US09195566B2
An apparatus includes a network interface, memory, and a processor. The processor is coupled with the network interface and memory. The processor is configured to analyze a first set of data associated with a plurality of data sources. Analyzing the first set of data associated with the plurality of data sources determines a plurality of relationships among the first set of data. The processor is configured to store indications of the plurality of relationships among the first set of data. An indication of a relationship indicates a possible software defect. The processor is configured to generate rules based, at least in part, on the first set of data associated with a plurality of data sources. A rule indicates a possible software defect.
US09195562B2
An application under testing is initiated to record reactions of the application responsive to user input. If it is determined that the user input triggers an external process initiated by another program such that the other program precludes recording of the triggered reactions of the external process, an association with the external process is obtained.
US09195560B2
A device includes a retrieval unit that retrieves information regarding usage conditions including operating time periods indicating extents of utilizing corresponding plural functions included in a mobile station by a user; a storing unit that stores, for each of operating mode of the mobile station, average consumed current values for the corresponding plural functions; a calculating unit that calculates, for each of the operating modes, a battery usable time period by calculating an added value, the added value being obtained by adding a product of the average consumed current value for one of the functions and the operating time period of the one of the functions over the plural functions, and by dividing a capacity value of a battery included in the mobile station by the added value; and a display unit that displays the battery usable time periods to the user.
US09195553B2
The redundant system includes a redundant server of a first system and a redundant server of a second system. The redundant servers of the first system and the second system operate in lockstep. When a failure occurs in the redundant server of the second system, the redundant server of the first system separates the redundant server of the second system in which the failure has occurred and continues the operation, and then prepares for restoration to a duplexed operation with a configuration in which the failed part is fallen back. When the preparation is completed, both redundant servers of the first system and the second system start a lockstep operation from initialization processing by synchronous reset, and resume the duplexed operation with the configuration in which the failed part is fallen back.
US09195550B2
A method for checking program correctness may include executing a program on a main hardware thread in speculative execution mode on a hardware execution context on a chip having a plurality of hardware execution contexts. In this mode, the main hardware thread's state is not committed to main memory. Correctness checks by a plurality of helper threads are executed in parallel to the main hardware thread. Each helper thread runs on a separate hardware execution context on the chip in parallel with the main hardware thread. The correctness checks determine a safe point in the program up to which the operations executed by the main hardware thread are correct. Once the main hardware thread reaches the safe point, the mode of execution of the main hardware thread is switched to non-speculative. The runtime then causes the main thread to re-enter speculative mode of execution.
US09195534B2
A method for storing and propagating error information in computer programs, in which a globally valid error variable is used for storing and propagating the error information, wherein for each recognized error a nonzero value for the error is added to the error variable as error information with a respective stipulated arithmetic sign, and wherein the value is formed from a discrepancy in the content of a coded variable from an expected value. This combination and integration of a separate global propagation variable with values derived from an error, particularly by virtue of detected discrepancies in the known error recognition and propagation paths using operations and operands in “coded processing”, achieves an increased propagation certainty.
US09195531B2
A system and method for verifying that a processor design having caches conforms to a specific memory model. The caches might not be maintained coherent in real time. Specifically, the system and method make use of a checker that conforms to the memory model, a time-stamping scheme, and a store buffering scheme to identify a bug(s) in the processor design that violates the memory model and/or loads an incorrect value in response to a load instruction.
US09195527B2
A computer-implemented system and method for processing messages using native data serialization/deserialization without any transformation, in a service-oriented pipeline architecture is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment that includes serializing or deserializing the request/response message directly into the format (specific on-the-wire data format or a java object) the recipient expects (either a service implementation or a service consumer or the framework), without first converting into an intermediate format. This provides an efficient mechanism for the same service implementation to be accessed by exchanging messages using different data formats.
US09195526B2
The present specification provides application integration in networked computing devices. An embodiment includes a mobile computing device having a message application that includes a programming interface. The mobile computing device also has a second message application that creates a connection with the message application through the programming interface. Messages that are associated with the second message application can be accessed through the message application, with optional invocation of the second message application via the message application.
US09195525B2
A method and apparatus for generating a user interface comprising generating an interface information packet comprising user interface information readable by a script-based application, sending the interface information packet to a client device, and generating a user interface of the client device via a display engine in accordance with the interface information packet.
US09195520B2
An apparatus includes an application module to accept a file transfer request from a client application and a sendfile module, coupled to the application module, which is executable by a processor. The sendfile module assigns a first worker thread to transfer a requested file to the client application and detect an idle time of the first worker thread. In response to detecting the idle time, the sendfile module assigns the file transfer request to a shared poller thread shared by a plurality of file transfer requests and releases the first worker thread.
US09195518B1
A thin agent installed within a guest virtual machine (GVM) enables a service application to monitor events within the GVM and to perform certain system functions within the GVM. The thin agent maintains a distinct set of rules for selectively reporting system events to each different service application connected to the thin agent. A multiplexer executing within a virtualization software is configured to facilitate communication between a plurality of thin agents and a plurality of service applications. A services manager facilitates communication between new service applications and the thin agents. Each service application is able to advantageously add new functions to production GVMs without interrupting proper operation of the GVMs.
US09195505B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the use of hardware resources of a computer system by an application that is executed on an operating system comprising at least one application programming interface (API) that is executed on this computer system, using an executable piece of code adapted for being injected into a process belonging to the application. The method comprises: redirecting an API service to a corresponding service comprised in the piece of code; intercepting the call from the process to the API service; and acting on a software entity belonging to the process being executed on the basis of the interception of the call from the process to the API service.
US09195491B2
A controller of a network control system for configuring several middlebox instances is described. The middlebox instances implement a middlebox in a distributed manner in several hosts. The controller configures, in a first host, a first middlebox instance to receive a notification from a migration module before a virtual machine (VM) running in the first host migrates to a second host and to send middlebox state related to the VM to the migration module.
US09195486B2
Observation and analysis based optimization of software code is disclosed. An expected value is chosen for a dynamic attribute that cannot be determined, prior to execution of the associated software code, to be guaranteed to have that expected value at runtime. An optimized version of the software code is generated, including one or more optimizations based on an assumption that the dynamic attribute will have the expected value. Non-exhaustive examples of a dynamic attribute include a variable type; a location in memory; a location in which a global object, property, or variable is stored; the contents of a global function or method; and a value of a global property or variable. A check is performed during execution of the optimized version of the software code, prior to executing the portion that has been optimized based on the assumption, to verify that the dynamic attribute has the expected value. In the event that it is determined at runtime that the dynamic attribute does not have the expected value, execution reverts to backup code that is not based on the assumption that dynamic attribute will have the expected value.
US09195481B2
A user terminal for running a plurality of applications simultaneously is disclosed. In the method for running a plurality of applications simultaneously in accordance with the present invention, a first application is run in a foreground mode in accordance with an inputted first operation start command, and then the operation mode of the first application is switched to a background mode if a mode conversion command is inputted. Then, a second application in accordance with an inputted second operation start command can be run in the foreground mode. With the present invention, a plurality of applications can be run simultaneously in a separate operation mode, maximizing the convenience of the user.
US09195479B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing selective notifications. In one aspect, a method includes receiving code for a web application, the code including a reference to a native application equivalent to the web application, and determining whether to display a notification regarding the native application equivalent to the web application, then selectively displaying the notification regarding the native application equivalent to the web application based on the determination.
US09195478B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a detecting section configured to detect information concerning a sheet, a control section configured to set image guidance according to a result of the detection by the detecting section, and a display section configured to display the image guidance set by the control section.
US09195477B1
The disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for Web applications developed using a client-side scripting language such as ECMAScript®, JavaScript®, ActionScript®, Jscript®, or the like and, more particularly, to a system with a methodology for more easily customizing the functionality of such Web applications for different types of computing devices and a methodology for deep linking and browser history support for such Web applications.
US09195476B2
Provided are a system and method for software obfuscation for transforming a program from a first form to more secure form that is resistant to static and dynamic attacks. The method utilizes a sophisticated pre-analysis step to comprehend the function-call structure, the function-call layout, and the entire function call graph of the program, in order to determine strategic points in the program for changing the program. This provides resistance to static attacks by transforming the original function-call layout to a new layout. Changing the layout may include changing the function boundaries. The method also provides resistance to static attacks by transforming the original function-call structure to a new structure to be able to self modify as the transformed program executes in memory. Changing the function-call structure may include modifying when and how functions are called, and/or choosing random paths of execution that lead to the same result.
US09195474B2
A print control device, a control method of a print control device, and a recording medium storing a program enable easily configuring a peripheral device connected to a printer. A POS terminal that configures peripheral devices connected to a receipt printer has a device configuration selection unit for selecting a configuration of peripheral devices; and a device configuration screen display unit that displays a configuration screen for the peripheral devices based on the selected device configuration. Because a configuration screen for a peripheral device that is not connected to the receipt printer (a configuration screen that is not needed) is not displayed, the risk of creating confusion regarding the configuration of a peripheral device for the user can be reduced.
US09195470B2
An approach is presented for managing resources of a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). At runtime, first data is extracted and processed. At runtime and via a very high speed integrated circuit hardware description language (VHDL) interface, a change in a size, a structure, or a load schedule of next data is received. The change is determined by a quantitative method analyzing the first data and executing external to the FPGA. At runtime, a first bootstrap code in the FPGA executes, and in response, other bootstrap codes in the FPGA are updated. The first bootstrap code is configured to update the structure of the next data. The other bootstrap codes are configured to extract and process, and to determine an order of processing and a configuration of the next data. The next data is extracted and processed based on the updated other bootstrap codes.
US09195465B2
Responsive to execution of a computer instruction in a current translation window, state indicators associated with a cache line accessed for the execution may be modified. The state indicators may include: a first indicator to indicate whether the computer instruction is a load instruction moved from a subsequent translation window into the current translation window, a second indicator to indicate whether the cache line is modified in a cache responsive to the execution of the computer instruction, a third indicator to indicate whether the cache line is speculatively modified in the cache responsive to the execution of the computer instruction, a fourth indicator to indicate whether the cache line is speculatively loaded by the computer instruction, a fifth indicator to indicate whether a core executing the computer instruction exclusively owns the cache line, and a sixth indicator to indicate whether the cache line is invalid.
US09195464B2
Described embodiments provide a method of controlling processing flow in a network processor having one or more processing modules. A given one of the processing modules loads a script into a compute engine. The script includes instructions for the compute engine. The given one of the processing modules loads a register file into the compute engine. The register file includes operands for the instructions of the loaded script. A tracking vector of the compute engine is initialized to a default value, and the compute engine executes the instructions of the loaded script based on the operands of the loaded register file. The compute engine updates corresponding portions of the register file with updated data corresponding to the executed script. The tracking vector tracks the updated portions of the register file. The compute engine provides the tracking vector and the updated register file to the given one of the processing modules.
US09195460B1
Systems and methods for compiling programs using condition codes and executing those programs when non-numeric values are present allow for explicit handling of non-numeric values. In addition to the conventional condition code values of positive, negative, and zero, a fourth value may be encoded, not a number (NaN) representing a non-numeric value. New condition tests are defined that explicitly account for condition code values of NaN. A compiler may produce code using the new condition tests to represent if and if-else statements. The code including the new condition tests generates deterministic results during execution when non-numeric values are present.
US09195458B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a computerized method of analyzing code of a software program for dominance relationships between a plurality of functions of the software program, the method comprising: receiving source code of a software program, the source code having a plurality of functions; identifying a plurality of intraprocedural dominator graphs each for another of the plurality of functions; combining the plurality of intraprocedural dominator graphs to create an interprocedural dominance graph with edges that logically connect between nodes of the plurality of functions; identifying a plurality of interprocedural dominance relations between nodes in different functions of the plurality of functions using the interprocedural dominance graph; and analyzing the software program according to the plurality of interprocedural dominance relations.
US09195452B2
Migrating a data-processing entity from a source software image installed on a mass memory of the data-processing entity to a target software image stored on an external source. A portion of mass memory is released. Memory blocks stored in boot locations of the target software image are relocated to the released portion, including memory blocks required to boot the data-processing entity to load a streaming function for downloading the target software image from the external source. The data-processing entity is booted from the boot blocks, thereby loading the streaming function. Each request for reading a selected memory block of the target software image is served by the streaming function, which downloads the selected memory block from the external source and stores it into the released portion when the selected memory block is not available in the mass memory, or retrieves the selected memory block from the mass memory.
US09195451B2
A server system and an updating method of firmware are provided, and the updating method includes: acquiring a configuration file which includes firmware packet data which corresponds to a node in the server system; sending a notification signal to a web server of the node described in the configuration file; acquiring a version annotation and update package data in the configuration file according to the notification signal; storing the version annotation and the update package data to obtain file paths of the version annotation and the update package data; and selectively installing the update package data to the node according to internet protocol addresses of the file paths and the node.
US09195450B2
Techniques for guaranteeing that a software program is executed on a machine only during designated periods of time are provided. Service windows define time periods during which software programs targeted to execute on a machine are allowed to execute on the machine. On the machine, the service windows work in conjunction with a client process that is executing on the machine to guarantee execution of the software programs by the client process only during available service windows.
US09195446B2
Certain example embodiments relate to computer-implemented methods enabling the enforcement of design-time policies during runtime in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The SOA includes SOA assets (e.g., web services), and at least one runtime container configured to enforce runtime policies on SOA assets executed therein. Example methods may include: obtaining at least one design-time policy from a SOA registry, the at least one design-time policy applying to SOA assets grouped into a design-time domain; automatically deriving at least one runtime policy from the at least one design-time policy and at least one runtime domain from the design-time domain, the runtime domain indicating at least one runtime container; performing a compatibility check to determine whether the at least one runtime policy is enforceable by the at least one runtime container; and depending on the compatibility check, automatically deploying the at least one runtime policy to the runtime container.
US09195444B2
In a compiler apparatus, a memory unit stores a first code including a loop having a first arithmetic expression including a first variable that refers to a result of K iterations previous calculation. A transformation unit develops the first arithmetic expression into a second arithmetic expression not including the first variable, using a second variable that refers to a result of K+1 iterations or more previous calculation, compares an execution time for executing the loop on the basis of the first arithmetic expression with an execution time for executing the loop in which the calculations of Jth and J+Kth iterations of the loop are executed in parallel on the basis of the second arithmetic expression, and decides based on the comparison result whether to transform the first code into a second code including a parallel processing instruction for executing the Jth and J+Kth iterations in parallel.
US09195436B2
The techniques and/or systems described herein implement parallel processing of a dynamic programming problem across stages and/or clusters by breaking dependencies between stages and/or clusters. For instance, the techniques and/or systems may identify dependencies between sub-problems of the dynamic programming problem and group the sub-problems into stages. The techniques and/or systems may also group the stages into clusters (e.g., at least two clusters to be parallel processed). Then, the techniques and/or systems generate one or more solutions to use instead of actual solutions so that the dynamic programming problem can be parallel processed across stages and/or clusters.
US09195432B2
Embodiments are provided for causing a playback device to pre-cache audio content in anticipation that a user will provide input to cause the playback device to render the audio content. The playback device may be configured to detect, using a proximity sensor on the playback device, movement in relation to the playback device, responsively retrieve audio content by the playback device from a networked audio source, prior to receiving a user command to play the audio content, storing the audio content in memory on the playback device, and cause the playback device to render the audio content upon receiving the user command. The audio content that may be pre-cached may be local audio content stored, on a local memory storage device, network audio content stored on a remote memory storage device, and accessed over a network, or streaming content retrieved over the Internet.
US09195426B2
In a data processing system, an output surface, such as frame to be displayed, is generated as a plurality of respective regions with each respective region of the output surface being generated from a respective region or regions of one or more input surfaces. When a new version of the output surface is to be generated 80, for each region of the output surface it is determined which region or regions of the input surface or surfaces contribute to the region of the output surface 84 and then checked whether the contributing region or regions of the input surface or surfaces have changed since the previous version of the output surface region was generated 85. If there has been a change in the contributing region or regions of the input surface or surfaces since the previous version of the region in the output surface was generated 86, the region of the output surface is regenerated 87.
US09195420B2
In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to request a mobile device ID (identification) from a mobile device, generate a secure key from the mobile device ID, attach the secure key to a print job to create a secure print job, and send the secure print job to a printer.
US09195415B2
An apparatus includes a processing unit and memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to provide an application tool and a generation section. The application tool is configured to edit a print condition based on print functional information relating to print functions provided with a printer. The generation section is configured to generate print setting information including a first print condition and a second print condition. The generating section generates the first print condition in a form so as to be editable by the application tool and generates the second print condition including at least a part of the first print condition in a form so as not to be editable by the application tool. The print data producing section is configured to produce print data based on the print setting information including the first print condition that has been edited by the application tool and the second print condition.
US09195411B2
A method and apparatus for obtaining the size of a file of save data created by a computer game device. Save operations by the computer game device and a personal computer device are performed on an SD memory card, and the size of the file of save data is determined based on the two save operations.
US09195406B2
Multiple segment operations having non-volatile state trackers in memory devices are disclosed. Operations are segmented in multiple segments and selectively performed to avoid violating timing requirements within a memory device. In at least one embodiment, a memory device operation is segmented into a plurality of segments and selectively performed within time frames of other memory device operations. Non-volatile state trackers maintain state values corresponding to each segment of multiple segmented operations.
US09195405B2
Storing data records within a log data store is provided. The log data store that stores data records within a plurality of successive non-disjoint layers inserted across a plurality of different types of data storage devices associated with a data processing system is generated. A first non-disjoint layer of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a main memory device. A set of intermediate non-disjoint layers of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a set of storage-class memory devices. A last non-disjoint layer of the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is inserted within a hard disk drive. A size of each successive non-disjoint layer in the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers is increased exponentially. The data records are organized into the plurality of successive non-disjoint layers of the log data store inserted across the plurality of different types of data storage devices.
US09195404B2
Mechanisms for exposing a protected memory address are provided. A processing device may store a data value at a protected memory address. The protected memory address may be a control register or a status register. The processing device may identify a mirror relationship between the protected memory address and an unprotected memory address and copy the data value from the protected memory address to the unprotected memory address. The unprotected memory address may be directly accessible via an external interface.
US09195400B1
Techniques for improved snapshot data management for modeling and migration planning associated with data storage systems and datacenters. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A plurality of types of representation of states of a system are generated, data from the system is imported to a first type of representation, and a second type of representation is updated, via the first type of representation, with the imported data, wherein modeling is capable of being performed in the second type of representation, and not capable of being performed in the first type of representation.
US09195398B2
An information storage device includes a storage unit to which a storage region is assigned, a first management information storage unit that stores address information indicating an address range of the storage region in association with identification information identifying the storage region, and a processor that executes a procedure that includes acquiring the address information corresponding to the identification information from the first management information storage unit and accesses the storage region corresponding to the address information and rewriting the identification information stored in the first management information storage unit.
US09195397B2
A recovery unit for recovering data includes an antenna and a first wireless transceiver. The first wireless transceiver is configured to communicate via the antenna only with a second wireless transceiver of a storage unit that holds records associated with the data. When an event damaging at least some of the data occurs and the recovery unit is brought into proximity with the storage unit, the recovery unit receives the records from the storage unit for recovery of the data.
US09195395B1
An apparatus, computer program product, and associated method/processing unit are provided for utilizing a memory subsystem including NAND flash memory and dynamic random access memory. Further included is a first circuit for receiving DDR signals and converting the DDR signals to SATA signals. The first circuit includes embedded dynamic random access memory. Also provided is a second circuit for receiving the SATA signals and converting the SATA signals to NAND flash signals. The second circuit is communicatively coupled to the first circuit via a first memory bus associated with a SATA protocol, the NAND flash memory via a second memory bus associated with a NAND flash protocol, and the dynamic random access memory.
US09195392B2
A distributed data storage method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: splitting a data file to generate K data slices, splitting each data slice of the K data slices to generate M data blocks for each data slice, and performing check coding on the M data blocks by using a redundancy algorithm to generate N check blocks; determining, by using a random algorithm, a first physical storage node corresponding to one block of the M data blocks and the N check blocks, and determining at least M+1 different physical storage nodes based on the determined first physical storage node and according to a first rule-based sorting manner; and storing at least M+1 blocks of the M data blocks and the N check blocks onto the at least M+1 different storage nodes, where K, M, and N are integers.
US09195391B2
An adjustment control user interface usable through a user interface such as a touchscreen. The adjustment control includes elongated gesture zones stacked in a stacking direction so that: (i) gesture movement in the elongation direction will adjust the value of an adjustment variable; and (ii) gesture movement in the stacking direction from one stacked gesture zone to another will change the identity of the current adjustment variable and/or the adjustment granularity of the current adjustment variable.
US09195374B1
Statistics of a distributed computing system are managed to identify and/or provide percentile data associated with the managed statistics. In some examples, percentiles associated with performance data of the computing system may be calculated. Based at least in part on a factor associated with the performance data, one or more of the calculated percentiles may be selected. Additionally, in some examples, graph data for at least a portion of the selected percentiles may be provided.
US09195366B2
The present disclosure relates to an operational program of a numerical control machine, which includes: a main menu in which main menus including a tool management menu and a tool setting menu are arranged; a detail information in which the list of tools mounted on a machine tool is outputted, when the tool management menu is selected from the main menu; a preview that displaying the machining state of a material on the basis of the information inputted through the main menu; and a function selection in which function selection icons for selecting and adding new tools are arranged, in which when the tool management tool is selected from the main menu, “register new tool item” is shown up on the function selection icons, and the function selection icon for selecting a new tool is selected, a tool database including characters, symbols, and images for tool lists is outputted in the detail information in accordance with a machining method so that a new tool can be registered.
US09195349B2
An apparatus comprising: at least one proximity detector configured to disambiguate different user actuations proximal to the proximity detector; wherein, the apparatus is configured to use the at least one proximity detector in a high definition mode to disambiguate a first set of user actuations and wherein, the apparatus is configured to use, in response to detection of a first criteria, the at least one proximity detector in a low definition mode to disambiguate a second, smaller set of user actuations.
US09195342B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a sensor circuit capable of processing a second input signal received via a sensing line by using a demodulation path for performing a demodulation operation or processing the second input signal by using a non-demodulation path that does not perform the demodulation operation, according to a level of a first input signal, for example, a noise signal, received via the sensing line.
US09195339B2
The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved performance. Specifically, the devices and methods provide the ability to determine object information for objects causing rigid motion on a capacitive sensor device. In one embodiment, the device and method is configured to determine an estimated rigid motion response associated with a substantially rigid motion of the at least one sensing electrode using a set of sensor values, where the substantially rigid motion was caused by one or more objects in contact with the input surface. The estimated rigid motion response at least partially accounts for effects of capacitive coupling with the object(s) in contact with the input surface. The device and method may determine object information using the estimated rigid motion response. Where the input device is used to direct an electronic system, the object information may be used to facilitate a variety of interface actions.
US09195329B2
These needs, and others, are met by at least one embodiment of the disclosed invention which provides for a touch sensitive screen for an electronic device wherein there is a sparse pattern of sensors disposed within the active area and a dense pattern of sensors disposed within the viewing area. In this configuration, the pixels in the active area may have a larger aspect ratio and provide a more pleasing image while the dense sensors disposed within the viewing area provide more accurate touch sensitivity. Further, the software, or other electronics, used to create the image, may be structured to position menus or other selectable images adjacent to the viewing area. Similarly, certain images, such as icons, can be programmed to be displayed directly under the sensors in the active area. Generally, this configuration provides for the best of both worlds; a bright, clear image with some touch sensitivity in the active area and a sensitive sensor grid in the viewing area where there are no pixels.
US09195327B2
The present invention provides a touch panel with features enabling the external form to be downsized without degrading a detection accuracy of a touch input area and applying an electric voltage to a pair of the electrodes and detecting the output electric voltages inverting the polarity of the voltage. A touch panel of the present invention uses the principle of Apollonius' circle for the touch position detection. Said touch panel is fabricated so that two substrates having a transparent conductive film thereon are place in a manner that said each transparent conductive film is facing each other. A first substrate has one electrode and a second substrate has two pairs of point electrodes. Said two pairs of the point electrodes are arranged in a circumference region of said second substrate. An insulation layer is formed in said circumference region excluding the region where said two pairs of the point electrodes are formed, and wirings extracting said two pairs of the electrodes outwards are formed on said insulation layer and arranged in the region inner than said two pairs of point electrodes are formed.
US09195306B2
Methods and systems involving a virtual window in a head-mounted display (HMD) are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may be configured to: (i) receive head-movement data that is indicative of head movement; (ii) cause an HMD to operate in a first mode in which the HMD is configured to: (a) simultaneously provide a virtual window and a physical-world view in the HMD; (b) display, in the virtual window, a portion of a media item that corresponds to a field of view; (c) determine movement of the field of view; and (d) update the portion of the media item that is displayed in the virtual window; (iii) receive mode-switching input data and responsively cause the HMD to switch between the first mode and a second mode; and (iv) responsive to the mode-switching input data, cause the HMD to operate in the second mode.
US09195300B2
An electronic device includes a storage unit, a capturing unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of files, and a relationship table between facial expressions and the plurality of files. The processing unit includes a controlling module, a facial image acquiring module, a facial expression identifying module, a file acquiring module and a file playing module. The controlling module controls the capturing unit to capture a predetermined number of facial images. The facial image acquiring module acquires a clear facial image from the predetermined number of facial images. The facial expression identifying module identifies a facial expression of the clear facial image. The file acquiring module identifies whether there is at least one of the files matching with the identified facial expression, and acquires the at least one matching file. The file playing module opens and/or plays the at least matching file.
US09195292B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores and power management logic. The power management logic may be to, in response to a first break event during a reduced power state in the processor, set an exit timer based on a platform latency tolerance, block a first plurality of break events from interrupting the reduced power state, and in response to a expiration of the exit timer, terminate the reduced power state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09195290B2
A computer-implemented navigational method includes transmitting, from a mobile computing device to a computer server system, data that can be used to determine a start point and an end point of a trip. The method also includes receiving navigational information defining a route between the start point and the end point, and a plurality of digital photographic images that have previously been taken along the route, sensing motion of the mobile computing device along the route, and displaying updated images from the plurality of images that substantially match a geographic position of the mobile computing device along the route.
US09195289B2
Apparatuses and methods relating to interfacing and controlling external batteries are described. In one embodiment, an external battery is integrated with a touch screen display. In one embodiment, the external battery provides an infrared communication link with a detachable device or system controller. In one embodiment, the external battery touch screen interface provides data received from a detachable device or system controller.
US09195281B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to integrated modular display systems. In one embodiment, a modular multi-panel display system includes a mechanical support structure, and a plurality of LED display panels detachably mounted to the mechanical support structure so as to form an integrated display panel. Each LED panel includes an LED array and an LED driver coupled to the LED array. Each panel further includes a power supply unit disposed outside the housing and electrically coupled to the receiver circuit. The mechanical structure is configured to provide mechanical support to the plurality of LED display panels without providing hermetic sealing. Each of the plurality of LED display panels is hermetically sealed.
US09195280B2
The present invention discloses a case fastening device, which is applied to a case. The handle and the plate member are respectively pivotally coupled to two ends of the base by a first pivotal element and a second pivotal element, and rotatable above the base. Two ends of the metallic buckle are respectively snap-fitted to the handle and the plate member. The bayonet bolts are fixed on the plate member. While the user presses down the handle, the metallic buckle actuates the plate member to rotate above the base, and let the-bolts be inserted into the second through-hole of the base and the first through-hole of the case, whereby the bayonet bolts are mounted to the case. While the user lifts up the handle, the bolts are withdrawn from the first through-hole and the second through-hole, whereby the bolts are dismounted from the case.
US09195279B2
A docking sleeve has an elastomeric protective cover, or skin, adapted for partially enveloping a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone or tablet or another portable electronic device of the prior art having a port for a docking connector. The protective cover is a sheath molded of a suitable elastic or flexibly resilient elastomer in a size and shape to fit over and closely conform to the particular portable electronic device so that the cover fits the device like a surgical glove. An adapter is provided for electrically connecting to the female input/output socket of the particular electronic device, including a male plug having a plurality of electrical connectors extended internally of the sheath and arranged for mating with the female input/output socket of the device, and a plurality of contacts electrically coupled to different ones of the plurality of electrical connectors and exposed externally of the sheath.
US09195274B2
The present invention relates to a lock device, which comprises a first lever and a third lever pivoted on a frame, and the first lever is pivoted with a second lever. When a first machine body inserted in the insertion device is desired to be removed, the third lever can buckle an unlocked lock member thereby preventing returning and allowing the first machine body to be easily removed; when the first machine body is inserted, the second lever drives the third lever to release the lock member for buckling and fastening the first machine body, then the third lever can be released and recovered through the second lever thereby allowing another cycle of buckling the unlocked lock member to be processed; as such, through continuously releasing of the levers in cycle, operations of inserting and removing the first machine body are more smooth and simplified.
US09195270B2
A display device includes a cover having an inner surface, and a clamping unit provided on the inner surface and having two spaced-apart clamping arms. A display panel includes a protruding portion protruding from a frame thereof, corresponding in position to the clamping unit, and formed with a through hole. The bezel includes a through hole formed in a bezel body thereof and registered with the through hole in the protruding portion. The shock absorbing positioner includes a positioning post protruding from a pad body thereof. The positioning post extends through the through holes in the bezel body and the protruding portion, and is clamped between the clamping arms, thereby fixing together the bezel, the display panel and the cover.
US09195267B2
A docking station suitable for a portable device is provided. The docking station includes a base, a pivot assembly, a supporting board and an electrical connection module. The base includes a circuit board, wherein the circuit board has a ring-shaped circuit. The pivot assembly is pivotally connected to the base along a first axis. The supporting board is connected to the pivot assembly and adapted to support the portable device. The supporting board is rotated relative to the base when the pivot assembly is rotated along the first axis. The electrical connection module includes an electrical connection component and a plurality of connecting terminals. The electrical connection component is fixed on the pivot assembly and contacted with the ring-shaped circuit. The connecting terminals are fixed on the pivot assembly and connected to the electrical connection component. The portable device is adapted to be connected to the connecting terminals.
US09195251B2
In various embodiments a circuit arrangement is provided which may include: a first AC input node and a second AC input node; a first electronic switching device coupled between the first AC input node and an output node; a second electronic switching device coupled between the second AC input node and the output node; an inductor coupled between the first electronic switching device and the second electronic switching device; a controller configured to control the first electronic switching device and the second electronic switching device to, in a first mode, provide a first current path from the first AC input node to the output node via the inductor in a first current flow direction through the inductor; and, in a second mode, provide a second current path from the second AC input node to the output node via the inductor in a second current flow direction through the inductor, the second current flow direction being different from the first current flow direction.
US09195249B2
An adaptive phase-lead compensation (zero) circuit is disclosed that can be added to a circuit (e.g., a CMOS-based LDO) to ease the compensation and increase the phase margin of the circuit. By using the disclosed adaptive phase-lead compensation circuit, an adjustable resistance can be connected to any nodes in the compensated circuit rather than just to the voltage source (VDD) or ground (GND), allowing the Miller Effect to be used via a Miller capacitor.
US09195237B2
A method and system of facilitating development of fluids having a variety of elemental compositions are disclosed. A graphical user interface allows user interaction with a lab deposition system to control fluid drop ejection of fluids through multiple nozzles. Fluid drop ejection and drop formation can vary from fluid to fluid, and require adjustments to waveform parameters of a drive pulse applied to the multiple nozzles. The system implements a drop watcher camera system to capture real-time still and video images of fluid drops as they exit the multiple nozzles. The captured drop formation of the fluid drops are displayed to the user, and based on the images the waveform parameters are adjusted and customized specific for individual fluid. In addition to adjusting the drive pulse that effects fluid drop ejection, a tickle pulse can also be adjusted and customize to prevent clogging of the nozzles.
US09195228B2
Methods of monitoring data generated by a device adapted for use in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment are described and disclosed herein. The method creates a historic record of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process and provides it to an end user or a plurality of end users. Consequently, the methods provide a means to track the frequency of hazards associated with said device and thereby perform quality control on an integrated level whereby a pharmaceutical manufacturer can ensure data and product integrity and minimize cost.
US09195226B2
In an example embodiment, apparatus for detecting position drift in a machine operation using a robot arm, the robot arm being for operation on a semiconductor substrate, the robot arm and the semiconductor substrate being configured for relative movement therebetween, the apparatus includes an input for receiving an input signal from a sensor mounted on the robot arm; a detector for detecting, from the input signal, a detection of there being a predefined distance between the robot arm and the semiconductor substrate; wherein the apparatus is configured to determine, from the detection, whether there has been position drift.
US09195223B2
A motor controller includes a position speed estimation section and a control section. The position speed estimation section outputs a motor estimated position and a motor estimated speed based on a position estimated error, which is a difference between a motor position of a motor and the motor estimated position. An observer modifier outputs an observer modification value based on the position estimated error. A nonlinear compensator outputs a compensation torque based on the position estimated error. An operator outputs an operation value based on the observer modification value and the compensation torque. A motor model outputs the motor estimated position and the motor estimated speed based on the operation value. The control section outputs a torque command based on the motor estimated position, the motor estimated speed, and a position command to control the motor.
US09195217B2
Watch cannon-pinion including a first bore for receiving a pivot-shank including, on either side of a recess, a first shoulder and a second shoulder.This cannon-pinion is made in two parts and includes, on the one hand, a body comprising internally the first bore and externally a support shoulder, and on the other hand, a shape memory alloy ring including a second bore, and, in the free state, the second bore has a larger diameter than that of the support shoulder when the ring is in a martensitic structure, and a smaller diameter than that of the support shoulder when the ring is in an austenitic structure.
US09195211B2
A process cartridge configured to be removably mounted on an apparatus body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive unit including a photosensitive drum; a developing unit including a developing roller configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum, and configured to be rotatably coupled with the photosensitive unit around only a single center of rotation at one end side of the process cartridge in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum; and a link member provided at the other end side of the process cartridge in the axial direction, and configured to be rotatably coupled with the photosensitive unit and the developing unit and promote relative movement between the developing roller and the photosensitive drum.
US09195209B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a plurality of image forming units arranged to align along a direction orthogonal to rotation axes of photosensitive drums; a first frame made of resin and arranged on one side of the photosensitive drums along the direction of rotation axes to support the plurality of image forming units; a first beam made of metal, formed in an elongated shape longitudinally along a direction to intersect with the aligning direction, and arranged along and fixed to a planar face of the first frame; and a second beam formed in an elongated shape extending along the aligning direction, arranged along the planar face of the first frame to intersect with the first beam, and fixed to the planar face of the first frame, is provided. Rigidity of the first beam is higher than rigidity of the second beam.
US09195203B2
A cleaning member includes a body and an edge. The body has rubber hardness of about 68 to 75 degrees and is fixed to a support member at one end of the body. The body has a plate-like shape in which a corner portion of the body is missing. The edge is provided at the corner portion and fits into it. The edge is in contact with a subject to be cleaned and has a thickness of about 0.1 to 1 mm. The cleaning member satisfies the following conditions: 80≦y≦90; y≧−40x+95; and y≦−40x+110 where x denotes a ratio of a length of the edge in a predetermined direction to a length of a portion of the body which is not fixed to the support member in the predetermined direction, and y denotes rubber hardness of the edge.
US09195202B2
An image forming apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a main body, a developing unit for forming an visible image, a transfer unit for transferring the visible image formed by the developing unit onto a recording medium, the transfer unit being disposed in the main body, a tray loaded with the developing unit and installed to be inserted or withdrawn into or from the main body, a power supply unit for supplying a power supply to the developing unit, the power supply unit being disposed in the main body, and a conductive member that is connected to the power supply unit, intersects an insertion or withdrawal direction of the tray, and directly contacts an electrical contact portion of the developing unit.
US09195197B2
A bookbinding control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires print data including post-processing-not-required pages requiring no post-processing and post-processing-required pages requiring post-processing, a first accumulation controller that performs control so as to accumulate sheets with the printed post-processing-not-required pages in a first accumulation unit, and a bookbinding controller that performs control so as to perform bookbinding after the sheets with the printed post-processing-not-required pages in the first accumulation unit and the post-processing-required pages subjected to the post-processing are accumulated in an accumulation unit of a bookbinding device in a prescribed order, wherein the post-processing-not-required pages subjected to the post-processing are accumulated in a second accumulation unit different from the first accumulation unit.
US09195188B2
A fixing device is provided with a fixing belt, a fixing roller inserted inside the fixing belt, a pressure roller that is pressed against the fixing belt, a coil that generates magnetic flux for induction heating of the fixing belt, and a belt regulating plate that is disposed at a side of an end surface of the fixing roller in a predetermined direction and regulates movement of the fixing belt in the predetermined direction. The belt regulating plate has a multi-layer structure including a resin plate disposed at a fixing belt side and a nonmagnetic metal plate disposed at a side opposite to the fixing belt side.
US09195180B2
An image heating apparatus includes: a rotatable heating member; a belt unit including an endless belt configured to heat the rotatable heating member, and a supporting portion configured to rotatably support an inner surface of the endless belt; a contact portion configured to contact a widthwise edge of the endless belt; an urging portion configured to urge the contact portion toward the widthwise edge of the endless belt; a detecting portion configured to detect, that the endless belt is out of a predetermined zone, depending on a position of the contact portion; a tilting portion configured to tilt the belt unit in a direction of causing the endless belt to return into the predetermined zone on the basis of an output of the detecting portion; and a retracting portion configured to retract the contact portion from the endless belt against an urging force of the urging portion.
US09195177B2
A belt driving device includes first and second steering rollers to stretch an endless belt, first and second pivoting mechanisms, and first and second detecting members to detect a position of the belt A first setting portion sets first and second pivoting instruction values through which the first and second steering rollers are pivoted in the same direction, and a second setting portion sets third and fourth pivoting instruction values through which the first and second steering rollers are pivoted in the opposite directions. A controller pivots the first steering roller by the first pivoting mechanism on the basis of an addition value of the first pivoting instruction value and the third pivoting instruction value, and pivots the second steering roller by the second pivoting mechanism on the basis of an addition value of the second pivoting instruction value and the fourth pivoting instruction value.
US09195173B2
A developing device includes a developer bearer to carry by rotation developer to a development range facing a latent image bearer, a developer container to contain developer and having a pressure-release vent to discharge air from the developer container to outside the developing device, and a filter provided to the pressure-release vent to inhibit developer from being discharged through the pressure-release vent. The filter includes a porous fluoroplastic film.
US09195168B2
A developing device includes a developer carrier that has a cylindrical shape and that rotates while carrying developer to supply the developer to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a container that contains the developer carrier, and a discharge-path forming member that is provided along an outer peripheral surface of the developer carrier, that covers a top portion of a path along which the outer peripheral surface moves, the top portion being located at an uppermost position of the path, and that forms a discharge path, through which air is discharged from inside of the container to outside of the container, between the discharge-path forming member and an inner wall surface of the container, the discharge path having an outlet located closer to the developer carrier than the top portion.
US09195162B2
A cover member to be attached to a housing including a bottom portion and a side wall, the cover member including: a closing surface configured to close an opening surrounded by the side wall; at least three protruding portions protruding from the closing surface so as to be located on an inside of the housing; and a protection portion configured to protect a circuit board fixed to the side wall, the protection portion having: a first opposed portion opposed to the circuit board and provided to stand on the closing surface; a second opposed portion opposed to the circuit board and protruding with respect to the first opposed portion away from the circuit board; and a connecting portion configured to connect the first opposed portion and the second opposed portion, wherein a length of the at least three protruding portions is larger than a length of the first opposed portion.
US09195161B2
An angle formed between a first beam light ray D1 and a second beam light ray D2 is θ12, an angle formed between the second beam light ray D2 and a third beam light ray D3 is θ23, and an angle formed between the third beam light ray D3 and a fourth beam light ray D4 is θ34, where the first, second, third, and fourth beam light rays D1, D2, D3, and D4 have been reflected by a reflective surface of a rotating polygon mirror, θ23 is the smallest, of the three angles, that is, θ12, θ23, and θ34.
US09195149B2
Several embodiments of photolithography systems and associated methods of overlay error correction are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for correcting overlay errors in a photolithography system includes measuring a plurality of first overlay errors that individually correspond to a microelectronic substrate in a first batch of microelectronic substrates. The method also includes determining a relationship between the first overlay errors and a first sequence of the microelectronic substrates in the first batch. The method further includes correcting a second overlay error of individual microelectronic substrates in a second batch based on a second sequence of the microelectronic substrates in the second batch and the determined relationship.
US09195142B2
Lithography masks, lithography systems, methods of manufacturing lithography masks, methods of altering material layers of semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lithography mask includes a first pattern for at least one material layer of at least one die, the first pattern being oriented in a first position. The lithography mask includes a second pattern for at least one material layer of the at least one die, the second pattern being oriented in a second position. The second position is different than the first position.
US09195128B2
In a lithographic apparatus, a scanning mechanism is coarse compared with precise patterns to be exposed onto a substrate. In order to ensure that the image and the substrate are aligned at some point in time, an oscillation is imparted to either the substrate table, or to a device that aligns the image, such as a mask table. The oscillation frequency is chosen to compliment a maximum alignment error. The frequency of a radiation pulse is arranged to coincide with the image and the substrate being most accurately aligned. The radiation pulse of the image may be timed to coincide with the alignment without the use of the imparted oscillation.
US09195124B2
A projector having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprises a detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation; and a processor configured to implement a protocol responsive to the detector detecting the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the protocol comprises reducing an intensity of light projected by the projector.
US09195123B2
An imaging system using a spatial light modulator has first color laser light directed by a dichroic element to a rotating member. The rotating member includes phosphor segments that respond to illumination by the first color light to emit second and third color light along a first path to the dichroic element for output, and a light transmitting segment that passes the first color through the rotating member along a second path to the dichroic element for output. In a 3D imaging mode, the first color laser light includes light of two wavelengths, and the phosphor segments include segments that emit second and third color light each of two wavelengths. The output light is directed to a second rotating member that selectively transmit one wavelength of each color while blocking the other wavelength of each color.
US09195121B2
A method for registering multiple projectors on a vertically extruded three dimensional display surface with a known aspect ratio includes recovering both the camera parameters and the three dimensional shape of the surface from a single image of the display surface from an uncalibrated camera, capturing images from the projectors to relate the projector coordinates with the display surface points, and segmenting parts of the image for each projector to register the projectors to create a seamlessly wall-paper projection on the display surface using a representation between the projector coordinates with display surface points using a rational Bezier patch. A method for performing a deterministic geometric auto-calibration to find intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of each projector is included.
US09195111B2
An electro-optic medium comprises at least one leuco dye such that the electro-optic medium can develop at least two differing colors upon exposure to two or more differing stimuli. The medium allows for development of differing colors in differing areas of the medium, thus allowing formation of intrinsic color within differing areas of a single layer of the same electro-optic medium. In an electrophoretic medium, the colors may be developed within the electrophoretic particles or within the fluid in which the particles are dispersed.
US09195107B2
A liquid crystal display includes: first and second gate lines disposed on the first substrate and which respectively transmit first and second gate signals; first, second and third data lines disposed on the first substrate; a first switching element connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a third switching element connected to the second gate line and the second data line; a fourth switching element connected to the second gate line and the third data line; first and second pixel electrodes respectively connected to the first and second switching and which form a first liquid crystal capacitor; and third and fourth pixel electrodes respectively connected to the third and fourth switching elements and which form a second liquid crystal capacitor.
US09195093B2
A polarizer includes an opening defined in the polarizer and through which light transmits; a non-opening which is adjacent to the opening and blocks the light; a plurality of metal lines elongated in a first direction, and separated from each other in a second direction different than the first direction, in the opening; and a plate-type pattern in the non-opening. A height of the metal lines is smaller than a height of the plate-type pattern, from a same reference; and an interval in the second direction and between adjacent metal lines is smaller than a wavelength of visible light rays.
US09195086B2
A front and rear compound liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal film which is selectively disposed in front of or behind an image display unit. The liquid crystal film can be controlled in a transparent, translucent or opaque state. In case the liquid crystal film is disposed in front of the image display unit, when the liquid crystal film is in the opaque state, it can function as a white board; when the liquid crystal film is in the transparent state, it can display the content of the image display unit. In case the liquid crystal film is disposed behind the image display unit, when the liquid crystal film is in the transparent state, it has visual penetration; when the liquid crystal film is in the opaque state, it can function as a reflection plate for the image of the image display unit to be displayed clearly.
US09195085B2
A back plate includes a first vertical wall, a second vertical wall, and a back plate bottom portion. The first vertical wall is connected with the second vertical wall by a first horizontal wall, and the back plate bottom portion is disposed corresponding to the first horizontal wall, such that the first vertical wall, the second vertical wall, the first horizontal wall, and the back plate bottom portion constitute a square structure. The structure of the back plate not only increase the strength of the back plate but also lower manufacturing cost and weight of the back plate.
US09195082B2
A break separation apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus comprises a vibration stage for holding at least one liquid crystal panel to be separated and vibrating the liquid crystal panel so that glass substrate of the liquid crystal panel breaks along a cutting groove. According to the apparatus and method, the cutting grooves cut on the glass substrate are substantially extended in thickness direction of the glass substrate by vibration method so as to achieve separation, which can be readily controlled and avoid contamination and damage to the liquid crystal panel.
US09195070B2
A set of optical film rolls for use in a process including supplying films and bonding the films, in directions relatively perpendicular to one another, to an optical cell, wherein a direction in which each film is bonded to the optical cell is equal to a direction in which each film is supplied, and the films are laminated to one side of the optical cell, the set of optical film rolls includes: a first optical film roll that is a roll of a first long multilayer optical film including a long polarizing film having an absorption axis in its longitudinal direction; and a second optical film roll that is a roll of a second long multilayer optical film including a long linearly polarized light separating film having a reflection axis in its transverse direction.
US09195069B2
An illumination optical apparatus has a beam splitting member which splits an incident beam into a first light beam and a second light beam to form a first illumination region and a second illumination region, a first light-guide optical system which guides the first light beam to the first illumination region, and a second light-guide optical system which guides the second light beam to the second illumination region locate apart from the first illumination region.
US09195067B1
An electronic device includes a display and a band configured to be worn on the head of a user. The band defines a display end to which the display is affixed and extends from the display end to a free end. The band is adjustable such that it can be configured by a user to contact the head of the user at a first location near a temple, a second location along a portion of the user's ear adjacent the temple, and at a third location along a rear portion of the head of the user. The display end is positionable away from the head such that the display element is suspended over an eye adjacent the temple. The band is further configured to maintain the configuration. The device also includes image generating means within the band for generating an image presentable to the user on the display.
US09195066B2
A light guide member includes a plurality of non-axisymmetric curved surfaces, whereby a wide viewing angle and reduction in size and weight are achieved as the whole apparatus. A curved surface is formed such that a blur amount of video light on a position of an image surface of an intermediate image is greater (for example, greater than 10 times a blur amount on a position of an image surface of a video element). With this, even when there is a scratch, dust, or stain on the surface of the light guide member near the intermediate image or there is a contaminant or air bubble inside the light guide member, a situation in which the scratch or the like is enlarged and noticeable to degrade video quality is avoided, and high performance is achieved.
US09195064B1
A device for shielding a user from undesired light includes a flexible arm that can be adjusted to hold different configurations. The device includes at least one fixing assembly with a suction cup for securing the device to a smooth surface. The device also includes at least one shield assembly with a shield member for shielding light. The fixing and shield assemblies are securable to an end of the flexible arm or along the length of the flexible arm. A receptacle interfaces with the fixing assembly and allows the device to be secured to (for example) a sun visor. A user may secure the device to the windshield or dashboard of a vehicle using a fixing assembly. The flexible arm with one or more shielding assemblies may be adjusted/shaped to position shield members, and readjusted/reshaped as undesired light shifts position relative to the user.
US09195063B2
A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source; a deflector configured to deflect the light beam from the light source to scan a photosensitive member; an optical member configured to guide the light beam; a housing including a housing engaging portion and a supporting portion configured to support the optical member; a leaf spring including a pressing portion and a leaf spring engaging portion; and an abutment portion, wherein, in a process in which the housing engaging portion and the leaf spring engaging portion are moved from a second state in which the leaf spring engaging portion is not engaged with the housing engaging portion to a first state in which the leaf spring engaging portion is engaged with the housing engaging portion, the pressing portion is moved from the abutment portion to the optical member.
US09195057B2
An illumination optical unit for a projection exposure apparatus serves for guiding illumination light toward an illumination field, in which a lithography mask can be arranged. A first facet mirror has a plurality of individual mirrors that provide illumination channels for guiding illumination light partial beams toward the illumination field. The individual mirrors each bear a multilayer reflective coating. A second facet mirror is disposed downstream of the first facet mirror in the beam path of the illumination light. A respective facet of the second facet mirror with at least one of the individual mirrors of the first facet mirror completes the illumination channel for guiding the illumination light partial beam toward the illumination field.
US09195056B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to optical systems in head worn computing.
US09195051B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a multi-state shutter assembly. The multi-state shutter assembly can be used in an electronic display. The shutter assembly can include a movable light obstructing component. The shutter assembly also can include first and second actuators configured to move the light obstructing component between three states, including a fully light obstructive state, a substantially transmissive state, and a partially transmissive state. At least one of the three states is a neutral state in which both the first and second actuators are in an unactuated state. The shutter assembly also can include a controller configured to control the first and second actuator to selectively move the light obstructing component into each of the three states.
US09195050B2
An electro-wetting display panel including an active device array substrate, a dielectric layer, a rib structure, an opposite substrate, a first fluid and a second fluid is provided. The active device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of pixel structures. Each pixel structure includes a shielding electrode connected to a common potential, an active device located between the shielding electrode and the first substrate, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The dielectric layer covers the pixel structures. The rib structure is disposed on the active device array substrate and has openings. The active device and the pixel electrode of each pixel structure are located within one of the openings. The first fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the opposite substrate. The second fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the first fluid.
US09195047B2
An optical filter includes a first substrate, a first mirror formed on the first substrate, a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate including a concave portion, a second mirror formed on the concave portion and facing the first mirror, and an electrode formed on the second substrate and around the second mirror. The first substrate includes a plurality of first hinge portions and a plurality of second hinge portions inside the plurality of first hinge portions.
US09195042B2
Embodied is a two-color, fiber-delivered picosecond source for coherent Raman scattering (CRS) imaging. A wavelength tunable picosecond pump is generated by nonlinear spectral compression of a prechirped femtosecond pulse from a mode-locked titanium:sapphire (Ti:S) laser. A 1064-nm picosecond Stokes pulse is generated by an all-fiber time-lens source (or suitable alternative source) that is synchronized to the Ti:S laser. The pump and Stokes beams are combined in an optical fiber coupler, which serves not only as the delivery fiber but also as the nonlinear medium for spectral compression of the femtosecond pulse. CRS imaging of mouse skin is performed to demonstrate the practicality of this source.
US09195031B2
An imaging lens forms an image on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent elements are arranged in order from an object side: an aperture stop, positive first lens having a convex object-side surface, negative second lens having a concave image-side surface, positive or negative double-sided aspheric third lens, positive fourth lens having a convex image-side surface, and negative double-sided aspheric fifth lens having a concave image-side surface. In addition, all of the lenses are made of plastic, and conditional expressions (1) through (4) below are satisfied: 2.0
US09195026B1
According to one exemplary embodiment, a step response suppression structure of lens driving apparatus is provided and adapted to a lens driving apparatus with a fixed portion and a movable portion. The step response suppression structure includes a cantilever element and a damping element; a first connector end of the cantilever element is directly secured to the movable portion, the damping element is connected with a second connecting end of the cantilever element to the fixed portion. When the movable portion performs any movement, the cantilever element and the damping element reduce setting time by the movable portion through setting the step response suppression structure between the movable portion and the fixed.
US09195024B2
A lens barrel including a focus motor, a screw that is provided on an axis of the focus motor and that is rotatably driven by the focus motor, a pulse plate that rotates integrally with the screw, and a holding unit that is provided adjacent to the focus motor. The pulse plate is attached to an outer periphery of the holding unit and an outer diameter of the holding unit is greater than that of the screw.
US09195020B2
A splice tray rail system includes a splice tray assembly which includes a splice tray and a tray holder and a rail having a first portion and the second portion. The splice tray assembly is disposed in a first direction when the splice tray is engaged with the first portion of the rail, and the splice tray assembly is disposed in a second direction when the splice tray is engaged with the second portion of the rail.
US09195007B2
Inverted 45° semiconductor mirrors as vertical optical couplers for PIC chips, particularly optical receivers and transmitters. An inverted 45° semiconductor mirror functions to couple light between a plane in the PIC chip defined by thin film layers and a direction normal to a top surface of the PIC chip where it may be generated or collected by an off-chip component, such as a wire terminal. In an exemplary embodiment, a (110) plane of a cubic crystalline semiconductor may provide a 45° facet inverted relative to a (100) surface of the semiconductor from which light is to be emitted. In further embodiments, a (110) plane may be exposed by undercutting a device layer of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate. Alternatively, a pre-etched substrate surface may be bonded to a handling wafer, thinned, and then utilized for PIC waveguide formation.
US09195003B2
An optical unit in which an optical part having an optical element is mounted on a base having an optical waveguide includes a hydrophobic first area formed in a region including an optical axis of the optical part, a hydrophobic second area formed in a region facing the first area on a surface of the base, and a hydrophilic filler which fills peripheries of the first area and the second area between the optical part and the base.
US09195000B2
An optical fiber has two or more core regions disposed within a common cladding region. Each of the core regions is configured to guide a respective light transmission comprising at least one optical mode along the length of the fiber. The cores are arranged within the common cladding region according to a core configuration that substantially prevents crosstalk between modes of neighboring cores in the fiber, in a deployment of the fiber in which cross-coupling between neighboring cores is affected by perturbations arising in the deployed fiber.
US09194996B2
The present invention provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device using the backlight module. The backlight module includes: a backplane (2), a light guide plate (4) arranged in the backplane (2), a backlight source (6) arranged in the backplane (2), an optic film assembly (8) arranged above the light guide plate (4), and a reflection plate (9) arranged between the backplane (2) and the light guide plate (4). The backlight source (6) includes a PCB (62) and a plurality of LED lights (64) mounted on and electrically connected to the PCB (62). The backplane (2) includes a bottom plate (22) and a plurality of side plates (24) perpendicularly connected to the bottom plate (22). The bottom plate (22) of the backplane (2) includes a snap-engagement structure (220) formed thereon. The PCB (62) is snap-fit into and retained by the snap-engagement structure (220). The reflection plate (9) is directly positioned on and supported by the PCB (62).
US09194994B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a light guide plate including a front surface, a back surface and an edge surface, the light guide plate being arranged such that the edge surface faces a light source, the light guide plate internally reflecting light incident from the edge surface and causing surface emission from the front surface; a liquid crystal display panel; and a reflective sheet arranged so as to face the back surface of the light guide plate. The back surface includes a first portion and a second portion. A surface of the second portion is located at a position recessed relatively from a surface of the first portion. The surface of the first portion is a rough surface. The surface of the second portion is a smooth surface. The reflective sheet is in contact with the first portion but avoids contact with the second portion.
US09194993B2
A three-dimensional display apparatus and a backlight module thereof are provided. The display apparatus further includes a display panel disposed on the backlight module. The backlight module has a light guide plate, a plurality of microstructures, a first light source, and a second light source. The light guide plate has a bottom surface and a light emitting surface opposite to the bottom surface, wherein the microstructures are disposed on at least one of the two surfaces. The first light source is at a first corner of the light guide plate while the second light source is at a second corner opposite to the first corner. A first surface and a second surface of the microstructure define an orientation direction (or form a distribution direction) along or parallel to the diagonal line through the first and second corners.
US09194985B1
A color filter substrate comprising: a base plate; a first conductive layer formed on the base plate in a first direction; a color resistance layer formed on the first conductive layer at positions at least corresponding to pixel regions, wherein the color resistance layer is formed with via holes at positions corresponding to each sub-pixel region; a black matrix formed on the first conductive layer at positions corresponding to pixel gaps; a second conductive layer formed on the surfaces of the black matrix and the color resistance layer in a second direction different from the first direction; a dielectric layer formed at least on the second conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is formed with via holes corresponding to the via holes in the color resistance layer; and a third conductive layer formed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected with a corresponding portion of the first conductive layer through aligned via holes of the color resistance layer and the dielectric layer.
US09194984B2
A microlens for an organic EL element, which is used by being disposed on a light-emitting surface of the organic EL element, said microlens comprising a cured resin layer having concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm−1, and the circular or annular pattern is present within a region where an absolute value of wavenumber is within a range of 1 μm−1 or less.
US09194982B2
To provide an optical member having an excellent transparency and heat resistance and further having favorable light resistance as compared with a molded product made of a conventional ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a process for producing the same, and an article provided with the optical member. An optical member made of a molded product containing a crosslinked product of an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene, units (B) based on ethylene and units (C) based on CH2═CH—CnF2n+1 (wherein n is an integer of from 2 to 10), wherein the molar ratio ((A)/(B)) of the above units (A) to the above units (B) is from 50/50 to 66/34, and the molar ratio ((C)/{(A)+(B)}) of the above units (C) to the sum of the above units (A) and the above units (B) is from 4.0/100 to 10/100.
US09194960B2
A positron emission tomography scanner system that includes detector modules arranged adjacent to one another to form a cylindrical detector ring. Each of the detector modules includes an array of scintillation crystal elements, a plurality of photosensors arranged to cover the array of crystal elements and configured to receive light emitted from the array of crystal elements, and a fiber optics plate arranged between the array of scintillation crystal elements and the plurality of photosensors, the fiber optics plate including a plurality of fibers configured to guide the light emitted from the scintillation crystal to the plurality of photosensors.
US09194953B2
The present invention relates to a 3D time-of-flight camera for acquiring information about a scene, in particular for acquiring depth images of a scene, information about phase shifts of a scene or environmental information about the scene. The proposed camera particularly compensates motion artifacts by real-time identification of affected pixels and, preferably, corrects its data before actually calculating the desired scene-related information values from the raw data values obtained from radiation reflected by the scene.
US09194936B1
A first estimator determines a course estimate of a time of arrival of at least one subcarrier of an OFDM-like multitone signals by adjusting the course estimate of the time of arrival in accordance with a code (first) correlation function. A second estimator determines a precise estimate of the time of arrival of at least one subcarrier of the OFDM-like multitone signals by adjusting the precise time of arrival to align the slope of the subcarrier phases of the OFDM-like multitone signals in accordance with a phase (second) correlation function and consistent with the course estimate of the time of arrival associated with the code correlation function. A data processor estimates the location of the receiver or estimated range based on the precise estimate.
US09194929B2
The invention relates to a method for compensating patient movements in MRI scans in real time and to a device suitable for carrying out said method. The method involves the following steps: optically sensing a marking element (5) connected to a patient (3) by means of an image sensor module (7) of an MRI-compatible camera (2) which is positioned inside an MRI device; transferring the image data detected by the image sensor module (7) to a micro-controller module (11) which is integrated in the MRI-compatible camera (2); calculating position data of the marking element (5) in the micro-controller module (11); and transmitting the position data to an external analyzing unit or to the MRI device in real time.
US09194922B2
A resonator system for electron spin resonance (ESR) is disclosed. The resonator system comprises: a generally planar resonator layer defining an open-loop gapped by a non-conductive gap in the layer, and a microwave feed, positioned configured for transmitting microwave to the resonator layer such as to concentrate, with a quality factor of at least 100, a magnetic field within an effective volume of less than 1 nL above the layer.
US09194921B2
A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization at a frequency that permits detection by NMR spectroscopy of whether the one or more magnetically-labeled biological objects is/are present in the fluid.
US09194917B2
The disclosure provides a method for transmitting data between a control device and at least one measurement device via a bus system. The method includes recording first measurement data relating to at least one measurement variable with the at least one measurement device with a first measurement data resolution within a first measurement cycle, transmitting the recorded first measurement data to the bus system at a first measurement frequency within the first measurement cycle. The method further includes recording second measurement data relating to the at least one measurement variable with the at least one measurement device with a second measurement data resolution within a second measurement cycle. The second measurement data resolution is less than the first measurement data resolution. The method also includes transmitting the recorded second measurement data to the bus system at a second measurement frequency within the second measurement cycle.
US09194904B2
System and methods for detecting electrical leakages in a battery sensing are presented. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods allow a vehicle battery sensing circuit and/or other associated system to detect certain electrical leakages and implement one or more actions to protect vehicle systems from damage resulting from such leakages.
US09194897B2
An electronic watt-hour meter of according to an aspect of the invention includes: a first multiplexer receiving a plurality of detected currents detected in respective polyphase power lines in parallel; a first signal converter converting a signal output from the first multiplexer into a digital signal; a first demultiplexer outputting a serial input from the first signal converter in parallel; a line voltage generator generating a plurality of line voltages from the plurality of detected voltages; a second multiplexer receiving the plurality of line voltages in parallel, to output the received line voltages in series; a second signal converter converting a signal output from the second multiplexer into a digital signal; a second demultiplexer outputting a serial input from the second signal converter in parallel; and an calculating unit calculating a power value from a signal output from the first demultiplexer and a signal output from the second demultiplexer.
US09194895B2
A power measurement cell comprises at least one thermoelement (30) and at least two heating elements (20, 21, 25). A first heating element (20, 21) can be heated by a measurement signal. A temperature can be measured by means of the thermoelement (30). The two heating elements (20, 21, 25) have a very small spacing. The at least one thermoelement (30) and the two heating elements (20, 21, 25) have a high thermal coupling.
US09194894B2
A sensor module for a compressor having an electric motor connected to a power supply is provided. The sensor module includes an input that receives current measurements generated by a current sensor based on a current of the power supply. The sensor module also includes a processor. The processor is connected to the input, determines a maximum continuous current for the electric motor, and selectively compares the current measurements with a value equal to the maximum continuous current multiplied by a predetermined value. The maximum continuous current is set based on at least one of a type of refrigerant used by the compressor and actual refrigeration system conditions.
US09194882B2
In one embodiment, the process flow for a capacitive pressures sensor is combined with the process flow for an inertial sensor. In this way, an inertial sensor is realized within the membrane layer of the pressure sensor. The device layer is simultaneously used as z-axis electrode for out-of-plane sensing in the inertial sensor, and/or as the wiring layer for the inertial sensor. The membrane layer (or cap layer) of the pressure sensor process flow is used to define the inertial sensor sensing structures. Insulating nitride plugs in the membrane layer are used to electrically decouple the various sensing structures for a multi-axis inertial sensor, allowing for fully differential sensing.
US09194870B2
The invention provides populations of isolated peptides useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Anaplasma antigens. The peptide populations comprise peptides derived from immunogenic fragments of the Anaplasma Outer Membrane Protein proteins. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising the populations of isolated peptides useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Anaplasma antigens and the diagnosis of anaplasmosis. Methods of identifying the particular Anaplasma species infecting a subject using the peptide populations of the invention are also disclosed.
US09194865B2
An object selecting device includes a container configured to store liquid, a plate configured to support a selection object by being immersed into the liquid stored in the container, and a holder configured to hold the plate in a state where a bottom surface of the plate and an inner bottom part of the container are separated. The plate includes a through hole at a support position. The through hole includes a tapered portion configured to allow the selection object to precipitate along a direction of gravity and support the selection object in contact with the inner wall surface of the through hole. An opening area at the upper end of the tapered portion is larger than that at the lower end of the tapered portion. Only the selection object can be supported out of the collection of objects having different shapes.
US09194863B2
The present invention relates to the use of an antagonist of the non-selective cation channel TRPM3 as a medicine for the treatment of pain. The present invention further relates to a method for identification of novel compounds for the treatment of pain, such as TRPM3-antagonists and compounds that modulate the activity or expression of TRPM3. The present invention relates to the use of TRPM3 antagonists as analgesics and the use of the compounds of this invention for the treatment of pain such as but not limited to inflammatory hyperalgesia.
US09194860B2
A mechanism is provided for capturing a molecule via an integrated system. An alternating voltage is applied to a Paul trap device in an electrically conductive solution to generate electric fields. The Paul trap device is integrated with a nanopore device to form the integrated system. Forces from the electric fields of the Paul trap device position the molecule to a nanopore in the nanopore device. A first voltage is applied to the nanopore device to capture the molecule in the nanopore of the nanopore device.
US09194854B2
The effects of pollution in an aquatic mass may be monitored by measuring changes in various parameters of sessile organisms, particularly bivalves such as mussels. Particular parameters measured include particle clearance rate, oxygen consumption and apical growth.
US09194848B2
A detector for detecting constituents of a liquid for use in liquid chromatography is disclosed. The detector includes a first optical flow cell body and a second optical flow cell body, each having a channel therethrough that allows passage of a liquid from an inlet port to an outlet port. The first and second optical flow cell bodies are arranged in series such that the liquid exiting the outlet port of the first optical flow cell body enters the inlet port of the second optical flow cell body. An insulator resides between the first optical flow cell body and the second optical flow cell body, which is adapted to electrically insulate the first optical flow cell body from the second optical flow cell body while allowing the liquid to pass from the first optical flow cell body to the second optical flow cell body. The first optical flow cell body is adapted to facilitate measurement of absorption by the liquid of a first wavelength of light, and second optical flow cell body is adapted to facilitate measurement of absorption by the liquid of a second wavelength of light. The first and second optical flow cell bodies are further adapted to perform as electrodes for measuring the conductivity of the liquid.
US09194846B2
A needle adaptor mounted to one of a plurality of pipe connecting ports provided to a flow path switching valve to form an injection port into which a needle is inserted to inject a sample from a tip end of the needle is described. The needle adaptor comprises a dummy pipe having the same outer diameter as a normal pipe connected to the flow path switching valve, a port fixing portion for fixing the dummy pipe to the port, a needle seal for retaining the tip end of the needle to connect the needle and the dummy pipe and a needle seal housing mounted to the port fixing portion to retain the needle seal. The port fixing portion has the same shape as a port fixing portion of a pipe connecting member for connecting the normal pipe to the pipe connecting port.
US09194841B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assessing DNA damage and repair in cells by measuring DNA migration under electrophoresis. In one exemplary embodiment, a microarray configured to hold cells in a predetermined spatial relationship is employed to improve accuracy, speed, and reliability of such measurements. In another embodiment, a self-contained cassette having a matrix material disposed therein can be used to create a substantially uniform environment for analyzing DNA damage and repair. Fluid can be circulated through the cell to assist in creating spatial patterns on the matrix material, or alternatively, the matrix material can already include a microarray pattern disposed thereon. Various methods and systems that take advantage of such microarrays and cassettes are also provided.
US09194837B2
In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for detecting an analyte concentration level in a biological fluid sample. The analyte sensor has a base including a top and bottom side, a lid, and an attachment member including one or more retention tabs coupled proximate the top side so that the analyte sensor can be grasped by the sensor's top side. Manufacturing methods and systems adapted to use and dispense the analyte sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects.
US09194834B2
A multi-storey gas sensor is constructed by stacking chemoresistor type gas sensing elements and providing holes through each sensing element so gas can pass from one sensing element to the next, through the sensing layers. A rich data set can be obtained by selecting appropriate combinations of materials for the different sensing layers and varying the operating conditions of the different gas-sensing elements by: taking measurements when different combinations of sensing layers are activated, when given sensing layers are heated to different temperatures or according to different heating profiles, and/or when selected sensing layers are exposed to UV light. Sensor sensitivity and selectivity can be increased by applying UV pulses of controlled duration, and target gas species can be detected based on the transient response of the sensing layer at onset of UV irradiation. Each sensing element may have a micro-hotplate architecture.
US09194819B2
An inspection system for a metal-reinforced concrete structure is described. The system includes a radio frequency (RF) system configured to be movable with respect to a surface of the concrete structure while transmitting radio signals into the interior of the structure, and receiving reflected radio signals. The system also includes a processor configured to process the reflected radio signals, so as to obtain a focused image of the reinforcement in at least one selected region within the concrete structure. The image corresponds to the physical condition of the reinforcement. A method for determining the condition of a reinforced concrete structure is also described, utilizing the inspection system.
US09194814B2
The present invention relates to a glass bottle inspection apparatus which can detect a defect at a specific location such as a bottle-mouth portion of a glass bottle by an imaging process. The glass bottle inspection apparatus includes an inspection unit having one or plural illuminating units (LED1 through LED6) configured to illuminate a glass bottle (1) and at least one camera (CAM1 through CAM4) configured to image light reflected from the glass bottle (1), configured to detect a defect at a specific location of the glass bottle. The apparatus has a controller (4) configured to control operations of the one or plural illuminating units (LED1 through LED6) and the camera (CAM1 through CAM4). The controller (4) controls the one or plural illuminating units (LED1 through LED6) individually to emit a pulsed light in synchronism with an image capturing timing of the camera (CAM1 through CAM4).
US09194803B2
The invention relates to a method for typing or identification of a micro-organism using vibrational spectroscopy, characterised in that, differences in one or more vibrational spectroscopic signal contributions from one or more bleachable components between different spectra obtained of a sample of said micro-organism, and/or between spectra of different samples of said micro-organism, and/or between spectra of samples of different micro-organisms, are substantially eliminated as a source of signal variance in a dataset of said spectra, said bleachable components being molecules possessing vibrational spectral bands that upon exposure to light show a reduction in signal intensity.
US09194785B2
A sensor system for capturing and specifying individual particles (16) in a fluid includes a measurement cell (14) through which the fluid can flow, a light source (2; 30) that is arranged on the measurement cell (14) and creates a light beam (4; 36) passing through the measurement cell (14), and an intensity sensor (26; 44) that is arranged on the measurement cell (14) opposite the light source (2; 30) such that it captures the light beam exiting the measurement cell (14) and is designed for separately capturing the intensity (IA, IB) of the light beam in at least two different wavelength regions (λA, λB).
US09194780B2
An improved device and method for passive mixing of fluids is described, and the use of the device in clinical diagnostic procedures. The mixer provides thorough mixing of a sample of blood or other fluid with an assay material, such as a diluent or a component of an assay system, in a closed system with a low and limited pressure drop. Sample size is small, typically 5 to 300 microliters. Mixing is accomplished by a combination of rotational vortex mixing due to a fluid stream coming tangent to a drain, and either or both of a second vortex mixer of opposite handedness, and a Dean mixer. Combinations of these techniques reliably provide complete mixing at low pressure drop. In a preferred usage, the microfluidic system can run a diluent continuously and inject samples at intervals, to facilitate automatic data processing of optical or other signatures of the well-mixed stream.
US09194771B2
A passive diffusion sampler and kit that includes a passive diffusion sample bag comprising a regenerated cellulose membrane to allow for sampling of a broad spectrum of contaminants and VOCs. The sample bag is disposed in a rigid housing which protects the bag from tearing and also allows the housing to be inverted to suspend the bag upside down and provide a user access to a fluid outlet means on the bag for withdrawing a sample from the bag without agitating the sample.
US09194770B2
A device for splitting a sample, in particular a time-inhomogeneous sample, into two or more representative fractional samples, as well as a sample taking system with a sample splitter and a sample taker, wherein the sample splitter has a first pump (1, 201, 301) with a first flow rate and at least one second pump (2, 202, 302; 215) with a second flow rate, wherein the first pump and the at least one second pump (2, 202, 302; 215) co-act, so that the inhomogeneous sample on its passage through a conduit system (3, 203, 303) is at the same time split up into at least two representative fractional samples.
US09194765B2
A method is provided for verifying an engine torque estimation and includes estimating the engine torque based on the amount of fuel injected into the engine, where the engine torque is obtained from a fuel injection table, estimating a first vehicle weight value by a calculation based on acceleration of the vehicle and the estimated engine torque, estimating an auxiliary brake torque by using an auxiliary brake table, estimating a second vehicle weight value by a calculation based on the estimated auxiliary brake torque, and comparing the first vehicle weight value with the second vehicle weight value. The method facilitates detecting if an actual engine torque value deviates from the original engine torque value of a vehicle without measuring the engine torque with a separate torque sensor.
US09194758B2
Systems and methods of estimating an efficiency of a section of a steam turbine are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining a set of measurement data obtained directly from a set of sensors on the steam turbine, determining a set of derived data relating to measurements that cannot be obtained directly from the set of sensors, and estimating the efficiency of the section using the set of measurement data and the set of derived data. The systems and methods disclosed use physics-based models combined with nonlinear filtering techniques to estimate steam turbines' efficiencies when physical sensors are not available. These models capture the behavior of different components of the power plant, including all steam turbine sections, admission and crossover pipes, flow junctions, admission and control valves.
US09194748B2
A system including a sensor to receive scattered light from a scene in a thermal infrared spectral region, a Modified Integrated Thermal (MIT) band filter to acquire MIT band data within a thermal detection bandwidth, a sub-band filter to acquire a first sub-band data within a first sub-band bandwidth which is within the thermal detection bandwidth. The sub-band filter is a Reference band filter to capture Reference band data or a Reststrahlen band filter to capture Reststrahlen band data. The system also includes one or more processors configured to perform differencing of the MIT band data and the first sub-band data to compute a second sub-band data. The computed second sub-band data is Reference band data when the sub-band filter is the Reststrahlen band filter or the computed second sub-band data is Reststrahlen band data when the sub-band filter is the Reference band filter. A method and a computer software product are also disclosed.
US09194744B2
A transmission quantification approach that is effective at quantifying the concentration of key atmospheric gases, including water vapor and methane, does not require a background spectrum and is immune to changes between background and absorbance spectra. By using local minima and maxima in transmission of a target gas, this approach creates two spectral arrays as long as a single beam input spectra. One of these spectral arrays represents the points in wave-number space that are less absorbing points, and the other represents the more absorbing points. A concentration for a given gas is calculated by determining what reference concentration creates a residual after division by a pure gas spectrum that forces these two arrays to converge.
US09194741B2
A device and method for detecting lighting conditions to enable brightness control of a display are disclosed. The device includes a display and a first photodiode array to detect light in a visible spectrum and a non-visible spectrum that is incident on the first photodiode array. The device also includes a second photodiode array to detect light in the non-visible spectrum that is incident on the second photodiode array, and a processor to determine the lighting conditions based on a first output of the first photodiode array and a second output of the second photodiode array. The processor adjusts the first output used to determine the lighting conditions based on detecting that the first photodiode array includes a shadowed region, and controls the brightness of the display based on the lighting conditions.
US09194738B2
A fiber optic microseismic sensing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes including a surface portion, an underground portion, and an optical cable extending between the surface portion and the underground portion. The surface portion includes (1) an optical source for transmitting an optical signal along the optical cable to the underground portion, and (2) an optical receiver for receiving a return optical signal propagating along the optical cable from the underground portion. The underground portion includes at least one transducer, each of the at least one transducer including (1) a fixed portion configured to be secured to a body of interest, (2) a moveable portion having a range of motion with respect to the fixed portion, (3) a spring positioned between the fixed portion and the moveable portion, and (4) a mass engaged with the moveable portion. The optical cable includes a length of fiber wound between the fixed portion and the moveable portion of each of the at least one transducer, the length of fiber spanning the spring. In one disclosed aspect of the transducer, the mass envelopes the moveable portion.
US09194736B2
A method estimates the effect on the weighing result of a balance (1) that is caused by electrostatic charges on an object (2) received on a load receiver (6) thereof. A first predefined positive voltage (U1) and a second predefined negative voltage (U2) of equal magnitude are alternatingly applied to a first electrode (12) in the vicinity of the weighing object. The forces acting on a force-measuring cell (17) are measured and are registered as the first and second measurement results. The difference between the respective measurement results represents the magnitude of the influence that the electrostatic charges residing on the weighing object are having on the weighing result. The difference also represents an essentially proportional part of the force resulting from electrostatic charges on the weighing object which causes a change in the weighing result and is sent as a signal to a processor unit.
US09194728B2
Method and apparatuses for adjusting the dimensions of the opening of a hood of an air flow measuring device using flaps is provides. Flaps of various configurations and dimensions can be used to adjust the opening of hood to have numerous dimensions at various locations.
US09194725B2
A sensor mounting for a distance sensor includes a fixing part for attaching to a vehicle, and a receiving part attached to the fixing part in an adjustable manner in order to receive the distance sensor. The receiving part is adjustable into at least two different angular positions on the fixing part.
US09194718B2
A field device for process instrumentation comprising a measurement transducer having an analog output to which a two-wire line can be connected for transmitting an analog output signal, wherein a unit galvanically separates the processor from an analog output circuit. A read-back channel for a pulse-width modulated digital signal, which is tapped behind an element for galvanic separation, is provided for monitoring generation of the analog output signal, and a unit is provided for monitoring the analog output signal to maintain a specifiable maximum deviation from a reference signal, which is generated in the same manner as the analog output signal by low-pass filtering from the pulse-width modulated digital signal. In the case of transient signals, the monitoring unit advantageously detects error states quickly and appropriate measures for reacting to the error states can therefore be implemented in less time.
US09194708B2
A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for display of a location of a navigation device; determining at least one of a last known and a current GPS location of the navigation device; comparing the determined GPS location to stored map information and converting the determined GPS location into a text readable form; and displaying the text readable form of the determined GPS location on an integrated input and display of the navigation device. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a processor to receive a request for display of a location of a navigation device, to determine at least one of a last known and a current GPS location of the navigation device, to compare the determined GPS location to stored map information and to convert the determined GPS location into a text readable form; and an integrated input and display device to display the text readable form of the determined GPS location.
US09194702B2
A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes an electronic compass that generates compass data corresponding to an orientation of the mobile device relative to true north. A global positioning system (GPS) module receives a GPS signal from multiple satellites. The GPS module determines a heading direction of a vehicle transporting the mobile device relative to true north based on the position data when the vehicle is moving above a threshold velocity. A motion sensor generates motion data corresponding to a motion of the mobile device when the mobile device is moved. A processor adjusts the heading direction of the vehicle relative to true north based on the compass data when the vehicle is moving below the threshold velocity.
US09194701B2
Some embodiments of the invention relates to an alignment method and an optoelectronic distance-measuring device. The optoelectronic distance-measuring device may comprise an assembly having a radiation source for emitting an optical transmission radiation, a detector for receiving an optical reception radiation and a printed circuit board, which are arranged in a rigid local relationship with respect to one another, and also an optical unit carrier with a transmission optical unit and a reception optical unit. In some embodiments, a transmission direction is defined by the radiation source and the transmission optical unit and a reception direction is defined by the detector and the reception optical unit. Furthermore, the transmission optical unit and the reception optical unit may have different focal lengths.
US09194693B2
The invention relates to a method for measuring a ray r0 of a radiation beam (20), characterized in that it comprises the steps according to which a source (2) of a radiation beam (20) excites (S1) a standard member (1) via heat, in a periodic manner at a frequency (f), thereby obtaining a periodic thermal excitation of the standard member (1); a sensor (3) measures (S2) a periodic thermal response on the part of the standard member, in response to the periodic thermal excitation; a processor (4) determines (S3) a phase shift (φ) between the periodic thermal excitation and the periodic thermal response; the source (2) exciting the standard member for a plurality of frequencies (f) and the processor (4) determining a phase shift for each frequency (f), and thereby determining a plurality of phase shifts (φ); the processor (4) determines (S4) a minimum φ min of the phase shift (φ) thanks to the plurality of phase shifts determined in this manner, and determines (S5) the ray r0 of the beam (20) via the following formula: r0=Δ/g(φmin) where Δ is the thickness of the standard member (1) and where g is a function dependent on the type of heat radiation beam (20).
US09194692B1
Systems and methods for using white light interferometry to measure undercut of a bi-layer structure
Systems and methods for using white light interferometry to measure undercut of a bi-layer structure are provided. One such method involves performing a first scan of a first bi-layer structure with a microscope using a first scan range, where the microscope is configured for white light interferometry, generating a first interferogram using data from the first scan, performing a second scan of the first bi-layer structure with the microscope using a second scan range, generating a second interferogram using data from the second scan, determining a first distance between features of the first interferogram, determining a second distance between features of the second interferogram, and calculating a width of the undercut based on the first distance and the second distance. One such system involves using the microscope and/or a computer to perform one or more actions of this method.
US09194678B2
In one aspect, a modular rocket system comprises a guidance module defining a nose, the guidance module including a guidance system for guiding the modular rocket system toward a target. A flight control module is removably attachable to the guidance module and includes a plurality of airfoils, the airfoils being moveable between a retracted state and an extended state. A munition module is removably attached to the flight control module and includes a hollow interior configured to carry a payload material. A rocket module is attached to the munition module and includes a rocket motor configured to propel the modular rocket system. In a further aspect, a modular rocket system having a plurality of interchangeable modules is provided.
US09194672B1
A shock-absorbing bolt for a crossbow comprises a shaft, a forward flange, and a shock-absorbing mechanism coupled to the shaft or the forward flange. The forward flange is coupled to a forward end of the shaft and has a forward surface with a transverse area that is greater than about three times larger than a transverse area of the shaft. A tapered tip can be attached to and protrude from the forward surface of the forward flange. The shock-absorbing mechanism is arranged so that, upon acceleration or deceleration of the bolt, kinetic energy of the bolt is dissipated by viscoelastic, viscous, or frictional forces within the bolt.
US09194662B1
An energy-dispersing article comprises: first and second material sheets, a first set of U-shaped rods attached at both ends to the first sheet, and a second set of U-shaped rods attached at both ends to the second sheet. The first and second material sheets are positioned in a parallel, spaced-apart arrangement with the U-shaped rods therebetween in an interleaved arrangement. Within each set of rods, the rods are of differing lengths and are arranged so that rods with attachments to one of the material sheets adjacent to a given one of the rods differ in length from that given one of the rods. The article can be arranged so as to distribute energy of a localized blast or impact on one material sheet through the rods to laterally displaced regions of that sheet. The article can be arranged as a blast shield or as armor.
US09194654B1
A wing and rider for firearms having a wing assembly. The wing assembly has an exterior face and an interior face defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second lateral edges. Protruding from the interior face is an insert shaped to fit into an opening of a firearm slide. The exterior face has a first predetermined width defined by the first and second lateral edges. Extending from the first and second lateral edges are first and second sidewalls having gripping means. The firearm slide has third and fourth sidewalls that define a second predetermined width. The first predetermined width is greater than the second predetermined width. The gripping means includes ridges, channels, protrusions, hatched sections, grooves, or any combination thereof. The wing and rider for firearms may further have a rider assembly configured and shaped to secure the firearm.
US09194653B1
A tool providing a means to safely extract and/or insert a roll pin from the trigger guard assembly of a lower receiver unit of an automatic or semiautomatic rifle. Current tools fail to provide positive engagement and support of the trigger guard region, particularly the trigger guard lips which can easily be snapped or fractured during a roll pin extraction or insertion process. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides an improved means to align and support a lower receiver unit by means of complementary mating and stop regions that secure the lower receiver in position while providing one or more cutouts that accommodate protruding levers and buttons on the lower receiver. Some embodiments feature a contoured top section having at least one of a plurality of surface features selected from a cutout, a mating region and a stop region; and a roll pin receiving port.
US09194649B2
An offhand recoil grip is described. In one disclosed embodiment, a recoil grip has a mounting portion to connect to a grip mount of a handgun, the mounting portion further having an offset support portion extending from the mounting portion toward the top and front of the handgun, the offset support portion having a second planar surface offset from the first planar surface of the mounting portion to allow a slide to move between the recoil grip and a receiver of the handgun, and a lateral grip pad coupled to the offset support portion, the lateral grip pad extending laterally away from the grip mount of the handgun to provide a thumb contact point for a non-trigger hand to reduce recoil in a handgun when fired. Other embodiments are described involving a method of using a recoil grip, recoil grips with different attachments, for different weapons, etc.
US09194645B2
A crossbow is provided which has a frame, a firing assembly, and a mounting rail. The frame has a lower surface. The firing assembly is associated with the frame and has a finger-pull mechanism. The mounting rail is associated with the lower surface of the frame rearward of the finger-pull mechanism, and the mounting rail is configured to allow one or more accessories to be mounted thereto. One accessory which can be mounted to the mounting rail is a butt member which has a rear end which is configured to abut a front of a user. The butt member can be adjustably mounted to the mounting rail to provide that the butt member is movable along the mounting rail between a forward position and a rearward position.
US09194634B2
A cooling system that includes a heat exchange plate defining a coolant circulation duct and equipped with connector elements each having a closure member for opening and closing the connector elements to the coolant circulation duct, a volume compensating device including a piston mounted to slide, relative to the plate, between a first retracted position and a second forward position, and wherein the system includes a coolant supply for the duct and a coolant discharge for the duct each of which includes connecting elements complementary to the connector elements of the plate, and wherein a maintaining member is secured to at least a first complementary connector element to lock the piston in the first position, when a first connector element of the plate and the first complementary connecting element are coupled, and retains the piston in the first position, during separation of the first connector element of the plate and the first complementary connecting element and until the closure member of the first connector element close any flow through the connector element.
US09194629B2
A condensation chamber cooling system of a condensation chamber for a boiling water reactor has a heat exchanger outside the condensation chamber. An elongate cooling module is provided in the condensation chamber with an evaporation space in its upper region. The cooling module is configured such that the evaporation space is located above a maximum filling level of the condensation chamber. The cooling module includes at least one riser pipe and one downpipe that issue with their upper ends into the evaporation space and with their lower ends in the condensation chamber. A first pressure line leads from the evaporation space to the heat exchanger and, from there, a second pressure line which issues in the condensation chamber below the minimum filling level. Thus, the condensation chamber, the pressure lines, the cooling module and the heat exchanger form a passive closed cooling circuit.
US09194627B2
A liquid collection device for removing a liquid from a catalyst brick is provided and includes a containment vessel having an inner volume and a receiver supported by the containment vessel and in fluid communication with the inner volume, whereby the receiver supports the catalyst brick relative to the containment vessel. The collection device further includes a vacuum source spaced apart from the receiver and in fluid communication with the inner volume. The vacuum source exerts a fluid force on the catalyst brick to draw the liquid from the catalyst brick and into the inner volume.
US09194622B2
A cooling device includes a chilled chamber; and a container movably disposed in the chamber and having a wall. The chamber has a prevention element disposed on a wall of the chamber and having a lower edge being close to an upper edge of the wall of the container such that the movement of the container below the prevention element is possible and drop of an item in the container over the wall of the container is prevented.
US09194621B2
This disclosure relates to a skating rink that includes a skating area, a wall at least partially surrounding the skating area, and a visible mark extending along a perimeter region of the skating area to indicate to a skater traveling head first toward the wall that the skater should look up and to related methods.
US09194602B2
A ventilation fan mounting structure includes a bracket assembly which is to be mounted to opposite two side flanges of a ventilation fan and includes a first bracket and a second bracket each formed in a U shape, wherein each of the first bracket and the second bracket includes two side members and a connection member connecting the two side members, the connection members and the side members of the first and second brackets are connected to each other by shafts, the side members are rotatable around the shafts, and a position-limit portion is disposed to the connection member to limit a rotation range of the side member. With the ventilation fan mounting structure according to the embodiments of the present invention, the mounting of the ventilation fan can be simply and conveniently completed even if the distance between the ceiling and the roof is small.
US09194596B2
A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes an air inlet section having an air inlet, an impeller, and a motor for rotating the impeller about an impeller axis to draw an air flow through the air inlet, and an annular nozzle having an inner wall, an outer wall extending about the inner wall, an air inlet for receiving the air flow, an air outlet for emitting the air flow, and an interior passage located between the inner wall and the outer wall for conveying the air flow to the air outlet, the inner wall defining a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by the air flow emitted from the air outlet. A support assembly supports the air inlet section and the nozzle on a ceiling of the room.
US09194592B2
Energy recovery devices, systems and methods, and energy recovery control systems and methods for efficient extraction and reuse of waste heat from exhaust fumes generated from cooking appliances.
US09194587B2
A gas turbine combustion chamber is provided including a pilot fuel nozzle arranged in the central section of a cylinder that opens at one end towards a combustion chamber. The pilot fuel nozzle includes a fuel nozzle and a cylindrical outer casing around the outer circumference of the fuel nozzle. A pilot swirl element is arranged between fuel nozzle and outer casing, including a plurality of main burners which are arranged around the pilot fuel nozzle, and including a pilot cone having an inner side and an outer side. The pilot cone is arranged on the pilot fuel nozzle and an opening, such that a pilot flame is formed in the pilot cone by mixing air and pilot fuel in order to ignite a fuel injected by the main burners, wherein the pilot cone has turbulence generators on the inner side and/or outer side thereof.
US09194580B2
The invention describes a burner for a thermal post-combustion device, which has a burner jet arranged in a housing. Arranged on the end region of the housing is a swirl apparatus, through which the exhaust gas to be purified can be made to flow. The burner jet comprises an outer tube and an inner tube, wherein it is possible for combustion gas to be made to flow through the interspace between said two tubes as far as an annular outlet gap in the end region thereof. The flow path for the combustion gas has a bottleneck in the vicinity of the outlet gap. In this way, a compact flame can be achieved, the form of which can be designated “bell-shaped” and which, for a given volume, has a relatively small surface. Although, such a flame has poor CO2 values, the swirl apparatus ensures that the exhaust gas burns in the flame with very low NOx and CO values.
US09194576B2
The LED bulb has a body of silicone between the LED driver and the heat sink for transferring heat generated in the LED driver to the heat sink. The body of silicone is also disposed between the LED module and heat sink for transferring heal generated in the LED module to the heat sink.
US09194557B2
The present disclose relates to a light source device, which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a light source. The first lens includes a first light input surface and a first convex surface opposite to the first light input surface. The first convex surface has a first curvature. The second lens includes a second light input surface and a second light output surface opposite to the second light input surface. The second light input surface defines a concave surface at a center thereof. The third lens includes a deviating portion arranged between the first convex surface of the first lens and the concave surface of the second lens. A light source faces the first light input surface of the first lens.
US09194552B2
An optical article for directing and distributing light including an optically transmissive light diffusing sheet and a reflective grid disposed in energy exchange relationship with the diffusing sheet. The reflective grid includes one or more parallel arrays of reflective surfaces configured to partially transmit and partially redirect a parallel beam of light into one or more directions that are not coincident with the original propagation direction of the incident light beam.
US09194549B2
A light emitting ball structure is disclosed and comprises a body; a control circuit module, disposed inside the body; at least one sensor, for detecting the motion status of the body and transmit to the control circuit module for data processing; at least one light emitting module, attached on an outer surface of the body; a wireless charge transmitting module, disposed outside the body and actuating a charging operation of a wireless charge receiving module; a rechargeable battery, electrically connected to the control circuit module, the charging operation between the wireless charge transmitting module and the wireless charge receiving module is actuating to charge; a remote control receiving module, electrically connected to the control circuit module and disposed inside the body; and a remote control transmitting module, disposed outside the body and remote controlling the remote control receiving module to process a switch ON/OFF operation.
US09194545B2
A light-emitting device disclosed herein includes: an emission layer; a diffraction grating structure including a diffraction grating; and a diffusion layer having a structure for diffusing light which is transmitted from one face to another face. The light going out from the emission layer has a central wavelength λ. The diffraction grating has a period p which is not less than 1.0λ and not more than 3.5λ. The diffusion layer has a haze of 80% or more and a total light transmittance of 80% or less.
US09194543B2
A floodlight having a plurality of light-emitting diode arrangements which are arranged on a light-emitting surface on the front face of a support plate so as to be laterally spaced from one another. The light-emitting diode arrangements are retained directly or indirectly on the support plate by mechanically releasable retaining elements which can be actuated without tools. The retaining elements are designed such that the retaining elements can be actuated from the front face of the support plate, and the light-emitting diode arrangements can be removed from the front face of the support plate when the retaining elements are in the released position. At the same time, the retaining means press the light-emitting diode arrangements onto a heat sink arrangement in a retaining position in order to ensure a good heat transfer between the light-emitting diode arrangements and the heat sink arrangement.
US09194538B2
The invention is a universal holder that can mount diverse objects onto diverse surfaces. The holder comprises two cylindrical clamps made of tensile material, i.e. its jaws may be stretched apart and will spring back with compressive and/or holding force, such that almost any object may be gripped and mounted on almost any surface. Because they are curved yet tensile, the clamps can hug curved objects or surfaces, as well as grip flat objects with compressive force. The clamps are connected such that they are rotatable 360 degrees with respect to each other, and one clamp is slidable around the surface of the other. The rotatable and slidable configuration provides versatility, allowing objects to be mounted for different purposes and in different configurations.
US09194530B2
A nickel-plated steel sheet for manufacturing a pipe having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor; and a pipe and a fuel supply pipe. In the pipe and fuel supply pipe, a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm is formed on an inner surface of a pipe formed of a steel sheet thus having corrosion resistance against fuel vapor. In the fuel supply pipe formed of a steel sheet for supplying fuel to a fuel tank, the fuel supply pipe includes: a large-diameter pipe portion through which the fuel passes; and a small-diameter pipe portion which makes an upper portion of the large-diameter pipe portion and a lower portion of the large-diameter pipe portion communicate with each other for ventilation, and a nickel plating layer having a plating thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm is formed on an inner surface of at least the small-diameter pipe portion.
US09194526B2
The invention relates to a flow control (1) for reducing the flow velocity of a liquid heating medium flowing into an accumulator tank (2) or a boiler. The flow control (1) comprises an inner tubular member (5) and an outer cylindrical member (6), The inner tubular member (5) has an inlet opening (8) and at least one outlet opening (9). A deflector means (10) deflects the flow of liquid heating medium out of the inner tubular member through said outlet opening. A perforated member (12) covers the outlet opening (9) such that the flow of liquid heating medium from said outlet opening passes through said perforated member. The outer cylindrical member (6) comprises a solid part (14) and a perforated part (15). The outer cylindrical member (6) is positioned such that the solid part (14) deflects the flow of liquid heating medium from said inner tubular member towards the perforated part (15) of the outer cylindrical member and through that into the accumulator tank (2) or boiler.
US09194525B2
A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system.
US09194515B2
A threaded joint for pipes comprises a pin and a box, each having a threaded and unthreaded portion metal contact surface. The unthreaded metal contact portion includes a sealing surface and a shoulder surface, the shoulder surface of the pin located on the pin end surface. A non-contacting region where the pin and the box do not contact each other exists between the sealing surfaces and the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box. One or more grooves is formed in at least one of the pin and the box shoulder surfaces and extending to the non-contacting region and to the interior of the joint. At least one of the contact surfaces has a solid lubricating coating exhibiting plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior. A total volume V (mm3) of the grooves and coating weight W (g) of the solid lubricating coating satisfy the equation V/W≧24 (mm3/g).
US09194513B2
A vehicle exhaust system includes a subsystem having an exterior pipe formed of a polymer. A rigid liner extends along the length of the exterior pipe and defines a passageway. A fiber insulating layer is formed between the rigid liner and the exterior pipe. The liner is formed to define at least one groove circumscribing the periphery of the passageway. The groove defines a region of increased volume of the exhaust passage along the length. The liner is further formed to define at least one void extending between the wall of the liner and the insulating layer, around the periphery of the passageway. A plurality of apertures in the liner, allow sound waves to pass from the passageway into the fiber insulating layer, and into the void.
US09194511B2
The invention provides a valve useful as a production valve in or connected to a production tree subsea, and other similar uses subsea or topside, the valve comprises a valve element, a valve element pressure housing, an actuator, a stem and a bonnet, the actuator is via the stem operatively arranged to close or open a fluid passageway through the valve element, the bonnet enclose the stem and is connected to the valve element pressure housing and seals are arranged between the stem and the bonnet for sealing against the pressure of the valve element pressure housing. The valve is distinctive in that the valve comprises at least one seal for sealing between stem and bonnet, the seal having identical inner sealing diameter against the stem and outer sealing against a single body or element of the bonnet.
US09194507B2
An air release vent valve used to vent air from a liquid filled pipeline, the air release vent valve having a float valve deployed in a float valve housing extending from the pipeline and a surge suppressing shutter valve deployed in a vent passageway extending from said float valve housing such that said surge suppressing shutter valve is downstream from said float valve. The surge suppressing shutter valve includes an elastic shutter element that is pre-shaped to a normally open position and is configured to gradually deform to a closed position as a velocity of air flowing through said vent passageway increase so as to dampen the force of the closure of air release vent valve and prevent a pressure surge within the pipeline. Once a liquid level in the pipeline reaches the float valve, a float is raised so as to fully closes the vent passageway.
US09194505B2
A flow channel switching valve includes a stator and a rotor inside an internal space of a housing, and includes a rotor drive portion that rotates the rotor while sliding the rotor on the stator by rotating a rotor drive shaft having, at a forefront, a rotor holding portion that holds the rotor. At a position below the rotor, the housing is provided with a liquid discharge portion that receives liquid leaking from between the stator and the rotor to guide the liquid outside the housing.
US09194498B2
A sealing device for sealing an annular gap between a housing having a shaft inserted into a shaft hole for preventing leaking of a fluid on one side in an axial direction to another side in the axial direction that is capable of stabilizing the posture of the sealing lip of the first sealing member made of rubber-like elastomer and exhibiting a good sealing performance. The sealing device includes a first sealing member (120) made of rubber-like elastomer, a second sealing member (140) made of resin, and an adaptor (160) that positions the first sealing member (120) in the axial direction, and a bent portion (163) in which an edge portion (165) is bent toward an outer peripheral side so as to be spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of a sealing lip (123).
US09194497B2
Seal assemblies and methods that include a seal lip that comprises an extended portion with generally constant cross-sectional width for low and generally constant friction during wear are described. The seal lip is loaded against a dynamic member by the aid of a spring energizer. The extended portion of the seal lip maintains constant torque resistance during movement of the dynamic member.
US09194491B2
A piston includes an outer shell having a receptacle at one end and a link retainer. The link retainer is configured to be positioned within the receptacle and affixed to the outer shell. The link retainer and the outer shell each define an opposing wall of a sealing ring groove, and one of the link retainer and the outer shell has an outer surface defining a base of the sealing ring groove.
US09194489B2
An automatic transmission shift control device include a controller that is programmed to shift an automatic transmission by issuing a command for switching an interference shift element from an engaged state to a disengaged state, and by issuing a command for switching a friction shift element from a released state to a locked state. The controller includes a progressive friction-shift-element switchover section which causes progressive switching of the friction shift element from the released state to the locked state prior to the command for switching of the interference shift element from the engaged state to the disengaged state. The controller includes an interference-shift-element switchover section which causes the switching of the interference shift element from the engaged state to the disengaged state when transmission torque of the interference shift element decreases to a predetermined value as the friction shift element progressively switches from the released state to the locked state.
US09194488B2
In a vehicle control apparatus that cuts off fuel supply during deceleration and engages a lockup clutch, it is determined whether a condition that enables to reduce load of the generator is established, and a desired power generation value of the generator is set to a first voltage value and a disengaging vehicle speed at which the lockup clutch is to be disengaged is set to a first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is not established, while the desired power generation value of the generator is set to a second voltage value that is determined based on a detected vehicle speed and the disengaging vehicle speed is set to a second vehicle speed that is lower than the first vehicle speed when it is determined that the condition is established, thereby enhancing fuel consumption performance and giving appropriate performance.
US09194477B2
A motion guide device includes a movable member attached onto an elongated member for forming a ball guiding passage and for receiving ball bearing members between the elongated member and the movable member, a detecting device includes a magnetic member and an insulated tube engaged into a hole of the movable member, and a warning device is coupled between the movable member and the magnetic member for generating a warning signal when the movable member and the magnetic member are electrically connected together with worn particles and for allowing the user to examine and to repair the motion guide device or the ball screw device when required.
US09194476B2
A sprocket assembly is provided. The assembly includes a sprocket frame having a central body and a first ledge portion body. The first ledge portion has a first aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a first removable tooth having a first tip portion, first and second landing portions, and a first extension portion. The first tip portion has first and second sides and first and second ends. The first extension portion extends from the second end and has an aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a first bolt extending through the first aperture in the first ledge portion and the aperture in the first extension portion to removably couple the first extension portion to the first ledge portion.
US09194474B2
A ring disk reciprocating power conversion device includes a planetary gear set and at least one eccentric control panel set. The eccentric control panel set includes a rotary disk pivoted on the opposite end of the planetary gear set, which can be guided by the rotation of the plurality of planet wheels of the planetary gear set, forcing the rotary disk to do a reciprocating movement in limited amplitude. The periphery of the rotary disk forms annular chambers. The annular chambers accommodate a pressure forming medium. More than one variable volume chambers are formed in the annular chambers, and the periphery of the rotary disk is provided with a plurality of spacers which has equal quantities as that of the variable volume chambers. The spacers can press or draw the medium and further regulate and stop the rotation of the planet wheel.
US09194470B2
A nut (1, 13, 21, 25) for a planetary roller screw drive is provided. A sleeve (14) which is produced by metal forming is provided, and two rings (16) that lie at a fixed distance with respect to each other in the axial direction are provided in this sleeve. In order to engage planets (3), the one ring (16) has the one groove profile (18), and the other ring (16) has the other groove profile (18).
US09194468B1
This invention is a device and method for avoiding dead centers in an in-line slider-crank mechanism when it is used to convert linear to rotary motion. The usual straight connecting rod is replaced by an L-shaped connecting rod operating in conjunction with two deflecting pillars. The side-arm of the L-shaped connecting rod travels between the two pillars which are strategically sized and placed, and intended to deflect the side-arm. As a consequence, the crankpin end of the connecting rod is automatically deflected away from the dead center positions, thus avoiding them, and enabling the rotation to become continuous and un-interrupted.
US09194459B2
A novel transmission for cycles that significantly reduces torque interference with steering operations is provided. Such a transmission allows for improved recumbent cycling capabilities. The inventive device thus includes a combination of a fixed transmission assembly that reduces torque levels and a movable transmission assembly that multiplies torque levels, allowing for the avoidance of high torque effects through the vehicle's steering axis. As such, the capability of the overall cycle device to steer properly and to a rather wide angle from center while implementing such a torque transfer protocol allows for a unique recumbent cycle configuration. Such a device, then, may be utilized for a human-powered cycle vehicle or one that further includes an electrical component to allow for automated drive capabilities through a rear wheel or wheels, as well. The method of implementation of such a transmission within a variety of cycle devices is also encompassed within this invention.
US09194453B2
A gas spring assembly includes an unreinforced flexible wall formed from a polymeric material and an external reinforcing structure extending lengthwise along and around the periphery of the unreinforced flexible wall. The external reinforcing structure is capable of extending and collapsing together with corresponding extension and compression of the flexible wall. The gas spring assembly also includes opposing end members. The external reinforcing structure can be formed from a plurality of interconnecting wall segments that at least partially define a plurality of openings extending through the external reinforcing structure. A suspension system is also included.
US09194451B2
A leaf spring made of a fiber composite material having integrated bearing holes and a method for producing is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of cutting prepreg strips of a predetermined length from a prepreg strand, removing cut-outs from the particular prepreg strip in the axial ends where a bearing hole should be formed, laying a plurality of prepreg strips one over the other in a prepreg stack in alternation so that the surfaces of the prepreg strips are flush to form a raw leaf spring forming a bearing hole by deforming an axial end of the prepreg stack in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal extension (L) and perpendicular to the transverse extension (B) of the prepreg stack, setting the raw sheet spring to form the finished leaf spring in a mold with a suitable setting pressure and a suitable setting temperature.
US09194450B2
Elastomer components, which are to have an elastomer volume with a sufficiently large prestress, as is required, for example, for use in wind energy plants. The elastomer components are substantially based on the incorporation and integration of separating elements into the elastomer body of the component, the elements are disposed either individually or in structures. The body may be compressed by pressure supplied into the region, between the separating elements and the surrounding elastomer material, or directly into the separating elements, such that the elastomer components are prestressed in a dynamically adjustable manner.
US09194444B2
A powertrain includes an engine, a transmission, a pump for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid and a launch clutch connected between the engine and the transmission for coupling the engine to the transmission when the launch clutch is in an engaged condition and for decoupling the engine from the transmission when the launch clutch is in a disengaged condition. A device is rotationally coupled to the engine and to the pump. The device is translatable along an axis between a first position and a second position. The device moves the launch clutch to the engaged condition when in the first position and does not move the launch clutch to the engaged condition when in the second position. A piston in communication with the pressurized hydraulic fluid provided by the pump is configured to translate the device along the axis between at least one of the first and second positions.
US09194442B2
A dual clutch device for a vehicle may include a drive motor provided in a motor housing, a clutch housing connected to the motor housing wherein a clutch may be provided in the clutch housing, and a cooling oil flowing unit forming a hydraulic line fluid-connecting the motor housing and the clutch housing and supplying a cooling oil to the drive motor and the clutch through the hydraulic line.
US09194441B2
A clutch device includes an input rotor, a first clutch, a second clutch, a first drive mechanism and a second drive mechanism. A first clutch is disposed switchably between a first transmitting state of transmitting power and a first blocking state of blocking power transmission. A second clutch is disposed switchably between a second transmitting state of transmitting power and a second blocking state of blocking power transmission. The first drive mechanism includes a first drive support member and the second drive mechanism includes a second drive support member. A drive clearance is configured to be produced axially between the first drive support member and the second drive support member in the first blocking state and the second blocking state. The drive clearance is less than a sum of the first stroke and the second stroke.
US09194435B2
A sliding bearing 1 including an upper casing 3 having an annular lower surface 2; a lower casing 5 which is superposed on the upper casing 3 so as to be rotatable about an axis O of the upper casing 3 and has an annular upper surface 4 opposed to the annular lower surface 2 of the upper casing 3; an annular thrust sliding bearing piece 7 disposed in an annular space 6 between the annular lower surface 2 and the annular upper surface 4; a seal 8 disposed on an outer peripheral side of the annular space 6; and a seal 9 disposed on an inner peripheral side of the annular space 6.
US09194433B2
A bearing system may have an inner race coupled to an outer race defining a lubrication volume and a shield coupled to the outer race, the shield at least partially defining an aperture of the lubrication volume. The aperture may permit the flow of lubricating oil through the bearing system. The shield may retain a quantity of oil within the bearing system. The bearing system may be operated without an oil supply, for example, during an emergency, and the retained quantity of oil may provide ongoing lubrication.
US09194431B2
A suspension thrust bearing (1) including at least one rolling bearing (7) forming an axial thrust bearing disposed on a lower cap (6) is provided. The lower cap (6) includes a body (8) with an annular rolling bearing portion (8a) for a spring (2) and a tubular portion (8d) including a bore (8e) in which a shock absorber bump stop (4) is inserted. An axial contact surface (8h) is defined on the lower portion of the bore (8e) of the tubular portion (8d) against which the shock absorber bump stop (4) when deformed exerts a radial force (F2). The tubular portion (8d) includes a reinforcing insert (10) located at the level of this axial contact surface (8h).
US09194430B2
A split cage includes a plurality of cage segments each having a pair of rim portions and a pair of cage bar portions, the cage bar portions and the rim portions defining a single pocket that accommodates a single tapered roller. Turning of each of the cage segments is guided by the tapered roller, the cage segments being arranged in a circular pattern along the circumferential direction of the split cage, in an annular space between inner and outer rings. Each cage segment has projections formed so as to project radially inward from the pocket, and formed at the rim portions. A projecting length of each projection is set to such a length that the projection is brought into contact with an outer peripheral side portion of the inner ring before the cage segment is detached from the tapered roller when the cage segment is displaced to the radially inside.
US09194429B2
A bearing cage for a rolling element bearing assembly, the bearing cage including a cage body having an inner surface defining a bore coaxially aligned with the principal rotational axis of the bearing cage; a plurality of pockets, each pocket being suitable for housing a rolling element of the rolling element bearing assembly, the pockets being arranged sequentially around the cage body with respect to the principal rotational axis of the bearing cage; and a skirt projecting from the cage body in the axial direction; characterized by a flow deflector projecting from the skirt in the radial direction.
US09194425B2
A device of the axial-directional oil chamber of hydrostatic spindle comprises integrated oil seal structures at both the axial direction and the radial direction. The oil seal structures increase the work area of the oil chamber by extending and thus connecting an axial-directional oil seal edge to a radial-directional oil seal edge. Then, the rigidity of the axial hydrostatic bearing can be increased, and thus the application capability of the hydrostatic spindle can be upgraded to perform the multi-task machining from the mono-task machining.
US09194424B2
A circumferential seal assembly capable of separating a gas into two separate flow paths before communication onto a pair of seal rings is presented. The seal assembly includes an annular seal housing, a pair of annular seal rings, a rotatable runner, and a plurality of groove structures. The seal housing is interposed between a pair of low pressure compartments. The seal rings are separately disposed within the seal housing and separately disposed around the rotatable runner. The groove structures are disposed along an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable runner. The gas is communicable onto the groove structures. Each groove structure bifurcates the gas before communication onto the seal rings. Flow within each groove structure may be further separable before the gas is communicated onto the seal rings. The gas forms a thin-film layer between the rotatable runner and each seal ring.
US09194421B2
A one-piece, self-locking nut is formed with a threaded nut body integrally formed with crush-locking lips on a forward contact face of the nut body spaced by an internal relief cut for accommodating deformation of the crush-locking lips therein. When the nut is tightened down on an object on a fastener bolt, the crush-locking lips are forced inwardly and deformed on the threaded shaft of the fastener bolt into the space of the internal relief cut in order to form a permanent lock on the fastener bolt. The one-piece, self-locking nut can be fabricated by conventional nut manufacturing methods. In use it threads on quickly like a conventional nut and installs with conventional tools.
US09194411B2
An air transport duct, and sections of such duct, capable of connection to a support by support members and attachment members formed from two mating members. Each section has two terminal open ends and a flange disposed around each open end for connection to a flange of an adjacent section. Each flange includes two relatively transverse receiving channels adjacent to a corner of the flange, and an insertable corner member positioned into the channels. The corner member is attached to the flange by a load-bearing connection, and can support a predetermined portion of a weight of the duct by connection of the corner member to a first mating member connectable to a second mating member secured to a corresponding support member. A method of connecting a duct to a support by forming a load-bearing connection between a corner member and a flange.
US09194410B2
A nutless bolt includes a body having a shaft and a stop coupled to the shaft. Shaft is dimensioned to allow passage through a hole formed in a structure into which the bolt is inserted. The stop prevents body from falling into or through the hole. An axial bore formed in body houses a locking mechanism extending radially from shaft to lock body and nutless bolt in the hole. An actuator pin movable along the bore in a generally down hole direction through various positions. Position L1 is a pre-application position; position L2 is a locking position; and position L3 is a release position. Pin is movable in the down hole direction from L2 where the pin causes the locking mechanism to extend radially from shaft to lock the body in the hole, to L3 where the pin is retained in the body and displaced relative to the locking mechanism.
US09194407B1
Universal clamps, devices, apparatus and methods having slidable clamp portions over U shaped legs on a holder, for clamping drink holders, rod holders, utility holders, a caddy or a shelf, on any vertical, angled, and horizontal pipes, tubes, shafts, and the like. The clamp portions and holders can be formed from marine grade UV(ultraviolet) resistant polymer material. Fasteners, such as screws with threaded posts lock the clamp portions into the legs of the holder wherein the threaded posts remain protected and fully covered within the legs and the clamp member when the clamp member is locked to the holder. The holders can include a single loop, two side by side loops or a loop pivotally attachable to a base member that supports the U shaped legs.
US09194401B2
An accumulator assembly comprises an accumulator cylinder formed of a cylindrical, gas-impermeable shell and a cylindrical gas-impermeable sleeve disposed within and substantially concentric with the shell. An interstitial space is formed between the sleeve and the shell. A piston slidably is disposed within the sleeve, the piston separating an interior of the sleeve into a first chamber configured to contain a compressed gas, and a second chamber configured to contain a pressurized fluid. A pair of removable axial closures retained to the gas-impermeable sleeve at opposing ends and sealingly engaged with corresponding opposing ends of the gas-impermeable shell is configured to provide maximum resistance to the tensional stress of the sleeve.
US09194394B2
A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor having a stator core, a compression mechanism driven by the electric motor, a motor housing accommodating the electric motor, and a cluster block engaged with the stator core in the motor housing. The stator core of the electric motor and the motor housing are assembled by shrink fit. The cluster block accommodates a connecting terminal for electrical connection between a conductor connected to a motor drive circuit and a lead wire drawn from the electric motor. The cluster block has a terminal hole for receiving the connecting terminal and has an opening that is provided separately from the terminal hole.
US09194393B2
A system and method for flooded start control of a compressor for a refrigeration system is provided. A temperature sensor generates temperature data corresponding to at least one of a compressor temperature and an ambient temperature. A control module receives the temperature data, determines an off-time period since the compressor was last on, determines an amount of liquid present in the compressor based on the temperature data and the off-time period, compares the amount of liquid with a predetermined threshold, and, when the amount of liquid is greater than the predetermined threshold, operates the compressor according to at least one cycle including a first time period during which the compressor is on and a second time period during which the compressor is off.
US09194390B1
Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit comprising a valve and methods of synchronized corrections of flow data estimates.
US09194384B2
In various embodiments, a pump is provided that includes a microfluidic channel and a plurality of electrodes for electrostatically translating a target fluid along the channel from an inlet to an outlet. In other embodiments, a valve includes a microfluidic channel, a reservoir in fluidic communication with the channel, and an electrode for electrostatically drawing a fluid from the reservoir into the channel so as to block the flow of other fluids through the channel.
US09194383B2
A device for pumping a flowable mass, such as a consumable item, has a main body with a hollow space that is fluidically connected with a mass source through an inlet opening and with a mass destination through an outlet opening in the surroundings of the main body. The inlet opening and the outlet opening are disposed along a direction at a distance from each other on the main body. A first body and a second body can each be moved in the hollow space relative to the main body and relative to each other along the direction. The first and second bodies are sealed against an inside wall and slidable on the inside wall to define a chamber. Moving the first body and/or the second body varies the volume of the chamber and its position relative to be main body.
US09194371B2
A wind turbine having a set of curved blades mounted on a central rotatable huh. Each of the blades has a defined pitch angle, to a rotational axis of the hub, along the blade from the hub to the tip. A curve is provided on the wind contact surface along each of the blades over the blade surface from the leading edge of the blade to the trailing edge of the blade by an amount between about 6 and about 24 degrees. The defined pitch angle from any point along the leading edge of the blade being defined by the arc-sine of a ratio of blade velocity to apparent wind velocity, with a variance of ±30 percent of the complementary angle to the arc-sine; and apparatus for varying the velocity of the blade to control power output so that it is within fifteen percent of maximum obtainable power of the blade most distant from the hub.
US09194352B2
A pressure relief valve for a common rail fuel system includes a hard ceramic spherical valve member that moves into and out of contact with a conical valve seat of a soft metallic valve body. Fretting damage to the valve is inhibited by using the dissimilar materials, and by using a guide pin that is allowed to move on the spherical surface of the ceramic spherical valve member. The valve member may be constructed of silicon nitride.
US09194349B2
The invention relates to a fuel injection arrangement for piston engine comprising at least one fuel injector by means of which fuel may be injected into a combustion chamber of the engine, the fuel injector comprising at least one fuel injection valve arranged to meter the fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injection arrangement further comprising an intensifier piston arrangement comprising a piston space and a piston member therein having a first area which is arranged to be effected by a work fluid and which first area at least partially borders a first work space of the intensifier piston arrangement; and the piston member having a second area which at least partially borders a second work space of the intensifier piston arrangement, the second work space being arranged in flow connection with the at least one injection valve of the injector. The intensifier piston arrangement comprises a counter member and the piston member is provided with a longitudinally extending cavity providing a space into which the counter member is arranged to extend at least partly, and the second area is at least partly defined at least partly by the piston member and the counter member.
US09194340B2
Disclosed is a cycle piston engine power system in which a compression ignition or spark ignition reciprocating piston engine is made non-emissive via a semi-closed cycle, in a manner which produces saleable CO2 product at pressure. The cycle piston engine power system can includes, among other elements, a piston engine for generating power and exhaust gas; a water cooling and separation unit which receives the exhaust gas and cools and removes water from the exhaust gas to create CO2 gas supply; a mixing pressure vessel which receives at least a portion of the CO2 gas supply from the water cooling and separation unit and mixes the CO2 gas supply with oxygen to create a working fluid to be provided to the piston engine; and an oxygen generator for providing oxygen to the mixing pressure vessel.
US09194321B1
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a starter control module, an engine speed module, and a sensor diagnostic module. The starter control module generates a starter engage signal to engage a starter of an engine. The engine speed module determines a speed of the engine based on input from at least one of a camshaft position sensor and a crankshaft position sensor. The sensor diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in the at least one of the camshaft position sensor and the crankshaft position sensor based on a rate of change in the engine speed before the starter engage signal is generated.
US09194320B2
A fuel tank system includes an ECU receiving an open signal Sa of a fuel supply SW. The ECU has a main control unit controlling a power unit of a vehicle, a main relay control circuit turning off a main relay when IGSW for causing the power unit to start or stop is turned off, SOAK time measurement circuit measuring an input time and no input time, the input time being a time during which the open signal Sa is continuously inputted to the ECU while the IGSW is off, the no input time being a time during which the open signal Sa is not inputted to the ECU while the IGSW is off with the fuel supply SW on, and a failure determination unit determining that the fuel supply SW has an abnormality when SOAK time is longer than a failure determination time.
US09194313B2
A method of controlling a spark-ignition engine including an ignition plug for spark-igniting mixture gas inside a cylinder in an engine body, and an effective compression ratio changing module for changing an effective compression ratio of the engine body is provided. The method includes estimating, based on engine speed, engine load, and environmental conditions, a limit effective compression ratio serving as a maximum effective compression ratio where pre-ignition does not occur, calculating a current effective compression ratio, calculating a value obtained by subtracting the effective compression ratio from the limit effective compression ratio, as a margin before pre-ignition occurs, and decreasing, when the margin is below a predetermined minimum margin, the effective compression ratio of the engine body by using the effective compression ratio changing module so that the margin is increased to be above the minimum margin, which is set constant regardless of at least environmental conditions.
US09194312B2
A control device of a vehicle drive device includes an engine having a supercharger and an automatic transmission outputting power of the engine to drive wheels. When an upshift of the automatic transmission is performed by executing an acceleration operation, if a progress status of a supercharging pressure increase in a supercharger pressure increasing process by the supercharger is a status in an initial period of the increasing process, a supercharging pressure increase degree before start of an inertia phase of the upshift is made smaller than a supercharging pressure increase degree after a predetermined timing subsequent to the start of the inertia phase, while if the progress status of the supercharging pressure increase is a status in an ending period of the increasing process, the supercharging pressure increase degree before the start of the inertia phase is made larger than the supercharging pressure increase degree after the predetermined timing.
US09194304B2
During engine braking of a turbocharged internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas pressure increases and this is used to pressurize the seals between the turbocharger shaft and the bearing housing so as to prevent oil leakage into the compressor housing. Immediately after engine braking, stored exhaust gas pressure is used to pressurize the seals at the turbine end so as to prevent oil leakage into the turbine housing. In an alternative arrangement the exhaust gas is used to generate a reduced pressure in the bearing housing to increase the pressure gradient across the seals.
US09194303B2
A gas turbine system includes a compressor, a fuel source, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor is configured to compress air. The fuel source is configured to supply fuel to a plurality of fuel manifolds. The combustor is configured to receive the air from the compressor, to receive the fuel from the plurality of fuel manifolds, and to combust the air and the fuel into combustion products. The turbine is configured to extract work from the combustion products. A fuel control valve is disposed within each of the plurality of fuel manifolds and is configured to throttle the fuel to the combustor when the gas turbine system is operating in an electrical island mode.
US09194293B2
An air inlet assembly comprising an entrance region configured to receive an airflow, an exit region configured to output the airflow, and an attenuation region disposed between the entrance region and the exit region. The attenuation region has a cross section aspect ratio of at least about 5-to-1, and comprises acoustic absorbing material.
US09194291B2
An example bypass valve includes a sleeve providing a bore that extends along an axis. The sleeve has at least one window. The bypass valve also includes a spool received within the bore. The spool is configured to move within the bore between a first position that restricts flow through at least one window and a second position that permits flow through the at least one window of the sleeve. An outer diameter of the spool is from 99.90 to 99.95 percent of a diameter of the bore.
US09194284B2
A vehicle comprises a forced induction engine, fluid reservoir, engine controller, and sensor. The fluid reservoir is pneumatically connected to intake air of the forced induction engine. The engine controller is in communication with the forced induction engine and configured to control the forced induction engine. The sensor is in communication with the engine controller and is configured to measure a pressure within the fluid reservoir and communicate it to the engine controller. The controller is configured to derate the engine when the pressure within the fluid reservoir is above a first pressure.
US09194283B2
A method of transducing energy from hydrogen, the method comprising: providing a chamber; maintaining a pressure of 75 psi to 30 in. vacuum within the chamber; injecting fuel into the chamber, where the fuel is hydrogen or a mix of hydrogen and oxygen; and igniting the fuel within the chamber.
US09194281B2
An internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a cylinder head having a cylinder having an exhaust valve opening and an intake valve opening, an intake port in fluidic communication with the intake valve opening and configured to flow intake air to the cylinder through the intake valve opening, and a condensate drainage channel extending into a wall of the intake port and including an inlet positioned downstream of an outlet, the inlet positioned vertically above the outlet.
US09194276B2
Exhaust routing devices are disclosed that include (a) a body defining an exhaust routing chamber, the body having an intake port configured to provide fluid communication between the exhaust port of a cylinder head and the chamber, and two outlet ports configured to provide fluid communication between the chamber and first and second exhaust pipes; and (b) a gate, mounted within the chamber to pivot between a first position, in which the gate occludes one of the outlet ports, and a second position, in which the gate occludes the other outlet port. Exhaust routing systems and method of using them are also disclosed.
US09194273B2
A method includes providing an exhaust stream for an internal combustion engine, where the exhaust stream is fluidly coupled to an aftertreatment component. The method includes optically determining an amount of an exhaust gas constituent in the exhaust stream. The method further includes modifying a model stored on a computer readable medium in response to the amount of the exhaust gas constituent. The model is an engine NOx generation model, a catalyst NOx storage model, a catalyst NOx conversion model, a catalyst NO to NO2 conversion model, a catalyst conversion efficiency model, an engine soot generation model, and/or a urea hydrolysis model.
US09194272B2
The present disclose is directed to a power system. The power system may include a power source that creates a flow of exhaust. The power system may further include a particulate collection device that receives the flow of exhaust. The power system may also include an additive injector located downstream of the power source, the additive injector may be configured to provide a controlled supply of additive to the flow of exhaust.
US09194268B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for performing diagnostics of a selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) device in an exhaust gas treatment system of an internal combustion engine. The method includes monitoring an amount of sulfur in the SCR device of the exhaust treatment system and monitoring, by an SCR diagnostics module, an efficiency of the SCR device and indicating when the efficiency of the SCR device falls below an efficiency diagnostics threshold. Based on determining that the amount of sulfur in the SCR device is above a first threshold, the method includes disabling an operation of the SCR diagnostics module.
US09194265B2
A rotating separator has a housing preventing separated liquid carryover. A plenum between the annular rotating separating filter element and the housing sidewall has one or more flow path separating guides minimizing the flow of separated liquid to the outlet. The flow path guides may include one or more fins and/or swirl flow dampers and/or a configured surface.
US09194262B2
A multi-valve actuating valve bridge for an engine is provided. The valve bridge includes a rocker arm engaging tappet head and at least two arms extending transversely of the rocker arm and engaging the tappet head. The valve bridge further includes a valve stem guide pocket provided on each of the arms. The valve stem guide pocket includes a valve stem contact face and a tapered surface extending from the valve stem contact face towards an opening of the valve stem guide pocket. The tapered surface defines an inverted frusto-conical cavity. A first inner diameter of the valve stem guide pocket at the valve stem contact face is greater than a second inner diameter of the valve stem guide pocket at the opening.
US09194237B2
A gas turbine nozzle section of a gas turbine may include an inner endwall with a leading edge. A serpentine passage may be configured substantially within the leading edge. The serpentine passage may have an inlet and an outlet. Air may be received at the inlet and exhausted at the outlet, cooling the leading edge.
US09194229B2
An apparatus for production testing. According to one aspect, the apparatus is modular and suitable for transport and assembly in the field. The apparatus comprises a platform and one or more pressure vessels. The platform includes a mounting bracket for the pressure vessel and the mounting bracket includes a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism allows the pressure vessel to be lowered into the mounting bracket and coupled to the platform for example using a load sling on a helicopter. According to another aspect, the pressure vessels comprise spherical containers and the spherical containers are configured to be heliportable to a field site.
US09194225B2
A system, method and device may be used to monitor fluid levels in a drill pipe in borehole. The system includes an electromagnetic (EM) generator to generate a traveling wave of electromagnetic energy to propagate along a linear path through the drill pipe towards a surface of the fluid, a detector to detect a portion of the electromagnetic wave reflected from the surface of the fluid and propagated through the drill pipe towards the detector, a processor to analyze detected signals to determine a level of the surface of the fluid. In an embodiment, the system includes a pump controller to control the operation of a pump located in the wellbore or at the mudline based on the fluid surface level.
US09194222B2
Systems and methods for improved propped fracture geometry for high permeability reservoirs are provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a pad volume and proppant volume for fracturing a subterranean formation is provided comprising selecting a proppant volume for placement in a fracture to be created in a subterranean formation; determining a desired fracture geometry for the fracture; calculating a pad volume sufficient to create the desired fracture geometry in the subterranean formation at a lower fluid efficiency value; calculating a fracture length that would result from injecting the pad volume into the subterranean formation at an upper fluid efficiency value; calculating a fracture width that corresponds to the calculated fracture length; and calculating a proppant volume sufficient to fill a fracture having the calculated length and width.
US09194220B2
A production system placed inside a wellbore has a production tubing and an ESP for flowing fluid from the wellbore into the production tubing. A sensor string including distributed sensors is placed along the sensor string and provides temperature measurements along the production tubing uphole of the ESP. A controller determines from the temperature measurements a change in temperature that exceeds a threshold and determines therefrom level of a liquid in the wellbore.
US09194211B2
The pulse-tool is used when injecting liquid into a borehole in the ground. When a pulse-valve of the tool opens, liquid passes through from an accumulator to the ground formation, whereby the accumulator pressure falls and the formation pressure rises. When the pulse-valve closes, the accumulator pressure rises and the formation pressure falls. The pulse-valve is driven to open when the pressure differential (PDAF) reaches a high-threshold, at which the PDAF overcomes a biasing force acting to hold the pulse-valve closed. The biasing force is provided by a pair of magnets, in attraction mode. When the PDAF reaches its high-threshold, and the magnets separate, the magnetic attraction force decreases rapidly. This characteristic helps the pulse-valve to open very rapidly, e.g explosively, creating an energetic penetrative shock-wave out into the formation.
US09194208B2
The present disclosure is for a vibratory downhole rotary apparatus. The apparatus includes a cylindrical hollow body, a stator disposed within the cylindrical hollow body and a rotor disposed within the stator. The apparatus also includes a flow resistance system to vary the resistance of fluid flow through the apparatus to increase and decrease backpressure across the apparatus.
US09194207B2
A method comprising mixing a wellbore servicing composition comprising Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in surface wellbore operating equipment at the surface of a wellsite. An interrogator retrieves data regarding a parameter sensed by the MEMS sensor.
US09194205B2
A device is described for a system for conducting tests of a well, pipe or the like, where a plug of a removable material is inserted in a pipe through a well to carry out said tests. The device is characterized in that the wall parts of the pipe comprise channel borings (3,4,8) that set up fluid connections between the well space (70) and the well space (72) above and below, respectively, the plug, and that it comprises a closing body that can close the fluid connection permanently. The channel boring is preferably defined by an axial hollow space/chamber (4) in which a piston is arranged, said piston can be readjusted by an axial movement from a first position where there is fluid connection through the channel and a second position where the connection is permanently closed and can not be reopened.
US09194198B2
A runnable member catcher includes a body fixedly attachable within a tubular, the body defines inner radial dimensions that are smaller than portions of the body that are fixedly attached the body to the tubular, the body is configured to be structurally weakened upon exposure to an activation fluid to facilitate removal of the body.
US09194197B2
A mechanical counting device for actuating a plurality of output devices, the device comprising: linear indexing means adapted to count a plurality of actuating signals and to cause actuation of the output devices when a predetermined number of actuating signals for each output device has been received, wherein the mechanical counting device is adapted to cause actuation of a particular device when a different predetermined number of actuating signals has been received such that the output devices are sequentially actuable.
US09194195B2
Control equipment for guiding a drill rod. The control equipment including a frame and two guide jaws provided with guide surfaces and mounted movably in relation to the frame. The drill rod is set between the guide jaws during drilling. Actuators move the guide jaws in relation to the drill rod. Synchronization means are coupled between the guide jaws, such that the guide jaws always move in opposite directions to one another and at the same speed. A detector detects that the guide surfaces of the guide jaws are in contact with the drill rod.
US09194191B2
An apparatus, a system, and a method to secure a link in a drilling rig. The apparatus includes a carrier configured to removably secure at least a portion of the link therein, in which the carrier is configured to have a first end of the link accessible outside of the carrier. Further, the system includes a tool having a link ear and suspended within the drilling rig, the link ear configured to attach a first end of the link thereupon, and a carrier configured to removably secure at least a portion of the link, in which the first end of the link is accessible to attach to the link ear.
US09194188B2
Rotary rock bit comprising a tool body having an axial core (1) and radial blades (2) made of steel, grooves (6) hollowed out in the edge (5) of the blades, transversely thereto, and cylindrical abrasive elements (8) comprising impregnated diamonds, which are disposed in the grooves, transversely to the blades.
US09194187B2
A subterranean support-bolt drilling assembly has a drill bit rotatable about a central axis and including at least one cutting edge. The drilling assembly also includes a spacer coupled to a rearward end of the drill bit. A reamer member is coupled to a rearward end of the spacer, the reamer member having at least one cutting element, the at least one cutting element having a cutting edge that extends radially beyond an outer peripheral portion of the drill bit relative to the central axis. A subterranean support-bolt drill bit includes a bit body and at least one cutting element coupled to the bit body. The support-bolt drill bit has a central pilot extending from the bit body in an axially forward direction. The cutting edge of the at least one cutting element extends radially beyond the central pilot relative to a central axis of the drill bit.
US09194182B2
The rotary percussive device includes a casing forming a support, a striking mechanism equipped with a longitudinal body, rotatably mounted in the casing along the axis of the body, including a cylinder extending along the axis of the body, a striking piston slidingly mounted inside the cylinder and intended to strike a shank coupled to a drill rod, and a distribution device arranged to control an alternating movement of the striking piston along the axis of the body, and a motor arranged to drive the body of the striking mechanism in rotation along an axis of rotation substantially coinciding with the axis of the body. The striking mechanism includes a closing lid mounted on the body and arranged to close one of the ends of the body, the closing lid being coupled in rotation to an output shaft of the motor and at least partially including the distribution device.
US09194179B2
A roll shade system is disclosed. The roll shade system includes a motor configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, a support shaft supporting the motor wherein the support shaft is configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, and a roll shade tube configured to be rotatable about the motor and the support shaft during operation of the motor. The roll shade system further includes stationary components including a wiring connector, an input wiring system, a bearing, an antenna, a coaxial cable, a motor controller, a counterbalance spring. The roll shade system also includes rotatable components including a bearing housing and one or more O-rings.
US09194166B1
Some implementations provide a hinge that includes a first wing, a second wing, a coupling pin, and a locking pin. The first wing includes a first knuckle and a second knuckle. The first knuckle includes a first hole. The second knuckle includes a second hole and a first locking hole. The second wing includes a third knuckle and a fourth knuckle. The third knuckle includes a third hole. The fourth knuckle includes a fourth hole. The coupling pin is configured to couple the first wing to the second wing through the first, second, third and fourth knuckles. The locking pin configured to limit the hinge in a particular position when the locking pin is inserted into the first locking hole of the second knuckle. The locking pin configured to lock the hinge in a particular position when the locking pin is inserted into the locking hole of the second knuckle.
US09194162B2
A vehicle door latch assembly is disclosed herein, having: a fork bolt movably secured to the latch assembly; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the fork bolt in a latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and an engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the fork bolt; an inertia block out assembly for preventing the detent lever from moving into the disengaged position when the inertia block out assembly is in a blocking position; and a manual override mechanism for the inertia block out assembly, wherein the manual override mechanism requires at least three independent actions to be performed to move the inertia block out assembly from the blocking position to an unblocking position.
US09194151B2
A transition element between a jacket having four legs and a tower where the lower portion of the tower is fixed to a torsion plate that is connected to an upper portion of the legs. A brace extends from each leg. Each brace includes a strut. The strut has a first end portion and a second end portion. The strut is fixed to the upper portion of each leg and a plate that is fixed to the tower at a contact portion above the torsion plate. The planar plate is fixed to the tower in the circumferential direction and has a common axis of symmetry with the strut. The plate is fixed to the first end portion of the strut.
US09194149B2
An improved layout for a manufacturing facility is disclosed. The layout includes a production area which includes a hub which is at least partially surrounded by a production corridor. The production corridor comprises production stages used in the manufacturing process. The hub, having direct line-of-sight to the production stages, can easily monitor the manufacturing process.
US09194146B2
A wave pool configured to generate waves from a center portion of the wave pool towards the outer perimeter of the wave pool. A motor is positioned substantially at a center of the wave pool and is connected to a foil via an arm extending outwardly from the motor. The motor causes rotation of the arm and the foil for generating waves that travel away from the motor and towards an outer edge of the pool. The foil may be formed in the shape of a scoop and configured to adjust its angle relative to the arm via one or more angular adjustment connections with the arm. Multiple arms and/or foils may be used to generate waves in the wave pool. The wave pool has a deeper body of water located adjacent to the motor and a shallower body of water adjacent to the outer perimeter.
US09194143B2
A hotel room with furniture arranged for optimal television viewing from a bed and another location, such as a sofa or second bed. Furniture pieces are connected or closely aligned together and are arranged so that they provide premium viewing for a television, regardless of a location of a person within the hotel room. To this end, embodiments utilize furniture arrangements where the bed and/or sofa are turned at an angle to the walls of the room, and the room is laid out efficiently to account for this different design affect.
US09194142B2
A modular wall system for use in trade shows includes an upstanding column having a surface, a panel having an end, and a connecting bracket for detachably connecting the end of the panel to the column. The connecting bracket includes male and female interengageable parts, where the female part is attached to the end of the panel and the male part is attached to the surface of the column. The female part includes a slot extending in a direction along the length of the surface of the column. The slot includes opposing outwardly inclined sides. The male part includes opposing sides corresponding in shape to the slot sides and received within the slot to connect the end of the panel and column.
US09194139B2
The disclosure relates generally to the field of boom-type engineering machinery, which discloses particularly an engine speed control method used to control an output speed of an engine of a boom-type engineering machine during a boom action including: detecting a load pressure of a hydraulic system and a moving speed of a boom; determining a target speed of the engine according to the load pressure and the moving speed of the boom, by a central control unit; and sending, by the central control unit, the target speed of the engine to an engine control unit, and performing, by the engine control unit, a speed closed-loop adjustment according to a current speed value fed back by the engine, so that a current speed of the engine is consistent with the target speed of the engine. Further aspects are an engine speed control system and a boom-type engineering machine equipped therewith.
US09194136B2
A recoiling energy absorbing system has an outer shell that is exposed to percussive impact. An energy absorbing layer is positioned inside the outer shell. The energy absorbing layer includes one or more thermoformed energy absorbing modules, at least some of the modules being provided with one or more energy absorbing units that extend from an upper basal layer. At least some of the energy absorbing units are provided with a flexible wall that extends from the upper basal layer. The energy absorbing units at least partially absorb energy generated by an impacting object due to the flexible wall bending inwardly or outwardly and recoiling nondestructively after single or multiple impacts to its undeflected configuration.
US09194134B2
Building panels, such as floorboards, provided with a mechanical locking system. The mechanical locking system includes a displacement groove at a first edge of a first floorboard and a tongue groove at a second edge of a second floorboard A tongue is arranged in the displacement groove and is configured to cooperate, in a second position, with the tongue groove for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. The tongue includes, in a first position, an inner element and an outer element. The inner element is removable along the displacement groove, and is configured to cooperate with the outer element to obtain a displacement of the outer element towards the tongue groove and thereby obtain the second position. Said inner element and said outer element vertically overlap each other.
US09194129B2
This invention relates to safety anchors for roof workers and in particular to a gutter ladder anchor, a ridge anchor, a rafter anchor, and a truss anchor. In a one aspect the invention is a gutter ladder anchor formed from a metal plate, and comprising a flat base, having left, right, rear, and front ends; a fold at the front end of the base; one or more legs extending from the fold; a flange at the end of each leg, folded upwards; one or more holes located in each leg for mounting a vertical eye or a ladder location attachment; a first pattern of spaced apart holes through the base for fixing the anchor to a batten or purlin, said first pattern extending from the left end to the right end; and one or more holes through the flange of each leg for fixing the anchor to a gutter.
US09194128B1
Some embodiments of the invention include an exterior mounted skylight solar shade configured to reduce solar heat gain and glare into the interior space of a building. The skylight shade may have a support skeleton including a plurality of side frame sections, arced frame sections engaging with and extending upwardly from the side frame sections, arced supports attached to the side frame sections, and a center support configured to engage with the arced frame sections and the arced supports, and a solar shade material stretched over the support skeleton. The assembly is configured to attach to a skylight frame such that the shade material is kept a distance from a skylight lens, creating an airflow passageway between the skylight lens and the solar shade material and may have a height of from about 1.5 to about 2 inches between the skylight lens and the shade material at its tallest point.
US09194124B2
A sound absorbing luminaire providing lighting for an interior space environment and managing the acoustics within the environment. The luminaire includes a frame holding an acoustic film and a lighting element, forming a resonant cavity between them. The acoustic film is used for absorbing sound within the resonant cavity, and the lighting element provides light from a light source, such as LEDs, through the acoustic film. An optical film can be mounted in the frame between the acoustic film and the lighting element for providing a desired distribution of light.
US09194120B2
The present invention concerns a method for treating waste material comprising: —Collecting release coated cellulose or polymeric sheets from producers and end-users thereof in the form of dense, bulky masses, such as rolls and stacks; —Pre-shredding the dense, bulky masses of release coated sheets into smaller, less dense masses in preparation to the following process steps; —Preparing the pre-shredded material by mixing, separating foreign bodies like metals, etc., and feeding it to a primary grinding station (3); —Grinding the materials into small pieces, of the desired size, preferably down to less than 1 mm; —Adding additives selected from flame retardant, hydrophobic material, pesticide and mixtures thereof and mixing them with the recycled material; —Optionally forming a batt or a sheet by a wet process and/or by adding a binder.
US09194118B2
A brick bracket which is installed in a recess provided by removal of brick of a brick veneer in order to be attached to studs of a framework of the building without contacting the bricks. The brick bracket has a front wall which extends outwardly and covers the brick facing and carries carriage bolts to which a ledger can be affixed such that the ledger is able to support an attached structure so that the brick bracket will not apply any force to the bricks of the brick facing.
US09194117B2
Complex curved structures and methods of making the same without requiring specially made frames or the like. These structures may include complex multi-axis, spherical, semi-spherical, twisted, or other like curves, for example. In this illustrative embodiment, individually sized boxes are stacked or assembled to form the structure.
US09194112B1
An apparatus includes: a disposal unit; a control unit configured to stop operation of the disposal unit; and a metal detector coil and associated circuitry, the metal detector coil located such that waste passing into the disposal unit for shredding passes through the metal detector coil. The control unit is triggered to stop operation of the disposal unit upon the detection of metal passing through the metal detector coil.
US09194110B2
The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting, such as an electronic faucet.
US09194109B2
A modular faucet is provided with a pipe including an inner well, an aperture proximate to a first end, a groove at a second end, and a recess communicating with the groove; a tee including an externally threaded hollow cylinder, a projection on an inner surface of the cylinder, and a depression on an outer surface and communicating with the cylinder wherein the recess passes through the projection and is fastened in the groove; a hose having one end threadedly secured to the longitudinal part and an internally threaded other end; a spout including a latch at one end, and an externally threaded projection at one end; and a hollow adapter including a slot on an inner surface, a protuberance on an outer surface, and a protrusion distal the protuberance. The hose passes through the depression, the cylinder, and the pipe to threadedly secure to the spout.
US09194089B2
A cold planer includes a frame and a cutting mechanism having a rotatable cutter configured to cut material of a substrate. An anti-slabbing mechanism is coupled to the frame and includes an upwardly oriented base plate, and a plurality of skids. The skids are arranged in a first subset and a second subset positioned upon opposite outboard sides of a forwardly projecting plow, and downwardly depend from a base plate of the anti-slabbing mechanism, for applying a slabbing opposition force to uncut material of the substrate.
US09194085B2
A method for installing a paver system includes positioning a first grid substrate adjacent to a second grid substrate. The first grid substrate and the second grid substrate are flexibly bridged with a first paver piece. A first portion of the first paver piece is movably coupled with the first grid substrate at a first joint, and a second portion of the first paver piece is movably coupled with the second grid substrate at a second joint, the first and second grid substrates and the first paver piece forming an articulated paver linkage. A second paver piece is coupled with the second grid substrate. A third paver piece is coupled with the first grid substrate. The articulated paver linkage is fit within the specified area by movement of at least one of the first, second and third paver pieces and the first and second grid substrates. The movement is transmitted along the articulated paver linkage to maintain a specified alignment and spacing of the first, second and third paver pieces.
US09194081B2
A paper recycling device includes a dry type defibrator unit, a first transport unit, a classifier unit, and a paper forming unit. The first transport unit is configured to transport using air flow the defibrated material after being defibrated by the dry type defibrator unit. The classifier unit is configured classify by an air flow the defibrated material after being transported by the first transport unit. The paper forming unit is configured to form second paper with the defibrated material after being classified by the classifier unit. The first transport unit includes a transport pipe configured to move the defibrated material, with a cross section surface area of a portion of the transport pipe on a side closer to the classifier unit being smaller than a cross section surface area of a portion of the transport pipe on a side closer to the dry type defibrator.
US09194080B2
A reactor vessel system including: a first reactor vessel having a hydrolysate and liquid extraction screen, a first region above the extraction screen that is maintained at conditions promoting a hydrolysis reaction in the cellulosic material, a second region below the extraction screen in which the hydrolysis is substantially suppressed and a wash liquid inlet below the extraction screen providing wash liquid at a temperature below a hydrolysis temperature; a transport pipe having an inlet coupled to the first reactor vessel and an outlet coupled to a second reactor vessel, and the second reactor vessel includes a liquid discharge that extracts a portion of liquid from the second reactor vessel and directs the portion of liquid to the first reactor vessel or to the transport pipe.
US09194077B2
A system for steaming clothes is disclosed. A steamer is connected through a hose to a steaming component having a plurality of connecting tubes, where the steaming component having the plurality of connecting tubes, where the plurality of connecting tubes connects to a plurality of detachable ventilating tubes, where the plurality of the detachable ventilating tubes have a plurality of holes to expel steam. The steaming component with the plurality of connecting tubes are configured to hold an article of clothing that fits around the steaming component and the plurality of connecting tubes, where the steaming component is configured to receive the steam from the steamer to expel the steam through the plurality of holes to entirely steam an entire portion of the article of clothing.
US09194066B2
A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure.
US09194065B2
Dimensionally stable nonwoven fibrous webs include a multiplicity of continuous fibers formed from one or more thermoplastic polyesters and polypropylene in an amount greater than 0% and no more than 10% by weight of the web. The webs have at least one dimension which decreases by no greater than 10% in the plane of the web when heated to a temperature above a glass transition temperature of the fibers. A spunbond process may be used to produce substantially continuous fibers that exhibit molecular orientation. A meltblown process may be used to produce discontinuous fibers that do not exhibit molecular orientation. The webs may be used as articles for filtration, sound absorption, thermal insulation, surface cleaning, cellular growth support, drug delivery, personal hygiene, medical apparel, or wound dressing.
US09194059B2
Gel-spinning processes for producing a high tensile strength ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multifilament yarn comprising ultra-low dtex filaments, include applying a draw ratio DRfluid to fluid filaments obtained by spinning a solution of UHMWPE through a spinneret and into an air gap, is at least 450, wherein DRfluid=DRsp×DRag, the DRsp and DRag being the draw ratios in the spinholes and in the air gap, respectively; and provided that DRag is at least 30. The UHMWPE multifilament yarns produced thereof were characterized by a tensile strength of at least 3.5 GPa and contained filaments having a dtex of at most 0.5. The invention further relates to products comprising said yarns, e.g. fabrics, medical devices and composite and ballistic articles.
US09194058B2
Devices and methods for high-throughput manufacture of concentrically layered nanoscale and microscale fibers by electrospinning are disclosed. The devices include a hollow tube having a lengthwise slit through which a core material can flow, and can be configured to permit introduction of sheath material at multiple sites of Taylor cone formation formation.
US09194057B2
A process for producing fluoride crystals, in particular calcium fluoride crystals, having high radiation resistance to ultraviolet radiation, which includes: provisioning of a crystal powder (6) containing alkali metal fluoride or alkaline earth metal fluoride to form a raw crystal mass, melting of the raw crystal mass in a crystal growing unit (11) and solidifiying of the molten raw crystal mass by cooling. In the process, an ammonium salt (7) of a complex fluoro acid and an aliphatic alcohol (8) are added to the crystal powder (6) or to the raw crystal mass, to decrease oxidic impurities. A fluoride crystal produced by the process and also an optical component formed from such a fluoride crystal are also disclosed.
US09194039B2
Depositing pure aluminum and aluminum alloy coatings onto substrates using directed vapor deposition (DVD) method is presented herein. The aluminum alloys have decreased environmental impact both due to their composition and due to the use of DVD process with no hazardous precursors or waste. Corrosion resistance of DVD deposited aluminum and aluminum alloys is effective for protection of steel substrates. The invention includes the use of the DVD technique to apply aluminum and/or aluminum alloy coatings effective for corrosion protection; the use of plasma-activated DVD to enhance the density of aluminum and aluminum alloy coatings deposited at low substrate temperatures; the use of multi-source evaporation to control composition of aluminum alloys during DVD deposition; the application of aluminum and/or aluminum alloy coatings onto NLOS substrates can be used for corrosion protection.
US09194038B2
The inventors of this invention conducted a test and found out that to prevent peel-off of an adherent film, it is not of essential importance to set the radius of curvature equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold. The inventors of the present invention also found out that peel-off of an adherent film occurs in the region in which the curvature of a shield changes and is less likely to occur when the change in curvature of the shield is small. Accordingly, the key to the problem is the magnitude of a change in curvature of the shield, so changing the curvature stepwise makes it possible to suppress a large change in curvature, and thus to prevent peel-off of an adherent film free from any disadvantages such as deterioration in film thickness distribution, which may occur due to an increase in size of the shield.
US09194034B2
A pre-coated plate of steel is heated in a furnace to form an intermetallic alloying layer on the plate at least in an area thereof. Air is pretreated through drying to produce dried air which is fed into the furnace to control the atmosphere within the furnace while the pre-coated plate is in the furnace.
US09194031B2
A tool for a piercing mill, the tool comprising a scale layer in a surface layer of a substrate steel, wherein the scale layer includes a net structure scale layer that is formed on a substrate steel side, has a thickness of 10 to 200 μm in a depth direction, and is complicatedly intertwined with a metal; and wherein a microstructure on the substrate steel side in a range of at least 300 μm in the depth direction from an interface between the net structure scale layer and the substrate steel contains a ferrite phase at an area fraction of 50% or more, the ferrite phase containing 400/mm2 or more ferrite grains having a maximum length of 1 to 60 μm.
US09194023B2
A method to recover gold lost in roaster calcine-leach tailings, due to the formation of cyanide refractory compounds or morphologies during the roasting process. The process can include acid leaching of magnetic concentrate from roaster leach tailings, combining the acid leach slurry to the pre-acidulation tank for pressure oxidation feed, acid pressure oxidation of the pressure oxidation feed, and recovery of gold.
US09194020B2
A heap of a material to be leached to recover a valuable metal from the material and a method of constructing the heap are disclosed. The heap comprises sides and a top and a system to control air flow into the heap. The air flow control system comprises a combination of an air impermeable barrier and an aeration system.
US09194015B2
A dual phase steel sheet with good bake-hardening properties is provided. The steel sheet is characterized in containing (in terms of percent by mass) C: no less than 0.06% and less than 0.25%; Si+Al: 0.5 to 3%; Mn: 0.5 to 3%; P: no more than 0.15%; and S: no more than 0.02%; and also meeting the following condition (in terms of space factor) that retained austenite is at least 3%, bainite is at least 30%, and ferrite is no more than 50%, and further characterized in differing in stress larger than 50 MPa before and after application of 2% pre-strain and ensuing heat treatment for paint baking at 170° C. for 20 minutes. The steel sheet has well-balanced strength and workability, exhibits good bake-hardening properties at the time of paint baking, and offers good resistance to natural aging.
US09194012B2
A method for producing sugars from lignocellulosic biomass is provided. Lignocellulosic biomass is composed of lignocellulosic fibers which are hollow and primarily contain cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Lignin is concentrated in the outer fiber wall and glues the fibers into bundles, but the inner fiber wall has a much lower concentration of lignin and has more easily accessible cellulose and hemicellulose. This method uses vacuum infusion to infuse homogeneous reagents into the lumen (hollow center) of lignocellulosic fibers to hydrolyze the hemicellulose and cellulose to produce sugars and oligomers, and then uses cycles of vacuum pressure to pump these homogeneous reagents and sugars and oligomers into and out of the lumen. Some types of reagents are dilute acids, cellulase enzymes, hemicellulase enzymes, Fenton or Fenton-like reagents, and hydrogen peroxide. These reagents are homogenized by mixing the reagents with process water using turbulent mixing to produce a homogeneous reagent.
US09194011B2
Multimeric protein structures comprising at least two alpha-galactosidase monomers being covalently linked to one another via a linking moiety are disclosed herein, as well a process for preparing same, and methods of treating Fabry disease via administration of a multimeric protein structure. The disclosed multimeric protein structures exhibit an improved performance, in terms of enhanced activity and/or a longer lasting activity under both lysosomal conditions and in a serum environment.
US09194007B2
The present invention relates to a double-stranded probe intended for the fluorescent detection of at least one single-stranded or double-stranded target nucleic acid, comprising: —a first strand of formula X1-(L1)a-S1-S′1-(L′1)b-Y1 intended for the detection of a first strand of the target nucleic acid which comprises a sequence of formula T′1-T1; —a second strand of formula X2-(L2)c-S2-S′2-(L′2)d-Y2 intended for the detection of a second strand of the target nucleic acid, if present, the second strand of the target nucleic acid comprising a sequence of formula T′2-T2; wherein two of X1, X2, Y1, and Y2 represent a fluorescent donor, while the two others represent a fluorescent acceptor, and X1 and Y2 can not both represent a fluorescent donor.
US09194004B2
The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed.
US09193998B2
A detection apparatus that includes (a) an array of responsive pads on a substrate surface; (b) an array of pixels, wherein each pixel in the array has a detection zone on the surface that includes a subset of at least two of the pads; and (c) an activation circuit to apply a force at a first and second pad in the subset, wherein the activation circuit is configured to apply a different force at the first pad compared to the second pad, and wherein the activation circuit has a switch to selectively alter the force at the first pad and the second pad.
US09193994B2
A first polynucleotide including at least two complementary regions that are complementary to a target nucleic acid and have a reverse configuration, a second polynucleotide complementary to the first polynucleotide, and uses thereof, are provided.
US09193982B2
The present invention relates to a continuous process for the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass and to an apparatus for conducting said process. According to the present invention, a steady state is achieved in a reactor in regard to the hydrolysis reaction. Therein, cellulosic biomass of a high total solids content (preferably 10% or higher, further preferably between 15 and 30%) is continually added to said reactor, while at least partially hydrolyzed cellulosic biomass is continually removed from said reactor. The steady state is adjusted, i.e. the amount of cellulosic biomass added and the amount of at least partially hydrolyzed cellulosic biomass removed is adjusted, so that the retention time of a given portion of added cellulosic biomass in the reactor is longer than its “liquefaction time”, i.e. the time period required to transform a solid slurry into a pumpable liquid during hydrolysis, i.e. the time required to lower the viscosity of the slurry to a value, which is acceptable for further processing.
US09193979B2
At least one isolated microorganizm, which converts at least 10% by weight, and preferably 50% by weight, of cellulosic biomass to a lower alkyl alcohol by direct digestion, and which produces at least 4% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol in an aqueous-based digestion medium.
US09193977B2
Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a humanization of an endogenous signal-regulatory protein gene, in particular a humanization of a SIRPα gene. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice that express a human or humanized SIRPα protein from an endogenous SIRPα locus.
US09193975B2
Free branching poinsettia plants are provided which comprise a heritable lateral branching trait. In certain aspects, poinsettia plants comprising a lateral branching trait are not pinched, are not grafted and/or are free of phytoplasma infection. Methods for growth and breeding such free branching poinsettias are also provided.
US09193973B2
The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting one or more EGLN genes, EGLN1, EGLN2 and/or EGLN3 and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to inhibit expression of these genes.
US09193971B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), in particular to a compound that inhibits miR-21 expression for use in the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
US09193966B2
Provided is an improved nitrile hydratase with improved catalytic activity. Also provided are DNA for coding the improved nitrile hydratase, a recombinant vector that contains the DNA, a transformant that contains the recombinant vector, nitrile hydratase acquired from a culture of the transformant, and a method for producing the nitrile hydratase. Also provided is a method for producing an amide compound that uses the culture or a processed product of the culture. The improved nitrile hydratase contains an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 50 (GX1X2X3X4DX5X6R) in a beta subunit, and is characterized in that X4 is an amino acid selected from a group comprising cysteine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, histidine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, asparagine, proline, glutamine, serine and threonine.
US09193964B2
The present invention provides, as an enzyme which can be used for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, a protein having α-galactosidase activity, which shows no allergic adverse side effect, shows a high stability in blood, and can be easily incorporated into a cell of an affected organ. The protein of the present invention is a protein which has acquired α-galactosidase activity by changing the structure of the active site of wild-type human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.
US09193960B2
Compositions and methods are provided for enzymes with altered properties that involve a systematic approach to mutagenesis and a screening assay that permits selection of the desired proteins. Embodiments of the method are particularly suited for modifying specific properties of restriction endonucleases such as star activity. The compositions includes restriction endonucleases with reduced star activity as defined by an overall fidelity index improvement factor.
US09193950B2
This invention relates to methods for improved cell-based therapies for retinal degeneration and for differentiating human embryonic stem cells and human embryo-derived into retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and other retinal progenitor cells.
US09193946B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions to reduce prevalence of plasmids in microbial colonies, including infections, and includes therapeutic compositions, methods for treatment of infections, and methods for identifying additional such compositions. Means are provided to reduce the copy numbers of antibiotic resistance genes, and to confer phage binding to cells lacking receptors for those phage.
US09193941B2
A colored laundry detergent is provided that brightens on exposure to light.
US09193938B2
The present invention relates to [1] a detergent composition for endoscope washers, including a nonionic surfactant (A) represented by the following formula (1), a branched-chain fatty acid having not less than 6 and not more than 10 carbon atoms or a salt thereof (B), a defoaming agent (C) and water, R—O-[(EO)m/(PO)n]—H (1) wherein R represents a branched-chain alkyl group having not less than 7 and not more than 9 carbon atoms; EO represents an ethanediyloxy group; PO represents a propanediyloxy group; m and n each represent an average molar number of addition of the ethanediyloxy or propanediyloxy group in which m is a number of not less than 1 and not more than 30, and n is a number of not less than 2 and not more than 50; and the mark “/” represents that EO and PO may be added either in a random form or in a block form, and an order of addition of EO and PO is optional; and [2] a method of washing an endoscope using an endoscope washer, including the step of washing the endoscope with a mixture including the detergent composition for endoscope washers as described in the above [1], and a protease. The present invention provides a detergent composition for endoscope washers which is less foamed even at a low temperature and is excellent in detergency and storage stability, and a method of washing an endoscope using an endoscope washer in which the above detergent composition is used.
US09193932B2
A lubricating oil comprises a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of an additive package, wherein the additive package comprises one or more friction modifiers including a reaction product of a hydroxy acid represented by HOCH2CO2H and an amine represented by the formula II: wherein R is a linear or branched, saturated, unsaturated, or partially saturated hydrocarbyl having about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms; X is oxygen or —NH; and m is an integer from about 1 to about 4. The friction modifiers may include one or more compounds of the Formula I: wherein X is selected from oxygen, —NR1, and a glycolic amide moiety; and R and each R1 are independently selected from linear or branched, saturated, unsaturated, or partially saturated hydrocarbyl having about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and one but not both of R and R1 can be hydrogen; and m is an integer from about 1 to about 4. Methods of improving thin film and/or boundary layer friction are also provided.
US09193930B2
The use, in the lubrication of a spark-ignited or compression-ignited internal combustion engine which is fuelled with a biofuel, of a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (B), as defined herein, in combination with a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (C), as defined herein, in a lubricating oil composition, to reduce and/or inhibit the corrosion of the metallic engine components, wherein the lubricating oil composition becomes contaminated with the biofuel during operation of the engine.
US09193929B2
An improved gel-type fuel comprising three essential ingredients, namely, ethanol from renewable sources e.g. sugar cane, sugar beet, etc. water and a cellulose based gelling agent also from renewable sources. By varying the viscosity of the fuel with differing percentage of said gelling agent, three distinctly functioning fuels are produced as a gel, a pourable refilling fuel and a less viscous fire lighting fuel.
US09193921B2
A process for transalkylating a coal tar stream is described. A coal tar stream is provided, and is fractionated to provide at least one hydrocarbon stream having polycyclic aromatics. The hydrocarbon stream is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating zone, and then hydrocracked in a hydrocracking zone. A light aromatics stream is added to the hydrocracking zone. The light aromatics stream comprises one or more light aromatics having a ratio of methyl/aromatic available position that is lower than a ratio of methyl/aromatic available position for the hydrotreated stream. The hydrocracked stream is transalkylated in the hydrocracking zone.
US09193920B2
A method for producing a linear alkylbenzene product from a bio-renewable feedstock having a mixture of naturally-derived hydrocarbons includes separating the mixture of naturally-derived hydrocarbons into a naphtha portion and a distillate portion, reforming the naphtha portion, and using a high purity aromatics recovery process on the reformed naphtha portion to produce benzene. The method further includes separating a normal paraffins portion from the distillate portion and dehydrogenating the normal paraffins portion to produce mono-olefins. Still further, the method includes reacting the benzene and the mono-olefins to produce the linear alkylbenzene product.
US09193917B2
A method for estimating a particulate content in a slurry of the present invention is a method for estimating a content of particulates having a predetermined particle size or less in a slurry with solid particles dispersed in hydrocarbons including a wax, the method including, based on a correlation between a visible light transmittance and a content of solid particles having the predetermined particle size or less at a temperature at which hydrocarbons including a wax are liquefied when the solid particles having the predetermined particle size or less are dispersed in the hydrocarbons, estimating a content of particulates having the predetermined particle size or less in the slurry from a visible light transmittance of a supernatant part when the slurry is left to stand at the temperature.
US09193914B2
A coke oven door includes a mainframe, a diaphragm assembly coupled with the mainframe, and a plurality of load-exerting assemblies attached to the mainframe. The diaphragm assembly includes a pan and a sealing edge structure attached to the pan. The sealing edge structure includes a load-receiving surface, a door-sealing surface spaced from the load-receiving surface, and a plurality of scallops spaced from one another. Each of the load-exerting assemblies is positioned and configured to selectively, operably apply a load to the load-receiving surface of the sealing edge structure. The scallops are configured and positioned to facilitate deflection of the sealing edge structure, in response to loads applied to the load-receiving surface, such that the door-sealing surface is configured to be positioned in contacting, and at least substantially sealing, engagement with a door jamb of a coke oven body.
US09193908B2
To provide a liquid crystal compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈), and having at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (Δn) and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, and an intermediate thereof. A solution is a compound represented by formula (1): wherein, for example, R1 and R2 are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons; ring A1, ring A2 and ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or —(CH2)2—; X is —CF2— or —CHF—; and l, m and n are 0 or 1.
US09193906B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that prevents a decrease in voltage holding ratio (VHR) and an increase in ion density (ID) in a liquid crystal layer and resolves the problems of display defects such as white streaks, alignment nonuniformity, and image sticking. Since the liquid crystal display device of the present invention prevents a decrease in voltage holding ratio (VHR) and an increase in ion density (ID) in the liquid crystal layer and resolves the problems of display defects such as image sticking, the liquid crystal display device is useful as VA-mode and PSVA-mode liquid crystal display devices of an active matrix drive type, and is applicable to liquid crystal display devices of liquid crystal televisions, monitors, cellular phones, smart phones, etc.
US09193899B2
Alkali metal ions may lead to the production of insoluble materials during the course of stimulating a subterranean formation, particularly when acidizing a siliceous formation or a formation containing a siliceous material. Alkali metal ions may be sequestered using an alkali metal complexing agent in order to reduce their propensity toward forming insoluble materials in a subterranean formation. Methods for stimulating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an alkali metal complexing agent comprising a cyclic polyether having between 3 and 6 ether oxygen atoms present therein, and hydrofluoric acid, a hydrofluoric acid-generating compound, or any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
US09193897B2
The present invention relates to a composition for an antifreeze liquid or a coolant. The present invention provides the composition for the antifreeze liquid or the coolant comprising: (a) a glycol-based antifreeze agent; (b) a cyclo hexane dicarboxylic acid; and (c) a non-reduced polyol. Generally, a mixture of mono- or dicarboxylic acid, which is used as a corrosion inhibitor agent, and an inorganic additive is prone to cavitation erosion and corrosion of gaps, but when a composition is comprised by using in parallel the cyclo hexane dicarboxylic acid and the non-reduced polyol, a synergy effect is created, thereby exhibiting a superior corrosion prevention effect with respect to cavitation erosion and corrosion of gaps inside a cooling apparatus.
US09193888B2
The invention relates to radiation-curable aqueous dispersions having mercapto groups, to processes for preparing them, and to their use.
US09193886B2
The present invention relates to multi-phase self-stratifying coating systems, and in particular, to multi-phase self-stratifying coating systems having a substantially homogeneous composition of polymeric binder components that upon application and cure generates a multi-phase stratified coating wherein each phase is rich in a different polymeric binder component and wherein individual phases are separated by a diffuse interface, such that the stratified coating exhibits a gradient behavior wherein a given interface exhibits the attributes of the polymeric binder component that is rich at that interface, and wherein at least one phase is rich in a polymeric binder having a telechelic resin with reactive internal groups, reactive end groups, and an alkoxide oligomer, and at least one other phase is rich in a polymeric binder having a fluorinated polymer derived from fluorinated vinyl-based monomers.
US09193883B2
A phase change ink composition including an amorphous compound; a crystalline compound; a polyester polymer, wherein the polyester has a molecular weight of from about 500 to about 8,000 and a polydispersity index of from about 1.0 to about 8.0; an optional synergist; an optional dispersant; and a colorant. A process including (1) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus the phase change ink composition; (2) melting the ink; and (3) causing droplets of the melted ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate. An ink jet printer stick or pellet including the phase change ink composition.
US09193881B2
A radically polymerizable photo-curable ink jet ink composition contains a radically polymerizable compound, a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, and at least one saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid.
US09193878B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved electrocoating coating composition wherein the improvement is the addition of a non-water reducible anticrater agent. The non-water reducible anticrater agent is a polyesterurethane that is the reaction product of an aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride, a monofunctional epoxy compound, a monofunctional alcohol and a diisocyanate and/or a polyisocyanate. The improved electrocoating composition provides cured coatings that have fewer craters and have a smooth surface when compared to coatings utilizing other anticrater additives.
US09193871B2
Disclosed are titanium dioxide-containing composite particles which can maintain whiteness of natural titanium dioxide even after calcination step, and can provide titanium dioxide-containing composite particles having excellent weather resistance. In each of the composite particles, at least one oxide layer containing silicon oxide and zirconium oxide is provided as coating components of titanium dioxide. That is, provided are composite particles including a base that contains titanium dioxide and at least one oxide layer that contains silicon oxide and zirconium oxide provided on the base, and a method of producing the composite particles.
US09193866B2
The invention discloses a portable electronic device cover comprising renewable thermoplastic polyamide compositions having a carbon content, wherein the carbon content comprises at least 50 percent modern carbon, as determined with ASTM-D6866 method.
US09193865B2
The present invention generally relates to polyamide compositions having improved anti-delamination. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel polyamide compositions demonstrating improved anti-delamination, which can have at least one low purity polyamide.
US09193860B2
A thermoplastic composition suitable for making articles having low gloss and good impact properties is disclosed. The composition contains (A) 20 to 94.5 percent relative to the weight of the composition (pbw) of an aromatic (co)poly(ester)carbonate, (B) 5 to 40 pbw of a graft (co)polymer that includes an EPDM graft base and a grafted phase that is compatible with the aromatic (co)poly(ester)carbonate, and (C) 0.5 to 20 pbw of a linear copolymer containing at least one unit derived from a glycidyl ester monomer, and (D) 0 to 40 pbw of a vinyl copolymer. The gloss of the composition is lower than that of a corresponding composition that contains none of component (C).
US09193859B2
The present invention is directed toward a play composition including a polymeric binder and oil. In an embodiment, the binder is a hydrogenated triblock copolymer including styrene. The oil is a mineral oil. The composition may further include a plasticizer, a release agent, and one or more fillers.
US09193858B2
The present invention discloses a thermoset resin composition including epoxy resin other than brominated epoxy resin, styrene maleic anhydride copolymer and additive-type flame retardant. The thermoset resin composition also includes an active ester. The thermoset resin composition is used to prepare resin sheet, resin coated copper, prepreg, laminate, copper clad laminate and printed wiring board, and so on. Said thermoset resin composition remarkably reduces the probability of delamination for the PCB laminate, and overcomes drawback of the tetrabromobisphenol A to introduce dielectric properties which will deteriorate the system. The obtained resin composition has good thermal stability and moisture-heat resistance, low dielectric constant and dielectric loss angle tangent, and good flame resistance.
US09193856B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition having adequate foamability, uses thereof, a copolymer contained in the rubber composition, a rubber composition capable of providing a cross-linked foam, which has a low specific gravity and an excellent shape-retaining property even when the usage of a nonconjugated polyene is reduced, and a cross-linked rubber and a cross-linked foam, which are produced from the rubber composition. A copolymer (A) according to the present invention is a copolymer including structural units derived from ethylene [A], an α-olefin [B], a nonconjugated polyene [C-1], in which one carbon-carbon double bond (C═C) polymerizable with a metallocene catalyst is present in one molecule, and a nonconjugated polyene [C-2], in which two bonds of C═C polymerizable with the metallocene catalyst are present in one molecule, and being synthesized with the metallocene catalyst, wherein (1) the units derived from the component [B] constitute 10 to 50 percent by mole, (2) the total of the units derived from the component [C-1] and the units derived from the component [C-2] is 1.0 to 6.0 percent by mole, (3) the molar ratio of the units derived from the component [C-1] to the units derived from the component [C-2] is 75/25 to 99.5/0.5, (4) [ML (1+4) 100° C.] is 10 to 200, and (5) 50>activation energy of fluidization (kJ/mol)>35 is satisfied.
US09193847B2
The present invention relates to polymer compositions comprising (a) a polymer containing hydroxyl alkylene repeating units and (b) an additive selected from compounds of the formulae (1) to (6) wherein Ra1, Ra2, Ra3 and Ra4 can be the same or different and independently represent a group selected from the moieties having formula (A) or formula (B), wherein Rb is selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy and —CO—C1-4 alkyl.
US09193843B2
Plasticizer blends comprise a triblend of diethylene glycol dibenzoate, dipropylene glycol dibenzoate, and 1,2-propylene glycol dibenzoate, in specified ratios, useful in combination with a multitude of thermoplastic polymers, thermosetting polymers, and elastomeric polymers and numerous applications, including but not limited to plastisols, adhesives, sealants, caulks, architectural coatings, industrial coatings, OEM coatings, inks, overprint varnishes, polishes, and the like. The advantages rendered by the use of the triblend depend on the type of polymer and application in which it is utilized and include among other advantages higher solvating power and lower processing time, low VOC's, reduced plasticizer freeze point, improved gelation and fusion characteristics, higher tensile strength, superior stain and extraction resistance, and improved rheology over traditional diblends of diethylene glycol dibenzoate and dipropylene glycol dibenzoate.
US09193835B1
Disclosed are self-assembling block copolymers including diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1 is —(CHR—CH2—O)p—R′, p=2-6, R is H or methyl, and R′ is H, a C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C11 cycloalkyl, R2 is C6-C20 aryl or heteroaryl, one of R3 and R4 is C6-C14 aryl and the other is C1-C22 alkoxy, and n and m are independently 2 to about 2000, which find use in preparing self-assembled structures and porous membranes. Embodiments of the self-assembled structures contain the block copolymer in a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such copolymers.
US09193833B2
A phosphor-containing cured silicone that is a cured silicone which has a structure represented by general formulae (1) and/or (2) and also has units selected from general formulae (3) and/or (4), the phosphor-containing cured silicone includes a phosphor and particles having units selected from general formulae (3) and/or (4): wherein R1 to R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group or a propyl group; X represents a methylene group, a dimethylene group or a trimethylene group, and may be the same or different; and R4 to R6 are each a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, and may be the same or different. An object of the present invention is to provide a cured silicone in which a phosphor is uniformly dispersed, the cured silicone is characterized in that a silicone material has good thermal resistance and lightfastness. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a process for production of an LED-mounted substrate by which a plurality of LED elements can be continuously mounted in a batch manner.
US09193826B2
A thermoplastic resin containing a fluorene derivative. The thermoplastic resin contains 30 mole % or more of a recurring unit derived from 9,9-bis(4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)fluorene and has a content of phenyl vinyl ether represented by the following formula (1) of 100 ppm or less
US09193824B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin composition comprising a polycarbonate resin containing, as a raw material, isosorbide that is easy to produce and excellent in such as mechanical properties, etc., and a molded body, particularly a foam-molded body, composed of the resin composition. The present invention provides a foam-molded body of a resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin having at least a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein the strain-hardening factor of uniaxial extensional viscosity of said resin composition is from 0.1 to 5.
US09193823B2
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate copolymer containing a plant-derived raw material, which is excellent in the mechanical strength and heat-resistant and assured of small refractive index, large Abbe number, small birefringence and excellent transparency. The present invention provides a polycarbonate copolymer containing a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit derived from an alicyclic dihydroxy compound, wherein the Abbe number is 50 or more and the 5% thermal reduction temperature is 340° C. or more; and a method of producing this polycarbonate copolymer by reacting a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and an alicyclic hydroxy compound with a carbonic acid diester in the presence of a polymerization catalyst.
US09193817B2
A curable resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound represented by the general formula below, and a thermal or a photo-radical polymerization initiator makes it possible to produce a cured product with minimized occurrence of burring during molding and high product yield after molding. The cured product has good heat coloration resistance and low Abbe's number. R11, R12, R15, and R16 represent a substituent and A represents an atomic group necessary for forming a cyclic structure.
US09193815B2
A polymer membrane for water treatment composed of a vinyl chloride copolymer comprising a vinyl chloride monomer and a hydrophilic monomer.
US09193812B2
A polymer powder (P) selected from a group consisting of (i) a polymer powder (P1) and (ii) a polymer powder (P2) is provided. The (i) polymer powder (P1) includes a (meth)acrylate-based polymer (A1) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less, and the polymer powder has an acetone-soluble component of 5 mass % or more. The acetone-soluble component has a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more. The (ii) polymer powder (P2) has an acetone-soluble component of 2 mass % to 35 mass %, the acetone-soluble component has a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more, and has a volume average primary particle size (Dv) of 200 nm or more.
US09193809B2
A polyethylene based resin exhibiting excellent moldability and durability and having an excellent balance between impact resistance and stiffness; and a hollow plastic molded article using the foregoing resin, which exhibits excellent moldability, durability and barrier properties and has an excellent balance between impact resistance and stiffness, are provided. The polyethylene based resin satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) a high-load melt flow rate (HLMFR) is from 1 to 100 g/10 min; (2) a density is from 0.940 to 0.960 g/cm3; (3) a strain hardening parameter λmax of elongational viscosity is from 1.05 to 1.50; and (4) a rupture time in a full notch tensile creep test and a density satisfy the following relational expression (A): log(rupture time)≧−355×(density)+337.6(A).
US09193807B2
A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a good balance between the hysteresis loss properties and the wet skid resistance, practically sufficient abrasion resistance and breaking strength, and high processability when formed into a vulcanized product is provided. A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, copolymerizing conjugated diene compounds, or copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound using an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator to obtain a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active end, and a modifying step of reacting a compound represented by following formula (1) with the active end of the conjugated diene-based copolymer.
US09193805B2
An object of the present invention is to provide novel dextrin fatty acid ester that is excellent in tackiness and useful as a base for cosmetics and the like. The novel dextrin fatty acid ester is prepared by esterification between dextrin and fatty acids, wherein the dextrin has an average degree of glucose polymerization of 3 to 150; the fatty acids comprise more than 50 mol % and 100 mol % or less, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more saturated branched fatty acids having 4 to 26 carbon atoms, and 0 mol % or more and less than 50 mol %, based on the total amount of the fatty acids, of one or more fatty acids selected from the group consisting of saturated linear fatty acids having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, unsaturated linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and saturated or unsaturated cyclic fatty acids having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; and the degree of substitution by the fatty acids is 1.0 to 3.0 per glucose unit.
US09193799B2
The present invention nucleic acids encoding novel antibodies and functional fragments thereof specific for CD38. Such antibodies are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with CD38 expression, including hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma.
US09193795B2
Provided herein are methods and kits for making a targeted therapeutic for treating a disease or condition. The therapeutic agents can be targeted to patient-specific disease markers. In one of these methods, the method includes obtaining a biological sample from a patient having the disease or condition, or who is at risk for developing the disease or condition. In this particular method, the sample includes a population of diseased cells, screening a library comprising proteins linked to their cognate mRNAs to identify mRNA-protein pairs that bind to the diseased cells, isolating one or more proteins from the identified mRNA-protein pairs, and conjugating the isolated protein(s) to a therapeutic agent. Some of the methods further include preparing a library with proteins linked to their cognate mRNAs. In certain of these methods, the preparation of the library includes providing at least two candidate mRNA molecules in which each of the mRNA molecules includes a cross-linker, translating at least two of the candidate mRNA molecules to generate at least one translated protein, and linking at least one of the candidate mRNA molecules to its corresponding translated protein via the cross-linker to form at least one cognate pair.
US09193790B2
Methods are provided for the treatment of a HIV infection. The methods can include administering to a subject with an HIV infection a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist, thereby treating the HIV infection. In several examples, the α4 integrin antagonist is a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a α4, β1 or β7 integrin subunit or a cyclic hexapeptide with the amino acid sequence of CWLDVC. Methods are also provided to reduce HIV replication or infection. The methods include contacting a cell with an effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist. Moreover, methods are provided for determining if an agent is useful to treat HIV.
US09193775B2
The present technology relates to well-defined oligomers comprising two or more monomers wherein each monomer is independently selected from a ubiquitin polypeptide or a ubiquitin-like polypeptide, and the monomers are covalently linked to each other via a thioether group or groups. Further provided are monomer building blocks and methods of making the monomers and oligomers.
US09193773B2
The present invention relates generally to in vivo methods and compositions designed for allergen specific immunotherapy. The compositions include contiguous overlapping peptide fragments which together form an entire amino acid sequence of an allergen.
US09193757B2
Polymorphic forms of onapristone and methods of making and using such polymorphic forms are provided. Crystalline polymorphic forms can be characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction patterns and other properties.
US09193751B2
Provided are methods of making compounds having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT. The invention also provides synthetic intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US09193740B2
The present invention discloses compounds of formula Ia or Ib or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US09193734B2
Alpha-helix mimetic structures and compounds represented by the formula (I) wherein the general formula and the definition of each symbol are as defined in the specification, a compound relating thereto, and methods relating thereto, are disclosed. Applications of these compounds in the treatment of medical conditions, e.g., cancer diseases, fibrotic diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the mimetics are further disclosed.
US09193729B2
This disclosure describes a novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the TRPA1 ion channel and/or medical conditions related to TRPA1, such as pain.
US09193727B2
The present invention provides a organic compound of the general structural formula I and photovoltaic device and photovoltaic layer comprising thereof Said organic compound forms rod-like supramolecules and absorbs electromagnetic radiation in at least one predetermined spectral subrange within a wavelength range from 400 to 3000 nm with excitation of electron-hole pairs. The polycyclic core Cor1, the bridging group B, and the polycyclic core Cor2 form a molecular system selected from the list comprising donor-bridge-acceptor-bridge-donor and acceptor-bridge-donor-bridge-acceptor in which a dissociation of excited electron-hole pairs is carried out. A solution of the organic compound or its salt forms a solid photovoltaic layer on a substrate.
US09193701B2
Described herein are methods for using compounds that activate pyruvate kinase.
US09193698B2
The disclosure includes a process for preparing fluoxastrobin which includes reacting compound (10) with an alkyl nitrite in the presence of an acid to form compound (11A); reacting compound (11A) with 2-haloethanol to form compound (12A); reacting compound (12A) with a base to form compound (13); and reacting compound (13) with compound (5) and 2-chlorophenol to produce fluoxastrobin.
US09193694B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that are sodium channel inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, X, Y, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein, to methods for the preparation and use of the compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
US09193681B1
The invention relates to compounds of the following formula: and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing this compounds, and methods of using this compound for the treatment of various diseases or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of, or involving, the Central Nervous System (CNS), including schizophrenia adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial diseases (e.g. Leigh syndrome, Alpers' disease, and MELAS), Huntington's disease, trichotillomania, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, drug craving, and drug addiction.
US09193677B2
The claimed invention meets these and other objects by providing a method of preparing a metal salt of a dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid. Broadly speaking, the method provides for the contacting of a dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid with a metal cation in a buffered reaction mixture to form the metal salt of the dialkyl ester. The reaction mixture is buffered, at least in part, by the acetate of the metal cation. The method according to invention also encompasses various methods of preparing the dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid.
US09193674B2
The present invention relates to a simple, economical and short synthesis for the class of compounds chemically belonging to amino acrylic acids of general formula I exhibiting both antibacterial and anti-plasmodium (anti-malarial) activity, in good yield and purity. Process for the preparation of said compound comprising heating amine (A) and pantolactone or substituted pantolactone (B) in a solvent selected from cyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, dipheny!ether; anisole, dioxane, etc. at a temperature in the range of 110-150° C. for about 24 hrs followed by further raising the temperature of the mixture to a temperature in the range of 200-230° C. for period in the range of 15 to 25 min followed by cooling the crude reaction mixture to room temperature to obtain compound of general Formula I.
US09193669B2
Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.
US09193664B2
A means of directing nucleation and crystal growth has been developed in which these stages of crystallization are influenced by surface energy modifications to amorphous substrates. The surface energy of a substrate can affect the contact angle, line tension, wettability and energetics of the interaction with a supersaturated solution, and these factors are important in crystallization. The use of amorphous substrates creates an opportunity to modify their surface to create useful ranges of surface energies that enhance or inhibit, as may be advantageous, the thermodynamic, kinetic, or a combination of both, factors in nucleation, crystal growth, or crystallization from a supersaturated solution.
US09193649B2
There is provided a method and an apparatus for efficiently obtaining 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with low contents of both organic impurities and water. The method for continuously purifying crude 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene containing water and one or more organic impurities, the method including using an apparatus having a distillation column with X stages (3≦X, the stage closest to a column top is the first stage) and a unit for cooling and condensing a distillate; supplying the crude 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene to an m-th stage (n+1≦m≦X, 2≦n≦X−1) of the distillation column, recirculating at least part of the distillate cooled and condensed in the unit for cooling and condensing to an h-th stage (1≦h≦n−1) of the distillation column; and taking out a liquid phase part of an n-th stage of the distillation column to obtain a purified product of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
US09193645B2
The invention concerns a xylenes isomerization process for the production of equilibrium or near-equilibrium xylenes from a feedstream comprising phenol and/or styrene.
US09193641B2
Process and system that include the conversion of alkyl bromides to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons in circulating catalyst reactor-regenerator systems. Alkyl bromides may be reacted over a catalyst in at least one conversion reactor to produce at least an effluent stream comprising higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and hydrogen bromide. A portion of the catalyst may be removed from the conversion reactor. The portion of the catalyst may be contacted with a stripping gas to displace hydrocarbons from the portion of the catalyst. The portion of the catalyst may be contacted a first inert gas. The portion of the catalyst may be contacted with oxygen to form a regenerated catalyst by removal of coke. The regenerated catalyst may be contacted with a second inert gas. At least a portion of the regenerated catalyst may be introduced into the conversion reactor.
US09193639B2
Methods for making a pressed monolithic gas generant for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system for a vehicle) are provided. The methods include admixing a gas generant material with a ballistic performance modifier to form a mixture. The mixture is granulated. Then, a pressed monolithic gas generant grain is formed by applying pressure to the granulated mixture, where the grain has an actual density of at least about 95% of the maximum theoretical density. The pressure may be applied in a controlled manner to both side of the gas generant material in a die cavity, and removing formed grain from die cavity while maintaining some pressure to both sides of the grain, thereby further improving various pyrotechnic properties. The methods of the disclosure provide pyrotechnic compositions that are economical to manufacture, have improved burn rate, combustion profile, effluent quality, strength, durability, and integrity of the grain, while having a consistent shape between different production lots.
US09193636B2
Additives for compost for ornamental plants and/or agricultural production plants in the form of granules comprising a) between 5 and 65% by weight on the total weight of the composition of a superabsorbent polymer, for agriculture (SAP), b) between 35 and 70% by weight on the total weight of the composition of a hygroscopic material essentially of vegetable origin; c) between 20 and 40% by weight on the total weight of the composition of a natural plasticizer of mineral or vegetable origin.
US09193634B2
A hydroseeding substrate and a hydroseeding slurry for seeding of grass and other vegetation are disclosed. The hydroseeding substrate includes mulch, a cover composition including bentonite clay and cellulosic water dispersible polymer and/or starch, and surface-treated HPMC. Other desired optional ingredients may also be included. Methods of forming a hydroseeding slurry and methods of using the slurry for seeding are also disclosed.
US09193633B2
Porous fireproof material suitable for glass production, method for the production thereof, and uses
A method for producing a porous fireproof material suitable for glass production, comprising introducing one or more reducing substances for adjusting an oxygen sink in the pore volume of the fireproof material.
US09193627B2
The invention relates to the use of a mixture comprising a mineral binder (a) and at least one SuperAbsorbent Polymer (SAP) (b),in order to improve the thermal insulation characteristics of a hardened product intended for the construction industry, by reducing its thermal conductivity λ (W·m−1·K−1), this hardened product being obtained from a dry composition or a wet formulation comprising this mixture.The dry composition, the wet formulation obtained by mixing this dry composition with water, the methods for preparing this dry composition and the corresponding wet formulation, the hardened construction products obtained from the wet formulation and the structures produced with these products, are other subjects of the invention.
US09193620B2
A fused silica body comprising a layer of vitreous silica adjacent at least a portion of an inner surface is described in embodiments herein. In other embodiments, a method of making a fused silica body with a layer of vitreous silica adjacent at least a portion of an inner surface is described herein, comprising heating at least a portion of the inner surface to the point of vitrification. In certain embodiments, the method involves passing a linear local heat source over the inner surface in a particular manner, such as a helical fashion transverse to the linear shape, and may involve creating on the inner surface of the body overlapping swaths of temporarily melted silica material.
US09193607B1
Water treatment apparatus for supplying ozonated water to appliances, such as clothes washing machines. First and second water aspirators include respective first and second Venturi tubes. One aspirator is designed for a relatively higher water flow rate, and the other is designed for a relatively lower water flow rate. A valve selectively directs water from a water inlet to a water outlet through either the first or the second water aspirator. Ozone from an ozone generator is drawn either into water flowing through the first Venturi tube or water flowing through the second Venturi tube, depending on the position of the valve. A water flow sensor includes a microphone physically connected for sensing a sound characteristic of operation of a Venturi tube. A controller effects a time delay for maintaining activation of the ozone generator for a predetermined time duration even after water flow has ceased.
US09193606B2
A device for purification of water sink is provided to remove radioactive substances in a water sink of nuclear facilities. The device for purification of water sink of the present invention relates to a detachable structure for repeating process, changing the height of the device according to the water level, and moving the device. The device is filled with filter agent or adsorbent in each basket assemblies and put into a water sink for purification process. After purification process of water sink, the highly contaminated waste filter agent or waste adsorbent within the basket assemblies is easy to be removed from the device for drying. The number of basket assemblies is able to be reduced in accordance with the water level drop for draining fluid from the water sink at lower level water.
US09193601B2
A method of producing soda ash and ammonium sulphate by recycling by-products of Merseberg and Solvay processes includes treating brine with soda ash distiller waste for desulphatation of the brine to obtain gypsum, recovering pure salt from the desulphated brine and utilizing it in manufacture of soda ash in a Solvay process, washing the gypsum and reacting it with liquor ammonia and carbon dioxide to obtain CaCO3 and ammonium sulphate, separating the CaCO3 from the ammonium sulphate solution and recovering solid ammonium sulphate, washing the CaCO3 followed by calcination to generate CO2 and lime, recycling the CO2 in the Solvay process to obtain soda ash, recycling the lime with ammonium chloride generated in the Solvay process to recover ammonia and obtain distiller waste containing CaCl2 as a by-product, recycling the by-product distiller waste for the desulphatation of the brine, and recycling the ammonia recovered.
US09193599B2
A substrate surface comprises at least partially at least one elongated structure, wherein each elongated structure comprises a plurality of channels, said channels extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the elongated structure, wherein said at least one elongated structure comprises silicon dioxide. The structures are manufactured by: a) providing a reaction solution comprising a silicate, a micelle forming agent, an alkane, a salt, and at least 1.5 M HCl, having a pH of 2 or lower, b) stirring not more than 10 minutes, c) bringing the reaction solution into contact with a substrate surface and d) treating the obtained material with one method selected from a) heat treating the material above 300° C., b) treating the material with at least one selected from H2O2, and H2SO4, c) treating the material with microwaves to digest the micelle forming agent.
US09193595B2
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising free standing and stacked assemblies of two dimensional crystalline solids, and methods of making the same.
US09193594B2
Methods and systems for enhancing rates of carbonation of peridotite both in situ and ex situ are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods and systems include the following: fracturing a volume of peridotite; heating the volume of peridotite; injecting an adjustable flow of carbon dioxide into the volume of peridotite; injecting bicarbonate materials into the volume of peridotite; and forming carbonate with the volume of peridotite and the carbon dioxide in an exothermic reaction thereby generating a self-sustaining heat source, the heat source heating the volume of peridotite.
US09193584B2
A micro-electromechanical device and method of manufacture are disclosed. A sacrificial layer is formed on a silicon substrate. A metal layer is formed on a top surface of the sacrificial layer. Soft magnetic material is electrolessly deposited on the metal layer to manufacture the micro-electromechanical device. The sacrificial layer is removed to produce a metal beam separated from the silicon substrate by a space.
US09193571B2
An unloading and loading crane arrangement (35) includes: a boom (37), in particular a projecting boom, for unloading cargo from or loading cargo onto a ship using a gripper (7) attached to the boom; and a transverse conveyor track (77) for moving the unloaded cargo inland in the transverse direction and moving the cargo to be loaded shipward. The arrangement is provided with a conveyor floor (75) with a vehicle (81) which can be moved across the latter at least in the transverse direction for displacing cargo. The conveyor floor has a first conveyor floor part (751) where the vehicle can receive a cargo from the gripper and a cargo on the vehicle can be presented to the gripper, and has a second conveyor floor part (752) for presenting cargo from the vehicle to the transverse conveyor track (77) and receiving cargo on the vehicle from the transverse conveyor track.
US09193567B2
Method in the manufacture of an elevator, in which method the parts of a platform, more particularly its support structure, are used for forming the structure that supports the machinery of the final machine room of the elevator, which platform has earlier been in its position in a position disposed lower in the elevator hoistway, and which platform was used in the aforementioned lower disposed position for supporting the machinery.
US09193565B2
A guide device (26) for use in an elevator system includes an elevator guide roller (30) having a hardness that varies depending on a speed of rotation of the guide roller (30). In a disclosed example, a magnetorheological fluid within the guide roller (30) changes viscosity depending on the speed of rotation. One example includes varying an influence of a first magnetic field on the magnetorheological fluid to change the viscosity.
US09193555B2
A printer apparatus according to an embodiment include a printing section configured to print on a roiled paper. A conveyance roller conveys the paper to a discharge port so that an end of the paper extends from the discharge port. A manual cutter blade is positioned downstream of the conveyance roller in a paper conveying direction and upstream of the discharge port in the paper conveying direction. The manual cutter blade contacts the paper and cuts the paper in a manual cutting operation. A skewed conveyance section is positioned downstream of the conveyance roller in the paper conveying direction. The skewed conveyance section conveys the paper in a manner skewed relative to the conveyance roller.
US09193552B2
A media hanger/guide comprising a media hub having a top surface and a channel extending through a portion of the top surface. The media hanger/guide further comprises two mounting brackets positioned in the channel, each mounting bracket having an elongated member and each elongated member having a plurality of teeth located thereon. Each mounting bracket also has a support member connected thereto. At least a portion of each support member is located outside of the channel of the media hub. The support members are adapted for lateral movement along the channel of the media hub relative to the top surface of the media hub. The media hanger/guide further comprises two gears positioned in the channel. Each gear is in operable connection with the teeth of one of the mounting bracket's elongated members. The gears are also in operable connection with each other.
US09193551B2
A transport mechanism includes a transport path along which a recording medium is transported, a contact member with which a leading end of the recording medium, which is to be transported along the transport path, is brought into contact, the contact member being capable of moving to a contact position at which the leading end of the recording medium is brought into contact with the contact member or to a retracting position at which the contact member retracts from the transport path, a transport member that transports the recording medium, which has been brought into contact with the contact member, to downstream in a transport direction of the recording medium while rotating in a normal direction, and a rotational force transmission member that transmits a rotational force of the transport member to the contact member and causes the contact member to move to the contact position or the retracting position.
US09193550B2
A sheet aligning device may include a sheet conveyance path; a detecting unit configured to detect a side edge of a sheet being conveyed in the sheet conveyance path; a stopper on an upstream side of the detecting unit and configured to open/close so as to allow/prevent passage of the sheet and to position a leading edge of the sheet; a first conveying unit on an upstream side of the stopper, the first conveying unit including a pair of first rollers configured to come in contact with/separate from each other; a second conveying unit on an upstream side of the first conveying unit, the second conveying unit including a pair of second rollers configured to come in contact with/separate from each other; and a horizontal movement unit configured to move the pair of first rollers in an axial direction based on a detection result output by the detecting unit.
US09193548B2
The pickup roller is placed above a lifting plate made of a flexible material and feeds the sheet with abutting on an upper surface of the sheets loaded on the lifting plate. The sensor detects an arrival of the sheet fed by the pickup roller on a downstream side of the pickup roller. The abnormality detection unit detects the sheet feeding abnormality of the sheet fed by the pickup roller based on the drive start time of the pickup roller and the time sheet detection by the sensor. The abnormality detecting condition correction unit corrects the abnormality detecting condition of the abnormality detection unit depending on the amount of sheets on the lifting plate.
US09193546B2
A sheet conveying unit includes a shutter portion including an abutting portion correcting a skew of a sheet by abutting against a front end of the sheet at a standby position upstream in a sheet conveying direction of a nip of the conveying roller pair, and a bias portion biasing the shutter portion such that the abutting portion is positioned at the standby position. The bias portion is configured such that a rate of increase of a bias force applied from the bias portion to the shutter portion during when the abutting portion is turned from the standby position to a nip position where the sheet is nipped by the conveying roller pair is smaller than a rate of increase of the bias force during when the abutting portion turns by being pushed by the sheet nipped by the conveying roller pair from the nip position.
US09193543B2
Example weather barrier apparatuses disclosed herein include vehicle-actuated mechanisms for forcibly pressing a seal member down against a roof of a vehicle parked at a loading dock. In some examples, rather than relying on gravity alone, rearward movement of the vehicle mechanically expands a seal member to create sufficient reach and sealing pressure to press the expandable seal member firmly against vehicle roofs of various heights and positions. In some examples, an example vehicle-actuated mechanism disclosed herein forces a compressible seal down against the vehicle's roof and maintains a compressive sealing force over a range of roof heights and positions. Some example weather barrier apparatuses disclosed herein include example means for mitigating certain jam conditions.
US09193541B2
A method of reducing the heat loss of a workpiece when the workpiece is displaced from a furnace to a tool includes displacing the workpiece resting on a carrier to the tool. The displacement takes place with the workpiece and the carrier located internally in a box with a heat reflecting inner side. At the tool, the workpiece is exposed. An apparatus for carrying the method into effect has, according to the present invention, a box with a heat reflecting inner side and a linear conveyor for insertion and removal of the carrier and the workpiece into and out of the box, respectively.
US09193536B2
A feeding device includes a bottom plate defining a feeding hole, at least one first feeding mechanism, and at least one second feeding mechanism. The first feeding mechanism includes a first driving member mounted on the bottom plate, a first connection member connected to the first driving member, and a plurality of first support members. The first support member is mounted on the first connection member spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction of the first connection member, for supporting the workpieces. The second feeding mechanism has a similar structure to that of the first feeding mechanism. The first connection member and the second connection member are positioned above the bottom plate adjacent to each other. Each second support member is staggeredly positioned above one corresponding first support member.
US09193531B2
A component transfer device according to the present invention includes a holding mechanism that positions and holds a component on a carrying surface located at a predetermined height and a pull-out unit that pulls out the component held on the carrying surface by the holding mechanism in a horizontal direction. The pull-out unit includes a grasping member that can separably grasp the component from a vertical direction, a cam member that causes the grasping member to perform a component grasping operation and a component releasing operation at predetermined timings by exercising a cam function to the grasping member, a driving mechanism that drives the cam member and the grasping member, and a restraint mechanism that restrains a relative movement of the cam member with respect to the movable holder upon grasping operation.
US09193529B2
A conveyor apparatus which allows a workpiece to be carried in and out of a desired process and lends itself to easy maintenance as well is provided. A conveyor apparatus (13) includes a first conveyance mechanism (13A) capable of carrying a board (7) into a desired process and a second conveyance mechanism (13B) capable of carrying the board (7) out of the desired process. The first conveyance mechanism (13A) includes a first conveying rod (18) adapted to reciprocate, a first pusher piece (19) fixed to the first conveying rod (18) and configured to protrude from the rod, and a switching mechanism adapted to switch the first pusher piece (19), by turning the first conveying rod (18) a predetermined angle, between an engaged position where the first pusher piece (19) engages with the board (7) and a retracted position where the pusher piece (19) is separated from the board (7), and the second conveyance mechanism (13B) includes a second conveying rod (32) adapted to reciprocate, a pusher piece (19) fixed to the second conveying rod (32) and configured to protrude from the rod, and a switching mechanism adapted to switch the second pusher piece (19), by turning the second conveying rod (32) a predetermined angle, between an engaged position where the pusher piece (19) engages with the board (7) and a retracted position where the pusher piece (19) is separated from the board.
US09193518B2
A container for carrying and dispensing at least one zip tie includes a housing having a substantially cylindrical outer wall and opposing upper and lower walls defining a substantially hollow interior. A dispensing slot is formed in the outer wall, and a friction fit passage is formed on the outer wall adjacent to the dispensing slot.
US09193516B2
Apparatus for carrying or covering a beverage container which is adjustable in form. In certain embodiments, apparatus for carrying and/or covering a beverage container which provides insulative properties and which is so structurally designed so as to capable of being alternately configured to fit a can or a bottle.
US09193513B2
A pull-tab sealing member for a container is provided combining the advantages of an insulation or foamed polymer layer for effective heat sealing together with an overall laminate structure having a higher internal strength even with the use of the foamed polymer layer. The sealing members herein are capable of withstanding higher removal forces by repositioning an internal stress point within the seal laminate structure.
US09193512B2
An outer box for a bag in box packaging includes a plurality of walls and an articulatable portion. The articulatable portion is hingedly coupled to each of the dispensing wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The articulatable portion also includes a front portion, a first side webbing and a second side webbing. Inward rotation of the front portion causes the first and second panels of each of the first and second side webbing to rotate about a respective one of the central folds thereof. An outer surface of each of the first and second panels face each other, with the articulated portion overlying a portion of the first panel of each of the first side webbing and second side webbing.
US09193504B2
The invention relates to a medical document attachment device for a medical sterilization container. The document attachment device comprises a sterilization container lid having an upper side, and at least one document holder having a first attachment portion and spaced therefrom a second attachment portion and a clamping portion arranged between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion being fixed to the sterilization container lid when the document holder is connected to the sterilization container lid, and there being arranged between the clamping portion and the upper side of the sterilization container lid a document receptacle in which a document is fixable in a clamped manner by means of the clamping portion on the upper side.
US09193502B2
A packaging material 1 is configured to pack a viscous product having one surface, an opposite surface, and side surfaces. The packaging material 1 includes a sheet 2 having a first surface portion 7 configured to cover the one surface of the viscous product, side surface portions 8-1 to 8-4 configured to cover the side surfaces, and second surface portions 9-1 to 9-4 disposed at the opposite surface, and tear tape 3 adhered to the sheet to cut the sheet. The tear tape is provided to start from the side surface portion or the second surface portion and to be branched into a first branched tape 3a and a second branched tape 3b across the first surface portion. The first branched tape is provided to pass through an edge of one side part of the first surface portion, and the second branched tape is provided to pass through an inner part of its width to form a grip 23 at the other side of the first surface portion, and continuously, to arrive at the other end of the first surface portion through an edge of the other side part of the first surface portion.
US09193498B2
A plastic corrugated folding container is provided wherein box body assembly can be performed without catching of the latch side panels on column members, the four corners of the box body can be closed tightly, and during folding, lid members, partitioning panels, or similar can be stored. A heating bar set to a prescribed temperature is applied to folding lines of a floor panel, and side panels and latch side panels thereby rise up due to heating and melting. A heating bar set to a prescribed temperature is applied to folding lines in the lower parts of a pair of second side panels, and an engaging piece is bent outwards by heating and melting; an engaging piece of the second side panel is configured to engage with an engaging hole in the latch side panel, and a box body having a floor that does not sag can be provided.
US09193492B2
An improved fastener stock comprised of a pair of longitudinal and continuous side members which are coupled to a plurality of equidistantly spaced cross-pieces. The pair of longitudinal and continuous side members are extended in a parallel spaced relationship, and the series of cross-pieces are arranged at spaced intervals between the side members so as to connect the side members. Along at least one of the side members, a series of engagement notches are present at spaced intervals between each of the cross-pieces members, and the engagement notches are rectangular or square in shape. A method of applying a fastener to an article is provided. The method includes initially feeding substantially continuous fastener stock from a supply, engaging at least one engagement notch, urging the fastener stock forward, feeding the fastener stock to a needle assembly, cutting a fastener from the fastener stock, and inserting the fastener into an article.
US09193489B2
The method of supplying non-twisted cable from a non-rotating container comprising supplying a cable to a first spool in a first position by supplying the cable to the first spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the first spool and wrapping the cable around the first spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a second position without cutting the cable, transferring a second spool to the first position, supplying the cable to a the second spool in the first position by supplying the cable to the second spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the second spool and wrapping the cable around the second spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a third position and transferring the second spool to the second position, cutting the cable between the second and the third positions, delivering the cable from the third position to be packaged in a container, repeating the process for additional sections of cable to be placed in additional containers, and pulling the cable from the center of the container to untwist the cable as it is being removed from the container.
US09193484B2
The present invention relates, generally, to a method and apparatus for filling and/or tamping product in a container. More specifically, the present disclosure is related to a device for filling a container with a material including a conduit comprising a top opening and a bottom opening, and a tamper integrally coupled to the conduit, wherein the tamper is configured to move laterally in a straight path horizontally, wherein a tamping face is configured to tamp in a vertical direction.
US09193482B2
A boundary/edge recognition system for on ground vehicular traffic, especially airport runways and taxiways that uses multiple markers, each marker including an elongated tube with a light source in or near the tube for illuminating one or more slits or a plurality of apertures in the tube. Preferred embodiments include spring mounts and/or means for indicating misalignment. Additional options include a defroster/heater and/or bird roost prevention means.
US09193476B2
A method and device for aiding the monitoring of a turbine engine of an aircraft, which displays on one and the same indicator of a of a display indication elements illustrating as a percentage the engine start progression or the current sub-idle state of the turbine engine, a margin to a limit temperature of the turbine engine, a margin to a maximum temperature of the turbine engine and a margin to a possible failure of the start that is generated by a too low speed increase of the turbine engine.
US09193463B2
To eliminate as many hoses and tubes as possible, reduce overall system size, weight and costs, the manifold system disclosed herein has been developed. The apparatus in some examples utilizes a unitary structure (solid cast) manifold to replace many of the hoses previously provided. Several versions/examples of this apparatus are disclosed herein such as a manifold system and an integrated water manifold wherein a mount for a hot water heater and/or water filter are integrated into the manifold body.
US09193456B2
A rotor blade for a driven horizontal rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft comprises an elongated main body which includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an upper surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The rotor blade further comprises at least one flap having a front end and a rear end and mounted to the main body at its front end swiveling about a swiveling axis running in parallel to the radial or spanwise axis of the rotor blade. The flap has a basic position in which it lies flat against the upper surface of the main body. Further, the flap is passively swiveled by aerodynamic forces and inertial forces about its swivel axis to raise above the upper surface of the main body, and a reset force acts upon the flap to reset it into its basic position on the surface of the main body.
US09193451B2
A vehicle incorporating a hybrid propulsion system. In one form, the vehicle may be an aircraft such that the system includes gas turbine engines as a first motive power source, and one or more battery packs as a second motive power source. Through selective coupling to an electric motor that can in turn be connected to a bladed rotor or other lift-producing device, the motive sources provide differing ways in which an aircraft can operate. In one example, the gas turbine engines can provide operation for a majority of the flight envelope of the aircraft, while the battery packs can provide operation during such times when gas turbine-based motive power is unavailable or particularly disadvantageous. In another example, both sources of motive power may be decoupled from the bladed rotor such that the vehicle can operate as an autogyro. In another mode of operation, the movement of a bladed rotor can be both decoupled from the sources of propulsion as well as fixed relative to the aircraft such that the aerodynamic surfaces formed on the bladed rotors can act as a fixed wing. In another particular form, the vehicle may be ground-based or water-based.
US09193449B2
A method is provided for automatically or manually optimizing independent ground travel operation in an aircraft equipped with one or more self-propelled nose or main wheels powered by a driver means, wherein selected operating parameters indicative of optimized ground travel are monitored by sensors or detectors to provide data and information relating to the selected parameters during operation of the ground travel system. Selected operating parameters can include, for example, speed, direction of travel, torque, component thermal data, aircraft location data, and operator inputs, commands, and feedback, as well as other operational data or information. Data is collected, recorded, and analyzed to enable changes to be made to the ground travel system components in real time automatically by intelligent software or manually by a system operator or at a later time to ensure optimum operation of the system.
US09193444B2
A lift arrangement for an aircraft includes an aircraft fuselage section with an outside, an aerodynamic lift body attached to the aircraft fuselage section and extending from the aircraft fuselage section outwardly, and a pair of movably held add-on bodies arranged upstream of a leading edge of the aerodynamic lift body. The add-on bodies include an aerodynamically effective surface and are equipped with incoming airflow to generate vortices that impinge on the aerodynamic lift body, thus leading to an increase in lift on the aerodynamic lift body. Thus the lift generation on a lift body is effectively influenced, in particular to compensate for loss of lift as a result of icing. The add-on bodies are moveable, and, can be moved to a neutral position in which they do not project into the flow around the aircraft, and are thus not effective from the point of view of fluid dynamics.
US09193443B2
An air-sucking vehicle tail section component or wing section component includes an outer delimitation part having microperforation including boreholes, and inner delimitation part having a plurality of suction boreholes including fluid connections to the microperforation boreholes, and connecting elements. The inner delimitation part is connected via the connecting elements to the outer delimitation part. The outer delimitation part includes a continuously curved shape. The inner delimitation part includes two or more planar inner delimitation part components, which are each connected to one another at one edge to form a connection edge, and the connection edge is configured to be attached to the outer delimitation part. A type of framework structure is thus provided, which causes increased stability and can split impacting objects in particular if two inner delimitation part components are used on the vehicle tail section component or wing section component.
US09193438B2
A coupling mechanism between a control member (1′) that generates manual flight commands and a trim actuator (4) forming part of a mechanical transmission train for transmitting flight commands in an aircraft. The coupling mechanism comprises axial engagement means between a lever arm (3) mechanically connected to the control member (1′) and a pivot shaft (10) forming part of the trim actuator (4). The axial engagement means comprise co-operating interlocking members (13, 14) arranged on coupling members (18, 19) constrained to move in rotation respectively with the lever arm (3) and with the pivot shaft (10). Each of the coupling members (18, 19) includes axial passages (26) enabling the other coupling member (18, 19) to pass axially therethrough. An interruption of said axial engagement causes the coupling members (18, 19) to move axially one through the other under the effect of axial thrust (P) exerted by elastically deformable means (15) used for obtaining said axial engagement.
US09193437B2
An unmanned air system and method with blown flaps are presented. Air is guided to a fuel cell carried by the unmanned air system. The fuel cell is ventilated by the guided air such that the air is heated by the fuel cell to provide heated air. The heated air is routed from the fuel cell to one or more high lift devices on a lift device of the unmanned air system to provide routed air. The routed air is blown across the high lift devices.
US09193434B2
A control box for selectively delivering orders to receivers (8, 12). The control box comprises a shaft (14) mounted to turn about an axis of rotation (X), while being capable of sliding along the axis (X) between a rest position towards which it is urged by return means (24), and an active position. An order delivery apparatus (16, 11) co-operates with the shaft (14) to deliver orders as a function of the angular position of the shaft (14). A rotary drive (15) causes the shaft to turn. A safety actuator (23) causes the shaft to slide from the rest position in which anti-rotation structure (27, 28) prevents the shaft from turning to the active position in which the anti-rotation structure (27, 28) leave the shaft free to turn under drive from the rotary drive (15).
US09193433B2
A stiffened panel and method for producing such a panel comprising a laminated skin extending in two directions, made of a resin and a continuous fibers reinforcement. A first stiffener in the form of a beam is made of a resin with continuous fibers reinforcement and extends on a first side of the laminated skin in a first direction. A second stiffener in the form of a beam is made of a resin with continuous fibers reinforcement and extends on a second side of the laminated skin in a second direction. The resins which make up the skin and the stiffeners are thermoplastic in nature and the stiffeners are closely joined to the skin by welding.
US09193432B2
There is provided a stratospheric stay facility that allows humans to stay in the stratosphere in the altitude range of 15 to 25 kilometers. The stratospheric stay facility includes a structure for stay 10 having a cabin in which an environment allowing humans to stay in it is maintained and having resistance to pressure in an environment at a highest altitude at which the structure for stay is kept flying, airships 20 that are adapted to be capable of ascending to the sky by buoyancy and lifts the structure for stay 10 to keep it flying in the stratosphere in the altitude range of 15 to 25 kilometers, and first mooring cables 50 and second mooring cable 80 each of which has a first end fixed to the structure for stay 10 and a second end fixed to the ground to moor the structure for stay 10.
US09193426B2
A watercraft propulsion system includes a motor mounted in a container in a water-tight manner. A shaft extends from the motor through the bottom of the container to an impeller disposed in a housing outside the container. The impeller draws fluid into the housing through and opening on the back of the housing to propel a watercraft through the water.
US09193425B2
A jet propulsion boat includes a boat body, an engine, a jet propulsion mechanism, and a reverse gate. The reverse gate is arranged rearward of the jet propulsion mechanism and is configured to move to a forward movement position that allows a jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow backward, a reverse movement position that allows the jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow forward and downward, and a neutral position that allows the jet flow from the jet propulsion mechanism to flow in the lateral direction. The reverse gate includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a downward opening and a pair of lateral openings open to the right and left when the reverse gate is positioned in the neutral position. The second member covers at least a portion of the downward opening when the reverse gate is positioned in the neutral position.
US09193423B2
This invention relates to a design of a ship hull, and more particularly, to cargo ship or submarine configurations featuring flow channels on the hull surfaces, and multihull structure, and improved diving and surfacing properties, and reduced hydrodynamic resistance, and improved hull damage resistance, and further comprising underwater hub cargo loading and unloading, and relates to manned or unmanned or semi-autonomous sea vessels. A hull design consists of a curvative hull form transversally and symmetrical about its center line CL and design water line, and consists of ballast and storage tanks and cargo compartment within the hull portions and operable to adjust the draft and the depth of the vessel according to the loaded weight, and provides detachable installation options. The invention relates to a ship hull design with reduced block coefficient (Cb) values.
US09193421B1
An ejectable floatation device includes a foldable inflatable cell coupled to a compressed gas cartridge. The inflatable cell includes a tether with one end attached to the inflatable cell and the opposite end attached to the user. The inflatable cell fits within a pocket encapsulating the ejectable floatation device, and is made buoyant upon actuation by the user of compressed gas. The inflated cell exits the pocket floating to the waters surface while still being attached to the user to identify his/her position in the water. The pocket encapsulating the ejectable floatation device may be formed on a waistband or armband or the like.
US09193420B2
A jet propelled watercraft includes a vessel body, a jet propulsion mechanism, an engine, at least one switch, and an emergency contact unit. The at least one switch includes an engine stop switch, a lanyard switch, and a rollover switch. The engine stop switch is configured to stop the engine in response to manual operation. The lanyard switch is configured to stop the engine in response to detachment of a lanyard. The rollover switch is configured to stop the engine in response to rollover of the vessel body. The emergency contact unit includes a determination portion and an instruction portion. The determination portion determines whether or not rescue is required based on the status of the at least one switch when the engine has been stopped. The instruction portion instructs transmission of a distress signal to a predetermined emergency contact when the determination portion has determined that rescue is required.
US09193419B2
A board paddling training apparatus for assisting in improving a user's paddling technique and strength. In particular, the board paddling training apparatus includes a buoyant board, such as a board adapted for surfing, bodyboarding, paddleboarding, or other board-related sport that entails paddling, and includes a resistance mechanism that creates drag or resistance against a user's paddle stroke. Some implementations of the resistance mechanism can be adjustable in order to create a variety of resistance against a user's paddle stroke and board movement.
US09193413B1
A disc brake caliper is provided. The disc brake caliper may include a main body having a first portion, a second portion having no bleeding port, and a connecting portion connecting the first portion with the second portion such that a slot for arranging a disc rotor is defined between the first portion and the second portion. Arranged on the first portion are a first fluid port and a second fluid port fluidly connected to the first fluid port by a fluid flow path.
US09193404B2
A self-propelled device is provided including a drive system, a spherical housing, and a biasing mechanism. The drive system includes one or more motors that are contained within the spherical housing. The biasing mechanism actively forces the drive system to continuously engage an interior of the spherical housing in order to cause the spherical housing to move.
US09193401B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a rubber crawler having reduced vibration during running and further good soil-grasping property and soil-discharging property as well as improved durability. The rubber crawler 1 has a crawler body 10 and a plurality of metal cores 30 buried in the crawler body and lugs 15 provided on an outer periphery side with they being divided into left and right sides across the central portion, the lugs divided into left and right sides being arranged in zigzag alignment with shifting of phase in a circumferential direction of the crawler body, wherein each of the lugs 15 is in the form of trapezoid in section view having a contact area 20, a front side inclined surface 18 and a rear side inclined surface 19, extends from the central portion with inclining in the circumferential direction with respect to the width direction, and has a constriction portion 26 narrowing in the circumferential direction which is provided in the central portion in the width direction with being arranged astride three adjacent metal cores 30 in the circumferential direction in planar view.
US09193399B2
An active and passive boundary layer control system and method for reducing boundary layer separation and the resulting form drag from ground vehicles. Tubings with multiple venturis connected in series are attached to the side and/or roof of the ground vehicle. A flow of compressed air is created by an engine auxiliary, e.g., a turbocharger or a supercharger, or by a designated blower and injected into the tubings. Suction created by the venturis actively removes decelerated fluid from the boundary layer and keeps the boundary layer flow attached. Optionally, the system exhausts the air in concentrated free jets along the vehicle body to a series of passive boundary layer control devices, such as vortex generators.
US09193395B2
A cab body has a panel section. The panel section includes a concave section that is recessed upward. A floor frame includes a convex section and supports the cab body. The convex section has a shape that protrudes facing upward and is arranged to protrude from the concave section. A seal member seals a gap between the concave section and the convex section. The seal member has a first contact surface, a second contact surface, and an inclined surface. The first contact surface contacts the convex section. The second contact surface contacts the panel section. The inclined surface is inclined with regard to the first contact surface and the second contact surface. A bracket has an attachment section and a pressing surface. The attachment section is attached to the panel section. The pressing surface presses the inclined surface.
US09193391B2
A motor vehicle body is disclosed which includes at least one rear wheel house and a reinforcing structure for connecting a shock absorber in the region of the wheel house. The reinforcing structure includes a reinforcing profile arranged on an outside of the wheel house facing a rear wheel, and extends with a spring plate connecting piece provided for fastening a spring plate from a lower side of the wheel house to an upper apex portion of the wheel house. The reinforcing profile located in the region of the upper apex portion of the wheel house includes a middle profile portion with a shock absorber connection, to which a shock absorber can be fastened with an end portion facing away from the rear wheel.
US09193381B2
In a method and an apparatus for affecting the cornering performance of a motor vehicle, a transverse acceleration of the motor vehicle is determined, a desired transverse tilt of the motor vehicle defined based on the determined transverse acceleration, at least one actuator of an active suspension system of the motor vehicle is adjusted so that the motor vehicle assumes the desired transverse tilt, and an additional actuator intervening in the steering system of the motor vehicle. A yaw movement of the motor vehicle caused by the adjustment of the at least one actuator of the active suspension system is at least partially compensated by the additional actuator.
US09193377B2
A power steering system that may include a rack, a slider shaft, and an actuator disposed on a housing. The slider shaft may be coupled to a tie rod assembly. The rack, slider shaft, and actuator may engage an end plate. The actuator may exert force upon the end plate to assist with actuation of the rack and slider shaft.
US09193369B2
The handling properties of two-wheeled trolleys may be materially improved by arranging for the freely rotatable wheels (1, 2) to be able to move to a certain extent relative to the frame or load-receiving container portions (3, 4, 5) of the trolley in a direction parallel to the direction of travel of the trolley. This can be achieved by mounting the trolley wheels (1, 2) so that they, and the axles (32) on which they are mounted for free rotation, can, preferably independently, swivel about a horizontal axis displaced from (and lower than) the level at which the wheels are mounted on their respective axles. The wheels are preferably set at a high positive camber angle. Letting the wheels swivel materially improves handling on rough terrain. The trolley is preferably foldable to save space when being transported or stored.
US09193363B2
A ballast is configured to be selectively coupled to a chassis of a locomotive based on an anticipated change in axle load capacity of a rail. The ballast includes a container, a lid, and a catch plate. The container includes one or more sides and is configured to store a heavy mass of material therein. The lid is disposed on one of a bottom and lateral sides of the container. The catch plate is spaced apart and rigidly attached to the container to define a pocket therebetween. The pockets are configured to allow one or more lifting implements to be inserted such that the container may be hoisted and selectively coupled to the chassis.
US09193348B2
A vehicle includes a drive unit that generates a driving force for driving a driving wheel, and an accelerator pedal. In the vehicle, the driving force generated by the drive unit is controlled on the basis of an operation amount of the accelerator pedal, which is operated by a user. It is determined whether or not the vehicle carries out coasting with the drive unit unactivated. It is determined whether a predetermined condition that an activation command for the drive unit be received from the user with the accelerator pedal operated is fulfilled during the coasting. An actual driving force that is transmitted from the drive unit to the driving wheel is limited with respect to a driving force that is required by the user, in comparison with a case where the vehicle travels in a state other than the coasting, if the predetermined condition is fulfilled.
US09193341B2
A slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a first hydraulic pump configured to draw brake fluid out of wheel brakes or out of a hydraulic accumulator connected to the wheel brakes. The brake system also includes two further hydraulic pumps configured to be connected to a brake master cylinder for a rapid pressure buildup. To pump against a high brake pressure while the vehicle brake system is actuated, only the first hydraulic pump is used, while the other two hydraulic pumps are separated from the brake master cylinder and run “at idle” at the same time. The necessary mechanical driving power of the hydraulic pumps is thereby reduced, and a very rapid pressure buildup is nevertheless possible.
US09193338B2
A pressure-medium-activated brake device of a vehicle without brake pressure control but with brake slip control (ABS) for driver-independent control of the brake slip during a braking process, and traction control (TCS) for driver-independent control of the drive slip during an acceleration process.
US09193337B2
Brake hydraulic pressure is appropriately prevented from becoming lower than a reference brake pressure for holding control. When a physical amount correlating with the rotational speed of an electric motor has become higher than or equal to a predetermined value, an HSA start reference pressure setting unit sets an HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than a reference brake pressure, and if the HSA start reference pressure at a time when a driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure is higher than the reference brake pressure, an HSA required fluid pressure setting unit sets an HSA required fluid pressure at a time when the driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than the reference brake pressure.
US09193335B2
A wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windows is disclosed. The wiper blade includes a wiper blade body extending in a wiper blade longitudinal axis, with a wiper rubber and a wiper blade adapter on the wiper blade body. The wiper blade adapter forms a mechanical connection, constructed as detent connection, of the wiper blade to a wiper arm adapter arranged on a wiper arm. The wiper blade adapter and the wiper arm adapter are connected to or released from one another at least substantially in a direction which extends perpendicularly to the wiper blade longitudinal axis. Spring are provided on the wiper blade adapter and/or on the wiper arm adapter, which provide an initial spring tension when the wiper blade is mounted on the wiper arm, and bring about a releasing force between the wiper arm adapter and the wiper blade adapter when the detent connection is released.
US09193330B2
A method of controlling and monitoring operation of a device is disclosed. The method includes communicating an authorization code via a management source to a processor having a memory. The processor is configured for regulating operation of the device, and is operatively connected to a keyless start arrangement configured to activate the device. The method additionally includes receiving the authorization code by the processor and storing the authorization code within the controller memory. Furthermore, the method includes entering an access code via a selective input, receiving the access code by the processor, and authorizing operation of the device if the access code matches the authorization code.
US09193327B2
An airbag assembly may include an airbag and an inflator that provides inflation gas to inflate the airbag. A filter module may be positioned such that inflation gas exiting the inflator must first pass through the filter module. The filter module may be formed of a sheet of metal that is wrapped into a generally tubular shape. The filter module may have a first layer and a second layer that generally encircles the first layer. The first layer may have a pattern of holes and dimples that are separate from and/or displaced from each other. The dimples may protrude toward the second layer to maintain spacing to enable relatively unrestricted gas flow from the holes of the first layer through unaligned holes of the second layer. The resulting tortuous gas flow path may help to slow, cool, and/or purify the gas before it exits the inflator.
US09193320B2
An impact absorbing member is formed by bending one sheet of a metal plate material and then joining adjacent end parts thereof. The impact absorbing member includes the following integrally-connected portions: a fixing plate, an impact absorbing part having two first side wall plates and two second side wall plates, two flange plates, and two bridge plates. The impact absorbing part overall has an approximate square or rectangular tube shape after being bent. Joining parts are provided at each opposing end parts of the first and second side wall plates. The adjacent end parts of the first and second side wall plates overlap and are joined. The end parts of the two flange plates are also joined to the end parts of the two bridge plates.
US09193318B2
A front end assembly including a stepped deflector assembly. The stepped deflector assembly includes a first step attached to one end of a bumper. The first step includes an inner front leg and an intermediate leg. The second step includes an outer front leg and a rear leg. The intermediate leg and rear leg have ends that are disposed adjacent a frame rail, but that are not attached to the frame rail. In a collision, the first and second inner ends of the first and second step, respectively, are driven laterally into the frame rail to reduce intrusions into the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
US09193314B1
A vehicle control system is provided that is able to (i) identify a particular driver from other potential drivers and (ii) monitor various vehicle functions in order to determine if the identified driver repeatedly performs the same behavior upon the occurrence of a particular event or condition. When the control system determines that the identified driver repeats the same behavior upon the re-occurrence of the same event or condition, the controller learns that behavior and associates it with the identified driver so that it can be automatically performed, without driver interaction, when the same event or condition re-occurs.
US09193312B2
An occupant communication system (OCS) and control method giving rear row occupant experience and full control to allow unimpeded access to a vehicle's features typically provided to the front row occupants. The OCS having a rear zone master controller controlling a plurality of selected vehicle subsystems within the occupant communication system and a front zone controller in electrical communication with the rear zone master controller that is controlled by the rear zone master controller. A communications module communicates with the rear zone master controller and the front zone controller wherein the rear zone master controller, the front zone controller, and the communications module are in operative communication with one another and with a vehicle communications network via the communications module to control the plurality of selected vehicle subsystems such that the rear zone master controller enables, disables, or limits control of the front zone controller via the communications module.
US09193310B2
A door trim includes an ornament and a trim board. The ornament includes a decoration main body having ornament fitting portions at its peripheral edge portion, and an ornament insertion portion. The trim board includes a trim main body, a receiving portion, and an extending portion. The trim main body has an opening to which the decoration main body is fitted and an opening edge portion on which the fitting portions are located. The receiving portion receives the ornament insertion portion so as to be exposed on a side of the outer peripheral portion of the trim main body. The extending portion extends from the receiving portion to a space in the opening. The extending portion includes a mount seat to which a stopper member is mounted, and the door trim is mounted to a door panel via the stopper member.
US09193306B2
A roof box is provided for motor vehicles for forming a useful interior space. In order to obtain a roof box which is comfortable to handle by a user, offers the greatest possible storage space and simultaneously reduces vehicle noises and fuel consumption, the roof box includes the use of volume changing means for changing the volume of the interior space, the roof box being designed such that it can be integrated into the roof of a motor vehicle.
US09193298B2
A vehicle sun visor system and method for powering the vehicle sun visor are provided herein, and include a generator configured to produce a first current via kinetic motion. A converter is electrically coupled to the generator and configured to convert the first current into a second current. An energy storing device is electrically coupled to the converter and configured to store an electrical charge. An illumination source is electrically coupled to the energy storing device and configured to operate between an ON and an OFF state, wherein during the ON state, the electrical charge stored in the energy storing device is discharged to supply electrical power to the illumination source.
US09193297B2
A vehicle light distribution control device includes: an illumination device controlled to change a light distribution pattern among high, low and split beam patterns and of which an optical axis direction is controlled; and a control unit. When a vehicle ahead has been detected, the control unit changes the light distribution pattern to the split beam pattern, and controls a cut-off line position of the split beam pattern so as not to irradiate illumination light to the vehicle ahead. When the vehicle ahead becomes undetectable, the control unit maintains the split beam pattern while controlling the cut-off line position in such a manner that the shielded area of the split beam pattern gradually reduces. After the shielded area becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined reference, the control unit changes the light distribution pattern from the split beam pattern to the high beam pattern.
US09193289B2
The present invention provides a vehicle seat which includes a seat back including a seat back body and an upholstery that covers front, back, and upper surfaces and both side surfaces of the seat back body. In the vehicle seat, the seat back body includes a frame having a frame shape and serving as a framework, a front-side cover portion placed so as to cover a front side of an inner space of the frame and supporting a back of a seated occupant, and a back-side cover portion placed so as to cover a rear side of the inner space. The front-side cover portion and the back-side cover portion are covered by the upholstery. The back-side cover portion includes a flexible back-side sheet body stretched across the frame.
US09193279B2
A vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, includes a seat part (3), a backrest (4) attached to the seat part (3) to pivot about a backrest axis (L), seat rails (9) for adjusting the seat length position of the vehicle seat (1), which rails are provided on the seat part (3), a control lever (30) for unlocking the seat rails (9) that is pivotably mounted on the seat part (3), and an unlocking cam (40) for acting on the control lever (30). The unlocking cam (40) is fixed to the backrest. The control lever (30) has a deactivated state in which the unlocking cam (40) moves past the control lever (30) at a distance during the pivoting of the backrest (4) and an activated state in which the unlocking cam (40) is seated against the control lever (30) and acts thereon during the pivoting of the backrest (4).
US09193271B2
Provided is an in-vehicle charger capable of reliably obtaining charging control parameters prior to charging and capable of safe charging. In this charger, a charging unit (105) charges a battery (111) in accordance with the charging control parameters. A storage unit (103) stores a table in which a plurality of areas on a map and the charging control parameters are made to correspond to each other. A position information receiving unit (101) obtains position indicating the current position of a vehicle (250). A control unit (104) refers to the table on the basis of the position information and sets the charging control parameters made to correspond to an area including the current position when a charging cable (107) is not connected.
US09193269B2
A vehicle charger mounting structure has a system circuit, a charger and a relay. The system circuit constitutes a high-voltage circuit and includes an onboard battery. The charger charges the onboard battery with electric power supplied from an exterior. The relay is provided between the onboard battery and the charger. The relay operates and controls to be in an open state except during charging. The relay is provided to be housed in a casing different from the charger. The charger is provided to be housed in a housing space provided in a vehicle body structure part.
US09193266B2
This invention relates to electrically operated vehicle with power supply system having wind based charging unit (1a, 1b) with load isolation. The power supply unit has one or more energy storage device with an inverter for supplying AC loads. Two such power supply units (PS1, PS2) are used in an electric vehicle application for supplying the drive load. The power supply units when operated through an intermediate section (5) and an output combiner, supplies to the load with complete isolation from the recharging unit of the system. Due to which, the energy storage devices serves for large distance range.
US09193263B2
A vehicle drive train for transferring torque to first and second sets of wheels includes a first driveline adapted to transfer torque to the first set of wheels and a synchronizing clutch. A second driveline is adapted to transfer torque to the second set of wheels and includes a power disconnection device and a friction clutch. A hypoid gearset is positioned within the second driveline in a power path between the synchronizing clutch and the power disconnection device. The friction clutch and the power disconnection device are positioned on opposite sides of the hypoid gearset. The hypoid gearset is selectively disconnected from being driven by the first driveline, the second driveline or the wheels when the synchronizing clutch and the power disconnection device are operated in disconnected, non-torque transferring, modes.
US09193259B2
A tank cover attachment structure of a straddle type vehicle that can easily and precisely attach a tank cover, which covers the area ranging from the side of a fuel tank to the side of the upper portion of an engine, on the vehicle body side with the highly strong and simple structure. Tank supporting brackets connect left and right front edge portions of a fuel tank to a support rod on the vehicle body side. Engaging portions, which extend outside in the width direction of the vehicle relative to connecting portions with the fuel tank, are integrally provided to the tank supporting brackets. Tank covers are joined to the engaging portions.
US09193255B2
A hybrid module for a drive train of a vehicle, including a first disconnect clutch (2), an electric motor (4), and a second disconnect clutch (1). The first disconnect clutch (2) is disposed in the torque flow path between a combustion engine (3) in the drive train and the electric motor (4), while the second disconnect clutch (1) is disposed in the torque flow path between the electric motor (4) and a transmission (6, 7) in the drive train. The first disconnect clutch (2) and the second disconnect clutch (1) are disposed in a joint wet chamber.
US09193253B2
A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output gear outputting changed torque, a first planetary gear set disposed on the input shaft, and including a first rotation element connected to a first motor/generator, a second rotation element connected to the output gear, and a third rotation element directly connected to the input shaft, a second planetary gear set including a fourth rotation element connected to a second motor/generator and selectively connected to the third rotation element, a fifth rotation element connected to the second rotation element, a sixth rotation element selectively connected to a transmission housing, frictional elements selectively connecting two rotation elements among three rotation elements of the second planetary gear set, selectively connecting the third rotation element to the fourth rotation element, or selectively connecting the sixth rotation element to the transmission housing.
US09193251B2
The invention relates to a power train for a hybrid vehicle, comprising two hydraulic machines (20, 22) including variable displacement, both of which are connected to a hydraulic pressure accumulator (24) which stores energy, a first hydraulic machine (20) being permanently connected to an internai combustion traction engine (2), and a second hydraulic machine (22) being connected, also permanently, to drive wheels (8) of the vehicle, characterized in that the two hydraulic machines (20, 22) are also interconnected by a linking means (10) that can be engaged or disengaged.
US09193243B2
To achieve a small and low power consumption suspension, which can be installed in a vehicle, such as a personal mobility vehicle, there is provided a vehicle suspension system including: a suspension that is connected to a vehicle body and a shaft mounted to wheels; an actuator that includes an output for vertically moving a suspension position of the suspension on the basis of inclination angle information of the vehicle; and a self-weight support mechanism that acts on the actuator to support vehicle weight. The self-weight support mechanism is composed of a spring mounted to the actuator, the actuator, and a link mechanism connected the suspension and the actuator.
US09193240B2
A damping assembly for a front-wheel independent suspension of a four-wheel mobility scooter includes a chassis with two front wheels, and two connecting sleeves. In each of the connecting sleeves is disposed a first shock absorber which includes a rectangular outer pipe and a rectangular inner pipe disposed in and rotated 45 degrees with respect to the outer pipe, between each of the edges of the inner pipe and the inner space of the outer pipe is disposed an elastic rubber The inner pipe has two suspension arms connected to a shaft, respectively, each shaft includes a first connecting arm extending in a width direction of the chassis, the front wheels are connected to the first connecting arms, on each of the shafts is provided a second connecting arm extending upward and hinged with a third connecting arm extending in the width direction of and hinged to the chassis.
US09193237B2
In a method of producing a chassis control arm, at least one end of a blank is provided with at least two webs which are arranged in spaced-apart relation and define a clearance there between. Each of the webs is formed with a bearing opening, with the bearing opening of one web and the bearing opening of the other web aligned in coaxial relation to provide a bearing zone. A bearing sleeve is placed into the bearing openings, and the bearing sleeve is peripherally expanded at least in one region such as to project radially into the clearance. The at least one peripheral expansion can be formed to directly abut at least one of the webs in an axial direction.
US09193236B2
An axle-to-beam or crossbrace-to-beam connection for a vehicle axle/suspension system includes an axle or crossbrace having at least one depression formed therein. A sleeve is formed with at least one depression and disposed about the axle or crossbrace so that the axle or crossbrace depression and the sleeve depression matingly engage one another to form a mated pair of depressions. A method of forming the axle-to-beam or crossbrace-to-beam connection includes providing an axle or crossbrace and disposing a sleeve about the axle or crossbrace. At least one mated pair of depressions is simultaneously formed in the axle or crossbrace and the sleeve. The sleeve is immovably mounted to a vehicle axle/suspension system.
US09193234B1
A monolithic trailer hitch including a rack defining a plurality of apertures positioned in a recessed channel and integrally formed with a perpendicularly extending arm defining a cavity and a hollow with an end formed from a pair of opposingly biased faces. A brace is connected between the arm and the rack for structural support. The cavity is the larger of the two openings and is positioned more proximal the rack while the hollow is smaller and positioned more distal the rack, near an aperture configured to receive a fastener to secure the shank to a receiver and a tow vehicle.
US09193233B2
An articulated coupler permits vertical displacement of a towed vehicle relative to a towing vehicle while preventing lateral or horizontal displacement of the towed vehicle relative to the towing vehicle. Multiple linkage arms provide coupling for special configuration towed vehicles such as short wheel-mounted lifts that experience torsional forces due to the presence and absence of loads on the lift.
US09193231B2
Drawbar hitch mount assemblies for towing an implement such as a mower conditioner are disclosed. The assemblies include a hitch receiver capable of pivoting relative to the implement and/or towing vehicle.
US09193227B1
A wheel servicing machine includes a releasable swing arm clamp apparatus attached to a swing arm. The clamp engages a rod slidably attached to and extending from a slide bar mounted on the swing arm. The clamp includes a closed, or locked, position and an open, or unlocked, position. In the closed position, the apparatus includes a rod clamp that can be rotated about the rod for fine adjustment of the angular position of the swing arm. When the rod clamp is in the open position, the angular position of the swing arm can be coarsely adjusted by manually moving the swing arm about a pivoting arm joint. When the swing arm is moved near a desired position, the rod clamp can be closed and can be rotated about the rod in the closed position in some embodiments for fine adjustment of the swing arm angular position.
US09193219B2
A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a carcass including a carcass ply extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion and turned up around a bead core of a bead portion. The bead core includes a radially inner surface extending along a bottom surface of the bead portion in the radial direction of the tire. Under both conditions that include an unloaded standard condition where the tire is mounted on a standard rim and inflated to regular internal pressure and a loaded standard condition where the tire in the unloaded standard condition above is loaded with a regular load and grounded at a camber angle of 0 degrees, the tire has an angle between the radially inner surface of the bead core and a rim sheet surface of the standard rim being in a range of 0 plus/minus 3 degrees.
US09193214B2
Various flexible heat sealable decorative articles and methods of making the same are described. The flexible heat sealable decorative articles are lightweight and can be combined with other decorative elements, such as metalized films. Various decorative are mixed or combined with one another to form highly attractive flexible heat sealable decorative articles.
US09193212B2
A marker-making kit for assembling a marking device having a user-determined mixture of marking solution is provided. The kit includes a base unit coupled to a marker positioning mechanism and a press mechanism. A mixing tube holder secures a mixing tube used for collecting a desired amount of one or more marker fluids. A mixed marker solution is combined, including any number of different colors of marker fluid, and used to saturate a marker reservoir. The saturated reservoir may then be transferred to a maker barrel positioned near the press mechanism. By applying an amount of force with a marker compression arm, a completed marker is secured, enclosing the marker reservoir inside a marker barrel.
US09193210B2
A fastener for sheet objects may include first and second portions which are positioned or are positionable in an adjacent spaced relationship with respect to each other so as to define a sheet object receiving region therebetween. Piercing means are provided which are movably mounted on the first portion. The piercing means may be adapted so as to pierce one or more sheet objects disposed within the sheet object receiving region when moved into an operative state in which the piercing means extends across the sheet object receiving region between the first and second portions. The fastener may further include retaining means for retaining the piercing means in the operative position when moved thereto.
US09193208B2
A recording material including a support and disposed thereon at least one layer including certain core/shell polymeric particles, the particles having, whey dry, at least one void; and an opacity reducer is provided. A method for providing an image using the recording sheet is also provided.
US09193203B2
The invention relates to a treatment for printing a surface with an ink that includes a compound that exhibits a change of electronic spin state as a function of temperature, imparting optical properties such that the ink is visible in a temperature range that includes an ambient temperature of around 20° C. and is transparent in the visible spectrum when the ink is brought to a temperature above said range and then brought back down to a temperature within the range.
US09193202B2
Print media products comprise a top layer of a printing material comprising a plurality of holes distributed on the surface area thereof, and a bottom layer of a printing material comprising a plurality of holes distributed on the surface area thereof, the top layer being overlayed on and removably attached to the bottom layer such that an ink-receiving side of the top layer is exposed and an ink-receiving side of the bottom layer is in contact with the top layer, and such that the holes of the top layer are at least in part overlapped with print material of the bottom layer.
US09193195B1
A printer includes a feeding portion for feeding a print medium in a first direction, an ejection portion for ejecting liquid, a carriage, a guide shaft, a rail member, a first pressing portion, an eccentric member, a regulating portion, and a prohibition portion. The carriage includes the ejection portion and reciprocates in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction. The guide shaft extends in the second direction and supports the carriage. The rail member is disposed facing the guide shaft. The first pressing portion presses a first surface of the rail member. The eccentric member has a rotating shaft portion and an eccentric shaft portion that is eccentric with respect to the rotating shaft portion. The regulating portion comes into contact with a second surface of the rail member, and regulates movement of the carriage. The prohibition portion prohibits rotation of the rotating shaft portion.
US09193194B2
A printer assembly includes a housing having a pair of opposite first and second sidewalls, the first sidewall having a vertical guide slot; a shaft rotatably mounted between the sidewalls; pinions fixedly mounted at either end of the shaft; a print bar carriage slidably received within the housing; and a drive motor for rotating the shaft and lifting the print bar carriage. The print bar carriage includes: a chassis; first and second racks engaged with respective pinions to define a rack-and-pinion lift mechanism; first bearings rotatably mounted at a first side of the chassis, each first bearing being received in the guide slot; and a printhead supported by the chassis. During sliding movement of the print bar carriage, the first bearings travel within the guide slot and bear against opposite guide surfaces to constrain rotational movement of the print bar carriage.
US09193190B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first roller and a second roller on which a recording medium is stretched; a head which performs image forming on the recording medium in an image forming region between the first roller and the second roller; an opening-shutting door which is provided in an external member; an opening-shutting regulation unit which regulates an opening operation of the opening-shutting door; and a control unit which transports the recording medium while applying a tension to the recording medium in the image forming region by controlling rotations of the first and second rollers, and regulates the opening operation of the opening-shutting door by the opening-shutting regulation unit while the head is performing the image forming, in which the control unit releases a regulation of the opening operation of the opening-shutting door by the opening-shutting regulation unit after performing a preparation operation for releasing the regulation which stops the recording medium in a state in which the tension is applied to the recording medium in the image forming region by controlling the rotations of the first and second rollers.
US09193189B2
A conveyance device includes: a conveyance unit that conveys a printing paper sheet in a given conveyance direction; and a pressing unit that presses the printing paper sheet with ultrasound emitted from a plurality of ultrasound emitter elements which are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction and emit ultrasound of an identical frequency and an identical phase.
US09193183B2
A multipass large format flat bed inkjet printer (1) for printing an image on a substrate is described. In examples described, the printer (1) has a print carriage (8) for supporting an array of printheads (18) adjacent the substrate (6) during printing; a bed (4) for supporting the substrate (6) during printing; and a movement mechanism (5) for providing relative movement of the print carriage (8) and the substrate (6) in a print direction during a print pass. The print carriage (8) is such that the width of the array of printheads (18) transverse to the print direction is at least substantially the full width of the image. in examples described, the printheads (18) provide an array of nozzles (22) which is substantially continuous across the array of printheads (18).
US09193182B1
A printing device includes a radiant heater having at least one radiant heater includes at least two emitters; a controller that receives a voltage and current supplied to each of the at least two emitters and calculates an electrical power supplied to each of the at least two emitters; wherein the controller adjusts the electrical power supplied to at least one of the at least two emitters if a difference in power supplied to each of the at least two emitters exceeds a threshold.
US09193179B2
A treatment agent liquid application device for an ink jet printer includes a supply pan including a liquid chamber that stores treatment agent liquid; an application roller that applies the treatment agent liquid on a record surface of a recording medium; a squeeze roller that rotates to draw up a part of the treatment agent liquid in which a part of the squeeze roller is immersed in the supply pan and to supply the treatment agent liquid to a pressure contact part between the application roller and the squeeze roller; and a partition member arranged outside the squeeze roller and along a circumferential direction of the squeeze roller in the supply pan, the partition member dividing the liquid chamber in the supply pan into a liquid chamber on a squeeze roller side and an external liquid chamber outside the liquid chamber on the squeeze roller side.
US09193177B1
A printer attenuates curl in media sheets being printing by the printer. The printer includes a moisture ejecting subsystem that ejects a water-containing material in the margins of the media sheet in the cross-process direction to reduce a moisture gradient across the media sheet when the grain of the media is parallel to the process direction of the media moving through the printer.
US09193168B2
A replaceable ink container of an ink supply device includes an opening plug for plugging an insertion opening into which a male connector is to be inserted. The opening plug includes an outer valve and an inner valve. The outer valve has an outer valve body pressed by the male connector and opened in a case where the male connector is inserted into the insertion opening. The outer valve body is closed by making contact with the male connector in a case where the male connector is pulled out from the insertion opening. The inner valve has an inner valve body indirectly pressed by the male connector and opened in the case where the male connector is inserted into the insertion opening. The inner valve body is closed by receiving at least a pressure of ink in the case where the male connector is pulled out from the insertion opening.
US09193166B1
A cartridge accommodating apparatus includes: a cartridge accommodating section accommodating a cartridge which includes a liquid accommodating section, a liquid lead-out channel, a first blocking member blocking a first portion of the liquid lead-out channel, and a second blocking member blocking a second portion between the first portion and the liquid accommodating section; a hollow tube introducing liquid in the liquid lead-out channel into inside of the hollow tube; a moving mechanism moving the hollow tube between a first position at which a tip portion of the hollow tube is located outside the liquid lead-out channel and a second position at which the tip portion of the hollow tube has entered inside the liquid lead-out channel; a driving source; a driving force transmitting mechanism transmitting driving force of the driving source to the moving mechanism; and a driving source controller controlling driving speed of the driving source.
US09193162B2
A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure generation chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening; a pressure generation unit that generates a change in a pressure in the pressure generation chamber; a manifold that communicates with a plurality of pressure generation chambers; and a rib that is provided inside the manifold, in which the rib is formed over the manifold in a direction intersecting a liquid flowing inside the manifold, and in which a notch section that divides the flow inside the manifold into two is provided in the rib.
US09193160B1
The invention provides a liquid ejection head equipped with an energy generating element generating energy utilized for ejecting a liquid, a liquid supply port provided at a surface on which the energy generating element is provided for supplying the liquid to the energy generating element, a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the energy generating element from the liquid supply port and a rib extending from the liquid supply port toward an inlet of the liquid flow path, wherein an end portion of the rib on the side of the liquid flow path is provided at a position deviated from a center line of the liquid flow path.
US09193158B2
A sweep speed is determined for sweeping a printer head of a printer across a print medium for printing a swath of an image on the print medium. A distance by which to advance the print medium is at least partially determined in accordance with the determined sweep speed and the print medium is advanced by the determined distance.
