US09188986B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems are disclosed for automatically positioning a moving first vehicle relative to a moving second vehicle traveling in a given area. The method includes the steps of: (a) tracking the second vehicle and guiding the first vehicle to attain a given position relative to the second vehicle; and (b) controlling the first vehicle to maintain a generally constant speed such that an operator of the second vehicle can adjust the speed of the second vehicle to correspondingly adjust a relative position of the second vehicle to the first vehicle in a direction of movement of the first and second vehicles, and controlling the first vehicle to maintain a given distance from the second vehicle in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of movement of the first and second vehicles by tracking the second vehicle.
US09188985B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to generating and providing route options for an autonomous vehicle. For example, a user may identify a destination, and in response the vehicle's computer may provide routing options to the user. The routing options may be based on typical navigating considerations such as the total travel time, travel distance, fuel economy, etc. Each routing option may include not only an estimated total time, but also information regarding whether and which portions of the route may be maneuvered under the control of the vehicle alone (fully autonomous), a combination of the vehicle and the driver (semiautonomous), or the driver alone. The time of the longest stretch of driving associated with the autonomous mode as well as map information indicating portions of the routes associated with the type of maneuvering control may also be provided.
US09188981B2
A vehicle, a vehicle system and a method for allowing a host vehicle to autonomously avoid road irregularities are provided. The system communicates vehicle sensor data relating to detected road irregularities and host vehicle position information with an external database. A processor is arranged to determine a trajectory for the host vehicle for which all wheels of the host vehicle are laterally displaced from one or more road irregularities ahead of the host vehicle, and to autonomously steer the host vehicle along the determined trajectory. The system is also arranged to evaluate whether all wheels of the host vehicle were laterally displaced from all detected road irregularities and to send the result of the evaluation to the external database.
US09188978B2
A method for aiding navigation for an aircraft between a descent start point and a computation end point, comprises the computation steps of: collecting a flight plan consisting of a succession of waypoints and of the associated vertical constraints; determining a corridor consisting of a floor trajectory and of a ceiling trajectory defining the minimum and maximum altitudes permitted to the aircraft; splitting the corridor into several cells defined between two waypoints furthest apart and between which the ceiling trajectory is distinct from the floor trajectory; determining for at least one cell a vertical trajectory complying with the altitude constraints and comprising the longest possible IDLE segment; and a step consisting in determining and displaying maneuvering points of the aircraft making it possible to follow the target vertical trajectory.
US09188977B2
A method and a device for management of maintenance information items in an aircraft comprising a centralized maintenance system is disclosed. After a maintenance message has been received, the value of an impact attribute associated with the message received is determined according to predetermined configuration data. In response to the message received and to the value of the impact attribute associated with the at least one message received, the message received is processed. A determination of configuration data for the management of maintenance information items in an aircraft is also explained.
US09188973B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
US09188971B2
A Programmable Terminal (PT) system, a PT device and a PT system management method having a function of displaying a screen having a content on a display screen while at the same time positively preventing the leakage of confidential content are disclosed. When a part read from a screen data file corresponds to the part including a content acquired from a server device, a transmission request command including a information indicating a storage location of a content data corresponding to the contents in the server device is transmitted to the server device through a communication circuit, the content data arriving as a response from the server device is acquired through the communication circuit and stored in a volatile memory. The part is plotted and displayed using the content data stored in the volatile memory and a part configuration information contained in the screen data file in a nonvolatile memory.
US09188966B2
A reference value generating unit (14b) generates a reference value which is equal to a speed command value taken when an override value is 1. A speed command value generating unit (14c) generates a speed command value taken when an override value is a set value. A position control gain generating unit (14d) generates a position control gain to be used by a motor controller (12) on the basis of the ratio of the speed command value to the reference value and a gain-related value relating to a gain which is set in accordance with an upper die (9a), and outputs the generated position control gain to a memory (11).
US09188965B2
Disclosed is a control device for remotely controlling other devices. The control device comprises a first device interface for transmitting control signals to a first device that is remote from the control device, a second device interface for receiving an input signal from a second device, a user interface corresponding to a function of the first device, and a protocol translator. The control signal is in accordance with a first communication protocol. The input signal is in accordance with a second communication protocol. The user interface is operable by a user so as to cause a control signal to be transmitted by the first device interface, for use by the first device. The protocol translator is configured to convert signals received by the second device interface from being in accordance with the second communication protocol to being in accordance with the first communication protocol.
US09188964B2
A safety controller for controlling an automated installation in accordance with a user program has a plurality of control components. At least some of the control components have a respective data bus interface. The data bus interface is designed to receive and send data. The safety controller also has a data bus to which the plurality of control components are connected via the respective data bus interfaces for the purpose of interchanging data. A configuration interface is designed to receive configuration data ascertained on the basis of association data generated by a programming tool. The configuration data determine at least one characteristic of the data bus or of at least one data bus interface.
US09188963B2
Systems and methods for authenticating users based on their gait. A sensor module with multiple sensors is placed inside a user's shoe and biometric data is gathered from the sensors when the user takes a step. The data gathered from each of the sensors is then received by a data processing module. The data is processed and compared with a stored signature from an authenticated user. If the processed data does not match the stored signature within predetermined limits, then the user using the system is not authenticated. An alarm may then be generated. If, on the other hand, there is a match, the user is authenticated and this authenticated result can be used to give the user access to restricted resources.
US09188961B1
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) incorporates a resistor-stabilized delay line, a sampling circuit and a processing circuit. The resistor-stabilized delay line operates to limit the variation in delay values for the delay elements in the delay line due to fabrication process variations. In some embodiments, the resistor-stabilized delay line limits the delay variation of each delay element to a fraction of the delay.
US09188952B2
A toner collecting unit includes a housing, an inlet, a first fan, a lower duct, a first filter, and an oscillation motor. The inlet is provided in the housing. Toner flows into the inlet together with an air flow. The first fan is arranged in the interior of the housing and is configured to suck the air flow flowing from the inlet and to exhaust the air outside the housing. The lower duct guides the air flow upward from below. The first filter is arranged in an upper part of the lower duct so that its approach surface, which the air flow enters, faces downward.
US09188950B2
An image forming apparatus includes a toner cartridge that has an inner shutter and an outer shutter and is attached to and detached from a main body through a door disposed on a main body. The outer shutter moves to a position in which toner is allowed to be discharged through a toner outlet of the toner cartridge when the toner cartridge is loaded into the main body, and the inner shutter moves to an open position in which the toner outlet is opened by being interlocked in a closing operation of the door after the toner cartridge is loaded into the main body.
US09188945B2
A cartridge includes: a rotatable member, including a metal shaft, supported movably in an axial direction of the metal shaft; an electroconductive member, supported movably in the axial direction in contact to an end surface of the metal shaft in one end side of the metal shaft, for constituting an electroconductive path for electrically connecting the metal shaft and a contact member provided in an image forming apparatus main assembly; an urging portion for urging the metal shaft via the electroconductive member in a direction from the one end side to another end side of the metal shaft; and an abutting portion for positioning the rotatable member by being abutted by the metal shaft. The electroconductive member includes a contact portion to the end surface of the metal shaft, at a portion other than a rotation center portion of the metal shaft at the end surface.
US09188942B2
An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit, a first frame, and a first beam, and a second beam is provided. The first frame is made of resin and formed in a shape of a plate. The first beam is formed in an elongated shape. The first beam is arranged along and fixed at least partly to a planar face of the first frame. The second beam is formed in an elongated shape and arranged along the planar face of the first frame to intersect with the first beam when viewed along an axial direction of a photosensitive drum. The second beam is fixed at least partly to the planar face of the first frame. The first beam and the second beam are arranged to be spaced apart from each other along the axial direction on an opposite side from the image forming unit across the first frame.
US09188922B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a sensor unit assembly including a sensor unit and a holder attached to the sensor unit, and a cover member attached to the sensor unit assembly. The sensor unit includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element. The cover member includes a light transmission portion covering a light emitting side of the light emitting element and a light receiving side of the light receiving element and an engaging portion sandwiched between the sensor unit and the holder.
US09188917B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a fuser unit, which includes a heating member heated by a heat source and a backup member; a temperature detector; and a control unit, which starts print control when a detected temperature reaches the fixing temperature while the temperature of the heating member is increasing to a fixing temperature, and which performs decreasing control when the detected temperature reaches a predetermined temperature higher than the fixing temperature. In a case that an increasing rate of the detected temperature at the beginning of the print control is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the control unit controls the heat source so that a heat quantity radiated from the heat source during the decreasing control becomes larger than that in the case that the increasing rate of the detected temperature at the beginning of the print control is larger than the predetermined value.
US09188908B2
An infiltration amount measuring unit is provided to measure the amount of carrier liquid infiltrated in recording paper. An output signal of the infiltration amount measuring unit is input to a control device to be used to calculate a voltage supplied to a heat source (heater) in a pre-fixing unit. A signal of a paper temperature measuring unit is input to the control device, which determines whether a target temperature is reached. The control device estimates the amount of carrier liquid in a toner layer based on the information from the infiltration amount measuring unit. Then, the pre-fixing unit is controlled such that the amount of carrier liquid in the toner layer falls within an appropriate range, based on the estimation result of the amount of carrier liquid.
US09188904B2
An electro-photographic print system or method for regulating a supply of toner based on a required toner amount.
US09188903B2
An image forming device includes a charging power supply used in applying, to a charging unit, a charging voltage for the purpose of electrostatic latent image formation and a charging bias voltage during a cleaning operation; a developing power supply that is capable of outputting a developing bias voltage of positive polarity and negative polarity to a developing unit; a constant-voltage generating-holding unit that is used in generating and holding a constant potential difference between the charging unit and the developing unit; a developing power control unit that performs output control of a developing bias voltage with respect to the developing unit; and a charging power control unit that, when the developing power control unit performs control to output a developing bias voltage of reverse polarity to the charging unit, performs output control of the charging bias voltage of a predetermined level with respect to the charging power supply.
US09188888B2
A charge-transporting layer, which is a surface layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member, has a matrix-domain structure having a matrix containing constituent β (a polycarbonate resin having a predetermined repeating structural unit) and a charge-transporting substance, and a domain containing constituent α (a polycarbonate resin having a repeating structural unit having a predetermined siloxane moiety).
US09188869B2
A method of forming a structure containing a phase-separated structure, the method including: a step of forming a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded and a purity of 98% or more, and a step of phase-separating the layer containing the block copolymer.
US09188858B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid generating agent to generate a compound represented by a following formula (1) by irradiation with a radioactive ray. In the formula (1), R1 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The compound represented by the formula (1) is preferably a compound represented by a following formula (1-1). In the formula (1-1), R2 is as defined in the above formula (1). X represents an electron attractive group. R3 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US09188849B2
A 3D imaging device determines, during imaging, whether the captured images will be perceived three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a display information setting unit obtains a display parameter associated with an environment in which a 3D video is viewed, and a control unit determines during 3D imaging whether a scene to be imaged three-dimensionally will be perceived three-dimensionally based on the viewing environment.
US09188843B2
A photography supporting frame comprises a base seat and supporting legs sequentially arranged around the base seat. Connecting bosses are arranged around the base seat; clamping teeth are sequentially arranged on the peripheries of the connecting bosses. The supporting legs each comprise a locating hook, a ball, a spring, an insertion piece, a foot shaft sleeve and a supporting leg rod. The ball and the spring are sequentially arranged in a cavity of the insertion piece from up to down; the locating hook is arranged in the middle of the upper portion of the insertion piece and connected to the ball. The insertion piece is arranged in the foot shaft sleeve. One end of the foot shaft sleeve is connected to one of the connecting bosses, and the other end of the foot shaft sleeve is arranged on the supporting leg rod.
US09188841B2
An imaging device is provided with a color sensor including a first color sensor pixel and a second color sensor pixel. The first color sensor pixel includes a first color filter made from a first material, a second color filter made from a second material and superimposed on the first color filter, and a first color sensor element that is superimposed on the first color filter and the second color filter, and receives light that has passed through them. The second color sensor pixel includes a third color filter made from the first material, a fourth color filter made from the second material, superimposed on the third color filter, and having a different thickness to that of the second color filter, and a second color filter element that is superimposed on the third color filter and the fourth color filter, and receives light that has passed through them.
US09188836B2
When a stepping motor is used as a driving source for a shutter device, if the stepping motor loses synchronization because of variations in load during driving or the like, it becomes unable to rotate a driving ring at that time, and this disables an exposure operation. In a first zone where a driven member is driven, but a light shielding member remains in a closed state or an open state, the motor drives the driven member in open-loop driving mode. In a second zone where the driven member is driven, and thus the light shielding member moves to the closed state or the open state, the motor drives the driven member in feed-back driving mode.
US09188834B2
A wavelength conversion crystal including: a single nonlinear optical crystal which satisfies both of a first phase-matching condition and a second phase-matching condition, the first phase-matching condition being required for first wavelength conversion to convert a fundamental wave having a wavelength of 1064 nm into a second harmonic having a wavelength of 532 nm, and the second phase-matching condition being required for second wavelength conversion to convert the light having a wavelength of 532 nm into a fourth harmonic having a wavelength of 266 nm; and a first reflective face and a second reflective face for reflecting the light having a wavelength of 532 nm generated by the first wavelength conversion to supply it to the second wavelength conversion. This approach can efficiently generate a third or higher-order harmonic with a reliable and simple configuration.
US09188823B2
An image display device includes a display element having a unit of display comprising sub pixels displaying images for first and second view points, respectively, and an optical unit that distributes lights emitted from respective sub pixels into different directions. When a region surrounded by a data line, a gate line and a storage capacitor electrode in the sub pixel is defined as an aperture, the sub pixels form a base unit that is an adjoining pixel pair including two sub pixels arranged via a data line therebetween. The two sub pixels have switching elements connected to the data line between the two sub pixels and controlled by different gate lines. When virtual lines each evenly dividing a width of the sub pixel in the first direction into K+1 pieces are presumed, K number of storage capacitor lines are each arranged across at least one virtual line in the aperture.
US09188820B1
An optical filter or valve comprises autonomously tunable liquid crystal filters in which photoactivated materials such as a photoconductive and photovoltaic substrates or films are used to produce or control application of an electric field to a liquid crystal material to tune the liquid crystal material to the wavelength of the incident light or radiation that is illuminating the filter thereby enabling the filter to automatically and autonomously filter the incident light or radiation.
US09188818B2
A pixel structure including a first and a second pixel electrode is provided. The first pixel electrode includes a first main portion and first branches. The second pixel electrode includes a second main portion and second branches. The first and second main portions are disposed at an edge of a pixel region. The first and second branches respectively extend from the first and second main portions. The second branches and the first branches are arranged in alternation, and the first branch is parallel to the adjacent second branch. A first opening is formed at neighboring ends of the first main portion and the second main portion. The end of the first main portion has a first bending part, the first bending part is disposed at the edge of the pixel region, and an end of the second branch close to the first opening is surrounded by the first bending part.
US09188815B2
According to one embodiment, liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes extending in a first direction, a first sub electrode, and a second sub electrode. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and an opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units and. The first substrate unit including at least one selected from: a first distance between the one electrode of the first electrodes and the first sub electrode longer than a second distance between the other electrode of the first electrodes and the second sub electrode; and a first width of the first sub electrode narrower than a second width of the second sub electrode.
US09188813B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first plate disposing a pad on an inside surface thereof, and a second plate including a glass substrate and at least one coating layer formed on the glass substrate. Opposite the pad of the first plate, the at least one coating layer and the glass substrate of the second plate together forms a blocking groove. The present invention benefits to the narrow frame design and can assure the display effect of the liquid crystal display panel.
US09188808B2
A display device including a transmission display panel, a first backlight module, a first polarizer, and a reflective polarizer is provided. The first backlight module includes a first light guide plate and a light emitting unit. The first light guide plate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first light incident surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is between the second surface and the transmission display panel. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the first light incident surface. The transmission display panel is between the first polarizer and the first surface. The second surface is between the first surface and the reflective polarizer.
US09188805B2
A liquid crystal display includes: first and second transparent substrates located such that inner main surfaces face each other with a gap being provided therebetween and a liquid crystal layer is held between the substrates; a parallax barrier provided on an outer main surface of the first transparent substrate and optically separating pixels displaying an image into pixels visually recognized in a specific direction and pixels visually recognized in another specific direction; and a plurality of switching elements, arrayed on the inner main surface of the second transparent substrate, for applying voltage to drive the liquid crystal; wherein the parallax barrier includes a plurality of transmissive portions arrayed to transmit light and a plurality of light blocking portions provided respectively around the transmissive portions to block light, and each of the light blocking portions includes two or more layered light blocking films.
US09188798B2
A monolithic semiconductor device that includes a waveguide structure optically coupled to an optical resonator. The optical resonator is adapted to process light at a predetermined wavelength. The optical resonator includes a closed loop waveguide having a plurality of straight sections that are optically coupled together by bend sections.
US09188794B2
The Auxiliary Eyeglasses Support is a support arm that is firmly attached to a person's ear, and extends forward to support the front portion of the eyeglasses. This will prevent the eyeglasses from slipping down on a person's nose. The Auxiliary Eyeglasses Support maybe used singly on only one side of the head, or as a pair on both sides of the head.
US09188789B2
A display device for displaying a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction, including a display panel having pixels arrayed in a matrix, a backlight configured to emit a light to a back surface of the display panel, and a parallax barrier configured so that a light from the first pixel passes through an opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the first direction, and a light from the second pixel passes through the opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the second direction. The formula (B−A)/A≦1 is satisfied wherein A represents the luminance of the first image when the first image and the second image are black images, and B represents a luminance of the first image when the first image is a black image and the second image is a white image.
US09188785B2
A system is provided comprising: a light field emanating from a scene and a positive imaging lens focusing light from the light field onto a DMD array. A first collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a first photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a first spectral band. The first photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the first spectral band. A second collector lens directs the spatially modulated light to a second photodetector having a spectral sensitivity to a second spectral band. The second photodetector senses the directed light from the first pixel-wise multiplication and produces a signal representing a first inner product between the light incident on the DMD and the first basis function for the second spectral band.
US09188776B2
An embodiment of a scanning optical system comprises: an optical source providing a beam of pulsed light of ultra-short pulse duration; a deflector for deflecting the beam through a scan angle; a lens system including a focusing objective for focusing the deflected beam; a dispersion compensating device for reducing dispersion-related distortion of a pulse of the beam by the lens system, the dispersion compensating device including a deformable, dispersive mirror and an actuator device for the mirror; and a controller for controlling the actuator device to change a shape of the mirror in accordance with the scan angle.
US09188772B2
An optical instrument that includes: an objective lens having an outer convex surface, an inner concave surface, a center, a first optical axis, and a bore cut substantially though the center; a set of objective lenses positioned within the bore and along the first optical axis; a first reflective element disposed along the first optical axis, within a first distance from the convex surface and tilted at a first tilt angle, the first reflective element configured to reflect rays incident along the first optical axis onto a second optical axis; and a second reflective element disposed along the second optical axis and within a second distance from the concave surface, wherein the first tilt angle is selected such that the first and the second distances are minimized.
US09188768B2
Disclosed is an optical element for use in an optical apparatus having a light source which emits a light flux with a wavelength λ (350 nm≦λ≦450 nm), the optical element containing: a molded portion formed by molding a resin; and one or a plurality of anti-reflection layers formed on the molded portion, wherein at least one of the anti-reflection layers is made of SixOy; and an elemental ratio r (r=y/x) designating an ratio of O to Si in the molecule of SixOy satisfies a requirement represented by Formula (1): 1.40≦r≦1.80.
US09188766B1
A five-piece optical lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface and at least one aspheric surface; a second lens element with a negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and at least one aspheric surface; a third lens element has a concave image-side surface and at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens element with a positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and at least one aspheric surface, and a fifth lens element with a negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and at least one aspheric surface. Thereby, such a system can be applied to a high resolution mobile phone.
US09188756B2
A hybrid cable includes a cable jacket, elements stranded within the cable jacket, and armor between the elements and the cable jacket. The armor is configured to provide electro-magnetic interference shielding and grounding as well as crush and impact resistance for the hybrid cable. The elements include electrical-conductor elements and one or more fiber-optic elements. The electrical-conductor elements include a metallic conductor jacketed in a polymer, where the electrical-conductor elements are each within the range of 10 American wire gauge (AWG) to 1\0 AWG. The one or more fiber-optic elements include optical fibers within a polymeric tube. At least six of the elements are stranded side-by-side with one another around a central element, which is one of the electrical-conductor elements or one of the one or more fiber-optic elements.
US09188751B2
A plurality of flip-chips, each having a plurality of optoelectronic elements formed therein, are flip-chip mounted on a top surface of a substrate that is comprised of a material that is transparent to the operating wavelength of the light produced by optoelectronic elements of the flip-chips. The combination of flip-chips comprises an array of precisely-aligned optoelectronic elements. When the substrate comprising the array of optoelectronic elements is mounted on a PCB, electrical contact pads disposed on the bottom and/or top surface of the substrate are in contact with the respective electrical contact pads disposed on the top surface of the PCB to electrically interconnect the PCB with the flip-chips. Mating features on the substrate that have been precisely positioned by semiconductor fabrication steps are disposed for mating with respective mating features of a multi-optical fiber ferrule device that have been precisely formed in the ferrule device at precise locations.
US09188739B2
The invention relates to a component with filament connection, in particular for communication, in particular for optical communication comprising: a voluminous material, a substrate, a filament and a connection component applied on the filament, where the filament has been embedded in the substrate and, at a transition point, emerges from the substrate and proceeds into the voluminous material. According to the invention, the voluminous material directly encloses the filament from the transition point and directly encloses the connection component applied on the filament and has full-area inseparable bonding to the substrate, where the voluminous material is a fully crosslinked voluminous material formed from a pliable material and the substrate has been hardened.
US09188730B2
A light source module comprises a plurality of laser light sources, a lens module, a plurality of optical components, and a light guiding plate. The lens module includes a first lens having a rear arced plane and a plurality of second lenses each having a front arced plane, and the second lenses are positioned on the first lens and protruded forwardly from the first lens toward the optical components. The optical components are positioned on light path of light emitted from the laser light sources in sequence and each correspond to one second lens, and the optical components are, except the farthest one from the laser light sources, beamsplitters, respectively and used for reflecting a part of the light emitted from the laser light sources to the second lenses and permitting another part of the light to penetrate therethrough to a next optical component.
US09188727B2
A light guide plate including a plate body and a plurality of microstructures formed thereon is provided. The plate body has a light entrance surface, a light exit surface orthogonal to the light entrance surface, and at least one side surface neighboring the light exit surface and the light entrance surface. At least one light source is disposed near the light entrance surface, such that light generated by the light source enters the plate body through the light entrance surface and exits from the plate body through the light exit surface. The microstructures are arranged on the light entrance surface and the at least one side surface, and the microstructures on the light entrance surface are convex-shaped and the microstructures on the at least one side surface are concave-shaped.
US09188719B2
A manufacturing method and template of color filters belong to the field of liquid crystal display. The manufacturing method comprises: forming a black matrix (2) on a substrate (1), a pixel region being formed around the black matrix (2); forming pixel resin layers (3, 4, 5) on the substrate (1) on which the black matrix is formed; boxing the template with the substrate on which the pixel resin layers are formed, the template being located above the substrate (1), and a plurality of columnar hollow protrusions (13) being arranged at a part of a template body (12), corresponding to the pixel region, of the template; subjecting the boxed substrate to heat treatment, taking off the template so as to form a hole (11) in the pixel resin layer; and forming, through a patterning process, a pattern of the pixel resin layer on the substrate on which the hole (11) is provided. Therefore, the aperture and the opening area can be accurately controlled when providing an opening on the pixel region of the color filter.
US09188716B2
A security element for manufacturing value documents, such as bank notes, checks or the like, has an upper side on which there is formed a microcavity structure that has a multiplicity of adjacent microcavities configured as retroreflectors, wherein on the microcavities there is formed a structure causing a color effect. The microcavities are respectively configured such that they have a first region in which radiation incident on the upper side is singly reflected, and a second region in which radiation incident on the upper side is multiply reflected. The structure causing the color effect has a dispersion dependent on the angle of incidence, so that radiation singly reflected at the first region shows a different color effect, when viewed from the upper side, than radiation multiply reflected at the second region.
US09188715B2
The present disclosure is directed to lamina(e) comprising cube corner elements, a tool comprising an assembly of laminae and replicas thereof. The disclosure further relates to retroreflective sheeting.
US09188714B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to control a focal length of a curved reflector in real time. An energy generation system includes curved reflectors, a tower, and an energy storing unit connected to the tower. The curved reflectors reflect and concentrate light from a light source onto the tower. The tower converts the received light into usable energy which is stored in the energy storing unit. Each of the curved reflectors can include a curved body, a stand, and/or an actuation unit. The curved body reflects the light from the light source to concentrate it onto the tower. When the light source moves, the curved body pivots about the stand to track the light source. The actuation unit is activated to adjust a focal length of the focal point of the curved body to ensure that the reflected light is concentrated at the tower.
US09188698B2
A downhole tool, having a central axis defined, may selectively include a sensor section including one or more arms connected to the tool body with an open/close mechanism. The open/close mechanism is configured to move in a radial direction with respect to the axis of the tool body. The tool also includes at least one sensor attached to the arm, and the tool may include at least one transmitter section on the tool. The transmitter is configured to transmit acoustic energy to a formation.
US09188694B2
A method of measuring an electromagnetic field in a formation can include installing an electromagnetic sensor with improved sensitivity, the sensor including multiple optical waveguides and respective multiple materials, and in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, the materials changing shape in opposite directions. A well system can include an optical electromagnetic sensor which measures an electromagnetic field in a formation, and wherein optical path lengths or phases in optical waveguides of the sensor change both positively and negatively in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field. A method of monitoring a formation can include installing an optical electromagnetic sensor in a wellbore which penetrates the formation, and an optical path length/phase in an optical waveguide of the sensor increasing in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, and an optical path length/phase in another optical waveguide of the sensor decreasing in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field.
US09188682B2
A computed radiography system includes a stimulating light source, a imaging plate (IP), a light collector having a bundle of optical fibers, a light detector, a mechanism providing relative movement in two orthogonal directions between the IP and the stimulating light source while maintaining the perpendicular relationship between the IP and the stimulating light, and a mechanism including an analog to digital converter for converting the collected and detected PLL to a diagnostic readout.
US09188681B2
An ion detector (1) comprising a semi-conductor avalanche photodiode (4) and a scintillation layer (2), the scintillation layer having a thickness in the range 0.1 mm to 00 mm, the scintillation layer arranged to generate photons towards the photodiode resulting from ions impinging on the scintillation layer.
US09188679B2
There is obtained a communication terminal and a position measuring power source control program capable of reducing power consumption associated with position measurement in relation to use of a position measuring system by a user. A CPU 101 of an arithmetic processing module 102 activates, when a position measurement processing module 105 conducts position measurement by use of a position measuring antenna 106, a particular application program to implement, for example, a navigation system. The CPU 101 assumes that the user has no intention to use the particular application program, when the user closes a folding-type cellular 100 to turn a folding detection switch on, thereby the CPU 101 activates a timer 108, and terminates the position measurement processing after a lapse of a predetermined period of time; and a power supplying module 112 suspends supply of power to the position measurement processing module 105.
US09188674B2
Disclosed is a laser radar device including a modulated light beam generator that emits light beams to a target, a photodetector that receives reflected light; a reflected light condenser that condenses the reflected light; a rotator that rotates around a rotation axis; and mirrors included in the rotator that scan the light beams, and guide the reflected light to the reflected light condenser, wherein an angular detection range in a vertical direction is divided into a plurality of layers, wherein mirror surfaces of the mirrors are tilted by corresponding tilt angles relative to the rotation axis, the tilt angles being different from each other, wherein the modulated light beam generator emits the light beams in the vertical direction, the light beams having different emission angles, and wherein a difference between the emission angles corresponds to the angular detection range of one layer in the vertical direction.
US09188673B2
An ultrasound imaging method transmits ultrasound into a medium from a source and receives and samples signals resulting from interaction of the ultrasound with the medium for each of a plurality of sources. The sampled signals are stored. Criteria are applied to select subsets of the stored sampled signals. In some embodiments the criteria relate to locations of a source and/or receiving element corresponding to a sampled signal. Images are generated from the subsets.
US09188672B2
An ultrasonic measuring gauge includes a probe configured to be moved along a surface of a material to be measured, transmit ultrasonic waves to the material, and receive ultrasonic waves reflected from the material. The gauge also includes a processing unit and an input unit. The processing unit is configured to operate according to one of two different modes of operation based on an input received by the input unit. In a first mode of operation, the probe determines the thickness at portions between the first and second locations on the surface of the material at which the probe is coupled to the material regardless of whether the probe is continuously physically coupled between the two locations. In a second mode of operation, the processing unit determines a corresponding thickness of the material at each portion between two locations when the probe is continuously physically coupled between the two locations.
US09188671B2
In a malfunction detection mode, a controller is configured to compare an output of a phase-detector obtained when controlling to input an oscillation signal to only the phase-detector, with an output of the phase-detector obtained when controlling to input the oscillation signal to both of a transmitter and the phase-detector. If a change (difference) of signal levels of the outputs is equal to or more than a prescribed threshold, the controller determines that there is no malfunction in the transmitter and a receiver. If the change of the signal levels is less than the prescribed threshold, the controller determines that there is a malfunction in the transmitter or the receiver.
US09188670B2
An interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar (IFISAR) is described that can provide a height measurement of moving objects on a surface using a small radar aperture. The IFISAR includes a two-dimensional antenna array including a plurality of elements that are configured to receive a plurality of return signals carrying energy of a transmitted RF signal that are reflected from the target. A first antenna group and a second antenna group of the plurality of elements respectively located at opposite ends of the array are enabled, and a third antenna group of the plurality of elements located between the first antenna group and the second antenna group are disabled. A processor of the IFISAR is operatively coupled to the plurality of elements and configured to determine height characteristics of the target according to interferometric processing of the return signals received by the first antenna group and the second antenna group.
US09188662B2
A beam splitter and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including the beam splitter are provided. The beam splitter includes a light incident surface on which light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength are incident; a beam splitting surface which is inclined to the light incident surface and reflects the light having the first wavelength and transmits the light having the second wavelength; a first light exit surface through which the light having the first wavelength reflected from the beam splitting surface exits; a first reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength transmitted by the beam splitting surface; a second reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength reflected from the first reflective surface; and a second light exit surface through which the light having the second wavelength reflected from the second reflective surface exits.
US09188657B2
A method includes controlling a plurality of rotors to cause a plurality of antennas to traverse a flight path. Traversing the flight path includes concurrent translation of a body in a horizontal plane and rotation of the body about an axis. The plurality of rotors is coupled to the body. The method also includes, while traversing the flight path, receiving a first phase measurement of a first signal via a first antenna of a plurality of antennas and receiving a second phase measurement of the first signal via a second antenna of the plurality of antennas. The method further includes determining position information related to a location of the transmitter based at least in part on the first phase measurement and the second phase measurement.
US09188656B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, an eddy magnetic field measuring unit and an imaging unit. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals at mutually different timings with applying a gradient magnetic field for generating an eddy magnetic field. The eddy magnetic field measuring unit is configured to acquire eddy magnetic field information including a time constant of the eddy magnetic field based on phase information of the magnetic resonance signals acquired at the timings. The imaging unit is configured to perform imaging under an imaging condition or a data processing condition according to the eddy magnetic field information.
US09188653B2
Disclosed is a device for generating a homogeneous magnetic field component Bz along an axis Oz in a spherical zone of interest of center O and radius r includes at least one first ring of axis Oz in magnetic material with radial magnetization oriented in a first direction and extending around an opening giving access to the zone of interest ZI, a second ring of axis Oz in magnetic material with radial magnetization oriented in the first direction and offset along axis Oz from the first ring and the zone of interest ZI, the inner radius and the outer radius of the second ring respectively being smaller than the inner radius and outer radius of the first ring.
US09188652B2
A Magnetic Resonance apparatus includes a 3D structure having a cavity for receiving a body under examination, a mechanism for generating a static magnetic field in the patient receiving cavity, a mechanism for generating variable magnetic fields in the cavity, an antenna for transmitting electromagnetic nuclear spin excitation pulses, an antenna for receiving the electromagnetic signals generated by nuclear spin relaxation, a plate for locating and fixing magnetic dipoles for fine correction of magnetic field homogeneity, and a compartment for the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate, the compartment being adapted to be opened for direct access to the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate from the outside. The compartment may be opened either by removal of an end plate of the magnetic field generating mechanism, or via a lateral slot for insertion and removal of the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate.
US09188645B2
In an embodiment, a device comprises a circuit with at least one circuit element; measurement circuitry capable to test a state of the at least one circuit element during an operation of the circuit, the measurement circuitry comprising a first terminal configured to be coupled to a first node of the circuit via a first capacitor, a second terminal configured to be coupled to a second node of the circuit, wherein the measurement circuitry is configured to determine in situ an operating state of the at least one circuit element based on signals applied by the measurement circuitry to the circuit during the operation of the circuit.
US09188635B2
An integrated circuit on a substrate including at least one peripheral portion that surrounds an active area and is realized close to at least one scribe line providing separation with other integrated circuits realized on a same wafer. The integrated circuit includes at least one conductive structure that extends in its peripheral portion on different planes starting from the substrate and realizes an integrated antenna for the circuit.
US09188633B2
A first A/D converter converts an analog observed value, which corresponds to a power supply signal supplied to a power supply terminal of a DUT, into a digital observed value. By means of digital calculation processing, a digital signal processing circuit generates a control value that is adjusted such that the digital observed value matches a predetermined reference value. A first D/A converter supplies, via a power supply line to the power supply terminal of the DUT, an analog power supply signal obtained by performing digital/analog conversion of the control value. A load estimating unit applies a test signal containing a predetermined frequency component via the power supply line to a node via which the power supply terminal is to be connected, and generates a control parameter for the digital signal processing circuit according to the test signal and the observed signal.
US09188627B2
The digital integrated circuit testing and characterization system and method provides high-speed testing for digital IC prototypes. A stand-alone circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), implements a test and characterization processor (TACP). Supporting test circuitry is fabricated on board a prototyping chip to facilitate the test and characterization process. Test procedures and data may be downloaded to the TACP memory through a computer via a standard interface. The TACP administers the user-specified test procedures to one of several possible circuits on the prototyping chip. Test results are stored and collected via the on-board support test circuitry in communication with the TACP.
US09188622B1
A device sample is screened for defects using its power spectrum in response to a dynamic stimulus. The device sample receives a time-varying electrical signal. The power spectrum of the device sample is measured at one of the pins of the device sample. A defect in the device sample can be identified based on results of comparing the power spectrum with one or more power spectra of the device that have a known defect status.
US09188621B2
A method to identify impairments in telecommunication lines i, j , k, . . . of a binder includes globally performing Single-Ended Line Testing SELT on the lines of the bundle. The method further includes applying an input signal in a first mode out of a multi-mode group including at least one differential mode for a respective line of the bundle and including at least one phantom mode for a respective pair of lines of the bundle. The method further includes measuring an echo signal E in a second mode out of the multi-mode group, the second mode being different of the first mode, and analyzing the echo signal in view of the input signal for deriving therefrom the searched impairments.
US09188620B1
A power conversion and distribution system detects faults by monitoring differential current and differential power at certain locations in the system. Current loss faults are detected based on the monitored differential current, and series arc faults are detected based on the monitored differential power. A system controller may make the fault determinations and disable a power converter circuit of the power conversion and distribution system in response to detection of a fault.
US09188618B2
The invention concerns a system for simulating electromagnetic environments, including a network of emitting and/or receiving probes to test at least one test antenna, channels for connecting the probes to a channel emulator, a signal emitting unit, a signal receiving unit, one of the units being connected to the emulator. The invention is characterized by a switching device having a first measurement position, in which the device connects the emulator respectively to at least one of the probes via the associated channel and connects the other unit to the test antenna, and a second position for calibrating the channels, in which the switching device connects the emulator to the other unit via the associated channel without passing through the network of probes.
US09188617B2
Measurements, e.g. S-parameter measurements may be performed by obtaining a complex ratio of at least two signals, using a single signal-receiver while eliminating noise problems traditionally associated with single receiver systems. A Vector Signal Generator (VSG) may be used to generate the input stimulus (signal), making it possible to share the local oscillator (LO) signal of the VSG with a single vector receiver, such that the phase noise of the LO signal is common to both the VSG and the vector receiver. When the stimulus signal from the VSG is observed with the vector receiver, the LO phase noise is unobservable, resulting in a significant reduction of the phase noise in the measured signals in both the numerator and the denominator, which in turn leads to a significant reduction in the phase noise of the ratio while retaining the benefits of a simple, single receiver.
US09188608B2
An analysis method for a signal time margin is provided. An input signal is received. The input signal is extracted to obtain a primary waveform, at least one first secondary waveform and at least one second secondary waveform of the input signal. The first secondary waveform and the second secondary waveform are respectively located before and after the primary waveform. Quantities of the first secondary waveform and the second secondary waveform are counted to respectively generate a first quantity and a second quantity. According to the first quantity, the primary waveform and the first secondary waveform, first bit combinations are generated, and according to the second quantity, the primary waveform and the second secondary waveform, second bit combinations are generated. The first and second bit combinations are integrated to generate third bit combinations. Signal analysis is performed on the third bit combinations to obtain a signal time margin.
US09188602B2
An acceleration detection device is provided with a zero point correction unit for correcting a zero point position of a sensor signal value by using the correction amount (absolute value of a correction value) based on the acceleration when the vehicle transitions from a stopped state on a sloping road to a running state. The acceleration detection device is also provided with a correction amount restriction unit for restricting the correction amount, thereby suppressing calculation of an excessive correction amount due to road surface irregularities or movement of the occupant and deterioration in correction accuracy.
US09188600B2
A method for manufacturing a physical quantity detector is for a physical quantity detector including a flat frame-like base part, a flat plate-like moving part which is arranged inside the base part and has one end thereof connected to the base part via a joint part, and a physical quantity detection element laid on the base part and the moving part. The method includes: integrally forming the base part, the joint part, the moving part, and a connecting part which is provided on a free end side of the moving part and connects the base part and the moving part to each other; laying and fixing the physical quantity detection element on the base part and the moving part; and cutting off the connecting part.
US09188599B2
The invention relates to a motion detector comprising at least of one accelerometer and corresponding control electronics encapsulated in an enclosure with means for attaching the enclosure to a moving body. In accordance with the invention the motion detector includes means for turning, aligning and locking the detector in any desired direction relative to the moving body with the help of the enclosure.
US09188597B2
Provided is a method of selecting a stent for implantation in the circulatory system of a human being. The method comprises obtaining a blood sample from a patient who requires implantation of a stent and testing said blood sample to determine a platelet coagulability level. The determined platelet coagulability level of said blood sample is compared with a threshold level of blood platelet coagulability. A determined platelet coagulability level above said threshold level indicates that a risk of restenosis is relatively high. If the determined platelet coagulability level is below said threshold level, a bare metal stent is selected. If the determined platelet coagulability level is at or above said threshold level, a drug-eluting stent is selected.
US09188595B2
A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises determining whether the phosphorylation level of an indicator protein in cells of the patient after stimulus with an activator compound is abnormally elevated as compared to a basal phosphorylation level, the indicator protein being e.g. Erk1/2 and the activator compound being e.g. bradykinin.
US09188594B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the presence of a specific compound in solution. The device includes a nanosensor having an electrically conducting pathway between at least a first and second contact. The device also includes a first receptor, suitable for binding a specific compound in the solution, attached to the nanosensor, and a second receptor also suitable for binding the specific compound while the specific compound is bound to the first receptor. The second receptor is attached to an enzyme added to the solution. When the solution having the second receptor is added to the device, and a second compound that is a substrate for the enzyme is subsequently added to the solution, a measured difference in an electrical property in the device before and after the application of the second compound is indicative of the presence of the specific compound in the solution.
US09188590B2
The invention relates to a labeled transition metal complex comprising a transition metal atom, a reactive moiety for allowing a chemical or biological entity to become attached to the transition metal atom, an inert tridentate moiety as a stabilizing bridge, and a marker. The invention also relates to a labeled chemical or biological entity comprising a chemical or biological entity which is attached to said labeled transition metal complex, to the use of said complex for creating a defined shift in the molecular mass of said entity in order to facilitate mass spectrometric analysis of said entity, to methods for rendering chemical or biological entities distinguishable by mass spectrometry as well as to methods for mass spectrometric analysis of the chemical or biological entities. In addition, the present invention also relates to a set of at least two of said transition metal complexes of different molecular mass, to transition metal complexes comprising different stable isotopes, to chemical or biological entities obtained by a method of the invention and to a kit of parts supporting the use and/or methods of the invention.
US09188582B2
Testicular germline markers and their use for predicting the presence or not of reproductive cells in testis of an infertile or hypo fertile male subject are provided. More particularly, identification of specific protein biomarkers of post-meiotic germ cells in the human seminal plasma was carried out by an integrative genomics approach. It was demonstrated that the presence of such biomarkers could be monitored in the seminal plasma of azoospermic subjects in order to select for a testis biopsy and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) only subjects for which there are high probabilities to find reproductive cells. The results indicate the analysis of seminal plasma is a non-invasive approach for predicting the presence of reproductive cells.
US09188579B2
A wireless communication device having a breath sensor and a proximity sensor to measure the distance from a user to the device. The breath sensor is configured to measure or detect various components in the user's breath that may be indicative of a health issue. The sensitivity of the sensor may be adjusted based upon the proximity of the user. Sensor detections may be communicated in messages to a cloud server, where the cloud server may generate warnings if the messages indicate a health issue.
US09188554B2
Provided is a pattern inspection device for accurately simulating an electron beam image of a circuit pattern on a wafer from design data, and implementing high-precision defect detection based on the comparison between the simulated electron beam image and a real image. A pattern inspection device comprises: an image capturing unit for capturing an electron beam image of a pattern formed on a substrate; a simulated electron beam image generation unit for generating a simulated electron beam image using a parameter indicating the characteristics of the electron beam image on the basis of design data; and an inspection unit for comparing the electron beam image of the pattern, which is the image captured by the image capturing unit, and the simulated electron beam image generated by the simulated electron beam image generation unit, and inspecting the pattern on the substrate.
US09188553B2
An X-ray fluorescence analyzer includes a sample stage having an opening at an X-ray irradiation position, an X-ray source which irradiates a sample placed on the opening with a primary X-ray from below, a detector which detects an X-ray fluorescence generated from the sample, a transparent drop prevention plate supported to be advanced and retracted immediately below the opening, a drive mechanism which advances and retracts the drop prevention plate, an observation camera which observes the drop prevention plate positioned immediately below the opening, and an operation unit which processes an image of the drop prevention plate which is captured by the observation camera. The operation unit detects a foreign matter on the drop prevention plate based on an image difference between images before and after the drive mechanism moves or vibrates the drop prevention plate within an observation range of the observation camera.
US09188552B2
An X-ray spectrometer (100) capable of reducing the effects of noises includes: an X-ray detector (110) outputting a staircase waveform (S110); a first differential filter (120) converting the staircase waveform (S110) into a first pulsed signal (S120); an event detection portion (140) detecting whether the first pulsed signal (S120) has exceeded a threshold value; a noise event detection portion (150) determining whether the first pulsed signal (S120) in excess of the threshold value is shorter than a given time; a second differential filter (160) converting the staircase waveform (S110) into a second pulsed signal (S160) having peaks whose heights correspond to the heights of the steps of the staircase waveform; a maximum value detection portion (170) detecting pulsed signal (S160) if the first pulsed signal (S120) exceeds a threshold value; and a decision portion (180) making a decision based on the noise event detection portion (150).
US09188528B2
The invention relates to sensors for monitoring a medium, comprising an electromagnetic radiation source and a detector of electromagnetic radiation, the medium being located in the ray path between the electromagnetic radiation source and the detector and the refraction varying when the medium varies. The sensors are characterized by their ease of production. To that end, the electromagnetic radiation source and detector are disposed in at least one housing. Furthermore, either at least one region or at least one component of the housing consists of material which is transparent to electromagnetic radiation, the medium being located in the region or at the component of the housing. At least one wall of the region is so disposed or designed that the radiation for refraction impinges on or emerges from the surface at an angle which is different from 90°. In addition, the detector is at least one photo diode, such that, when the medium varies, the radiation either does not impinge or impinges on the photo diode.
US09188525B2
A method for monitoring a select analyte in a sample in an electrochemical system. The method includes applying to the electrochemical system a time-varying potential superimposed on a DC potential to generate a signal; and discerning from the signal a contribution from the select analyte by resolving an estimation equation based on a Faradaic signal component and a nonfaradaic signal component.
US09188516B2
A device for staining suspended cells composed of a cannula (1), a pushrod (2), a plunger sealing pad (3), and a capture membrane (4), wherein the plunger sealing pad (3) is located at an upper part within the cavity of the cannula (1), the capture membrane (4) is located at a lower part within the cavity of the cannula (1), and an opening (5) above the membrane and an opening (6) below the membrane are formed on the wall of the cannula (1) respectively. The device is for use in staining suspended cells, is capable of effectively overcoming the drawbacks in current existing methods for staining cells, such as high failure rates, low accuracy and repeatability, and being very time-consuming, etc., and has advantages such as high success rates, good accuracy and repeatability, and not being time-consuming, etc.
US09188506B2
The present invention is one that, even while cooling exhaust gas without dilution, makes it possible to accurately measure particle concentration, and provided with: a particle concentration measurement device; a sampling cooling pipe that cools the exhaust gas collected from an exhaust gas transfer pipe to a measurable temperature of the particle concentration measurement device without dilution, and introduces the cooled exhaust gas into the particle concentration measurement device; a temperature sensor that detects temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust gas inlet; and a calculation device that, from the detected temperature by the temperature sensor and the temperature of the exhaust gas introduced into the particle concentration measurement device, corrects measured particle concentration by the particle concentration measurement device in real time to calculate the particle concentration of the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas transfer pipe.
US09188493B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of measuring surface temperatures of a plurality of points of cast slab at a secondary cooling zone of a continuous caster with a good accuracy and at low cost. The method comprises the steps of inserting one end of a plurality of optical fibers 3 respectively to nozzles 1 and tubes 2, and installing each nozzle between support rolls that support the cast slab, while spraying purge air from each nozzle toward a surface of the cast slab, receiving a thermal radiation light from the cast slab at the one end of each optical fiber, gathering other ends of the optical fibers 3, 81 in a bundle to take images including a core image of the other end of each optical fibers by an imaging means 5, and calculating the surface temperature of the cast slab.
US09188490B2
A temperature sensing system comprises a thermowell, a sensor, and a solid insert. The thermowell extends into a sensing region of a fluid flow. The sensor has a probe housed in the thermowell to sense a temperature in the sensing region. The solid insert is configured to removably support the probe within the thermowell and to provide a thermal contact between the thermowell and the probe.
US09188482B2
In one embodiment, an ambient light sensor with first and second photo-detectors is disclosed. The first and second photo-detectors may have different depths and respond differently to light having a specific wavelength. The ambient lights sensor may further comprise a circuit configured to detect light of a specific wavelength. In another embodiment, the first and second photo-detectors may be configured such that each of the first and second photo-detectors detects coupling current from each other. In yet another embodiment, in addition to the first and second photo-detectors, a third photo-detector may be formed proximate to at least one of the first and second photo-detectors such that coupling photo-current is detected therein by the at least one of the first and second photo-detectors.
US09188480B2
The color filter array 21a comprises seven or more types of color filters including a first color filter. The seven or more types color filters have different spectral sensitivity characteristics. The seven or more types of color filters are arranged in a two-dimensional form. Among the seven or more types of color filters, at least two types of color filters are designated as a color filter of interest. Two color filters arranged at a first interval on both sides of the color filter of interest along a first direction are of the same type. Two color filters arranged at a second interval on both sides of the color filter of interest along a second direction that is different from the first direction are of the same type. Among the color filters, at least one type of color filter have a density higher than that of the other types of color filters, thereby realizing acquisition of highly accurate gradient information from a multiband color filter array.
US09188474B2
A level detector mounts to a tank containing a liquid. The detector transmits and receives ultrasonic pulses. The pulses are processed by a microprocessor which periodically measures the liquid level of the tank. When the liquid level reaches a pre-established level, a cell phone automatically transmits data to a remote location. A schedule for emptying the tank is generated by a server at the remote location. A service man uses the schedule to visit the tank location and empty the tank. In addition, a portable charger/calibrator is mounted to the level detector to charge the power supply of the detector and calibrate the liquid level.
US09188472B2
A system for measuring the volume of a tank, including an optical device that emits a laser beam adjacent to a surface of the tank, and a magnetic trolley selectively moveable along the surface of the tank and configured to be remotely controlled by an operator. The magnetic trolley has a linear position sensor in communication with the laser beam to determine the position of the magnetic trolley relative to the laser beam as the magnetic trolley moves on the surface of the tank. A data processor communicates with the linear position sensor to calculate the volume of the tank based at least partially on the position data collected by the linear position sensor.
US09188471B2
A sensor system detects the occurrence of two-phase flow by comparing records of fluidelastic force coefficients, which are characteristically different for single-phase and two-phase flows. A baseline of measurements is obtained for a single phase flow, and a baseline of measurements is obtained for a two-phase flow. Measurements of the amplitude and phase of the fluidelastic forces are recorded, and the corresponding fluidelastic force coefficients computed. The fluidelastic force coefficients can be determined for any flow, and compared to the baselines to determine whether the flow is a single-phase or two-phase flow.
US09188470B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal type flow rate sensor that offers high sensitivity and improved reliability. A sensor element according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a cavity portion formed on the semiconductor substrate, a heating resistor formed on the cavity portion via an electrically insulating film, a heating temperature sensor for detecting heating temperature of the heating resistor, and a driving circuit for controlling the heating temperature of the heating resistor using the temperature detected by the heating temperature sensor. The heating temperature sensor comprises temperature-sensitive resistors having resistance values varying according to temperature and disposed upstream and downstream of a direction of flow of a fluid to be measured relative to the heating resistor and on upper and lower sides in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow of the fluid to be measured relative to the heating resistor.
US09188462B2
A bearing unit is provided in an inner peripheral portion of a sensor housing in which a sensor portion is installed. The sensor portion includes a sensor mounting substrate and a sensor fixed to this sensor mounting substrate. The sensor housing is provided with an axially extending substrate mounting groove formed in a direction of a chord which will define the circular section of the outer peripheral surface of the sensor housing. The sensor mounting substrate is mounted on this substrate mounting groove to install the sensor portion within the sensor housing.
US09188454B2
Provided is a computer system and methods for a map-based guide. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map-based guide; determining a location associated with the request; preparing a route in accordance with the location associated with the request and in accordance with at least one of a profit-motive and/or a goodwill factor; and transmitting the map-based guide.
US09188437B2
In the machine tool (10) pertaining to the present invention, the contour lines (51) of a tool (20) are displayed on a display screen (S). When an operator measuring the dimensions traces a contour line (51) on the display screen (S) of a touch panel (45) with a finger, it is possible to automatically identify, on the display screen (S), the site to be measured (i.e., the contour line (51)) on the tool (20). In this way, an operator can measure the dimensions of the tool (20) in an extremely simple manner. Additionally, it is possible to automatically measure the tool diameter or the blade position of the tool (20) as the operator designates a specific position on the contour line (51) of the tool (20). Thus, with such a method for measuring the dimensions of the tool (20), it is possible to easily identify an unexpected site to be measured on a tool having complex contour lines, such as a multi-stage tool.
US09188417B2
A sabot is used for enclosing a payload, such as a missile or projectile, during launch. The sabot includes a series of panels that are held together prior to launch by engagement with a cap having protrusions or delay pins that maintain the panels in a closed condition. When the launch is initiated, the cap begins to slide out of engagement with the panels. The cap is configured such that the disengagement does not occur immediately upon movement of the cap; instead the protrusions are sized to delay opening of the panels until the sabot and missile have cleared the launcher. Then the panels rotate outward and drop away from a base the sabot, for example using self-releasing hinges. The base of the sabot may be configured to disengage from the payload by introduction of pressurized gases into a space between the base and an aft end of the missile.
US09188416B1
To produce lead-free projectiles, iron and copper are melted at a predetermined ratio and rapidly quenched to yield a fine-grained microstructure with uniformly distributed copper and iron phases. The iron-copper alloy may be made into a powder through atomization, with the iron-copper molten metal being dispersed using a rapidly moving gas, liquid stream, or via mechanical dispersion. The step of forming the bullet may include solid-state sintering of the atomized powder, including heating at a temperature below 1083° C., the melting point of copper. Alternatively, the step of shaping the mixture into a bullet-shaped form may include casting and/or uniaxially pressing the mixture into a mold. A ceramic powder may be added to the copper-iron mixture prior to forming to produce a frangible projectile. Chromium, including chromium from recycled stainless steel, may be added to increase corrosion resistance and/or reduce manufacturing cost.
US09188412B2
An ammunition cartridge casing having a geometry designed to allow for the use of polymeric materials in forming the walls of the cartridge casing of an ammunition article, and methods of reusing such cartridges are provided. More specifically, the ammunition cartridge has a specified ratio between the wall-thicknesses of select portions of an ammunition article's cartridge casing such that polymeric materials may be used in the construction of the ammunition article cartridge casings.
US09188410B2
An armor includes a core that, in turn, includes a first layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion and a second layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion. The armor further includes a smart component operably associated with a component of the armor. The first layer of prismatic elements is nested into the second layer of prismatic elements.
US09188384B2
The present invention relates to a dynamically evacuable, electrically operated device comprising a coherently evacuable region and a temperature-controllable useful region, which is thermally insulated from the ambient temperature by the coherently evacuable region, and also a means for actively maintaining a vacuum, such that the pressure in the coherently evacuable region of the device is constantly within a defined pressure range, said coherently evacuable region making up at least 20% by volume of the total volume which is occupied by a porous and/or cellular insulating material in the device, and said coherently evacuable region comprising at least one organic aerogel and/or organic xerogel.
US09188378B2
Embodiments of the invention can provide an ice storage bin control sensor and housing. In one embodiment, an ice storage bin can be provided. The ice storage bin can include at least one wall, an ice control sensor, and a housing section. The housing section can include an inner wall component operable to support at least a portion of the ice control sensor. The housing section can also include an outer wall component operable to support at least a portion of the ice control sensor. In addition, the housing section can include a cavity operable to receive the ice control sensor. Furthermore, the housing section can include a stop portion operable to maintain the position of the outer wall component or the inner wall component relative to the at least one wall of the ice storage bin, wherein at least a portion of the inner wall component is angled with respect to the stop portion, and at least a portion of the ice control sensor can be maintained at a predefined angle to the at least one wall within the ice storage bin.
US09188365B2
A frame for supporting a solar module is disclosed. The frame includes a bar base and a first support. The bar base has at least two positioning holes. The first support is utilized for being engaged with the bar base. The first support includes two first sidewalls, two first extension portions, and a first top plate. Each of the first sidewalls has a first opening. Each of the first extension portions extends from an edge of the corresponding first opening toward an interior of the first support. An angle is included between each of the first extension portions and the corresponding first sidewall. The first top plate is disposed on top of the first sidewalls. Each of the first extension portions is trapped in the corresponding positioning hole when the first support is engaged with the bar base.
US09188362B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of direct fired heaters including premix burner technology and/or feed forward control loop modulation via inlet air temperature.
US09188356B2
According one embodiment, an air-conditioning system is connected to a server room, in which server racks accommodating a plurality of servers are placed between separated first and second spaces, by a return air duct and a supply air duct. In the server room, an airflow is formed so that cold air flown from under the floor into the first space is heated by heat generation of the servers and is flown out from the second space as return air. The system sets control contents for generating supply air within a previously determined supply air temperature target range and a previously determined supply air humidity target range and controls the operation of each device in the system based on the set control contents.
US09188343B2
A gas burner assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The gas burner assembly includes a pair of burner tubes. A runner tube extends between and can fluidly connect the burner tubes of the pair of burner tubes. The runner tube can assist with carrying flames between the burner tubes of the pair of burner tubes.
US09188339B2
A swirler for mixing fuel and air is provided. The swirler includes a plurality of vanes arranged on a reference circle diameter which, together with a first longitudinal end face of the vanes disposed on a first wall and a second wall disposed on an opposing second longitudinal end face of the vanes, form a flow channel. In this arrangement at least one injection orifice in the first wall and at least one further injection orifice in the second wall open into a flow channel. The arrangement of the at least two mutually opposing injection orifices in the wall of the swirler makes for a homogeneous distribution of the fuel in the flow channel and ensures a uniform mixing of the air with the fuel. This results in uniform and low-NOx combustion of the fuel/air mixture in a burner.
US09188337B2
A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle and a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle. A flow sleeve circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber, and fuel injectors provide fluid communication to the combustion chamber. A distribution manifold circumferentially surrounds the fuel injectors and defines an annular plenum. A fluid passage through the distribution manifold provides fluid communication through the distribution manifold. A radial cross-sectional area of the annular plenum varies around the flow sleeve. A method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a combustion chamber, diverting a portion of the working fluid through a distribution manifold that circumferentially surrounds fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber, and changing at least one of a pressure or flow rate of the diverted portion of the working fluid.
US09188336B2
A combustor of a combustion turbine engine is described. The combustor may include an inner radial wall, which defines a combustion chamber downstream of a primary fuel nozzle, and an outer radial wall, which surrounds the inner radial wall so to form a flow annulus therebetween, and the combustor may include a socket extending from the outer radial wall into the flow annulus. The socket may include: a mouth formed through the outer radial wall; a floor offset a predetermined distance from an outboard surface of the inner radial wall; impingement ports formed through the floor; and an axial nozzle.
US09188332B2
A spray device includes a nozzle that forms a channel for supplying liquid to at least one opening for spraying the liquid outside the device, and, close to the opening, a first and a second electrode arranged in such a way as to inject electric charges into the liquid. The edge of the opening includes, on one side of the channel, at least one projecting end of the first electrode that projects into the channel and is to be brought into contact with the liquid, and on the other side of the channel, an electrically insulating nozzle body in which the second electrode is embedded adjacently to the first electrode, in such a way that the intensity of the electrostatic field in the or each projecting end is maximized.
US09188329B2
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to a compact steam boiler which may provide steam to a steam reformer in a fuel cell system. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a steam boiler including an outer shell and a first inner tube and a second inner tube within the outer shell, the first and second inner tubes spaced away from one another. The steam boiler further includes a twisted ribbon positioned inside each of the first and second inner tubes.
US09188325B2
A nightlight charger for charging an external electronic device is mountable to a common 120 volt AC wall outlet, and includes a power supply to convert the 120 volts AC to +5 volts DC, and a charging profile configuration circuit. A charging profile selection switch is provided for the user to select a desired charging profile that is compatible with the electronic device to be charged. The nightlight includes a housing having a side wall, a portion of which is translucent. A light emitting device within the housing emits light that passes though the translucent portion of the side wall.
US09188323B2
To improve reliability of a lighting device using an electroluminescent material. In a lighting device which includes a light-emitting element containing an electroluminescence (EL) layer, a first housing is provided on a light emission surface of the light-emitting element, a metal plate and a second housing covering the metal plate are provided over a top surface of the light-emitting element, and the first housing is connected to both the metal plate and the second housing, whereby the light-emitting element is doubly sealed. Further, a depressed portion is provided for the first housing in a region in contact with the metal plate or a region in contact with the second housing through an adhesive layer; thus, adhesion between the housings is improved.
US09188315B2
A fixing system for lighting fixture parts, especially the lights of an automobile, includes a thermoplastic outer lens (2), which is installed in a thermoplastic encircling housing (3) by means of a sealing adhesive (4) and secured by fastening elements. The fixing element is a brad pin (1) which is shot through a groove (31) of the encircling housing (3) and a lug (21) of the outer lens (2), with a profile in the shape of a circle flattened at least at two diametrically opposite places, having a longitudinally smooth brad pin shank (14) along its entire length, which is covered by an adhesive (112) to hold the brad pins (1) together.
US09188312B2
A directional lamp assembly includes a light source, a reflector having a first portion and a second portion and operative to direct light emitted from the light source to a target area, a heat sink circumscribing the reflector and operative to dissipate heat produced by the light source and a light diffusing lens disposed over the light source and operative to transmit light to the target area. The second portion of the reflector is disposed radially outboard of the first portion and is integrally formed in combination with the heat sink.
US09188311B2
A phosphor device (1) comprising a carrier member (2) having upper and lower faces; a phosphor layer (3) being arranged at the upper face of the carrier member (2), wherein the phosphor layer (3) comprises at least two tiled phosphor zones (R, G, B); an optical transmitting member (4) having a first end face (7) and a second end face (9), the optical transmitting member (4) being arranged at the top portion of the phosphor layer (3), whereby the first end face (7) of the optical transmitting member (4) covers at least a subarea (8) of each of the at least two phosphor zones (R, G, B).
US09188289B2
A lighting device is provided for the uniform illumination of curved, uneven, or polyhedral surfaces. The lighting device has a plurality of flat chip-on-board LED modules, which are arranged adjacent to each other at least in pairs. Each chip-on-board LED module has a plurality of light-emitting LEDs. The lighting device is characterized by at least one pair of the adjacent chip-on-board LED modules being arranged at an angle greater than 0° with respect to the surface normals of the modules.
US09188288B2
A lighting apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting dies, a continuous encapsulation structure, and a gel. The plurality of light-emitting dies are disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from one another. The light-emitting dies each are covered with a respective individual phosphor coating conformally. The continuous encapsulation structure has a curved surface disposed over the substrate and encapsulates the light-emitting dies within. The gel is disposed between the encapsulation structure and the phosphor coating for each of the light-emitting dies. The gel contains diffuser particles. The lighting apparatus has a substantially white appearance in an off state when the plurality of light-emitting dies is turned off.
US09188287B2
The present invention relates to a product for fluidic applications, with at least one surface segment having a plurality of ribs in contact with a fluid flowing in a flow direction and adjacent ribs delimit between them in each case a valley and a method for production and a use of such a product. The product according to the invention can be produced economically with further improved flow properties; in that at least two ribs with the valley they respectively delimit are combined in a group, that at least two groups are present, and separated from each group arranged adjacent to it, viewed transverse to the flow direction S of the fluid, by a valley, and that the height profile of the valley differs in each case from the height profile of the valleys delimited by those ribs of the groups which are adjacent to the valley separating the groups.
US09188283B2
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring the temperature of a body, the apparatus having a housing defining a volume of air exposed to the body, a temperature sensor being located within the volume of air at a position remote from the body whereby the temperature of the body can be determined. In one embodiment the housing defines a substantially vertically arranged flue exposed at its lower end to the body, the temperature sensor being located within the flue, at least one air inlet being provided in the flue positioned below the temperature sensor, at least one air outlet being provided in the flue positioned above the temperature sensor, whereby the body, when heated, may initiate a rising column of air within the flue due to convection when the temperature of the body is greater than the ambient temperature, the temperature sensor being exposed to said rising column of air.
US09188278B1
A lifting support structure includes an actuating element having a cylinder and a movable rod moved reciprocally in the cylinder. A bearing seat is disposed on a lateral side of the actuating element, and one end of the movable rod is inserted in the bearing seat. A connecting rod is pivoted on the bearing seat and can pivot in the horizontal direction relative to the bearing seat. One end of the connecting rod is connected with the movable rod, and the other end is suspended freely. And a pedal is connected on the free end of the connecting rod.
US09188274B2
A mounting apparatus for releasably securing a device to an auxiliary structure includes a first plate and a second plate formed to engage the first plate. The first plate includes one or more features that allow attachment of the device to the first plate, and a first lateral edge extending at least partially between a front edge and a rear edge of the first plate. The second plate includes a second lateral edge extending at least partially between a front edge and a rear edge of the second plate and formed to engage the first lateral edge of the first plate, a first stopper disposed along the front edge of the second plate, and a second stopper disposed along the rear edge of the second plate. The first plate is configured to be engaged with the second plate in a frontal position and in a rearward position.
US09188272B2
A stand, rotatable through approximately 180 degrees, supports a display device in such a way that whilst the height of the display device above a supporting surface is variable, a full range of viewing angles is also available at any height.
US09188269B2
A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted. After the cured in place liner system is installed, the liner system forms a fluid-tight flow path between an upstream portion of the pipe system and a downstream portion of the pipe system. Various types of connections may be used. In addition, various types of methods may be used in forming the connections, such as using a mold to cure connecting sections of the cured in place liners in desired configurations (e.g., having a generally circular outer profile) for forming connections with the liners.
US09188265B2
The invention relates to a coupling device for connecting a supply tube for dental instruments with a supply and control unit having a coupling sleeve in which a first coupling body and a second coupling body are at least partially received along the longitudinal axis (LA) of the coupling sleeve, the first and second coupling body have several fluid ducts and electrical plug connections. The coupling device is preferably constructed in the form of a switchable valve coupling.
US09188254B2
An unbonded flexible pipe for transportation of fluids and comprising a tubular inner sealing sheath defining a bore. At least one armor layer surrounds the inner sealing sheath and a carcass is arranged in the bore to support the inner sealing sheath. The carcass comprises at least one profiled elongate element, which is helically wound to form directly and/or indirectly engaging elongate element windings along the length of the pipe. The carcass provides a quasi fluid permeable inner wall of the bore with discontinuities between successive turns of the wound elongate element(s). The discontinuities have an average width in the axial direction of the pipe which is about 3 mm or less when the pipe is in an unloaded and unbent condition, and the pipe can bend with a minimum bending radius of about 10 m or less in an unloaded condition.
US09188248B2
A wire management device can facilitate the organization and retention of a plurality of wires. The wire management device may include a plurality of semi-enclosed arms through which a plurality of wires can be passed. The plurality of semi-enclosed arms can support the plurality of wires, and one or more of the wires can be directed outside of the wire management device, at various positions along the wire management device, through gaps between adjacent semi-enclosed arms. In some implementations, flexible cable retainer(s) can be attached to the plurality of semi-enclosed arms and can be operable to preclude wires from being inadvertently removed from the wire management device.
US09188239B2
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to calibrate valve-mounted instruments, such as a position controllers and/or a position transmitter, are described. An example method disclosed herein includes securing a position of a flow control member of a control valve assembly to prevent movement of the flow control member and installing a controller to the control valve assembly. The method includes activating a user interface of the controller after the controller is coupled to the control valve assembly, entering a position sensor sensitivity value and a single-point position value, the single-point position value being representative of the secured position of the flow control member, applying a single-point calibration value, placing the controller in a control mode, and releasing the position of the flow control member, the controller to self-calibrate during operation of the control valve assembly based on the position sensor sensitivity value and the single-point position value while the control valve assembly is in operation.
US09188235B2
A valve includes a tubular having at least one port, and a sleeve in operable communication with the tubular configured to uncover the at least one port in response to moving from a first position to a second position. The valve also has a seat that is configured to be passed a selected number of times without shifting the sleeve from the first position to the second position and is further configured to be passed one additional time after the selected number of times after shifting the sleeve from the first position to the second position.
US09188231B2
A gate valve sleeve including a reinforced elastomeric valve sleeve member with an integrally molded reinforcing member disposed therein. In one embodiment, the reinforcing member comprises a pair of parallel spaced ring elements connected by a plurality of spacers. In another embodiment, the reinforcing member comprises first and second ring member abutted to form a T-shape. In a further embodiment, the reinforcing member comprises a ring and a plurality of axially oriented spacer members. In yet a further embodiment, the reinforcing member comprises a pair of ring elements connected by a plurality of pins. The pins are fixed to one of the ring elements and are slidably engageable with the other ring element. In an alternate embodiment, an auxiliary ring member is located within an interior opening of the reinforcing member.
US09188227B2
A spirally wound strip (300) is thicker in the middle and is curved on both sides. Short flats (306) are formed at each side by surfaces that converge towards each other. Soft sealant material (316) extends over the flats (306).
US09188210B2
The invention provides an external circulation type ball screw device comprising screw shaft and nut having first and second screw grooves. A circulation member comprises first leg, second leg and connection portion. The first leg comprises a first end surface having first inner and outer points, and the second leg comprises a second end surface having second inner and outer points; first and second entrances formed on the first and second end surfaces of circulation passage; first and second thickness respectively provided between the first entrance and the first inner and outer points thereof; the second thickness being greater than the first; the third and fourth thickness respectively provided between the second entrance and the second inner and outer points thereof; the fourth thickness being greater than the third. The groove wall of the second screw groove occupied and the occurrence of broken teeth of the nut are reduced.
US09188209B2
An optical scanning device includes a screw shaft, a holing member, a cleaning member, and a drive mechanism. The screw shaft is arranged along a covering. The screw shaft includes a main body portion and two rotary shaft portions provided on opposite ends of the main body portion integrally with the main body portion. A screw groove is formed in the main body portion. A protrusion engaging with the screw groove is formed on the holding member. Rotation of the screw shaft moves the holding member along the screw shaft. The cleaning member is held by the holding member. The drive mechanism drives and rotates the screw shaft, while moving the screw shaft in a direction reverse to a movement direction of the holding member.
US09188206B2
Power roller-side concave grooves are opposed to disk-side concave grooves 19, 19 so as to have angles therebetween in a rolling contact area between a peripheral surface of the power roller and a one-side surface 17 of a disk 16 in an axial direction regardless of a transmission gear ratio of a toroidal continuously variable transmission. Accordingly, the disk-side concave grooves 19, 19 are formed so as to have angles with respect to a circumferential direction of the disk 16 when viewed from a normal direction relative to the one-side surface 17 in the axial direction. Meanwhile, the power roller-side concave grooves are formed into a concentric shape (or a spiral shape) about a central shaft of the power roller. As a result, it is possible to prevent a decrease of a contact area in the rolling contact area regardless of the transmission gear ratio.
US09188201B2
A hybrid assembly for a vehicle is provided having a single input and a single output. The hybrid assembly is compactly packaged and achieves a wide range of gear ratios. The hybrid assembly may be used in a vehicle power train with or without an additional transmission.
US09188188B2
A vehicle suspension damper for providing a variable damping rate. The vehicle suspension damper comprises a first damping mechanism having a variable first threshold pressure, a second damping mechanism having a second threshold pressure, and a compressible chamber in communication with a damping fluid chamber, wherein the second damping mechanism is responsive to a compression of said compressible chamber.
US09188187B2
A gas spring assembly includes a gas spring enclosed within a flexible, liquid-impermeable protective sleeve. The sleeve protects the gas spring against contamination during painting and pre-paint processes, and is then removable to leave the gas spring as a permanent component of the installation subject to the painting.
US09188173B2
A rotation transmission device with a built-in one-way clutch having an inside rotational member, an outside rotational member disposed concentrically with the inside rotational member is proposed. The device includes a one-way clutch that is radially disposed in an annular space defined between the inside rotational member and the outside rotational member, and at least one bearing disposed in the said annular space. The outside rotational member is made in a plastic material and is overmolded onto at least one stiffening insert.
US09188172B2
A compact overrunning coupling and control assembly having reduced part count and manufacturing complexity is provided. An actuator arm moves a control element from a first position which corresponds to a first mode of the assembly to a second position which corresponds to a second mode of the assembly. An actuator piston is disposed within the bore of a housing and has an outer surface in sliding contact with the inner surface of the housing and a groove formed in the outer surface of the piston to receive and retain a free end portion of the actuator arm therein. A control pressure signal within the housing causes the piston to slide within the bore against a biasing force to move the actuator arm.
US09188165B2
An ABS encoder arrangement including an annular disk core which bears a multipole structure, and a sealing ring element including an angular ring and an elastomer body forming a sealing lip structure, the angular ring including a lateral surface portion and an annular disk portion which protrudes radially inwards, the annular disk core being designed so as to project radially inwards beyond the inner circumferential surface of the lateral surface portion of the angular ring so as to form an annular projection, and a filling ring formed from an elastomer material being attached to the inner circumferential surface, the thickness of said filling ring being larger in radial direction than the size of the projection of the annular disk core in radial direction.
US09188164B2
A linear motion guide device includes a movable member attached onto an elongated member for forming an endless multiple-turn, helical raceway between the elongated member and the movable member and for receiving ball bearing members, and a detecting device includes a magnetic member and an integrated circuit disposed in the movable member and arranged close to the endless multiple-turn, helical raceway for detecting a moving frequency or a movement of the ball bearing members through the endless multiple-turn, helical raceway of the linear motion guide device and for detecting a wear or failure of the ball bearing members and for generating a warning signal.
US09188156B2
An auxiliary bearing system may include an auxiliary bearing receiver housing and an inertia ring. The auxiliary bearing receiver housing may include an axial inner surface, a first radially extending surface, and a first arcuate surface extending therebetween. The inertia ring may include an axial outer surface, a second radially extending surface, and a second arcuate surface extending therebetween. The second arcuate surface may have a radial outer end adjacent the second radially extending surface and a radial inner end adjacent the axial outer surface. The inertia ring may define a first angle between the axis of rotation of the shaft and a first tangent at a first point on the second arcuate surface adjacent the radial outer end, and a second angle between the axis of rotation of the shaft and a second tangent at a second point on the second arcuate surface adjacent the radial inner end.
US09188155B2
A rotary connection for a work machine, such as a crane, includes a rotational axis, an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and at least three bearing body ring arrangements arranged between the bearing rings with a plurality of respective bearing bodies. At least one of the bearing body ring arrangements is configured to at least partially withstand forces directed in the radial direction to the rotational axis. At least two of the bearing body ring arrangements are configured to at least partially withstand forces directed parallel to the rotational axis and are arranged adjacent to and spaced apart from one another along the rotational axis. The at least two bearing body ring arrangements are configured to at least partially withstand forces directed parallel to the rotational axis in each case establish a direction of action and are arranged spaced apart from one another along the direction of action.
US09188154B2
A rolling bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of angular contact rollers disposed between raceways provided on the rings, each roller comprising a rolling surface in contact with said raceways and two opposite end faces. The inner and outer rings having guiding faces coming into contact with the end faces of the rollers.
US09188152B1
An ornamental hanger having a scroll shape with an upper open loop that is sufficiently large to accommodate an edge of a mantle therein. The hanger includes a lower open loop from which an item can be hung so that the lower open loop can swing under the edge of the mantle and be located generally under the upper open loop. The upper open loop terminates in a partial loop having a bottom curved surface for resting on the mantle. The lower curved portion of the partial loop is covered with a non-slip material to prevent movement of the hanger on the mantel surface.
US09188151B2
An eye bolt, comprising a lifting eye and a supporting bolt, wherein the supporting bolt sits, rotatable, in an insertion opening of the lifting eye and comprises, a threaded shaft and a bolt head. The supporting bolt protrudes radially from the lifting eye and is supported by an underside of the lifting eye, on a bearing surface formed on the lifting eye and running around the insertion opening. The eye bolt further comprises at least one locking member which can be brought into engagement with the bolt head and by means of which, in a locking position of same, the bolt head can be rotationally blocked vis-à-vis the lifting eye. The at least one locking member is further attached to the lifting eye radially next to the bolt head and is secured there, wherein the at least one locking member can be brought into a starting position, in which it is not engaged with the bolt head, and also into the locking position rotationally blocking the supporting bolt relative to the lifting eye.
US09188147B2
The present invention relates to ratcheting thread clamping devices and the use of multiple interleaved thread structures on one or more of the segments of the ratcheting device. It is shown how the use of such multiple threads reduces locking distance when the ratcheting device is moved in the ratcheting direction along a single-threaded rod, that is, reduced locking distance is achieved with an improved thread clamping device without the necessity of any changes to the threaded rod to which the device clamps. Multiple thread structures thus reduce locking distance in prior art devices typically having frustoconical segment surfaces as well as in more recent devices having nut segments with planar surfaces.
US09188146B1
A tensioning system for tensioning a stud is provided. The system includes a nut having an external surface, an internal surface engaging the external surface of the stud or puller screw, and at least two bores defined therein. The posts have first and second ends and are disposed in the bores. The first ends engage a stop surface, and the second ends extend outwardly from the bores. A cylinder includes an internal surface engaged with the external surface of the nut, and has a bore defined therein. A locking screw may be threadably positioned within the cylinder bore and engages the nut. A piston is positioned within the cylinder to define a hydraulic chamber and is configured for being engaged with the second ends of the posts. Further, a biasing member is disposed between the nut and piston. A tensioning system safety guard is also provided.
US09188139B2
In order to provide an accumulator equipped with an emergency safety mechanism that is capable of being activated at a lower pressure than when a rupture disk is disposed on part of the circumference of the peripheral surface of a stay, the accumulator has an emergency safety mechanism that immediately releases pressure inside a housing to an oil port side when the inside of the housing reaches a high temperature and high pressure in an emergency such as a fire. The emergency safety mechanism allows a fluid chamber and the oil port to communicate via a first pressure release flow passage, which is formed due to a seal holder provided with recesses and projections on part of the circumference being seated on a seating surface, and a second pressure release flow passage formed due to a rubber-like elastic body of the seal disappearing as a result of the high temperature.
US09188137B2
A blower housing has a discharge direction, an axis of rotation, a polar axis that intersects the axis of rotation and is substantially perpendicular to the discharge direction, an angular sweep of increasing fluid flow area, and an axial contraction located at an angularly greater value than the angular sweep.
US09188118B2
A pneumatically powered pump for liquid color adapted to fit partially within a liquid color container having a body portion of the pump within the liquid color container adapted to be mounted on the underside of the container lid and being a single piece of molded plastic overlying an aperture in the container lid.
US09188115B2
An electric motor for a motor-driven compressor is provided. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator is fixed to a housing. The rotor is arranged outward of the stator. The rotor is mounted on a rotary shaft to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft. The stator includes slots and a stator coil wound about the slots. The rotor includes a rotary support and a magnet. The rotary support is fixed to the rotary shaft to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft. The magnet is supported by the rotary support. The arrangement of the magnetic poles of the magnet in the circumferential direction is a Halbach array.
US09188113B2
A method of actuating a valve, comprises operatively coupling the valve with an electroosmotic pump; flowing a fluid through the electroosmotic pump; and generating a fluidic pressure of at least 0.75 PSI to actuate the valve, wherein the electroosmotic pump comprises one or more thin, porous, positive electroosmotic membranes and one or more thin porous, negative electroosmotic membranes; a plurality of electrodes comprising cathodes and anodes, and a power source; wherein each of the positive and negative electroosmotic membranes are disposed alternatively and wherein at least one of the cathodes is disposed on one side of one of the membranes and at least one of the anodes is disposed on the other side of the membrane and wherein at least one of the cathodes or anodes is disposed between a positive and a negative electroosmotic membrane.
US09188107B2
In one aspect, a pitch bearing for coupling a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine may include an outer race defining a first outer raceway wall. The first outer raceway wall may define a center of curvature. The pitch bearing may also include an inner race defining a first inner raceway wall. The first inner raceway wall may define a center of curvature. In addition, the pitch bearing may include a plurality of roller elements disposed between the first inner and outer raceway walls. Each roller element may define a geometric center. Moreover, the center of curvature for each of the raceway walls may be offset from the geometric center of each roller element.
US09188100B2
The invention relates to a control apparatus for a hybrid system that output engine drive force and electric motor drive force, and selectively performs an engine operation mode in which at least the engine is operated, and an engine operation stop mode in which engine operation is stopped. In cases where release of vaporized fuel captured in a vaporized-fuel capturing/releasing device is required, when the engine is being operated, release of vaporized fuel is started if there is no abnormality in the vaporized-fuel capturing/releasing device, and operation of the engine is continued to release the vaporized fuel until condition for terminating release of the vaporized fuel is satisfied; and in cases where release of the vaporized fuel is required, when the engine is not being operated, operation of the engine is started and release of the vaporized fuel is started if there is no abnormality in the vaporized-fuel capturing/releasing device.
US09188098B2
A starter is disposed with an elastic body which generates slide resistance between the inner circumferential surface of a cylinder hole of a movable core and a first annular groove section of a flange section of a hook and the starter has an air damper function; and consequently, the effect of suppressing compression of a drive spring can be sufficiently obtained without reducing the suction speed of a plunger as much as possible and an engine can be rapidly started up.
US09188094B2
A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes an electromagnetic actuating element having a solenoid coil, a fixed core, an outer magnetic circuit component, and a movable armature for actuating a valve-closure element, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface provided on a valve-seat element. The injector is characterized by its extremely small outer dimensions. The flexibility in the installation of fuel injectors of varying valve lengths, which is made possible very simply due to the special modular design, is significantly increased in this manner. An optimized dimensioning of the electromagnetic circuit allows for a DFR (dynamic flow range) greater than 17, the DFR being defined as the quotient of qmax/qmin.
US09188091B2
The flexible tubular molded body (10) comprises an unprofiled or profiled straight or bent shaped and a circumferential wall (11) provided with a corrugated profile (12), which is formed from a strength support insert embedded in a thermoplastic material comprising cord surfaces running in the longitudinal direction of the molded body as pressure support elements and fixing threads running transversely to the threads and holding these in position.
US09188085B2
A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system may have a first fuel injector configured to inject a first stream of gaseous fuel radially into a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the engine through a first air intake port. The fuel system may also have a second fuel injector configured to inject a second stream of gaseous fuel radially into the combustion chamber through a second air intake port to collide with the first stream of gaseous fuel.
US09188081B2
Actuator assembly includes a housing assembly, a ball screw, a ball nut, and a lock. The ball screw is rotationally mounted on and extends from the housing assembly, is coupled to receive an actuator drive torque, and is configured, upon receipt thereof, to rotate. The ball nut is rotationally supported on the ball screw and is configured, in response to rotation of the ball screw, to translate thereon between a stowed position and a deployed position. The lock is disposed at least partially within the housing assembly and is configured to move between a lock position and an unlock position. The lock prevents the ball nut from translating out of the stowed position when the lock is in the lock position and the ball nut is in the stowed position.
US09188079B2
A cylinder head and internal combustion engine outfitted therewith, in which the cylinder head has a plurality of media passages, at least one of which is for conducting a corrosive medium. Each media passage has a media contact surface for conducting a medium. The cylinder head has a longer service life due to the media contact surface of the at least one media passage for conducting the corrosive medium being formed of a corrosion-resistant material.
US09188076B2
A fuel injection control system is provided. The fuel injection control system comprises a first injector and a second injector positioned upstream of the first injector; a memory section which contains a map for defining a correspondence between a running state of an engine and first and second fuel injection ratios; a fuel injection ratio setting section for setting the first fuel injection ratio as a first set value and the second fuel injection ratio as a second set value; and a fuel injection ratio compensation section for making compensation such that the first set value is greater than a value of the first fuel injection ratio derived from the map, when a condition in which the second fuel injection ratio read out from the map is greater in magnitude than a predetermined determination criterion is met.
US09188075B2
A momentary diagnostic for determining correct operation of a cam profile switching system of an internal combustion engine by calculation of changes in cylinder bank to bank air mass flow ratios: operating said engine in one condition of the cam profile switching system; providing for a first cylinder subset the inlet fuel flow and the corresponding oxygen content of the exhaust flow, and calculating the mass of air passing through the first cylinder subset in a defined time period; providing for a second cylinder subset the inlet fuel flow and the corresponding oxygen content of the exhaust flow; calculating the mass of air passing through the second cylinder subset in said defined time period; comparing the mass air flow the oxygen content for the first and second cylinder subsets to give a standard ratio; momentarily forcing the cam profile switching system of one of said cylinder subsets to an alternative condition; re-calculating providing the corresponding mass of air oxygen content passing through the first and second cylinder subsets; and comparing said recalculated air flows oxygen contents to give a revised ratio; and comparing said standard ratio and revised ratio.
US09188067B2
A variable compression ratio device may include a piston assembly having double pistons of which the volume may be varied, a lifter relatively moving one piston of the double pistons with respect to the other piston of the double pistons, a guide unit engaged with the piston assembly and guiding a movement of the one piston with respect to the other piston, and a locking unit selectively coupling the one piston to the other piston.
US09188064B2
A fuel injection system for a turbojet engine including a fixed part and a sliding lead-through, the fixed part and the sliding lead-through extending along a reference axis, the fixed part including a cavity that has a bottom and a closure cup, the sliding lead-through being provided with a sole plate contained inside the cavity. The injection system has increased resistance to wearing of the injector on which it is mounted. To achieve this it further includes a spring arranged in such a way as to apply to the sole plate a force capable of preventing the vibration-induced micro-movements of the sliding lead-through with respect to the fixed part in the absence of thermal expansion.
US09188063B2
An injector for a multipoint combustor system includes an inner air swirler which defines an interior flow passage and a plurality of swirler inlet ports in an upstream portion thereof. The inlet ports are configured and adapted to impart swirl on flow in the interior flow passage. An outer air cap is mounted outboard of the inner swirler. A fuel passage is defined between the inner air swirler and the outer air cap, and includes a discharge outlet between downstream portions of the inner air swirler and the outer air cap for issuing fuel for combustion. The outer air cap defines an outer air circuit configured for substantially unswirled injection of compressor discharge air outboard of the interior flow passage.
US09188062B2
In a gas turbine of the invention, a first blade ring portion to which first vanes are attached and a second blade ring portion to which second vanes are attached are integrally formed to form an integrated blade ring. A second upstream pressing member is arranged on the upstream side of a second upstream isolation ring which attaches a first ring segment and a second vane stage which is arranged on the downstream side of the first ring segment to the integrated blade ring. By attaching the pressing member to the blade ring portion, the pressing member pushes and fixes the isolation ring to the downstream side, and the sealing performance of a packing is maintained.
US09188050B2
Disclosed is an engine cooling system which comprises: a head-side circulation pathway through which coolant from a water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder head and an EGR cooler; a block-side circulation pathway through which the coolant from the water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder block; and a switching valve unit operable, during cold operation of the engine, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along the head-side circulation pathway, and, when a temperature of the engine is raised up to a predetermined value, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along not only the head-side circulation pathway but also the block-side circulation pathway.
US09188047B2
A silencer arrangement for exhaust systems of motor vehicles having internal combustion engines includes at least one rear exhaust silencer having at least one exhaust pipe for guiding the exhaust gas and at least one actuatable adjustment device. At least one adjustment body, which can be displaced between an exhaust closing position and an exhaust opening position, is associated with the at least one rear exhaust silencer. The silencer arrangement also includes an exhaust bypass device having at least one connection piece. It is arranged upstream of the at least one rear exhaust silencer for connecting to an exhaust manifold device. The bypass device includes at least one exhaust bypass pipe body which is fluidly connected to the at least one connection piece and has at least one exhaust bypass outlet for releasing the exhaust gas from the silencer arrangement.
US09188045B2
A method of monitoring an exhaust gas sensor coupled in an engine exhaust in an engine is provided. The method includes adjusting engine operation responsive to exhaust gas sensor degradation, the degradation identified during deceleration fuel shut-off (DFSO) and compensated based on whether vapor purge operation is occurring in the engine during DFSO.
US09188040B2
A honeycomb structure includes a center part which has a cylindrical honeycomb structure part with a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall defining a plurality of cells, and which has a pair of electrodes disposed on the side surface of the honeycomb structure part. The honeycomb structure also includes an outer circumferential part disposed around the center part. The electric resistivity of the honeycomb structure part is 1-200 Ωcm. Each electrode in the electrode pair is formed in a band shape that extends in the direction that the cells extend. In a cross section, one electrode is located opposite the other electrode over the center of the honeycomb structure part. The outer circumferential part has a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall that define a plurality of cells. The volumetric heat capacity of the outer circumferential part is smaller than that of the center part.
US09188023B2
An oil supply system for a stationary turbomachine is provided. A safe operation of the turbomachine is enabled even at ambient temperatures of up to 60° C. for a plurality of hours in a novel connection arrangement of the components of the oil supply system, such as the oil tank, pump a, and heat exchanger, as well as the pipeline system, without one of the components having to be designed for a further increased operating temperature. The oil tank has two regions stacked horizontally one above the other for storing the oil. The two regions are largely or completely separated from each other by a separating element.
US09188007B2
A gas turbine shaft bearing system (bearing and/or seal component) service method and service tool that applies biasing force between a gas turbine shaft and a bearing system component supporting the shaft, so that the bearing system component can be removed or installed. The bearing system service tool is coupled directly to the bearing system component and the shaft, preferably without the need for external fixtures. A biasing force generator, such as a hydraulic unit applies a force on the bearing system component to cause component movement on or off the shaft. Counter-biasing forces are resisted by the fixed position turbine shaft. By exerting biasing force directly between the turbine shaft and bearing system component the service tool can be constructed of smaller, man portable components that are more easily maneuvered within relatively confined turbine service spaces, which are common in field installations.
US09188006B2
Provided are various devices and processes that harness the inherent kinetic energy of a flowing pressurized fluid to drive a compressor to compress a fluid without any need for electrical or chemical energy. The flowing drive fluid flows over a boundary layer disk turbine, or Tesla turbine, which is mechanically coupled to a compressor that compresses a fluid. The flowing fluid may be a natural gas from a hydrocarbon recovery operation. The compressed fluid may be air that is used to power a pneumatic device in an industrial process. Harnessing the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid increases economic efficiency of the process, while also avoiding unwanted emissions adverse to the environment and public health.
US09188005B2
The present disclosure provides a fluid pump having a pump motor, a pump drive shaft and a vane pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a pump housing having fluid inlet and outlet ports. The pump assembly also includes a distal bearing member having first and second sides and a second side, a plurality of inlet orifices, and a cavity formed in the second side. A first cam ring, having an elliptical interior opening, is disposed within the pump housing adjacent the distal bearing member. A rotor is disposed within the opening in the first cam ring. This rotor has first and second sides, a cavity in the first side, and a plurality of radial slots for sliding vanes. The vane pump assembly also includes a second cam ring, having an elliptical shape, disposed in the cavities formed in the distal bearing member second side and the rotor first side. In addition, the vane pump assembly includes a proximate bearing member disposed within the pump housing adjacent the first cam ring and having a plurality of outlet orifices.
US09187997B2
A snubber for reducing shock and vibration in down hole tools includes a housing having an axis and a chamber. A piston is mounted in the chamber for axial movement therein. The piston includes a shaft extending therefrom to an exterior of the housing. An axial spring element is mounted between the piston and the housing. Both the piston and the chamber include non-cylindrical portions.
US09187977B2
A system for stimulating a multi-zone well includes a tubular body apportioned into at least a first zone and a second zone. The system has a first set of plugs placed in pre-drilled holes along the tubular body within the first zone. The plugs in the first set of plugs are fabricated to substantially dissolve upon contact with an acidic stimulation fluid within a first selected time. The system also has a second set of plugs placed in pre-drilled holes along the tubular body within the second zone. The plugs in the second set of plugs are fabricated to substantially dissolve upon contact with the acidic fluid within a second selected time that is greater than the first selected time.
US09187975B2
A composite ball is formed with wound filament in a winding machine by winding the filament on a core, which can be permanent and form part of the finished ball. Alternatively, the core can be temporary. When winding is completed, the wound body is removed from the winding machine, an exterior of the wound body is finished, and the wound body is cured. When the core is permanent, at least a portion of the core is removed from the winding machine along with the wound body so any excess of the permanent core can be removed. The temporary core, however, is removed from the wound body, and the void is filled with filler material.
US09187960B2
Expandable reamer tools include an outer body, a fluid passageway extending through the outer body, and at least one blade configured to slide relative to the outer body between a retracted position and an expanded position. In some embodiments, the tools may include a formation-engaging surface comprising a gage area. In other embodiments, the tools may include a radially recessed area extending from a back edge of the formation-engaging surface. Methods for removing such expandable reamer tools from a borehole are also disclosed.
US09187947B2
A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) panel includes a first glass panel and a second glass panel spaced from the first glass panels. A spacer is disposed between the first and second glass panels. The spacer includes first and second generally opposed faces, and a plurality of sides extending therebetween. The spacer is processed using tumbling and polishing operations to preferably round all corners of the spacer and form a circular contact footprint on opposed side faces of the spacer. The spacer surface break conditions are measured during tumbling and/or polishing operations using optical flat measuring equipment. Following the polishing operation the spacer is thermally processed to strengthen the spacer.
US09187946B2
A through-wall flashing device includes a metal exterior surrounding a polymeric core, wherein the metal exterior is substantially non-continuous or otherwise interrupted by thermal breaks disposed about the metal exterior. In assembly, the thermal breaks help to reduce or all together eliminate thermal bridging from an exterior of a building construction to the interior of a building or building wall. The through-wall flashing device is adapted for use with a variety of wall constructions and is specifically configured to provide insulation and moisture sheeting properties around doors, windows and other architectural apertures which may be found in a wall construction.
US09187943B2
A rotary damper includes an actuator including an extension side that is connected to a linkage. The rotary damper includes the linkage, a cam follower, and a cam wheel. The linkage is connected to the cam follower and the cam follower is movable relative to the cam wheel. The cam follower contacts a first portion of the cam wheel when in a locked state. The cam follower contacts a second portion of the cam wheel when a rotational force is applied to the cam wheel and the extension side of the actuator extends to apply an actuator force that counteracts a portion of the rotational force.
US09187936B2
A two step link hood latch apparatus for a vehicle allows a hood to be opened only with an operation of a release handle inside a vehicle. The apparatus includes a claw, the pawl, a pivot, and a link. The claw is disposed at a base plate to be rotatable, restrains a hood striker through a stop groove, and is restrained to a pawl through first and second stop ends in first step and second step lock states. The pawl is disposed at the base plate to be rotatable, and restrains the rotation of the claw in steps by using the stop protrusion. The pivot is disposed at the base plate to be rotatable in a hinge structure, and transmits a pulling force generated from the release handle. The link connects the pivot and the pawl and rotates the pawl in linkage with the pivot.
US09187933B2
A latching system connects a case lid with a plurality of catch cavities to a case body with a plurality of latch-clasp cavities. The latching system has a plurality of latch-clasps connected to the case body with a latch-clasp pivot. A communicating member is attached to each latch clasp with a communicating member pivot. A slide switch is mechanically coupled to the communicating member and has an open mode of operation and a closed mode of operation. Moving the slide switch to the open mode of operation moves the plurality of latch-clasps into each latch-clasp cavity which permits movement of the case lid distant the case body. Moving the slide switch to the closed mode of operation moves the plurality of latch-clasps into each catch cavity which prevents movement of the case lid distant the case body.
US09187928B2
A door lock indicator and method for use by occupants in an interior space to confirm if a lock of a door handle of a door is in a locked or an unlocked position. An inside handle of the door handle must always be free to open the door for immediate exit. When a locking mechanism is in a first position, the locking mechanism aligns with an indicator mechanism to provide an indication that the door handle is in the unlocked position. When the locking mechanism is in a second position, the locking mechanism does not align with the indicator mechanism to provide an indication that the door handle is the locked position.
US09187922B1
The fence attachable awning is constructed with a plurality of shade members that connect to form an awning. The plurality of shade members connects via a plurality of snap buttons to form the overall shape of the awning. The awning is attached to a set of frame supports that extend laterally from a respective hanging support. The awning attaches to the frame supports at a declination in order to enable rain to slope off of the awning when in use. The frame supports are constructed of individual components that collapse the frame support when not in use. The hanging supports of the frame supports are adapted to clip onto a top portion of a fence in order to support the frame support and awning there from.
US09187913B2
A method of fastening a wall panel to a wall, according to one illustrative embodiment, comprises coupling a retaining body to a mounting body mounted on an outer surface of the wall adjacent a side edge of the wall panel. Coupling the retaining body to the mounting body may comprise coupling a first connector on an inner surface of the retaining body to a second connector on the mounting body, and positioning a retainer on the retaining body against a retaining surface on the wall panel to fasten the wall panel to the wall. Kits and wall assemblies according to other illustrative embodiments are also disclosed.
US09187911B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of deck drainage systems. In some embodiments, the deck drainage system comprises a floor panel that is configured to be positioned under a deck platform. The floor panel may comprise a floor, a side that extends from the floor, and an overhang that extends from the side. The overhang may be configured to be disposed over another overhang of another floor panel. The end section may be configured to be adjacent to a distal edge of the other overhang. The deck drainage system may further comprise a hanger that is configured to be suspended from the deck platform. The hanger may form a slot into which the end section of the overhang of the floor panel is configured to be inserted.
US09187908B2
The present invention relates to a multicolor decorative welding rod (3) and a method to produce a multicolor decorative welding rod, said welding rod comprising a PVC-based component A and a PVC-based component B, in a ratio of component A/component B comprised between 10/90 to 50/50, said components A and B being associated in such a way that the composition of said component A comprises a PVC having a higher melt viscosity and/or a higher melting point, than the PVC of said component B, said components A and B being of a different color.
US09187891B2
A system for collection, containment, and disposal of contaminated fluids includes a flexible hulled containment vessel having at least one resilient deformable wall and a flow directing apparatus with a body that extends into the containment vessel during use, and an exterior portal that extends from the containment vessel in use. The flow directing apparatus provides fluid communication from an interior of the containment vessel while resisting collapse of the deformable wall during removal of contaminated fluid therefrom. A body of the flow directing apparatus includes side wall apertures spaced along a length thereof, sized to accommodate solids expected to be in the contaminated fluids. Bridge structures help resist collapse. A diameter of the body may be larger than a diameter of the exterior portal, which may further resist collapse. The containment vessel may be foldable for transport or storage.
US09187889B2
The invention relates to a tank (100) provided with at least one effluent-filling opening and at least two effluent-emptying openings, a bucket capable of tilting between a filling position, in which it can be filled with an incoming effluent through said at least one filling opening, and a discharge position, in which it can discharge the contents thereof through one or more of said emptying openings. According to the invention, the tank (100) includes means for modifying the position of the bucket (200, 200′) so as to change the direction thereof or to enable the replacement thereof with another bucket of a different type.It is thus possible to modify the effluent outlet direction by a simple change in the bucket position. It is also possible to replace a bucket with a bucket of a different type.In this way greater versatility of the adaptation to the connection of the tank on the installation site is afforded.
US09187883B2
Proposed is a fitting main body in which are arranged receptacles for the connections of the sanitary fitting to the water line, receptacles for a thermostat valve and a flow-rate regulating valve, and all water channels. The water channels are formed at least in part as flat ducts open towards one side of the fitting main body, wherein the longitudinal direction of the cross section through the flat ducts runs perpendicular to the side of the fitting main body. The ducts are closed off by a cover which is connected to the fitting main body. As a result, that part of the sanitary fitting which comprises all of the water channels is composed of the fitting main body and a cover.
US09187882B2
A bathroom sink with an upper basin substantially at waist level, a lower basin substantially at foot or knee level or between foot and knee levels, and a diverter that diverts a flow of water from the upper basin to the lower basin. The diverter may be next to a first faucet mounted to the first basin, on a side of the upper basin, or on a stand connecting the upper basin to the lower basin. One or more additional faucets may also be mounted to the lower basin. A pair of driers may be mounted to the lower basin. A control panel may be mounted to the upper basin so that a controller can control the flow of water based on a water meter or a timer, log water usage and/or other information in association with a user ID, and/or display an instructional video.
US09187876B2
This detection system (40) comprises a detection assembly (50) for detecting a rotation parameter of one of the two parts with respect to the other, electrical connecting means (150, 160) adapted to connect the detection assembly (50) to a control unit. The electrical connecting means comprise at least one electric cable (150) extending outside the detection assembly (50) and outside a pin, between the detection assembly and the control unit. The detection system (40) also comprises a bracket (200) adapted to connect the detection assembly (50) to the second part when the detection assembly is mounted within a housing of the pin (30). The electric cable has a first portion (154) which extends parallel to the central axis (X90) of the pin when the detection assembly (50) is mounted on the pin. The detection system (40) also includes means (212) to arrange a second portion (156) of the electric cable (150) and/or a connector (160) provided at the end of this second portion along a first arm (202) of the bracket, on a first side (2022) of the arm oriented towards the detection assembly (50).
US09187874B1
A receiver plate-coupler plate assembly for attaching an implement to a machine. The assembly includes a receiver plate member comprising a vertical plate section with at least three perimeter walls extending in a common direction to form a downward facing cavity there between. The vertical plate member attaches to a tool on a plate section surface opposite the perimeter walls. A coupler plate member comprises a vertical plate section positioned against the receiver plate member within the downwardly facing cavity thereof. At least one locking assembly on the coupler plate member reversibly engages the receiver plate member to maintain the coupler plate member within the downward facing cavity thereof. At least one connector assembly secured to the coupler plate member opposite the receiver plate member connects the receiver plate-coupler plate assembly to a machine.
US09187873B2
A screen-handling stinger extends and retracts hydraulically from within a bore of a hydraulic stinger of a rock bolter. The screen-handling stinger has a finger that engages a screen. The screen-handling stinger retracts the screen until it snugly abuts the front face of a pad of the stinger. The screen can then be rotated by the rotation motor of the stinger.
US09187859B2
A mounting unit for a wall-mounted washing machine is disclosed. When the washing machine is on a wall surface, a mounting part of the mounting unit is beyond a frame edge of the mounting unit, thereby a cushion pad of the mounting unit to reduce vibrations and noise from the washing machine. The mounting unit includes a curtain at a frame edge of a body frame such that a gap between the washing machine and the wall surface may be covered by the curtain, thereby stably installing the washing machine, even though the wall surface is not completely flat.
US09187855B2
A modular laundry system comprises at least two horizontally arranged laundry appliances. Each of the at least two laundry appliances have a top, and a worksurface extends over the tops of the at least two laundry appliances. The worksurface can form a continuous surface above the at least two laundry appliances.
US09187852B2
The feed device for supplying individualized fibers or fiber flocks to a transport device, which serves to transport the formed fleece or fiber flock mat onward, includes a plurality of feed segments arranged horizontally next to each other and a plurality of individually actuatable feed rollers, wherein a separate feed roller is assigned to each feed segment. In addition, at least one driven opening cylinder, which cooperates with each feed roller, is also provided.
US09187851B2
A stitch-bonded fabric construction in which broadly spaced parallel linear stitch lines are applied through a very low weight fibrous substrate to stabilize the substrate in the machine direction. Texture is imparted by applying significant overfeed conditions to the stitching substrate thereby causing a substantial bunching of the substrate at the stitching position. The resulting product has an arrangement of alternating ridges and valleys running predominantly in the cross-machine direction. The stabilizing linear stitch lines lock in the puckered texture.
US09187848B2
The present invention is directed towards a method for spinning anionically modified cellulose comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a suspension of the anionically modified cellulose in a continuous phase; (b) subjecting the suspension to high shear rate; (c) performing spinning by extruding the cellulose suspension through a spinneret into a spinbath comprising a cationic complexing agent, and (d) isolating the sun fibers from the spin bath; as well as fibers obtained based on the method of the invention and paper or board products derived from such fibers.
US09187847B2
The method for preparing a carbon fiber of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a polyacrylonitrile-based polymer solution; spinning the polyacrylonitrile-based polymer solution to prepare a precursor fiber for a carbon fiber, the precursor fiber having a water content of 20-50%; converting the precursor fiber for a carbon fiber into a preliminary flame-retarded fiber while stretching the precursor fiber for a carbon fiber at an elongation rate of −10˜−0.1% or 0.1˜5% at 180˜220° C. in air; converting the preliminary flame-retarded fiber into a flame-retardant fiber while stretching the preliminary flame-retarded fiber at an elongation rate of −5˜5% at 200˜300° C. in air; and heating the flame-retardant fiber under an inert atmosphere to carbonize the flame-retardant fiber.
US09187843B2
A method of producing a semiconductor crystal is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing a longitudinal container with a seed crystal and an impurity-containing melt placed in a bottom section and with a suspension part arranged in an upper section and suspending a dropping raw material block made of a semiconductor material having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the impurity-containing melt, and creating a temperature gradient in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal container to melt the dropping raw material block, and solidifying the impurity-containing melt from the side that is in contact with the seed crystal (8) while dropping a produced melt into the impurity-containing melt, thereby producing a semiconductor crystal.
US09187841B2
A method of forming a skid-proof leather-texture surface on a metallic substrate, including the following steps of: providing a metallic substrate; roughening the surface of the metallic substrate by performing sand-blasting; performing a first pretreatment to clean the surface of the metallic substrate; etching the surface of the metallic substrate through an etchant while using a etch-moderating agent to moderate the condition of etching performing a second pretreatment, such as pickling or chemical polishing, on the surface of the metallic substrate; performing an anodic treatment on the surface of the metallic substrate to form an oxidized film having micro-porous structure thereon; activating the surface of the metallic substrate after the anodic treatment; dyeing the surface of the metallic substrate; sealing the micro-porous structure formed on the surface of the metallic substrate; and ash-removing to clean the metallic substrate.
US09187834B2
There are provided methods and systems for an electrochemical cell including an anode and a cathode where the anode is contacted with a metal ion that converts the metal ion from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state. The metal ion in the higher oxidation state is reacted with hydrogen gas, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, and/or a saturated hydrocarbon to form products.
US09187823B2
A method of growing carbon nanostructures on a conductive substrate without the need for a vacuum or low-pressure environment provides high electrical field strengths to generate the necessary carbon ions from a feedstock gas and to promote alignment and separation of the resulting structures. In one embodiment, substantially uniform “vertical” nanostructures may be formed around the periphery of an extended wire for use in corona discharge applications or the like. Growth on a planar substrate may provide use with a variety of apparatus requiring a high specific surface conductor such as capacitors, batteries, and solar cells.
US09187816B2
Methods of reducing an initial cross-sectional area of a hole in a component to a predetermined cross-sectional area including preparing a composition comprising at least an aluminum alloy with a melting temperature higher than aluminum, applying the composition to an interior surface of the hole, and then heating the component to cause a metal within the component to diffuse from the component into the composition and react with the aluminum alloy in the composition to form a coating on the interior surface of the hole. The heating step is performed to selectively modify the initial cross-sectional area of the hole and thereby directly attain the predetermined cross-sectional area thereof.
US09187811B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are direct to a low-carbon chromium steel, and methods for manufacturing said steel, having a low vanadium concentration. In some embodiments, the steel can have high corrosion resistance while retaining adequate strength and toughness. The steel can be manufactured through an austenitization process, followed by quenching at a controlled cooling rate, and tempering to form about 5 to 10% bainite, while limiting formation of chromium rich carbides.
US09187804B2
To provide a lithium recovery method which is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine. In the present invention, an alkali is added to a discharge liquid and/or a cleaning liquid containing lithium discharged in a process of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery, an acidic solvent extractant is caused to be in contact with the discharge liquid and/or the cleaning liquid under a condition of pH 9 or less and a temperature of 0 to 25° C. and lithium ions are extracted, and the acidic solvent extractant having extracted the lithium ions is caused to be in contact with an acid solution of pH 3 or less and the lithium ions are stripped.
US09187791B2
A method and system for dispensing an additive wire involves use of a lance for delivering the additive wire and determination of location data with respect to a surface of a metallurgical melt into which the lance is placed.
US09187777B2
Disclosed are compositions, methods and devices for the in situ synthesis of nucleic acids. In an exemplary embodiment, a support-bound oligonucleotide is elongated by addition of one or more nucleotides by hybridization of a partially double-stranded oligonucleotide, ligation and removal of unwanted nucleotides.
US09187767B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass or organic waste. The present invention provides: a method for effectively producing diverse hydrocarbons by using a raw material comprising mixed organic acids that can be obtained by anaerobic fermentation which is a fermentation process in biogasification technology; and a method for producing diverse products such as fuel, lube base oil and aromatics by using a raw material comprising mixed organic acids.
US09187763B2
The soybean variety DLL0838 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety DLL0838 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of DLL0838 and to plants of DLL0838 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from DLL0838.
US09187759B2
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US09187758B2
Disclosed herein are zinc fingers comprising CCHC zinc coordinating residues. Also described are zinc finger proteins and fusion proteins comprising these CCHC zinc fingers as well as polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Methods of using these proteins for gene editing and gene regulation are also described.
US09187749B2
Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing Factor 12 and treating or preventing inflammatory conditions in an individual in need thereof. Examples of disease conditions that can be ameliorated with the administration of antisense compounds targeted to Factor 12 include hereditary angioedema (HAE). Methods for inhibiting Factor 12 can also be used as a prophylactic treatment to prevent individuals at risk for developing an inflammatory condition, such as, hereditary angioedema.
US09187735B2
Compositions comprising peptides that are capable of binding a metal are disclosed. Such compositions can be used for binding metal in a variety of contexts and environments. In various embodiments, peptides are used for antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-pain therapy, as chemical reagents, and/or as superoxide dismutase mimics.
US09187734B2
A glucose dehydrogenase, which is an enzyme that has high substrate specificity, can be produced at a low cost, is not affected by oxygen dissolved in a measurement sample and, in particular, has superior thermal stability is obtained by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Burkholderia. A glucose sensor utilizing the glucose dehydrogenase protein is described.
US09187731B2
The present invention relates to the field of attenuated live viruses useful as vaccine or medicament for preventing or treating Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in swine, and is based on the surprising finding of a PRRS virus which is able to induce the interferon type I response of a cell infected by said virus. In one embodiment, the PRRS virus according to the invention is a PRRS virus mutant comprising, in comparison with the genome of a wild type strain, a mutation in the gene encoding the non structural protein 1 (nsp1) of said virus.
US09187730B2
The disclosure provides for immunogenic compositions against Equine Rhinitis Virus, particularly Equine Rhinitis A and B Virus, and methods for their use and preparation. The immunogenic compositions, in alternate embodiments, also include other equine pathogens.
US09187725B2
An automatic biological sample purification apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is equipped with a magnetic field applying part, in which the magnetic field applying part for purifying biological samples and a heating part are integrally formed with each other so as to be movable up and down. A method of extracting a target substance from the biological sample using the automatic biological sample purification apparatus equipped with the magnetic field applying part is also disclosed.
US09187724B1
A method for cultivating and processing microalgae includes directing a continuous supply of carbon dioxide into an enclosed photobioreactor containing microalgae. The enclosed photobioreactor is exposed to insolation for the cultivation of the microalgae by means of controlled photosynthesis chemical reactions. The microalgae are cultivated and the microalgae are processed to create an algae biomass and a gaseous mixture. The algae biomass is extracted to produce an essentially pure algae oil and oil free algae biomass. The gaseous mixture is separated into unreacted carbon dioxide and oxygen. The separated unreacted carbon dioxide is recycled to the photobioreactor and the oxygen in excess of export quantity is stored.
US09187719B2
A process for the production of a liquid detergent composition comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous solution free of perfumes through a main stream; providing a second solution comprising at least one perfume and at least one material selected from the group consisting of surfactants, organic solvents, carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof, through a first side stream, wherein the ratio of said perfume to said at least one material is from 0.05 to 0.5; providing at least a third solution comprising at least one aesthetic component and/or finishing component, through at least one second side stream; and mixing the solutions to provide the liquid detergent composition. The second solution is mixed with the aqueous solution at a first confluence region of said main and first side streams and the at least third solution is mixed therewith at, at least one, second confluence region, said at least one second confluence region being downstream said first confluence region.
US09187718B2
Provided are a rinsing agent to produce a hard disk substrate free from remaining abrasive grains as well as a pit defect on the surface thereof and a method for production of a hard disk substrate using such a rinsing agent. A rinsing agent of the present invention is rinsing solution containing colloidal silica as abrasive grains. Letting that the colloidal silica abrasive grains have a concentration C and an average grain size R (C and R are represented in weight % and nm, respectively), the concentration C and the average grain size R of the colloidal silica abrasive grains have a relation matching the following Expression (1): 12.2C+18.2 (1).
US09187712B2
Alkoxylated fatty ester compositions are disclosed. In one aspect, the compositions comprise a reaction product of a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives with one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of an insertion catalyst to give an alkoxylated fatty ester. In another aspect, the metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or its ester derivative is reacted with a glycol ether or a glycol ether alkoxylate, to give an alkoxylated fatty ester. In yet another aspect, the metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid or octadecene-1,18-dioic acid is reacted with one or more alkylene oxides to give a fatty acid alkoxylate, followed by etherification of the fatty acid alkoxylate.
US09187710B2
The present invention relates to a composition of matter comprising at least 95% w/w of at least one compound of formula (I), wherein R group is a C1-6 alkyl group optionally comprising an ether functional group; and wherein each carbon-carbon double bond of said compound, independently from each other, can be in a configuration Z or E; which is a useful perfuming ingredient.
US09187709B2
A novel odorant of formula (I) wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are independently selected from H, CH3, and C2H5; X is selected from —CH2OH, —CH2OCOCH3 and —CHO and —CHO, n is selected from 0 and 1. The dotted line represents double bond or single bond.
US09187705B2
A fire starter for use with a grill (G) for cooking foods includes a combustible bag (A) placed on the grill. The bag's contents include charcoal (B) which, when lit, has a relatively long burn time. Interspersed in the bag with the charcoal are wood shavings (S) which have a shorter burn time than the charcoal. In one embodiment, the contents of the bag are poured into the grill. In another embodiment, one end (E1) of the bag is opened and placed on a grate (P). The other, upper end (E2) of the bag is opened and the lower end of the bag ignited. Setting the bag vertically produces a chimney effect that facilitates burning of the bag and its contents. When the bag is ignited, the shavings are also ignited and burn for a period sufficiently long to ignite the charcoal before being consumed.
US09187703B2
A catalytic reforming process for producing gasoline of reduced benzene content includes the steps of reforming a reformer feedstock that includes a naphtha stream to produce a gasoline reformate product stream; splitting the gasoline reformate product stream into one or more relatively benzene-rich fractions and one or more relatively benzene-lean fractions; and hydrogenating the one or more relatively benzene-rich fractions to produce a cyclohexane-rich effluent, at least a portion of which cyclohexane-rich effluent is recycled to constitute a portion of the reformer feedstock.
US09187702B2
The present invention is directed to a hydroprocessing catalyst containing at least one catalyst support, one or more metals, optionally one or more molecular sieves, optionally one or more promoters, wherein deposition of at least one of the metals is achieved in the presence of a modifying agent.
US09187684B2
A nanofluid is generally provided for use in a heat transfer system. The nanofluid can include nanoparticles suspended in a base liquid at a nanoparticle concentration in the nanofluid of about 0.01% to about 5% by volume. The nanoparticles can include zinc-oxide nanoparticles. The nanofluid for use in a heat transfer system can, in One embodiment, further include a surfactant. Thermal management systems configured to cool a computer having integrated circuits that generate heat during use are also provided. The thermal management system can include a zinc-oxide nanofluid circurated through a series of tubes via a pump such that heat produced by electronic components of the computer can be captured by the circulating nanofluid and then removed from the nanofluid by a radiator.
US09187672B2
A hard coating film may include a cured product of a polyester polyol modified hyperbranched (meth)acrylate represented by Formula 1:
US09187641B2
There is provided a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a component (B) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 10,000 and a weight loss percentage ΔWr of not greater than 0.18% under heating, relative to 95 to 5% by weight of a component (A) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having the weight loss percentage ΔWr of greater than 0.18%, wherein a total of the component (A) and the component (B) is equal to 100% by weight.
US09187637B2
Disclosed is a thermo-shrinkable polyester film in which shrinkage uniformity is ensured in a shrinking process thus realizing superior quality of the outer appearance without causing a poorly printed state, reducing the production cost of the shrinking process and improving the productivity.
US09187626B2
The present invention is an uncoated housing in which a molded product formed from a thermoplastic resin composition (D) containing 20-60% by mass of an acetone insoluble resin component (A), which contains a rubber component (a) with an average particle size of 0.05-0.3 μm and has a coefficient of linear expansion of 11×10−5-20.5×10−5, 40-80% by mass of an acetone soluble resin component (B) (here, (A)+(B)=100% by mass), and a colorant (C), with (1) the acetone soluble resin component (B) containing 6.0-45% by mass of an unsaturated nitrile monomer derived component and (2) 2-20% by mass of a component with a molecular weight of 70,000 or less by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurements being contained in the acetone soluble resin component (B). On the basis of JIS K7105, the L* value for this uncoated housing is 13 or less, the luster 60-120%, and the haze value 30-90%.
US09187621B2
Polymer compositions are described that are well suited for producing reflectors for light-emitting devices, such as light-emitting diodes. In one embodiment, the polymer composition contains a polymer resin and a stabilizer comprising a phosphonate compound and/or a phosphate compound and optionally a white pigment. The polymer resin may comprise, for instance, a poly(1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol terephthalate). The phosphate stabilizer has been found to significantly improve the stability of the polymer composition without interfering with the ability of the composition to bond to other polymer materials, such as silicone resins. Silicone resins, for instance, are typically used as an encapsulant for light-emitting diode assemblies.
US09187607B2
In a flame-retarded foamable styrene-based resin composition comprising a bromine-containing flame retardant, the flame retardant is a mixture of (a) an organic bromine-containing compound having a 2,3-dibromopropyl group or an organic bromine-containing compound having a bromine content of greater than 60 wt% in which all bromine atoms are attached to a benzene ring, and (b) an organic bromine compound having a 2,3-dibromo-2-alkylpropyl group. The composition comprises this mixture in amount from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene-based resin. The composition exhibits high flame retardant and heat stabilizing effects yet allowing recycling.
US09187596B2
The present invention provides bis(hydroxyalkyl)mercaptosuccinates of the formula: and derivatives thereof, where X1, X2, Z1, Z2, Y1, Y2, Ra, Rb, R1, and R2 are those defined herein. The present invention also provides methods for producing and using the same.
US09187589B2
The present invention provides a novel copolymer of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a non-fluorinated ethylenic hydrocarbon monomer. The copolymer contains (A) a 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene unit and (B) a non-fluorinated ethylenic hydrocarbon monomer unit. The copolymerization ratio (mol % ratio) of (A) and (B) is 99.9:0.1 to 0.1:99.9 and the number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000 to 1000000.
US09187585B2
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the sequential use of at least two ethylene polymerization catalysts to an ethylene polymerization loop reactor, comprising: transferring to a mixing vessel a first ethylene polymerization catalyst and a first diluent, thereby providing a first catalyst slurry, transferring said first catalyst slurry from said mixing vessel to an ethylene polymerization loop reactor at a concentration suitable for polymerizing ethylene, increasing the ratio of said diluent to said first ethylene polymerization catalyst in said first catalyst slurry, stopping the supply of said first catalyst slurry to said mixing vessel, stopping the supply of said first catalyst slurry to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, stopping the supply of ethylene to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, removing said first catalyst slurry from said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, emptying said mixing vessel, optionally rinsing said mixing vessel with fresh diluent, transferring to said mixing vessel a second ethylene polymerization catalyst and a second diluent, thereby providing a second catalyst slurry, decreasing the ratio of said second diluent to said second ethylene polymerization catalyst in said mixing vessel to obtain a concentration of said second ethylene polymerization catalyst in said second diluent suitable for polymerizing ethylene, transferring said second ethylene polymerization catalyst slurry from said mixing vessel to said ethylene polymerization reactor, restoring the supply of ethylene to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, restarting ethylene polymerization in said ethylene polymerization loop reactor.
US09187581B2
Provided herein are methods for the preparation of telechelic polyolefins via polymerization reaction with a terpene initiator.
US09187580B2
The present invention provides a resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof, which has solvent resistance and heat resistance. More specifically, the present invention provides a resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof which is obtained by using a seed particle, wherein a seed particle component in the resin particle has a crosslinked structure. Since the resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof of the present invention is excellent in solvent resistance and heat resistance in addition to light diffusing properties, the resin particle is appropriate for use, for example, in not only cosmetics containing silicone oil and the like in a preparation, a light diffusing film and a light diffusing sheet prepared by dispersing resin particles as a light diffusing agent in an organic solvent such as 2-butanone and the like in a production process, and a light diffusing plate prepared by kneading at a high shear force the resin particles as a light diffusing agent with polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate and the like which melts at a high temperature of approximately 300° C. in a production process.
US09187570B2
The present invention provides means useful for making devices, materials and the like that are excellent in photocatalytic activity, electric property or the like. Specifically, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a polypeptide portion capable of forming a multimer having an internal cavity, and a first peptide portion capable of binding to a first target substance and a second peptide portion capable of binding to a second target substance; a multimer of the fusion protein; a complex comprising the multimer of the fusion protein; and the like.
US09187561B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods of use of humanized anti-HLA-DR antibodies. In preferred embodiments, the antibodies induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation of lymphoma cells without inducing CDC or ADCC. In more preferred embodiments, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibodies bind to the same epitope of HLA-DR as, or compete for binding to HLA-DR with, a murine L243 antibody. Most preferably, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibody exhibits a higher affinity for HLA-DR than the parental murine antibody. The humanized HLA-DR antibody is of use for therapy of various diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disease or immune dysregulatory function, and is of particular use for therapy of B cell lymphomas and leukemias. In most preferred embodiments, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibody is capable of inducing at least partial remission of lymphomas that are resistant to other B cell antibodies, such as rituximab.
US09187550B2
A lipid particle comprising an apolipoprotein, a phosphatidylcholine and a lipid, such as a phospholipid, fatty acid or steroid lipid. In one embodiment the lipid particle comprises only one apolipoprotein. In one embodiment the lipid particle is consisting of one apolipoprotein, a phospholipid, a lipid, and a detergent. In one embodiment the lipid is a second phosphatidylcholine, wherein the first phosphatidylcholine and the second phosphatidylcholine differ in one or two fatty acid residues or fatty acid residue derivatives which are esterified to the glycerol backbone of the phosphatidylcholine. In one embodiment the apolipoprotein is selected from an apolipoprotein that has the amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 01, 02, 06, 66, and 67, or is a variant thereof that has at least 70% sequence identity with the selected sequence.
US09187549B2
The present invention relates to Vitamin K-dependent protein compositions having a very low, or negligible, content of protein contaminants. The present invention also relates to method applicable in the preparation of such Vitamin K-dependent protein compositions. Such methods may either be used alone or in sequential combination with the purpose of reducing the relative content of protein contaminants. The present invention is particularly relevant in the preparation of compositions of coagulation factors selected from Factor X polypeptides (FX/FXa), Factor IX polypeptides (FIX/FIXa), Factor VII polypeptides (FVII/FVIIa), and the anticoagulant Protein C, in particular Factor VII polypeptides.
US09187547B2
The present invention relates to human insulin analogues containing a substituting cysteine, to human insulin derivatives containing a PEGylated substituting cysteine and methods of making such. The compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diabetes.
US09187542B2
Nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of (a) a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID: NO 1, (b) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a peptide having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID: NO 2, (c) a nucleic acid molecule whose complementary strand hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule according to (a) or (b) and which codes for a peptide which binds to ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTFR), the peptide binding with lower affinity than ciliary neurotrophic factor to the interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), (d) a nucleic acid molecule whose nucleotide sequence differs from the nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid molecule according to (c) due to the degenerated genetic code, the codon at positions 82-84 of the nucleic acid molecule according to (a) coding for a non-positively charged amino acid, and the peptide at position 28 shown in SEQ ID: NO 2 having a non-positively charged amino acid residue.
US09187540B2
The present invention features compositions and methods of treating or preventing hypertension or a cardiac indication. In particular embodiments, the invention provides E2F2 as a new therapeutic target for the treatment of hypertension or a cardiac indication, and methods of increasing the expression and/or activity of E2F2.
US09187531B2
Provided are bioactive compounds and metabolites derived from Chromobacterium species culture responsible for controlling pests, compositions containing these compounds, methods for obtaining these compounds and methods of using these compounds and compositions for controlling pests.
US09187529B2
Cationic peptides and use of such peptides to inhibit bacterial exotoxin production without substantially inhibiting bacterial growth are described.
US09187526B2
Peptides derived from cancer specific isoform of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (caPCNA, also known as csPCNA) or from nmPCNA-interacting proteins interfere with intracellular protein-protein interaction, thereby causing a reduction in the proliferative potential of cancer. These peptides serve as therapeutic compositions to reduce the proliferation of cancer cells and also augment existing chemotherapeutic methods.
US09187523B2
The present invention is directed to peptide sequences that were identified from combinatorial libraries and could serve as substrates of plague plasminogen activator (Pla). Another aspect of the present invention is drawn to peptides derived from the substrates for Pla as a result of chemical modifications leading to specific inactivation of the proteolytic activity of Pla. Additionally, the present invention is directed to the use of the substrates identified herein in the detection of bacteria expressing omptin family of proteases which includes Y. pestis. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to the use of the inhibitors identified herein in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by these bacteria.
US09187515B2
Provided herein are compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for use in treatment of viral infections, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, in hosts in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the compounds are 2′,4′-fluoro nucleosides according to Formula 1001: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, stereoisomeric form, tautomeric form, or polymorphic form thereof, wherein Base, RA, and PD are as described herein. In certain embodiments, 2′,4′-fluoro nucleosides are provided which display remarkable efficacy and bioavailability for the treatment of, for example, HCV infection in a human.
US09187514B2
A compound represented by a formula [1D] as shown below (wherein R1A, R1B, R2A, R2B, R3A and R3B represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, and the like) is useful as an intermediate for producing a thionucleoside, and the production method of the present invention is useful as a method for producing a thionucleoside.
US09187511B2
Disclosed are titanium-tetrahydroaluminates precursors, their method of manufacture, and their use in the deposition of titanium-aluminum-containing films. The disclosed precursors have the formulae Ti(AlH4)3—X, Ti(AlH4)2L and Ti(AlH4)L2. The disclosed precursors may be used to deposit pure titanium-aluminum (TiAl), titanium-aluminum nitride (TiAlN), titanium-aluminum carbide (TiAlC), titanium-aluminum carbonitride (TiAlCN), titanium-aluminum silicide ((TiAl)Si), titanium-aluminum siliconitride ((TiAl)SiN), titanium-aluminum boron ((TiAl)B), titanium-aluminum boron nitride ((TiAl)BN), or titanium-aluminum oxide (TiAlO). or any other titanium-aluminum-containing films. The titanium-aluminum-containing films may be deposited using the disclosed precursors in thermal and/or plasma-enhanced CVD, ALD, pulse CVD or any other type of depositions methods.
US09187508B2
The present invention relates to a crystalline form of tenofovir dipivoxil fumarate, a crystalline composition and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the crystalline form, and also to a process for preparing the same and the use for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease associated with a viral infection. The crystalline form has an X-ray powder diffraction pattern using Cu-Kα radiation, expressed in terms of lattice spacing “d” comprising peaks at about 18.4714 Å, 5.0350 Å, 4.6380 Å, 4.5347 Å, 4.3838 Å, 4.2874 Å and 3.6304 Å.
US09187507B2
The present invention relates to an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative and medical uses thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative of Formula I having strong potency against viruses, such as hepatitis B virus, and low cytotoxicity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, hydrate or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is H or methyl; each R2 is independently —R3 or —OR3, each R3 is independently C1-C8 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of Formula I, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and the medical uses of the compound. The acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative of the present invention has activity against virus such as hepatitis B virus and good in vivo behavioral traits.
US09187502B2
The present invention provides silica particles including primary particles, the primary particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from about 100 nm to about 500 nm, a particle size distribution index in a range of from about 1.40 to about 1.80, and an average roundness in a range of from about 0.5 to about 0.85, and about 95% or more, by number of particles, of the primary particles satisfying following Formula (1) with respect to a roundness (R) and a particle diameter (D) (nm): R=α×D/1000+β Formula (1) (−2.5≦α≦−0.9, 0.8≦β≦1.2).
US09187500B2
A novel approach for generating FLC electro-optics with gray-scale resolution includes using FLC material that is: (i.) capable of electrostatic V-shape switching, (ii.) capable of optical latching, and (iii.) not requiring DC balance.
US09187499B2
A compound represented by the formula (I) (R1 represents hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R2 and R3 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; R4 and R5 represent an alkyl group or an aryl group; R6 and R7 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; R8 represent hydroxy group or a dialkoxyboranetriyl group; and X represents silicon atom, germanium atom, or tin atom), which is a novel fluorophore usable as a mother nucleus of an off/on type fluorescent probe not utilizing the intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer.
US09187495B2
Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and uses of the compounds of formula (I) for treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09187490B2
Molecular mimics of Smac are capable of modulating apoptosis through their interaction with cellular IAPs (inhibitor of apoptosis proteins). The mimetics are based on a monomer or dimer of the N-terminal tetrapeptide of IAP-binding proteins, such as Smac/DIABLO, Hid, Grim and Reaper, which interact with a specific surface groove of IAP. Also disclosed are methods of using these peptidomimetics for therapeutic purposes. In various embodiments of the invention the Smac mimetics of the invention are combined with chemotherapeutic agents, including, but not limited to topoisomerase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors, NSAIDs, taxanes and platinum containing compounds use broader language.
US09187484B2
Provided are novel LRRK2 kinase inhibitors and methods of treating disease states using these inhibitors. Examples of LRRK2 kinase inhibitors are compounds of the formula: or derivatives thereof. An example is 1-(piperidin-1-yl)-2-((3-(thiophen-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazin-6-yl)thio)butan-1-one. Particular uses include treating neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, autoimmune diseases and leprosy.
US09187482B2
Disclosed is a compound of formula (I): crystalline forms thereof, and solvates thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound of formula (I), or a crystalline form thereof, or a solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent; and the use of a compound of formula (I), or a crystalline form thereof, or a solvate thereof, for treating a patient suffering from, or subject to, a pathological condition capable of being ameliorated by inhibiting an E1 activating enzyme, particularly NAE, including, e.g., cancer.
US09187470B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying, generating and synthesizing compounds that inhibit MAPK13 activity. In various embodiments, compounds, salts thereof and prodrugs thereof of the present teachings can be useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders that involve excess mucus production.
US09187464B2
The present invention relates to spirocarbamate compounds of Formula (I) in which R1, (R2)Y, R3, R4, X and A have the meanings given in the specification. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and relates to their use of these compounds as TRPV4 antagonists in treating or preventing conditions associated with TRPV4 imbalance.
US09187455B2
The present invention is concerned with novel pyridazinone derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as pharmaceuticals.
US09187454B2
The invention provides novel inhibitors of cancer stem cells as well as cancer stem cell pathway kinase and other related kinases, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer or a related disorder in a mammal, and methods of making such compounds and compositions.
US09187453B2
The present invention provides an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of autoimmune diseases (e.g., psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Sjogren's syndrome, Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus etc.) and the like, which has a superior Tyk2 inhibitory action.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US09187451B2
This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula I, where n is 1 or 2; p is 0, 1 or 2; q is 0, 1 or 2; and R1-R6 are as defined herein.
US09187449B2
Disclosed are compounds for the treatment of cancer. Compounds disclosed herein are particularly effective for the selective inhibition of glioma cells.
US09187445B2
A compound of general formula (I) wherein A, Y, W, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 take various meanings for use in the treatment of cancer.
US09187437B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, N-oxides, salts, or prodrugs thereof; wherein: Ring A is phenyl or 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl; (i) R1 and R2 are independently C1-C4 alkyl; or (ii) R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a cyclic group; Q is phenyl or 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl substituted with zero to 3 substituents; and R3, L1, L2, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as selective agonists for G protein-coupled receptor S1P1, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease.
US09187433B2
A method for the synthesis of N-protected 3,6-aminoalkyl-2,5-diketopiperazines is provided. The method includes obtaining a cyclic α-N protected active amino ester and adding it to a mixture of an amine catalyst in an organic solvent.
US09187431B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted phenyl(oxy/thio)alkanol derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
US09187429B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, A and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US09187428B2
The present application relates to novel substituted dicyanopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09187427B2
The invention relates to N-substituted nicotinamide compounds of Formula I or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of Formula I, and methods for the treatment of migraine and neurologic diseases may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of epilepsy, migraine, Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Acute and Chronic Pain, Alzheimer's disease, Creutzfeld Disease, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, parkinson's disease, fibromyalgia syndrome.
US09187424B1
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are monoacylglycerol acyltransferase type 2 (MGAT2) inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
US09187423B2
The invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula I: where a, R1, and R3-6 are as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.
US09187420B2
Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) wherein ‘a’ and R1-R5 are as described herein, as a modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors particularly the α7 subtype, in a subject in need thereof, as well as analogs, prodrugs, isotopically substituted analogs, metabolites, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, polymorphs, solvates, isomers, clathrates, and co-crystal thereofs, for use either alone or in combinations with suitable other medicaments, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and analogs. Also disclosed are a process of preparation of the compounds and the intended uses thereof in therapy, particularly in the prophylaxis and therapy of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, senile dementia, and the like.
US09187417B2
Provided herein are new processes for the preparation of aminosulfone intermediates for the synthesis of 2-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, which is useful for preventing or treating diseases or conditions related to an abnormally high level or activity of TNF-α. Further provided herein are processes for the commercial production of (S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methanesulfonylethylamine.
US09187408B2
The present invention is directed to a novel process for the preparation of protected L-alanine derivatives, useful as intermediates in the synthesis of compounds useful as mu/delta opioid modulators.
US09187405B2
The present invention relates uses of an S1P receptor modulator such as 2-substituted 2-amino-propane-1,3-diol or 2-amino-propanol derivatives, e. g. a compound comprising a group of formula X for the treatment or prevention of neo-angiogenesis associated with a demyelinating disease, e.g. multiple sclerosis.
US09187403B2
The instant invention provides a process for separating one or more aliphatic diamines from reductive amination reaction solvents and impurities, and aliphatic diamines obtained via such a process. The process for separating one or more aliphatic diamines from reductive amination reaction solvents and impurities according to the instant invention comprises the steps of: (1) feeding one or more cycloaliphatic cyanoaldehydes, hydrogen, ammonia, and optionally one or more solvents into a continuous reductive amination reactor system; (2) contacting said one or more cycloaliphatic cyanoaldehydes, hydrogen, and ammonia with each other in the presence of one or more heterogeneous metal based catalyst systems at a temperature in the range of from 80° C. to about 160° C. and a pressure in the range of from 700 to 3500 psig; (3) thereby forming a product mixture comprising one or more cycloaliphatic diamines, optionally one or more bicyclic by-products, optionally one or more cycloaliphatic aminonitriles, optionally one or more cycloaliphatic aminoalcohols, optionally one or more oligomeric by-products, ammonia, water, hydrogen, and optionally one or more solvents; (4) removing said product mixture from the reactor system; (5) removing at least a portion of said ammonia, said hydrogen, or mixture thereof from said product mixture via distillation; (6) removing at least a portion of said water and said one or more optional solvents via distillation; (7) removing at least a portion of one or more optional bicyclic by-products via distillation; (8) removing one or more optional cycloaliphatic aminonitriles, one or more optional cycloaliphatic aminoalcohols, one or more optional oligomeric by-products via distillation; and (9) thereby separating said one or more cycloaliphatic diamines from said product mixture.
US09187401B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a compound represented by the formula 1 which compound may optionally be further mono- or di- substituted with halogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 4 C— atoms and/or alkoxy groups having 1 to 4 C— atoms, wherein R is methyl or ethyl group, comprising the step of: contacting a corresponding compound represented by the formula 2 which compound is not further substituted or further mono- or di- substituted in corresponding positions with halogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 4 C— atoms and/or alkoxy groups having a to 4 C-atoms, with an alkylating agent, wherein the alkylating agent is a compound of the formula (RO)2SO2 or RX, wherein R has the above meaning and X is halogen, in the presence of a bis-quaternary ammonium salt or a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt, in a two-phase system of an aqueous solution of a base and an organic solvent.
US09187384B2
This invention is directed to an improvement in the process for the production of alkylaromatic compounds that results in lower levels of residual unreacted materials in the final product. This invention comprises: 1) alkylation of an aromatic compound with an alkylating agent and a catalyst to produce an effluent stream comprising an alkylaromatic compound and unreacted materials; 2) heating the effluent stream; 3) stripping the effluent stream in a stripping device in the presence of steam; 4) separating a stripping stream from the stripping device, the stripping stream rich in unreacted materials; and 5) separating a product stream from the stripping device, the product stream rich in alkylated aromatic compound.
US09187366B2
The invention relates to a glass panel, including at least one reflective layer deposited by cathode sputtering, said layer consisting of one or more oxides of one of the metals including Ta, Nb, Zr or the mixed oxides of said metals, the thickness of the layer in question and optionally other layers present in the assembly having a refractive index greater than 2.2 being selected such that, on a 4-mm thick sheet of clear “float” glass, said layer(s) result(s) in a reflection of at least 15% and a light transmission of at least 60%, the layer or system of layers in question further having a mechanical and/or chemical resistance comparable to those of layers produced by pyrolysis for obtaining products having the same type of optical properties.
US09187359B2
The present invention provides a method of evaluating silica powder which, enables precise prediction of easiness of crystallization of a vitreous silica crucible. According to the present invention, provided is a method of evaluating silica powder including a sample preparation process for preparing a vitrified sample by fusing silica powder at a fusing temperature of 1700 to 1900 deg. C., followed by cooling; a sample heat treatment process for retaining the sample for 30 minutes or more at a temperature of 1400 to 1750 deg. C., followed by cooling; and a sample evaluation process for evaluating a state of opacification of the sample after the sample heat treatment process.
US09187356B2
Burner holder for a burner of a melting vat, comprising a holding section for fastening the burner and a mounting section for fastening the holder to a melting vat or a vat element which is assigned to the melting vat, wherein the holding section (13) is connected via at least one parallel crank mechanism (8) to the mounting section (14) and can be moved via said at least one parallel crank mechanism (8) relative to the mounting section (14).
US09187348B2
Electrode for capacitive deionization device and capacitive deionization device having the electrode
Disclosed herein is an electrode for capacitive deionization device including an active material, a waterborne polyurethane, and a conducting agent. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing the electrode and a capacitive deionization device employing the electrode. The waterborne polyurethane is a product of reaction of a polyurethane prepolymer prepared by reacting a polyol, a diisocyanate-based compound, and a dispersing agent, with a neutralizing agent and a chain extending agent.
US09187343B2
Means for reducing an arsenic ion concentration in the solution to the degree of ultra trace amount are provided. Ammonium molybdate is supported by a nanostructure material by mixing the nanostructure material, which is obtained after the nanostructure material such as an alumina reacts with a surfactant, in the solution containing the ammonium molybdate. The nanostructure material supporting an arsenic ion adsorption compound such as ammonium molybdate can selectively adsorb and remove trace of arsenic ion in the solution by a room temperature treatment without a water conditioning such as pH control. In our removal system of arsenic, extra posttreatments are not needed because special pretreatments are not carried out, and special heating equipments are not used. Accordingly, our removal system of arsenic can be constructed at low cost. Furthermore, it can supply an arsenic-free solution by be constructed at multi stages.
US09187339B2
Disclosed is an organic dispersion comprising a flaky titanium oxide particle having a high crystallinity and high light permeability contained in an organic solvent. The dispersion can be prepared by a method comprising preparing an aqueous dispersion of a flaky titanium oxide particle containing an organic cation, centrifuging the aqueous dispersion to produce a precipitate, and adding the precipitate to an organic solvent, or a method comprising lyophilizing the aqueous dispersion to produce a lyophilized material and mixing the lyophilized material to an organic solvent. When the organic dispersion is used, it becomes possible to form a film comprising a monolayer of a titanium oxide nanosheet densely arranged therein by such a simple manner that the dispersion is coated on a base material and drying the dispersion. The film thus produced has a photocatalytic activity and a super-hydrophilic property.
US09187330B2
Devices, compositions, and methods are described which provide a tubular nanostructure targeted to a lipid bilayer membrane. The targeted tubular nanostructure can have a surface region configured to pass through a lipid bilayer membrane of a cell, a hydrophobic surface region flanked by two hydrophilic surface regions configured to form a pore in a lipid bilayer membrane of a cellular organelle, and at least one ligand configured to bind one or more cognates on the lipid bilayer membrane of the cellular organelle. The target cell can be, for example, a tumor cell, an infected cell, or a diseased cell in a subject. The tubular nanostructure can form a pore in the lipid bilayer membrane of the cellular organelle, e.g., mitochondria, which can permit transit or translocation of at least one compound across the membrane and cause cell death of the target cell.
US09187326B2
A process tank for producing insoluble sulfur comprising a tank body having an upper half portion a lower half portion a first end and a second end along the longitudinal axis; an inner semi-cylinder body inside the upper half portion; and a first filter plate in the lower half portion. The space between the inner semi-cylinder body and the tank body is a sandwich structure and an inner cavity independent of the sandwich structure is provided inside the tank body. The first filter plate is wavelike in the cross section which separates from the inner cavity a first filter liquid cavity. A first liquid outlet communicating with the first filter liquid cavity is provided on the tank body.
US09187313B2
A stress isolator that allows a sensor to be attached to materials of the same coefficient of thermal expansion and still provide the required elastic isolation between the sensor and the system to which it is mounted. The isolator is made of two materials, borosilicate glass and silicon. The glass is the same material as the mounting surface of the microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors. The silicon makes an excellent isolator, being very elastic and easy to form into complex shapes. The two materials of the isolator are joined using an anodic bond. The construction of the isolator can be specific to different types of MEMS sensors, making the most of their geometry to reduce overall volume.
US09187300B2
An article storage facility includes an elevating scaffold capable of ascending/descending in a movement space across a withdrawal height that is set on an upper side and a plurality of working heights that are set in intermediate locations in the movement space in the vertical direction. A plurality of support bodies that support the elevating scaffold are provided in the vertical direction so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of working heights, and at least a support body other than the lowermost support body of the plurality of support bodies is configured to be movable to an acting position at which the support body protrudes toward the movement space so as to support the elevating scaffold and a withdrawal position at which the support body retracts toward the article storage shelf so as not to come into contact with the elevating scaffold moving up and down.
US09187264B2
A system for and method of unloading parts includes a rack and at least a first part held in a first position within the rack. At least one rack robot picks up the rack and moves the rack to a first orientation so as to position and orient the first part in a removal locus for removal from the rack. At least one line side robot removes the first part from the rack at the removal locus. The rack robot may move the rack to a second orientation so as to position and orient a second part in the removal locus for removal by the line side robot. The rack may include a plurality of clips moveable between a locked position in which the clip can securely hold a part, and an open position in which a part can be inserted or removed from the clip.
US09187260B2
A system for transporting an article between a plurality of processing devices includes a track extending above load ports of the processing devices, and an overhead travelling vehicle that travels along the track and has a hoist. A local track disposed lower than the track extends at least to a position under the track, and is oriented perpendicular to the track when viewed from above. A local carriage travels along the local track and has a hoist for vertically moving the article. A buffer disposed below the local track delivers and receives the article to and from the local carriage, and extends at least to a position under the track.
US09187254B2
The present invention relates to a method for returning empty packaging, particularly bottles and cans, having a bulk import, in which the empty packaging is routed out of an input chamber through a transport device, rotating the empty packaging along its longitudinal axis past a recognition unit. The transport device for carrying out the method has a plurality of rollers which are arranged transversely with respect to the direction of transport and act as carriers for the empty packaging. The empty packaging is supplied to the detection array of the recognition unit in a field array. To avoid empty packaging being conveyed on top of other empty packaging, thereby blocking the detection of the bottom empty packaging by the recognition unit, the empty packaging undergoes a brief reversal of direction of rotation before its presentation to the detection array.
US09187253B2
Items of laundry (10) are fed, in laundries, to a laundry-treatment device with adjacent corners (25) of an upper edge (39) hanging beneath two clip carriages (22). It is customary for the items of laundry (10) to be stored in a sorted state on an interim basis upstream of the laundry-treatment device. The invention provides for adjacent clip carriages (22) of successive items of laundry (10) to be assigned in pairs to drivers (28) of a catch conveyor (26). The invention also provides for the sagging of the upper edge (39), and the lowermost location (40) of the lower edge (42), of the item of laundry (10) to be determined by a line-measuring device (26), in order for the item of laundry (10) to be identified in this way.
US09187238B2
Bulk material storage apparatus including adjustable leg members and lift apparatuses and methods of using such apparatus. The bulk material storage apparatus may include one or more containers, each of the one or more containers defining a volume for holding a bulk material, and a frame to support the one or more containers.
US09187228B2
A resealable closure for a container or package in which package integrity is indicated by a structure which breaks and/or produces an audible sound when the resealable closure is opened for a first time. The package integrity feature, in one form includes at least one strip or frangible structure that is initially affixed to two portions which comprise the resealable closure so that upon opening the resealable closure for a first time, at least one of the strips breaks. The strips may include a weakened portion such as a narrowing. Integrity of the package is indicated by an intact strip viewable upon opening the resealable closure and conversely, a broken or non-intact strip would indicate that the resealable closure has been previously opened. Package integrity may also be shown by a movable second panel or movable die cut tab portions.
US09187224B1
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus employing at least two magnets one on a top surface of a lid and one on the bottom surface of the lid to secure the magnet on the bottom surface of the lid to the bottom surface of the lid and to provide magnetic fastening means for the measuring spoon or scooper inside the container. This facilitates the ability to store and acquire the scooper from inside the container without the need for reaching into and touching the contents of the container thus avoiding making physical contact with the contents. An additional feature is securing a handle to forming a handle with the magnet located on the top, outside surface of the lid so that the handle can be centrally located on the lid.
US09187223B2
Stackable lids for a container each include a top surface facing generally in a first direction and a bottom surface opposite the top surface and facing generally in a second direction. Pivotable wing portions extend from each side edge of the lid and each pivotable wing portion is joined to its respective side edge by a hinge. The wing portions are moveable between engaged and disengaged positions, and an inner surface of each wing includes a tab member configured for detent engagement with a rim of the container. The lid also includes corner portions extending between the side edges. Each corner portion includes a skirt portion extending generally in the second direction. Each corner portion also defines a recessed shoulder configured to receive the skirt portion of another when the lids are stacked.
US09187220B2
A cap includes a top wall, an outer peripheral edge, a first section, and a second section. A skirt depends from the outer peripheral edge. The skirt includes an attached end, a free end, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of apertures. Each aperture is spaced-apart from the free end of the skirt. The top wall has a first configuration and a second configuration. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the first section is generally planer and the second section is generally arcuate. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the skirt extends generally perpendicularly to the first section to generally engage at least a portion of a container. When the top wall is in the second configuration, the free end of the skirt extends radially outwardly from the attached end thereof to allow the cap to be removed from the container.
US09187218B2
A closure device (1) for closing an opening in a container lid and the use of the closure device (1) in a container lid is provided for covering reagent vessel containers in automatic analysis apparatus. The closure device comprises a fastening element (2), a closure element (20), two levers (14), and a plurality of bearings (18, 16, 24).
US09187215B2
Reclosable fastener includes a first track including a first engagement profile having a first hook portion opening in a first direction along a reference axis substantially perpendicular to a burst direction of the fastener and a second track including a second engagement profile having a second hook portion opening in a second direction opposite the first direction along the reference axis and configured to engage the first hook portion in a closed configuration. The first and second hook portions are configured to engage each other when the first and second tracks are urged toward each other along the reference axis, and the first and second hook portions are configured to disengage each other when the first and second tracks are urged away from each other along the reference axis. A reclosable bag having a reclosable fastener and a slider for a reclosable fastener are also provided.
US09187214B2
A bag arrangement for conversion to a flag or vice versa, the arrangement comprising: a bag incorporating a volume for holding goods; and a pole to be provided with the bag and attached or attachable thereto to convert the bag into a flag having a flag pole extending therefrom.
US09187205B2
The present application thus provides a tray for use with a number of products. The tray may include a base and a lid enclosing the base. The base may include a first wall and a second wall. The lid may include a first lid tab and a second lid tab such that the first lid tab of the lid is attached to an exterior of the first wall of the base and the second lid tab of the lid is attached to the exterior of the second wall of the base.
US09187200B2
An apparatus to facilitate the handling of multi-wall bags containing powdered or particular material or product, more specifically but not limited to the emptying of ex factory bags containing milk powder for further processing in a sterile manner. The apparatus includes an outer bag slitting station, an outer and inner bag separating device and an inner bag slitting station incorporating a tilting table to convey the slit inner bag to a powder receiving hopper.
US09187199B2
A unit for applying opening devices on packages of pourable food products, comprises a first conveying device to feed the opening devices along a first path, a second conveying device to feed the packages along a second path, a third conveying device movable about a first axis to displace the opening devices along a third path from a withdrawal station to an application station of the opening devices, a gripping member for gripping an opening device, and a supporting plate to support the gripping member; wherein the supporting plate is coupled to the third conveying device; the gripping member is displaceable, at the application station in a defined plane by a first direction transversal to the first axis and to the second path, and by the first axis.
US09187197B2
A system for attaching a thin film sleeve to a drum using a flange made of thermoplastic material. The inner surface of the flange having an integrally molded portion, where the integrally molded portion is used to create a seal with a different thermoplastic material. The second thermoplastic material can be attached to the drum, thereby forming a seal between the drum, the second thermoplastic material, and the flange. The outer surface of the flange being integrally sealed with the thin film sleeve, thereby creating a barrier between any product being transported through the sleeve to the drum.
US09187188B2
A method for inspecting assembly of components in a structure includes acquiring a visual representation of at least a portion of the structure, and saving an electronic file of the visual representation on a computer readable medium. A three-dimensional design of the structure, which contains information on a proper position of the components within the structure, is accessed. The visual representation is compared with the three-dimensional design using a computer, and a feedback indicating a result of the comparison is generated.
US09187187B2
The invention is aimed at a method simulating the aerodynamic flow around an aircraft, so as to detect the aerodynamic loads exerted on a predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes a phase of determining a value denoted QA of global dynamic pressure at the level of the predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes steps of carrying out simulations of aerodynamic flow around the predetermined surface of the aircraft for given environmental conditions, on the basis of a mesh produced around the shape of the aircraft, determining a local dynamic pressure qA around the predetermined surface of the aircraft, and then calculating the global dynamic pressure QA.
US09187174B2
The invention is a flight vehicle, and methods of operation thereof, having wings and movable propeller assemblies which can be rotated to provide vertical and/or horizontal thrust. The propeller assemblies are configured to maximize available engine/propeller thrust and to prevent propwash from striking the wings of the aircraft.
US09187168B2
A bulkhead employs a substantially spherical dome having a periphery and an apex with an axis perpendicular to the dome at the apex. A first plurality of straps emanate from a periphery of the dome on geodesics defined by a first pair of virtual poles beyond the periphery of the dome. A second plurality of straps emanate from the periphery of the dome on second geodesics defined by a second pair of virtual poles beyond the periphery of the dome, wherein any overlap on an individual strap in the first plurality of straps is singular to only one individual strap in the second plurality of straps.
US09187167B2
The invention relates to a method of connecting two fuselage sections (1, 2, 21, 22) formed by a fiber-reinforced plastics material, in particular wound fuselage sections (1, 2, 21, 22) for aircraft fuselage cells, having a multiplicity of stringers (10, 11, 35, 36) arranged with a uniform distribution at a distance from and parallel to one another on the inner side of an outer skin (3, 4, 25, 26), with the formation of a transverse joint (5, 30). In order to be able in particular to join together wound CFRP fuselage sections so that simple tolerance compensation is made possible in a continuous, industrial production process, the method according to the invention comprises the following steps: aligning a first and a second fuselage section (1, 2, 21, 22) with respect to one another, heating and adapting at least one transverse butt strap (9, 23), formed by a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, in such a way that tolerance compensation between differing cross-sectional geometries of the first and second fuselage sections (1, 2, 21, 22) is made possible, or heating at least one end region (27) of a second fuselage section (2, 22) formed by a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, and joining together the two fuselage sections (1, 2, 21, 22).
US09187160B2
A flotation device for diving, includes a u-shaped holster; a flotation piece, positioned inside the holster; and a connection harness, such that the connection harness can hold a tank with compressed breathing gas for diving, and a diver breathes underwater via a hose attached to the tank. The flotation device can further include adjustable straps, a carrying strap with a handle. The holster can further include an insertion aperture and at least one reinforcement strap. The flotation device can be a cylindrical elongated piece, including a pool noodle, and can be made from polyethylene foam. Also included is a flotation device for diving, including a u-shaped holster and a connection harness, such that a flotation piece can be positioned inside the holster.
US09187158B2
A universal adjustable deck fill lid key may comprise a handle and a slide, the handle and the slide each mounting one small pin and one large pin, and the slide being slidably mounted on the handle in a manner that enables a user to position the slide along the handle such that either the small pins or the large pins may engage the holes of a two-hole deck fill lid to enable the key to remove or re-install the deck fill lid in a wrench-like manner. In one embodiment, the universal deck fill lid key may additionally incorporate a slot head to enable the key to interface with and operate a slotted deck fill lid. In another embodiment, the universal deck fill lid key may additionally incorporate a drive nut to enable the key to interface with and operate a socket deck fill lid.
US09187154B2
A system and method for determining the passing of a participant of an aquatic event by a water-based timing point including an RFID tag associated with the participant, an aquatic based RFID tag reading point having one or more aquatic tag reading assemblies placed in the water, each aquatic tag reading assembly having one or more RFID tag readers mounted thereon at a position above the surface of the water on an aquatic tag reader mounting assembly, the aquatic tag reader mounting assembly having a portion below the surface of the water and including at least one float system and at least one stabilization system.
US09187150B2
A bicycle component control device includes a bracket, a hydraulic brake unit and either a mechanical shifting unit or electric control unit. The bracket has a gripping portion. The hydraulic brake unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a hydraulic brake device. The mechanical shifting unit or the electric control unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a bicycle device.
US09187149B2
A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member adapted to be mounted to a bicycle, a movable member movably coupled to the base member, a chain guide coupled to the movable member for rotation around a rotational axis, a resistance applying element that applies resistance to rotational movement of the chain guide, and a resistance control element. The resistance control element applies a force to the resistance applying element in a direction that is non-parallel with the rotational axis, without any manual operations, to prevent a reduction in the resistance to rotational movement of the chain guide applied by the resistance applying element.
US09187146B2
Discloses methods and apparatus for headset transmissions mounted to a steerer tube rotationally mounted relative to a head-tube and headset of a cycle frame. A first transmission member mounts about a rotational axis of the steerer tube. The first transmission member rotates with the steerer tube about the rotational axis, and can also translate relative to the steerer tube to transmit a first displacement force to or from a handle bar mounted device. The first displacement force is transmitted to the first transmission member from an interior of the steerer tube. A second transmission member mounts about the rotational axis of the steerer tube. The second transmission member is rotationally isolated to rotate relative to the first transmission member, and can translate with the first transmission member. The second transmission member allows transmission of a second displacement force, from the first displacement force, to a cycle frame mounted device.
US09187143B2
There is provided a vaporized fuel control device for a straddle type vehicle that can prevent a situation that liquid fuel in a fuel tank flows into an engine and a situation that oil in the engine flows into the fuel tank while adapting the vaporized fuel control device to the layout of the straddle vehicle. A vaporized fuel passage 110 is disposed so as to have an uppermost portion X at some position thereof between the fuel tank 35 and the engine E, and the uppermost portion X is disposed at a higher position than the fuel upper limit level of the fuel tank 35, the oil upper limit level in the engine E and a footrest portion 44.
US09187138B2
A roof spoiler mounting bracket assembly for mounting a roof spoiler to a roof panel of an automotive vehicle. The mounting bracket assembly comprises a vehicle-side bracket having upper and lower sides extending longitudinally between first and second ends and laterally between first and second edges. A spoiler-side bracket having upper and lower sides extends longitudinally between first and second ends and laterally between first and second edges. The spoiler-side bracket has a unitary recessed section for receiving the vehicle-side bracket at least partially therein and the spoiler-side bracket is fixedly secured to the roof spoiler, A first mounting bolt extends from the lower side of the vehicle-side bracket for fixedly securing the vehicle-side bracket to the roof panel.
US09187136B1
A vehicle body includes a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal side rails, a first cross member and a second cross member. Each cross members spans between and interconnects the side rails. A multi-piece well includes a well floor having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. A first frame side support is secured to the first side of the well floor and a second frame side support is secured to the second side of the well floor. The first and second frame side supports define opposite side walls of the well. A first frame end support is secured to the first end of the well floor and a second frame end support is secured to the second end of the well floor. The first and second frame end supports define opposite end walls of the well.
US09187129B2
A body frame for mounting to a base frame of a vehicle includes a body mount assembly including an aluminum, tubular cross member having an inner passage and an aluminum collar support received in the inner passage for supporting the tubular cross member once it is coupled to the base frame of the vehicle. The collar support member has a multi-hollows design including an inner and outer, cylindrically-shaped portions and a plurality of equi-angularly spaced, radially extending walls interconnecting the inner and outer portions for providing the body mount the required flexibility during assembly and the required structural support and performance during vehicle use.
US09187125B2
Disclosed is a parking assistance system and method for a vehicle. The system for assisting parking for a vehicle includes: an image composition unit configured to generate a composed image in a form of a top view or an around view; a parking line detection unit configured to detect a parking line through image-processing of the composed image; a distance and inclination calculation unit configured to calculate a distance and an inclination (slope) between the detected parking line and the vehicle; and a movement path generation unit configured to generate a movement path for deposing the vehicle at an initial position, the initial position being set to a position at which the detected parking line is parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the vehicle, and the detected parking line and the vehicle are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval.
US09187124B2
A trailer backup steering input apparatus provides a trailer steering information signal to a trailer backup assist control module of a vehicle through a signal interface thereof. The trailer steering information signal is configured for enabling the trailer backup assist control module to generate electrical steering commands for a steering system of the vehicle as a function of the trailer steering information signal. The trailer backup steering input apparatus is self-contained and physically detachable/detached form the vehicle. Advantageously, such a trailer backup steering input apparatus saves space, allows for greater flexibility with interior styling of the vehicle, and allows all drivers regardless of stature the ability to have the trailer backup steering input apparatus easily accessible while utilizing the trailer backup assist functionality of the vehicle.
US09187123B2
A dual lane, multi-axle transport vehicle for moving heavy loads includes a forward module mounted on a plurality of axles and a rearward module mounted on a plurality of axles. The forward module is mechanically connected to the rearward module for providing a dual lane transport body. The forward module and the rearward module of the transport body each have a single central spine wherein the axles of both the forward module and the rearward module are each attached to the corresponding single central spine. The axles of both the forward module and the rearward module have an axle spacing of at least six feet. A hydraulic suspension is provided for dynamically stabilizing the axles for reducing axle yaw. An axle steering system having a plurality of steering rods controls the position of the axles of both the forward module and the rearward module.
US09187121B2
For stabilizing a vehicle, a steering angle of at least one steered front axle and/or additional axle is changed by automatic forced steering Additional drive stabilization is achievable by initiating an adjustment of a changed steering angle of the steered front axle and/or additional axle in response to a tilting tendency of the vehicle recognized via a tilt-stability control device as above a tilt limit, in addition to initiating a vehicle delay for reducing this tilting tendency. This counteracts an understeering or oversteering influence of the vehicle delay Additionally or alternatively, additional drive stabilization is achievable by determining the direction of movement in the wheel contact point of an additional axle wheel on the steered additional axle relative to the vehicle's longitudinal axis and adjusting the steering angle of the steered additional axle based thereon to reduce the drift angle of the additional axle wheel relative to its direction of movement.
US09187119B2
A control system for a power steering system is provided. The control system includes a scaling module for calculating a scale factor based on a wheel frequency. The control system also includes a command module that evaluates a wheel disturbance based on a wheel speed and that determines a wheel disturbance cancel amount based on the wheel speed. The command module generates an assist command to the power steering system based on the wheel disturbance cancel amount and the scale factor.
US09187114B2
A cutting tool is provided which may include a first blade and a second blade rotatably coupled to the first blade. The cutting tool may include a first handle rotatably coupled to the first blade, the first handle rotatable between a deployed position and a folded position, and a second handle rotatably coupled to the second blade, the second handle rotatable between a deployed position and a folded position. The cutting tool may also include a first rotation lock configured to hold the first handle fixed relative to the first blade. The first handle may be configured to be rotatable relative to the first blade in response to the first rotation lock being disengaged. The first rotation lock may be configured to be held in the disengaged position in response to the first handle being disposed between the deployed position and the folded position.
US09187109B2
A folding wagon is described. Front and rear sections of the folding wagon fold toward each other for storage. The folding wagon has a lightweight, robust and compact construction.
US09187108B2
The present inventions relate to folding carts for use with grills, the carts securing the grill upright for use and folding for transport. The present inventions also relate to fuel tank support systems for use with grill carts or stands.
US09187107B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a container transport device. A base member may be coupled with a handle, one or more wheel members and a base engaging member. The handle can have a grip disposed at one end, and may be used to tilt and move the device. Further, a clamping member can be selectively engaged with the handle, and may be used to engage a top portion of a target container, using a top notch disposed in the clamping member. The base engaging member may be configured to engage the bottom of the target container, thereby holding the container in place during lifting and/or transportation. The wheel member(s) can support the base member off a floor surface, and help move the device during transportation of a container.
US09187106B2
Disclosed is a folding chassis of manually driven carrier vehicles, for example, hand trucks, carts, and strollers, capable of moving over uneven, soft or spongy surfaces and surmounting obstacles. The chassis includes a frame having a reference plane and an arm having a first axis and a second axis, said arm being attached rotatable around the first axis to said frame and configured for attaching rotatable, around the second axis, a wheel arrangement having a diameter at least equal to a half of a width of said frame. Said arm is configured to pivot between at least a first and a second positions of said wheel arrangement, wherein, in the first position, said wheel arrangement is generally perpendicular to said reference plane and wherein, in the second position, said wheel arrangement is adjacent and parallel to said reference plane.
US09187105B2
A terminal device carried by a maintenance worker transmits, to a central control device, a request to maintain a first state in which a central control device controls a target device so that maintenance work is safely performed. The central control device transitions to a PIN lock state in which the first state is maintained, according to this request.
US09187104B2
An aspect of an online learning system includes collecting data, via a computer processing device, from a plurality of data sources including multiple disparate detectors, the data including at least one of historical alarm data, failures, maintenance records, and environment observations. The data is stored in tables each corresponding to a subject of measurement. The online learning system also includes identifying common fields shared across the tables, merging at least a portion of the data across the tables having the common fields, and creating an integrated data model based on results of the merging.
US09187103B2
A method for estimating the temperature (TB, est) of a wheel bearing of a wheelset of a rail vehicle by means of a calculation model (Tbearingestimator). The calculation model (Tbearing,estimator) estimates the temperature of the axle bearing, according to the speed (vtrain) and the ambient temperature (Tamb) of the rail vehicle as input variables of the calculation model (Tbearing estimator), and the temperature of a component of the wheelset, different from the axle bearing but directly or indirectly connected to the axle bearing in a heat-conducting manner, is measured as the measuring temperature (Tmeas) during operation. The temperature of the component different from the axle bearing is estimated by means of the calculation model (Tbearingestimator) as the estimated temperature (Tmeas,est). In order to improve the accuracy of the calculation model (Tbearingestimator) in terms of the estimation of the temperature (TB,est) of the axle bearing, the calculation model (Tbearingestimator) has a corrective element (Kb) that is used to continuously, temporarily or cyclically calibrate or adjust it on the basis of a comparison of the measuring temperature (Tmeas) with the estimated temperature (Tmeas,est).
US09187099B2
Systems and methods for obtaining data about road conditions as they pertain to an individual vehicle, using this information to build a model of vehicle behavior as a function of its environment, and aggregating information concerning multiple vehicles along with data from other sources in order to predict vehicle behavior in future environments.
US09187096B2
A system for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes an engine control module that generates a command, while the vehicle is rolling in either a forward or reverse direction, to change a transmission of the vehicle from a reverse drive gear to a forward drive gear. The transmission includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, and a fourth clutch. A transmission control module, in response to the command, maintains a first clutch in an engaged state, releases a second clutch and a fourth clutch, with the first clutch in the engaged state and the second clutch and the fourth clutch released, applies a third clutch with a synchronizer to engage the third clutch, and, after the third clutch is engaged, reapplies the fourth clutch to engage the fourth clutch.
US09187093B1
A method of selectively adjusting one or more cruise droop settings based on past and present road loads includes receiving a cruise control operating mode initiation for a vehicle; receiving vehicle operation data; determining a current road load for the vehicle based on the vehicle operation data, wherein the current road load provides an indication of a load on the vehicle; maintaining a history of determined road loads while the vehicle is in the cruise control operating mode; and selectively adjusting a cruise control droop characteristic based on the current road load and the history of determined road loads.
US09187072B2
A shaft sealing device comprising: a first member; a second member provided with a through-hole through which the first member passes; a sealing member configured to seal a gap between the through-hole and the first member; a rotation restricting part restricting relative rotation between the first and second members; and an axial displacement restricting part restricting the axial displacement of the sealing member. The rotation restricting part includes a first contact portion provided on the first member, a second contact portion provided on the sealing member and an inclined surface included on the first contact portion. The axial displacement restricting part includes a stopper surface. When the sealing member rotates in one direction relative to the second member by being dragged by the first member, the sealing member contacts the stopper surface to restrict the axial displacement of the sealing member.
US09187069B2
To prevent deterioration of sports driving performance due to the actuation of an ABS in a front-wheel and rear-wheel interlocking brake system of a brake-by-wire system. A brake interlock determining portion starts a front-wheel brake when input hydraulic pressure by a brake operation (pedal operation) on a rear-wheel becomes equal to or greater than an interlocking brake starting pressure value. A threshold selecting switch allows switching of the interlocking brake starting pressure value between when the ABS is active and when the ABS is inactive. When the ABS is active, a lower pressure value is selected as the interlocking brake starting pressure value. When the ABS is inactive, an upper pressure value is selected as the interlocking brake starting pressure value.
US09187068B2
A method applying an electric park brake system of a vehicle includes detecting a park request with a first vehicle control module, and sending a park command, from the first vehicle control module, to both an electric brake control module and a second vehicle control module. Upon the electric brake control module receiving the park command, an actuation signal is sent from the electric brake control module to a motor winding of the electric park brake system. A status actuated signal is sent from the electric brake control module to the second vehicle control module. The status actuated signal indicates that the actuation signal has been sent from the electric brake control module. A position of the motor winding is sensed to determine if the motor winding is actuated. When the motor winding is actuated, a message is displayed to indicate that the electric park brake system is applied.
US09187067B2
A motor vehicle includes a driver assistance system which is rendered operative when the motor vehicle travels below a limit speed to automatically brake the motor vehicle to a halt while moving forward or backing up. The deceleration characteristic can be predefined or can be selected from an array of deceleration characteristics in dependency on an operating behavior of an accelerator pedal.
US09187064B2
Disclosed is a wiper lever assembly that includes upper and lower levers, a plurality of pivotal connecting parts that are pivotally coupled to a longitudinal end of the upper lever, and a plurality of mating pivotal connecting parts that are disposed on the lower lever. The assembly further includes an upper pressing arc portion disposed on the upper lever over the plurality of pivotal pressing parts. The upper pressing arc is in slidable contact with a lower engaging arc portion disposed on the lower lever. In addition, a radius of curvature of a concave arc of the upper pressing arc portion and the lower engaging arc portion is larger than that of a convex arc of the upper pressing arc portion and the lower engaging arc portion.
US09187063B2
A substance detection apparatus and method including a light source to emit light to a planar transparent member having a proximal first face and a distal second face opposite the first face, the light from the light source first striking the first face of the planar transparent member. The substance detection apparatus and method including an image capture lens, a polarization filter, an image sensor, and a substance detection processor. The light emitted from the light source is reflected at the substance present on the second face of the planar transparent member, and the image sensor receives light reflected from the substance, via the image capture lens and the polarization filter, to capture an image of the substance present on the second face of the planar transparent member.
US09187062B2
A windshield wiper system for a vehicle includes a wiper arm pivot shaft having a pivot axis extending through the pivot shaft. An energy-absorbing feature is arranged to absorb energy of an external force applied to the wiper arm pivot shaft. The energy-absorbing feature enables the wiper arm pivot shaft to move away from the external force.
US09187058B2
An airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator; a gas discharge state switching member; and a tether belt which is one example of a connecting member. The gas discharge state switching member is switched over from a gas discharge state to a gas non-discharge state by being pulled into the inside of the airbag. The tether belt connects the gas discharge state switching member and a portion of an inner peripheral portion of the airbag to each other. An arranged position of the gas discharge state switching member, a position where the tether belt is connected to the inner peripheral portion of the airbag, and a passing line of the tether belt are disposed at portions which avoid a portion of the airbag which comes into contact with an occupant in a regular posture state when the airbag receives the occupant.
US09187055B1
A vehicle airbag includes an airbag main body and an auxiliary airbag portion. A tether is located in the airbag main body. The rear end of the tether is connected to the boundary area between the airbag main body and the auxiliary airbag portion or to a part in the vicinity of the boundary area. The front end of the tether is connected either to a side wall portion closer to the auxiliary airbag portion or to the front wall portion of the airbag main body. The part of the front end of the tether that is connected to the front wall portion is farther from a side wall portion farther from the auxiliary airbag portion than the area in the front wall portion of the airbag main body onto which the part connected to the rear end of the tether is projected forward.
US09187054B2
A cross member for arrangement on a bumper system for a motor vehicle includes a single-piece open profile part made of uniform material and having a U-shaped cross section to define a first opening. The profile part has a curvature directed in a travel direction of the motor vehicle and includes a center zone having a second opening which is configured to point backwards in the travel direction, and end zones which have each an attachment area for a crash box and in which the first opening is configured to point forwards in the travel direction.
US09187050B2
A harness routing structure for an electric vehicle is provided with a floor panel, a below-floor component, an above-floor component and a harness. The floor panel partitions a cabin space and a below-floor space. The floor panel has a harness through-hole. The below-floor component is disposed below the floor panel. The above-floor component is disposed above the floor panel and further toward a front of the vehicle than the below-floor component. The harness electrically connects the below-floor component and the above-floor component. The harness runs through the through-hole. The harness through-hole is located, with respect to a vehicle-lengthwise direction of the floor panel, in an intermediate position between a below-floor harness connection position of the below-floor component to a first end of the harness and an above-floor harness connection position of the above-floor component to a second end of the harness.
US09187049B2
The vehicle has a first clamp unit which fixes a harness for a wheel speed sensor above an outer tube on the side on which a wheel speed sensor. The vehicle has a second clamp unit which bundles the harness and a brake hose at substantially the same height as that of the first clamp unit above an outer tube on the side on which a caliper is provided. The second clamp unit includes a harness second cramp for fixing the harness and also a harness third cramp which changes the orientation direction of the harness so as to be oriented along the brake hose. The harness and the brake hose form a swing part which is curved in the horizontal direction between the second clamp unit and a bottom bridge.
US09187045B2
A vehicle roof rail system includes a roof rail, a vehicle roof structure and a vehicle body structure. A tolerance compensator is disposed between the roof structure and the body structure. The tolerance compensator has an internal, oversized entry. The tolerance compensator includes an anchor fixing the tolerance compensator to the vehicle roof structure. A fastener passes through the oversized internal entry of the tolerance compensator linking the roof structure and body structure. An angle compensator is attached to the tolerance compensator. The angle compensator adjusts a contact angle of the tolerance compensator with the vehicle body structure.
US09187037B2
A stop lamp switch abnormality detecting device includes a stop lamp switch which is turned on and off in conjunction with ON operation and OFF operation of a brake pedal so as to switch a lighting state of a stop lamp; a control determining unit which determines whether a vehicle is suddenly steered; and a control selecting unit which determines whether the stop lamp switch is abnormal based on a state of the stop lamp switch and a determination result of the control determining unit, wherein the control selecting unit determines that the stop lamp switch is abnormal when it is determined that the stop lamp switch is maintained in an ON state at the time the control determining unit determines that the sudden steering operation is performed.
US09187035B2
A vehicle warning sound emitting apparatus includes a warning sound emitting component and a controller. The warning sound emitting component selectively emits a warning sound that is audible outside of the vehicle. The controller controls the warning sound emitting component to emit the warning sound during a prescribed period that an engine sound is being emitted from an engine of the vehicle such that the engine sound and the warning sound are audible at a location outside the vehicle during the prescribed period when the controller is controlling the warning sound emitting component to switch between emitting the warning sound and refraining from emitting the warning sound based on a vehicle traveling condition.
US09187034B2
A component of a motor vehicle comprising a photoluminescent interior member formed of a plastic composition, wherein the plastic composition comprises at least one polymer and a plurality of additives comprising at least one photoluminescent material and at least a first ultraviolet protector, wherein the at least one photoluminescent material absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a first ultraviolet range of an electromagnetic spectrum, and thereafter emits electromagnetic radiation in a visible radiation range of the electromagnetic spectrum, and wherein the first ultraviolet protector is an ultraviolet absorber, wherein the ultraviolet absorber absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a second ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum and does not absorb electromagnetic radiation in the first ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US09187033B2
A passenger seat includes a first seat element and at least one second seat chamber element that are movable relative to each other, and which can be stood on a base of a transport means and has at least one optical transmission unit having a light input element, at least one light output element and at least one light guide path that runs from the light input element to the light output element and along which light is conducted. The optical transmission unit is provided for contact-free transmission of light in at least one operating state at at least one location of the light guide path that differs from a location of a light input into the light input element and from a location of light output from the light output element.
US09187031B1
A tail light assembly includes a lighting assembly and a control board. The lighting assembly includes a base plate and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The control board is electrically connected to each of the LEDs. The control board receives an activation signal from a device. In response, the control board sequentially sends an illumination signal to LEDs of each of a plurality of groups of LEDs to thereby sequentially illuminate the groups of LEDs. The control board also selectively and sequentially sends a termination signal to LEDs of the various groups of LED, in alternating relationship to sending the illumination signal. The sequential illumination and turning off of the plurality of LEDs simulates motion of waves propagating across the base plate.
US09187029B2
An exterior light control system is provided for controlling exterior lights of a vehicle. The system includes an imaging system configured to image a forward external scene and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images; and a controller configured to receive and analyze the image data and for generating an exterior light control signal that is used to control the exterior lights in response to analysis of the image data and in response to a selected mode of operation. When in the motorway mode, if the controller detects headlamps of one or more oncoming vehicle, the controller generates an exterior light control signal for reducing the brightness of the exterior lights, determines a relative location within the acquired images of a headlamp closest to a central feature of the acquired images, and selects a delay that varies dynamically in response to the relative location of the headlamp.
US09187026B2
There is provided a lighting control system of a vehicle lamp. The system includes: a plurality of lamps including: a main lamp; and a separate lamp which is separated from the main lamp; and a lighting controller configured to control lighting of the plurality of lamps. The main lamp includes: a first lamp lighting circuit configured to perform a lighting operation of the main lamp; and a control circuit configured to output a lighting signal based on a lighting control signal output from the lighting controller. The separate lamp includes: a second lamp lighting circuit configured to perform a lighting operation of the separate lamp. The first lamp lighting circuit and the second lamp lighting circuit are configured to perform the lighting operations based on the lighting signal output from the control circuit.
US09187017B2
A bushing allows for adjustability of a position of a headrest. The bushing includes a head portion having an opening and a passageway opening. The bushing also includes a body portion defining an internal passageway. The passageway opening of the head portion is aligned with the internal passageway of the body portion. The body portion includes a wall surrounding an area of reduced thickness, and a protrusion is located on an internal surface of the area of reduced thickness. The bushing also includes a moveable portion received in the opening of the head portion. The moveable portion is moveable between a first position where a feature engages a notch of a post receivable in the internal passageway of the body portion and the passageway opening of the head portion to retain the headrest in a position and a second position where the feature is disengaged from the notch of the post, allowing the post and the headrest to move relative to the bushing.
US09187008B2
A straddle electric vehicle comprises a seat on which a rider is seated in a straddle state; right and left foot steps on which the rider puts feet, an electric motor for generating driving power for moving the straddle electric vehicle; a battery unit which is an electric power supply for activating the electric motor; and a battery case for storing the battery unit. The battery case is placed between the steering shaft and the seat in a forward or rearward direction and includes a seat vicinity portion which faces the seat in the forward or rearward direction. The seat vicinity portion is smaller in dimension in a rightward or leftward direction than a portion of the battery case which is other than the seat vicinity portion.
US09187006B2
A wireless vehicle charging system includes a charging station and an electric or hybrid passenger vehicle. The charging station is configured to wirelessly provide power to the passenger vehicle when the passenger vehicle is properly positioned in the charging station. The wireless vehicle charging system also includes a positioning system configured to guide the passenger vehicle into the charging station so that the passenger vehicle is properly positioned in the charging station to receive power from the charging station.
US09187003B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for a charging receptacle lock. The method includes receiving a speed of the vehicle, and receiving sensor data indicating a position of a door covering a receptacle associated with the charging system of the vehicle. The receptacle adapted to receive a connecting device of an external power supply. The method includes outputting one or more control signals to move a lock pin associated with the receptacle between a first, extended position and a second, refracted position based on the speed of the vehicle and the position of the door.
US09186992B2
A walking assistance moving vehicle includes a walking assistance moving vehicle main body with a pair of drive wheels, a drive wheel rotational speed sensor, a turning sensor, and a controller. The drive wheel rotational speed sensor senses drive wheel rotational speed of each of the drive wheels. The turning sensor directly senses at least one of a first lateral acceleration and a first turning angular velocity. The controller indirectly acquires at least one of a second lateral acceleration and a second turning angular velocity based on the drive wheel rotational speed sensed by the drive wheel rotational speed sensor. The controller performs a first control to decelerate or stop drive of the drive wheels based on a comparison of the first turning angular velocity and the second turning angular velocity or a comparison of the first lateral acceleration and the second lateral acceleration.
US09186991B2
A system for keeping a driver alert by employing a thermal grill that includes warm and cool regions. The system includes an alert module that configures the thermal grill to a heat sink configuration and a heat source configuration. The thermal grill in the heat sink configuration extracts heat from the driver's body, lowers the driver's temperature, and keeps the driver alert. The thermal grill in the heat source configuration raises the driver's temperature and avoids vasoconstriction. The alert module also monitors at least one of the driver's biomarkers like blood flow in the driver's fingers. The alert module monitors the driver's biomarkers to determine when to reconfigure the thermal grill to a configuration other than the heat sink configuration. If the monitored biomarkers indicate that the driver is in a vasoconstricted state, the alert module can reconfigure the thermal grill.
US09186990B2
Devices, systems, and methods for a manually controlled operating system for permitting a handicapped person to brake and accelerate an automobile with hand operated controls. The system comprises a brake handle operably coupled to a foot brake pedal with a first cable and an accelerator handle operably coupled to a foot accelerator pedal with a second cable, wherein the brake handle and accelerator handle are positioned within hand reach of the handicapped person while positioned within the automobile.
US09186989B2
In a control apparatus for controlling front-wheel and rear-wheel rotating electrical machines capable of driving front and rear wheels of a vehicle on electrical power of a battery, a command torque determinator determines command torques for the rotating electrical machines based on a predetermined torque distribution ratio, a power distribution ratio calculator calculates a power distribution ratio based on the torque distribution ratio, an outputtable torque calculator calculates outputtable torques of the rotating electrical machines, a power distribution ratio corrector corrects the power distribution ratio based on the outputtable torques, and a power distributor distributes the electrical power of the battery between the rotating electrical machines in the corrected power distribution ratio.
US09186986B2
A propulsive apparatus for use in an electric vehicle includes a gear rotatable by a propulsive motor and having first teeth, and a constant velocity joint having an outer member which includes a larger-diameter portion having second teeth on an outer wall surface thereof. The second teeth serve as part of a speed reducer mechanism which is thus interposed between the propulsive motor and the constant velocity joint. When the gear is rotated by the propulsive motor, the propulsive power is transmitted through the speed reducer mechanism to the constant velocity joint for rotation.
US09186977B2
A drive system including a transmission for a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The system includes a gear set having first, second, third and fourth elements. The second element connects with an output shaft of the transmission and a first output shaft of an internal combustion engine connects with the third element for driving the third element. An electric motor having an output shaft connecting with the first element drives the first element in response to an electrical signal. An electric motor-generator unit has an output shaft which connects with the fourth element for driving the fourth element in response to an electrical signal. A second output shaft of the engine also connects with the fourth element through the unit for driving the fourth element. The resulting system has a plurality of different operating modes including a reverse gear or operating mode powered electrically and by the internal combustion engine.
US09186972B1
A protective cover for a vehicle front end is formed of a stretch-recovery fabric of mesh construction with mesh openings across the entire or substantially the entire fabric. The mesh openings are large enough such that vehicle front end components covered by the protective cover remain visible to view through the protective cover. For example, the mesh openings may have opening width or diameter of about 0.25 to about 1 mm when the protective cover is in an unstretched condition. The protective cover includes one or more fasteners to engage mating fastener stud(s) on the vehicle. A stretch-recovery reinforcing material is joined to at least portion of the outer periphery of the protective cover.
US09186966B2
A drive system including a support bar to which the roof part is fastened, wherein the support bar during operation of the drive system is displaced between a closed position of the roof part and an open position of the roof part. For the displacement of the support bar between the closed position and the open position, a front guide carriage, a rear tilting mechanism as well as a control carriage mechanically controlling the guide carriage and the tilting mechanism are provided.The guide carriage and the control carriage are geometrically designed such that the guide carriage and the control carriage are able to be positioned and displaced inside the guide rail overlapping one another in parallel in the transverse direction of the vehicle.
US09186960B2
Assemblies and methods to articulate a movable surface such as a window covering an opening of a vehicle from closed to open positions using a pivoting armature are provided. An assembly includes a backlite pane pivotably attached about an axis fixed with respect to the vehicle; at least one lever assembly pivotably connected to the backlite pane to permit articulating movement of the backlite pane; and a motive force connected to a driveshaft connected to the at least one lever assembly such that rotation of the driveshaft in response to the motive force causes movement of the at least one lever assembly and articulation of the backlite pane.
US09186953B2
An intake enhancement system for a vehicle includes a chiller bath, a delivery line operatively extended from the chiller bath for tapping at a heat exchanging line of a HVAC system to guide a heat exchanging agent flowing between the chiller bath and the HVAC system, and a cooling line operatively extended from the chiller bath for guiding a cooling agent to flow from the chiller bath toward the internal combustion engine. The chiller bath provides a heat-exchanging place for cooling the cooling agent by the heat exchanging agent. Therefore, the cooling agent is guide to cool the combustion element before the combustion element enters into the internal combustion engine for enhancing an efficiency of the internal combustion engine.
US09186950B2
Pressure-sensitive vales are incorporated within a dampening system to permit user-adjustable tuning of a shock absorber. In one embodiment, a pressure-sensitive valve includes an isolated gas chamber having a pressure therein that is settable by a user.
US09186949B2
A shock absorber includes a gas spring cylinder containing a piston moveable between an extended position and a compressed position within the gas spring cylinder. A mechanical actuator is arranged whereby a bleed port is automatically closed when the gas spring is compressed to a predetermined position corresponding to a desired sag setting. In one embodiment, the position corresponds to a predetermined sag setting whereby the gas spring is partially compressed. In another embodiment, a proper sag setting is determined through the use of a processor and sensor that in one instance measure a position of shock absorber components to dictate a proper sag setting and in another instance calculate a pressure corresponding to a preferred sag setting.
US09186938B2
In a wheel position detector for a vehicle, a transmitter on each wheel repeatedly transmits a data frame containing identification information when an angle of the transmitter reaches a transmission angle. A receiver for receiving the frame is mounted on a body of a vehicle and performs wheel position detection based on the frame to specify a target wheel from which the frame is transmitted. The receiver acquires a tooth position of a gear rotating with a corresponding wheel when receiving the frame and sets a variation allowable range based on the tooth position. The receiver specifies the target wheel by determining whether the tooth position falls within the variation allowable range a predetermined number of times in a row.
US09186931B2
An assembly including a paint tray liner for protecting a paint tray from coming in contact with paint being held within the tray. The assembly includes a flexible plastic member having a generally rectangular shape and including an open end to receive the paint tray within the flexible plastic member, a sealing strip coupled to the flexible plastic member located proximate to the open end of the flexible plastic member, and a vacuum valve coupled to a side of the flexible plastic member to remove air from the flexible plastic member to create a vacuum within the flexible plastic member and form the flexible plastic member to the contours of the paint tray. Also shown are methods of manufacturing and using the paint tray liner.
US09186926B2
A control includes causing a processing unit to perform a saddle-stitching binding process in which a plurality of sheets are subjected to a binding process and a folding process or a center-folding binding process in which a plurality of sheets are subjected to the folding process, permitting the processing unit to perform the saddle-stitching binding process or the center-folding binding process on a predetermined number of sheets, and controlling such that the number of sheets which are permitted to be subjected to the center-folding binding process is smaller than the number of sheets which are permitted to be subjected to the saddle-stitching binding process.
US09186921B2
A method to control a printer carriage in which the printer carriage is controlled to move along a first axis at a first predetermined speed when a printhead, installed on the printer carriage, is ejecting printing fluid in a print zone. The printer carriage is moveable bidirectionally along the first axis in swaths to enable the printhead to print in the print zone. The printer carriage is also controlled to move along the first axis at a second predetermined speed, higher than the first predetermined speed, when the printhead is not ejecting printing fluid in the print zone.
US09186919B2
A liquid discharge device includes a media reel-out unit for reeling media out, a reel-out volume adjustment unit for adjusting the reel-out volume of the media from the media reel-out unit based on change in the slack volume of the media at a position downstream from the media reel-out unit, a first sensor arranged at a position facing at least one edge part in the media width direction, and a second sensor spaced apart from the first sensor in the media width direction. Both the media slack volume and the presence or absence of meandering of the media can be ascertained using sensing information of the first sensor and the second sensor.
US09186907B2
A laser marking system including a laser apparatus to supply a laser beam having a non-Gaussian irradiance distribution over a beam cross-section, the non-Gaussian irradiance distribution of the laser beam has a substantially uniform irradiance distribution over the beam cross-section, a spatial light modulator coupled to receive the laser beam, the spatial light modulator is controlled to generate an output laser beam including an optical pattern across the beam cross-section to mark a target object with the data code matrix, and an optical amplifier coupled to the spatial modulator to receive the laser beam output from the spatial light modulator and generate an amplified laser beam containing the same optical pattern as generated by the spatial light modulator, the amplified laser beam from the optical amplifier having a substantially uniform amplification across the cross-section of the beam, the amplified beam maintaining the substantially uniform irradiance distribution over its beam cross-section.
US09186904B2
A printer includes a frame that includes a frame back part, an arm that includes a rotation shaft and is supported by the frame to rotate around the rotation shaft relative to the frame, a platen roller that is rotatably supported by the frame or the arm, a print head that is disposed between the frame back part and the platen roller and performs printing on a recording sheet placed between the platen roller and the print head, and a first bias spring that is disposed between the frame back part and the print head and biases the print head toward the platen roller relative to the frame back part.
US09186903B2
A method of applying a graphic to an article is disclosed. The method includes applying a graphic to a backer material and covering the backer material with a clear protective layer, which may be silicone, to help prevent degradation of the graphic with time and use.
US09186899B2
An ink jet printing apparatus prints an image by employing a print head capable of ejecting ink through an ejection opening. The ink jet printing apparatus comprises: a blade having a distal end portion which wipes an ejection opening face of the print head where the ejection opening is formed; and a blade cleaner having a face which moves relatively to the bade in a predetermined direction while being in contact with the distal end portion of the blade. The face of the blade cleaner includes a plurality of inclined faces which are located by being shifted in the predetermined direction and inclined in the predetermined direction. The plurality of inclined faces have different inclination angles in the predetermined direction.
US09186886B2
An ejection adjustment pattern forming method of forming an ejection adjustment pattern on a print medium with an inkjet head, which has a plurality of nozzles, with moving the inkjet head in a predetermined scanning direction. The method forms a plurality of thickness measurement patterns respectively on a plurality of pattern forming areas defined on the print medium by causing the plurality of nozzles of the inkjet head to eject ink drops, and forms a plurality of judging patterns respectively on the plurality of pattern forming areas. The ejection conditions of the plurality of nozzles, when the plurality of thickness measurement patterns are formed, are the same among the plurality of pattern forming areas. Further, the ejection conditions of the plurality of nozzles when the first judging pattern is formed and when the second judging pattern is formed are the same among the plurality of pattern forming areas.
US09186884B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to control apparatus and methods for a printing system, for example, comprising an intermediate transfer member (ITM). Some embodiments relate to regulation of a velocity and/or tension and/or length of the ITM. Some embodiments relate to regulation of deposition of ink on the moving ITM. Some embodiments regulate to apparatus configured to alert a user of one or more events related to operation of the ITM.
US09186878B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for making a lithographic printing plate that enables a one-bath processable lithographic printing plate having excellent printing durability, ink laydown and resistance to staining during printing.A process for making a lithographic printing plate is provided that includes a step of producing a negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising, above a support, a photopolymerizable photosensitive layer comprising a vinylcarbazole compound-derived monomer unit-containing acrylic polymer and/or a urethane-acrylic hybrid polymer, a step of imagewise exposing the negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor, and a step of developing the exposed negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor by means of a developer having a pH of 4 to 10, comprising (Component A) a compound represented by Formula (I) below and (Component B) water, and having an organic solvent content of less than 5 mass %, wherein the process does not comprise a washing step or a gumming step before or after the development step. In Formula (I), R1 denotes a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, 1-naphthyl group, or 2-naphthyl group, and n denotes an integer of 4 to 20.
US09186873B2
Disclosed is a multilayered structure that includes no less than 8 resin-layers, the resin-layer including a layer A constituted with a resin composition containing a gas barrier resin, and a layer B constituted with a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, at least one of the resin compositions included in the layer A and the layer B that are adjacent with each other containing a metal salt, the content of the metal salt being no less than 1 ppm and no greater than 10,000 ppm in terms of metal element equivalent, and an interlayer adhesive force between the layer A and the layer B being no less than 450 g/15 mm. The layer A and the layer B may be alternately laminated. Moreover, the average thickness of single layer of at least one selected from the layer A and the layer B is preferably no less than 0.01 μm and no greater than 10 μm.
US09186869B2
Disclosed is a flooring system consisting of a slab (or base) floor, a floor covering, and a composite underlayment extending between the slab floor and floor covering. The composite underlayment may include, for example, one or more set gypsum layers with embedded fibrous mats. An exterior plastic coating is mechanically adhered to an underlying set gypsum layer. The plastic coating chemically bonds and cross-links with polymer additives within the set gypsum core. The result is an underlayment that is a fully integrated polymer matrix with greatly improved durability and surface strength with only minimal increases in cost or weight.
US09186862B2
Apparatus and methods for creating multi-layered lightly-laminated provide films with increased or maintained strength. An increased level of strength is achieved by bonding adjacent layers of the multi-layer film together in a manner that the bond strength of the laminated layers is less than a strength of a weakest tear resistance of the individual first and second film layers. The inventors have surprisingly found that such a configuration of light bonding provides increased and unexpected strength properties to the multi-layer film as compared to a monolayer film of equal thickness or a multi-layer film in which the plurality of layers are tightly bonded together.
US09186861B2
In a sheet processing device, a sheet feeder feeds a sheet fed thereinto, by switching to any one of a first direction same as a feed-in direction of a sheet and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A second sheet processor is arranged in the second direction and performs a process including a center-folding process on the sheet. A first sheet processor is arranged in the first direction and performs a process other than the center-folding process on the sheet.
US09186858B2
Articles of footwear and a variety of other products may incorporate tensile strand elements. In manufacturing an element, such as the tensile strand elements, a strand, a first layer, and a second layer may be located between a first surface and a second surface of a press. The first surface includes a first material and the second surface includes a second material, with the first material having greater hardness than the second material. The strand, the first layer, and the second layer are then compressed between the first surface and the second surface.
US09186854B1
Method for the fabrication of a supported liquid membrane having a dense layer in contact with a porous layer, and a membrane liquid layer within the interconnected pores of the porous layer. The dense layer is comprised of a solidified material having an average pore size less than or equal to about 0.1 nanometer, while the porous layer is comprised of a plurality of interconnected pores and has an average pore size greater than 10 nanometers. The supported liquid membrane is fabricated through the preparation of a casting solution of a membrane liquid and a volatile solvent. A pressure difference is established across the dense layer and porous layer, the casting solution is applied to the porous layer, and the low viscosity casting solution is drawn toward the dense layer. The volatile solvent is evaporated and the membrane liquid precipitates, generating a membrane liquid layer in close proximity to the dense layer.
US09186852B2
Methods of making a fiber-containing prepregs may include drawing unsized fibers from a batch of molten glass. The method may also include applying a sizing composition to the unsized fibers to form a plurality of sized fibers, where the sizing composition includes a first polymerization agent for polymerizing caprolactam. The method may further include weaving the plurality of sized fibers into a fabric. Another step may include melting a reactive resin composition to form a melted reactive resin composition, where the reactive resin composition may include caprolactam. The melted reactive resin composition may be applied to the fabric. The method may further include heating the fabric and the melted reactive resin composition to a polymerization temperature, where the caprolactam polymerizes to form a fiber-resin amalgam including a polyamide. Another step may be to form the fiber-resin amalgam into the fiber-containing prepreg.
US09186848B2
Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into an conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to drag the filament from the conduit nozzle.
US09186846B1
Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into an conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to applying the filament from the conduit nozzle.
US09186841B2
A blow mold (1) provided with a locking system to lock each half-mold (2) to the respective half-mold holder (3), allowing simpler and quicker replacement of the lateral half-impressions (4) of the mold (1). The blow mold (1) provides that the lateral half-impression (4) of each half-mold (2) is fixed in a cavity of the corresponding mold holder (3) by means of actuating at least one quick coupling device (5, 5′). Said quick coupling device (5, 5′) comprises a force multiplier mechanism (22, 22′) configured so as to actuate a respective locking element (29, 29′) from an unlocking position, in which the half-mold (2) or a part thereof may be extracted from the mold holder (3), to a locking position, in which half-mold (2) and mold holder (3) are integrally locked to each other, or vice versa.
US09186839B2
Method and apparatus for cooling a heated mold (12, 14, 16) of a device (10) for blow-molding thermoplastic containers, the device including: a mold (12, 14, 16) having an internal face which delimits a molding cavity (18) and which includes an external face (20, 28) which surrounds the molding cavity (18); heating elements for heating the mold to a determined temperature and which are deactivated when the cooling method is implemented; characterized in that the mold (12, 14, 16) is cooled by circulating heat-transfer fluid directly in contact with the external face (20, 28) thereof.
US09186837B2
A method for producing a long stretched film according to one aspect of the present invention includes at least a step of forming a long film, a step of obliquely stretching the long film and a step of winding the long stretched film. A winding direction of the long stretched film can be arbitrarily changed to a direction oblique to a delivering direction of the long film. In the oblique stretching step, grip release points of gripping tools gripping opposite end parts of the long stretched film are independently movable in the winding direction of the long stretched film and so adjusted that a grip release line connecting the grip release points on respective opposite sides becomes parallel to the width direction of the long stretched film.
US09186827B2
In a method for molding a resin piston by charging a preheated resin tablet into a cavity of a molding die, and by carrying out compression molding while heating, at a time point when an internal pressure of the cavity arrives at a determined pressure, by pressurizing a pressurizing margin in the molding die, resin which overflows from the molding die is discharged from a passage which is defined in an area except an outer circumferential surface of the piston, while the internal pressure of the cavity is maintained. After a thermosetting cycle has finished, the molding die 21 is opened.
US09186825B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a pellet from powdered material with the method steps: during a pressing process, a tipping of the upper and/or lower force transmission bridge and/or the upper and/or lower die plate and/or a force causing this tipping is measured; depending on the determined measurement results, the upper drive units and/or the lower drive units are moved asynchronously in relation to each other during the pressing process such that the caused tipping is compensated.
US09186823B2
Molding methods and molds for making a synthetic resin molded product include disposing a curable liquid resin mixture in a recess of a female mold. The curable liquid resin mixture is then simultaneously agitated and degassed by a mixer while under a partial vacuum. More specifically, at least the female mold is orbited around an orbital axis while being rotated about a rotational axis that is eccentric to the orbital axis. After being thoroughly mixed and degassed, the liquid mixture is then cured in the mold unit.
US09186821B2
A positioning device aligns first and second mold segments moving from an opened position to a closed position. The device includes a female member for connecting to one of the mold segments and for receiving a male member connected to the other of the mold segments. A bearing mechanism is coupled to the female member for receiving the male member and reducing friction between the male member and the female member. One of the female member and the bearing mechanism includes a post extending transversely to the alignment axis and the other of the female member and the bearing mechanism defines a groove receiving the post as the bearing mechanism moves relative to the female member. The engagement between the groove and the post retains the bearing mechanism in the female member when the first and second mold segments move between the opened and closed positions.
US09186816B2
An abrasive article may include a substrate, a tacking film overlying the substrate, abrasive particles that may include a coating layer bonded to the tacking film such that a bond between the coating layer and the tacking film defines a metallic bonding region, and a bonding layer overlying the abrasive particles and the tacking film.
US09186814B2
An atmospheric storage mechanical weigh batch blend plant is shown with atmospheric storage for providing a dry, pre-blend, oilfield cement ready for mixing at the wellhead for slurry injection into a well head upon adding the proper amount of water and other fluids. The batch blend plant has three separate weighing mechanisms for (a) larger or bulk quantity materials, (b) intermediate quantities of materials, and (c) small amounts of additives to be included to the mixture. The entire weigh batch blend plant can be disassembled and moved. A special pressurized air bearing is used in the blender.
US09186808B2
A screw-fastening tool having a continuously-variable transmission traction drive includes a continuously-variable transmission, a thrust cam mechanism of the continuously-variable transmission and a clutch plate of a fastening torque setting mechanism arranged in series between an electric motor and a spindle. A traction grease having a high traction coefficient is used as a lubricant for a traction drive. A grease reservoir or felt members in sliding contact with oppressing parts are disposed in a transmission case.
US09186807B2
A device for forming a pattern in a sheet of material is provided. The device includes a base having a detent portion and a locating portion that provides a first position, a platform moveably coupled to the base, and a punch supported by the platform and configured to move between a reset position and a depressed position. The platform includes a detent element configured to engage the detent portion when the platform is proximate the first position and a locating element configured to provide fine location of the platform in the first position relative to the base by engaging the locating portion. The punch forms a pattern in a sheet of material when the punch moves from the reset position to the depressed position and a sheet of material is present proximate the depressed position.
US09186803B2
An electric shaver includes an outer blade having blade holes defined by a frame, and an inner blade provided inside the outer blade to move relative to the outer blade and cut body hair inserted into the blade holes. Circumferences of the blade holes of the frame are bent toward the inner blade so as to provide hair lifting portions having rounded portions in the frame, and the frame provided with the hair lifting portions is located closer to a skin than to a surface of the inner blade on a skin side.
US09186799B2
A substrate transport apparatus including a frame, at least one arm link rotatably connected to the frame and a shaftless drive section. The shaftless drive section including stacked drive motors for rotating the at least one arm link relative to the frame through a shaftless interface, each of the stacked drive motors including a stator having stator coils disposed on a fixed post fixed relative to the frame and a rotor substantially peripherally surrounding the stator such that the rotor is connected to a respective one of the at least one arm link for rotating the one of the at least one arm link relative to the frame causing an extension or retraction of the one of the at least one arm link, where the stacked drive motors are disposed in the at least one arm link so that part of each stator is within a common arm link.
US09186794B2
A robot controller capable of easily speeding up the motion of a robot by learning, without using a special device and teaching know-how. The robot controller has a storing part which stores a reference motion pattern of the robot; an inputting part which designates at least one of a working start region where a motion of the robot based on the reference motion pattern is initiated and a working end region where the motion of the robot is terminated; an automatic generating part which automatically generates a plurality of motion patterns of the robot based on the reference motion pattern and divided regions formed by dividing a working region at a predetermined resolution; and a learning control part which learns a motion speed-up ratio for speeding up the motion by changing a velocity or acceleration in relation to each of the automatically generated motion patterns.
US09186790B1
A sleeve bracket assembly has a track-base, a positioning-board and multiple positioning-mounts. The track-base has a bottom panel, a slide-rail and a connecting track. The slide-rail and the connecting track are respectively formed on a top surface of the bottom panel and a bottom surface of the bottom panel. The positioning-board is elastic, is mounted in the connecting track and has two rail-bars and a positioning-rack. The positioning-mounts are movably and rotatably mounted on the track-base, engage the positioning-board and each one of the positioning-mounts has a sliding-engaging seat and an inserting-button. The sliding-engaging seat is movably mounted in the slide-rail, engages the positioning-board and has at least three engaging-teeth selectively engaging the positioning-rack. The inserting-button is formed on the sliding-engaging seat.
US09186785B2
A bearing adjuster is comprised of a grip, an adjusting member, a fixing member and three movable members. The adjusting member is disposed on a protrusion of the grip. The fixing member is disposed on the adjusting member. The movable members are disposed on the fixing member correspondingly. A threaded rod of the grip is screwed in a threaded hole of a positioning protrusion of the fixing member. A sliding block of each movable member and positioning guide blocks of the sliding block are disposed in one of sliding grooves of the fixing member and positioning guide grooves of the sliding groove respectively. A guide protrusion of the movable member is disposed in one of corresponding grooves of the adjusting member. Thus, the bearing adjuster is able to adjust its' diameter to coordinate with different sizes of the bearings.
US09186779B2
The disclosure is directed to a self-adjusting wrench, comprising a movable jaw member, a fixed jaw member a biasing member and a handle, wherein the movable jaw member, the fixed jaw member and the handle engage to self-adjust and lock the gap between the movable jaw and the fixed jaw upon applying pressure to the jaws using the handle.
US09186772B2
A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided, comprising: a polishing layer having a polishing surface; and, a broad spectrum, endpoint detection window block having a thickness along an axis perpendicular to a plane of the polishing surface; wherein the broad spectrum, endpoint detection window block, comprises a cyclic olefin addition polymer; wherein the broad spectrum, endpoint detection window block exhibits a uniform chemical composition across its thickness; wherein the broad spectrum, endpoint detection window block exhibits a spectrum loss ≦40%; and, wherein the polishing surface is adapted for polishing a substrate selected from a magnetic substrate, an optical substrate and a semiconductor substrate.
US09186768B2
A contoured surface planing apparatus for removing proud-standing material from a contoured surface without damaging the surface. The apparatus may include a tool comprising a motor-driven rotary cutter supported by a main body for rotation about a cutter axis, and orientation contact points spaced around the cutter and defining an orientation contact plane disposed parallel to the cutter axis.
US09186762B2
A nut support tool for assembly and disassembly of a nut on a vertically extending bolt assembly located on a casing. The bolt assembly including a lower nut engaged on a lower end of a threaded shaft. The nut support tool includes a vertical span assembly having an upper support member located at an upper end thereof for engagement on an upper end of the bolt assembly, whereby the nut support tool is supported from the bolt assembly upper end with the vertical span structure extending parallel to the bolt assembly. An arm assembly extends from a lower end of the vertical span assembly and includes a lower guide pin for engagement with an access opening formed in a lower surface of the lower nut. The arm assembly is configured to support the lower nut, and to swivel relative to the casing.
US09186758B2
A method for producing a turbine rotor of an exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the turbine rotor includes a turbine wheel with a hub and turbine blades that extend from the hub, and a shaft, includes the steps of: providing the turbine wheel and the shaft; forming a protective layer by applying or introducing a halogen on or in the surface of the turbine wheel and subsequently heat-treating the turbine wheel; and connecting the shaft to the hub of the turbine wheel after the protective coating is formed.
US09186755B2
A method of producing a reactive powder includes providing a bulk structure of reactive material comprising a first reactant and a second reactant, the bulk structure having a preselected average spacing between the first and the second reactants; and mechanically processing the bulk structure of reactive material to produce a plurality of particles from the bulk structure such that each of the plurality of particles comprises the first and second reactants having an average spacing that is substantially equal to the preselected average spacing of the bulk structure of reactive material. The first and second materials of the plurality of particles react with each other in an exothermic reaction upon being exposed to a threshold energy to initiate the exothermic reaction and remain substantially stable without reacting with each other prior to being exposed to the threshold energy.
US09186747B2
There is provided a spot welding apparatus. The spot welding apparatus includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that clamp and press a workpiece formed of stacked plates of different rigidities, and a control pressing force applicator that causes a control pressing force applying actuator to bring a receiving unit provided at a distal end of a control pressing force applying arm into contact with the workpiece so as to apply a control pressing force to the workpiece. The control pressing force applying arm is made of a non-magnetic material.
US09186738B2
Device for machining work pieces rotating around a work piece axis (Z) with a tool that rotates around a tool axis, where a clamping device (9) is transferred into a first position, a work piece to be machined is clamped on said clamping device, the clamping device (9) with the work piece clamped thereon is transferred from the first position into a spatially separated second position where it can be driven to rotate around the work piece axis (Z) by a work piece spindle (1) connected to the clamping device (9) and after the work piece has been machined, the clamping device (9) is transferred from the second into the first position, wherein the clamping device (9) is separated from the work piece spindle (1) in the transfer from the second into the first position, and connected to the work piece spindle (1) in the transfer from the first into the second position (FIG. 1).
US09186736B1
A stand for a table saw including a table assembly and a base assembly secured under the table assembly is provided. The stand includes a leg and handle unit including two parallel leg elements, two handles at one ends of the leg elements respectively, two side rails each having one end connected to both the handle and the leg element, and a U-shaped support element at the other ends of the leg elements, vertical metal tubes each provided at an end of the side rail joining both the handle and the leg element, top of each metal tube is secured to a bottom of the table assembly; a U-shaped, tubular upper support pivotably secured to the side rail, the upper support including two opposite lateral projections; and a leg unit including two parallel leg members, and two wheels rotatably mounted at one ends of the leg members respectively.
US09186729B2
A chuck has a chuck body rotatable about an axis, a plurality of jaws radially displaceable on the body for gripping a workpiece, a chuck drive for rotating the chuck about the axis, and a center point axially shiftable in the body and axially engageable with the workpiece gripped by the jaws. An electric drive is coupled to the center point for axially shifting same.
US09186721B2
A device for supporting and oscillating continuous casting molds in continuous casting plants includes at least one support suitable to support a continuous casting mold, the support including a fixed assembly restrained to a frame of the device and a movable assembly that is slidably restrained to the fixed assembly in a vertical direction and connected to a servomechanism suitable to move it in a reciprocating manner relative to the fixed assembly along the axial direction, the movable assembly including a plurality of channels suitable to allow a flow of a cooling fluid to and from a cooling circuit of the mold, the channels being supplied by supply pipes arranged along the vertical direction. The device further includes at least one connecting pipe suitable to allow to connect a supply pipe, the connecting pipe having a T shape and including a first duct rigidly connected to the movable assembly in a horizontal direction, as well as a second and a third duct extending from the first duct in opposite ways along the vertical direction, the second and third ducts being respectively connected to first and second end portions of the fixed assembly through further axially deformable ducts and being respectively a blind duct and a flow-through duct suitable to allow the cooling fluid to flow towards the first and the second ducts. The second and third ducts, and preferably also the first duct, of the at least one connecting pipe have the same diameter of the supply pipes.
US09186718B2
A method for manufacturing a cycle wheel rim having, in radial cross section, two lateral sidewalls and a bridge, the rim having an outer surface facing outward of the rim and defined by the bridge and by at least a portion of the sidewalls. The manufacturing method includes extruding a section; bending the section; assembling the ends of the hoop formed from the section by joining one to the another; drilling holes in the bridge for fastening the spokes; machining the entire outer surface in a radial plane and on at least a portion of the circumference of the rim.
US09186709B2
An active electroadhesive cleaning device or system includes electrode(s) that produce electroadhesive forces from an input voltage to adhere dust or other foreign objects against an interactive surface, from which the foreign objects are removed when the forces are controllably altered. User inputs control the input voltage and/or designate the size of foreign objects to be cleaned. An active power source provides the input voltage, and the interactive surface can be a continuous track across one or more rollers to move the device across a dirty foreign surface. Electrodes can be arranged in an interdigitated pattern having differing pitches that can be actuated selectively to clean foreign objects of different sizes. Sensors can detect the amount of foreign particles adhered to the interactive surface, and reversed polarity pulses can help repel items away from the interactive surface in a timely and controlled manner.
US09186708B2
Industrial cleaning plant having at least one cleaning chamber and a transport device that can be driven, rotated or pivoted. The transport device has a lifting device with a gripping tool for the items to be cleaned, with which a transport lift is produced into the chamber. The chamber can be closed with a cover, which forms one unit with a lifting arm of the lifting device. The cover is held moveably in a guide in an aperture along the shaft of the lifting arm. In closed position of the cover, an up-or-down movement of the gripping tool in the cleaning chamber can be controlled with the lifting arm which also has an entrainment mechanism forming a stop for the cover in upward movement of the lifting arm for opening the chamber.
US09186705B2
Plant for the selection of crates, in particular for vegetable products, comprising: transferring means, preferably a continuous conveyor suitable for suitable for transferring said crates in an orderly, continuous and sequential manner, a station for measuring the degree of cleanliness of said crates, comprising measurement and control means suitable to detect the cleanliness degree of said crates, and arranged in an intermediate position in the path of said transferring means. Loading means are provided suitable to reassemble said crates in respective stacks based on their degree of cleanliness measured on each of them, wherein said loading means are arranged downstream of said measuring station and wherein said transfer means supply said loading means, without intermediate stations or processes. In addition, the plant includes a station for aligning the crates on said transfer means in a position stacked upstream of said measuring station. The measuring station is suitable to measure the degree of cleanliness of crates with collapsible walls when said crates are closed.
US09186703B2
A locking twist pin screen panel retainer system utilizes a plurality of twist pins, each with a mushroom-shaped screen panel engaging head. Each one of the locking twist pins is positionable in a deformable receiver which is attachable to a support tube or bottom rail of a vibrating separatory machine. Insertion of the individual twist pins each into a cooperating one of the retainers, and the subsequent rotation of each twist pin through 90°, both secures the pin in the cooperating receiver and also secures the receiver in place on the underlying support tube or rail of the vibrating separatory machine. Removal of the pins and their receivers, if necessary, is accomplished by a further rotation of each pin through another 90°.
US09186702B2
A mobile device that includes a motion sensor, multiple vibrators, and a motor speed determinator module. The motion sensor senses and records vibrations of the mobile device while the multiple vibrators are simultaneously running. The sensed vibrations are transmitted to the motor speed determinator module, which transfers the sensed vibrations into the frequency domain. The vibrations caused by each of the multiple vibrators are represented by peaks in the frequency representation. In one embodiment, the motor speed determinator module drives each vibrator such that the rotational speed and phase of each vibrator are equal or essentially equal. This is represented in the spectral representation of the frequency domain as the overlapping of each peak into a single peak.
US09186688B2
This invention is directed to a method for producing a coating layer of a coating composition comprising two or more components. The two or more components are mixed post atomization. This invention is further directed to a method for producing a layer of a coating composition comprising a first component and a second component on a substrate using the spray gun.
US09186686B2
Disclosed is a centrifuge including a rotatable centrifugal drum and a drive spindle to drive the centrifugal drum. The drive spindle is rotatably mounted via a bearing in a housing supported elastically on a machine framework. Further included is a drive device including a drive motor to rotate the drive spindle and a lubricant system to lubricate the bearing. The lubricant system is configured to deliver lubricant from a lubricant supply tank through a lubricant channel into a region of the bearing. An injection device is arranged downstream of the lubricant-supply tank and is configured to deliver the lubricant into the region of the bearing by dispensing quantities of lubricant in temporally discrete pulses with a limited-time air stream. A method is disclosed of directing lubricant into a region of a bearing of the centrifuge as noted above.
US09186663B2
A metal compound catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of catalyst material and a quantity of carrier thereby forming a vapor cloud, exposing the vapor cloud to a co-reactant and quenching the vapor cloud. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal compound catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of catalyst material and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud, forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of catalyst material and a portion of carrier, and subjecting the nanoparticles to a co-reactant. The system further comprises means for impregnating the of supports with the nanoparticles.
US09186654B2
An exhaust aftertreatment system that includes a suitable combination of particulate catalyst materials is used to effectively reduce an amount of NOX to N2 and water in a high-oxygen content exhaust flow from an engine that is controlled to operate by cyclically burning lean and rich mixtures of air and fuel. The catalyst materials of the exhaust aftertreatment system comprise (1) lanthanum-based perovskite oxide particles to oxidize NO to NO2, (2) barium oxide particles to temporarily store NO2, (3) copper oxide nanoparticles chemically deposited onto particles of cerium oxides to reduce NOX to N2 and to generate NH3, and (4) particles of a selective reduction catalyst to temporarily store NH3 and to reduce any residual NOX to N2 and water before the exhaust flow from the engine is discharged to the atmosphere.
US09186647B2
In the present invention, a gas pipe integrated block has a plurality of internal pipe paths. The plurality of internal pipe paths are connected to an ozone generator, control means, a raw gas supply port, an ozone gas output port, and cooling water inlet/outlet ports, to thereby form a unit in which a raw gas input pipe path and an ozone gas output pipe path are integrated. The raw gas input pipe path extends from the raw gas supply port through an automatic pressure controller to the ozone generator. The ozone gas output pipe path extends from the ozone generator through a gas filter, an ozone concentration meter, and a flow rate controller, to the ozone gas output port.
US09186643B2
The invention describes a method for isolating one or more genetic elements encoding a gene product having a desired activity, comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalizing genetic elements into microcapsules; and (b) sorting the genetic elements which express the gene product having the desired activity; wherein at least one step is under microfluidic control. The invention enables the in vitro evolution of nucleic acids and proteins by repeated mutagenesis and iterative applications of the method of the invention.
US09186642B2
The present application relates to encapsulated benefit agents, compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents and processes for making and using compositions comprising such encapsulated benefit agents. Such encapsulated benefit agents eliminate or minimize one or more of the drawbacks of current encapsulated benefit agents and thus provide formulators with additional perfume delivery opportunities.
US09186638B2
Pressure-operable microfluidic structure for the bubble-free combining of two liquid volumes with a fluid chamber that has a feed opening, as well as an inlet and outlet channel emerging into the fluid chamber, wherein the fluid chamber has a cross section that broadens out relative to the inlet channel in the direction of flow from the inlet to the outlet channel and is designed, thanks to the broadened cross section, to broaden a first liquid volume that is essentially pressure-driven and conducted through the inlet channel and through the fluid chamber to a cross section at least approximately corresponding to the full cross section of the fluid chamber, while the fluid chamber has a holding position and is configured so that a second liquid volume, placed in the fluid chamber through the feed opening, can be held in the region of the holding position and the second liquid volume when the first liquid volume is moved through by pressure can be taken up by the latter and delivered as a combined liquid volume through the fluid chamber and into the outlet channel.
US09186633B2
Disclosed is a method for easily producing a long porous thermosetting resin sheet which has no resin coating film on the surface. Also disclosed are a porous thermosetting resin sheet produced by the method, and a composite semipermeable membrane having excellent chemical resistance and practical water permeability and salt-blocking property. The porous thermosetting resin sheet can be produced by forming a cylindrical or columnar resin block which is composed of a cured product of a thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin, a curing agent and a porogen; then forming a long thermosetting resin sheet by cutting the surface of the resin block at a certain thickness; and then removing the porogen from the thermosetting resin sheet.
US09186627B2
The invention generally relates to thin film composite heat exchangers and methods of making thin film composite heat exchangers. The heat exchangers can be made with polymers or other materials including, but not limited to, inorganic materials such as silicon, clay, ceramic, brick, or metal. Heat exchangers in accordance with the invention may be made of a material that is non-corrosive, durable, and that may be applied in a thin coating so as to minimize resistance to heat transfer and material costs.
US09186626B2
Methods are provided for removing CO2 and/or H2S from a gas phase stream, such as a refinery flue gas stream, a coal-fired or petroleum-burning power plant, or a natural gas stream. A gas phase stream containing CO2 and/or H2S can be contacted under effective conditions with an aqueous slurry of supported amine particles. The CO2 and/or H2S can react with the supported amines to form bicarbonates, carbonates, carbamates, sulfide salts, or other species. Because the amine is part of, bonded to, or otherwise supported on a particulate substrate, the reaction product from the amine reaction can also remain bound to the particle. After reacting supported amines with CO2 and/or H2S captured from a gas stream, the supported amines particles can be separated from the aqueous slurry environment for regeneration of the supported amine and release of the CO2 and/or H2S.
US09186622B1
A method of separating oxygen from nitrogen involves delivering air to a first side of a membrane comprising a polymer support and a layer of zeolite nanosheet particles with thickness of 2 nm to 10 nm and mean diameter of 5 nm to 5000 nm. The delivered air provides a pressure differential between opposite sides of the membrane, thus causing oxygen in the hollow core to diffuse through the polymer support and the zeolite nanosheet layer to the second side of the membrane. The preferential diffusion of oxygen (compared to diffusion of nitrogen) through the membrane produces nitrogen-enriched air on the first side of the membrane and oxygen-enriched air on the second side of the membrane.
US09186621B2
Hydrogen ion transport membrane, membrane for generating hydrogen, and method for manufacturing same
The present application relates to a hydrogen ion transport membrane, which is formed by using a porous thin film having a plurality of holes which are regularly aligned, a membrane for generating hydrogen, and a method for manufacturing the hydrogen ion transport membrane and the membrane for generating hydrogen.
US09186617B2
A method is described for separating CO2 and/or H2S from a mixed gas stream by contacting the gas stream with a non-aqueous, liquid absorbent medium of a primary and/or secondary aliphatic amine, preferably in a non-aqueous, polar, aprotic solvent under conditions sufficient for sorption of at least some of the CO2. The solution containing the absorbed CO2 can then be treated to desorb the acid gas. The method is usually operated as a continuous cyclic sorption-desorption process, with the sorption being carried out in a sorption zone where a circulating stream of the liquid absorbent contacts the gas stream to form a CO2-rich sorbed solution, which is then cycled to a regeneration zone for desorption of the CO2 (advantageously at <100° C.). Upon CO2 release, the regenerated lean solution can be recycled to the sorption tower. CO2:(primary+secondary amine) adsorption molar ratios >0.5:1 (approaching 1:1) may be achieved.
US09186609B2
A sensing system and method for use with a gas filter in a gas conduit attached to a gas blower, having a motor for producing a first gas flow blower speed, discards readings taken when the blower is off or during blower startup and shutdown, and recalculates a clog threshold in response to changes in the fan speed of a multi-speed blower.
US09186608B2
A process for forming a high efficiency filter containing the steps of forming a non-woven layer having pores from a plurality thermoplastic fibers having a median diameter of less than about 2 micrometers, saturating the non-woven layer in a wetting liquid, and drying the wetted non-woven layer.
US09186605B2
A method of separating a mixture of liquid and insoluble solids in a filter press may comprise: pumping the mixture into a multiplicity of chambers to form a filter cake, each of the chambers being between adjacent filter plates, each of the chambers being lined by filter cloths, wherein, during the pumping, filtrate is forced through the filter cloths and out of the chambers; and releasing dried filter cake from the chambers; wherein the pumping comprises pumping the mixture through a multiplicity of side feed ports and into each of the chambers through a multiplicity of delivery slots, and wherein the openings of the delivery slots into each of the chambers is above the height of the side feed ports. A filter press system is described which includes filter plates and chambers with the aforementioned configuration of side feed ports and delivery slots.
US09186604B1
A hydroclone (10) including a tank (12) having a fluid inlet (14), a filtered fluid outlet (16), an effluent outlet (18), a process fluid outlet (20) and an inner peripheral wall (22) positioned about an axis (X) and enclosing a plurality of aligned chambers including: i) a vortex chamber (24) in fluid communication with the fluid inlet (14), a filter assembly (26) located within the vortex chamber (24) and enclosing a filtrate chamber (46), a fluid pathway (28) extending from the fluid inlet (14) and about the filter assembly (26) which is adapted to generate a vortex fluid flow about the filter assembly (26), wherein the filtrate chamber (46) is in fluid communication with the filtered fluid outlet (16) such that fluid passing through the filter assembly (26) enters the filtrate chamber (46) and may exit the tank (12) by way of the filtered fluid outlet (16), and ii) an effluent separation chamber (30) in fluid communication with the vortex chamber (24) and which is adapted for receiving unfiltered fluid therefrom, wherein the effluent separation chamber (30) is in fluid communication with the process fluid outlet (20) and an effluent outlet (18); wherein the hydroclone (10) further includes a vortex flow barrier (34) located between the vortex and effluent separation chambers (24, 30) which is adapted to disrupts vortex fluid flow as fluid flows from the vortex chamber (24) to the effluent separation chamber (30).
US09186603B2
A sludge protector canopy baffle system for use in a clarifier tank with a tank bottom, and peripheral vertical wall bounding the interior of the tank is formed by a plurality of individual perforated baffles interconnected and supported by other components of the tank forming a rigid ceiling of sloped and curved perforated baffles allowing the incoming water to pass on its surface minimizing sludge re-suspension and directing the flow on top of the blanket in the settling zone of the tank. Each baffle has a curved surface in the lateral direction to allow drainage of solids and openings to allow gas release and water flow. The baffles are interconnected along the length by cross connectors to ensure rigidity. The resulting system provides a sludge protector canopy baffle system by which the water flows uniformly through the tank without disturbing or re-suspending settled or thickened sludge and overall tank performance is enhanced.
US09186598B2
A novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.
US09186596B2
Odorant from a process stream is removed by passing the stream (18) to a counter-current contacting device (12) for stripping odorants. The odorants passes from the contacting device (12) as contaminated steam (26) while the remaining process stream passes directly to a “tube side” of a falling film evaporator (14) and is heated producing steam that passes into the counter-current contacting device (12) to strip that process stream and produce the contaminated steam (26). This contaminated steam from the contacting device (12) passes through a vapor compression step (16) from which it is introduced into a “shell side” of the falling film evaporator (14) and in which it heats the process stream passing from the contacting device (12) into the evaporator (14). The contaminated steam that is not condensed in the falling film evaporator passes as a low flow vent gas (50) in which the odorants have been concentrated.
US09186594B2
In respect of a balloon (10) having an illumination device (20), including a light emitting member, which is mounted onto the wall inside the balloon cavity, at least one sheet (22, 24) of flexible material is connected to the illumination device inside the balloon cavity to serve as a parachute for the illumination device (20) in the event of rupture of the wall of the balloon when in an inflated condition. In embodiments where the illumination device is provided with a projection (12) and is mounted to the wall of the balloon by an attachment element, such as elastic band (18), engaging said projection from outside the balloon, the or each sheet of flexible material (22, 24) serving as the parachute may be connected to the illumination device (20) and to the balloon wall by location over the projection (12) and engagement by the same attachment member.
US09186587B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for using electronic advertising resources as mechanisms to enable individuals to participate in electronic games alone or in conjunction with other players.
US09186586B2
A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which can be communicated via a network and functions as a parent machine and as a child machine, for example. In the child machine, a moving track of an object to be operated is obtained in response to an input with a pointing device by a player, and transmitted to the parent machine. In the parent machine, a movement of the object is controlled by the moving track, and drawing information to draw a virtual game space including the moved object is transmitted to the child machine. In the child machine, a game screen including the object to be operated is generated and displayed on the basis of the received drawing information.
US09186585B2
A multi-media interactive play system has a number of play elements situated in a variety of play environments or play media. The play elements are linked to a common record of participant performance, progress, character attributes, etc. The participant's performance in the play elements determines the play elements to which the participant may proceed as well as the play parameters of the play element in which the participant is currently involved. The play elements are thus interlinked to define a sequence or path network along which the participant advances. By advancing through the play elements the participant carries out a plot, story, theme, etc. that attaches a significance to the successful completion of a given play element or elements. Also disclosed in a variety of play elements suitable for use in the system, an example of a plot or theme that may be carried out by the system, and a send/receive radio frequency network that may be used to track play participants in a play center.
US09186584B2
Software at an online game website assigns to a player game tasks in a conditional series of game tasks based at least in part on a measure of difficulty associated with the each game task. The measure of difficulty of each game task depends on a profile associated with the player. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends at least in part on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
US09186583B1
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a marketplace of user-invokable instructions used by a game application in an expression of a game. The user-invokable instructions may include automation of tasks related to a game that would otherwise require manual intervention by users, intelligence that encode automatic reactions to game events such as surrounding conditions or attacks from others, and/or instructions for automatically performing one or more in-game tasks. A marketplace interface may facilitate offers to provide user-invokable instructions. Each offer may include consideration to obtain a corresponding set of user-invokable instructions. The consideration may include real world currency, one or more virtual items, an exchange for a task to be performed, an exchange for an alliance or other in-game cooperation, an exchange for another set of user-invokable instructions, and/or other consideration.
US09186577B2
The present invention is directed to a portable, collapsible enclosure for use with a portable game console or computer for playing video games on a large screen television where the game involves tracking the position and movement of a moving object. The enclosure has a fabric cover and a frame which is movable between a collapsed position whereby the enclosure may be easily stored and an expanded position for playing a game. The fabric cover of the enclosure in the expanded position has an open front, side and top walls and a rear wall. The rear wall is provided as a netting material which is selected to arrest the movement of a moving object projected into the enclosure through the open front, while permitting a user to observe an image displayed on a large screen television placed to the rear or side of the enclosure.
US09186569B2
A sports device with runners, in particular an ice skate, includes an exchangeable adapter with which the composite sliding blade is equipped. The running sole has a profiled slide strip made of a resilient material and side faces are provided with a negative cutting angle. The adapter is connected releasably to the holder of the sports device. The contour profile, namely the curvature of the sliding face of the profiled slide strip, is defined by the geometry of the exchangeable adapter. The sliding blade is clipped onto the adapter using tongues provided on the free end of the sliding blade and the locking lugs or locking slits provided on the adapter. The sliding blade has a perforation, such that the lower part of the sliding blade can be torn off without tools when changing the sliding blade, and a new sliding blade can be clipped on.
US09186564B2
The invention is for a method of training and evaluating a hitter using a weighted ball where the hitter hits the weighted ball with a bat and where the weighted ball wraps around the bat and thereby the ball absorbs some of the energy from the batter and whereafter striking the weighted ball the ball leaves the bat in a substantially horizontal plane if it is hit correctly and where the weighted ball donuts substantially vertical to the ground if hit incorrectly or lifts up if hit too low or dives downward if hit to high or donuts horizontally if hit in an inside out manner with the bat.
US09186561B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics including optimizing the center of gravity location as it relates to the head volume, and the hosel moment of inertia relative to the horizontal and vertical moments of inertia. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US09186560B2
A golf club head comprises a club head body, a channel, and a recessed port. The club head body defines an interior cavity, a sole defining a bottom portion of the body, a crown defining a top portion of the body, a skirt portion defining a periphery of the body between the sole and crown, a face defining a forward portion of the club head, and a hosel defining a hosel bore. The channel is positioned in the sole of the club head and extends into the interior cavity, substantially in a heel-to-toe direction. The recessed port is positioned in the sole and extends into the interior cavity. The recessed port has a port width, and is located proximate a bottom end of the hosel such that a passage in the bottom end provides communication between the hosel bore and the recessed port. A golf club is also described.
US09186556B2
A golf ball includes a unitary core having an outer surface, a geometric center, and a soft transition region adjacent to the outer surface, and is formed from a substantially homogenous composition. The ball further includes an outer cover layer. The soft transition region has a thickness of up to 4 mm, has about 8 to 20 percent trans-polybutadiene isomer, and has a negative hardness gradient of up to 15 Shore C. The core has an overall negative hardness gradient of up to 20 Shore C and has a gradient quotient, GQ, defined by the equation: G + T 10 × COR ≤ 7 where G is the overall negative hardness gradient in Shore C, T is the percent of trans-polybutadiene isomer at the core outer surface, and COR is the coefficient of restitution measured at an incoming velocity of 125 ft/s.
US09186552B1
A multiuse treadmill apparatus including a treadmill, a support structure comprising a right pole and a left pole, a pair of handles, a control panel, a display screen, a plurality of controls, a pair of support frames, a pair of top support bars, and a pair of bottom support bars. A plurality of hooks are continuously disposed. Each of the plurality of hooks has an apex perpendicularly disposed towards the back side of the treadmill. The plurality of hooks are configured to engage a plurality of resistance bands. A pair of weight sensors comprising a right weight sensor and a left weight sensor are centrally disposed within the right deck and the left deck, respectively. The right weight sensor and the left weight sensor are configured to turn the motor off when a minimum weight is downwardly applied to the right deck and the left deck, respectively.
US09186550B2
Exercise apparatus (1) in which a person exercising exerts a force against a movable actuator (6) to which is applied an adjustable force by a load system which resists or assists the movement of the actuator and is connected to the actuator by cables (9). The load system comprises a fixed, longitudinally arranged coaxial series of coil units (15), each coil unit being independently connectible to a source of electric current. The series of coils provides an elongate passage (18), and a shuttle (19) of ferromagnetic material is mounted for relative longitudinal movement within the passage, in response to movement of the actuator. Passage of a current through a coil unit exerts a force on the shuttle when in that coil unit, and is controlled by a microprocessor (22).
US09186548B2
A method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include receiving a video stream of the sporting event and a measurement stream, asynchronous to the video stream, associated with objects in the sporting event. The method may further include displaying a synchronized presentation of the video stream and the measurement stream. The synchronization may be performed near the time of the displaying. Another method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include receiving measurement information related to actions from one or more sporting events. The method may also include identifying plays from the actions using the measurement information and displaying a representation of the identified plays. A system for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include an integrated server and a synchronization mechanism. Another method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include displaying a video of a play selected from a representation.
US09186544B1
A multi-functional exercise device that can be maneuvered between a variety of configurations for facilitating a variety of targeted exercises includes a top section, a torque manipulator adjustably attached to the top section, and an intermediate section adjustably attached to the torque manipulator. Advantageously, the torque manipulator causes greater resistance to rotational movement of the top section relative to the intermediate section when the top section is rotated, along a first rotational direction, from a rested equilibrium position to a displaced tensioned position. Advantageously, the torque manipulator causes lesser resistance to rotational movement of the top section relative to the intermediate section when the top section is rotated, along a second rotational direction, from the displaced tensioned position to the rested equilibrium position.
US09186543B2
A foot pad for a ski exercise apparatus has a heel retainer plate across a width of the foot pad proximate one end of a length of the foot pad, the heel retainer plate spaced above a floor level of the foot pad, and a toe stop spanning the width of the foot pad and adjustable along a portion of the length of the foot pad at a forward end of the foot pad opposite the heel retainer plate. A skier, wearing a ski boot, is enabled to step into the foot pad, engage a portion of the sole at the heel of the ski boot under the heel retainer plate, constraining the heel of the ski boot vertically, and to lower a toe of the ski boot to lie behind the toe stop, constraining the toe portion horizontally not vertically. The foot pad is provided with ski exercising apparatus.
US09186542B2
A twisting exerciser device includes a platform rotatably disposed on a base, a bearing device disposed between the base and the platform, and a curved member having two end studs engageable with the base and the platform for securing the curved member to the platform and the base, and the curved member is contactable with a supporting surface for allowing the user to step on the platform and to conduct a balancing exercise. The platform includes a pivot axle rotatably engaged with the base, and the base includes a number of seats for supporting bearing members which are engaged between the platform and the base for rotatably supporting the platform on the base.
US09186541B1
An elliptical trainer comprises a base, a rotational mechanism, a left and a right coupling mechanism, and a rising device. The rotational mechanism is arranged on the base. The left and right coupling mechanisms are arranged at a side of the rotational mechanism, respectively. One end of the left and right coupling mechanism couples to the rotational mechanism, and the other couples to a pedal making a moving path. The rising device comprises a frame, two guiders, at least a ladder component, and a driving assembly. The driving assembly comprises a motor, a screw, a tube, a linkage component, and a cable. The tube has internal thread to engage with the screw. The linkage component couples with the tube, and the cable couples with the linkage component and the ladder component.
US09186540B2
A self-adjusting bolt action skewer clamp for a bicycle trainer includes a hollow, outer support member and an inner engagement member located inside the support member. The support member has a helical slot with a pocket at one end. The inner engagement member is attached to a handle via a carrier contained within a passage defined by the inner engagement member, and the handle can slide within the helical slot such that the inner engagement member will extend past the support member as the handle is rotated around the helical slot. Once it reaches the pocket, the handle will remain locked in place. The clamp tightens onto a rear axle of the bicycle. The spring allows the bicycle trainer to accommodate bicycles of various sizes without adjustment.
US09186535B2
A device for adjusting a length of a cord is disclosed. The device may include a body portion having a channel defined by first and second opposed walls shaped to receive a cord. Each of the first wall and the second wall may include at least one notch shaped to receive the cord in a direction provided at an angle to the channel.
US09186534B2
The present invention relates to a grid apparatus that is useful for the training of athletes in speed, agility, strength, plyometrics, balance, cardiovascular and other training exercise activities. The grid apparatus allows athletes to move forward, backward, side to side, and diagonal at multiple height settings. Specifically, the present invention relates to a grid apparatus that has the ability to be held tight and maintain its shape while on any athletic surface. More specifically, the present invention relates to a grid apparatus that may be suspended above the ground at specific heights. The grid apparatus includes, generally, one or more straps intersecting in a grid configuration and one or more stabilizers to functionally suspend the grid apparatus above the ground.
US09186532B2
The invention relates to an extinguishing device designed for local firefighting in buildings on site at the source of a fire, said extinguishing device having a nozzle device having an extinguishing unit comprising a plurality of extinguishing nozzles designed for applying an extinguishing agent at the location of the source of the fire and for decentralized arrangement in the building, further comprising at least one extinguishing agent container connected to the extinguishing nozzles in a fluid-communicating fashion, at least one pressure-generating device for applying the extinguishing agent via the extinguishing nozzles, and at least one fire alarm sensor. According to the invention, the pressure-generating device is designed to generate an application pressure of at least 10 bar on the extinguishing agent.
US09186519B2
The disclosure relates generally to wireless communication with an implantable medical device. An implantable medical device (IMD) may initiate the establishment of a communication session by sending a wakeup communication to an external device with which the IMD desires to communicate. The external device may operate in low power state (sometimes referred to as a sleep state or a low current state) in which the external device occasionally powers up telemetry circuitry to monitor for the wakeup communication from the IMD. Upon receiving the wakeup communication, the external device transitions from the low power state to a high power state to establish the communication session with the IMD. Operating the external device in the low power state when no communication session is established reduces the amount of power consumed by the external device when no telemetry is occurring, thus enabling the external device to be powered by a battery.
US09186518B2
A Medical Device Application (MDA) operates on the mobile device to temporarily configure it into a known secure configuration for use as an external controller, and to prevent operation of the mobile device inconsistent with this function. In particular, the MDA operates to (1) disable or reconfigure hardware modules, and/or (2) terminate or suspend software tasks, that might corrupt operation of the mobile device as an external controller. The MDA can comprise an application (“app”) that the patient can download onto his mobile device and run to initialize the mobile device into the known secure configuration. The MDA also preferably provides a graphical user interface to allow a user to communicate with the implantable medical device using the now-secure mobile device. After using the mobile device to communicate with the implantable medical device, the MDA can be exited and the mobile device returned to its original configuration.
US09186505B2
Transcranial electrostimulation is used to treat a number of ailments including depression and pain management amongst others. However, long term transcranial electrostimulation can lead to the hyperpolarization in the membrane of the post synaptic neurons reducing or eliminating the positive effects. Thus, by using a “white noise” (clock) generator and taking advantage of polarity inversions empirical evidence has shown this to reduce or prevent the negative effects associated with long term use of current transcranial devices and methods.
US09186504B2
Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus for treating a subject for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The apparatus includes an implant, an imaging device, and a control unit. In response to a set of training images received from the imaging device, the control unit learns an association between a position of a head of the subject and OSA of the subject. In response to the association, the control unit establishes, for an OSA-related parameter, at least two distinct thresholds corresponding to respective different head positions. Subsequently, at a second time, the control unit selects a threshold that corresponds to the position of the subject's head, and if the value of the OSA-related parameter passes the selected threshold, treats the subject for OSA by driving the implant to apply current to an anatomical site of the subject. Other applications are also described.
US09186502B2
A method and system for designing a therapy or for treating a condition associated with excess weight in a subject comprising applying a neural conduction block to the vagus nerve at a blocking site with the neural conduction block selected to at least partially block nerve impulses on the vagus nerve at the blocking site and administering a composition comprising an effective amount of an agent that alters the energy balance of the subject.
US09186494B2
A soft grip medical connector comprises a housing with an upstream end, a downstream end and a lumen extending through a central portion thereof. A flexible member comprises a valve portion integrally formed with a sleeve portion. The valve portion is positioned within a section of the housing and is configured to control a flow of fluid through the housing lumen. The sleeve is inverted to envelope at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing. In some embodiments the gripping portion is integrally formed with the valve portion. In some embodiments, the connector is also generally configured to create a positive pressure in a catheter lumen upon removal of a syringe or other medical device from the upstream end of the connector. Methods of making a medical fluid connector generally comprise forming a valve member with a sleeve extending there from, and assembling the valve, sleeve and housing.
US09186488B2
Inflatable medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The inflatable medical devices can be medical balloons. The balloons can be configured to have a through-lumen or no through-lumen and a wide variety of geometries. The device can have a high-strength, non-compliant, fiber-reinforced, multi-layered wall. The inflatable medical device can be used for angioplasty, kyphoplasty, percutaneous aortic valve replacement, or other procedures described herein.
US09186482B2
This invention relates to an elongate medical device, with a distal end to be advanced into the body of a patient and then withdrawn from the body, and an elongate shaft connecting the distal end with a proximal end that remains outside the body, the shaft extending in use through a hole in the skin of the body characterized by a slider, captivated on a portion of the length of the shaft, which is capable of lining the said hole, as the shaft is advanced and withdrawn relative to said hole and the slider in the hole, said slider having a maximum outer diameter that is substantially the same as or less than a maximum outer diameter of the distal end.
US09186478B2
A filling device for an anesthetic dispenser has a closing element (3) that can be inserted into the filler neck (2) and can again be removed from same in a simple manner. A bayonet catch is provided between the closing element (3) and the filler neck (2) combined with a ring seal (18). The a ring seal (18) can be pressed in an axial direction by axial rotation and has an elastically deformable spring element.
US09186463B2
A dosage control syringe includes a barrel, a plunger, an adjustable lock member supported along a guide (such as a track) that is disposed along or outside an outer wall of the syringe barrel, and a stop member coupled to the plunger or the lock member. The stop member is generally aligned between the adjustable lock member and a portion of the plunger so as to limit or preclude further movement of the plunger upon engagement of the stop member with both the lock member and the plunger. The plunger is stopped by the lock member, via the stop member, when the plunger has traveled a predetermined distance set by the lock member, the distance corresponding to a desired dosage of fluid from the syringe.
US09186458B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing (10) having opposite distal and proximal ends; a medicament container holder (15) with a medicament container (14), disposed within the housing, wherein the container has a front opening with or for a delivery member for delivering the medicament therethrough and at least a movable stopper (16); a drive unit comprising a power source (20) and a plunger rod (24), wherein said drive unit is arranged to be movable between a non-delivery state in which said power source is in a cocked state and a delivery state in which said power source acts on said plunger rod which in its turn acts on said stopper (16) for delivering a dose of medicament from said medicament container (14); retaining means operably connected to said drive unit, and capable of holding said drive unit in its non-delivery state; and activation means (36) operably connected to said retaining means, and capable of releasing said drive unit from its non-delivery state; wherein the device further comprises a delivery indication mechanism (56) comprising a flexible band (58) arranged with different indications (60), guide means (62, 67) arranged on the inner surface of the housing for storing and guiding said band, and an opening (64) in said housing through which said indications are visible; wherein said band comprises a first end connected to said drive unit such that when said drive unit is released from its non-delivery state, said band moves through said guide means.
US09186456B2
An alignment system for accurately setting the flow rate of a flow selector device, the system includes a flow selector device having a flow rate selection mechanism rotatable between a plurality of pre-selected positions; a knob providing a grip to rotate the flow rate selection mechanism, the knob having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and at least one registering element; and a cover movable between an open position providing access to the knob and a closed position restricting access to the knob, the cover further including at least one cover element that prevents closure when the registering element is misaligned with a pre-selected position.
