodiment, Ni-based compositions with a Mn content of between 5 and 7 atomic percent, Ta content of between 1 and 2 atomic percent, B content of about 3 atomic percent, and P content of about 16.5 atomic percent, where the balance in Ni, were capable of forming bulk metallic glass rods with diameters as large as 5 mm or larger.
US09863021B2
A NdFeB rare earth permanent magnet with composite main phase and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the composite main phase, a PR2(Fe1-x-yCoxAly)14B main phase is the core, ZR2(Fe1-w-nCowAln)14B main phase surrounds a periphery of the PR2(Fe1-x-yCoxAly)14B main phase, and no grain boundary phase exists between ZR2(Fe1-w-nCowAln)14B main phase and the PR2(Fe1-x-yCoxAly)14B main phase, wherein ZR represents a group of rare earth elements in which a content of heavy rare earth is higher than an average content of heavy rare earth in the composite main phase, PR represents a group of rare earth elements in which a content of heavy rare earth is lower than an average content of heavy rare earth in the composite main phase. The manufacturing method includes steps of LR—Fe—B-Ma alloy melting, HR—Fe—B-Mb alloy melting, alloy hydrogen decrepitating, metal oxide micro-powder surface absorbing and powdering, magnetic field pressing, sintering and ageing.
US09863012B2
A leather coating composition comprising (I) an aqueous urethane resin, (II) a matting agent, and (III) a silicone-acrylic graft copolymer resin emulsion obtained by reacting a polyorganosiloxane with a (meth)acrylate monomer has improved abrasion resistance and anti-staining properties. Leather coated with the composition is given an aesthetic appearance and abrasion resistance.
US09863004B2
Methods, kits, and compositions for evaluating the quality of nucleic acids within a biological sample for analysis in a molecular assay are provided. A kit is provided for evaluating a biological sample containing potentially degraded DNA, comprising a control reagent and a target amplification reagent, wherein the control amplification reagent comprises one or more pairs of amplification oligonucleotides capable of amplifying a medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD) nucleic acid molecule or a complement thereof, and wherein the target amplification reagent comprises one or more pairs of amplification oligonucleotides capable of amplifying a non-MCAD target gene of interest or a complement thereof. Frequently, one or more of the amplification oligonucleotides is/are labeled.
US09862995B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed for measuring low-abundance DNA variants from a complex mixture of DNA molecules. Embodiments of the methods allow for extremely sensitive detection and can distinguish true variants from sequencer misreads and PCR misincorporations.
US09862994B2
Provided herein are nucleic acids and methods for selectively amplifying in parallel tens of thousands of high quality oligonucleotides without common sequences. The resultant oligonucleotides can be used for a variety of purposes and applications including but not limited to DNA nano structure synthesis.
US09862990B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the use of enzymes composed of nucleic acid and/or protein enzymes to generate and amplify a signal indicative of the presence of a target. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions comprising nucleic acid structures that serve as partial or complete enzyme substrates and methods for using these structures to facilitate detection of targets.
US09862975B2
The present application discloses the identification of the novel K. marxianus xylose transporter genes KHT105 and RAG4, as well as the identification of a novel set of I. orientalis pentose phosphate pathway genes The present application further discloses a series of genetically modified yeast cells comprising various combinations of arabinose fermentation pathways, xylose fermentation pathways, pentose phosphate pathways, and/or xylose transporter genes, and methods of culturing these cells to produce ethanol in fermentation media containing xylose.
US09862969B2
The present invention relates to a transfected mammalian host cell whose ability to secrete a foreign protein has been enhanced by using a foreign gene expression vector having a promoter derived from a human gene, and a method for producing the foreign protein using the host cell. A method for enhancing the production of a foreign protein to be used in a pharmaceutical protein product in a host cell such as a cultured mammalian cell is provided. A promoter derived from a human gene having a promoter activity higher than that of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter in a host cell such as a cultured mammalian cell is provided.
US09862964B2
The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting dramatically enhanced growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, more efficient nitrogen utilization, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yields. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express both glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) and glutamine synthetase (GS) are provided. The GPT+GS double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced growth characteristics, with T0 generation lines showing an increase in biomass over wild type counterparts of between 50% and 300%. Generations that result from sexual crosses and/or selfing typically perform even better, with some of the double-transgenic plants achieving an astounding four-fold biomass increase over wild type plants.
US09862958B2
The present disclosure relates to a process of identification and isolation of sorbitol dehydrogenase promoter from Pichia pastoris. Further, the present disclosure also relates to expression of heterologous proteins under the control of Sorbitol dehydrogenase promoter in Pichia pastoris.
US09862956B2
The invention is generally directed to modified filamentous fungal host cells comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding one or more polypeptides under the control of one or more promoters that are functional in said cells. Methods of using the modified cells to express one or more polypeptides are also disclosed, including methods of screening cells transformed with one or more expression vectors comprising nucleic acids derived from synthetic or genomic nucleic acids including, cDNAs. Methods of purifying one or more polypeptides or complexes comprising one or more polypeptides expressed in the modified cells, intended for use as substrates in structure/function studies, as therapeutic agents, as diagnostic reagents, or as human or animal vaccines, are also disclosed.
US09862955B2
A strain has a microorganism fertilizer efficacy and can be used as a biopesticide, by isolating multi-functional plant endophytic bacteria, which can widely suppress the growth of plant-pathogenic fungi and bacteria and specifically act on rice as a host plant, thereby retaining both a disease resistance inducing effect and a plant growth promoting effect, followed by mass-culturing and formulating. The present invention provides novel microorganism Bacillus oryzicola or Bacillus oryzicola having a DNA-DNA relatedness value of 70% or more with the Bacillus oryzicola.
US09862951B2
The present invention includes siRNAs and antibodies that block the interaction between TEM8 and/or CMG2 cell surface proteins and anthrax toxin and methods of treating anthrax exposure with the same.
US09862947B2
Aspects of the invention include methods of selectively reducing the deleterious activity of mutant extended trinucleotide repeat containing genes in a cell, as well as compositions used in such methods. The deleterious activity (e.g., toxicity and/or dis-functionality of products encoded thereby) of a mutant extended trinucleotide repeat containing gene may be selectively reduced in a variety of different ways, e.g., by selectively decreasing SPT4 mediated transcriptional activity, by enhancing functionality of proteins encoded thereby, etc. Aspects of the invention further include assays for identifying agents that find use in methods of the invention, e.g. as summarized above. Methods and compositions of the invention find use in a variety of different applications, including the prevention or treatment of disease conditions associated with the presence of genes containing mutant extended trinucleotide repeats, such as Huntington's Disease (HD).
US09862938B2
The present invention is in the fields of molecular and cellular biology. The invention is generally related to reverse transcriptase enzymes and methods for the reverse transcription of nucleic acid molecules, especially messenger RNA molecules. Specifically, the invention relates to reverse transcriptase enzymes which have been mutated or modified to increase thermostability, decrease terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase activity, and/or increase fidelity, and to methods of producing, amplifying or sequencing nucleic acid molecules (particularly cDNA molecules) using these reverse transcriptase enzymes or compositions. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules produced by these methods and to the use of such nucleic acid molecules to produce desired polypeptides. The invention also concerns kits comprising such enzymes or compositions.
US09862937B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula I (I), wherein R1 is hydrogen, fluoro or chloro; which process comprises a) reacting a compound of formula II (II), wherein R1 is hydrogen, fluoro or chloro; with a nitration agent to the compound of formula (III), wherein R1 is hydrogen, fluoro or chloro; and b) reacting the compound of formula III with chlorine gas at temperature from 180° C. to 250° C. to the compound of formula I.
US09862933B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing double-layered virus-like particles of rotavirus in vitro. The method comprises the following steps: purifying rotavirus VP6 proteins from a lysis supernatant, and in vitro assembling double-layered virus-like particles consisting of VP2 proteins and VP6 proteins, wherein the proteins and the virus-like particles can be used for preventing or reducing the clinical symptoms caused by rotavirus infection.
US09862930B2
The disclosure provides methods and compositions useful for obtaining induced stem cells, methods of making and use thereof.
US09862925B2
The present invention concerns the use of a population of cells comprising: (a) neural precursor cells committed to an oligodendroglial fate; (b) uncommitted neural precursor cells (c) differentiated oligodendrocytes; or (d) a combination of any one of (a) to (c) for the treatment of CNS autoimmune diseases, or for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating CNS autoimmune diseases, the population of cells being derived from human pluripotent stem cells. The invention also provides methods for obtaining such populations of cells, namely, neural precursor cells committed to an oligodendroglial fate as well as differentiated oligodendrocytes which then can be used in the treatment of CNS autoimmune diseases. A preferred autoimmune disease in the context of the present invention is multiple sclerosis where the population of cells is administered to the CNS for local treatment of the disease.
US09862922B2
A composition of matter is provided having bacillus subtilis, bacillus pumilus, bacillus coagulans, paenibacillus polymyxa, pseudomonas fluorescens, streptomycetes griseus, saccharomyces cerevisiae, trichoderma reesei, and trichoderma harzianum. The composition further includes dextrose, sucrose, brewer's yeast extract, humic acid, and kelp. Applying the composition in the proximity of the root system allows the composition to colonize the rhizosphere. The composition is generated by individually culturing the components, combining them with diatomaceous earth, and drying to encapsulate the components.
US09862921B2
There is provided a method for noninvasively evaluating the cell state (proliferation, multi-layering, and differentiation) of a cell sheet as a mimic tissue at the time of culturing the cell sheet. The method is characterized in that an analysis of an amino acid is conducted with the use of the culture supernatant of a cell sheet to monitor a change in the concentration of any amino acid selected from a group of 5-species of amino acids (Ile, Val, Ser, Leu, and Ala), thereby making a determination.
US09862919B2
The present invention relates to a device for the identification of microorganisms, comprising: a) a carrier 1, wherein an absorbent material 2 is arranged on the carrier 1, b) at least one intermediate sealing layer 3, with at least one cut-out 4, which is designed to receive the microorganisms to be identified, these being present on a micropore filter 5, c) at least one nonwoven reaction fabric comprising an absorbent material 2 on which at least one absorption field 7 and/or at least one liquid-transporting structure 8 is arranged for the taking up of reagents to identify microorganisms, and d) a cover plate 9. Furthermore, a method for the identification of microorganisms is used in conjunction with the device according to the invention.With the present invention, microorganisms in a sample can be identified very quickly—within a few minutes. In this, the test system is isolated from the environment, so avoiding danger to people and the environment from a positive test finding.
US09862917B2
An alcoholic beverage is aged in at least one wooden barrel after the barrel is covered by a film having an oxygen transmission rate of at least 0.5 cc/m2/day and an ethanol transmission rate of less than 30 g/m2/day. The beverage acquires one or more specific flavor components in an amount of 50%, 75%, 90%, or 100% relative to amounts of one or more of the same flavor components in a control alcoholic beverage aged in at least one wooden barrel without the film thereon. Covering the barrel with the film reduces the angels' share evaporative loss, while allowing the beverage to develop desirable flavor components during aging. In another embodiment, the process reduces angels' share evaporative loss while achieving organoleptics indistinguishable from a control.
US09862915B2
The present invention relates to a method of making a solid cleaning composition. The method can include pressing and/or vibrating a flowable solid of a self-solidifying cleaning composition. For a self-solidifying cleaning composition, pressing and/or vibrating a flowable solid determines the shape and density of the solid but is not required for forming a solid. The method can employ a concrete block machine for pressing and/or vibrating. The present invention also relates to a solid cleaning composition made by the method and to solid cleaning compositions including particles bound together by a binding agent.
US09862910B2
Herein disclosed is a method of processing a medium containing algae microorganisms to produce algal oil and by-products, comprising providing the medium containing algae microorganisms; passing the medium through a rotor-stator high shear device; disintegrating cell walls of and intracellular organelles in the algae microorganisms to release algal oil and by-products; and removing the algae medium from an outlet of the high shear device. In an embodiment, disintegration is enhanced by a penetrating gas capable of permeating the cell wall. In an embodiment, enhancement is accomplished by super-saturation of the penetrating gas in the medium or increased gas pressure in a vessel. In an embodiment, the penetrating gas is different from the gas produced by the cell during respiration. A suitable system is also discussed in this disclosure.
US09862902B2
Provided herein are corrosion-resistant reactors that can be used for gasification, and methods of making and using the same. Some embodiments include a corrosion-resistant ceramic layer. According to some embodiments, the corrosion-resistant ceramic layer has a negative charge. At temperature above water's critical point (for example, 374 CC and at 22.1 MPa I 218 atm), water can behave as an adjustable solvent and can have tunable properties depending on temperature and pressure.
US09862901B2
Provided are apparatus and methods of gasification using a circulating fluidized bed reactor comprising a separate pyrolysis reaction chamber, one or more primary char gasification chambers, and one or more secondary char gasification chambers which comprise an internal vertical reaction volume suitable for containing a particle bed fluidized by a predominantly vertical upwards gas flow. The vertical reaction volume is advantageous in that this provides the possibility for increased retention time of particles, facilitating comparatively slow “productive” temperature moderation based on endothermic char conversion.
US09862879B2
An extrusion method and apparatus are described for producing ceramics, glass, glass-ceramics, or composites suitable for use as proppants. The method includes forming one or more green body materials, extruding the green body materials to form a green body extrudate, separating and shaping the green body extrudate into individual green bodies, and sintering the green bodies to form proppants. The apparatus includes a means for forming an intimate mixture of green body materials, means to produce a green body extrudate, means for separating and shaping the green body extrudate into individual green bodies, and means to sinter the green green bodies to form proppants.
US09862862B2
Described is a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition comprising the following components: (A) surface modified silica particles having a negative zeta potential of −15 mV or below at a pH in the range of from 2 to 6 (B) one or more polyethylene imines (C) water (D) optionally one or more further constituents, wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of from 2 to 6.
US09862858B2
Described is a method for producing a multicoat color and/or effect paint system. The method is characterized in that a pigmented aqueous basecoat material is used which comprises at least one phosphine oxide of formula (I): wherein the radicals R1 to R3 are selected from the group of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons. The sum total of the weight percentage fractions of all of the phosphine oxides of formula (I) is 0.1% to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the basecoat material. Also described are the corresponding basecoat materials, a corresponding multicoat color and/or effect paint system, and use of the phosphine oxides in pigmented aqueous coating materials. Further describes is a method for repairing defects on multicoat color and/or effect paint systems produced with the aid of the method of the invention.
US09862857B2
An object with a coating comprising: a) covalent bonds formed by reaction of a thiol group and a carbon-carbon double bond, b) covalent bonds formed by reaction of a thiol group and epoxide group, c) covalent bonds formed by a reaction of a carbon-carbon double bond and an epoxide group, said coating comprising a first primer coating and a second coating, said coating comprising covalent bonds between said first and second coatings, said first primer coating comprising covalent cross links between compounds, in the first coating the fraction (r3=ta/tc) of unreacted thiol groups (ta) to thiol groups which have reacted to form a covalent bond (tc) does not exceed 0.11, wherein the half height peak width of tan delta does not exceed 30° C. Advantages of the dual cure composition is that excellent strength is obtained and that the second curing is slow compared to the first initial curing.
US09862852B2
[Object of this invention] To provide the amorphous fluorine-containing resin composition that has superior film-forming ability, and has a small impact on the global environment due to its very small global warming potential, and can fully satisfy the requirement from the perspective of the environmental protection of the earth; and to provide the article that contains the coating that is formed from the thin films that are made from this amorphous fluorine-containing resin. composition.[Means to solve the problems] The amorphous fluorine-containing resin composition that dissolves the amorphous fluorine-containing resin in alkoxy fluoroalkene. This invention also provides the article that contains the coating that is formed from the thin films that are made from this amorphous fluorine-containing resin composition.
US09862846B2
A printable ink for electronic applications is disclosed. The ink contains at least one non-interactive solvent, a binder, optionally one or more particulate fillers that may be conductive, semi-conductive or non-conductive, optionally a co-solvent and optionally other additives.
US09862842B2
In an embodiment, a method for making an infrared radiation absorbing coating mixture comprises: forming an ITO coating mixture comprising ITO and a first coating matrix, wherein the first coating matrix comprises the partial condensate of a silanol, wherein the ITO coating mixture is free of colloidal silica; forming a colloidal silica coating mixture comprising colloidal silica and a second coating matrix, wherein the second coating matrix comprises the partial condensate of a silanol; and mixing the ITO coating mixture with the colloidal silica coating mixture to form a combined mixture. The combined mixture does not comprise a precipitate visible to the unaided eye after 2 weeks without stirring.
US09862834B2
A method of producing the composite reinforcing material includes a step of kneading at least a graphite-based carbon material and a reinforcing material into a base material. The graphite-based carbon material is characterized by having a rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and a hexagonal graphite layer (2H), wherein a Rate (3R) of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and the hexagonal graphite layer (2H), based on an X-ray diffraction method, which is defined by following Equation 1 is 31% or more: Rate(3R)=P3/(P3+P4)×100 (Equation 1) wherein P3 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) based on the X-ray diffraction method, and P4 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the hexagonal graphite layer (2H) based on the X-ray diffraction method.
US09862833B2
A method of producing the composite reinforcing material includes a step of kneading at least a graphite-based carbon material and a reinforcing material into a base material. The graphite-based carbon material is characterized by having a rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and a hexagonal graphite layer (2H), wherein a Rate (3R) of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and the hexagonal graphite layer (2H), based on an X-ray diffraction method, which is defined by following Equation 1 is 31% or more: Rate (3R)=P3/(P3+P4)×100 (Equation 1) wherein P3 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) based on the X-ray diffraction method, and P4 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the hexagonal graphite layer (2H) based on the X-ray diffraction method.
US09862829B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid modified bitumen composition containing functionalized polymer, crumb rubber and a dual functional agent. The present invention also relates to a process of preparation of hybrid modified bitumen composition containing functionalized polymer, crumb rubber and a dual functional agent.
US09862825B2
The thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin (A), and a modified ethylene copolymer (B) dispersed and contained therein, wherein the modified ethylene copolymer (B) in the thermoplastic resin composition has an average dispersed particle aspect ratio of 1 to 3.5, and an average dispersed particle diameter of not more than 3 μm. The modified ethylene copolymer (B) is preferably a copolymer, modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, of ethylene with at least one monomer component selected from the group consisting of (i) olefin components except for ethylene, (ii) diene components and (iii) ester components having an ethylenically unsaturated group.
US09862815B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition that comprises a rubber component containing a polybutadiene and a dienic rubber or an olefinic rubber immiscible with the polybutadiene, and a filler, in which the Mooney viscosity (ML1+4/100° C.) of the polybutadiene referred to as ML(I), and the Mooney viscosity (ML1+4/100° C.) of the dienic rubber or the olefinic rubber immiscible with the polybutadiene referred to as ML(II) are in a relation of ML(I)≧ML(II), a method for producing the rubber composition and a tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition is excellent in fracture resistance and capable of attaining good workability not lowering the durability such as abrasion resistance and the like of tires, and can reduce the rolling resistance of tires.
US09862805B2
Thermoplastic polymer particles directly cross-linked together or cross-linked via a separate and independent polymer network to form an inter-penetrating network are disclosed herein, along with methods of manufacturing and use as interleaf tougheners of pre-pregs and composite articles.
US09862804B2
A polyarylene sulfide resin powder/grain composition in which 100 weight parts of polyarylene sulfide resin powder/grain material whose average particle diameter exceeds 1 μm and is less than or equal to 100 μm and whose uniformity degree is less than or equal to 4 has been blended with 0.1 to 5 weight parts of an inorganic fine particle having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
US09862800B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polyarylate resin having an adequate ultraviolet-absorbing property and an adequate dissolving property in an organic solvent, which is excellent in a solution stability even when it is dissolved in a polar organic solvent having a high hygroscopic property and in a reactivity with the other material and adhesive properties to various materials. The present invention provides a polyarylate resin comprising a bisphenol component including a compound shown by a general formula (1) and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component as monomeric components, wherein the polyarylate resin is satisfied with the formula mentioned below: ηB/ηA≦0.95 (wherein ηA represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C. using tetrachloroethane as a solvent and ηB represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C. using a mixture liquid of phenol/tetrachloroethane/sodium acetate having a mass ratio of 6/4/0.006 as a solvent): (wherein R1 and R2 respectively and independently represent an alkyl group.).
US09862797B2
The present disclosure relates, in part, to an epoxy resin composition comprising: an epoxy resin; and an aliphatic polyamine (e.g., as a cross-linking agent), wherein the aliphatic polyamine comprises a compound having the structure of Formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and aromatic group; or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a cyclic ring; each of R3 and R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and aromatic group.
US09862792B2
Described herein are copolymers, and methods of making and utilizing such copolymers. Such copolymers have at least two blocks: a first block that has at least one unit that is hydrophilic at physiologic pH, and a second block that has hydrophobic groups. This second block further has at least one unit with a group that is anionic at about physiologic pH. The described copolymers are disruptive of a cellular membrane, including an extracellular membrane, an intracellular membrane, a vesicle, an organelle, an endosome, a liposome, or a red blood cell. Preferably, in certain instances, the copolymer disrupts the membrane and enters the intracellular environment. In specific examples, the copolymer is endosomolytic.
US09862788B2
The present invention relates to an innovative (meth)acrylic reactive resin which cures with low odor or odorlessly. The present invention relates more particularly to reactive resins comprising high-boiling, reactive (meth)acrylic monomers from the group of the polar, cyclically substituted esters of (meth)acrylic acid, more particularly glycerol acetal, ketal or carbonate methacrylates. These new components are used as substitutes for MMA, which represents the major part of the odor nuisance in the existing, prior-art reactive resin systems. Using these new components it is possible to obtain resin formulations which have glass transition temperatures similar to, and properties comparable with, MMA-based resins. The innovative reactive resins are able in addition to exhibit more rapid curing than prior-art MMA-based systems. Reactive resins for the purposes of the invention are reactive monomer mixtures or mixtures of monomers and polymers that when used as a 2-component system can be readily cured.
US09862785B2
A method for producing an olefin polymer, in which an olefin compound is polymerized in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst at a temperature of 0° C. or lower to obtain an olefin polymer, the method comprising a step of feeding a raw material liquid including the olefin compound to a reactor provided with a cooling unit, a step of polymerizing the olefin compound in the reactor to obtain a reaction liquid including the olefin polymer, a deactivation step of adding a deactivator to the reaction liquid taken out from the reactor to deactivate the Lewis acid catalyst, and a step of supplying the reaction liquid after the deactivation step to a cold recovery unit to recover cold from the reaction liquid, wherein the amount of the Lewis acid catalyst is 0.5×10−3 to 1.0×10−1 mol % based on the total amount of the olefin compound.
US09862776B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind RYK, in particular human RYK and their use in regulating RYK-associated activities. Specifically there is provided an isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof that specifically binds to the extracellular domain of human RYK, in particular, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, binds specifically to the WIF domain of human RYK. Preferably, the antibodies of the present invention modulate RYK-associated activity, which includes RYK mediated signal transduction activity and modulation of the interaction of Wnts with RYK and, preferably, modulate Wnt induced signaling. In particular, the antibodies inhibit the binding of Wnt5a and inhibit Wnt induced phosphorylation of Dishevelled (Dvl) 2 and/or Dvl3 proteins.
US09862769B2
Isolated monoclonal antibodies which bind to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and related anti-body-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies are also disclosed.
US09862764B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof to human BMP6 and compositions and methods of use thereof.
US09862763B2
The invention provides humanized anti-human Tau(pS422) antibodies and methods of using the same.
US09862756B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US09862746B2
The present invention relates to MLL fusion proteins (e.g., AF9 and ENL), which activate target genes in part via recruitment of histone methyltransferase DOT1L. In particular, the present invention provides the AF9/ENL binding site in DOT1L and agents that block the protein-protein interactions between AF9/ENL and DOT1L, therefore inhibiting the activity of DOT1L, and inhibiting MLL-fusion protein associated leukemia.
US09862745B2
The invention relates to the synthesis of boronic ester and acid compounds. More particularly, the invention provides improved synthetic processes for the large-scale production of boronic ester and acid compounds, including the peptide boronic acid proteasome inhibitor bortezomib.
US09862742B2
The present invention provides fluorine substituted tricyclic nucleosides of formula (I) wherein: the substituents are as defined in the claims. The present invention further provides oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom. Incorporation of one or more of the tricyclic nucleosides into an oligomeric compound enhances one or more properties of the oligomeric compound. Such oligomeric compounds can also be included in double stranded compositions.
US09862739B2
Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
US09862714B2
Provided herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions for use, inter alia, in methods of reducing Wnt-mediated effects and treating cancer.
US09862712B2
The present invention disclosed a novel EGFR inhibitor compound of formula (I), process for preparation thereof and methods of treating abnormal cell growth in mammals by administering the compounds of formula (I). Wherein, R═—H, 3-CH3, 4-NO2, 4-Cl, 2-CH3, 4-CH3, 4-Br, 4-F R1═—H, -4-OCH3, -4-NO2,-2-NO2, -4-Cl, -2,4,6-CH3, -4-CH3, -2-F,4-Br, -4-CF3, -4-S—CH3, -4-Cl,-3-CF3, -3-S—CH3, -3,5-CF3, -2-S—CH3, -3-CF3,-4-OCF3, —Si—(CH3)3, —Si—(C2H5)3, (CH3)2—Si— C2H5.
US09862708B2
The invention disclosed herein is directed to compounds of Formula I [Formula should be entered here] and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful in the treatment of prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute or chronic myeloid leukemia, melanoma, and other cancers. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention disclosed herein is also directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, ovarian, liver, kidney, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute or chronic myeloid leukemia, melanoma and other cancers. The invention disclosed herein is further directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, ovarian, liver, kidney, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute or chronic myeloid leukemia, melanoma and other cancers through the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a selective PPARα antagonist. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are also useful in the treatment of viral infections, such as HCV infections and HIV infections.
US09862703B2
Heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I) shown herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the heterocyclic compounds and methods of using the heterocyclic compounds to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells into the peripheral circulation. Further provided are methods for treating tissue injury, cancer, inflammatory disease, and autoimmune disease with the heterocyclic compounds.
US09862702B2
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
US09862696B2
This disclosure is related to methods for producing anhydroryanodol, ryanodol, or analogs thereof and novel compounds prepared thereby.
US09862695B2
Disclosed is a monomer containing an N-acylcarbamoyl group and a lactone skeleton. The monomer is exemplified by Formula (1): where Ra is selected typically from hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is, independently in each occurrence, selected typically from halogen and optionally halogenated C1-C6 alkyl; “A” is selected from C1-C6 alkylene, oxygen, sulfur, and non-bond; m represents an integer of 0 to 8; X represents, independently in each occurrence, specific N-acylcarbamoyl; n represents an integer of 1 to 9; and Y represents a C1-C6 divalent organic group.
US09862689B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 is as defined herein, which is useful as an intermediate in the preparation of active pharmaceutical compounds.
US09862686B2
This present disclosure is related to the field of N1-sulfonyl-5-fluoropyrimidinones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
US09862682B2
Provided herein are functionalized pegylated cyanine compounds containing a reactive group suitable for labeling a biomolecule or pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, the compounds are based on formula I shown below. In other embodiments, the compounds can be pegylated at one or more of the following locations R1, R4, R6, R9, or L.
US09862680B2
The invention provides monobactams that can be used as antibacterial agents or intermediates for the preparation of other useful compounds such as antibacterial agents.
US09862678B2
This disclosure relates to a novel class of compounds having the structure of formula I as defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This disclosure also comprises methods of treating a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject. These compounds are useful for the conditions disclosed herein. This disclosure further comprises methods for making the compounds of formula I and corresponding intermediates.
US09862675B1
A method for N-formylating an amine that includes reacting the amine and a formamide compound in the presence of a phosphonic anhydride to form an N-formylated amine. The phosphonic anhydride is present in an amount of 5-100 mol % relative to a total number of moles of the amine, and the reacting is performed for 1-24 hours at a temperature of 45-100° C.
US09862655B2
Methods and systems for producing jet-range hydrocarbons are disclosed herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for producing jet-range hydrocarbons includes the steps of combining a first stream including C4 olefinic hydrocarbons and a second stream including C5-C8 olefinic hydrocarbons to produce a third stream including C4-C8 hydrocarbons, oligomerizing the third stream including C4-C8 olefinic hydrocarbons to produce a fourth stream including C4-C20 olefinic hydrocarbons, and separating C5-C8 hydrocarbons from the fourth stream including C4-C20 olefinic hydrocarbons to produce the second stream including C5-C8 olefinic hydrocarbons and a fifth stream including C9-C20 olefinic hydrocarbons. The method further includes the step of hydrogenating the fifth stream including C9-C20 olefinic hydrocarbons to produce a sixth stream including C9-C20 paraffinic jet-range hydrocarbons.
US09862648B2
A method for producing a metal fluoride ceramic, comprising: providing a sedimented compound comprising metal fluoride particles having an average particle size lower than 30 nm and a solvent, partially drying the sedimented compound at a temperature lower than 65° C. until the partially dried compound comprises from 5 wt % to 45 wt % of the solvent, and sintering, for example in air, the partially dried and sedimented compound.
US09862628B2
In a submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR or SMU), diffusers are used to eject air bubbles, primarily to facilitate the movement of mixed liquor past the membrane surfaces, cleaning and scouring the surfaces of the membranes with the mechanical energy of the combined air/liquid/solids movement. Oxygen transfer from the bubbles into the mixed liquor is often a secondary goal, for supplying oxygen to biological processes. The invention involves the use of a specific bubble diffuser, oriented at a selected upward angle, to enable a single style diffuser to accomplish simultaneous generation of mid-size and fine bubble aeration, with adjustment of the tilt angle varying the percentages of mid-size and fine bubble aeration. The angle selection, along with the number of diffusers and air volume selected, allows achievement of target liquid movement through the MBR.
US09862624B2
A transformational approach to water treatment is provided that incorporates membrane-free filtration with dynamic processing of the fluid to significantly reduce treatment times, chemical cost, land use, and operational overhead. This approach provides hybrid capabilities of filtration, together with chemical treatment, as the water is transported through various spiral stages.
US09862623B2
An electrolytic system for treating wastewater by electrocoagulation, electroflotation or a combination of both is disclosed. The electrolytic system comprises a first electrolytic reactor adapted for receiving the wastewater to be treated, the first electrolytic reactor comprising at least one cathode and at least one anode to perform a first electrolytic treatment for eliminating organic matter and calcium present in the wastewater that impact on nucleation of struvite; and a second electrolytic reactor downwardly connected to the first electrolytic reactor, the second electrolytic reactor comprising at least one cathode and at least one magnesium anode to perform a second electrolytic treatment for producing Mg2+ ions which react with NH4+ and orthophosphates from said wastewater to form a struvite precipitate. The electrolytic system allows eliminating simultaneously orthophosphate and ammonium from the wastewater while enabling the production of struvite.
US09862612B2
The method for producing silicon metal and porous carbon from rice hulls is provided. The method comprises a first step S1 of producing a rice hull charcoal M2 containing SiO2 and C by heat treatment of rice hulls M1; a second step S4 of exposing the rice hull charcoal M4 to at least any one of heated first inert gas G2 or reducing gas to produce SiC; a third step S5 of exposing SiC to a heating atmosphere containing Cl2 gas to produce SiCl4 and porous carbon P1; a fourth step S7 of reacting SiCl4 and Zn to produce silicon metal P2 and ZnCl2; and a fifth step S9 of electrolyzing ZnCl2 to produce Zn and Cl2 gas. The Cl2 gas in the fifth step S9 is used in the third step S5, and Zn in the fifth step S9 is used in the fourth step S7.
US09862609B2
Compositions and methods directed to producing metal-doped graphene and the metal-doped graphene derivatives from pitch are disclosed.
US09862594B2
A wearable device is provided having multiple sensors configured to detect and measure different parameters of interest. The wearable device includes at least one monolithic integrated multi-sensor (MIMS) device. The MIMS device comprises at least two sensors of different types formed on a common semiconductor substrate. For example, the MIMS device can comprise an indirect sensor and a direct sensor. The wearable device couples a first parameter to be measured directly to the direct sensor. Conversely, the wearable device can couple a second parameter to be measured to the indirect sensor indirectly. Other sensors can be added to the wearable device by stacking a sensor to the MIMS device or to another substrate coupled to the MIMS device.
US09862592B2
A MEMS transducer includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The first substrate includes a piezoelectric diaphragm and a conductive contact structure. The conductive contact structure is electrically connected to the piezoelectric diaphragm, and protrudes beyond a principal surface of the first substrate. The second substrate includes a conductive receiving feature and an active device. The conductive receiving feature is aligned with and further bonded to the conductive contact structure. The active device is electrically connected to the piezoelectric diaphragm through the conductive receiving feature and the conductive contact structure.
US09862589B2
Various apparatus and systems for chilled beverage dispensing are disclosed. The beverage dispenser can be configured such that any surface that the dispensed beverage is in contact with during the dispensing process is refrigerated to the appropriate temperature. In some examples, the beverage dispenser can extend from and retract into a refrigerated source. In some examples, the beverage dispenser can be built into a refrigeration system.
US09862583B2
A container opening device facilitates opening of various types of containers including conventional five gallon buckets, various sizes of paint cans, and the like. the device includes a head coupled to a first end of a handle. The head has a pair of spaced flanges. Each of the flanges is coupled to and extending from a base of the head extending between the flanges. Each of the flanges has a planar distal portion positioned in spaced relationship to the base defining a gap therebetween for engaging and prying edges of a cover on a bucket. A first sidewall extends from the handle adjacent to a second end of the handle. The first sidewall has a thickness for insertion into a space between a lid and a top edge of a can to pry the lid away from the can.
US09862582B2
A safety device for an aerial lift includes a basket with controls which permit an operator standing in the basket to maneuver the basket. The safety device includes an alarm, a switch activation device proximate to the controls and two solenoid operated relays, one connected with a normally-closed manually operable emergency switch which is operable to cut electrical supply and prevent further movement of the basket, and one connected with a foot operable safety switch, which must be held closed by an operator to activate the controls. Each relay is held in a closed condition unless caused to change to an open condition to cut electrical supply. The relays are controlled by a programmable control box connected to the switch activation device, foot switch and alarm. The control box causes the alarm to operate in accordance with the condition of the foot operable safety switch.
US09862574B2
An arrangement for installing a set of elevator ropes includes one or more rope reels storing the set of elevator ropes, a rope wheel arrangement mounted on a fixed base comprising one or more rope wheels, a first rope guide detachably mounted in proximity of said one or more rope wheels of the rope wheel arrangement, and a second rope guide detachably mounted in proximity of said one or more rope wheels of the rope wheel arrangement. The ropes of the set of elevator ropes are arranged to pass from the one or more rope reels to said one or more rope wheels of the rope wheel arrangement via the first rope guide, which is arranged to guide the ropes to converge a rim of said one or more rope wheels at least substantially vertically, to turn around said one or more rope wheels, and to pass away from the one or more rope wheels via the second rope guide, which is arranged to guide the ropes to diverge from a rim of said one or more rope wheels at least substantially vertically. A method for installing a set of elevator ropes uses the disclosed arrangement.
US09862570B2
A method for controlling an operation of an elevator system is discloses. The elevator system includes an elevator car moving within an elevator shaft and at least one elevator cable connected to the elevator car and the elevator shaft to carry electrical signals to the elevator car. The method determines a counter force on the elevator cable required to change a nominal shape of the elevator cable to an inverse shape of a current shape of the elevator cable caused by disturbance on the elevator system and applies the counter force to the elevator cable.
US09862566B2
A method of installing cable on a cable reel that has the steps of providing a cable reel that includes first and second opposing flanges, the first flange having a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion, the first hub portion being longer than the second hub portion, the first hub portion having a plurality of flexible segments; placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion extends through the cable coil; and inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion, thereby expanding the flexible segments so that flexible segments engage the cable coil.
US09862562B2
Folding machines and methods are provided. A folding machine that utilizes a direct transfer of sheets from a knife roll to a folding roll is provided. Sheet handling rolls are provided that incorporate movable vacuum ports to assist in transfer of a sheet from one roll to another roll.
US09862560B2
The present disclosure is a tension control device which includes a pressing member configured to press an object in a noncontact manner by spraying a gas onto the object to which tension is applied, an actuator configured to vary a position of the pressing member, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure of the gas, a gap sensor configured to detect a floating amount of the object from the pressing member, and a control unit configured to control the actuator based on a detected value of the pressure sensor and a detected value of the gap sensor.
US09862555B2
A system for providing automatic feedback and adjusting transmittal pulling force for transporting glass fragment, where the system comprises a delivery machine, a glass broken machine and a recycle box. The glass fragment is transmitted by the delivery machine and triturated by the glass broken machine, and the triturated glass fragment is then transported to the recycle box, the delivery machine comprises a driving motor, a conveyer belt and two driving rollers, where the conveyer belt surrounds the two driving rollers, the driving rollers are driven by the driving motor to rotate the conveyer belt, and the glass fragment on the conveyer belt is transported into the glass broken machine for triturating and recycling.
US09862553B2
A process and apparatus for manufacturing a mattress generally includes an automated foam layer placement apparatus for accurately securing one or more foam layers onto an innercore unit and bucket assembly.
US09862542B2
Described is a system for controlling the operation of a trash can lid that includes a shell for receiving trash, a lid assembly that covers a portion of the shell, and an actuator assembly that independently controls the rate in which the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. Also provided is a system for improving the operation of a trash can that includes a lid assembly for covering a portion of a shell, an actuator assembly, a base assembly, and a hydraulic component. The hydraulic component controls the rate in which a portion of the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. The system further includes an adjustable volume of space that is formed between the base assembly and the removable liner when the removable liner is coupled to the base assembly. The adjustable volume of space can be used to store deodorizers, insecticides, or the like.
US09862541B2
A trash receptacle attachment for helping to collect debris. The trash receptacle attachment includes a housing having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a hollow interior volume. The outlet portion is configured to be received within a trash receptacle, wherein mounting brackets attached to the exterior of the housing and are configured to removably mount to an opening of the trash receptacle to support the outlet portion within the trash receptacle. The inlet portion extends above the opening of the trash receptacle when the outlet portion is supported within the trash receptacle, wherein the inlet portion includes a funnel-like shape and is widened relative to the outlet portion. Debris is inserted into the inlet portion and the debris passes through the housing and the outlet portion thereof, into the interior of the trash receptacle.
US09862539B2
A portable water tank assembly for a dust emitting construction machine, such as a machine for cutting concrete, stone, ceramic materials and the like may include a water container (1) and an electric pump (2) powered by a battery for pumping water from the container (1) through an outlet to the construction machine. To provide a portable water tank assembly which provides a long service life without changing battery, is easy to handle and carry and that is robust and reliable, the pump is a low pressure pump (2), of 0.1-1.5 bar, preferably of 0.3-1.2 bar, that is preferably submersible and placed inside the water container. The assembly has at least 5 liter capacity.
US09862536B2
A dispenser head for an aerosol can and a method of assembly of the same, the dispenser head comprising a chassis attached to the associated aerosol can and a spray-through cap attached thereto, the chassis comprising a platform capable of axial movement and a flexible spray channel centrally located thereon.
US09862531B2
A piercing fitment assembly for a thin film flexible container containing a liquid having(A) a spout assembly having a sealing flange sealed to the film of the flexible container and having positioned therein a circular piercing element with at least one piercing point in close proximity to the film of the flexible container;(B) a threaded plug fitted into the spout assembly and the bottom of the plug being sealed to the film of the flexible container;(C) a threaded collar positioned in the spout assembly and threadably engaged with the threaded exterior of the threaded plug;whereby when the threaded collar is moved to engage the threaded plug and the threaded plug is moved away from the film of the flexible container, the film of the flexible container is brought into contact with the piercing end of the piercing element and the film is pierced allowing the liquid from the container to flow out through the spout assembly and out of the flexible container.
US09862530B2
A multi-directional strap device includes a base having a first end and an opposing second end angled with respect to the first end. A first clamping member is carried by the base proximate the first end of the base and movable between a clamped position and an unclamped position. A second clamping member is carried by the base proximate the second end of the base, and movable between a clamped position and an unclamped position, wherein the second clamping member is in series with the first clamping member and angled with respect thereto. A diverter member is carried by the base intermediate the first clamping member and the second clamping member. A strap is provided having an end coupled to the first end of the base and a free end.
US09862527B2
A device, system, and method for dispensing water to moisten and soften toilet paper tissue, thereby to create an adhesive wipe and to provide a thorough surface cleaning, includes, in at least one embodiment: a water reservoir, a water reservoir locking lid and key, a dispensing actuator, a dispensing port, a wall mount plate, a dispense cup for a predetermined volume of water to use for each metered release of water from the dispenser, and a dispensing valve.
US09862519B2
A supporting structure for concurrently supporting a plurality of containers having a predetermined length for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications comprises a carrier having a plurality of supporting means for supporting the containers on the carrier, optionally, at least in a first orientation (e.g. upright) or in a second orientation (upside-down or also upright).According to the invention the carrier is matched to the lengths of the containers such that the upper ends of the containers are arranged in the first position at the same distance to the carrier as the lower ends of the containers in the second position and that the upper ends and/or lower ends of the containers are accessible for a further processing of the containers while they are supported on the carrier.Thus, there is no need to adjust the heights of processing stations in which the containers are treated or processed further, regardless of whether the containers are supported on the carrier in the first position or in the second position, because the upper ends and lower ends of the containers are disposed on the same height level in both positions (orientations) of the containers. According to the invention this facilitates the treatment and processing of containers considerably because the effort in terms of adjustment, control and automation can be considerably simplified.
US09862518B2
A plastic container that is adapted for adjustment to internal volumetric changes such as those that occur during the hot-fill process includes a container body defining an internal space and having a sidewall. The container body has a maximum lateral dimension and a plurality of flexible panels and posts defined in the sidewall. The posts are respectively interposed between the flexible panels around the outer circumference of the sidewall. Each of the plurality of posts has a minimum width and a maximum width, and a ratio of the minimum width to maximum width is preferably within a range of about 0.3 to about 0.7. A ratio of the minimum width to the maximum lateral dimension is preferably within a range of about 0.05 to about 0.30. In addition, a ratio of the maximum width to the maximum lateral dimension is preferably within a range of about 0.15 to about 0.45.
US09862514B2
Disclosed is a method for processing cut edges of a blank member, so called “package sleeve”, made from packaging material, in particular paper/plastics composite material, the cut edges of which are open from above and/or below, by applying a processing medium. In order to develop a simple and cost-effective method, in which the risk of contamination of the packaging and the aseptic region of a filling installation when the package sleeves are filled and closed is reduced, the processing medium contains at least one sterilizing medium and the sterilizing medium remains after being applied to the cut edges and is introduced into the packaging material.
US09862510B2
A machine is described for covering book covers and sealing envelopes or articles of various kind. The machine comprises a fixed lower base suitable for resting a sheet of flexible plastic material for an article to be covered, an upper part movable towards said base and a heatable blade accommodated in the upper part to execute soldering of the overlapped ends of the plastic material sheet along the article edges when the upper part is approached to the lower base. The machine comprises an electric motor, a control member accessible from the outside of the machine for operating the electric motor and movement transmission means acting on the sides of the upper part to induce, at every activation of the electric motor, movement of the upper part towards the lower base for executing the soldering of the ends of the plastic material sheet.
US09862507B2
Thermal control louvers for CubeSats or small spacecraft may include a plurality of springs attached to a back panel of the thermal control louvers. The thermal control louvers may also include a front panel, which includes at least two end panels interlocked with one or more middle panels. The front panel may secure the springs, shafts, and flaps to the back panel.
US09862479B1
A stiffener 100 comprises a first stiffener portion (102), having a first cross-sectional profile (104) that is constant along the first stiffener portion (102). The stiffener 100 also comprises a second stiffener portion (106), having a second cross-sectional profile (108) that is constant along the second stiffener portion (106). The second cross-sectional profile (108) of the second stiffener portion (106) is different from the first cross-sectional profile (104) of the first stiffener portion (102). The stiffener 100 additionally comprises a transition stiffener portion (110) tapering from the second stiffener portion (106) to the first stiffener portion (102).
US09862451B2
A bicycle control device is basically provided for operating a first bicycle component and a second bicycle component. The bicycle control device comprises a mounting member, a first actuating unit, a second actuating unit, an operating member and a changing member. The mounting member is configured to be mounted to the bicycle. The first actuating unit is configured to be connected to the first bicycle component. The second actuating unit is configured to be connected to the second bicycle component. The operating member is movably coupled to the mounting member and operatively coupled to the first and second actuating units to selectively operate the first and second actuating units. The changing member is movably coupled to the mounting member to selectively switch between the first and second actuating units being operated in response to movement of the operating member.
US09862447B2
A tricycle may be operable between a first mode of operation steerable by a tricycle rider, and a second mode of operation steerable by an individual pushing the tricycle. A rider handle, in the first mode, may be configured to be rotationally coupled with the stem in a manner permitting a tricycle rider to exert forces on the rider handle and thereby turn the fork, and the rider handle in the second mode, being configured to be rotationally uncoupled from the stem, preventing forces on the rider handle from turning the fork. At least one rotation restrictor may be included for preventing the front wheel from turning to a position where the front wheel axis leads the fork axis, and for maintaining the front wheel axis in a position trailing the fork axis both when the tricycle is propelled by a tricycle rider in the first mode and when the tricycle is pushed from behind in the second mode.
US09862441B2
A bicycle saddle includes a seat bladder fastened to a base frame. The seat bladder has one or more cavities that include an internal channel along a portion of the seat bladder's centerline that blocks the flow of fluid from side-to-side along the length of the internal channel. A rear fluid channel allows fluid to flow from side-to-side as the rider's weight shifts from side-to-side during the pedaling cycle. Fluid also flows from side-to-side where the pommel portion flows into the wider seating portion of the set bladder by moving around the forward end of the longitudinal channel. The perimeter of the seat bladder overhangs the perimeter of the base frame by a variable amount throughout the perimeter of the base frame.
US09862440B2
A stand for securely parking a wheeled vehicle, particularly a bicycle, motorcycle, motor scooter or the like, is itself provided with a locking mechanism for locking the vehicle relative to the stand. This conveniently obviates the need for a vehicle owner to carry his own locking devices and related equipment, such as chains and cables, all of which can be cumbersome and heavy. The stand uses cable-actuated latch mechanisms to either provide the locking functionality directly or as a mechanism for securely retaining a cable or chain provided as part of the stand in a locking state.
US09862439B2
Disclosed is a bicycle carrier having a support mast, an elongate support member extending from the support mast, and a cradle disposed along the elongate support member. The cradle is for receiving a fork crown of a bicycle. The cradle includes a first hook member extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member and a second hook member extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member. The first hook member and the second hook member are spaced-apart so as to allow the fork crown to be received by the cradle. A head tube of the bicycle is disposed between the first hook member and the second hook member. The first hook member and the second hook member are disposed between fork tubes of the bicycle.
US09862437B2
A mounting structure for a rig may include a base configured to support the mounting structure on an operating surface and a plurality of transport systems operatively connected to the base and configured to lift the mounting structure off of the operating surface. An elevated rig platform may be connected to the base by a plurality of support struts, wherein at least some of the support struts comprise a mounting connection that is configured to pivot to lower the elevated rig platform toward the base and place the mounting structure in a partially collapsed state. Additionally, a connecting member may be attached to one or more of the plurality of transport systems, wherein in response to the elevated rig platform being lowered to the partially collapsed state, the connecting member may be configured to displace at least a portion of the one or more transport systems.
US09862430B1
A tailgate cover assembly including a first panel and a second panel fixed to a vehicle tailgate and connected to the first panel by a first hinge assembly, the first panel being pivotable with respect to the second panel. The tailgate cover may also include a third panel fixed to the second panel by a second hinge assembly and being pivotable with respect to the second panel, wherein in an extended state, the first panel and third panel provide a flat surface on the tailgate.
US09862429B2
An extending tailgate arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a tailgate and a linkage configured to extend the tailgate away from a rear end of a vehicle by a predetermined distance such that the tailgate contacts the linkage and does not contact the vehicle. The tailgate may be alternately opened in a conventional flip-down manner, and a sliding plate may be provided that covers the gap formed by the extending tailgate arrangement. In certain embodiments, a fence is employed with the tailgate arrangement to enclose the area formed.
US09862419B2
A protective frame structure includes: a lower frame; an intermediate frame that is interlinked with the lower frame and is situated above the lower frame; and an upper frame that is interlinked with the intermediate frame and is situated abobe the intermediate frame, wherein a mounting space in which a battery module is configured to be mounted is formed between the lower frame and the intermediate frame, an upper space is formed between the intermediate frame and the upper frame, and the intermediate frame is deformed upward when an external load has been applied to the protective frame structure.
US09862418B1
A cross member including a base including a first side wall inclined at a first angle with the base and a second side wall inclined at a second angle with the base creating a hollow portion between the first side wall and a second side wall, a first outer flange and a second outer flange projecting from the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively, in a direction away from the hollow portion, and a first inner flange projecting from a top side of the first side wall into the hollow portion, wherein the base, the first side wall and the second side wall, the first outer flange and the second outer flange, and the first inner flange form an open cross-section.
US09862409B2
[Problem]An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that has a 3-shunt control function to perform a 3-shunt PWM-control for raising a reliability of the apparatus and for improving a stability, and a 1-shunt control function to perform a 1-shunt PWM-control so as to continue an assist control when the 3-shunt control function is damaged.[Means for solving the problem]The electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention, having: a 3-shunt control function to perform a 3-shunt PWM-control with a first 3-phase detected current values based on down-stream 3-shunt; a 1-shunt control function to perform a 1-shunt PWM-control with a second 3-phase detected current values based on down-stream 1-shunt; and a switching function to switch from the 3-shunt control function to the 1-shunt function when a failure of current detection circuit system in relation to the first 3-phase detected current values is detected.
US09862407B2
An electric power steering apparatus includes a motor for applying assist torque to a vehicle steering mechanism and a controller, which controls driving of the motor to cause the assist torque to follow an assist command value. The controller calculates a basic assist command value based on steering torque applied to the steering mechanism and corrects the basic assist command value using a correction value, thereby setting the assist command value. If the steering torque has an absolute value greater than a threshold value when the vehicle is in a straight-line traveling state, the controller sets the correction value such that the absolute value of the steering torque is reduced. If the steering torque has an absolute value less than the threshold value when the vehicle is in a straight-line traveling state, the controller sets the correction value such that the absolute value of the assist command value is reduced.
US09862405B2
An AFS system for a vehicle may include a motor which has a hollow motor shaft, an input shaft connected with a steering wheel and rotatably and penetratively inserted into the motor shaft, a planetary gear set including a sun gear formed at a lower end portion of the motor shaft, upper planet gears that engage with the sun gear, lower planet gears connected coaxially with the upper planet gears, a ring gear that engages with the lower planet gears, a carrier connected with a lower end portion of the input shaft so as to transmit power and connected to the lower planet gears so as to transmit power, and an output shaft formed integrally with the ring gear and extending toward a lower side of the ring gear.
US09862401B2
A collapsible pushchair frame or doll's pushchair frame, includes: two lateral frame bars with push bars and front wheel arrangements on the frame bars; two lateral support struts, each of which is pivotably fastened, by a respective joint to a frame bar, at a distance from the lower end of the bar and which have bearings for rear wheels on their lower ends lying towards the rear in relation to the articulation points; and a seat insert or reclining insert. At least one stabilizing rod is designed as a safety rod and divided by a knee joint. An adjusting device includes an actuating element (21) arranged under the insert in the pushchair frame is coupled to at least one part of the at least one stabilizing rod, the actuating element being used to at least raise the corresponding front part of the stabilizing rod (13a, 13b) comprising the knee joint (18).
US09862395B2
A system includes a track system having a first rail and a second rail, a track activity detection circuit electrically connected to each of the first rail and the second rail, a track shunt circuit electrically connected to the first rail and the second rail, wherein the track shunt circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect the first rail and the second rail through a shunt. A method includes receiving an instruction to apply a shunt between a first rail and a second rail of a track system, and electrically connecting the first rail to the second rail through a controllable track shunt circuit.
US09862389B2
A shifting control method for a vehicle including: a shifting requirement determination step in which a controller determines whether power-on downshifting is required and whether a gear level when shifting is started is equal to or greater than a fourth gear; a first torque crossing step in which, when power-on downshifting is required from the gear level equal to or greater than the fourth gear, torque of a first clutch is decreased and torque of a second clutch is increased; a gear manipulation step in which, when the first clutch is released by the first torque crossing step, a target gear is engaged by manipulating a synchronizer while the torque of the second clutch is maintained; and a second torque crossing step in which, when the target gear has been engaged by the gear manipulation step, the first clutch is engaged and the second clutch is released.
US09862387B2
Disclosed is a method for protecting a vehicle clutch, including a check step for checking the mileage of a vehicle and the number of times a clutch wear compensation device is operated; after the check step, a calculation step for calculating a clutch thermal severity level, which indicates the degree of thermal severity of the clutch, based on the mileage and the number of times the wear compensation device is operated; and a control step for controlling at least one of the shifting pattern of the vehicle and engine RPM depending on the clutch thermal severity level, after the calculation step.
US09862370B2
A control device for controlling an electric vehicle includes a driving source that rotates wheels, a braking device that applies braking force to the wheels, a creep torque control portion that controls magnitude of creep torque to be applied to the wheels, wherein the creep torque control portion includes a braking force detecting unit that detects the braking force applied by the braking device, a fundamental creep torque calculating unit that calculates fundamental creep torque corresponding to vehicle speed, a creep suppression torque calculating unit that calculates creep suppression torque smaller than the fundamental creep torque based on a result of the detection of the braking force detecting unit and a creep torque calculating unit that calculate the creep torque by subtracting the creep suppression torque from the fundamental creep torque.
US09862369B2
A mode control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first clutch that is disposed between an engine and a motor generating power and a second clutch that is disposed between the motor and a transmission. In addition, a controller is configured to execute engagement and disengagement of the first clutch and the second clutch. The controller is also configured to adjust the speed of the motor and the transmission to be synchronized by generating slip in the second clutch when a transition from an EV mode to an HEV mode is requested.
US09862364B2
Aspects of the disclosure involve a collision mitigated braking system employed in vehicles operating in a self-driving (autonomous) mode. Collision mitigated braking provides redundancy to the vehicle's main driving system in emergency situations. The collision mitigated braking system is configured to cause the vehicle to come to a stop when an imminent collision is perceived and the main driving system has not initiated a braking maneuver. A perception component employs information received from vehicle sensors, analyzing the sensor data to identify nearby objects of interest that are determined to be in the vehicle's path or that could otherwise collide with the vehicle. A control component evaluates the objects of interest to determine whether immediate braking is required. If this is the case and the main driving system has not begun to brake, the control component causes the vehicle to perform immediate braking to avoid a possible collision.
US09862361B2
A parking system for a vehicle provides a self-contained vehicle lift with jacks on wheels and mounted on a vehicle frame, wherein the jacks are operable between a retracted position permitting the vehicle to move in a normal fashion, and an extended position effective to raise the entire vehicle off the ground to allow the wheels move the vehicle into the parking position.
US09862360B2
A position determination unit determines whether a position of the vehicle is in proximity to a carwash. A shift determination unit determines a shift position of a transmission device of the vehicle. A brake determination unit determines activation of a brake device of the vehicle. A control unit determines that a condition to implement a carwash preparation is satisfied when the position determination unit determines that the position of the vehicle is in proximity to the carwash, when the shift determination unit determines that the shift position is in a neutral position, and when the brake determination unit determines that the brake device is deactivated.
US09862350B2
An airbag includes an outer shell defining an interior of the airbag, and a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider includes a body portion and at least one flap attached to the body portion along an edge. The divider is attached to the outer shell so as to form a gas-tight seal between the outer shell and the body portion and so as to form a gas flow passage between the at least one flap and the outer shell.
US09862348B2
An inflatable cushion for a side of a vehicle is provided, the inflatable cushion having a first sheet of material; a second sheet of material, the first sheet of material being secured to the second sheet of material at a seam to define the inflatable cushion; and wherein the seam consists only of: a first plurality of stitches; a peripheral edge portion of the first sheet of material; and a peripheral edge portion of the second sheet of material; and wherein no adhesives or sealants are applied to the first sheet and the second sheet when the seam is formed by applying the first plurality of stitches.
US09862347B2
A first airbag has a first joining panel. A second airbag has a second joining panel. The first and second airbags are both inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first and second joining panels are spaced from each other in the uninflated position. In the inflated position, the first joining panel is fixed to the second joining panel.
US09862345B2
A side airbag device-installed vehicle seat including: an inner bag section that extends out from a side airbag main body, past a seat front of a side frame, and to a seat width direction inner side of the side frame, and that inflates within a side section of a seatback when an internal portion of the inner bag section in communication with an inside of the side airbag main body is supplied with gas from a gas generator; and a reaction force member including a fixing portion that is fixed to the side frame, and a reaction force application portion that is interposed between the inner bag section and the side frame at the seat width direction inner side of the side frame and that applies reaction force to the inner bag section during inflation, the inner bag section being anchored to the reaction force application portion.
US09862334B2
An exterior component is disclosed for attachment to a vehicle surface of an external vehicle structure. The exterior component comprises a primary body having a pad support wall and a profile wall extending therefrom, the profile wall defining an exterior profile of the exterior component, and presenting an exterior surface having a desired aesthetic finish. The pad support wall is an elongate continuous structure that runs substantially the entire length of the exterior component. The pad support wall presents a continuous tape pad configured to receive a suitable adhesive for bonding the exterior component to a receiving vehicle surface. The exterior component is exemplified in the form of a door cladding, and a wheel-flare molding.
US09862330B2
A three-dimensional rack useful in a pick-up truck or trailer having a bed with raised vertical side walls and a hinged rear tailgate. The rack has a first crossbar the ends of which are pivotally received at the opposed inside walls of the truck or trailer bed, a pair of matched spaced apart arms affixed to the first crossbar and a second crossbar affixed to said pair of arms, the arms being shaped so that the crossbars are horizontally and vertically displaced from each other while being parallel to each other.
US09862328B2
The present invention relates generally to a fishing rod carrier used by persons for transporting fishing rods inside a vehicle. Particularly to an improved fishing rod rack for vehicles that is mountable on the inside of the top of the form of sports utility vehicles, station wagons and hatchbacks. The rod rack retains a plurality of fishing rods securely and protected from damage while keeping the rods highly accessible. This rod rack is easily installed and removed and made of flexible materials so it can be rolled up and stored when not in use. The apparatus is mostly comprised of two carrier members, spaced apart at a desired distances and positioned, substantially parallel to each other across with width of a vehicles cab. The carrier holds fishing rods having a handle at one end and a rod tip at the opposite end. Fishing rods are secured where the handle end of each fishing rod is held by a portion of shock cord on one carrier member and where the tip end of the fishing rods are held by a corresponding portion of shock cord in the opposite carrier member.
US09862322B2
A mirror assembly includes an adjustable support system for supporting a mirror. The adjustable support system includes a first peripheral support element and a second peripheral support element, each having an adjustable height, and optionally a third, central support element having a fixed height. Each of the first and second peripheral support elements is coupled with a respective linear actuator for adjusting their respective heights, thereby adjusting and/or rotating the mirror. In some embodiments, additional peripheral elements are included at opposite sides of each of the first and second peripheral support elements to provide additional balance and/or dampening when the mirror is adjusted.
US09862313B2
An aero part for vehicles, which is mounted in a vehicle and has a virtual engine sound output function may include a reed vibration sound generator disposed in an inner space of the aero part to generate sound as a reed vibrates by an air stream introduced into the inner space of the aero part through a vent hole during vehicle traveling.
US09862312B2
A motion sickness countermeasure system for a user within a vehicle having a light array system configured to output visual stimuli presented in a field of view of the user; and a controller outputting a control signal to the light array system to activate the light array system in such a way as to mimic the visual input one would receive if one were to look outside the vehicle.
US09862287B2
A power system for an electric vehicle, an electric vehicle and a motor controller for an electric vehicle are provided. The power system includes: a power battery (10); a charge-discharge socket (20); a three-level bidirectional DC-AC module (30); a motor control switch (40); a charge-discharge control module (50) having a first terminal connected with an AC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module (30) and a second terminal connected with the charge-discharge socket (20); and a control module (60) connected with a third terminal of the charge-discharge control module (50) and a third terminal of the motor control switch (40), and configured to control the charge-discharge control module (50) and the motor control switch (40) according to a current working mode of the power system.
US09862286B2
A power supply system supplies power from a plurality of vehicles to an external electrical apparatus. When power is supplied, the plurality of vehicles can select one of a generated-power supply mode, in which an engine is driven and a charged-power supply mode in which the engine is not driven. The power supply system includes a control unit that controls power to be supplied from the plurality of vehicles and, when power is supplied to the electrical apparatus, performs control so that the charged-power supply mode is selected for at least one of the plurality of vehicles that are power supply sources.
US09862281B2
An electrical connection line for charging an energy store of a motor vehicle has an electrical input connection (20) to connect the connection line (10) to an external energy source (24) and an electrical output connection (18) to connect the connection line (10) to the energy store (14) of the motor vehicle (12) that is to be charged. The electrical output connection (18) has a plug-in connector (18) for electrically connecting to the energy store (14) of the motor vehicle (12), and a line section (22) with at least two electrical lines for transferring electrical energy. The electrical input connection (20) has connection terminals (26, 28) to connect the connection line (10) to electrical contacts (30, 32) of the external energy source (24).
US09862275B2
The fail safe apparatus for an eco-friendly vehicle includes: a main battery to supply driving power of a vehicle; a battery controller to manage a state of charge of the main battery; a power converter to convert power supplied from the main battery into power for charging an auxiliary battery; a motor controller to drive a motor with the power supplied from the main battery; a hybrid starter generator to start an engine and charge the main battery; and a vehicle controller to monitor a capacity voltage of any one of the power converter and the motor controller when there is an error in data communication of the battery controller and control charging and discharging of the main battery based on the monitored results.
US09862270B2
A control device for a four wheel drive vehicle. Differential limitation is applied to both of right and left rear wheels, with 2WD_d state being maintained, by executing two wheel control for engaging or half-engaging a first clutch and a second clutch. As the two wheel drive control is executed, a moment that suppresses the rotation speed difference between the right and left rear wheels acts on the right and left rear wheels even in the 2WD_d state. When the rotation speed difference occurs between the right and left rear wheels, a braking force is allowed to act on the vehicle wheel on the high rotation side and a driving force is allowed to act on the vehicle wheel on the low rotation side through the execution of the two wheel drive control so that a stable moment acts on the vehicle without a transition to a 4WD state.
US09862262B2
Methods and systems for delivering powertrain torque of a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. In one example, torque is supplied to vehicle wheels from a piston engine, an electric machine, and a turbine engine via a planetary gear set. The planetary gear set may be configured with at least one sun gear and two ring gears.
US09862260B2
A powertrain for a vehicle may include a power source, a left motor/generator and a right motor/generator, a left planetary gear set and a right planetary gear set each having a first rotary member connected to the power source, a second rotary member connected to driving wheels, and a third rotary member connected to either the left motor generator or the right motor generator, a brake configured to limit rotation of the first rotary member of each of the left planetary gear set and the right planetary gear set, a left clutch selectively connecting or disconnecting the second rotary member and the third rotary member of the left planetary gear set to or from each other, and a right clutch selectively connecting or disconnecting the second rotary member and the third rotary member of the right planetary gear set to or from each other.
US09862255B2
A vehicle includes a windshield, a backlite spaced from the windshield, and a moonroof. The moonroof is moveable relative to the windshield and the backlite between a closed position and an open position. When in the closed position, the moonroof is adjacent to both the windshield and the backlite.
US09862248B2
A vehicle HVAC noise control system includes an air handler, a blower motor, an audio event device and a controller. The air handler is connected to a passenger compartment. The blower motor is operably connected to the air handler to provide a plurality of airflow rates for air flowing into a passenger compartment. The audio event device produces an audio event to the passenger compartment. The controller is operatively connected to the blower motor and the audio event device. The controller controls operation of the blower motor initially at an operating airflow rate and subsequently switches to a noise reducing airflow rate in response to a signal from the audio event device indicating that the audio event device will subsequently produce the audio event.
US09862246B2
An air conditioning control device of a vehicle in which an air conditioner for adjusting a temperature in a cabin is mounted is provided. The air conditioning control device includes a setting portion, a detector, and an electronic control unit. The setting portion is configured to set an execution schedule of pre-air conditioning that the air conditioner is actuated before a user gets in a vehicle. The detector is configured to detect boarding on the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to actuate the air conditioner in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning, and is also configured to notify the user about execution of the pre-air conditioning when the boarding of the user on the vehicle is detected after the air conditioner is actuated in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning.
US09862225B2
A liquid applying tool which can create pressurizing action with a simple structure and without any labor at the time of using the liquid applying tool, and allows liquid to be smoothly fed to a tip end of a liquid applicator member with the assistance of the pressurizing action.
US09862224B1
A writing instrument includes an elongated body housing a spool valve and a writing tip secured to a distal end of the elongated body. Two or more fluid reservoirs in selective fluid communication with the writing tip. Axial movement of the spool valve relative to the elongated body of the writing instrument alternately establishes fluid flow paths between the fluid reservoirs and the writing tip.
US09862215B2
A printing system includes a printer head with an airflow management system. The airflow management system includes an air splitter on the leading edge of the printer head and side members that extend the length of the printer head. The air splitter and members are positioned so that a gap is formed between the printer head and the air splitter and members. A vacuum fan positioned within a duct on top of the printer head can draw air through the gap at the leading edge of the printer head and return the air on the trailing side of the printer head. The airflow management system can permit increased printing distances.
US09862212B2
The disclosure discloses a printer including a memory storing computer-executable instructions. In an index value detecting process, pulse count index values are detected. In a remaining amount determining process, first process, second process, third process, and fourth process are executed. In the first process, an Nth determination object value is calculated from an Nth and an N+1th pulse count index values. In the second process, an average value is calculated from a plurality of successive pulse count index values in a range including a latest value that is an Nth pulse count index value when N is an even number or is an (N−1)th pulse count index value when N is an odd number of three or more. In the third process, a remaining amount rank corresponding to the Nth determination object value is determined. In the fourth process, a rank display corresponding to the remaining amount rank is performed.
US09862206B2
The present invention relates to a method for printing fabric or leather product, and printed matter printed by using the same, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming a digital print layer by performing digital printing on a release transfer paper by using an inkjet printer; b) forming adhesive layer by coating the digital print layer with an adhesive, and drying for a predetermined time; and c) bonding fabric or leather product to the adhesive layer. Thus, the present invention can precisely print fabric or leather product with high resolution and can enable customized printing so as to allow small quantity batch production.
US09862205B2
The ridge part T projecting from an interior surface of an opening and closing cover 3 of a printer 1 is provided at part of a head 3b that make contact with a mountless label continuous body P including an adhesive agent layer on one surface thereof. The head 3b is located at a free end of the opening and closing cover 3. A third ridge part T3 is provided on a third surface S3, which is located in vicinity of an intersecting line between a first surface S1 and a second surface S2. The third ridge T3 has a longer projecting length than a ridge part T1 projecting from the first surface S1, and has a longer projecting length than a ridge part T2 projecting from the second surface S2.
US09862203B2
An ink jet recording method according to the invention includes attaching a reaction liquid including a reactant for aggregating or thickening a coloring ink component including a coloring material to a recording medium; attaching the coloring ink by an ink jet method to an area where the reaction liquid is attached, in a state where a residual rate of a volatile component of the reaction liquid attached on the recording medium is 25% by mass or more after attaching of the reaction liquid; and attaching a clear ink including a resin to the area where the coloring ink is attached.
US09862196B2
A liquid container mounted on a recording apparatus and containing a liquid in a liquid containing portion, including a first surface which faces the recording apparatus when the liquid container is mounted on the recording apparatus, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the liquid containing portion has, on a bottom surface which is a lower surface in a gravity direction when the liquid container is mounted on the recording apparatus, a first inclined surface inclining downward in the gravity direction from the first surface side to the second surface side and a second inclined surface inclining upward in the gravity direction from the first surface side to the second surface side in this order from the first surface side.
US09862195B2
Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of performing preliminary discharge without the influence of mist while suppressing degradation in throughput regardless of a preliminary discharge time. Specifically, an inkjet printing apparatus that performs a wiping operation on a nozzle arrangement surface provided with nozzles discharging an ink in a print head includes a wiping determination unit that determines whether to perform the wiping operation before preliminary discharge based on the amount of the preliminary discharge to be performed.
US09862191B2
Provided is a liquid holding container in which waste liquid leakage is not caused even when the container is turned upside down. For this purpose, a surface of an absorber facing the rear face of a cover part is disposed apart from the cover part so as to form a space between the cover part and the absorber of a waste liquid holding container.
US09862182B2
An image recording apparatus includes a recording head, a recording-position information obtaining unit configured to obtain recording position information of a plurality of recording elements a plurality of times at an interval of an arbitrary period, a recording-position chronological change information calculating unit configured to calculate chronological change information of the recording position for each recording element, a medium type specifying unit configured to specify a type of a medium using the chronological change information of the recording position for each recording element, and a parameter setting unit configured to automatically set at least either one of a recording parameter and an abnormality detection parameter in correspondence with the specified type of medium.
US09862172B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing the laminated film that is BSPC (Back Side Printable Clear) and has excellent interlayer adhesion. The method involves a first UV curing step and a second UV curing step and the laminated film includes a transparent film layer, a UV curable ink layer, and an adhesive layer. The first UV curing step includes disposing the UV curable ink layer on the transparent film layer and partially curing the UV curable ink layer by performing a first UV irradiation. The second UV curing step includes disposing the adhesive layer on a surface of the UV curable ink layer opposite the transparent film layer, and further curing the UV curable ink layer by performing a second UV irradiation.
US09862168B2
This alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material contains, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 7.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Ni: 0.1% to 5.0%, Cr: 18.0% to 25.0%, N: 0.05% to 0.30% and Al: 0.001% to 0.05%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material is produced by hot rolling, a chromium nitride precipitation temperature TN is in a range of 960° C. or lower, a yield strength is 50 MPa or more higher than that of a hot rolled steel material which is subjected to a solution heat treatment, and the alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material is as hot rolled state, and is not subjected to a solution heat treatment. This clad steel plate includes a duplex stainless steel as a cladding material, the duplex stainless steel has the above composition, and the chromium nitride precipitation temperature TN is in a range of 800° C. to 970° C.
US09862166B2
A two-part adjustable-height insert may be installed in a bore of a sandwich panel, such that the adjustable-height insert may be configured to transfer a load to the sandwich panel. The adjustable-height insert may include a first insert part and a second insert part that may be selectively operatively positioned with respect to each other. The adjustable-height insert may be configured such that an interference fit between the first insert part and the second insert part may be engaged by moving a second flange of the second insert part towards a first flange of the first insert part, which may thereby reduce the overall height of the adjustable-height insert to a selected height. Presently disclosed adjustable-height inserts may be configured for flush installation in a sandwich panel. Methods of installing such adjustable-height inserts and adjusting the height of the same are also disclosed.
