US09206927B2
A utility conduit supporting device, system, and method for quickly and inexpensively securing multiple conduits, including cables, pipes, or other utility lines, to structural members such as I-beams and other planar or curved structural members, includes one or more clamping members, such as one or more beam clamps, and one or more elongate platforms with spaced apart connections for attachment members, e.g., conduit clamps. The device and method can be used to install utility conduits in multiple orientations, to readily fit between, over, under, or away from existing installations when additional conduits are needed, without having to measure, drill, and tap conduit supporting straps and without having to disassemble and reassemble existing installations, and to make use of void, unused spaces on structural members.
US09206926B2
A float device for use in a body of water includes a float configured to transform between a deflated state and an inflated state. The float includes at least one internal chamber. The float includes a manual inflation value configured to provide a passageway for adding gas to the at least one internal chamber and a deflation valve configured to provide a passageway for releasing gas from the at least one internal chamber. A float attachment member is attached to the float, such that when the float is placed in the body of water, the float attachment member is underwater.
US09206925B2
A conduit hanger assembly that supports at least one conduit is disclosed. The conduit hanger assembly includes a first member and a second member extending from the first member. The first member has a U-shaped clamp that engages a building structure to support the hanger assembly. The second member has a base with arms extending therefrom. The U-shaped clamp, base and arms define a channel to support the conduit therein. The conduit hanger assembly may include gangable add-on conduit hangers that connect to the conduit hanger assembly to support additional conduits in the assembly.
US09206918B2
A metering valve includes a valve main body consisting of a body and a cover, a sliding rod and an elastic member. The body has a positioning hole, a metering chamber, a containing space, and two sealing pads disposed on two end portions of the metering chamber. The containing space is for assembling the gas cylinder. A groove is disconnected with the positioning hole, the metering chamber and the containing space. The sliding rod has two ends, wherein a gas channel is formed from one end toward an inner of the sliding rod, the sliding rod has a flange and a through hole, the through hole under the flange is for connecting the gas channel, and the sliding rod blocks a gas from the metering chamber by cooperating with the sealing pads. The elastic member in the groove is connected to the flange and the groove.
US09206913B2
A check valve is provided. The check valve includes a petal pivotably coupled to a hinge to occupy respective open and closed positions in accordance with a pressure differential of a fluid flow across the check valve and a lift generating element coupled to the petal and configured to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow to generate a lift force on the petal.
US09206902B2
A sealing element that provides a fluid tight seal between pipe end flanges of adjoining pipes in a flange sealing system is disclosed. The sealing system also uses a centering ring surrounding and locating the sealing element relative to the pipe end flanges which is discontinuous in a circumferential direction of the centering ring between two ends of the centering ring which are disconnected from one another in a mounted position between the pipe end flanges so that the centering ring can be flexed to replace the sealing element therein upon removal from the pipe end flanges. The centering ring has an inner circumference in the form of a concave wedge-shaped edge and the sealing element has a wedge-shaped cross-section in the form of a convex wedge-shaped edge arranged to be received in the concave wedge-shaped edge of the centering ring.
US09206901B2
A spherical annular seal member 35 for use in an exhaust pipe joint includes: a spherical annular base member 33 defined by a cylindrical inner surface 29, a partially convex spherical surface 30, and large- and small-diameter side annular end faces 31 and 32 of the partially convex spherical surface 30; and an outer layer 34 formed integrally on the partially convex spherical surface 30 of the spherical annular base member 33.
US09206893B2
A method of operating a vehicle powertrain, includes: sensing a vehicle velocity; selecting at least two of a plurality of control strategies; activating the at least two control strategies, said two control strategies including: (i) operating the vehicle in a stationary start-stop mode when the vehicle speed is below a first threshold; and (ii) operating the vehicle in a rolling stationary start-stop mode when the vehicle speed is above a second threshold.
US09206892B2
An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft (1), a pulley (2) journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring (10) engaged between the pulley and a carrier (9), the torsion spring loaded in an unwinding direction, a wrap spring (11) engaged between the carrier and the shaft, the wrap spring comprising a cylindrical inner portion (94) and a planar outer portion (93) connected by a tapered portion (155), and the inner portion frictionally engaged with the shaft in a winding direction.
US09206889B2
A drive force distributing device includes first and second rollers rotatable jointly with main a drive wheel system and a subordinate drive wheel system, respectively. Control of the drive force distribution between the main drive wheels and the subordinate drive wheels is performed by adjusting an inter-roller pressing force. A structural body suppresses turning of one of the first and second rollers at a predetermined position. A reference position setting mechanism turns either one of the first and second rollers to turn in one direction, detects a position at which the turn is suppressed by the structural body, and sets a reference position based on the detected position. A turning amount of one of the first and second rollers is detected with respect to the reference position set by the reference position setting mechanism and the control of drive force distributing is performed based on the detected turning amount.
US09206880B2
An electric motor includes a gear assembly having at least one gear arranged within a stationary gear support. The stationary gear support includes an outer surface having an axial retainer mounting element. A drive shaft is operatively coupled to the at least one gear. An output shaft includes a first end and a second end. The second end is operatively coupled to the drive shaft. The output shaft is axially shiftable relative to the drive shaft in a first direction and in an opposing second direction. A clutch assembly is supported on the second end of the output shaft. The clutch assembly includes a clutch shell having a first end and a second end. An axial retainer is detachably mounted to the axial retainer mounting element. The axial retainer is configured and disposed to engage the second end of the clutch shell to limit axial travel of the clutch assembly.
US09206876B2
For the extension and compression strokes of a piston rod, a damping force generating mechanism generates a damping force by controlling the flow of hydraulic oil caused by the sliding movement of a piston in a cylinder. The damping force generating mechanism has a pilot-type main valve, a pilot-type control valve, and a pilot valve. The main valve has a pilot chamber into which the oil is introduced to adjust the valve-opening pressure of the main valve by the pressure in the pilot chamber. The control valve has a pilot chamber into which the oil is introduced to adjust the valve-opening pressure of the control valve by the pressure in the pilot chamber. The pilot valve controls the pressure in the pilot chamber of the control valve. The control valve controls the pressure in the pilot chamber of the main valve.
US09206868B2
Braking bands of discs for disc brakes, capable of both the efficient discharge of heat and of high mechanical performance at low weight are provided.
US09206864B2
A lug for a torque converter includes a first radial segment, a second radial segment, and an axially extending connector segment. The first radial segment has a first aperture and respective first and second circumferential ends. The second radial segment has a second aperture aligned with the first aperture, a third circumferential end fixed to the first circumferential end, and a fourth circumferential end fixed to the second circumferential end. The axially extending connector segment joins the first and second radial segments. In an example embodiment, a pre-formed blank for the lug includes a line of symmetry passing through the connector segment.
US09206851B2
A spindle assembly for connecting a drill string to a rotational drive for use in a horizontal directional drilling operation. The assembly comprises a saver sub attached to the rotational drive, and a drive chuck for connection to the drill string. The drive chuck and saver sub form a torque-transmitting connection by engaging through a seat in the saver sub and an engagement point on the drive chuck. Dowel pins may be used to rotationally lock and provide the engagement between the saver sub and the drive chuck. A collar may thread to the saver sub and cause an interference fit by engaging the drive chuck at a shoulder.
US09206847B2
In an embodiment, a roller bearing assembly may include superhard bearing elements distributed circumferentially about an axis, with gaps located between adjacent ones of the superhard bearing elements. Each of the superhard bearing elements may include a bearing surface and a pair of side surfaces intersecting the bearing surface. Each of the side surfaces may form a respective oblique angle relative to the axis. The roller bearing assembly may include a support ring having the superhard bearing elements affixed thereto. The bearing surfaces of the superhard bearing elements may be positioned and configured to form at least a portion of a superhard raceway for rolling elements to roll over. The oblique angle may be selected to at least partially inhibit the gaps from impeding the rolling elements during operation.
US09206846B2
A ball bearing assembly having a bearing ball recirculation arrangement. The ball bearing assembly includes an outer ring having an inner surface, an inner ring having an outer surface and insertable inside the outer ring along a common longitudinal axis, and an insert removably fixed in a position between the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring, inner ring and insert define at least one ball bearing recirculation path. At least one set of bearing balls is disposed to travel along the at least one ball bearing recirculation path.
US09206844B2
A slide member provided with an overlay composed of a Bi-based material. A slide member includes a substrate; and an overlay including Bi or a Bi alloy provided over the substrate. A surface portion (surface-most portion) of the overlay includes an oxide layer in which a bismuth oxide, is scattered. The content of the bismuth oxide in the oxide layer represented by oxygen content is equal to or greater than 0.5% mass % and equal to or less than 8.0 mass %. The orientation intensity ratio of the main orientation plane of Bi or Bi alloy crystals in the overlay is 50% or greater. The main orientation plane of the bismuth oxide crystals in the oxide layer is the (220) plane or the (201) plane.
US09206828B2
A locking mechanism for a communication module is provided. The locking mechanism includes a handle, a upper-and-lower bolt, a handle stopping mechanism, a handle self-locking mechanism, and a module frame on which those components are arranged; wherein the handle is connected with the upper-and-lower bolt through the linkage mechanism of the upper-and-lower bolt; when rotating under the action of a force, the handle is moved with the upper-and-lower bolt through the linkage mechanism, and the communication module is inserted into or pulled out of communication device by the elastic function of the upper-and-lower bolt; when the communication module is not inserted into the communication equipment, a stopping bolt on the handle stopping mechanism stops the handle and the handle is locked; when the communication module is inserted, the stopping bolt separates from and releases the handle and the handle is self-locked. The locking mechanism avoids mounting by screws.
US09206826B2
The invention relates to a receiving element for a first and a second fixing element for use in bolt setting devices, comprising a receiving area (6) for the first fixing element (2) and comprising a connecting attachment (15) that is used together with the second fixing element to connect the receiving element (1) to a second receiving element (21) in a pivotal manner. The aim of the invention is to simplify the handling, production, and/or magazining of fixing elements for use in bolt setting devices. This is achieved in that the connecting attachment (15) has a detent and/or snap receiving portion (16) for the second fixing element.
US09206822B2
A device for monitoring the position and movement of a brake pedal for motor vehicles, including a power assist brake actuating unit. The brake actuating unit having a master cylinder fastened to the brake power assist unit, a housing and at least one piston displaceable in a linear manner in the master cylinder, and a position indicator for monitoring the position of the brake pedal. The position indicator transmits signals to a sensor element connected to an electronic control unit. The position indicator is provided on a support coupled to the movement of the control valve housing or to the movable wall that is supported by the control valve housing. The support is guided in a housing of a sensor element, and the housing of the sensor element penetrates in a vacuum-tight manner the power assist unit housing and the housing of the master cylinder having a first housing section.
US09206813B2
A centrifugal fan comprises an impeller and a casing. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The casing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, at least one protrusion, a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening. The lower casing is disposed opposite to the upper casing and connected to the upper casing to form an accommodation room for receiving the impeller. The protrusion is formed on the upper casing and/or the lower casing inside the casing and immediately surrounds the blades. The first inlet opening is defined on the upper casing and comprises a primary inlet opening augmented by a secondary inlet opening. The second inlet opening is defined on the lower casing. The protrusion surrounds the first inlet opening and/or second inlet opening.
US09206812B2
A thermal actuator for a rotating shaft shutdown seal that has a piston with a portion of its axial length enclosed within a chamber shell with a material that expands upon a rise in temperature. The portion of the actual length of the piston within the chamber has at least two different diameters with the larger diameter leading in the direction of travel of the piston. Upon a rise in temperature, expansion of the material surrounding the piston within the chamber creates a force on the piston in the desired direction of travel. Below a preselected temperature the piston is positively locked with a passive release when the preselected temperature is reached.
US09206792B2
A hydraulic pressure supply system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may generate low hydraulic pressure and high hydraulic pressure using oil stored in an oil pan and may supply the low hydraulic pressure and the high hydraulic pressure respectively to a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion.
US09206782B2
A diagnostic system configured to testing a performance of a vehicle component may include a processor configured to process test information from the vehicle component and control the vehicle component to be tested. The diagnostic system may also include a memory configured to store the test information of the vehicle component and software that operates the vehicle component. The diagnostic system may further include a monitoring module configured to monitor a power supply provided to perform the testing of the vehicle component and cuts off the power supply when the power exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09206781B2
An auxiliary mesh type starter, including a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch includes a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays include a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay.
US09206760B2
When a state in which fuel supply to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is cut is recovered, since a vehicle control device starts the fuel supply by controlling the internal combustion engine at the time that a requested driving force that is being requested becomes the same as an actual driving force that is being actually generated, the vehicle control device can appropriately start the fuel supply when the fuel cut state is recovered. When, for example, the deviation between the requested driving force and the actual driving force becomes within a preset and predetermined range, as the time at which the requested driving force that is being requested becomes the same as the actual driving force that is being actually generated, the vehicle control device starts the fuel supply.
US09206757B2
A particulate detection system (1, 2, 3) detects the quantity of particulates S contained in exhaust gas EG discharged from an internal combustion engine ENG and flowing through an exhaust pipe EP. The system (1, 2, 3) includes a detection section (10) attached to the exhaust pipe EP; and a drive processing circuit (201) electrically connected to the detection section (10), driving the detection section (10), and detecting and processing a signal Is from the detection section 10. The drive processing circuit (201) includes drive start delay means (S2, S3, S11, S12, S13, S22, S23) for delaying start of the drive of the detection section (10) until a start condition determined by the drive processing circuit (201) is satisfied after startup of the internal combustion engine ENG.
US09206749B2
Various embodiments of methods and systems for varying the compression ratio in opposed-piston engines are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an opposed-piston engine can include a first phaser operably coupled to a first crankshaft and a second phaser operably coupled to a corresponding second crankshaft. The phase angle between the crankshafts can be changed to reduce or increase the compression ratio in the corresponding combustion chamber to optimize or at least improve engine performance under a given set of operating conditions.
US09206740B2
An inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes a separator assembly and a liquid injection system. The separator assembly defines an inlet flow path for receiving inlet air and includes a scavenge flow path and an engine flow path downstream of the inlet flow path. The separator assembly is configured to separate the inlet air into scavenge air and engine air such that the scavenge air is directed from the inlet flow path into the scavenge flow path and the engine air is directed from the inlet flow path into the engine flow path. The liquid injection system is coupled to the separator assembly and configured to introduce a diffused liquid into the inlet air flowing through the separator assembly.
US09206734B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes: a turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust path and a compressor disposed in an intake path; a waste gate valve that opens and closes a bypass channel that connects a part of the exhaust path upstream of the turbine and a part of the exhaust path downstream of the turbine to each other; a drive mechanism that drives the waste gate valve; and waste gate valve opening controlling means that controls the drive mechanism so that the opening of the waste gate valve agrees with a saturation minimum opening when the drive mechanism opens the waste gate valve, the saturation minimum opening being the minimum opening at which the flow rate of an exhaust gas passing through the bypass channel is saturated.
US09206725B2
A flange (101) for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, such flange being equipped with a heating element comprising at least one resistive wire (102) for conducting an electrical current and dissipating heat as an effect of said current, wherein the heating element further comprises guiding means (103), and wherein the at least one resistive wire (102) is guided at a plurality of separate locations along its length by the guiding means (103) to form a heating surface, wherein a first part of the heating surface is present inside the flange (101) and a second part of the heating surface is present outside the flange (101).
US09206723B2
A system includes an internal combustion engine producing an exhaust gas, an aftertreatment system receiving the exhaust gas, the aftertreatment system including a particulate filter positioned upstream of an SCR catalyst component, and a urea injector operatively coupled to the aftertreatment system at a position upstream of the SCR catalyst component. The system further includes a controller that interprets an exhaust temperature value, an ambient temperature value, and a urea injection amount. The controller determines a urea deposit amount in response to the exhaust temperature value, the ambient temperature value, and the urea injection amount, and initiates a desoot regeneration event in response to the urea deposit amount. The desoot regeneration event includes operating the engine at a urea decomposition exhaust temperature.
US09206720B2
A burner for exhaust gas purification devices, comprising a base section, a first pipe section, and a second pipe section. The first pipe section has abase end section, a tip section, a combustion chamber, and a discharge port from which combusted gas is discharged. The base end section and the tip section are fixed to the base section. The second pipe section has a base end section and a tip section, and said base end and tip sections are fixed to the base section. The first pipe section also comprises an expansion/contraction section capable of expanding and contracting in a direction parallel to the central axis. The first pipe section and the second pipe section mutually overlap in the radial direction so as to form a multilayer tube structure.
US09206718B2
In order to achieve effective cleaning of an inlet side of a catalytic converter in a combustion system, in particular a large-scale internal combustion engine system, a cleaning device having a cleaning brush for mechanically removing deposits is provided on the inlet side. The cleaning brush effectively and reliably removes and swirls up the deposits which have been formed, which are carried away with the exhaust gas in the flow direction through the catalytic converter.
US09206712B2
A variable valve timing device that allows a valve timing of an engine valve to be varied by relatively rotating a vane rotor and a housing. The variable valve timing includes a lock mechanism that releases the locking in accordance with the application of a lock releasing oil pressure. A crank angle CCA at which the application of the lock releasing oil pressure is instructed can be varied in accordance with an engine speed NE so that the lock releasing oil pressure rises at a crank angle in which cam torque is suitable for lock releasing.
US09206706B2
A turbomachine casing assembly includes a first casing element locatable radially outward of one or more rotating aerofoil elements of a turbomachine, a second casing element located radially distal to the first casing element. A void is provided between a radially proximal face of the first casing element and a radially proximal face of the second casing element, at the first end of the first casing element. The first end of the first casing element is located against a corresponding first end of the second casing element by an energy absorbing element, with the first casing element; including a cantilever. The cantilever is arranged in a region extending along the first casing element from the first end; and having a pivot axis at a mid portion thereof.
US09206704B2
A cast alloy is generally provided, along with methods of forming the cast alloy and components constructed from the cast alloy (e.g., stationary components of a turbine). The cast alloy can include, by weight, 0.12% to 0.20% carbon, 0.50% to 0.90% manganese, 0.25% to 0.60% silicon, 0.10% to 0.50% nickel, 1.15% to 1.50% chromium, 0.90% to 1.50% molybdenum, 0.70% to 0.80% vanadium, 0.0075% to 0.060% titanium, 0.008% to 0.012% boron, the balance iron, optionally low levels of other alloying constituents, and incidental impurities.
US09206694B2
In a method of providing a dynamic energy-saving superconductive interaction of a rotating propeller with a fluid medium, an optimizer has a modulator modulating a value of a connection by the fluid medium flowing between perforations on working surfaces of a propeller blade through a shunt passage under an action of a difference of pressures generated on the working surfaces by providing a frequency, a range, a law and a phase of the modulating; and the optimizer optimizes a value of at least one parameter of the modulating in dependence on a change of a value of at least one controlled characteristic influencing energy efficiency of a work of an object interacting with the propeller system, thereby providing a dynamic energy optimization of the work of the object by optimization of modulated blowing/suction wave effects on a boundary layer adjacent to the working surfaces of the rotating propeller.
US09206684B2
A system can include a transformer and a rectifier to derive DC power from AC power at a wye point of an electric motor; a sensor that includes a sensor signal output to output a sensor signal; a telemetry driver that includes a DC power input to receive the derived DC power and that includes an input to receive the sensor signal and an output to output a data signal representing the sensor signal; and circuitry to deliver the data signal representing the sensor signal to the wye point of the electric motor. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09206679B2
A well may be serviced with a fluid formulated with components comprising a friction reducer having at least one polymer unit chosen from acrylamide groups, acrylate groups, sulfo groups, and maleic acid groups; and an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant and an aqueous base capable of forming a viscoelastic gel.
US09206666B2
The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole, comprising a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, said tubular part having a longitudinal axis, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular part and having an outer face, each end of the expandable sleeve being fastened by means of a connection part to the tubular part, and an aperture in the expandable sleeve or the connection part, wherein a first connection and a second connection are fastened on the outer face of the expandable sleeve, and a safety sleeve having an opening is fastened to the expandable sleeve by means of the first and the second connections, the safety sleeve and the expandable sleeve defining a space being in fluid communication with the annulus.
US09206648B2
A system and method facilitate sidetracking by eliminating one or more trips downhole. A sidetracking system includes a whipstock assembly and a stinger assembly. The stinger assembly has a stinger which extends at least partially through the whipstock assembly. The stinger is coupled to a sub of the sidetracking system by a releasable latch mechanism, such as a shear pin or collet.
US09206640B1
A roller shade clutch is disclosed. In exemplary embodiments the clutch may comprise a housing, a ribbed post extending axially from the housing, a sprocket wheel mounted for rotation around the post, at least one torsion spring mounted for rotation on the ribbed post, a chain guard, a boss extending axially from the sprocket wheel, and a drum disposed over the ribbed post, the torsion spring and the boss.
US09206635B1
A door closing device includes a cylinder body, a piston rod having one end extending out the cylinder body, and a locking unit including a casing, and a locking ring and an abutment member both disposed in the casing. The locking ring is disposed around the piston rod and is movable between inclined and non-inclined positions, where the locking ring engages and disengages the piston rod, respectively. A press unit is disposed on the casing and is movable between a pressed position, where the press unit presses the locking ring to move to the inclined position, and an unpressed position, where the press unit moves away from the locking ring. The abutment member abuts against the locking ring to keep the locking ring in the inclined position when the press unit is in the unpressed position.
US09206630B2
The magnetic closure for an electronic device case includes a first member detachably attached to an end of a front cover of the case and a second member directly or indirectly attached to a side wall of the electronic device such that the first and second members are magnetically attractable to each other for closing the front cover of the case onto the front surface of the electronic device. The first member is configured to form a clip structure, having a clip base extending to a bend portion and a clip arm extending back along the clip base from the bend portion wherein the clip arm is biased against the clip base. The first member further includes a sliding stopper which is formed by making a “”-shaped hole on the clip base and bending up the part surrounded by the hole.
US09206628B2
An anti-theft security device is particularly useful with bottles and is typically secured to a bottle neck. The device may carry an onboard alarm. The device typically includes a catch member which engages the bottle neck to secure the device to the bottle and a blocking structure to help block access to the catch member.
US09206618B2
An edge protection system including spaced counterweights each having a connecting bracket on one side thereof. Cantilever arms each have vertical legs on opposite ends, with one leg pivotally secured to the counterweights and the other leg secured to hubs. The vertical legs may selectively support the cantilever arm at a height sufficient to allow workers to walk upright beneath the arm. Wedges connect ledger ends to connecting wheels on hub vertical posts, and secure a stiffener to the wheel and ledger sections. Counterweights have a U-shaped bracket and a plurality of weight blocks. The blocks are selectively stacked on the bracket with one upright leg extending through weight block center openings and the other upright leg in side slots of the blocks. A trolley has a carrying connector for connecting to a connector of the one upright leg on top of the counterweight for transporting the counterweight.
US09206612B2
Implementations of the present invention provide systems, methods, and apparatus for securing trim to interior and/or exterior walls and wall portions. In particular, at least one implementation includes a system for connecting and securing trim elements without additional adjustments and/or fitting thereof. Moreover, the system for connecting and securing trim elements can improve accuracy and increase the speed of assembly, thereby reducing time and expense associated with installing trim to a building.
US09206610B2
A wall panel that can be secured along an associated wall structure is formed from a thin-walled material having a substantially uniform thickness. The wall panel includes first and second longitudinally-extending edges, and first, second and third wall portions. A first interengagement feature extends lengthwise along the first wall portion, and a second interengagement feature extends lengthwise along the second wall portion. The first and second interengagement features are dimensioned to cooperate with one another to operatively provide a non-visual indicator of a positive interengagement between two wall panels. A wall panel kit and a method of manufacture are also included.
US09206607B2
A clamp securable to an edge of a panel at an edge thereof is disclosed. The clamp comprises two clamping members that are drawn together when an elongate locating component is advanced into a space between two formations comprised in the clamping members. The formations hook around the locating component from opposite sides so that as the locating component pushes them apart, the clamping members are drawn together. Contact between the clamping members fixes the distance between clamping surfaces of the clamping members, between which the panel is held.
US09206606B2
A roof panel includes a fascia plate having a pair of vertical legs extending from opposite edges of the fascia plate with a receptacle formed into an upper end of each of the pair of vertical legs so that the receptacle opens outwardly relative to the fascia plate. An insulating foam is bonded to the fascia plate and to a liner plate that has a tongue and groove formed on opposite edges of the liner plate.
US09206601B2
An automated extrusion construction system may include an extrusion nozzle configured to extrude construction material in a substantially horizontal direction against an elongated and substantially vertical surface. An extrusion nozzle may have a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the height of an outlet in response to level deviations in the surface on which the construction material is extruded by the extrusion nozzle. An automated extrusion construction system may include a slicing mechanism configured to controllably slice through the extruded layer.
US09206594B1
A hanger for connecting a structural member to a structural support includes a base sized and shaped for receiving the structural member thereon. First and second side panels extend upward from the base, and first and second back panels extend from a respective one of the side panels. First and second top flanges extend from a respective one of the back panels, each of the top flanges having a free end opposite the back panel. The free end has free corner margins, at least one corner margin of at least one top flange depending downward from an adjacent portion of the top flange to form a locator tooth configured to penetrate the structural support for at least temporarily locating the hanger on the structural support.
US09206583B2
A void protection system for a mining shovel having an operator input device includes an independent metering valve assembly including one or more fluid source-cylinder valves for fluidly connecting the fluid source to the hydraulic cylinder. The system also includes a sensor assembly for monitoring the fluid pressure within the rod end and the head end of the hydraulic cylinder, and a control module. The control module is configured to monitor movement of the operator input device, monitor pressure within the hydraulic cylinder, increase the opening of the corresponding fluid source-cylinder valve and increase fluid flow from the fluid source to fill corresponding end of the hydraulic cylinder until pressure in the corresponding end of the hydraulic cylinder is above a first threshold pressure.
US09206574B2
An aggregate replacement device may be used to take replace rock aggregate in underground drainage systems. An aggregate replacement device may include a structure having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one face. The at least one face may have a plurality of first openings. A second opening in the structure may extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the structure continuing uninterrupted through at least one of the at least one faces. The second opening may receive a pipe inserted in a radial direction of the pipe. The aggregate replacement device may also include a pipe retainer. An additional embodiment of the aggregate replacement device may include a stake which may be used to secure the aggregate replacement device in position.
US09206571B2
A movable floating moorage including a set of n parallel floating booms, each comprising a main pontoon and secondary pontoons extending in a transverse direction. Some of the secondary pontoons are in register with one another in two adjacent booms and are adapted to bear on one another in the transverse direction. The moorage includes two series of n+1 lines actuated by winches and including, for each boom, two lines extending from this boom in two opposite ways in the transverse direction and connected respectively, either to an adjacent floating boom, or to a fixed anchorage. The booms are connected together and to any fixed support solely by these two series of lines.
US09206560B2
A method of installing an edging system for a unit pavement system includes inserting a main body section of a plate-like stake in a generally horizontal direction underneath at least one paver unit of the plurality of paver units and into a granular material layer upon which the unit pavement system is supported. The method further includes positioning a vertical section of an edge restraint under a horizontal cap section of the plate-like stake such that the vertical section of the edge restraint is arranged parallel to a vertical section of the plate-like stake and underneath a horizontal cap section of the plate-like stake. The method also includes driving a fastener into a ground surface until the fastener engages a horizontal section of the edge restraint. A plate-like stake including a main body section and a clip, which is separate from the main body section, is also disclosed.
US09206551B2
Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of an aqueous composition comprising a nanocellulose and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of the anionic polymers and water-soluble cationic polymers, draining of the paper stock and drying of the paper products.
US09206537B2
The present invention concerns a felting device for felting fiber materials including a needle receiving means for receiving and holding a felting needle for performing the felting operation, a drive motor for moving the needle receiving means for moving the inserted felting needle and a housing for movably holding and guiding the felting device with a hand.
US09206529B2
A preparation method of filter element for swift and highly efficient adsorption of Cs includes the following steps: to a substrate material, adding a coupling agent with 1-3 wt % and ammonium phosphomolybdate with 1-10 wt %, based on the weight of the substrate material; heating to 160˜220° C.; stirring and mixing evenly so that the substrate material is combined with ammonium phosphomolybdate; spining through 5 μm micropore, the spun filament forming adsorbent filter element with a thickness of 5˜50 mm in the rotational cylinder framework material; evenly coating ammonium phosphomolybdate on the outer surface of the adsorbent filter element; and stabilizing and implementing an aging process by heating to 80˜120° C. for 3-12 h. The filter element prepared by this method provides an excellent water permeability, oxidization resistance, long-term immersion in hot water of below 100° C., radiation decomposition resistance, stable adsorption, swift detection, high efficiency and precision.
US09206528B2
A method for the production of molded bodies from a base substance, wherein the base substance is mixed with a solution for producing a molding solution, and the solution subsequently is at least partially removed from the mixture, and the molding solution is fed to a unit for molding, wherein the molding solution is diluted before molding.
US09206526B2
A strip of sacrificial semiconductor material is formed on top of a non-sacrificial semiconductor material substrate layer. A conformal layer of the non-sacrificial semiconductor material is epitaxially grown to cover the substrate layer and the strip of sacrificial semiconductor material. An etch is performed to selectively remove the strip of sacrificial semiconductor material and leave a hollow channel surrounded by the conformal layer and the substrate layer. Using an anneal, the conformal layer and the substrate layer are reflowed to produce an optical waveguide structure including the hollow channel.
US09206519B2
Indium compositions including hydrogen suppressor compounds and methods of electrochemically depositing indium metal from the compositions onto substrates are disclosed. Articles made with the indium compositions are also disclosed.
US09206507B2
Disclosed are homoleptic diazabutadiene nickel precursors used for the vapor deposition of nickel-containing films. The precursors have the general formula Ni(R-DAD)2, wherein R-DAD stands for substituted 1,4-diazabuta-1,3-diene ligands. The sole presence of the Ni—N bonds was also considered to avoid too high intrusion of other elements, such as carbon, into the nickel-containing films. The flexibility of the Ni—N bond in terms of film deposition also allows using the molecules for nickel, nickel-nitride, nickel-carbonitride, nickel oxide or any other type of nickel-containing films. The nickel-containing film depositions can be carried out by thermal and/or plasma-enhanced CVD, ALD, and pulse CVD or any other type of depositions methods.
US09206502B2
A sputtering target including an oxide A and InGaZnO4, the oxide A having a diffraction peak in regions A to K at 2θ=7.0° to 8.4°, 30.6° to 32.0°, 33.8° to 35.8°, 53.5° to 56.5°, 56.5° to 59.5°, 14.8° to 16.2°, 22.3° to 24.3°, 32.2° to 34.2°, 43.1° to 46.1°, 46.2° to 49.2°, and 62.7° to 66.7°.
US09206500B2
Method and apparatus for processing a substrate with an energetic particle beam. Features on the substrate are oriented relative to the energetic particle beam and the substrate is scanned through the energetic particle beam. The substrate is periodically indexed about its azimuthal axis of symmetry, while shielded from exposure to the energetic particle beam, to reorient the features relative to the major dimension of the beam.
US09206499B2
An airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine is provided, the airfoil having a hole therein. A ceramic plug is inserted in the hole so that the plug extends above a depth of a thermal barrier coating, such as a ceramic, to be placed on the airfoil. The airfoil is then coated by non-line of sight vapor deposition and the plugs are then removed.
US09206496B2
A 7000-series aluminum alloy hollow extruded material formed by porthole extrusion contains Zn: 3.0 to 8.0 mass %, Mg: 0.4 to 2.0 mass %, Cu: 0.05 to 2.0 mass %, Si: 0.3 mass % or less, Fe: 0.35 mass % or less, and one or more of Mn, Cr, and Zr: 0.10 mass % or less in total, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy hollow extruded material has a recrystallized structure throughout the cross-section. In the case of pipe expansion by electro-magnetic forming, excellent pipe expansion formability is obtained.
US09206495B2
A method of processing a superalloy powder includes mechanically alloying nitrogen with superalloy powder particles having at least one nitride-forming element such that each superalloy powder particle includes a microstructure having nitrogen dispersed throughout the microstructure. The powder may then be formed into an article having nitride regions dispersed throughout.
US09206492B2
A method for extracting precious metals from a polymetallic ore, comprising a) generating hypochlorites from a salt brine; b) chlorination of the ore using hypochlorites under acidic conditions; c) filtering to collect a pregnant solution and treating the pregnant solution for collection of precious metals; d) filtering to separate the precious metals and a barren brine; e) purifying the barren brine; and f) recycling halogens from the purified brine in the form of hypohalites formed by electrolysis of the purified brine, and comprising hypochlorite and hypobromite; step b) further comprising scrubbing excess halogens using calcium hydroxide; treating the pregnant solution in step c) comprises reducing an oxydo reduction potential of the pregnant solution and using calcium hydroxide for neutralization; and step e) comprising increasing the pH of the barren brine by addition of calcium hydroxide.
US09206484B2
The disclosed invention is related to methods, compositions, kits and isolated nucleic acid sequences for targeting Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) nucleic acid (eg. HSV-1 and/or HSV-2 nucleic acid). Compositions include amplification oligomers, detection probe oligomers and/or target capture oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers.
US09206478B2
Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for managing bovine subjects in order to maximize their individual potential performance and edible meat value, and to maximize profits obtained in marketing the bovine subjects. The methods and systems draw an inference of a trait of a bovine subject by determining the nucleotide occurrence of at least one bovine SNP that is identified herein as being associated with the trait. The inference is used in methods of the present invention to establish the economic value of a bovine subject, to improve profits related to selling beef from a bovine subject; to manage bovine subjects, to sort bovine subjects; to improve the genetics of a bovine population by selecting and breeding of bovine subjects, to clone a bovine subject with a specific trait, to track meat or another commercial product of a bovine subject; and to diagnose a health condition of a bovine subject. Methods are also disclosed for identifying additional SNPs associated with a trait, by using the associated SNPs identified herein.
US09206469B2
Methods and composition for nucleic acid isolation are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided for nucleic acid purification from biological samples, such as whole blood samples, extracted with phenol-based denaturing solvents, which does not require phase separation or nucleic acid precipitation. Methods according to the invention may also be used for of small RNAs (e.g., siRNAs or miRNAs) purification and are amenable to automation.
US09206464B2
Provided herein are methods of diagnosis or of quantitation of fibrosis. An immunoassay is conducted to measure neo-epitope containing protein fragments of collagen type III, collagen type I, collagen type IV, collagen type V, or collagen type VI, elastin, biglycan, decorin, lumican, versican, perlecan, neurocan, brevican, fibromodulin, serglycin, syndecan, betaglycan, vimentin, or C-reactive protein naturally present in a biofluid sample obtained from a patient. An above normal elevation of the measured protein fragments in the patient is associated with the presence or extent of fibrosis.
US09206463B2
The disclosure provides for a method of testing a disinfectant or antibiotic using phenanthridium derivatives with a 2+ charge or higher.
US09206462B2
When automatically classified results are different from judgment of a laboratory technician, the laboratory technician has to reselect the bacterial colonies one-by-one to be a pickup colony through watching the displayed image. To get rid of the inconvenience, provided is a pretreatment device for a bacteria test comprising: a specification unit by which an operator instructs to specify the number of bacterial colonies and the increased/decreased number of the bacterial colonies to be displayed; and a display unit for displaying classification results obtained following the operator's instruction. The pretreatment device for a bacteria test facilitates the automatically classified results to be brought close to the judgment of the laboratory technician, resulting in the saving of the time required for checking the appropriate bacterial colonies for the pickup colony.
US09206457B2
The present invention provides methods for improving the production of recombinant proteins through the use of pharmacological chaperones for the recombinant proteins. As exemplified by the present invention, the binding of a pharmacological chaperone to a recombinant protein expressed by a cell can stabilize the protein and increase export of the protein out of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum, and increase secretion of the protein by the cell.
US09206455B2
An isolated nucleic acid encoding an FX protein having a serine at position 79, a lysine at position 90, a leucine at position 136, an arginine at position 211, a serine at position 289, and a combination thereof is provided. Cells having a gene encoding a modified FX protein are provided, wherein the cells exhibit a reduced ability to fucosylate a glycoprotein at a first temperature, but exhibit the ability to fucosylate the glycoprotein at a second temperature. Methods and compositions for making glycoproteins with reduced fucosylation are provided.
US09206443B2
An improved process for alcohol production includes microbial fermentation using a genetically modified microorganism to produce substantial quantities of aldehydes that are stripped from the fermentation medium and condensed. So produced aldehydes are converted in an ex vivo process to corresponding alcohols.
US09206442B2
Methods for treating tissue matrices and tissue matrices produced according to the methods are provided. The methods can include treating a tissue matrix with a proteolytic enzyme to produce a desired pliability of the tissue matrix.
US09206439B2
The invention provides a recombinant vector comprising a DNA segment having a synthetic origin of DNA synthesis that binds EBNA-1 and is capable of initiating DNA synthesis of sequences linked to the synthetic origin of DNA synthesis and maintaining the linked sequences when in the presence of EBNA-1. The synthetic origin of DNA synthesis comprises at least two binding sites for EBNA-1, wherein the two EBNA-1 binding sites are flanked by at least two half-binding sites for TRF2 or at least two binding sites for a protein that enhances the affinity of EBNA-1 for the synthetic origin of DNA synthesis. Further provided are host cells with the vector and methods of using the vector, for instance, ex vivo or in vivo.
US09206432B2
Compositions and methods relating to the use of sulfonylurea-responsive repressors are provided. Compositions include polypeptides that specifically bind to an operator, wherein the specific binding is regulated by a sulfonylurea compound. Compositions also include polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides as well as constructs, vectors, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and eukaryotic organisms including plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotide, and/or produced by the methods. Also provided are methods to provide a sulfonylurea-responsive repressor to a cell or organism, and to regulate expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a cell or organism, including a plant or plant cell.
US09206431B2
This invention features a kit containing multiple expression vectors for producing tag-cleavable fusion proteins in various expression systems, or for producing fusion proteins in E. coli inclusion bodies.
US09206421B2
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a Serum Amyloid A (SAA) gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of SAA.
US09206405B2
A novel glycosyl hydrolase with activities of beta-xylosidase and beta-glucosidase is provided. Said glycosyl hydrolase can convert 7-xylosyltaxane compounds to 7-hydroxyltaxane compounds.
US09206400B2
The present invention is predicated, in part, on the identification of a gene involved in salinity tolerance in plants. As such, the present invention relates to methods for modulating salinity tolerance in plants. The present invention also provides plant cells and plants having modulated salinity tolerance. In further embodiments, the present invention also provides methods for determining the salinity tolerance of plant cells and plants.
US09206391B2
This invention provides a method for preparing biological tissue in which the thickness (i.e., the number of cell layers) can be easily regulated, culture can be conducted within a shorter period of time than is possible with conventional techniques, and addition of unfavorable components is not necessary. The method of the invention comprises adding a cell-containing culture solution to a culture vessel having a non-cell-adhesive inner bottom surface, conducting cell culture while centrifugal force toward the inner bottom surface is applied to the cells in the vessel, forming tissue via intercellular adhesion, and detaching and collecting the resulting tissue from the inner bottom surface.
US09206387B2
A portable apparatus for collection and processing of human biological material, such as containing adipose extracted during a lipoplasty procedure, is useful for multi-step processing to prepare a concentrated product (e.g., stromal vascular fraction) or a fat graft composition. The apparatus has a container with a containment volume with a tissue retention volume and a filtrate volume separated by a filter and with a tapered portion to a collection volume for collecting concentrate product. Inlet and suction ports provide access to the tissue retention volume and filtrate volume, respectively, and an extraction port provides versatile access for removal of target processed concentrate material or fat graft material, which access may be via a lumen through a rotatable mixer shaft. Access ports may be configured for access only from above the container. A method of processing adipose tissue to concentrate leuko stromal vascular cells includes multi-step processing using a portable container.
US09206382B2
Compositions and methods for treating surfaces comprising photochromic dyes, particularly for laundry treatment.
US09206367B2
Plant or animal oils are processed to produce a fuel that operates at very cold temperatures and is suitable as an aviation turbine fuel, a diesel fuel, a fuel blendstock, or any fuel having a low cloud point, pour point or freeze point. The process is based on the cracking of plant or animal oils or their associated esters, known as biodiesel, to generate lighter chemical compounds that have substantially lower cloud, pour, and/or freeze points than the original oil or biodiesel. Cracked oil is processed using separation steps together with analysis to collect fractions with desired low temperature properties by removing undesirable compounds that do not possess the desired temperature properties.
US09206365B2
Fungible bio-oil compositions with enhanced processability are provided. A process to produce the fungible bio-oil composition is also provided that involves combining a biomass-derived liquid, at least one petroleum-derived composition, and, optionally, one or more additives in order to produce the fungible bio-oil composition.
US09206363B2
Heavy oil feeds are hydroprocessed in the presence of a solvent under conditions that provide a variety of benefits. The solvent can be an added solvent or a portion of the liquid effluent from hydroprocessing. The processes allow for lower pressure processing of heavy oil feeds for extended processing times or extended catalyst lifetimes be reducing or mitigating the amount of coke formation on the hydroprocessing catalyst.
US09206355B2
The present description relates to a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including the same, and an optically anisotropic body. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound includes a radical derived from the first liquid crystal molecule including a mesogen group having a non-aromatic ring; a radical derived from the second liquid crystal molecule including a mesogen group that has a structure different from said mesogen group having a non-aromatic ring and includes a ring containing a double bond; and a linker that has a specific structure and links the sp3-hybridized carbon in the non-aromatic ring of the radical derived from the first liquid crystal molecule and the sp2-hybridized carbon in the mesogen group of the radical derived from the second liquid crystal molecule, wherein at least one of the radicals derived from the first and the second liquid crystal molecules may include one or more polymerizable groups which are connected to the mesogen group directly or via spacer groups. Such polymerizable liquid crystal compound makes it possible to exhibit stable reverse wavelength dispersion solely or by being mixed with other liquid crystal materials.
US09206354B1
The disclosure relates to a liquid crystal compound having a structure of the general formula P2, wherein, R1 represents C1-C8 alkyl, R2 and R3, which independently represent C1-C6 alkyl, and R4 represents C1-C6 alkyl. The disclosure also relates to a process for the preparation of the liquid crystal compound, a liquid crystal composition comprising the liquid crystal compound, and a liquid crystal display panel comprising the liquid crystal compound.
US09206352B2
The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.
US09206351B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) and/or according to formulae (4) to (10) and their use in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular as a matrix material in phosphorescent devices.
US09206344B2
The present invention includes well treatment fluids and methods utilizing nano-particles and, in certain embodiments, to sealant compositions and methods utilizing nano-particles. The nano-particles may be incorporated into the sealant composition in different forms, including as discrete nano-particles, encapsulated nano-particles, agglomerated nano-particles, or in a liquid suspension.
US09206341B2
The disclosure provides a solvent system for dissolving an epoxy adhesive such as I2300L epoxy adhesive. The solvent system includes a dialkyl ether solvent and an alkyl alcohol solvent. The disclosure also provides methods for preparing a uniform thin film deposit of an epoxy adhesive for printhead interstitial bonding during their fabrication.
US09206338B2
A heat-transfer label assembly and method of using the same. In one embodiment, the assembly is well-suited for decorating refillable glass articles and includes a support portion, a wax skim coat, and a transfer portion. The support portion may include a carrier web overcoated with a polyethylene layer. The wax skim coat may overcoat the polyethylene layer. The transfer portion may include a protective lacquer, an ink design, and a heat-activatable adhesive. The protective lacquer may be printed directly on the skim coat and may include a cross-linked phenoxy resin. The ink design may be printed onto the protective lacquer and may include a binder, a colorant, and a cross-linking system. The adhesive, which may differ from the ink design only by lacking colorant, may be printed onto the ink design, any exposed portions of the protective lacquer, and the surrounding skim coat.
US09206337B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing an abrasive particle including a mother particle and a plurality of auxiliary particles formed on a surface of the mother particle, and a method of manufacturing a polishing slurry in which the abrasive particle is mixed with a polishing accelerating agent and a pH adjusting agent.
US09206327B2
A nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet recording contains a glitter pigment and a solvent represented by the following formula: wherein R1 represents an alkyl group containing one to eight carbon atoms and R2 and R3 represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.
US09206322B2
The present application relates to an anti-fingerprint coating material. a method for evaluating a surface property. More particularly, the present application relates to a non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, and evaluating an anti-fingerprint properties of the coating materials surface and non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property.
US09206319B2
A surface hardening material being excellent in abrasion resistance and having impact resistance is provided. Provided are: a wear-resistant cobalt-based alloy containing 20.0 to 30.0 mass % of a sum of Mo and/or W, 0.8 to 2.2 mass % of B, 5.0 to 18.0 mass % of Cr, 5.0 mass % or less of a sum of Fe, Ni, Mn, Cu, Si and C, 1.0 mass % or less of Si, and 0.3 mass % or less of C, and the remainder comprising 55.0 to 70.0 mass % of Co and unavoidable impurities; and an engine valve coated with the same.
US09206314B2
A polycarbonate resin composition which has a high biogenic matter content, is excellent in transparency, surface hardness and impact resistance and is useful as an industrial material having excellent moldability. The resin composition contains 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate (component A) containing not less than 30 mol % of a recurring unit represented by the following formula (1) and 2 to 20 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier (component B), wherein the resin composition has an aggregation structure that impact resistance modifier (component B) domains are dispersed in the matrix of the polycarbonate (component A), the average size of the impact resistance modifier domains is 5 to 200 nm, and the normalized dispersity is not more than 17%
US09206310B2
A modifier for resin has an average particle size of 20 μm or more, wherein particles having an average particle size of 10 μm or less account for less than 30% by mass of the modifier, and particles having an average particle size of 10 μm or less account for 30% by mass or more of the modifier after irradiating the modifier with ultrasonic wave of 40 W for 5 minutes. Also a resin composition comprises 1 to 40% by mass of the modifier for resin and 99 to 60% by mass (the total amount of both components is 100% by mass) of a thermoplastic resin or a curable resin, and a molded article is produced by molding the same.
US09206307B2
A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including: forming a layer including a neutralization film on a substrate; forming a layer containing a block copolymer on the layer including the neutralization film, the PA block and PB block being mutually bonded in the block copolymer, and the PB block including a structural unit other than a structural unit constituting the PA block; and subjecting the layer containing the block copolymer to an annealing treatment, such that, in the case where a surface free energy of the PA block, a surface free energy of the PB block and a surface free energy of the neutralization film are represented by a coordinate point A of the PA block, a coordinate point B of the PB block and a coordinate point N of the neutralization film, respectively in the plane of coordinates, the coordinate point N of the neutralization film is within the predetermined range.
US09206302B2
Accelerator solution suitable for forming a redox system with peroxides, comprising (i) a compound of a first transition metal selected from manganese and copper, (ii) a compound of a second transition metal; the weight ratio of first transition metal:second transition metal being in the range 3:1 to 200:1, (iii) a nitrogen-containing base, and (iv) a hydroxy-functional solvent, with the proviso that the accelerator solution does not contain ascorbic acid.
US09206299B2
A polyvinyl acetal film contains at least one plasticizer and 0.01-1.5% by weight of at least one UV absorber of Formula 1 where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 are H, halogen, C1-20 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl, andR9, R10 are branched or unbranched C1-50 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl groups. The films can be used as museum glazing, display window glazing, as motor vehicle glazing, aircraft glazing, in photovoltaic modules, in LED or OLED screens, televisions, computer screens, big screens, in electrochromic glass elements, photochromic glass elements, and photoelectrochromic glass elements.
US09206295B2
A white coated polyester film is provided which has excellent adhesion to the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) typically used as an encapsulation material in solar modules. The good adhesion properties are achieved with a polymeric coating which includes at least one polyurethane and a crosslinker.
US09206280B2
Compositions for golf balls that include polyurethane and/or polyurea linkages and that are crosslinked in the soft segments of the polymer backbone. In particular, the compositions of the invention, which are based on a polyurethane and/or polyurea, have improved crosslink density and hardness from the crosslinking between the soft, unsaturated segments of the polymer backbone. The curative blend includes at least one isocyanate-reactive component and a free radical initiator.
US09206273B2
A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization includes titanium, magnesium, a halogen, a compound represented by (R1)kC6H4-k(COOR2)(COOR3), and a compound represented by R4O—C(═O)—O—Z—OR5. The solid catalyst component is a novel solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization that achieves excellent olefin polymerization activity and activity with respect to hydrogen during polymerization, and can produce an olefin polymer that exhibits a high MFR, high stereoregularity, and excellent rigidity.
US09206269B2
An oleophobic grafted polymer includes a crosslinked fluoroelastomer and a perfluorinated polyether grafted to the crosslinked fluoroelastomer. A process for making an oleophobic grafted polymer includes crosslinking a fluoroelastomer with an aminofunctionalized silane and grafting an alkoxysilane-terminated perfluorinated polyether to the crosslinked fluoroelastomer.
US09206262B2
Genetically modified mice are provided that express human λ variable (hVλ) sequences, including mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse λ light chain locus, mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse κ light chain locus, and mice that express hVλ sequences from a transgene or an episome wherein the hVλ sequence is linked to a mouse constant sequence. Mice are provided that are a source of somatically mutated human λ variable sequences useful for making antigen-binding proteins. Compositions and methods for making antigen-binding proteins that comprise human λ variable sequences, including human antibodies, are provided.
US09206257B2
Described herein is the identification of human monoclonal antibodies that bind GPC3 or heparan sulfate (HS) chains on GPC3 with high affinity. The antibodies described herein are capable of inhibiting HCC cell growth and migration. Provided are human monoclonal antibodies specific for GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, including immunoglobulin molecules, such as IgG antibodies, as well as antibody fragments, such as single-domain VH antibodies or single chain variable fragments (scFv). Further provided are compositions including the antibodies that bind GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, nucleic acid molecules encoding these antibodies, expression vectors comprising the nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids. Methods of treating cancer and/or inhibiting tumor growth or metastasis are also provided. Further provided are methods of detecting cancer in a subject and confirming a diagnosis of cancer in a subject.
US09206243B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides which share primary sequence with human IL-2, except for several amino acids that have been mutated. The mutations introduced substantially reduce the ability of these polypeptides to stimulate in vitro and in vivo regulatory T cells (T CD4+CD25+FoxP3+) and make them more effective in the therapy of murine transplantable tumors. Also includes therapeutic uses of these mutated variants, used alone or in combination with vaccines for the therapy of diseases such as cancer or infections where the activity of regulatory T cells (Tregs) is relevant. In another aspect the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising as active principle the polypeptides disclosed. Finally, the present invention relates to the therapeutic use of the polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed due to their modulating effect of the immune system on diseases like cancer and chronic infectious diseases.
US09206242B2
It is intended to identity a protein involved in a molecular mechanism between Akt and cell motility as well as to elucidate its function and find its application. In the present teachings, for achieving the above object, protein or partial peptide thereof containing an amino acid sequence identical or substantially identical to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID: 2 is utilized in the screening of a compound or a salt thereof that activates or inhibits any of cell motility, cell migration and angiogenesis.
US09206241B2
Methods for making and using substrates of deamidase of prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Dop) are described herein. More particularly, modified prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) and functional fragments thereof that serve as exemplary Dop substrates are described and encompassed herein. Screening methods to identify modulators of Dop and Pup activity and use of modulators identified thereby are also described. Methods of using modulators that are identified as inhibitors of Dop and Pup activity for treating diseases/conditions associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, such as tuberculosis and leprosy, are also envisioned.
US09206238B2
A recombinant vector comprises simian adenovirus 28, simian adenovirus 27, simian adenovirus 32, simian adenovirus 33, and/or simian adenovirus 35 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses one or more simian adenovirus-28, -27, -32, -33, or -35 genes is also disclosed. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided.
US09206237B2
Disclosed are peptides comprising a molecular scaffold portion and a loop portion that binds to integrin αvβ6. This integrin is expressed on pancreatic tumors, making the peptides useful as imaging agents, among other uses. The peptides showed single-digit nanomolar dissociation constants similar to antibodies used clinically for imaging and therapy. The peptides rapidly accumulated in αvβ6-positive tumors, which led to excellent tumor-to-normal contrast. The peptides are specific for the targeted integrin αvβ6 receptors expressed on orthotopic pancreatic tumors and various xenografts used. Additionally, pharmacokinetic-stabilization strategies endowed knots with rapid renal clearance, which significantly reduced off-target dosing.
US09206235B2
Disclosed herein are novel peptide linkers and polypeptide compositions comprising the linkers (e.g., chimeric polypeptides) and methods of using the polypeptide compositions. The compositions and methods are particularly useful for targeting/delivering a polypeptide or protein of interest (e.g., a therapeutic polypeptide) to a cell, tissue or organ of interest in order to treat various diseases or disorders (e.g., lysosomal storage disorders).
US09206233B2
An approach to synthesizing and assembling nanoparticles into discrete, size-tunable, pre-designed architectures is realized in a single synthetic/process step.
US09206231B2
Provided herein are methods of improving electrolyte balance across a cell membrane and treating pathophysiological conditions associated with electrolyte imbalance. Improvement or treatment is effected by ontacting the cell or administering a peptide modulator that increases the surface expression of Ca2+-activated potassium channels. The peptide modulator may comprise a C-terminal sequence such as in SEQ ID NOS: 9 or 10 or a conservative mutant thereof such as in SEQ ID NOS: 12-20 or modifications thereof.
US09206228B2
The present invention relates generally to crystalline forms of cyclosporine A and particularly to a newly identified form of cyclosporine A. The invention further relates to methods for its preparation and to methods for treating certain ocular disorders.
US09206226B2
A compound may generally comprise the formula: wherein R1 is independently selected from C2-C10 alkyl or substituted alkyl, R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of —H and C1-C6 alkyl or substituted alkyl, X is selected from the group consisting of —NH— and —O—, Y is a carbohydrate, and m is an integer from 1 to 8. The compound may comprise a non-ionic acid labile surfactant. The compound may be used to facilitate solubilization of proteins and other molecules in an aqueous environment.
US09206224B2
Method for assembling proteins from peptide fragments. It allows the production of proteins in a manner that is simple, reliable and applicable on an industrial scale. This method allows the production of proteins of therapeutic or diagnostic interest. The invention also relates to kits for applying this synthesis method as well as test and/or diagnostic kits.
US09206217B2
Disclosed herein are nucleoside phosphoramidates and their use as agents for treating viral diseases. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent 5 RNA viral replication and are useful as inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replication and for treatment of hepatitis C infection in mammals.
US09206215B2
The present invention has objects to provide a novel crystalline 2-O-α-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid and its production process and uses, and solves the above objects by providing hydrous crystalline 2-O-α-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid, a particulate composition containing hydrous crystalline 2-O-α-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid, and their production processes and uses.
US09206214B2
The inventions discloses a process for preparation of compounds of Formula (IX), Wherein, R is C1-C6 alkyl, R1 is hydrogen or a hydroxyl protecting group, and R2 is hydrogen or fluorine.
US09206203B2
The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of thiocarboxylate silane comprising reacting an aqueous solution of a salt of a thiocarboxylic acid with a haloalkyl silane in the presence of a solid inorganic oxide-supported phase transfer catalyst. The invention is also directed to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution of a salt of a thiocarboxylic acid which comprises reacting an aqueous solution of a sulfide and/or hydrosulfide with an acid halide in the presence of a said solid catalyst.
US09206193B2
Described herein are substituted norindenoisoquinoline compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising the norindenoisoquinoline compounds. Also described herein are methods for using the compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of topoisomerase mediated diseases, such as cancer.
US09206190B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (VI), or a salt or derivative thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently C1-8 alkyl and * represents a stereocentre.
US09206186B2
Provided herein are 2-phenoxy- and 2-phenylsulfonamide derivatives with CCR3 antagonistic activity. These compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with CCR3 activity, including but not limited to, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Grave's disease, HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis and other inflammatory and/or immunological disorders.
US09206184B2
This invention relates to novel substituted 5-(1-benzothiophen-2-yl)pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-4-amine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activities, to processes for the preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to the use of such compounds or compositions for treating proliferative disorders, in particular cancer and tumor diseases.
US09206183B2
New pyrazole derivatives having the chemical structure of formula (I) are disclosed; as well as process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in therapy as inhibitors of Janus Kinases (JAK).
US09206177B2
The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds which are pyrazolopyridine derivatives that induce FGFR dimerization, having the general formula: M-L-M2 in which M and M2, which may be identical or different, each represent, independently of one another, a monomer unit M and L represents a linker group which links M1 and M2 covalently with the monomer unit which follows (Formula M). Process for the preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof.
US09206171B2
This invention relates to antiviral agents, in particular to salts useful in the treatment of infections caused by Picornaviridae, such as human rhinovirus (HRV) and methods for their preparation. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a bis-dihydrogenphophate salt having the formula: The invention also relates to the use of these salts in the treatment of picornavirus infections. The salts of this invention are especially suitable for use in the treatment of HRV, however it is to be understood that the invention is also applicable to other viruses of the picornavirus family.
US09206168B2
The present invention provides a compound which enhances the production of erythropoietin. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein R1: an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; R2: a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a heterocycloalkyl group; R3: a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; A: a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group; L: —NHCO— or —OCH2—; and X: a nitrogen atom or ═CH—.
US09206165B2
Provided are novel tetrazolo hydrazone derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The derivatives and the salts may inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in a low molar concentration and inhibit the activity of cancer cells through the regulation of expression of apoptosis-related genes or the like, thus expressing excellent anti-cancer activity, and therefore, can be used effectively in preventing or treating cancer.
US09206164B2
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having CRTH2 antagonistic activity, wherein L, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Z, R1, R2, R3 and n have one of the meanings as indicated in the specification and claims, to their use as medicaments, to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds in combination with one or more active substances.
US09206162B2
The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
US09206158B2
The invention generally relates to nuclear transport modulators, e.g., CRM1 inhibitors, and more particularly to a compound represented by structural formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values and alternative values for the variables are as defined and described herein. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of a compound of structural formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in the treatment, modulation and/or prevention of physiological conditions associated with CRM1 activity.
US09206148B2
Provided herein is a method for producing 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) from maize syrup containing fructose including a conversion step in which a reaction product containing the 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural is produced by mixing and heating the maize syrup, a dioxane solvent and a solid acid catalyst, thus providing an advantage that the solvent can be easily isolated and the isolated solvent can be reused because dioxane is used as the solvent, and an advantage that the catalyst can be easily isolated and the isolated catalyst can be easily reused because a nonuniform solid acid catalyst is used.
US09206140B2
The present invention relates to a method for recycling water in a melamine production process comprising—a wet process comprising the steps of aqueous treatment of a melamine melt from a melamine synthesis plant with an aqueous alkali containing solution and crystallization for producing solid melamine and a triazine containing alkaline mother liquor,—a wastewater treatment process comprising the steps of thermal treatment of said triazine containing alkaline motor liquor, and—a recycling process, whereby at least parts of the thermally treated alkaline mother liquor are being recycled to the wet process.
US09206139B2
The present invention provides compounds having the formula: wherein R1 is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, cyclopropyl, and dimethyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, along with methods and intermediates for their preparation, and uses thereof.
US09206132B2
An aminopyridine derivative of Formula 1 and a method of preventing or treating cancer using the same. Formula 1: In Formula 1: X1 and X2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of carbon and nitrogen; R1 to R5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a straight, a branched, or cyclo alkyl of C1-C4, a halogen, and a hydroxyl; and R6 is a hydrogen or an alkyl of C1-C6.
US09206130B2
Novel compounds which are inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases of the AXL receptor family are described herein. These compounds are suitable for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with, accompanied by or caused by hyperfunction of a receptor of the AXL family. The compounds are suitable for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, particularly cancer metastases.
US09206125B2
The present invention identifies a compound which binds to the PAH1 domain of mSin3B that specifically binds to neural restrictive silencer factor NRSF, and uses the compound as a prophylactic and/or a therapeutic for diseases associated with abnormal expression of neural restrictive silencer factor NRSF/REST or abnormal expression of genes targeted by NRSF/REST, such as Huntington's disease, medulloblastoma and neuropathic pain.The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a substance capable of binding to the PAH1 domain of mSin3B, e.g., a compound represented by the following formula (1), a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmacologically acceptable ester thereof: wherein n represents 0 or 1; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or a functional group; Y represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, —CONH—, —NHCO— or a sulfonyl group; and Z represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, an amino group which may have a hydrocarbon group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a nitrogen and oxygen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.
US09206120B2
The present invention discloses a clean method for preparing a D,L-methionine comprising the steps of: preparing a potassium cyanide solution using a crystallized mother solution containing potassium carbonate as an absorbing liquid to absorb hydrocyanic acid, then reacting the potassium cyanide solution with 3-methylthio propionaldehyde and an ammonium bicarbonate solution at 50-150° C. for 3-15 minutes so as to obtain a 5-(β-methylthioethyl)glycolyurea solution, then bring the 5-(β-methylthioethyl)glycolyurea solution to a temperature of 140-220° C. and subjecting to a saponification reaction for 2-5 minutes, after the completion of the saponification, reducing the temperature to 0-40° C., extracting with an organic solvent, neutralizing the water phase with CO2 and crystallizing, then filtering, washing, and drying to obtain an acceptable D,L-methionine product; bring the crystallized D,L-methionine mother solution from filtration to a temperature to 110-160° C. to remove CO2, which are all then circulated and used as a hydrocyanic acid-absorbing liquid. The process route of the present invention is a route suitable for a continuous and clean production, substantially without producing waste water and waste gas.
US09206116B2
The present invention relates to pyrrolidin-2-ones according to the formula (1), or salts thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, methods for their preparation and their use in the preparation of NEP-inhibitors, particularly in the preparation of N-(3-carboxyl-1-oxopropyl)-(4S)-(p-phenylphenylmethyl)-4-amino-(2R)-methyl butanoic acid ethyl ester or salt thereof.
US09206115B2
A compound of formula (I) as defined herein is useful in the treatment and prevention of a disorder such as cachexia, stroke, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and diabetes and pharmaceutical compositions of the same. Also, a method of screening for lipase inhibitors using a compound of formula (I) and determining its lipase inhibitory activity. The method includes in vitro assays of compounds using ATGL and/or HSL, and cellular assays wherein inhibition is followed by observing indicators of efficacy. Also, methods for treatment or prevention of a condition involving cachexia, stroke, artherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetes, preferably diabetes type II by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which is able to inhibit ATGL. Also contemplated herein, are compositions comprising one or more ATGL-inhibiting agents optionally in combination with one or more lipase inhibitors or inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines.
US09206111B1
The compositions and compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III and formula IV which includes a salt of valproic acid or its polymorphs, enantiomers, stereoisomers, solvates, and hydrates thereof. These salts may be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III and formula IV and methods for treating or preventing neurological diseases may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, migraine, schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, HIV and familial adenomatous polyposis.
US09206085B2
A method for processing feed material to produce dense and spheroidal products is described. The feed material is comprised of powder particles from the spray-drying technique or solution precursor droplets from ceramic or metallic materials. The feed material is processed using plasma generated from a microwave. The microwave plasma torch employed is capable of generating laminar flow during processing which allows for the production of spheroidal particles with a homogenous materials distribution. This results in products having improved thermal properties, improved corrosion and wear resistance and a higher tolerance to interface stresses.
US09206084B2
A substantially sand-free, aqueous-based, bentonitic fluid comprising flaked graphite can help dissipate heat from operation of electrical lines buried underground. The fluid is used in drilling a borehole, such as in trenchless drilling, or in making a trench, for receiving and containing the lines. The fluid may also be applied directly to the outside and/or to the inside of pipe containing electrical lines. Thermal conductivities having values of about 1.6 to about 1.8 BTU/hr ft° F. or higher can be attained.
US09206083B2
A shrinkage compensating concrete does not require restraint. The expansive forces developed during hydration compensate for concrete shrinkage, obviating the need for any added internal or external restraint element. Using this new shrinkage compensating concrete, substantially crack-free slabs may be built without using restraining steel bars, fibers, or other separate restraining element. The shrinkage compensating concrete includes a cement that develops internal expansive forces that never exceed the tensile strength of the concrete, such that the internal expansion compensates for the concrete shrinkage. The expansive cement may be an ASTMS, M or S cement, or other expansive cements may also be used.
US09206078B2
Provided is High Productivity Combinatorial (HPC) testing methodology of semiconductor substrates, each including multiple site isolated regions. The site isolated regions are used for testing different compositions and/or structures of barrier layers disposed over silver reflectors. The tested barrier layers may include all or at least two of nickel, chromium, titanium, and aluminum. In some embodiments, the barrier layers include oxygen. This combination allows using relative thin barrier layers (e.g., 5-30 Angstroms thick) that have high transparency yet provide sufficient protection to the silver reflector. The amount of nickel in a barrier layer may be 5-10% by weight, chromium—25-30%, titanium and aluminum—30%-35% each. The barrier layer may be co-sputtered in a reactive or inert-environment using one or more targets that include all four metals. An article may include multiple silver reflectors, each having its own barrier layer.
US09206072B2
To provide a colored glass plate which, despite containing substantially no expensive cerium, simultaneously satisfies low solar transmittance, high visible light transmittance and low UV transmittance, while transmitted light has a green color tone, The colored glass plate comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, SiO2: from 65 to 75%, Al2O3: from 0 to 6%, MgO: at least 0% and less than 2%, CaO: from 5 to 15%, total iron calculated as Fe2O3: from 0.3 to 1.2%, total titanium calculated as TiO2: from 0.2 to 1.1%, and total vanadium calculated as V2O5: from 0.02 to 0.3%, and contains substantially no cerium, cobalt, chromium or manganese.
US09206070B2
The invention relates to a device delivering filaments of molten material, especially glass, by Joule heating using a power supply, comprising side plates, a bottom plate provided with nozzles for the flow of the molten material and optionally an upper screen, is characterized in that at least one of these parts capable of being in contact with the molten material is formed by: a solid part made of iron-based alloy having a melting point above 1450° C. that forms a substrate, a metal tie layer formed on at least one portion of the surface of the substrate, a ceramic layer covering the metal tie layer, the metal layer and the ceramic layer forming a diffusion barrier to the components of the alloy that forms the substrate, and a protective coating layer made of platinum or platinum alloy, deposited directly on the ceramic layer.
US09206067B2
A support structure for supporting a heated glass sheet in connection with a bending operation includes a frame, a support ring adjustably supported on the frame for supporting a peripheral portion of the glass sheet, and multiple rib assemblies associated with the frame. Each rib assembly includes a laterally extending rib supported on the frame and multiple spaced apart support members connected to the rib and configured such that at least a portion of each support member is adjustable with respect to the rib. Furthermore, each support member is configured to contact a respective inner portion of the glass sheet to support the respective inner portion of the glass sheet until the glass sheet has been sufficiently cooled.
US09206062B2
The present invention provides useful biodegradable and environmentally friendly cost effective methods for oil recovery and reclamation from oil spills and chemical spills. More particularly, methods to recover and reclaim hydrocarbons or hydrophobic substances in an aqueous environment.
US09206058B2
Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.
US09206049B2
A method for making carbon nanotubes is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) providing a growing device, wherein the growing device comprises a reacting room having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; (b) forming a catalyst layer on a first planar surface of a growing substrate; (c) placing the growing substrate and a receiving substrate having a second planar surface in the reacting room, wherein the first planar surface and the second planar surface are parallel with each other; (d) introducing a carbonaceous gas in the reaction room to form a gas flow and growing a first plurality of carbon nanotubes from the growing substrate, wherein the first plurality of carbon nanotubes are brought above the receiving substrate by the gas flow; and (e) stopping the introducing the carbonaceous gas such that the first plurality of carbon nanotubes deposits on the receiving substrate.
US09206048B2
There is provided an electroconductive polyamide resin composition comprising: (a) a polyamide resin component obtained from a dicarboxylic acid component comprising oxalic acid and a diamine component comprising a diamine having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and (b) a fine carbon fiber dispersed in the resin component, wherein a graphite-net plane consisting solely of carbon atoms forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit comprising closed head-top part and body-part with open lower-end, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a common central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected in head-to-tail style with a distance to form the fiber.
US09206045B2
Reactor vessels with transmissive surfaces for producing hydrogen-based fuels and structural elements, and associated systems and methods. A chemical reactor in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a reactor vessel having a reaction zone, a hydrogen donor source coupled in fluid communication with the reaction zone, and a steam source coupled in fluid communication with the reaction zone. The reactor further includes a transmissive surface at the reaction zone, with the transmissive surface being transmissive to a reactant entering the reaction zone and/or radiant energy entering the reaction zone.
US09206042B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods of catalytically reducing carbon dioxide, each method comprising: contacting a composition comprising a spinel-type transition iron oxide with an alkali metal carbonate, bicarbonate, or mixture thereof at a first temperature to form CO, and an alkali metal ion-transition metal oxide; hydrolytically extracting at least a portion of alkali metal ions from the alkali metal ion-transition metal oxide by the reaction with CO2 and liquid H2O at a second temperature; and thermochemically reducing the transition metal composition of the second step at a third temperature, with the associated formation of O2.
US09206039B2
A method for fabricating nanostructures, which includes the steps of forming a multi-segmented nanowire; and performing a galvanic displacement reaction on the multi-segmented nanowire. The method utilizes template directed electrodeposition to fabricate nanowires with alternating layers of sacrificial/noble metal, enabling a new level of control over particle spacing, aspect ratio, and composition. Moreover, by exploiting the redox potential dependent reaction of galvanic displacement, nanopeapod materials can be extended (semiconductor/metal, p-type/n-type, metal/metal, ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic, etc.) beyond the fundamental metal/metal-oxide nanopeapods synthesized by high temperature techniques. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment. Co/Au and Ni/Au multisegmented nanowires were used to create Te/Au nanopeapods by galvanic displacement, producing Te nanotubes and nanowires with embedded Au particles, respectively.
US09206036B2
A cut which penetrates a resin layer is formed in the resin layer such that the cut surrounds a third upper surface. A film is formed such that the film covers the whole resin layer except for a bottom surface of the resin layer inside the cut and at least a portion of the resin layer is exposed outside the cut. The resin layer which is wholly covered with the film is left inside the cut, and the whole resin layer continuously formed with a surface exposed from the film is removed outside the cut. A bump is formed by the resin layer and the film inside the cut, and a shutter and at least a portion of a drive part are formed by the film outside the cut in a state where these parts are floated from a first substrate.
US09206031B2
A MEMS capacitive transducer with increased robustness and resilience to acoustic shock. The transducer structure includes a flexible membrane supported between a first volume and a second volume, and at least one variable vent structure in communication with at least one of the first and second volumes. The variable vent structure includes at least one moveable portion which is moveable in response to a pressure differential across the moveable portion so as to vary the size of a flow path through the vent structure. The variable vent may be formed through the membrane and the moveable portion may be a part of the membrane, defined by one or more channels, that is deflectable away from the surface of the membrane. The variable vent is preferably closed in the normal range of pressure differentials but opens at high pressure differentials to provide more rapid equalization of the air volumes above and below the membrane.
US09206030B2
A MEMS capacitive pressure sensor is provided. The MEMS capacitive pressure sensor includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, and a first dielectric layer formed on the substrate. The capacitive pressure sensor also includes a second dielectric layer having a step surface profile formed on the first dielectric layer, and a first electrode layer having a step surface profile formed on the second dielectric layer. Further, the MEMS capacitive pressure sensor includes an insulation layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer having a step surface profile with a portion formed on the insulation layer in the peripheral region and the rest suspended over the first electrode layer in the device region. Further, the MEMS capacitive pressure sensor also includes a chamber having a step surface profile formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
US09206027B2
A mountable cork puller including a tray open on one major side thereof adapted to be mounted in a recess in a wall, a hinge pin associated with the tray, and a hinge pivotally carried on the hinge pin, the hinge attached at its free end to a cork puller such that the hinge swings the cork puller between a stowed position in the tray and a deployed use position removed from the tray.
US09206021B2
Provided is a crane which comprises a luffing jib including a lower jib and an upper jib coupled to the lower jib in such a manner as to be separable from the lower jib, the lower jib is attached to a head of a boom to have a laid-down posture at a position between the boom and a strut when the upper jib is separated from the lower jib, when the boom is lowered and laid down to allow the head of the boom to come into contact with a ground and when the strut is lowered and laid down to allow a distal end of the strut to come into contact with the ground, and the lower jib has a length which causes no interference with the strut when the lower jib has the laid-down posture at the position between the boom and the strut.
US09206017B2
A blade gripping tool of a blade gripping device for gripping a rotor blade, in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. The tool comprises a sling and an automatic sling handover mechanism comprising a sling-conveying element and a sling-receiving element, whereby the sling-conveying element is realized to convey a connection means of the sling along a two-dimensional predefined path of travel around a part of the rotor blade towards the sling-receiving element to connect to a receptor of the sling-receiving element. A method of gripping a rotor blade is also disclosed, in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine by means of a number of blade gripping tools is also disclosed.
US09206008B2
A web guide control unit for guiding a web is provided. The web guide control unit includes a web guide control unit for guiding a web. The web guide control unit includes a guide roller. The guide roller includes an adjustment unit and two tension measurement units for measuring the tension of the web at a first location and a second location of the guide roller. The present disclosure also provides a web processing apparatus with at least one web guide control unit as described herein is provided. A method for guiding a web by means of the web guide control or the web processing apparatus is also disclosed.
US09206007B2
A bag dispenser includes a frame with a roller portion for receiving a bag roll defined by a plurality of bags attached to a leading bag to be dispensed, the roller defining a longitudinal axis. A brake plate is configured to capture the leading bag against the frame for providing frictional force on the leading bag to limit sliding thereof, the brake plate pivotally attached to the frame via a pivot arm, the brake plate pivotable with respect to the frame between a non-pivoted friction-application position and a pivoted bag roll-installment position, the pivot arm configured to pivot with respect to the frame along a pivot plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US09206005B2
A sheet conveying apparatus has a conveying rotating member, a follower rotating member which is disposed to face the conveying rotating member, a support member which passes through a hollow portion of the follower rotating member and supports the follower rotating member, a pressure portion which biases the support member toward the conveying rotating member so that the follower rotating member comes into contact with the conveying rotating member a first bearing portion which is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the support member and an inner peripheral surface of the follower rotating member and rotatable supports the follower rotating member with respect to the support member, and a second bearing portion which movably supports the support member and has a slide friction coefficient higher than that of the bearing portion.
US09206003B2
A media processing device executes a retard preparation operation that moves a separation roller and a paper return lever at a desired time even when the moving mechanism that moves a separation roller and a paper return lever together, and the conveyance mechanism that conveys the medium, share a common drive source. A printer has a moving mechanism that executes a retard preparation operation that moves the paper return lever and separation roller in conjunction with each other. Drive power from the conveyance motor is transferred to the moving mechanism. The printer also has a trigger lever that can move between an interference position physically interfering with the moving mechanism and preventing the retard preparation operation from starting, and an actuator that moves the trigger lever from the interference position to a non-interference position.
US09206000B1
In one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus comprising an auger section having an auger and a drive unit containing a motor for driving the auger. A collector ring housing containing a collector ring is positioned between the auger section and the drive unit. In another aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus for attachment to a floor grate. The apparatus includes a pivot stand attached to a top surface of the floor grate, the pivot stand defining a vertical pivot axis. A collector ring has a first stationary portion and a second rotatable portion, with the stationary portion attached to the pivot stand. A housing surrounds the collector ring, and the housing and second rotatable portion of the collector ring rotate together about the pivot axis.
US09205990B2
A chain link of a transport chain of a conveyor for conveying an article hanging from a holding adapter includes a base body having lateral contact surfaces configured to enable friction rollers to be pressed there against for driving the transport chain. Arranged on the base body at ends in spaced-apart relationship in a conveying direction are coupling sections for swingable connection with a neighboring chain link. Bearings are formed on an upper side of the base body for support of running or guide rollers. A thrust member is connected vertically elastically to an underside of the base body and has an underside provided with at least one recess for formfittingly receiving a coupler of a head piece of the holding adapter for holding the article to be conveyed.
US09205981B2
An automated distribution system includes sources storing loads, at least one destination, a control system, a first common transport system for transporting the loads leaving the sources and, downstream of the first common transport system and upstream of and associated with each destination, at least one plurality of first FIFO buffer devices, each dual to one of the sources. To process a command, the control system performs a first ordering, by instructing each source that the loads listed in the command should exit the source in a desired order; then a second ordering: by steering each of the loads of the command, exiting the first common transport system to the first buffer device associated with the desired destination dual to the given source; and by instructing the first buffer devices associated with the desired destination such that the loads exit towards the destination in the desired order.
US09205958B2
A can or container reformed from an existing open ended can adds additional volume and integral thread portions to form a reclosable can. An existing can is inverted, drawn to increase the volume, an end wall pierced and reformed into an outwardly curled lip, thread portions formed along a perimeter portion of the can body adjacent a first end, and a new end seamed to the original open, second end of the can. A cap with thread lugs cooperates with the thread portions on the external perimeter of the reformed can to originally and subsequently reseal the can once the can has been opened.
US09205957B2
A method for the production of sacks from tubular pieces which include plastic material includes at least at one end area, laying a bottom rectangle around a fold line to form triangular pockets, with the bottom rectangle including flaps, folding back parts of the flaps of the bottom rectangle, and applying and connecting a bottom cover sheet at least to areas of the flaps of the bottom rectangle and/or to areas of the triangular pockets. The bottom rectangle includes at least in part an air-permeable material.
US09205948B1
A carton blank is assembled into a carton for beverage containers, the blank having a number of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of side panels each joined by a fold line to an adjacent one of the panels. A number of end flaps are each joined by an end flap fold line to one of the panels and the end flaps are adapted to be folded upon selected other end flaps to form composite end panels of the carton. A carrying handle is formed in a selected one of the panels and adapted to be grasped by a user to carry the erected carton filled with the beverage containers. A pattern of stress-relieving score lines are formed in the carton blank to produce a desired buckling of the carton when erected, filled and lifted to avoid tearing of the carton material.
US09205940B2
The application relates to a twin lane tray sealer (100) comprising a pair of conveyors aligned with respective lanes for conveying trays to a heat sealing tool (6) and a pair of transfer mechanisms (66) each for transferring a known plurality of trays together and at a known separation from the respective conveyors to the heat sealing tool wherein the heat sealing tool (6) comprises a plurality of individually operable heaters (61a, 61b), each aligned with a respective tray in the tool in use. Control means is utilized to determine if a tray is missing from a group of trays transferred by the transfer mechanism. If a tray is determined as missing the control means is configured to not activate the heater aligned with the position of the determined missing tray in the tool.
US09205939B2
A system and method for activating a series of article protection features formed in product cartons in which a series of articles have been packaged includes an actuating assembly mounted along a path of travel for the cartons. The actuating assembly will include a series of actuating elements that are selectively moved into engagement with the article protection features of the cartons. The article protection features are urged into the cartons, between the articles therein and into positions engaging and supporting the articles.
US09205936B2
Apparatus and methods for filling a bag are provided. The apparatus includes a shovel with an elongate shovel arm, a shovel mouth positioned at a distal end of the shovel arm, and a shovel handle positioned at a proximal end of the shovel arm. The shovel mouth collects and directs fill material into the bag. The shovel handle is inserted into an opening of the bag and grasped by a user toward a bottom portion of the bag and from outside the bag. The apparatus includes an elongate arm rotatably coupled to the shovel arm at a pivot point and extending distally at an angle away from the shovel arm. The elongate arm rotates between an insertion configuration, in which the apparatus has a low profile for easy insertion into a bag, and an operable configuration to hold the bag open during filling.
US09205931B1
A method and system for increasing pilot awareness in an aircraft during non-normal flight situations is provided. A non-normal flight situation is detected, and a critical flight parameter and its associated condition for monitoring based on the non-normal situation is determined. An envelope surrounding the aircraft is generated that is consistent with the non-normal situation, and the critical flight parameter is monitored based on the non-normal situation.
US09205927B2
A system and method for controlling bleed air flow into an air cycle machine that includes a bleed air inlet and a conditioned air outlet is provided. The system and method include discharging bleed air from an operating gas turbine engine, sensing exhaust gas temperature (EGT) of the gas turbine engine, sensing conditioned air temperature at the conditioned air outlet, and controlling bleed air flow into the air cycle machine based on the sensed EGT and on the sensed conditioned air temperature.
US09205923B1
A cargo shuttle is described. The cargo shuttle includes a top surface for receiving cargo. The cargo shuttle also includes an aft cargo attachment device positioned on an aft side of the cargo shuttle. The cargo shuttle also includes a forward cargo attachment device positioned on a forward side of the cargo shuttle.
US09205911B2
A pitch stabilizer [10] equipped with an upper stabilizer surface [15] and a lower stabilizer surface [20], with the upper stabilizer surface [15] being located in an upper plane [P1] and with the lower stabilizer surface [20] being located in a lower plane [P2], with the upper plane [P1] overhanging the lower plane [P2]. The upper stabilizer surface [15] is rotatable about an upper axis of rotation [AX1], with the said lower stabilizer surface [20] being rotatable about a lower axis of rotation [AX2], with the stabilizer means [10] having linking means [30] whereby a rotary movement of one stabilizer surface causes an equal rotary movement of the other stabilizer surface.
US09205904B2
A propulsion system is provided that includes one or more pumps that form a jet for propulsion. A number of Coanda jet devices (CJDs) are coupled to the one or more pumps. The CJDs are arranged so to allow for a multi-axis underwater control of an underwater robot.
US09205900B2
A harness assembly having a pouch attached thereto for storage of a manually deployable life raft. The harness assembly is comprised of a waist strap of sufficient length to reach around the mid-section of a human body and a back, frontal left, and frontal right panel sections integrally joined with one another forming a life vest. The frontal left and right panel sections include a fastener for coupling together to form a neck opening. The pouch is removably attached to the harness assembly and positioned thereinbetween the waist strap and life vest. The inflatable life raft is disposed of within the pouch in a deflated state. The life raft includes an elongated tether cord having a first end attached to the life vest and a second end attached to the life raft. The life raft is adapted to be inflated when, in an emergency situation, the raft is removed from the pouch.
US09205891B2
In a vessel, a first hull bottom (21) formed with a hull bottom (13) located at a centerline (C) of a hull (11) in a width direction inclined upward in a backward direction and a second hull bottom (22) formed to make an angle equal to or larger than an angle parallel to a design draft (S) and equal to or smaller than an angle of a backward extending line from the first hull bottom (21) continuously to the first hull bottom (21) at a position moved forward by a predetermined distance L set in advance from a stern end (12a) are provided, by which the vessel resistance can be reduced at the time of navigation.
US09205878B2
A tunnel arrangement for a floor assembly of a vehicle body is proved. The floor assembly includes spaced apart first and second floor parts. A tunnel is arranged between the first and second floor parts and includes first and second flanges and front and rear tunnel sections extending between the first and second flanges. A tunnel bridge is provided on a lower surface of the tunnel for stiffening the tunnel arrangement.
US09205872B2
A vehicle body structure is provided to avoid the damage to a battery pack due to invasion of an electric device in a side impact crash. The vehicle body structure includes a battery pack on its inner side in a vehicle width direction, and an electric device on its outer side. A No1 seat cross member 5 is provided along in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel 3. The No1 seat cross member 5 is provided with a weak portion 54 in a position in the vehicle width direction corresponding to between the battery pack 2 and an electric hot-water heater 9 as the electric device.
US09205868B2
A steering spindle has a steering spindle connection connected to a fork crown of a steering coupling via an intermediate piece. The steering spindle connection and the intermediate piece are formed as plug partners at ends facing each other, by means of at least one tongue and groove guide element pair, which provides a torque-transmitting priority control. A groove and a tongue of the at least one tongue and groove guide element pair are positioned in the longitudinal axial direction on the steering spindle connection and the intermediate piece. The steering arrangement includes a clamping device that clamps the plug partners to each other in a plugging position.
US09205858B2
A tilt steering column device is provided having construction in which a displacement bracket 16a is provided on the top side of the steering column 6a and that suppresses an increase in operation force for operating an adjustment lever even when the steering wheel 1 is located at the top end of the adjustment range. A wide section 33 having a width dimension that is larger than the width dimension in the forward-backward direction of an anchor section 25 or the top-half section of a pushing member 29 is provided in the top-end section of at least one long hole 17a of a pair of long holes 17a, 17b that are provided in support plate sections 15b, 15c.
US09205850B2
A displacement detecting apparatus is provided with a self-position detector for detecting a position and an orientation of the apparatus relative to a preset reference position and a preset reference orientation. Displacement of a rail at an upper surface reference point and a side surface reference point relative to a preset reference position is calculated from imaged image data of the surfaces of the rail using an optical cutting method, and the calculated displacement of the rail is corrected using data obtained from the self-position detector, thereby compensating for errors caused by differences in position and orientation of the apparatus associated with a vehicle running motion. By doing so, the displacement detecting apparatus is superior in maintenance and unlikely to cause measurement errors.
US09205845B2
A system and method are provided for detecting a spall in an engine. The vehicle, for example, may include, but is not limited to an engine, an oil debris sensor coupled to the engine, a communications system, and a processor communicatively coupled to the oil debris sensor and the communications system. The processor may be configured to increment a counter when the oil debris sensor detects a particle over a predetermined size, increment the counter when a mass of a plurality of particles under the predetermined size exceeds a predetermined mass threshold, transmit, via the communications system, a first message when the counter exceeds a predetermined counter threshold, and reset the counter after predetermined amount of time.
US09205843B2
A deceleration factor estimating device that estimates a deceleration factor of a vehicle includes a road load calculating unit configured to calculate a road load estimated value, and a filtering calculating unit configured to perform filtering processing of extracting a predetermined frequency component of the road load estimated value calculated by the road load calculating unit. The filtering calculating unit extracts a vehicle-originated road load component, an environment-originated road load component, and the like by filtering the road load estimated value to extract a certain predetermined frequency component.
US09205834B1
A method includes detecting a fault of a component of a vehicle. The method also includes providing a plurality of modes of operation for the vehicle including an engine only mode, an electric only mode, a hybrid mode, a partial engine only mode, a partial electric only mode and a partial hybrid mode. At least two of the plurality of modes of operation that avoid use of the faulty component are displayed on a display screen, and a selection of one of the at least two of the plurality of modes of operation that are displayed on the display screen is received. The method includes activating at least one electric, mechanical or software isolator to isolate or disengage at least one component associated with electric propulsion of the vehicle or at least one component associated with combustion engine propulsion of the vehicle that includes the faulty component.
US09205828B1
A method and apparatus are provided for determining the location of a vehicle. According to one aspect the method and apparatus the movements of motor rotors in a vehicle are monitored and used to determine speed, travel distance and/or travel path of a vehicle may be determined. Using various navigation techniques, the distance and travel path may then be used to determine the vehicle's location. Furthermore, movements of the motor rotors may also be used to report the positions of the steering and drive systems for the purpose of informing the vehicle controller as a method of feedback.
US09205821B2
A motor vehicle brake system operable in a brake-by-wire and fallback modes. The system includes a brake pedal (1), a master cylinder (2), a reservoir (4), a travel simulator (3), an electrically controllable pressure source (5), isolation valves (23a, 23b) pumps (32a, 32b) and a low-pressure accumulator (14a, 14b), an inlet valve (6a-6d) and an outlet valve (7a-7d) for each wheel brake (8, 9, 10, 11), valves (34a, 34b; 134a, 134b) connected to the pumps (32a, 32b), and a control and regulation unit (110, 210). A valve arrangement (23a, 23b) establishes for each brake circuit (I, II) a connection from the pressure chamber (17, 18) of the master cylinder (2) to the modulator admission pressure line (13a, 13b; 113a, 113b) and disconnects the connection when unenergized, the valve arrangement (23a, 23b) preventing the pressure source (5) from being subjected to pressure from the pressure chambers (17, 18).
US09205799B2
An airbag and an airbag device are provided that can effectively prevent a rise of the internal pressure of the airbag when the airbag is hindered from being normally inflated/deployed while gas is prevented from being wasted. An airbag includes a pair of side panels that form a bag by being sewn together, an insertion hole formed in the side panel, and a valve disposed on an inner side of the side panel so as to stop up the insertion hole and having two end portions connected to the side panel. While the airbag is housed in the structure, the valve is drawn to an outer side of the side panel through the insertion hole and disposed so as to stop up the insertion hole and, while the airbag is inflated/deployed, the valve is drawn to the inner side of the side panel.
US09205792B1
An outer bumper and an inner bumper have disposed therebetween a plastic bolster. At least one inflator is communicatively coupled to a controller and arranged to inflate the plastic bolster. The bolster is formed of a plastic having sufficient rigidity to fold. In one example, the bolster includes accordion folds in an undeployed state.
US09205791B2
The present invention provides a bumper including: the bumper back beam made of a composite material, which has an arch-shaped collision surface, one side surface of which is formed so as to extend in a box shape from the collision surface, and a flange surface of which is formed so as to be bent outward from the side surface and made of the fiber-reinforced composite material, wherein the flange surface is fastened to a stay which is cut into a plurality of units based on a fastening point; and said stay, which is fastened to the bumper back beam, wherein a fastening hole corresponding to the fastening point is formed as an elongate hole.
US09205788B2
A first electrical wiring harness may be connectable to a vehicle and a second electrical wiring harness may be connectable to a snow/ice control device. A replaceable connector may be used between the first and second wiring harnesses so that it is easy to connect the wiring harnesses to each other and thereby electrically connect the snow/ice control device to the vehicle.
US09205779B1
An auxiliary mirror device for vehicles includes a fixation unit, a connection unit, and an auxiliary mirror. The fixation unit is adapted for coupling on a vehicle rear view mirror. The connection unit includes a connection rod coupled to the fixation unit, and a sleeve is engaged on the connection rod. A supporting rod disposed on the auxiliary mirror is received in the connection rod retractably. The connection unit further includes an adjustment barrel moveable relative to the sleeve and can be locked with of the sleeve. A tightening ring is engaged in the adjustment barrel and can be releasably compressed by the sleeve. A position of the auxiliary mirror relative to the side view mirror can be adjusted. When the auxiliary mirror is adjusted to a required position, the adjustment barrel can be operated for coupling and fixing the supporting rod and the connection rod together.
US09205742B2
The present invention suggests an offset correcting apparatus of a yaw rate sensor which corrects an offset of a yaw sensor in accordance with a status of a vehicle in a cruise control system, a method thereof, and a vehicle speed control system including the apparatus.
US09205737B2
A seal body for use with a torque tube includes a first portion having an attachment mechanism to releasably secure a torque tube to the first portion, and a second portion configured adjacent to the first portion. The second portion of the seal body includes a substantially uniplanar sealing surface that is orthogonal to an axis of rotation of the torque tube, and that extends across a substantially uniplanar axial end face of the torque tube.
US09205731B2
A weatherstrip 31 provided to a front panel is hollow and extends on all of a peripheral edge of a panel frame 21 of the front panel 11. A panel frame 22 of a rear panel 12 has a portion which faces the front panel 11 and on which a weatherstrip 32 is absent. When the front panel 11 and the rear panel 12 have closed an opening 3, the weatherstrip 31 is in contact with the panel frame 22. A corner portion 213 of the panel frame 21 has an engagement portion 28 projecting outward. A corner portion 313 of the weatherstrip 31 has a recess 38 with which the engagement portion 28 is engaged.
US09205726B2
A door beam has a double hat profile between its mounting ends (12, 13). The height of the outer sidewalls (14, 15) of the double hat profile decreases from a central part (25) of the beam towards the mounting ends (12, 13). Thus the height ratio between the outer (14, 15) and the inner (18, 19) sidewalls is decreased towards the mounting ends.
US09205723B2
A removable dog screen for placement in the rear opening door of a vehicle to provide shade and ventilation to an animal within the vehicle for a short period of time. The disclosure provides for a removable dog screen that spans across the rear opening of a vehicle such as an SUV. Disclosed system incorporates elastic bands for keeping the screen taught as well as mesh material allowing for ventilation.
US09205720B2
The present invention provides a flow control valve which can control an amount of heat transfer medium bypassed or introduced into a heat exchange medium receiving portion according to temperature set by a user, and an air conditioner for an automobile equipped with the same, which can increase air-conditioning and cooling efficiency.
US09205718B2
The present invention is a system for adjusting the height of vehicles. The vehicle is supported by a hollow cylinder and a piston having an undersized piston skirt is mounted on the suspension system's coil spring, and sealingly slidable within the cylinder bore. When a fluid is introduced into the expandable pressure space between the piston and the cylinder top, the piston and cylinder are forced apart, raising the vehicle. The undersized piston skirt can extend beyond the end of the cylinder, allowing the piston a greater travel length within the cylinder bore. The invention may be operated manually by a vehicle driver through push buttons, which can be the vehicle's existing cruise control buttons. Alternatively, the system can be automated using a control unit to automatically adjust ground clearance to avoid collision with obstacles in the vehicle's path. In another embodiment, the lift system, or any lift system, is prevented from activating, and deactivates (if previously activated) if the vehicle is travelling at excessive speed.
US09205714B2
A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air passageway in the tire that is operable to be sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air from an inlet device through the passageway to an outlet device for direction into the tire cavity. A valve device for a tire is also disclosed. The valve device includes an insert mounted in the tire, a valve body mounted within the valve insert; wherein the valve body has a first, second and third chamber, wherein a first and second check valve is positioned in the first and second chamber. A pressure membrane is received within the valve body, and positioned to open and close the third chamber. The pressure membrane is in fluid communication with the tire cavity and the third chamber of the valve body. A spring is received within the third chamber and is positioned to exert force upon the pressure membrane to bias the pressure membrane position relative to the channel in the open position.
US09205711B2
A method for localization the position of wheels of a vehicle includes: storing, for each wheel, an image of the intensity of the signal originating from an electronic module fitted to the wheel; controlling the emission by each electronic module of a sequence of n signals emitted with predetermined time intervals; computing for each sequence of n signals, the temporal variation of the correlation coefficients between each signal of the sequence and each of the stored images; computing the peak of correlation of the correlation coefficients of each of the n signals and the temporal position over a wheel revolution of each of the n peaks of correlation; and selecting, for each stored image, the wheel at the origin of the emission of sequences having the highest peaks of correlation associated with time intervals corresponding to the time intervals of emission of the n signals of the sequences.
US09205709B2
Tire comprising a carcass reinforcement and two beads, each comprising at least one annular reinforcing structure, a bead filler and an outer strip made from a rubber composition having an elastic modulus G′ of less than or equal to 15 MPa and a viscous modulus G″ such that G″ [MPa]≦0.2·G′ [MPa]−0.2 MPa, wherein the bead filler has a thickness E(r) perpendicular to the carcass reinforcement with the bead filler, r denoting the distance from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure, wherein the assembly formed by the bead filler and the outer strip has a thickness ET(r), wherein the thickness ET(r) changes such that, in the range of distances r comprised between 25 and 45% of the height H of the tire, the variation in thickness is less than or equal to −0.25 mm/mm over at least 4% of the height H, wherein, for all the points of which the distance r is greater than 10% and less than 35% of the height H, the ratio E(r)/ET(r) is greater than 0.3 and less than or 0.5, wherein, in any radial section, the bead filler has a cross section of area S1 and the outer strip has a cross section of area S2, the ratio S1/(S1+S2) being greater than 0.4 and less than 0.6, and wherein the annular reinforcing structure has a maximum axial width DE such that the ratio ET ( r ) max - DE ET ( r ) max , where ET(r)max is the maximum value of the thickness ET(r), is less than 10%.
US09205690B2
A method for calibrating a print head for use in an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising positioning the print head over a calibration target, where the calibration target has a top surface with a plurality of edges. The method further comprising moving a tip of the print head to identify coordinate locations of the edges, and setting a calibration parameter for the print head.
US09205688B2
The inkjet printing system includes a print information receiving unit that receives print information including work piece types, print images, and print conditions (S231), an image arrangement deciding unit that decides an image arrangement that is an arrangement of the print images on a pallet (S232 to S242), a work piece arrangement outputting unit that outputs a work piece arrangement that is an arrangement of work pieces according to the image arrangement (S243), and a print executing unit that executes printing on the work pieces on the pallet based on the print image, print conditions, and image arrangement, wherein the image arrangement deciding unit decides the image arrangement in a state where a plurality of print images with the common specific print conditions being predetermined conditions among the print conditions is aligned in a main scanning direction (S232, S233).
US09205684B2
A printer capable of preventing clogging the printhead nozzles due to paper dust produced from sprocket holes in continuous paper, and preventing the printhead from ejecting ink droplets except on the continuous paper, has a printhead that ejects ink droplets toward continuous paper having sprocket holes formed along both sides of the paper width; a cover member that covers the edge part of the width of the continuous paper where sprocket holes are formed in the range of the printhead in the conveyance direction of the continuous paper, and can move in the paper width direction; and a detection mechanism that detects the position of the cover member in the paper width direction.
US09205683B2
An image forming apparatus having a main body and optional trays and a communication method between the main body and the optional trays, the apparatus including: the main body having a main controller; at least one optional tray detachably set up in the main body and having a tray controller for communicating with the main controller to transmit and receive data; and communication lines forming a communication channel connecting the main controller and the tray controllers, for data exchange, and for informing the main controller that the data is provided from tray controllers to the main controller. Since the main body and the optional trays communicate through a single UART communication channel, the number of communication channels is decreased thereby saving time and simplifying protocol as well as reducing costs and simplify circuits. Also, it is possible to assign IDs rapidly and simply, prevent generation of errors in ID assignment, and make use of the image forming apparatus convenient.
US09205678B2
An ink jet printer including a transportation mechanism transporting a medium in a first direction; and a carriage having a plasma irradiation mechanism that irradiates a portion of the medium with plasma generated in an electricity discharge portion and emitted from a plasma irradiation opening and a head that ejects ink from a nozzle to the plasma irradiated portion of the medium, and that moves in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The plasma irradiation mechanism is on one side of the head in the second direction, a partition board is between the plasma irradiation opening and the head, and if a distance from the medium's surface to the nozzle is (A), a distance from the medium's surface to the plasma irradiation opening is (B), and a distance from the medium's surface to the bottom edge of the partition board is (C), then (C)<(A)≦(B).
US09205677B2
An inkjet recording method includes imparting a pre-processing fluid to a coated layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate of a recording medium, drying the pre-processing fluid, and forming an image on the recording medium by ejecting an aqueous ink thereon. The pre-processing fluid contains a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a flocculating agent formed of a quaternary salt of an adduct of alkyl amine.epichlorohydrine represented by the following chemical formula 1, and a nonion-based surfactant represented by the following chemical formula 2, wherein the aqueous ink comprises a colorant, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, and a fluorine-containing surfactant represented by the following chemical formula 3 or 4: C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH (3) Chemical formula 3 CnF2n+1—CH2CH(OH)CH2—O—(CH2CH2O)a—Y (4) Chemical formula 4.
US09205672B1
A drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit which is provided with at least one drawing head ejecting a first ink to perform drawing on a drawing target and at least one drawing tool in contact with the drawing target to perform drawing on the drawing target with a second ink; and a control unit controlling the drawing unit to perform first drawing on the drawing target with one of the drawing head and the drawing tool and perform second drawing with the other of the drawing head and the drawing tool over a region of the first drawing on the drawing target. This configuration achieves a variety of images drawn on the drawing target with a combination of the drawing head and the drawing tool.
US09205670B1
A printhead for a device capable of printing, including: a frame; a light-emitting diode (LED) assembly including a housing engaged with the frame, a plurality of LEDs on the housing and extending in a first transverse direction, and at least one lens parallel to the plurality of LEDs in the first traverse direction and arranged to focus light from the LEDs; and a lens cleaning assembly engaged with the frame and including an arm portion extending across the frame in the first traverse direction and a cleaner portion including a cleaning element. The lens cleaning assembly is displaceable, with respect to the frame, in the first transverse direction to slide the cleaning element across the at least one lens.
US09205664B2
Features for various embodiments of a self-contained printhead unit, including an on-board fluidic system, quick-coupling electrical and pneumatic interfacing, in conjunction with the features of various embodiments of a kinematic mounting and air bearing clamping assembly, as well as contactless integration to a waste assembly, together provide for the ready interchangeability of a plurality of printhead units in a printing system during a printing process, while at the same time preventing cross-contamination of a plurality of end-user selected inks contained in each of a plurality of printhead units.
US09205655B2
An image forming apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a cap, and a dummy discharge controller. The liquid ejection head has plural nozzle rows in a nozzle formed face thereof. Each of the plural nozzle rows includes multiple nozzles through which droplets are discharged. The cap caps the nozzle formed face of the liquid ejection head. The dummy discharge controller controls a dummy discharge operation to discharge dummy discharge droplets not contributing to image formation from the nozzles with the nozzle formed face opposed to the cap. The dummy discharge controller controls the liquid ejection head to discharge the dummy discharge droplets at different timings between adjacent nozzle rows of the plural nozzle rows in the dummy discharge operation.
US09205650B2
A liquid ejection head includes a substrate and a channel wall member on a surface of the substrate. The channel wall member serves as a wall of a channel through which a liquid flows. The channel wall member comprises a photosensitive resin. The channel wall member includes a first region and a second region that are arranged in a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate. The first region of the channel wall member has a higher crosslink density than the second region of the channel wall member.
US09205646B2
A liquid discharging substrate includes multiple heaters and multiple drive elements. A first wiring portion electrically connects the multiple heaters and a first electrode. A second wiring portion electrically connects the multiple drive elements and a second electrode. The first wiring portion includes multiple conductive members. The conductive members are connected to the first electrode and respective heaters. An insulating portion is disposed between each of the conductive members. The second wiring portion includes a common conductive member connected to the multiple drive elements and the second electrode.
US09205631B2
Systems and methods for bonding include selectively heating an initial location of a sample to melt a bonding layer at an interface between a first layer and a second layer of the sample. The heating is propagated in a direction away from the initial location such that a melt front of the bonding layer is translated across the interface to provide a void free bond between the first layer and the second layer.
US09205628B1
A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.
US09205627B2
A lightweight component is equipped with two cover layers, which are made of a wood material, and a filling disposed in between the layers after cutting everything to size, having an edge support including thermoplastic material. The edge support is anchored in both the first and second cover layers starting from the narrow side. Anchoring is achieved by bringing the edge support into contact with the respective cover layer and coupling mechanical vibrations into the edge support by a sonotrode engaging from the narrow side. The edge support at the same time is pressed against the cover layer such that, in the region of a transition between the thermoplastic material and the wood material of the cover layer, part of the thermoplastic material is liquefied and pushed into the cover layer material, thereby producing a positively engaged anchoring after hardening.
US09205624B2
A rotary embossing device, in particular for making Braille embossments, includes a drive shaft and at least one embossing tool disposed thereon. The embossing tool includes a roller body, a mounting system and a tool sleeve. The tool sleeve is mounted to the roller body by the mounting system. The mounting system includes at least one mounting ring disposed between the roller body and the tool sleeve. The at least one mounting ring is advantageously engaged with an adjustment device for rotating the at least one mounting ring to adjust the angular position of the tool sleeve. The mounting ring includes at least one elastomeric ring and the mounting system further includes an axially displaceable mounting cover for compressing the at least one elastomeric ring. Tool sleeves can therefore be easily and quickly mounted and adjusted.
US09205621B2
A packaging system (10) includes a supply (12) of stock material (14) having a cohesive on a surface thereof and an apparatus (16) for converting the stock material (14) into a packaging product (20). The apparatus (16) includes at least one crumpling assembly (22) that can advance stock material (14) from the supply (12) and can cause the stock material (14) to randomly crumple. The apparatus (16) also includes a joining assembly (24) that can bring the crumpled stock material (26) together with uncrumpled stock material (28). The crumpled stock material (26) and the uncrumpled stock material (28) each have a cohesive on at least a portion of mutually facing surfaces such that the cohesive portions on those surfaces bond together when they come into contact with each other, thereby securing the crumpled stock material (26) to the uncrumpled stock material (28).
US09205619B2
An improved multiple-screw extruder, in particular a twin-screw extruder comprises a housing. Several housing bores are located in at least one section within the housing. The housing bores overlap at least along a partial axial length of the housing. One extruder screw is arranged in each of the several housing bores. At least two motors are provided for the at least two extruder screws. A synchronizing and torsion transmitting device, by means of which both cooperating extruder screws can be synchronized, is provided on both the inlet side and the discharge side.
US09205617B2
A contour of an outer diameter dimension of a dried ceramic honeycomb body is measured in a first measuring portion Q1 and a second measuring portion Q2 of the surface of an outer wall of the dried ceramic honeycomb body; a total of absolute values of differences between respective values of four contours C1x, C1y, C2x and C1y measured at a first measurement point P1x and a second measurement point P1y of the first measuring portion Q1 and a third measurement point P2x and a fourth measurement point P2y of the second measuring portion Q2 is obtained; and one end surface and the other end surface are subjected to finishing step in a state where four measurement points of the outer wall, at which the total of the absolute values is minimum, are fixed by a first fixture and a second fixture.
US09205604B2
A method of modifying a thermoplastic polymer powder. A suspension of thermoplastic polymer powder and reinforcement elements in a liquid is heated within a reaction chamber so that the thermoplastic polymer powder becomes softened and the reinforcement elements migrate into the softened thermoplastic polymer powder to form modified thermoplastic polymer powder. The modified thermoplastic polymer powder is then separated from the liquid. The reinforcement elements have an electromagnetic moment and are subjected to an electromagnetic field as the suspension is heated. The interaction of the electromagnetic field with the electromagnetic moment of the reinforcement elements causes the reinforcement elements to become aligned with the electromagnetic field before they migrate into the powder.
US09205600B1
A positioning mechanism for precisely moving a 3D printing stage in two dimensions is disclosed. The positioning mechanism consists of a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly, a moveable platform, and a stationary frame. The first and second drive assemblies each consist of a gear rack, pinion wire, and actuator. The first and second drive assemblies are configured to move the stage in orthogonal directions in a substantially horizontal plane. Both the first and second pinion wires are in direct contact with the stage as well as the frame, thereby providing an effective parallel linkage between stage and frame.
US09205596B2
For use with the technique of transversely aligning the transducer in an ultrasonic welding assembly, the presently disclosed principles provide a unique ultrasonic sonotrode for use in ultrasonic welding assemblies having such a transversely aligned transducer. In one embodiment, an exemplary ultrasonic sonotrode comprises a body having nodal and anti-nodal regions, and configured to propagate ultrasonic waves received at a nodal region along a first direction. Such an exemplary sonotrode may further comprise a plurality of redirecting features formed in the body and configured to cause received ultrasonic waves propagating along the first direction to propagate along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, upon encountering one or more of the redirecting features. In such embodiments, the body is further configured to stretch and compress along the second direction based on corresponding peaks and valleys of the waves propagating along the second direction. Such a sonotrode may also include at least one ultrasonic welding surface at an anti-nodal region of the body configured to oscillate based on the stretching and compressing.
US09205591B2
A mold tool and cutting system are described for in-mold cutting of a molded article. The cutting system comprises a blade assembly for incorporation into the mold tool, defining at least in part a cavity for forming a molded article, the blade assembly including an extendable cutting blade and a wedge slide. The wedge slide is capable of rearward displacement to expose the cutting blade. During a molding process, the wedge slide is displaced fully forward so as to present a continuous molding profile with adjacent molding surfaces. Following the molding process, the wedge slide is displaced rearwardly so as to expose the cutting blade. The cutting blade is then extended into the cavity to cut a molded article contained therein.
US09205590B2
Polymer pellets are formed using air to influence the separation of polymer from a polymer melt. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a polymer material is extruded through a nozzle to form a polymer melt extending from the nozzle. A non-uniform thickness is generated in the polymer melt using a gas or gasses to apply a drag force to the polymer melt. This drag force reduces a thickness of a portion of the polymer melt adjacent the nozzle, and the polymer melt is fractured into discrete droplets at the reduced thickness. The discrete droplets are then solidified to form pellets.
US09205581B2
A film in-mold injection mold device, including: a first mold that has an injection port configured to inject a molding material; and a second mold that is configured to face the first mold and has a sucking mechanism configured to suck a film to be supplied at a time of molding, wherein the second mold has a movable protruding part configured to touch, when the film is sucked, the film before the film touches an outer periphery edge part of a concave part which is formed on the second mold depending on a shape of an article to be molded, so as to temporarily ensure a space between the outer periphery edge part and the film.
US09205580B2
A coupling element, an injection molding object with the coupling element implanted therein are provided. The coupling element has two reversely extended fixing ribs. The injection mold has a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a first molding cavity and two positioning blocks separated by the first molding cavity. The second mold has a second molding cavity. When the first mold and the second mold are shut together and their molding cavities combine to define a closed room, the positioning blocks hold the coupling element by clamping the fixing ribs so the coupling element is suspended in midair of the closed room.
US09205574B2
Segmented mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire of given diameter (DS), having a width (L) and a diameter (J) at the interconnect point (E), comprising shells and segments collaborating to withstand the internal pressure and remain in the closed position without assistance from additional components, in which mold each segment comprises at its lateral edges a projection extending radially inwards, which projection is equipped with a lip extending axially towards the inside of the mold and having an inclined frustoconical surface of given angle (α) with respect to the axis (XX′) of the mold such that the extensions of the line of each frustoconical surface on a meridian plane intercept on the radially internal side of the segment concerned, and in which mold each shell comprises a projection extending radially outwards and provided with a lip having a frustoconical surface inclined by the same angle α with respect to the axis XX′ of the mold. The distance (α) comprised between a straight line (tt′) parallel to the axis of the mold and passing through the point (T) of application of the resultant of the forces (F) of contact between the shells and the segments, and a straight line (ss′) parallel to the axis of the mold situated in the extension of the internal face of the resistant segment is equal to k * 0.42 * D s ( L J ) 2 , with a coefficient k comprised between 0.8 and 1.4.
US09205560B1
Systems and methods for detecting actuator component or sensor failure using non-equivalent sensors are described. An example method includes actuating a robot actuator, and determining a first result and second result of the actuation using a first sensor and second sensor respectively. Additionally, the method includes determining a first estimate of an internal state of the robot actuator using the first result, and determining a second estimate of the internal state using the second result and a normalization function that normalizes the second result for comparison with the first estimate. Further, the method includes determining whether a difference between the first estimate of the internal state and the second estimate of the internal state satisfies an error threshold. And the method includes providing an output indicative of a potential fault of the robot actuator in response to determining that the difference does not satisfy the error threshold.
US09205555B2
A desired movement command (203) for a robotic device (100) having n joints (112) operating in an m degrees of freedom task space is analyzed to determine if it would cause any of the joint angular limits to be violated. In the case where a non-zero number L (241) of the joints (112) have angular limits that are violated, a revised movement command (254) is then constructed using Jmod (251), which includes all columns in a Jacobian matrix J (211) except for those columns corresponding to L actively limited joints.
US09205532B2
A pressure-adjusting apparatus for vise including a bolt and a pressure-adjusting element is provided. The bolt having a plurality of positioning holes is adapted for connecting to a vise. The pressure-adjusting element is sleeved onto the bolt movably. The distance between the pressure-adjusting element and the vise can be changed by moving the pressure-adjusting element so as to adjust the clamping force of the vise. A positioning member of the pressure-adjusting element is stocked in one of the positioning holes when the pressure-adjusting element is moving so that the pressure-adjusting element can be fixed at a preset location. Thus, the pressure-adjusting apparatus for vise of the present invention is more convenient for pressure adjustment.
US09205530B2
An apparatus and associated method for constructing an abrading tool having a desired surface texture for a lapping surface of the tool. The abrading tool has a platen defining an external surface and a cavity intersecting the external surface. An adhesive is disposed in the cavity. An abrasive member is adhered at a proximal end thereof to the platen in the cavity by the adhesive so that the abrasive member extends beyond the external surface at a distal end thereof to define the lapping surface.
US09205528B2
An electronic grade glass substrate is provided with a recess, channel or step in one surface, and a first chamfer between the side surface of the recess, channel or step and the one surface. The side and bottom surfaces of the recess, channel or step are mirror finished, and the first chamfer is mirror finished.
US09205524B2
A test gauge for determining whether a tool holder assembly that utilizes a retention knob is properly assembled. The test gauge is mounted on a tool holder before the installation of a retention knob. Measurement devices, such as dial indicators, determine whether a “wobble” exists between the test gauge and the tapered surface of the tool holder and also provide a distance measurement between the test gauge and a reference surface on the tool holder. After installation of the retention knob, the test gauge is again placed on the tool holder in the same relative position and the distance between the test gauge and the reference surface is again observed. Any change in the distance measurement is an indication that the installation of the retention knob produced a distortion in the tool holder tapered surface.
US09205518B2
A washer arranging apparatus (10) includes a washer arranging portion (11) for positioning a plurality of washers (53) in predetermined arranging positions (α), and a washer supplying portion (12) for supplying the washers (53) to the washer arranging portion (11). The washer supplying portion (12) includes a holding portion (20) that has a horizontal floor portion (a bottom surface portion 21a of a base portion (21)) and is a portion for holding the washers (53) loaded into the washer supplying portion (12), and a vane member (23) that rotates above the bottom surface portion (21a) about an axis of the washer arranging portion (11) and pushes the washers (53) held in the holding portion (20) in a direction parallel to the bottom surface portion (21a). This washer arranging apparatus (10), a washer arranging system provided with this washer, arranging apparatus (10) and a washer setting tool (30) that is a tool for simultaneously setting a plurality of washers (53), and a washer arranging method using this washer arranging system are provided.
US09205506B2
The present disclosure is directed to devices and methods for automating weld termination. In one embodiment, a compensation device is provided to grip a weld dam comprised of silicon dioxide. The compensation device is used to impart linear motion along an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis, and rotational motion about the z-axis, to the weld dam. Via the imparted linear and rotational motion, the weld dam is then abutted against a surface of a workpiece, the workpiece comprising a first and a second section. In some embodiments, the workpiece surface includes uneven terminal ends of the first and second sections. In other embodiments, the workpiece surface is a bottom surface.
US09205505B2
Solder can be used to wet and bind glass substrates together to ensure a hermetic seal that superior (less penetrable) than conventional polymeric (thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer) seals in electric and electronic applications.
US09205503B2
The invention relates to a saw chain depth gauge filing template (1), comprising a first flat section (2) and a second flat section (3), wherein both sections (2, 3) are made from a single piece of flat metal, especially from sheet metal, wherein the first flat section (2) has a first bearing surface (4) for a cutter link edge (5) of a saw chain (6) to be filed, wherein the second flat section (3) has second bearing surfaces (7) for a drive link (8) of the saw chain (6), wherein the second surfaces (7) are established by an linear edge (9) in which at least two incisions (10, 11; 10, 11) are machined, wherein the second flat section (3) has at least one cutout (12, 12) for a part of the saw chain (6) to be sharpened by filing. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for sharpening a saw chain by using such a saw chain depth gauge filing template. By the proposed concept filing of a saw chain becomes possible in a more precise way.
US09205501B2
A hand saw comprising a handle for actuating the hand saw and a saw blade connected to the handle and provided with a toothed cutting edge, the handle comprising a handle grip clasped by the hand of the user to impart an actuating force to the handle, and the handle grip defining a force entry direction in which the actuating force is introduced into the saw blade, wherein when the hand saw is pushed the force entry direction intersects the cutting edge of the saw blade in the region of a first quarter length of the cutting edge near to the handle or in the region of an imaginary elongation of the cutting edge into the handle.
US09205498B2
A rotary cutting tool has a shank and an interchangeable cutting tip which can be coupled to the shank. The shank has a locking geometry having an undercut into which a locking projection of the cutting tip projects. Numerous lateral supporting surfaces and supporting counter-surfaces are provided for laterally fixing the cutting tip in the shank.
US09205492B2
A method for manufacturing a powder based article comprising one portion of a first material and at least one portion of a second material comprising the steps of: arranging at least a first body comprising a powder of the second material and a gasifiable material in a selected portion or selected portions in a capsule defining the shape of the article, wherein the powder of the second material is held by the gasifiable material; filling the capsule with a powder of the first material; removing the gasifiable material; sealing the capsule; heating the capsule under increased pressure to a temperature at which the powders of the first and second materials densifies to a compact article.
US09205490B2
The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder.
US09205487B2
Integrated devices and methods for compensating electric grade steel lamination stack height for use in a conventional two-plate high pressure die cast tool used for casting aluminum induction rotors. These devices and methods allow for significant variation in the lamination stack height without associated failures related to stack height variation, and also ensure constant and accurate clamping pressure on both the OD and ID of the steel lamination stack which prevents electric insulation damage, metal flow between laminations, large casting metal flash, and tool damage for excessive height laminations stacks. The clamping pressure is adjustable and is actuated from a single hydraulic cylinder which allows for a wide range of pressures to accommodate fine adjustment of clamping pressure to insure no damage occurs to the laminations.
US09205485B2
Molding chamber arrangement (1) for a mold-string plant comprising a molding chamber (2) formed by a chamber bottom (3), a chamber ceiling (4) provided with one or more sand filling openings (22) communicating with a sand-feed system (14), two chamber side walls (5), a pressure plate (6) provided with an exchangeable pressure pattern plate having a pressure pattern (8) and being connected to a movement mechanism (9), a swingable plate (10) provided with an exchangeable swing pattern plate having a swing pattern (12) and being mounted for translational and swinging movement in order to open and close the molding chamber (2), allowing the pressure plate (6) to expel the produced molds, and further comprising means (13) for vertically moving the chamber ceiling (4) and sand-feed system (14) in unison, or the chamber bottom (3), or both, relative to the remainder of the molding chamber arrangement (1), thereby changing the height of the molding chamber. By this arrangement, the flexibility of the size of the produced molds, especially the heights of the produced molds, can be adjusted without changing the geometry of the sand feed system above the molding chamber in a time-saving manner.
US09205484B2
A shell mold is described. The shell mold includes a facecoat, a sealcoat, and a support disposed in between the facecoat and the sealcoat. The support includes a stucco in a concentration greater than about 40 volume percent of the support. The stucco includes a material that has a thermal conductivity greater than about 285 W/m-K.
US09205481B2
Machine tools for processing plate-like workpieces by punching include a punching tool including a punch and a punching die, a drive unit for moving the punch and the punching die relative to each other along a stroke axis for cutting a workpiece part free from a plate-like workpiece, a hold-down device that is movable along the stroke axis and that includes a stripper that contacts an upper surface of the plate-like workpiece while the plate-like workpiece is punched through by the punch, a detection device for detecting a reference position of the hold-down device along the stroke axis, wherein the stripper contacts the upper surface of the workpiece at the reference position, and a numerical control unit for positioning the stripper at a particular distance from the reference position such that a workpiece part that has been cut off can be moved away from a processing region.
US09205475B2
A UOE steel pipe used to form a structure by performing butt circumferential welding and having an outside diameter shape in a waveform in a longitudinal direction is shaped to have no local minimum of the outside diameter shape in the waveform within a predetermined length from both longitudinal end portions.
US09205469B2
A surgical instrument that absorbs fluid material on surfaces of a trocar is provided. The surgical instrument comprises a handle having at least two ends and an absorbent area at a first end of the handle. The absorbent area comprises a plurality of absorbent discs and a plurality of spacers.
US09205466B2
A cleaning system comprising a tank having a wash area arranged to receive an article for cleaning; an inlet assembly mounted to a first end of the tank, through which a cleaning medium flows into the wash area; an outlet assembly having a flow control plate mounted to a second end of the tank; the flow control plate having a plurality of apertures and arranged such that the cleaning medium flows from the wash area through the apertures; the flow control plate arranged such that a total outlet area of the tank is equal to a sum of areas of the apertures; wherein the proportion of the total outlet area about the flow control plate is inversely proportional to a depth of the tank.
US09205461B2
System, methods, and computer-readable media. A method performed by a mail sorting machine includes receiving a plurality of mailpieces in an input of the mail sorting machine and sorting the mailpieces into a plurality of sequencing groups. The method includes storing a first subset of the mailpieces in each sequencing group. The method includes sorting a second subset of the mailpieces in each sequencing group to a plurality of outlets, where storing the first subset and sorting the second subset are performed for each sequencing group by processing each sequentially in a group order. The method includes sorting the stored first subset mailpieces to the plurality of outlets.
US09205453B2
A method and apparatus provided for the production of fine fibers by electrospinning fibers by applying an electrical field between a primary electrode and a counter electrode (5) spaced apart from the primary electrode and extending generally parallel thereto wherein at least an operative surface of the primary electrode is coated with a polymer solution (3) and an electric field of sufficient magnitude is generated between the primary electrode and counter electrode to cause the formation of fine fibers (9) in the space between the electrodes. The operative surface of the primary electrode that is coated with polymer solution is made up of appropriate portions of the surfaces of a multitude of operatively semi-submerged, loose (unattached) elements (1, 11, 17, 21) supported on the bottom of a trough (2) or tray or another support member or members (12, 18, 22). Facility is included for causing polymer solution to be applied to the exposed surfaces of the loose elements by causing them to roll in the polymer solution so that they become coated with a thin layer of polymer solution on their surfaces.
US09205452B2
According to one embodiment, a method for pressing roofing granules into a roofing membrane may include providing a roofing membrane and applying roofing granules atop a surface of the membrane. The method may also include adjusting a position of a second roller relative to a first roller so as to vary an amount of contact between the membrane and the first roller and pressing the roofing granules into the membrane via the first roller. In some embodiments, a line speed of the membrane may be determined and a contact value may be calculated based on the line speed of the membrane. The contact value may represent an effective amount of contact between the membrane and the first roller. The position of the second roller may be adjusted so that the amount of contact between the membrane and the first roller corresponds to the effective amount of contact.
US09205436B2
Disclosed is an aerator with dual spraying functions, including a flow control assembly, a water separator, and a water dispenser that are combined with a housing. The flow control assembly and the water separator are combined together and the water separator and the water dispenser are rotatably connected to each other. The water separator has a surface in which discharge holes are formed. The water dispenser has an internal chamber having a circumferential portion in which needle-like water channels are formed to correspond to the water separator. Bubbling water passages are formed between the needle-like water channels and a central portion surrounded by the needle-like water channels defines a bubbling water channel.
US09205435B1
An irrigation sprinkler can include a riser and a nozzle mounted at an upper end of the riser for rotation. The sprinkler can include a high flow rate port and a low flow rate port that can each emit a stream of water. The sprinkler can include a diverter valve that can intermittently block or permit the flow of water to the high flow rate port and/or to the low flow rate port as the nozzle rotates. The sprinkler can include a gear train reduction mounted in the riser and coupled to rotate the nozzle. A turbine can be coupled to an input shaft of the gear train reduction and can be rotatable by water flowing through the riser.
US09205422B2
Provided is an ion-exchange fiber including a polymer A obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer that is obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition containing 30 % by weight or more of acrylonitrile with respect to 100 % by weight of the composition and a polymer B obtained by introducing an ion-exchangeable substituent to 1 part by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less of an epoxy group-containing polymer. Each ion-exchangeable substituent is introduced by reaction with an amine compound and is an ion-exchangeable substituent derived from the amine compound. A method for producing the ion-exchange fiber is also provided.
US09205420B2
The present invention generally relates to nanostructures and compositions comprising nanostructures, methods of making and using the nanostructures, and related systems. In some embodiments, a nanostructure comprises a first region and a second region, wherein a first photocatalytic reaction (e.g., an oxidation reaction) can be carried out at the first region and a second photocatalytic reaction (e.g., a reduction reaction) can be carried out at the second region. In some cases, the first photocatalytic reaction is the formation of oxygen gas from water and the second photocatalytic reaction is the formation of hydrogen gas from water. In some embodiments, a nanostructure comprises at least one semiconductor material, and, in some cases, at least one catalytic material and/or at least one photosensitizing agent.
US09205413B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a self-supported mixed metal sulfide (MMS) catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feedstock. The method comprises mixing a sufficient amount of a nickel (Ni) metal precursor, a sufficient amount of a molybdenum (Mo) metal precursor, and a sufficient amount of a tungsten (W) metal precursor to produce a catalyst precursor having a molar ratio Ni:Mo:W in relative proportions defined by a region of a ternary phase diagram showing transition metal elemental composition in terms of nickel, molybdenum, and tungsten mol-%, wherein the region is defined by five points ABCDE and wherein the five points are: A (Ni=0.72, Mo=0.00, W=0.28), B (Ni=0.55, Mo=0.00, W=0.45), C (Ni=0.48, Mo=0.14, W=0.38), D (Ni=0.48, Mo=0.20, W=0.33), E (Ni=0.62, Mo=0.14, W=0.24); and sulfiding the catalyst precursor under conditions sufficient to convert the catalyst precursor into a sulfide catalyst.
US09205411B2
A component has a catalyst surface including metal regions and regions of MnO2 contacting the former, wherein the metal regions are made of Co and/or Sn and/or Zn (or alloys of said metals). Said material pairings achieve a significantly improved catalytic effect in comparison to the pure metals. Said surfaces can be used, for example, in room air purification for reducing ozone content. The surface can be applied, for example, by coating the component, wherein the metal region and the region of MnO2 are applied in two layers.
US09205405B2
Reduced furfural content in polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers used in absorbent articles
Absorbent articles comprising bleached polycrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers with reduced furfural content are disclosed. The reduced furfural content is accompanied by a strong reduction of malodor associated with crosslinked fibers. Methods of furfural reduction include treatment with hydrogen peroxide in the absence of alkaline or other bleaching agents subsequent to curing polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers. Some embodiments of treated polycrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers have a furfural content lower than 1.3 ppm. In some embodiments, the reduction of furfural content of the treated crosslinked fibers compared to untreated crosslinked fibers is at least 55%. In some embodiments, furfural content decreases with aging of the treated crosslinked fibers.
US09205401B2
The invention is directed to purification of an aromatic hydrocarbon stream including selective removal of phenol from a process stream comprising aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures, especially aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures that contain higher-than-equilibrium paraxylene, by contact with suitable adsorbents, to provide a product stream having lower concentration of phenol than said process stream.
US09205398B2
Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to butanediol. The method includes processing acetylene as an intermediate stream to form a hydrocarbon stream including butanediol. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of carbon monoxide to prevent undesired reactions in downstream processing units.
US09205386B2
A gas injection device is provided. A separation plate is disposed between inlet and outlet ends of a main body. At least one flow hole is disposed around a through hole of the separation plate. Top, middle and bottom sections of a valve body are disposed respectively at the inlet end, through the through hole and at the outlet end. Respective outer diameters of the top and bottom sections are larger than an inner diameter of the through hole, and the largest outer diameter of the bottom section is larger than a smallest inner diameter of the outlet end. A length of the middle section is longer than an axial length of the through hole. An elastic member through the middle section abuts against the separation plate and the bottom section to bias the valve body toward the outlet end and normally unclose the bottom section.
US09205380B2
Disclosed herein is a methanol-to-propylene (MTP) conversion process that utilizes a membrane separation step to increase the recycle of C2 hydrocarbons back to the MTP reactor, thereby increasing propylene product yield and reducing raw material loss.
US09205375B2
Apparatuses and methods for removing carbon dioxide and other pollutants including heavy metals from a gas stream are provided. The methods include obtaining a water-condensate from the flue-gas stream; obtaining a chloride salt; admixing the salt with water, steam, or both to produce a solution; electrolyzing the solution to produce a hydroxide and chlorine gas; admixing a portion of the hydroxide with the flue-gas stream to produce carbonate products, bicarbonate products, or a mixture of carbonate and bicarbonate products in an admixture; separating said carbonate and/or bicarbonate products from the admixture, thereby removing carbon dioxide from the flue-gas stream; adding a portion of the hydroxide to the water-condensate to change the pH of the water-condensate from acidic to basic, resulting in precipitation of the heavy metals; and passing the water-condensate through a filtering medium.
US09205374B2
Dehumidifiers with improved airflow and fluid management features are disclosed herein. A dehumidifier configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a housing, a moisture removal component, and an airflow director. The housing at least partially defines an airflow path extending therethrough. The moisture removal component is positioned within the housing along a portion of the airflow path, and the airflow path enters the moisture removal component in a first direction. The airflow director adjacent to the moisture removal component extends in a plane that is generally parallel to the first direction.
US09205369B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon dioxide adsorption and release device, which has high adsorptivity, and also consumes low energy upon adsorption and desorption. The carbon dioxide adsorption and release device is characterized by including a pair of electrodes (electrode 1 and electrode 2) provided opposite to each other; an electrolyte 3 filled between the respective electrodes 1 and 2 of the pair of electrodes; and a porous body 4 provided on the electrode 1 of the pair of electrodes, wherein the electrolyte 3 absorbs carbon dioxide thereby dissolving the carbon dioxide therein, and thus enabling formation of carbonic acid ions or hydrogen carbonate ions; and the carbonic acid ions or hydrogen carbonate ions are electrostatically adsorbed on a surface of the porous body 4 when a forward voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes by the porous body 4, and the carbonic acid ions or hydrogen carbonate ions are electrostatically released from a surface of the porous body 4 when a backward voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes.
US09205366B2
A system (10) and method for manufacturing ophthalmic devices, in particular contact lenses or intraocular lenses, the system comprising: at least one injection molding machine for manufacturing a cup bottom part (202) and cup top part (204) to form a cast mold, a cooling station (30), an injection assembly (120) arranged for injecting an amount of monomeric material into the cup bottom part, a curing assembly (130), a first optical inspection assembly (140) for determining at least one first optical cup part parameter, a second optical inspection assembly (150) for determining at least one optical combination parameter of the combination of the cured monomeric material formed into a lens and the cup part that bears the lens, and an electronic control (14) provided with a calculation module for determining at least one optical lens parameter of the lens on the basis of the cup part parameter and the combination parameter. Possibly, production parameters can be adjusted on the basis of trend changes of the lens parameters of produced lenses.
US09205365B2
A sorbent article having a substrate having porous channel walls defining open channels, and an organic-inorganic hybrid sorbent material distributed on a surface of the porous channel walls, wherein the sorbent material is derived from an amino-functionalized alkoxysilane and a polyamine, wherein the sorbent material is present in an amount equal to or greater than 10 g/l, wherein at least some of the sorbent material resides in the porous channel walls and forms CO2 adsorption sites within the interior of the porous channel walls. The article may be useful, for example, for removing CO2 from a gas.
US09205361B2
A filter element (1) for an air filter (30) has a tubular filter medium (2), the annular cross-section of which encloses an interior (6) of the filter element and which has an inner wall (7) that adjoins the interior of the filter element and that extends in the form of at least one convex arch (8) and at least two concave arches (9), the concave arch (9) being located between two convex arches (8) such that the interior (6) of the filter element has a constriction (11) in the area of the concave arch (9), the constriction (11) being adjoined by two wide zones (12) of the interior of the filter element.
US09205358B2
A filter element has a filter body with a longitudinal axis, the filter body having a first end face and a second end face opposite the first end face. A first end plate is arranged at the first end face and has an open or closed configuration. A second end plate is arranged at the second end face. A support tube is arranged concentrically to the longitudinal axis and extends between the first and second end plates. The first end plate is reinforced by a reinforcement ring. The reinforcement ring has first openings that are visible from the exterior of the reinforcement ring, wherein the first openings enable a filling level check of a filling level of a material that connects the first end plate with the first end face.
US09205355B2
A filter may include a filter housing having a filter housing crucible and a filter housing cover. A ring filter element may be arranged in the filter housing and have an axially projecting pin on a lower end disc. The pin may be configured to be received by a channel on the filter housing crucible side when the filter device is assembled. A tube-shaped dome may be arranged on the filter housing crucible and engage an inner chamber of the ring filter element and a guide contour may be arranged on a free end of the tube-shaped dome and interact with a guide element arranged on the ring filter element.
US09205350B2
A collection system for collecting samples from a flowstream (5) exiting a supercritical fluid chromatography system is provided. The collection system comprises: (i) a first back pressure regulator (10) on the flowstream as it exits the chromatography system, (ii) a gas-liquid separator (30) having a tapered and angled dripper (65), which introduces the flow into the separator at an angle tangential to the separator wall; and (iii) one or more fraction collectors (15), wherein the fraction collector is at a reduced pressure collection point, between 100 bar and atmospheric pressure. A collection system for HPLC is also provided, as well as a process for collection of samples from a flowstream.
US09205348B2
A vapor recovery apparatus has a first vessel forming a column with upper and lower ends. Liquid, such as oil containing gas enters the bottom of the first column and flows op to a liquid outlet. Heat is applied to the rising oil, wherein the oil foams. Gas escapes into the upper end. The foam flows into a second column and along a roughened surface. The bubbles in the foam break apart, releasing the gas. The oil flows down the second column to an outlet. A compressor may be used to withdraw the gas and provide hot compressed gas to beat the rising oil in the first column.
US09205342B2
A stand includes a supporting structure for supporting a doll and an electrostatic charge generating device supported by the supporting structure for causing hair of the doll to move when the doll is supported by the supporting structure and the electrostatic charge generating device is activated. A method of using a stand for a doll includes supporting the doll with a supporting structure of the stand and activating an electrostatic charge generating device that is supported by the supporting structure to cause hair of the doll to move. The supporting structure may include a conductive member made of carbon-impregnated plastic for contacting the doll and for transferring charge generated by the electrostatic charge generating device to the doll. The conductive member may be moveable in response to a positioning of the doll to provide for user safety. The stand may also include an electrical disconnect mechanism for user safety.
US09205335B2
Devices including gaming consoles, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and the like may be configured with a client for capturing signals which are representative of user interactions with applications such as games. The captured signals are sent to a cloud-based service for archival storage. The service can subsequently replay the archived captured signals and compare them against known rules to determine if an achievement obtained by a user during interaction with the application was legitimately obtained in compliance with the rules or obtained improperly, for example by cheating or exploiting a bug in the application to falsely trigger the achievement. If the achievement is invalid, then the service can retroactively revoke the achievement. Alternatively, the service can replay the captured signals and detect instances in which an achievement was validly achieved but not properly acknowledged. The achievement can then be awarded or unlocked for the user retroactively.
US09205322B2
A roulette game device is configured to make prediction of a game result difficult by making timing at which a bet operation ends variable.
US09205316B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to non-obtrusive, durable, reusable, lightweight, and/or affordable wearable devices for assessment of athletic performance during an athletic event, and techniques for supplying such wearable devices.
US09205314B1
A system for a player to play golf includes a member having a surface. A colored area is disposed on the surface of the member, the colored area is yellow which when stared at will produce a violet afterimage. The member or a printed representation thereof is placed on and article of wearing apparel worn by the player so that the player can see the colored area. Prior to hitting a golf ball, the player stares at the colored area for a few seconds, closes his/her eyes and sees the violet afterimage, then opens his/her eyes. The player then hits the golf ball.
US09205307B2
The invention relates to golf ball formulations formed from blends of linear and branched polybutadienes catalyzed with neodymium that have improved properties and processing characteristics. Golf ball components may be formed from the blends to provide high coefficient of restitution.
US09205305B2
The present invention provides a golf ball having a center and at least one intermediate layer covering the center and a cover, wherein at least one of the intermediate layer is formed from a composition comprising, as a resin component, (A) a polyamide copolymer containing (a-1) a polymerized fatty acid, (a-2) sebacic acid and/or azelaic acid, (a-3) a polyamine component as an essential component, and (B) at least one member selected from (b-1) a binary copolymer composed of an olefin and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, (b-2) a metal ion-neutralized product of a binary copolymer composed of an olefin and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, (b-3) a ternary copolymer composed of an olefin, an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, and (b-4) a metal ion-neutralized product of a ternary copolymer composed of an olefin, an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester.
US09205304B1
Golf ball comprising a core, a cover disposed the core, and at least two coating layers surrounding the cover. At least one of the coating layers is a color effects coating layer disposed between the cover and an outer coating layer and comprising a color effects providing composition formed from a mixture of a mica-based luster pigment consisting of a metal oxide coated mica in an amount of from about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of the color effects providing composition and titanium dioxide coated alumina in an amount of from about 50 wt. % to about 95 wt. % thereof. The color effects coating layer comprises the color effects providing composition in an amount of from about 1% to about 30% of total resin solids, and the color effects providing composition is formed from metal oxide coated mica and titanium dioxide coated alumina in a wt. ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:19.
US09205301B2
A platform assembly includes a lower box, which is supported at the corners on inflatable feet, and a platform which is tiltable relative to the lower box by a lifter mechanism inside the box. The platform assembly is universally usable to support exercise equipment, in particular exercise bicycles such as spinning cycles. A complete studio may be outfitted by supporting each of a multitude of exercise cycles on a universal platform. A screen display in front of the cycles plays a moving picture of a trip, which is emulated by the participants in the exercise and workout routine. The platform is raised and lowered, as well as tilted, in synchronicity with the display. On raising the front of the platform, which represents an incline in the travel path, the resistance of the bicycle is increased.
US09205297B2
An exercise device and methods for performing physical exercise that improve strength, conditioning, and flexibility of an operator in a functional way using multiple body positions and exercising multiple muscle groups while keeping the spine in a safe and natural position, being simple to manufacture and use, and being compact and portable. The exercise device includes an elongated member, a hollow member, handles, a foot board system, and at least one resistance band. A resistance band is secured to the elongated member and the hollow member, and slidable movement of the hollow member and the elongated member relative to each other by the operator stretches a resistance band, which creates resistance to the movement, thereby exercising, strengthening, and conditioning the operator. The operator may use the exercise device in a number of configurations to perform a number of exercises in a number of body positions.
US09205289B2
A safety cabinet is disclosed which includes an enclosure having a double-wall construction and at least one door to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet includes a latch system for selectively retaining the door(s) in a closed position to cover the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The latch system includes fusible links that fuse when exposed to high ambient temperatures and cause the latch system to further engage the enclosure, thereby promoting the interlocking relationship between the door(s) and the enclosure when the safety cabinet is exposed to threshold high ambient temperatures.
US09205286B2
A quick connect assembly is provided for a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). The assembly includes an inlet housing configured to be coupled in fluid communication between a pressure vessel and a pressure reducer. The inlet housing has a probe receptacle configured to receive a probe on a pressure vessel. A latch assembly is provided with the inlet housing. The latch assembly moves between latched and unlatched positions to latch and unlatch, respectively, the probe in the probe receptacle. A latch lock assembly is provided with the inlet housing. The latch lock assembly moves between locked and unlocked positions to lock and unlock, respectively, the latch assembly.
US09205279B2
A system that generates a three-dimensional model of a tissue surface, for example the inner surface of the heart from two-dimensional image data slices. On this surface, one or more pattern lines are drawn, e.g., by a physician using a user interface, to designate desired lesion(s) on the surface. From the pattern lines, a three-dimensional volume for a lesion can be determined using known constraints. Advantageously, the series of boundaries generated by the three-dimensional volume may be projected back onto the individual CT scans, which then may be transferred to a standard radiosurgical planning tool. A dose cloud may also be projected on the model to aid in evaluating a plan.
US09205276B2
The present invention generally relates to a method of using light treatment supporting specific cell types in a subject. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for stimulating the proliferation, migration, differentiation and survival of cell using specific parameter of lights. These methods are particularly useful in the cellular regeneration and replacement in a tissue injury, such as CNS or PNS injury, and in transplantation of organs, tissues and cells.
US09205270B2
A method and apparatus to measure and analyze electromagnetic emissions from implanted electronics to accomplish at least one of: detect and identify an active implant comprising electronics implanted in a biological host, diagnose the health of individual electronics as well as their health as an ensemble, and predict probable degradation of individual electronics, degradation of the electronic ensemble, and of the active implant in an automated fashion. The methods comprise filtering techniques to extract the information about the active implant's electronics by filtering out relevant biological effects induced by the active implant's biological situation. Said detection, identification, diagnosis, and prognosis are based on the measurement of intentional and unintentional electromagnetic emissions that emanate from the implant electronics of the active implant in a given biological situation.
US09205264B2
At least one of a medical device, such as an implantable medical device, and a programming device determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient's sleep. Sleep efficiency, sleep latency, and time spent in deeper sleep states are example sleep quality metrics for which values may be determined. In some embodiments, determined sleep quality metric values are associated with a current therapy parameter set. In some embodiments, a programming device presents sleep quality information to a user based on determined sleep quality metric values. A clinician, for example, may use the sleep quality information presented by the programming device to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy delivered to the patient by the medical device, to adjust the therapy delivered by the medical device, or to prescribe a therapy not delivered by the medical device in order to improve the quality of the patient's sleep.
US09205262B2
Devices and methods for improving the coupling between the soft palate and the genioglossus. This may be accomplished, for example, but shortening or stiffening the palatoglossal arch. Improved coupling between the soft palate and the genioglossus may be beneficial to a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a stand-alone procedure, or in combination procedures and devices that cause anterior displacement of the tongue such as hypoglossal nerve stimulation, genioglossus advancement surgery, mandibular advancement surgery, mandibular advancement (oral) appliances, etc.
US09205256B2
A method of reducing pain includes first identifying a muscle; then identify a related pair of Nocipoints on the identified muscle; and applying electrical stimulation to the pair If required, the method may further comprise identifying additional pairs of Nocipoints and applying electrical stimulation to them. The stimulation should be from about 1.5 to 3.5 minutes.
US09205250B2
A signal line for an implantable electromedical configuration, having an electric line segment or line end and a mechanoelectric converter for converting an electric AC voltage signal into a mechanical oscillation. The oscillation can in turn be converted back into an electrical signal for delivery to a part of a human or mammal body, e.g., a heart.
US09205248B2
Drug delivery connectors are provided for permitting and blocking fluid flow between a container and a catheter connector or other drug delivery site. Embodiments of the drug delivery connectors include a ball valve for forming a releasable seal within the drug delivery connectors. In one or more embodiments, the ball valve prevents fluid flow between an open proximal end and an open distal end of the drug delivery connector and is movable in a proximal direction to release the releasable seal to permit fluid flow from the open proximal direction to the open distal direction. Methods of delivering medication to a catheter connector that includes an actuator are also provided.
US09205247B2
A connection port 31 includes a cylindrical outer port 42 to which downstream piping 30b (discharge-side piping) is connected; an inner port 43 to which upstream piping 30a (supply-side piping) is connected, and which is provided in the outer port; and a lid member 44 which closes the inner port as well as the outer port. The inner port is provided so as to extend through the outer port from the outside of the outer port, and a heater H is provided on a portion of the inner port projecting outside the outer port. When the lid member is in a closed state, the inner port is heated with the heater to sterilize the portion of the inner port exposed to the outside, thus enabling the connection port to be cleaned at a higher level.
US09205242B2
A septum for a port is provided, the septum having a top wall and a side wall. The side wall can include a pressure-activated valve element for regulating the flow of fluid across the valve. The curvature of the side wall and the geometry of the sidewall and the housing can be tailored to bias the valve element to open at different pressures during infusion and aspiration. The side wall can also include an extended portion that can function as a suture wing for securing the port within a port pocket.
US09205239B2
An improved adjustable nasal dilator device insertable within the nasal cavity of a human being to improve the flow of air through the nasal passage. The device includes a body, a top and bottom frame ends interconnected by a series of spaced flexible ribs. The top and bottom frame ends are open and substantially circular, and the diameter of the bottom frame end is greater than the corresponding diameter of the top frame end to provide a body shape for convenient insertion within a nasal cavity.
US09205232B2
A balloon for catheter of the type that has a film body that is inflatable and deflatable using a fluid supplied from a catheter, the film body including a hard layer containing a polyamide and a flexible layer formed on the hard layer and containing a polyamide elastomer having a Shore D hardness that is not larger than 62, and the content of the amide units of the polyamide elastomer in the flexible layer is not less than 60 wt %.
US09205226B2
A catheter assembly may be provided with a catheter body and an inflatable balloon. The catheter body has a proximal end, a distal end and a balloon inflation lumen. The inflatable balloon is attachable to the distal end of the catheter body. The balloon has an inner surface that at least partially defines an interior volume. The balloon is configured such that the interior volume can be in fluid communication with the inflation lumen of the catheter body to inflate the balloon. The balloon also has a proximal surface and a distal surface. The balloon is provided with a channel that extends through the balloon. The channel is configured to provide fluid communication between the proximal surface of the balloon and the distal surface of the balloon. Other catheter assemblies and methods of use are also disclosed.
US09205225B2
A delivery system for implanting a leadless cardiac pacemaker into a patient is provided. The cardiac pacemaker can include a docking or delivery feature having a through-hole disposed on or near a proximal end of the pacemaker for attachment to the delivery system. In some embodiments, the delivery catheter can include first and second tethers configured to engage the delivery feature of the pacemaker. The tethers, when partially aligned, can have a cross-sectional diameter larger than the through-hole of the delivery feature, and when un-aligned, can have a cross-sectional diameter smaller than the through-hole of the delivery feature. Methods of delivering the leadless cardiac pacemaker with the delivery system are also provided.
US09205220B2
A heater wire for removing condensation from a respiratory gas conduit. The heater wire includes at least one groove disposed thereon. The heater wire is positioned in a respiratory gas conduit.
US09205214B2
A continuous positive airway pressure (“CPAP”) mask is provided. The CPAP mask includes a mask support that includes a cavity provided within the mask support. The CPAP mask further includes a mask cushion that is received within the cavity. The mask cushion and the mask support each include an opening. Air can pass from an air delivery tube through the openings and into the mask cushion. The mask cushion can be placed around a patient's breathing orifice to deliver the air to the patient. The CPAP mask further includes a forehead support that is spaced apart form the mask support. A neck portion attaches the forehead support to the mask support. The neck portion is flexible and is molded to both the mask support and the forehead support. The flexible neck portion allows the mask support to move with respect to the forehead support.
US09205208B2
A nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering a substance, in particular one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder containing a medicament, especially systemic or topical pharmaceuticals, or a vaccine to the nasal airway of a subject.
US09205204B2
Wearable injection guides and manufacture and use thereof are described, which include: a rigid needle-penetrable material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having form-fitting contours substantially conforming to a topography of a body region of an individual and the outer surface including one or more fiducials indication of at least one treatment parameter.
US09205191B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.
US09205189B2
A product dispensing apparatus including a reservoir module, a dosing module and a dose setting member. The reservoir module includes a front casing section, a block, a first connector, a piston, and a piston rod moveable in a dispensing movement and against the dispensing movement, and including a return block engageable with the block, wherein engagement between the block and the return block prevents the piston rod from moving against the dispensing movement. The dosing module includes a rear casing section, including a second connector which is engageable with the first connector to form a detachable connection between the reservoir module and the dosing module, and a dosing and drive device. The dose setting member engages the piston rod such that it is moveable together with and in the same direction as the piston rod during the dispensing movement and is moveable relative to the piston rod against the dispensing movement.
US09205183B2
An apparatus and method for collecting fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a body portion comprising a fluid inlet and an outlet, an expandable container secured to the body portion, at least one wicking element extending from within the body portion into the container, and at least one super absorber element arranged inside the container.
US09205177B2
A stent scaffold combined with amniotic tissue provides for a biocompatible stent that has improved biocompatibility and hemocompatibility. The amnion tissue can be variously modified or unmodified form of amnion tissue such as non-cryo amnion tissue, solubilized amnion tissue, amnion tissue fabric, chemically modified amnion tissue, amnion tissue treated with radiation, amnion tissue treated with heat, or a combination thereof. Materials such as polymer, placental tissue, pericardium tissue, small intestine submucosa can be used in combination with the amnion tissue. The amnion tissue can be attached to the inside, the outside, both inside and outside, or complete encapsulation of the stent scaffold. In some embodiments, at least part of the covering or lining comprises a plurality of layers of amnion tissue. The method of making the biocompatible stent and its delivery and deployment are also discussed.
US09205174B2
A bone graft substitute in the form of an implantable three-dimensional scaffold that includes calcium phosphate and has pores. The scaffold is impregnated with a calcium and/or phosphate containing substance, and the dissolution rate DRS of the scaffold is slower than the dissolution rate DRD of the calcium and/or phosphate containing substance.
US09205165B2
A volatile material dispensing system includes a housing having at least one opening in a sidewall thereof and at least one engagement member extending from the housing. The volatile material dispensing system further includes a base adapted to interact with the housing, wherein the base includes a mechanical assembly. A reservoir contains a volatile material, wherein the reservoir rotates from a first position to a second position when the at least one engagement member contacts the mechanical assembly.
US09205163B2
A dispenser includes a base for receiving a volatile material containing reservoir. A cover is attached to the base having at least one aperture and at least one series of ports. A regulating plate is operatively attached to the cover and has at least one window and at least one series of bores. Manipulation of the regulating plate allows for the registration of the bores and the ports to release a volatile material therethrough.
US09205158B1
A retort system for heating product to a specified temperature for sterilization is provided. The system includes a vessel having an associated liquid spraying system where one or more baffles are provided to disrupt sprays from nozzles.
US09205154B2
The present invention provides a method for screening an agent being useful for the treatment of dry eye and/or corneal and conjunctival lesion of dry eye severity level 3 or more according to the report of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (DEWS Report) (2007) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the agent. The present invention further provides a method for the treatment of dry eye and/or corneal and conjunctival lesion of dry eye severity level 3 or more according to DEWS Report (2007) using the agent.
US09205152B2
A melt-processed protein composition formed from a protein, plasticizer, and an electrophilic reagent is provided. The electrophilic reagent, for instance, may be selected to undergo a nucleophilic addition reaction with free sulfhydryl and/or thiyl radicals to help minimize the formation of disulfide crosslinking bonds that could otherwise lead to protein aggregation during melt processing. To enhance the degree to which the electrophilic reagent can limit crosslinking, a plasticizer is also employed that helps to mediate the adsorption of the electrophilic reagent into the internal structure of the protein, where it can be more stably retained. Furthermore, the temperature and shear rate employed during melt blending may also be selected to be relatively low to help limit polypeptide dissociation, thereby minimizing the impact of aggregation and embrittlement.
US09205151B2
A composition comprising a drug or pharmaceutically active agent and a bioadhesive delivery system provides for the oral delivery of a vaccine to animals, particularly aquatic animals.
US09205142B2
An effective Staphylococcus aureus vaccine may require several antigenic components, and so various combinations of S. aureus antigens are identified for use in immunization. These polypeptides may optionally be used in combination with S. aureus saccharides.
US09205140B2
Described is a vaccine for prevention and treatment of cancer characterized by microsatellite instability (MSI). The vaccine contains an MSI-specific frameshift peptide (FSP) generating humoral and cellular responses against tumor cells or a nucleic acid encoding said FSP. The vaccine of the present invention is particularly useful for the prevention/treatment of colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, gastric cancer or small bowel cancer.
US09205138B2
Compositions that include Toll-like Receptor 5 agonists and at least a portion of at least one viral antigen can be employed in methods that stimulate an immune response in a subject, in particular, a protective immune response in a subject. Compositions can be associated with particles and employed in the methods in relatively low doses to provide protective immunity to viral infection.
US09205126B2
Peptide-based compounds including heteroatom-containing, three-membered rings efficiently and selectively inhibit specific activities of N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolases associated with the proteasome. The peptide-based compounds include an epoxide or aziridine, and functionalization at the N-terminus. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds are expected to display anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of cell proliferation. Oral administration of these peptide-based proteasome inhibitors is possible due to their bioavailability profiles.
US09205122B2
Described herein is a composition comprising a combination of ginger and goldenrod for the prevention and/or treatment of cold and/or flu infection. Also described is a method of treating or preventing a cold and/or flu infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising a combination of ginger and goldenrod.
US09205114B2
The invention covers a novel treatment strategy that considerably improves conventional probiotic treatments of inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders. Both probiotic microorganisms and the carrier of the probiotic microorganisms in form of a fermented cereal gruel are used as treatment effectors. Phospholipids may also be an effector. The novel treatment strategy is capable of removing the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases regardless of a mild, moderate or severe stage of the disease.
US09205104B2
The present invention aims to provide a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane composition comprising: a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane produced by modifying, with hydrophilic modifying groups, all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
US09205102B2
Castrate resistant prostate cancer cell lines exhibiting resistance to the androgen-receptor antagonist enzaluatamide overexpress one or both of IGFBP-2 or IGFBP-5 when compared to non-resistant cell lines. Oligonucleotides that target IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-5 can be used to overcome this resistance or as part of a treatment program when administered concurrently with the administration of androgen-receptor antagonist treatments.
US09205093B2
A composition is provided having nano technological delivery of a medicament through the skin. The composition contains hydrocortisone, resveratrol and a sulfate free surfactant. The composition is formulated into a shampoo and the shampoo facilitates nano technological delivery of the hydrocortisone and the resveratrol through the skin of a user.
US09205083B2
This disclosure relates to methods of improving the efficacy of dextromethorphan, or providing beneficial pharmacokinetic effects to dextromethorphan, comprising co-administering erythrohydroxybupropion, or a prodrug thereof, and dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan and erythrohydroxybupropion or a prodrug of erythrohydroxybupropion are also disclosed.
US09205079B2
Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of HBV infection in man.
US09205078B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating chronic myelogenous leukemia in a subject comprising administering to the subject a compound, such as N-methyl-2-[3-((E)-2-pyridin-2-yl-vinyl)-1H-indazol-6-ylsulfanyl]-benzamide, that inhibits the T315I mutation in BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound such as N-methyl-2-[3-((E)-2-pyridin-2-yl-vinyl)-1H-indazol-6-ylsulfanyl]-benzamide, that inhibits the T315I mutation in BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
US09205073B2
A method for treating a virus infection in a subject is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject in need an effective amount of a derivative of aniline selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of the compound of formula (I), and combinations thereof: wherein, R1 is C1 to C10 alkyl; R2 is H or C1 to C4 alkyl; and R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently H, —OH, halogen, C1 to C10 alkyl, C1 to C10 alkoxyl, or (C1 to C10 alkylene)-O—O—(C1 to C10 alkyl).
US09205066B2
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating neurodegeneration in patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Intranasal therapeutic agents, e.g., chelators, are administered to the upper third of the nasal cavity to bypass the blood-brain barrier and access the central nervous system directly to avoid unwanted and potentially lethal systemic side effects. Therapeutic agents include those substances that interact with iron and/or copper such as metal chelators generally, including but not limited to iron chelators, copper chelators, and antioxidants. A particular example of such therapeutic agents is the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO).
US09205065B2
A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection.
US09205063B2
The invention relates to the use of cannabinoid-containing plant extracts in the prevention or treatment of neural degeneration. In particular, the invention relates to use of one or more cannabinoid-containing plant extracts in the prevention or treatment of neural degeneration, wherein the one or more cannabinoid-containing plant extracts comprise: i) a cannabinoid-containing fraction; and ii) a non-cannabinoid containing fraction.
US09205060B2
Provided is a transdermal absorption-type patch containing a serotonin receptor antagonist, which has a short transdermal absorption delay time (lag time), and in which the maximum transdermal permeation rate of the drug can be reached within a short time and the drug can disappear from circulating blood rapidly. That is, provided is a patch containing a serotonin receptor antagonist, wherein the patch contains an adhesive layer comprising a non-functional acrylic adhesive, a water-soluble organic amine, a fatty acid ester, and a serotonin receptor antagonist such as granisetron as an active ingredient.
US09205056B2
A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
US09205055B2
A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
US09205049B2
This invention relates to a multi-configured, transmucosal pharmaceutical dosage form and, more particularly, to a pharmaceutical dosage form which has a single monolithic/heterogeneous layer or a plurality of such layers. The dosage form is suitable for the delivery of one or more pharmaceutical compositions via the buccal, sublingual, rectal, vaginal or transmucosal delivery route in a human or animal body. It provides for selected delivery profiles resulting from, but not limited to, a porosity-enabled composite matrix of one or more layers/components of the pharmaceutical composition/s. The invention also provides for a method of manufacturing said transmucosal pharmaceutical dosage form in a plurality of configurations.
US09205048B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of otic diseases or conditions with antimicrobial agent compositions and formulations administered locally to an individual afflicted with an otic disease or condition, through direct application of these compositions and formulations onto or via perfusion into the targeted auris structure(s).
US09205043B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treatment of subjects having or at risk of acne or other conditions. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide. The nitric oxide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto a location with acne, or on another suitable portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09205039B2
Gel-based lipstick compositions are disclosed comprising an ester terminated poly(ester-amide) (ETPEA) polymeric gellant, a first wax component having a melting point above the sol-gel transition temperature of the ETPEA gellant, a second wax compositions having a melting point equal to of below the sol-gel transition temperature of the ETPEA gellant, optionally a silicone T-resin co-gellant, and one or more oils capable of forming a gel with the ETPEA gellant. The gel compositions are solid or semi-solid at room temperature and are capable of being molded into self-supporting sticks. The disclosed gels provide high gloss films when applied to the lips and/or provide a rheology characterized by a high viscosity over repeated shear cycles.
US09205031B2
Composite particles formed of core particles and a silicone elastomer adhered to surfaces of the core particles.
US09205030B2
Provided are a hard tissue restoration material, which is excellent in hard tissue restoration ability, extremely effective in promoting recalcification of dental enamel, and excellent in protection properties and aesthetic properties, and a hard tissue restoration method. The hard tissue restoration material according to the present invention is a biocompatible ceramic film with flexibility and pliability that is obtained, for example, by immersing a substrate, having the biocompatible ceramic film formed thereon, in a solvent, which does not dissolve the biocompatible ceramic but dissolves at least a portion of the substrate, to dissolve or separate the substrate. Also, with the hard tissue restoration method according to the present invention, the hard tissue restoration material according to the present invention is bonded to or wound around a hard tissue defect site.
US09205028B2
An apparatus for storing both clean and used baby bottle nipples and collars includes a transparent cylindrical tubular member with a first open end and a second open end, a first nipple-shaped cap pivotably mounted to the first open end, a second cap pivotably mounted to the second open end, and a flexible insert with a nipple-shaped member having a concave side wall affixed to the bottom of the nipple-shaped member, the concave side wall having a top portion and a bottom portion both slidably in contact with the interior of the cylindrical tubular member, the top and bottom portions of the concave side wall able to provide a seal between the side wall and the cylindrical tubular member that prevents a cross-contamination between the clean bottle nipples and collars stored above the flexible insert and the used bottle nipples and collars stored below the insert.
US09205025B2
A system for mixing the contents of a first container with the contents of a second container. The second container has a port assembly for receiving the first container. The port assembly has an actuator that is constructed to access the cavity of the first container during activation of the system and to allow fluid communication between the first container and the second container. The port assembly further includes a movable plug that provides a seal for the second container. The plug is configured to move axially relative to the actuator during activation of the system, thereby opening the seal of the second container and providing fluid communication between the first container and the second container.
US09205021B2
A compression device for providing compression treatment to a limb of a wearer includes a compression garment positionable on the limb of the wearer. The garment includes an inflatable bladder for providing compression treatment to the limb. A controller is adapted for fluidly connecting to the inflatable bladder and configured for inflating and deflating the bladder during a compression cycle. The controller has an exhaust port positioned to direct exhaust fluid through the bladder so exhaust fluid flows over the limb of the wearer to cool the limb.
US09205017B2
A system is provided for supporting an arm of a user that includes a harness configured to be worn by the user, and an arm support coupled to the harness and including an arm rest to support an arm of the user. The arm support is configured to accommodate and follow movement of the arm without substantially interfering in such movement. The arm support may at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm. For example, the arm support may transfer at least a portion of the weight of the user's arm to the torso or other region of the user's body and/or may apply an opposing force to at least partially offset the gravitational force acting on the arm.
US09205011B2
A pneumatic mattress (1) has two edge cells (2,3) and a even plurality of transverse inner cells, arranged in adjacent pairs as alternate cells (4) and cells (5). An umbilical inflation hose (6) is provided with three internal pipes (7,8,9). Pipe (7) receives constant pneumatic pressure and has a pipe extension (17) to pneumatic connectors (27) for the edge cells (2,3). Pipe (8) receives alternating pressure for cells (4) via extensions (18) to connectors (28). Pipe (9) receives alternating pressure for cells (5) via extensions (19) to connectors (29). The connectors (28,29) are T connectors having a stem welded into the bottom of their cells (4,5). The connectors (28,29) are in lines (38,39). Each cell has a connector at both ends, whereby there are lines (38 & 39) at both sides of the plurality of inner cells (4,5). The edge cells (2,3) are formed by folding and seaming a sheet of polyurethane material leaving a pair of strips (11) on top of each other. These have two lines of dumbbell apertures (48, 49) on the lines (38,39), rounded at both ends both for avoiding stress concentration. Each connector (28,29) is passed through its aperture (48,49) on the appropriate side of the mattress. Thus the edge cells are physically connected to the inner cells. The pipe extensions (18,19) are added between the respective connectors, establishing the pneumatic connections to the cells. The entire mattress is pneumatically and physically interconnected using only the connectors and the apertures in the flaps.
US09205008B2
An apparatus is provided comprising a base, a seat, a torso rest, and leg supports for the right and left legs, respectively, of a patient placed on the therapy apparatus. The seat, torso rest, and leg supports may be connects to the base by a seat mechanism, torso mechanism and leg mechanisms, respectively. The seat mechanism, torso mechanism and leg mechanisms may be movable in a simultaneous and/or coordinated manner.
US09205004B2
A tampon that has an absorbent body that absorbs a bodily fluid and that is to be inserted into a body cavity along a central axis of the absorbent body, wherein a leading end part in an inserting direction of the absorbent body includes a recessed part including a position of the central axis.
US09205003B2
A method is described for making an elasticized absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. First, multiple distributions of elastics are applied on a moving material sheet to form a moving web of an elastic composite. Then, each of a core section and a second material sheet is periodically applied onto the moving web to define a finished web of discrete elastic composite bodies. In subsequent steps, discrete absorbent pants articles are shaped from the finished web.
US09205002B2
In various embodiments, therapeutic tapes are provided. The therapeutic tapes can include a repeating pattern resembling a human fingerprint. The repeating pattern can provide improved therapeutic benefits when applied to a patient's skin.
US09205001B2
An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are recirculated by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing. The cleansing means (which may be a single-phase, e.g. microfiltration, system or a two-phase, e.g. dialytic system) removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The dressing and a method of treatment using the apparatus.
US09204997B2
A locking mechanism to prevent unintentional disengagement of a goggle lens from its frame and allowing for easy changes of the lens when required. The locking mechanism employs translatable clips engaged to the frame which translate toward and away from the lens between engaged and disengaged positions. The engaged position locks the lens in place until the user translates the clip to the disengaged position. A post and slot engagement of each clip to the frame maintains them connected to the frame to prevent loss.
US09204993B2
Some embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for treating diverticula. The diverticula may be present within a wall of a gastrointestinal organ, such as a colon, of a human or animal. In some examples, the apparatus may include a flexible conduit having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway therethrough, a balloon-forming chamber at the distal end of the flexible conduit, and at least one heating element positioned on an interior of the balloon-forming chamber. The apparatus may further include an endoscope in which the flexible conduit may be positioned such that the balloon-forming chamber extends from an end of the endoscope.
US09204990B1
The present invention is an ostomy-bag cover that provides a waterproof covering for an ostomy bag. This permits a patient wearing an ostomy bag to shower or bathe without getting his or her ostomy bag wet. In some embodiments, the ostomy-bag cover is constructed such that the patient can engage in water related activities, including swimming, while wearing the ostomy-bag cover over the ostomy bag and prevent the ostomy bag from getting wet. In some embodiments, the ostomy-bag cover includes a resealable opening configured to allow the patient to empty the ostomy bag without the need to remove the ostomy-bag cover. In other embodiments, the ostomy-bag cover includes a waterproof exhaust vent to allow air to be removed from the ostomy-bag cover.
US09204981B2
Various embodiments of methods for coating stents are described herein. Applying a composition including polymer component and solvent to a stent substrate followed by exposing the polymer component to a temperature equal to or greater than a Tg of the polymer component is disclosed. Repeating the applying and exposing one or more times to form a coating with the result that the solvent content of the coating after the final exposing step is at a level suitable for a finished stent is further disclosed.
US09204973B2
An fusion cage having a longitudinal element and two planar bendable expansion arms slideably captured in a track on opposing sides, the expansion arms expandable from a pre-implantation position adjacent to the longitudinal element to a deployed position bounding an area around the longitudinal element in which bone graft material may be packed and retained after implantation into the intervertebral space. The longitudinal element is eliminated in favor of front and back lateral tracks in which the opposing ends of the expansion arms are slideably received so as to allow expansion of the bounded areas in both a lateral and anterior-posterior direction by sliding within the channels. Expansion of the area within the bendable members may be accomplished by rotation of leaves to which the bendable members are rigidly and slideably affixed.
US09204972B2
A spacer for separating bones of a joint includes a frame and a carriage. The carriage has ramped surfaces, and is slideably moveable in relation to the frame. A screw support is moveably connected to the frame to form a changeable angular orientation with respect to the frame. An actuating screw is supported by the screw support, and is connected to the carriage to cause the carriage to slideably move in relation to the frame when the actuating screw is rotated. Opposing endplates are configured to engage opposing bone of the joint, and each has ramped surfaces mateable with the ramped surfaces of the carriage. When the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuating screw, the ramped surfaces of the carriage and the endplates slide against each other, causing the endplates to move relatively apart, to increase the height of the spacer.
US09204964B2
A device, kit and method may employ an implantable device (e.g., annuloplasty implant) and a tool to implant such. The implantable device is positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) and operable to constrict a bodily orifice (e.g., a mitral valve). Tissue anchors are guided into precise position by an intravascularly deployed anchor guide frame and embedded in an annulus. Constriction of the orifice may be accomplished via a variety of structures, for example by cinching a flexible cable or anchored annuloplasty ring, the cable or ring attached to the tissue anchors. The annuloplasty ring may be delivered in a generally elongated configuration, and implanted in an anchored generally arch, arcuate or annular configuration. Such may move a posterior leaflet anteriorly and an anterior leaflet posteriorly, improving leaflet coaptation to eliminate mitral regurgitation.
US09204959B2
A tissue graft suspension device includes a platform member, a graft connecting element coupled to the platform member such that a portion of the graft connecting element forms a loop for attachment to a tissue graft, and an enclosure member coupled to the loop of the graft connecting element and configured to enclose a biologic material. The enclosure member defines an opening configured to receive the biologic material. The graft connecting element and the enclosure member are configured such that, during use, the tissue graft is coupled to the loop and in contact with the enclosure member.
US09204956B2
A filter with translating hooks is described. The filter can include strut members having first and second struts connected by a connecting portion. A translating hook is disposed adjacent the connecting portion of the strut members, the hook including a first elongate member attached at one end to the first strut and a second elongate member attached at one end to a second strut, the opposite ends of the elongate members connected together to define a tip. The translating hooks are configured to bend toward a central axis of the filter when the filter is in a collapsed configuration for delivery to a blood vessel and recovery from a blood vessel, and away from the central axis of the filter when the filter is in an expanded configuration within a blood vessel such that the hooks engage a vessel wall.
US09204954B2
A knitted scaffold comprising at least two silk yarns in a knit direction and a yarn member diagonal to the knit direction to thereby provide a knitted fabric or mesh for surgical use that can retain its shape and/or resist collapse when opposing forces are applied at an angle from the knit direction. The knitted scaffold may include at least two yarns laid in a knit direction and engaging each other to define a plurality of nodes. The at least two yarns can include a first yarn and a second yarn extending between and forming loops about two nodes. The second yarn has a higher tension at the two nodes than the first yarn. The second yarn substantially prevents the first yarn from moving at the two nodes and substantially prevents the knitted mesh from unraveling at the nodes.
US09204948B2
The brushhead (24) is part of a power toothbrush (10) which includes a handle portion (12) with a drive shaft (14) having a wedge-shaped free end (40) and a circumferential recess (36) in the external surface (35) adapted to receive a portion of a helical spring member (32). The brushhead includes a hollow neck portion (28) to receive the drive shaft. The hollow part of the neck portion includes a circumferential recess (38) in its interior surface (37) which is in registry with the recess on the drive shaft when the brushhead is operatively positioned on the handle, wherein the hollow portion includes a wedge-shaped recess (44) at the distal end thereof which receives in a mating relationship the wedge-shaped end of the drive shaft.
US09204946B2
The spray assembly for a droplet spray teeth cleaning system includes a guidance member at the end thereof. The spray assembly includes a nozzle through which a spray of liquid is directed to the teeth for cleaning. The guidance member is configured and mounted relative to the nozzle to provide a selected standoff distance between the nozzle and the teeth and includes a portion which is configured to fit in the interproximal space between adjacent teeth and gums, or against the frontal portions of the teeth, so that the user knows the location of the spray relative to the teeth.
US09204935B2
A method of generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of the heart includes inserting an electrode within the portion of a heart, robotically moving the electrode therein, measuring electrophysiology information at a point on the surface of the heart, associating the measured electrophysiology information with position information for the point on the surface of the heart, repeating the measuring and associating steps for a plurality of points on the surface of the heart, thereby generating a plurality of surface diagnostic data points, and generating the diagnosis map therefrom. The electrode may be moved within the heart randomly, pseudo-randomly, or according to one or more predetermined patterns. A three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart may be provided and presented as a graphical representation, either with or without information indicative of the measured electrophysiology information superimposed thereon.
US09204932B2
An orthopedic fixation system includes a sterile packaged implant kit and a sterile packaged instrument kit. The sterile packaged implant kit includes at least one surgical implant, an insertion device, and an implant package adapted to receive the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device therein. The implant package maintains the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged implant kit. The sterile packaged instrument kit includes one or more instruments necessary to use the sterile packaged implant kit and an instrument package adapted to receive the one or more instruments therein. The instrument package maintains the one or more instruments sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged instrument kit.
US09204931B2
The present invention is directed to a method for creating permanent or semi-permanent images on a pre-determined treatment area of the skin wherein electromagnetic radiation (“EMR”) is applied to the treatment area. Based on the EMR energy density selected, no hypertrophic scarring occurs. The skin is nevertheless hypopigmented where the spot is directed. When the treated area is tanned, the selected image appears. When the skin is pale, the selected image does not appear.
US09204925B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a treatment probe comprising an elongated body member and a needle portion. The elongated body member can have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The needle portion can be connected to the distal end portion. The needle portion can include at least one electrode and at least one fluid port. The at least one electrode and the at least one fluid port can be configured to deliver electrical energy and a tumescent fluid, respectively, so that superficial tissue planes overlying a target nerve are protected from inadvertent heat damage as a result of application of electrical energy to a target nerve.
US09204923B2
An electrically energized medical instrument uses one or more drive cables to both actuate mechanical components of a wrist mechanism or an effector and to electrically energize the effector. Electrical isolation can be achieved using an insulating main tube through which drive cables extend from a backend mechanism to the effector, an insulating end cover that leaves only the desired portions of the effector exposed, and one or more seals to prevent electrically conductive liquid from entering the main tube. Component count and cost may be further reduced using a pair of pulleys that are shared by four drive cables.
US09204921B2
A control unit controls delivery of RF energy generated by an RF generator to a medical device configured to perform a medical procedure. The control unit may be separate from the RF generator, and may have an input that may be attached to an output of the RF generator. The control unit includes switching circuitry that is closed while an amount of RF energy is transmitted through the control unit to the medical device. The switching circuitry opens when the amount of RF energy reaches a threshold level.
US09204919B2
An electrosurgical vessel sealing instrument having a first and a second opposing jaw member at a distal end thereof, wherein each jaw member includes a jaw housing, an inner tissue engaging surface, and an insulating layer disposed therebetween. The instrument includes the ability to move the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. The jaws include a tissue-contacting seal plate having obverse and reverse surfaces. A series of ribs extend from the reverse surface of the seal plate into an insulating layer, which, in turn, is affixed to a jaw housing. The ribbed structure of the seal plate reduces thermal spread and edge cutting during vessel sealing procedures, leading to improved surgical outcomes.
US09204918B2
A probe for ablating tissue comprises an electrosurgical working end configured to provide a first plasma about a first surface location and a second plasma about a second surface location, the first plasma having first ablation parameters and the second plasma having second ablation parameters. The probe has a working end with a thickness below 3 mm and produces a low temperature plasma.
US09204915B2
A device includes an inflatable member extending between a first end and a second end. An inner surface of the inflatable member defines a first passageway in the first end and a chamber in the second end. An inner member is disposed in the first passageway and extends through the chamber. The inner member includes an inner surface defining a second passageway. A second end of the inflatable member is bonded to an outer surface of the inner member. A guide is member disposed in the second passageway. An outer member includes a first end having a projection including a threaded outer surface. The outer member includes an inner surface defining a third passageway having the inflatable member disposed therein. A cap includes a threaded inner surface that engages the threaded outer surface of the projection. Methods of use are provided.
US09204912B2
This invention provides a calcaneal plate implanted using a sinus tarsi approach and comprises an anterior section having two locking screw holes, an s-shaped posterior facet section having a four locking holes and which rounds toward the bone at both the inferior and superior edges and is reinforced at the superior edge, and a blade shaped posterior portion having three linearly aligned locking holes and terminating in a tapered portion. There is also, a drill guide assembly having a drill guide column inserted through a hole in a targeting guide and locking to one of the locking holes in the plate, and cannulated drill guide sleeves that lock into holes in the targeting guide in a spaced relation whereby when the targeting guide is locked into the plate, the targeting guide can be used as a handle and wherein locking screws can be implanted percutaneously.
US09204911B2
An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.
US09204909B2
A spinal rod system includes a first instrument extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion along a longitudinal axis thereof. The proximal portion defines an inner cavity extending along the longitudinal axis. The first instrument includes a first arm extending along the longitudinal axis. The first arm defines a portion of a vertebral construct cavity disposed in communication with the inner cavity and includes a distal end being configured to engage a bone fastener. Methods of use are disclosed.
US09204907B2
An interspinous process spacer for distraction of the vertebra including a body portion having an operative panel for increasing the height thereof and defining an internal void in which an expandable member is provided for actuating the operative panel. A self sealing percutaneous access port is provided to enlarge the expandable member and actuate the operative panel. The body portion is anchored by flanges secured to adjacent spinous process. The port allows for adding or removing fluid from the one or more chambers or envelopes of the expandable member in order to adjust the height of the body and thus the interspinous process spacing. Subsequent to initial implantation and expansion the volume of the expandable member may be increased or decreased in a non-surgical in-office procedure in which a needle is used to add or remove fluid from the expandable member via the port and tubular member.
US09204900B2
An interspinous cross connector system configured and designed to be implanted through the interspinous ligament by a rod that can puncture through the ligament while leaving the ligament intact. The cross connector system includes a first and second elongate rod and a third elongate rod connecting the first and second elongate rods using a cross connection assembly. The cross connection assembly includes a one-piece L-shaped connecting body comprising a receptacle facing outwards towards the first rod and away from the second rod and a clamp, and a set screw selectively positioned to securely hold the connecting body to the first rod. The connecting body is disposed substantially between the first and second elongate rods. The clamp allows the connecting body to slidingly engage with the third rod.
US09204894B2
An anastomat for circumcision related to a medical apparatus and instrument for cutting off the excess foreskin of a penis.
US09204885B2
A measurement system and method for determining a depth of penetration of a working portion of a surgical instrument (e.g., a rotating drill bit in a bore). A first sensor outputs a first signal representative of a displacement of the leading edge of the drill bit in the bore. A second sensor outputs a second signal representative of a force applied to the leading edge of the drill bit. A processor outputs a third signal representative of the depth of penetration of the leading edge of the drill bit when the leading edge of the drill bit passes from a first medium having a first density to a second medium having a second density. The third signal is based on the first and second signals.
US09204884B2
A device and method for resecting a distal portion of a femur comprises a distal cutting guide [98], a valgus guide [102], and a variable collet [10]. The distal cutting guide [98] is configured to overlie an anterior portion of the femur and comprises a slot for guiding a cutting tool across a distal portion of the femur. The valgus guide [102] is configured to connect to the distal cutting guide [98]. The valgus guide [102] is configured to align the slot of the distal cutting guide [98] at the proper varus/valgus angle. The variable collet [10] is configured to attach to an intramedullary rod and the valgus guide [102]. The variable collet [10] comprises a port [30] for receiving the intramedullary rod. The port [30] is angularly adjustable with respect to the valgus guide [102] such that adjusting the port [30] adjusts the varus/valgus angle of the distal cutting guide [98].
US09204881B2
An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections with an annular array of staples includes a staple cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly, and a buttress assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The anvil assembly includes an anvil member and a shaft extending therefrom. The anvil member defines a plurality of staple pockets for deforming the staples. The anvil assembly is movable relative to the staple cartridge assembly between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp tissue between the staple cartridge and the anvil assemblies. The buttress assembly includes a cut ring secured with the anvil member, a buttress member disposed in a superposed relation with the plurality of staple pockets defined in the anvil member, and a retaining member having an attaching member configured to be secured with the cut ring to secure the buttress member with the anvil assembly.
US09204873B2
A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The system may further include a second element capable of indicating the positional reference of the first element relative to said articular surface. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US09204871B2
A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US09204869B2
A surgical access port and method for achieving articulation is disclosed, the surgical access port including a housing, at least one lumen extending through the housing, and an articulation structure. The housing comprises an access member having a proximal end and a distal end, and defines a longitudinal axis. The lumen in the housing extends from the proximal to the distal end of the access member along the longitudinal axis. The articulation structure comprises a first tubular member and a second tubular member, the second tubular member hingably attached to the first tubular member, and an articulation element slidably attached to the first tubular member.
US09204865B2
A device for receiving liquid samples includes at least one sample carrier (1) for receiving the liquid sample, a sample carrier ejector (3) and a sample carrier holder (2) with a first guiding area and a second guiding area (4, 5) for guiding the sample carrier ejector (3). The first guiding area (4) has a tubular design and the second guiding area (5) has a groove-shaped design. The sample carrier ejector (3) has a geometry complementary to the first and second guiding areas (4, 5) and is axially displaceable within the sample carrier holder (2) such that the sample carrier (1) can be detached by the sample carrier ejector (3) from the sample carrier holder (2).
US09204863B2
An ultrasound probe diagnosing apparatus which diagnoses an ultrasound probe having an array of a plurality of ultrasound transducing elements on the basis of how the ultrasound probe receives reflected ultrasound waves from a test object placed to face the ultrasound probe, includes a part which detects a posture of the ultrasound probe with respect to the test object by comparing reflected ultrasound signals received by at least some of the plurality of ultrasound transducing elements, and a presenting part which presents information based on the detected posture.
US09204860B2
An apparatus for automatically controlling a state of operation of an ultrasound detecting system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first sensor disposed in a probe of the ultrasound detecting system and connected to a device main body, wherein the first sensor is configured to detect if the probe is being operated, and a control unit configured to control the state of operation of the ultrasound detecting system based on the detecting results of the first sensor.
US09204858B2
Apparatus and methods for measuring and analyzing blood flow in vessels in the bodies of living subjects are provided. The true velocity vector, or a projection thereof onto a scan plane, for blood flowing at a location in a vessel is determined from multiple Doppler velocity components. The true velocity vector is displayed as a directional marker on an image comprising the vessel. The true velocity magnitude and angle, and scalar blood flow characteristics derived therefrom, are plotted as a functions of time and/or position across the depiction of the blood vessel in the image. Time intervals for which blood flow characteristic data is displayed and/or determined may be user configurable.
US09204856B2
An electronic stethoscope includes a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a transducer supported by the housing and configured to sense auscultation signals at a first location, and a headset coupled to the housing and configured to deliver audio corresponding to the auscultation signals through earpieces on the headset. The electronic stethoscope further includes a processor disposed in the housing and configured to convert the auscultation signals to first digital signals representative of the auscultation signals and to wirelessly transmit the first digital signals from the electronic stethoscope via a secure digital network to a second location such that the audio corresponding to the auscultation signals is provided to headsets of one or more additional electronic stethoscopes at the second location in substantial real time with the sensing of the auscultation sounds at the first location.
US09204854B2
A medical imaging device capable of determining the number of projections in which at least one point located above or at the level of the object support surface is present.
US09204845B2
In embodiments, an external medical device is intended to care for a patient. If it receives an input that signifies that ventilation artifact is present in a signal of the patient, it transmits a corrective signal responsive to the received input. In further embodiments, a patient signal is received, which is generated from a patient while the patient is or was receiving chest compressions at a frequency Fc, and also receiving ventilations at frequency Fv. At least one filter mechanism may be applied to the patient signal to substantially remove artifacts at a) frequency Fc, b) a higher harmonic of frequency Fc, and c) a third frequency substantially equaling frequency Fc plus or minus frequency Fv, while substantially passing other frequencies between them. As a result, the patient signal can be cleaner, for diagnosing the patient's state more accurately.
US09204839B2
This invention describes a hermetically sealed package which can be implanted in the body. The package comprise of stacked substrates where surface of one substrate hosts biosensors which are exposed to body fluids to monitor concentrations of substances selected from analytes, metabolites, and proteins, and body physiological parameters. The structure protects from body fluids devices that interface with the biosensor electrodes for electronic data processing, powering, and wireless communication. Biosensor electrodes are electrically connected to various electronic, optoelectronic, MEM devices using novel partial silicon vias (PSVs) that prevents leakage of body fluids. Various devices are located on different substrates which are stacked to save surface area. One of the substrate forms the cover plate which permits light for powering as well as sending receiving coded data including the analyte levels.
US09204836B2
A user may react to an interaction by exhibiting a mental state. A camera or other monitoring device can be used to capture one or more manifestations of the user's mental state, such as facial expressions, electrodermal activity, or movements. However, there may be conditions where the monitoring device is not able to detect the manifestation continually. Thus, various capabilities and implementations are described where the mental state data is collected on an intermittent basis, analyzed, and an output rendered based on the analysis of the mental state data.
US09204832B1
A test device and a rotation module thereof are provided. The rotation module includes a rotation body and a sleeve. The rotation body includes a shaft, a first tube element, and a second tube element. The shaft is pivoted in the housing, and has an annular protrusion. The first tube element and the second tube element are sleeved on the shaft respectively, and the second tube element is located between the first tube element and the annular protrusion. The sleeve is slidably disposed on the rotation body. When the sleeve moves between a first position and a second position back and forth, the second tube element is driven to rotate back and forth relative to the first tube element. The annular protrusion is respectively driven by second tube element and the sleeve drive the annular protrusion so that the shaft rotates relative to the first tube element.
US09204830B2
Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and system using such instruments
A system is provided that furnishes expert procedural guidance based upon patient-specific data gained from surgical instruments incorporating sensors on the instrument's working surface, one or more reference sensors placed about the patient, sensors implanted before, during or after the procedure, the patient's personal medical history, and patient status monitoring equipment. Embodiments include a system having a surgical instrument with a sensor for generating a signal indicative of a property of a subject tissue of the patient, which signal is converted into a current dataset and stored. A processor compares the current dataset with other previously stored datasets, and uses the comparison to assess a physical condition of the subject tissue and/or to guide a procedure being performed on the tissue.
US09204829B2
A test meter for analyzing a body fluid sample applied to a test strip includes an outer housing having an opening, an actuator, and a cartridge positioned adjacent the outer housing. The cartridge further includes a dispensing member connected to the actuator, a plurality of stacked test strips biased toward the dispensing member, and a cartridge outer housing that is adjacent at least a portion of the dispensing member. Each time the actuator is actuated, the dispensing member is rotated to cause movement of one test strip from the plurality of stacked test strips through the opening, and another test strip is biased toward the dispensing member.
US09204825B2
A method and system of monitoring an object (e.g., for change in configuration of a person) includes projecting a radiation pattern onto the object; recording at a first time first image data representing a portion of the projected radiation pattern on the object, the first image data representative of a three dimensional configuration of the object at the first time; recording at a second time second image data representing a portion of the projected pattern of radiation on the object, the second image data representative of a three dimensional configuration of the object at the second time; and processing the first and second image data to generate differential data representative of a change in the configuration of the object between the first and second times.
US09204824B2
A method and system of monitoring an object (e.g., for change in configuration of a person) includes projecting a radiation pattern onto the object; recording at a first time first image data representing a portion of the projected radiation pattern on the object, the first image data representative of a three dimensional configuration of the object at the first time; recording at a second time second image data representing a portion of the projected pattern of radiation on the object, the second image data representative of a three dimensional configuration of the object at the second time; and processing the first and second image data to generate differential data representative of a change in the configuration of the object between the first and second times.
US09204823B2
A monitoring system includes a camera adapted to capture images and output signals representative of the images. The camera may include one or more depth sensors that detect distances between the depth sensor and objects positioned within the field of view of the one or more cameras. A computer device processes the image signals and or depth signals from cameras and determines any one or more of the following: (a) whether a patient care protocol has been properly followed; (b) what condition a patient is in; (c) whether an infection control protocol has been properly followed; and (d) whether steps have been taken to reduce the risk of a patient from falling. Alerts may be issued if any conditions of importance are detected.
US09204821B2
An upper respiratory bacterial infection is detected from exhaled mammalian breath by using a colorimetric sensor array having a spectral response characteristic that changes when exposed to bacteria-produced analytes in the exhaled breath. A flow regulating system directs a leading portion of the exhaled breath into gaseous communication with the array to change its spectral response characteristic, and discharges a trailing portion of the exhaled breath exteriorly of the apparatus. A spectral analysis system analyzes the spectral response characteristic changed solely by the leading portion of the exhaled breath, and detects the upper respiratory bacterial infection when the bacteria-produced analytes are present therein. Reactivity of the analytes with the array is increased by advance oxidizing and/or heating the analytes.
US09204819B2
The invention relates to the guidance, positioning and placement confirmation of intravascular devices, typically inserted percutaneously into the venous or arterial vasculature. An aspect of the invention includes, for example, an endovenous access and guidance system. The system comprises: an elongate flexible member adapted and configured to access the venous vasculature of a patient; a sensor disposed at a distal end of the elongate flexible member and configured to provide in vivo non-image based ultrasound information of the venous vasculature of the patient; a processor configured to receive and process in vivo non-image based ultrasound information of the venous vasculature of the patient provided by the sensor and to provide position information regarding the position of the distal end of the elongate flexible member within the venous vasculature of the patient; and an output device adapted to output the position information from the processor.
US09204818B2
A head clamp for Magnetic Resonance and X-ray imaging is generally C-shaped including a base and two legs carrying pin clamp members. A course and fine adjustment system allows one of the clamp members to move inwardly relative to the other and then to be finely adjusted so as to apply a clamping force to the skull. The C-shaped support member comprises a truss with a C-shaped inner band adjacent the skull, an outer band generally following the shape of inner band and a plurality of openings defining spaced bars between the inner band and the outer band. The adjustment system comprises a screw that adjusts the width of the C-shaped member at the base and at one leg and includes a gauge to measure force applied with the mechanism located outside the field of view of the head both vertically and horizontally.
US09204817B2
In one embodiment, a method includes performing a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequence to acquire MR image slices or volumes of a first station representative of a portion of a patient; applying a first phase field algorithm to the first station to determine a body contour of the patient in the first station; identifying a contour of a first anatomy of interest within the body contour of the first station using the first phase field algorithm or a second phase field algorithm; segmenting the first anatomy of interest based on the identified contour of the first anatomy of interest; correlating first attenuation information to the segmented first anatomy of interest; and modifying a positron emission tomography (PET) image based at least on the first correlated attenuation information.
US09204814B2
A heart monitor is provided herein. The heart monitor includes a housing and first and second electrodes disposed in a first surface of the housing. At least a third electrode is disposed on a second surface of the housing. The first and second electrodes are held by a user with his left and right hand respectively, while the third electrode contacts the user's torso or left leg. A processor records lead measurements corresponding to voltage differences between the first, second and third electrodes.
US09204810B2
A blood pressure meter includes a cuff serving as a blood pressure measurement cuff, a main body attached in an opposing manner to the cuff, a display unit having a rectangular width and being arranged along an external face of the main body on a side opposite to the cuff, and first to third light emitting elements serving as light emitting units arranged inside the main body at positions that are farther from the external face than the display unit is. The first to third light emitting elements serving as a light emitting unit are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cuff. The display unit has a cutout portion at the center of one end side with respect to the direction in which the cuff extends. The cutout portion is formed by cutting out a region corresponding to the first to third light emitting elements.
US09204807B2
Systems and methods for remote thermographic assessment of tissue viability are disclosed. A system may include a controllable source of one or more thermal stimuli to be applied to a tissue, a measurement system to measure a heat response of the tissue before, during, and/or after the application of the thermal stimuli, and an electronic device that may control either one or both of the source of thermal stimuli and the measurement system. The electronic device may also receive tissue thermal response data from the measurement system, and may further calculate a measure of tissue viability. A method of determining tissue viability may include supplying a thermal stimulus to a tissue, receiving, by a measurement device, the thermal response of the tissue to the stimuli, and a comparison of the thermal response data to at least some viability threshold values. The results may be displayed in a graphical manner.
US09204805B2
Apparatus and methods for hyperspectral imaging analysis that assists in real and near-real time assessment of biological tissue condition, viability, and type, and monitoring the above over time. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful in surgery, clinical procedures, tissue assessment, diagnostic procedures, health monitoring, and medical evaluations, especially in the detection and treatment of cancer.
US09204791B2
Provided is an ocular optical system, which permits a measuring beam scanned by two scanning units disposed close to each other to enter an anterior ocular segment of an eye to be inspected and to irradiate a fundus. The ocular optical system includes an optical unit which is disposed at a position of an intermediate image, which is optically conjugate to the fundus, and has a surface having different optical powers corresponding to scan directions of the two scanning units.
US09204788B2
An autofocus method for an intra-oral camera modulates the focus of a liquid lens in a cycle that has at least first, second, and third focus positions and obtains an image at each focus position, measuring focus of the obtained image. The position of the liquid lens is adjusted according to the measured focus. Steps of modulating the focus of the liquid lens in the cycle with at least first, second, and third focus positions, and obtaining the image at each focus position and measuring focus of the obtained image are repeated.
US09204779B2
A water-bearing domestic appliance, in particular a home dish washer or a home laundry machine, includes a supply hose for the supply with fresh water from a domestic water pipe arranged outside of the water-bearing domestic appliance into the water-bearing domestic appliance, wherein the supply hose has a connection device on its hose terminus for detachable connection with the domestic water pipe, and wherein the supply hose is guided through a wall in particular a back wall of the water-bearing domestic appliance into the interior of the water-bearing domestic appliance. At least in the region of the connection device, at least some regions of the supply hose are permanently received in at least one holding element, in particular at least partially form fittingly, wherein the at least one holding element can be arranged on the wall, in particular on the back wall of the water-bearing domestic appliance.
US09204776B1
A multi-purpose mop apparatus includes a mop having a mop handle and a cleaning attachment removably mounted thereon, the mop handle further comprising a base and a grip installed thereon for manipulating the mop during use. The cleaning attachment may be a mop material cinched onto the base of the mop handle using a drawstring or may be a squeegee strapped thereto. A removable extension handle may be pivotally installed on the mop handle and configured for use in multiple configurations and modes.
US09204763B1
Pedestal systems are disclosed that provide a platform onto which a user can place a foot so as to elevate the leg for ease in shaving and other hygienic functions. For example, a pedestal system can include at least one vertically-oriented, elongate beam member coupled with a perpendicularly-coupled shelf member configured to receive the foot of a user, and one or more coupling mechanisms configured to reversibly couple at least one of the elongate beam members and the shelf member to a structural component such as a wall or floor of a bathtub or shower.
US09204762B2
A drain closure device for a vessel such as a bathtub or sink is provided. The drain closure device comprises a stopper fitted with a sealing gasket and threaded onto a stem slidably mounted in a guide member which is in turn threaded into a strainer mounted in a hole in the bottom of the vessel. The device is concentrically disposed within the strainer. Twirling of the stopper causes the stem to rise and fall against an undulating cam surface of the guide. Resistance to closure is provided by rest stops for projections on the upper part of the stem. No spring, pins, or resistance seals are used. Once in place, the drain closure nests in the strainer.
US09204760B2
A grater having a first grater panel and a second grater panel pivotally connected at the top with folding side walls connected to the sides of the first and second panels so that the grater is collapsible from a working configuration, where the bottoms of the first and second panels are set apart from each other and the side walls are unfolded, to a stored configuration, where the bottoms of the first and second panels are substantially together and the side walls are folded. A handle is placed at the top of panels and a bottom may be used to close the area between the first and second panels and the side walls.
US09204757B2
An adjustable pitch cooking grate includes generally parallel rods and means for changing the pitch of the rods by moving the rods between a closed configuration and a range of open configurations, with different width gaps therebetween. Scissors linkage at the rod ends can move the rods in unison between the open and close configurations. When the rods have flat upper surfaces the rods create a generally flat, smooth, continuous cooking surface when in the closed configuration and a plurality of generally flat coplanar cooking surfaces when in the different open configurations. The pitch changing means can include manual or motorized means for moving the rods between the open and close configurations. The spacing between the rods in a fully open configuration can be equal to about 1-3 times the lateral dimension of the rods. One or more cooking grates can be supported by the cooking grill frame.
US09204755B1
The apparatus of this invention relates to a device for heating or cooking food or liquids such as soup, water, roast, etc. A downwardly curved visor-like deflector is selectively removably positioned outwardly of the upper end of the radiation disk of an infrared heater so as to extend outwardly therefrom. The deflector has an upwardly presented cooking utensil opening formed therein and a horizontally disposed cooking utensil support secured to the deflector at the inner surface thereof below the cooking utensil opening. The cooking utensil support dwells in a plane below the upper end of the radiation disk whereby infrared rays emitted from the radiation disk will impinge upon the cooking utensil support and a cooking utensil positioned on the cooking utensil support to cook or heat the contents thereof. Other accessories may also be attached to the heater.
US09204749B1
A quick release antimicrobial hospital curtain is disclosed. The curtain is made up of a ventilated top portion attached by curtain carriers and eyelets to the existing curtain track, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being impregnated with an antimicrobial material and woven through with elemental silver threads. The quick release mechanism is a breakaway zipper, also preferably made of an antimicrobially impregnated polymer that may be unfastened either with a conventional zipper handle or simply pulled to detach the bottom portion from the upper.
US09204746B2
A training cup for children includes a cup body. A flow cap having an annular flow gap is selectively mounted to the cup body. A control ring is mounted to the flow cap for relative longitudinal movement toward and away from the cup body. The control ring includes an annular plug. In a first position the plug will block the flow gap to prevent flow from the training cup. In a second position the plug is spaced from the flow gap to allow restricted flow from the training cup. An infinite variation of positions and flow restriction are allowed between this first and second position. The control ring includes a drinking rim which has a minimum diameter of approximately 42 mm to force the child to engage the drinking rim with the lips and use it as a cup.
US09204727B2
A method for enhancing sales of stadium seat memorabilia by utilizing a stabilizing base, with a large surface area in the shape of sports memorabilia, such as baseball bats and/or sports figures, with or without brackets, to mount and stabilize a stadium seat for use outside of the stadium, such as at home or in a commercial setting.
US09204724B2
A number of variations may include a product including a seat assembly comprising a seat bottom assembly including a first attachment feature for attaching a headrest to the seat bottom assembly.
US09204720B2
An article of reconfigurable furniture is provided including a plurality of cushions, at least some of which are generally triangular in cross-section, the cushions being dimensioned to be stackable in a cube. A cube shaped cube cover is provided for covering said cushions when said cushions are stacked into said cube. The cushions are covered by cushion covers having interactive engagement elements for releasably securing said cushions one to another to provide at least one contoured support surface for supporting a user thereon in at least one selected pose.
US09204718B2
An adaptive aid used for reading, writing and with a laptop computer for typing. The Slant Board is comprised of several components that when assembled work in synergy to provide the unique functions of the invention. The folding locking legs are utilized to set the dry erase/magnetic-working surface at a prescribed angle to perform a task. The Slant Board is compact for storage, multifunctional in its uses and lightweight for transportability.
US09204703B2
A rear-pivot-point lever, cam-enabled, captured-spring-biased nail trimmer is disclosed. A base plate with a front cutting edge is pivotally connected to a top plate with a front cutting edge at a central base pivot point. A spring is captured between the plates in a manner that biases the front cutting edges of the trimmer apart until the trimmer is actuated. The top plate has a rear end for receiving and pivotally cooperating with a cammed actuating lever, the front end of which is pushed downward/forward to act against the bias of the spring to close the cutting edges to cut a nail. Because the lever arm pivots at a pivot point or axle at or near the rear end of the trimmer, the thumb and finger(s) of the user are positioned at or near the front of the trimmer during use, and therefore, near the nail being trimmed. This results in stable and non-twisting operation. The lever may be swung around the plates of the trimmer to rest below the bottom plate in a compact configuration.
US09204678B1
A helmet includes a helmet shell including an edge and an edge trim receiving the edge. The helmet also includes a retention system including at least two points where the retention system is secured to the helmet and a releasable mechanical fastening system, wherein the mechanical fastening system includes a first mating portion and a second mating portion, which releasably mates with the first mating portion. The first mating portion is affixed to the points and the second mating portion is affixed to one of the helmet shell or the first mating portion. In addition, an attachment hook is provided for each point of the retention system extending from the edge trim through which each of the points pass through.
US09204674B2
A portable system for promoting heat removal and cooling of a human body is provided. The cooling system generally comprises a pair of panels, configured to be mounted to the chest and to the back of a human body and such as to define a space between themselves and the human body. The panels are each provided with at least one fan configured to draw the air and water vapor circulating in the space between the panels and the human body and to direct it away from the human body, effectively cooling the body.
US09204656B2
Fungicidal compositions are described, comprising: A) a copper salicylate having the following molecular formula (I): C7H4O3Cu.(H2O)n (I) wherein n represents 0, 1, 2 or 3; B) copper hydroxide Cu(OH)2 (II); C) a copper salt having the following formula (III): 3Cu(OH)2.X(Y)m (III) wherein: X represents cupric ion Cu2+ or calcium ion Ca2+; Y means chloride ion Cl− or sulphate ion SO42−; m is an integer equal to 1 or 2; optionally in the presence of dispersants, diluents, surfactants and/or co-formulants agronomically acceptable, and the relative agronomical formulations. The use of these fungicidal compositions and agronomical formulations for the control of phytopathogenic fungi in agricultural crops, is also described.
US09204651B2
The invention relates to N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods and uses of these N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds, and of compositions comprising thereof, for combating and controlling animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to pesticidal methods of applying such N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds.The N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A, B, X, Het, R1, R2, W1, W2, W3 and W4 are defined as in the description.
US09204650B2
N-(1,2,5-Oxadiazol-3-yl)-, N-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)-, N-(tetrazol-5-yl)- or N-(triazol-5 -yl)arylcarboxamides of the general formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), R, V, X, Y and Z are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. Q is a tetrazolyl, triazolyl or oxadiazolyl radical. W is CY or N.
US09204648B2
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of thietane derivatives of the formula (IA) and thietane derivatives of the formula (IB) wherein R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, B, and n are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to intermediates useful in the processes, as well as the compounds of formula (IA) and (IB) and their use as pesticides.
US09204647B2
The present invention relates to novel pyrazole compounds of the formulae I and II, to their salts and their N-oxides which can be used for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds. The present invention also relates to seed and to an agricultural and veterinary composition comprising said compounds. wherein A is a pyrazole radical of the formulae A1, A2 or A3 # denotes the binding site to the remainder of formulae I or II; X1 is S, O or NR1a; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d; X3 is a lone pair or oxygen; R1, R2 and R3 are, inter alia, hydrogen, and wherein R41, R42, R43, R51, R52, R53, R61, R62, R63, are as defined in claim 1.
US09204646B2
The present invention relates to novel pyrazole(thio)tetrahydronaphthyl carboxamides, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials.
US09204645B2
The invention relates to compounds of the general formulae (I) and (II) in which the radicals A1, A2, A3, A4, M1, M2, M3, Q, R1, T, W1 and W2 have the meaning given in the description and to the use of the compounds for controlling animal pests. The invention furthermore relates to processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of formula (I).
US09204643B2
Temperature stable aqueous compositions and methods for their preparation and use are described. The compositions can include cloquintocet-mexyl, a surfactant comprising a tallowamine alkoxylate, a cocoamine alkoxylate, or a combination thereof, and water.
US09204642B2
Described are preferred methods and compositions for controlling weeds in soil that involve the use of a bleaching herbicide such as fluridone in combination with at least one other additional selected herbicidal agent, which is preferably a PPO-inhibitor such as fomesafen or flumioxazin. Also described are safening effects of bleaching herbicidal agents such as fluridone on other herbicides, and of other herbicides on bleaching herbicidal agents.
US09204639B2
A novel pesticide preparation, which can be easily produced at a low cost and has sustained release properties, is provided.A pesticide preparation containing a pesticide active ingredient and a heat-meltable material and/or a thermoplastic material, the pesticide preparation further containing an amine being capable of forming an associated state with the pesticide active ingredient and containing a group having a hydrophobic moiety on a nitrogen atom.
US09204636B2
The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases having an excellent control efficacy on plant diseases. A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising a carboxylic acid compound represented by a formula (I): wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and one or more kinds of azole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of tebuconazole, difenoconazole, triticonazole, imazalil, triadimenol, fluquinconazole, prochloraz, prothioconazole, diniconazole, diniconazole M, cyproconazole, tetraconazole, ipconazole, triforine, pyrifenox, fenarimol, nuarimol, oxpoconazole fumarate, pefurazoate, triflumizole, azaconazole, bitertanol, bromuconazole, epoxiconazole, fenbuconazole, flusilazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, imibenconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole, propiconazole, simeconazole, triadimefon and metconazole, shows an excellent controlling efficacy on plant diseases.
US09204635B2
The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases having an excellent control efficacy on plant diseases. A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising an amide compound represented by a formula (I): wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and one or more kinds of azole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of tebuconazole, difenoconazole, triticonazole, imazalil, triadimenol, fluquinconazole, prochloraz, prothioconazole, diniconazole, diniconazole M, cyproconazole, tetraconazole, ipconazole, triforine, pyrifenox, fenarimol, nuarimol, oxpoconazole fumarate, pefurazoate, triflumizole, azaconazole, bitertanol, bromuconazole, epoxiconazole, fenbuconazole, flusilazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, imibenconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole, propiconazole, simeconazole, triadimefon and metconazole, shows an excellent controlling efficacy on plant diseases.
US09204628B2
A tree stand includes a tree stand post. In one embodiment, the tree stand post has a non-tubular cross-sectional shape. In one embodiment, a tree claw and cinch line posts are integral with the post as a single unitary body. In one embodiment, the post has a plurality of longitudinally extending oblique curved portions.
US09204627B1
This is a versatile, durable, practical box trap with an adjustable swing bar wire trigger system designed to live capture wildlife through the use of highly powered fast closing doors. It was engineered to address every known problem, circumstance and issue dealing with nuisance wildlife control. This produces a tool that anyone can use in virtually every circumstance with confidence. The combination of an adjustable variable wire triggering system with powered doors, as anticipated, has produced the most versatile live traps known. Not only are they the best trap available, but they are made to be affordable.
US09204623B2
The present invention describes a novel transgenic mouse model for the common sporadic form of Alzheimer's disease. More particularly, the invention relates to a nucleotide sequence encoding Aβ 4-42 in functional linkage with at least a promoter, signal peptide sequence and a polyadenylation signal sequence, a cell and a transgenic non-human animal comprising said nucleotide sequence, and their respective use in screening methods.
US09204621B1
A pet garment having a coat and an integrated harness that is placed on the pet without the garment going over the pet's head. The integrated harness cording is in channels within the coat. The coat has a lengthwise opening with a fastener that extends from the hemline to the neckline of the coat, the opening over a pet's dorsal side. The coat has a protective outer layer, an inner lining layer and leg openings. The integrated harness cording merges together when the opening closes and the leash easily attaches to the harness cording ends gathered together adjacent to the closed opening. The coat covers the underbelly, leaving a concave scallop for the pet's genitals. The pet merely steps into the coat with the opening open without the coat going over the pet's head.
US09204618B2
A folding device having a rectangular bottom transports an animal such as a dog.In the unfolded state, upright first and second side walls are connected on the long sides and short sides of the bottom.Fold lines in the second side walls facilitate folding of the device from the unfolded state to the folded state and the bottom is divided into bottom portions by a fold line running parallel with the long sides to facilitate folding the device from the unfolded state to the folded state. Rigidity-providing wall portions are provided at the location of at least one of the corners, which stiffness-providing wall portions can be secured to the second side walls, which stiffness-providing wall portions are hingable about an axis transverse to the rectangular bottom at the location of the relevant corner for increasing the stiffness of the second side walls.
US09204607B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1TRH and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1TRH with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1TRH through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1TRH or a locus conversion of PH1TRH with another maize variety.
US09204603B2
A novel soybean variety designated S05-11482 is herein disclosed. This disclosure relates to the seeds of soybean variety S05-11482, to the plants of soybean S05-11482 to plant parts of soybean variety S05-11482 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety S05-11482 with another soybean plant, using S05-11482 as either the male or the female parent.
US09204599B2
This invention relates in part to detecting herbicide tolerant plants-more specifically, an aad-1 transformation event in corn plants. The subject invention also provides assays for detecting the presence of the subject event in a sample (of corn grain, for example). Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided. The subject invention also relates in part to plant breeding using the subject methods. In some embodiments, this event/polynucleotide sequence can be “stacked” with other traits. More specifically, the invention relates in part to an endpoint Taqman PCR assay for AAD-1 corn event 40278-9. Some embodiments are directed to assays that are capable of high throughput zygosity analysis. The subject invention further relates, in part, to the use of a preferred reference gene for use in determining zygosity.
US09204594B2
A lawn mower robot includes a body including a mowing device; a sensor disposed in the body and sensing light signal produced from a signal producing unit in the outside; a moving device disposed in the body; and a controller controlling the moving device based on information sensed from the sensor, wherein the controller controls the moving device so that the lawn mower robot is moved along the light signal.
US09204592B2
A system includes an inductor assembly of an agricultural implement having an inductor box with a wall configured to separate an interior of the inductor box from an exterior of the inductor box, an inductor segment, and a mounting clip. The wall includes an inner surface in the interior and an outer surface on the exterior. The inductor segment includes a mixing portion and a delivery portion, wherein the mixing portion interfaces with the inner surface and is configured to mix agricultural product and airflow into a mixture. The delivery portion is configured to convey the mixture through the wall. The mounting clip is configured to form a seal between the interior and the exterior of the inductor box, and to interface with the outer surface and the delivery portion in an installed position to couple the inductor segment to the inductor box.
US09204588B1
A system and method are disclosed for cutting and increasing surface area of surface stubble material while contemporaneously cutting and aerating the soil. A discoidal coulter blade is configured with a plurality of circumferential teeth for cutting the surface stubble as well as reducing the downward pressure required for the blade to enter the type and depth of soil desired. The circular coulter blade is configured with a plurality of inserts oriented normal to the rotational movement of the blade as the blade cuts the soil. Each insert is shaped to aerate a specific type of soil anticipated by an operator. The inserts are positioned on the blade for desired impact with the soil and angled in placement on the blade to maintain the desired effect on the soil.
US09210835B2
Electromagnetic interference shielding structures and methods of shielding an object form electromagnetic radiation at frequencies greater than a megahertz generally include providing highly doped graphene sheets about the object to be shielded. The highly doped graphene sheets may have a dopant concentration greater than >1e1013 cm−2, which is effective to reflect the electromagnetic radiation or a dopant concentration of 1e1013 cm−2>n>0 cm−2, which is effective to absorb the electromagnetic radiation.
US09210828B2
A power supply device structure includes a casing with a front panel and an insertion port formed on the front panel, an elastic plate installed on an internal side of the casing, and a pull handle with an end pivoted to the casing by a first pivot and the other end pivoted to the movable end of the elastic plate by a second pivot. Both ends of the elastic plate are a fixed end and a movable end respectively, and the fixed end is disposed on an internal side of the casing, and the movable end is protruded from the front panel. A portion of the pull handle is bent into a U-shaped clamp portion which is corresponsive to the insertion port, and the pull handle is pivoted by the first and second pivots, such that the clamp portion is situated at an external side of the insertion port.
US09210821B2
A locking assembly used to lock at least one electronic device in a communication apparatus includes a housing, a latching member, a spring member and a key member. The latching member is pivotably connected to the housing by a pivoting member, and includes a pair of latching portions used to pass through the housing to be locked in the communication apparatus. The spring member is elastically connected between the housing and the latching member. The key member includes a pair of coupling portions used to be inserted into the housing and engage with the pair of receiving portions to make the latching member rotate relative to the housing about the pivoting member, so as to make the pair of latching portions to be released from the corresponding latching holes.
US09210811B2
A compact rigid-flexible board includes two flexible PCBs, two rigid substrates, a third trace layer and a fourth trace layer. The first flexible PCB includes a first depressing portion, a first exposed portion and a third depressing portion, and a separated second exposed portion. The second flexible PCB includes fourth and fifth depressing portions, and a second exposed portion. The first rigid substrate includes sixth, seventh, and eighth depressing portions. The second rigid substrate includes ninth and tenth depressing portions. The third trace layer, the sixth, first, fourth, and ninth depressing portions and the fourth trace layer are stacked in sequence. The third trace layer, the seven, second, fifth, and tenth depressing portions, and the fourth trace layer are stacked in sequence. The third trace layer and the eighth and third depressing portions are stacked in sequence.
US09210810B2
Systems and methods for the design and fabrication of flexible devices, including high-performance large-area OLEDs, narrow border display panels and lighting panels are provided. Various described fabrication- and design-processes may be used to provide the necessary electrical drive to lighting and display panels. Electrical drive may be provided to one or more row- and column-signals by patterning conductive elements near the panel edge. The electrical elements may further be folded over a region near the panel edge back on itself, such that electrical traces may route around the display edge. This may allow the display active area to be substantially the same area as its viewing area, and furthermore may allow pixels go substantially all the way to the edge of the viewing area.
US09210798B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless module comprising a circuit board module, a USB connector and a wave absorbing film. The USB connector is connected to the circuit board module. The wave absorbing film is disposed on the circuit board module and is extended to overlap at least a part of the USB connector. In addition, a wave-absorbing cavity is formed between the wave absorbing film and the USB connector.
US09210791B2
The present invention is a cooling block that forms an electrode for generating a plasma for use in a plasma process, and includes a channel for a cooling liquid, the cooling block comprising: a first base material and a second base material respectively made of aluminum, at least one of the first and second base materials having a recess for forming a channel for a cooling liquid; and a diffusion bonding layer, in which zinc is diffused in aluminum, and an anti-corrosion layer of a zinc oxide film, the layers being formed by interposing zinc between the first and second base materials, and by bonding the first and second base materials with zinc interposed therebetween in a heating atmosphere containing oxygen.
US09210789B2
A device for generating a plasma, comprises an alternating voltage source, a travelling wave resonator and coupling means that are designed to couple the alternating voltage generated by the alternating voltage source into the travelling wave resonator in such a manner that travelling electromagnetic waves are produced, wherein the travelling wave resonator is designed to increase the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in such a manner that a plasma is ignited in a gas. The invention further relates to a method for generating a plasma, comprising the steps of: generating an alternating voltage; generating travelling electromagnetic waves in a travelling wave resonator by coupling said alternating voltage into the travelling wave resonator; and increasing the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in the travelling wave resonator in order to ignite a plasma in a gas.
US09210781B2
A light source device includes a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series, an open-circuit failure detecting section, a failure detection and maintenance section, and a short-circuiting section connected in parallel to at least one light emitting device among the plurality of light emitting devices. The open-circuit failure detecting section detects an open-circuit failure of the light emitting device connected in parallel. The failure detection and maintenance section shifts to, when the open-circuit failure detecting section detects the open-circuit failure, a circuit state during the open-circuit failure and maintains the circuit state to which the failure detection and maintenance section shifts. The short-circuiting section short-circuits, when the failure detection and maintenance section maintains the circuit state during the open-circuit failure, both ends of the light emitting device in which the open-circuit failure is detected.
US09210776B2
Coded light has been proposed to enable advanced control of light sources and transmit information using light sources. It is based on invisibly embedding of data and identifiers in their light output. Methods, devices and systems configured to efficient assignment of addresses in a coded lighting system, still allowing for unique identification, are proposed. More specifically, the assignment of addresses occurs in two phases, where in the initial phase wide area unique addresses are used, while in the second phase only local area unique addresses are used. Also, methods, devices and systems configured to efficiently distribute a set of addresses over a set of light sources in this second phase, to maximize the performance of the illumination contribution estimation, and positioning, are disclosed.
US09210770B2
Disclosed is a lighting control system including an object lighting control device and at least one reference lighting control device. The object lighting control device generates an object brightness control signal to control an object brightness of an object lighting device provided in an object district using a sensed result of an object illuminance around the object lighting device as well as reference data. The reference lighting control device generates a reference brightness control signal to control a reference brightness of a reference lighting device provided in a reference district using a sensed result of a reference illuminance around the reference lighting device, and transmits at least one of the reference illuminance and the reference brightness as the reference data to the object lighting control device in response to a request of the object lighting control device.
US09210766B2
The invention provides a method of imposing a dynamic color scheme on light (311) of a lighting unit (300) arranged to generate light (311) of variable color. The method comprises: detecting with a sensor (210) a first color and a second color of a colored entity (100); and varying the color of the light (311) of the lighting unit (300) between the first color and the second color of the colored entity according to a time scheme. The invention further provides a color sensor unit (200) comprising a sensor (210) and a control unit (220) for use in such a method.
US09210764B2
An organic light emitting diode device includes a first electrode, a light emitting member on the first electrode, a second electrode on the light emitting member, which second electrode includes a first material, a protective member on the second electrode, which the protective member includes a second material having a larger absolute value of a standard oxidation potential than that of the first material, and a thin film encapsulating layer on the protective member.
US09210757B2
A string of LED loads is supplied by means of a rectified mains voltage. A cathode of each LED load is coupled to ground by means of a string. The strings are made conductive and non-conductive one by one in dependency of the instantaneous value of the rectified mains using both voltage and current sensing.
US09210755B2
A lighting assembly to be primarily used in an agricultural setting to illuminate farm animals with different colors of lighting. The assembly has a circuit for emitting light with different colored light emitting diodes that are arranged in networks of LEDs. The second and third networks are arranged in parallel to a first network of LED forming three separate current paths for lighting the LEDs. Each path has controllable impedance element arranged in series with the network of LED in that particular path and is controlled by a dynamic impedance control element that is coupled to the controllable impedance element to direct current through the individual paths of the circuit.
US09210753B2
A system for controlling multiple strings of LEDs includes a group of LED driver ICs, each of which includes a current sense feedback (CSFB) sample latch for storing a digital representation of the forward-voltage drop across a controlled LED string. Each CSFB latch is coupled to a register within a serial lighting interface (SLI) bus that both originates and terminates at an interface IC. As the data on the SLI bus is shifted into the interface IC, the interface IC selects the CSFB word that represents the highest forward-voltage drop of any of the controlled LED strings, which is then used by the interface IC to generate a CSFB signal for setting the appropriate supply voltage for the controlled LED strings.
US09210743B2
A lighting device including: a lighting circuit; a drive circuit; a dimmer control circuit; and an LPF, the drive circuit for increasing on-time as a pulse height increases when an inputted PWM signal satisfies a first condition where a pulse height is greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold, and making the on-time for which a switching element is on when the switching element turns on and off once in a burst period, constant in a second condition where the height pulse is greater than the second threshold, the LPF generating a smoothedPWM signal which has a first time period satisfying the first condition and a second time period satisfying the second condition in a signal interval indicating a duty ratio, and outputting the smoothed PWM signal to the drive circuit.
US09210739B2
Foil-based PTC heaters are self-regulating, i.e. do not need any electronic control unit (ECU) to limit the maximum heating current. In order to establish different heating power levels the present invention proposes to choose different PTC ratio/onset characteristics. In addition, the print design of the PTC ink can be adjusted accordingly.
US09210738B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses configured to pre-form atomizers. The apparatus may include wick and heating element supplies configured to respectively provide a substantially continuous wick and a substantially continuous heating element. A winding mechanism is configured to wind the heating element about the wick. An adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the heating element about the wick. Additionally a synchronization mechanism synchronizes winding the heating element about the wick with adjustment of the position at which the heating element is wound about the wick such that the heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the wick. This process may be repeated to produce multiple coiled heating element segments wound about the wick. A related method is also provided.
US09210732B2
A wireless communication device receives a first-type packet. If the first-type packet does not include first predetermined information, the device may store first specific information. In some examples, if the first-type packet includes the first predetermined information, the device does not store the first specific information. The device receives a second-type packet after receiving the first-type packet. If the first specific information is stored and the second-type packet is received, the device may send a third-type packet when the target-device identifying information is the same as the first-external-device identifying information. The third-type packet might not be sent where the target-device identifying information is different from the first-external-device identifying information. If the first specific information is not stored and the second-type packet is received, the device may send the third-type packet. When sending the third-type packet, the device may also send a wireless profile.
US09210730B2
A method of establishing a direct mobile communications (DMC) link between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, where at least one of the first UE and the second UE is communicating on a first cellular link includes requesting that at least one of the first UE and the second UE participate in an evaluation procedure to determine a potential quality of a DMC link proposed between the first UE and the second UE. The method also includes receiving a report from at least one of the first UE and the second UE indicating the potential quality of the DMC link proposed between the first UE and the second UE according to the evaluation procedure. The method further includes establishing the DMC link between the first UE and the second UE if the potential quality of the DMC link exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09210723B2
The invention relates to a transmission control method implemented by a station having at least one data frame to be transmitted via a wireless telecommunication network. In one aspect, the method comprises, at each selection round from a maximum number of selection rounds: a step of obtaining a value representative of either an authorization to transmit the frame, or of a prohibition to transmit the frame; and, when the value is representative of an authorization for transmission, transmitting an information signal in the network so as to indicate, to the other stations, that the station has obtained a value representative of an authorization for transmission. The transmission of the information signal is at least partially carried out during the transmission of a data frame in the network.
US09210722B2
A method for a station to periodically broadcast messages over a wireless channel to communicate to multiple other stations who transmit on the same channel, the station becomes ready to broadcast at successive message activation times, at a message activation time the station performing a Multiple Access mechanism (930) to resolve channel access competition and the station subsequently starting transmission of a message, wherein at least two successive message activation times differ a random time interval.
US09210702B2
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.
US09210700B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate simultaneous transmission of control information in a single sub-frame. For instance, simultaneous transmission can maintain single carrier waveforms for a control channel even when a plurality of information types is scheduled in concurrently. Channel quality indicators, scheduling requests and acknowledgement messages can be jointly coded. In addition, reference symbols in a sub-frame can be modulated to indicate values associated with a scheduling request or an acknowledgement message. Moreover, in situations where channel quality indicators, scheduling requests and or acknowledgement messages are simultaneously scheduled, one or more can be dropped. Further, a single carrier constraint can be relaxed to enable simultaneous transmission of information in the sub-frame at different frequencies.
US09210697B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK of a user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving a first PDCCH and a second PDCCH through at least one serving cell; receiving a first PDSCH scheduled by the first PDCCH; receiving a second PDSCH scheduled by the second PDCCH; allocating a first PUCCH resource on the basis of a lowest index of a CCE on which the first PDCCH is transmitted; allocating a second PUCCH resource on the basis of a lowest index of a CCE on which the second PDCCH is transmitted; and transmitting ACK/NACK for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH through a serving cell linked to a serving cell receiving the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH, wherein a transmission resource for transmitting the ACK/NACK is selected from the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource.
US09210696B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing uplink control information (UCI) and a method for transmitting the UCI based on a multiple input multiple output system, which processing method comprises: repeating ACK/NACK source bits and/or rank indicator (RI) source bits in the uplink control information to form M groups, with each group corresponding to a code word (S302), wherein M is the total number of code words; carrying out channel encoding on the ACK/NACK source bits and/or RI source bits of each code word to obtain QACK*Li output bits (S304), wherein QACK is the channel encoding output bits corresponding to each layer in a certain code word, L is the total number of layers, and the layer number corresponding to the i-th code word is Li; and multiplexing and interleaving the output bits and the data bits of the corresponding code word (S306). The present invention solves the problems of transmission and channel encoding of the ACK/NACK and/or RI in the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system, and at the same time takes into account high load situations and backward compatibility.
US09210693B2
A method for transmitting data of hotspot cell coverage includes: a base station adjusts a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table allowing the same to satisfy a 256 QAM modulation scheme, and acquires layer 1 Transport Block Size (TBS) when the modulation scheme is 256 QAM; on the basis of NPRB, ITBS and the number of Transport Block (TB) mapping layers, the base station determines the TBS currently transmitting data, and transmits data on the basis of the TBS. Also provided is a device and base station for transmitting data. Employment of the method, device, and base station for transmitting the data of hotspot cell coverage of embodiments of the disclosure allows for optimized modulation scheme for the same to support up to 256 QAM, and for improved system throughput, thus solving the problem in hotspot cell coverage of system transmission speed not capable of satisfying actual demand.
US09210686B2
Provided is a radio communication device including a radio communication section that communicates by radio with a base station that changes a cycle for sending a paging channel to a second cycle in a case where no response is made from the radio communication device responsive to the paging channel sent in accordance with a first cycle, a detecting section that detects a state change of the radio communication device, and a receipt control section that switches a receiving cycle for receiving the paging channel from the first cycle to the second cycle according to a detection result obtained by the detecting section.
US09210680B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a real time location service provider enables improved positioning services. The method includes processing a request for a position of a portable electronic device, where the request identifies at least one local access point and a connected cellular communication cell to which the device is operatively connected (step 705). The connected cellular communication cell is then matched with a listed cellular communication cell, where the listed cellular communication cell is associated with the real time location service provider and with a plurality of registered access points (step 710). Further, the at least one local access point is matched with at least one registered access point in the plurality of registered access points (step 715). Finally, the real time location service provider is selected based on an association of the at least one registered access point with the real time location service provider (step 720).
US09210673B2
Regaining uplink synchronization after timing alignment failure in cellular communications. An out-of-sync condition with a cellular network may be detected. A first type of random access procedure may be initiated in response to detecting the out-of-sync condition. It may be determined whether or not a message transmitted as part of the first type of random access procedure is received by the cellular network. If the message transmitted as part of the first type of RACH is received by the network and no response to the message is received from the cellular network, a second type of RACH may be initiated. The second type of RACH may include a message having an indication that an out-of-sync condition occurred.
US09210668B2
Techniques for mitigating interference due to peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are described. In an aspect, a P2P UE may measure the signal strength of downlink signals from base stations and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to WWAN UEs communicating with base stations. In another aspect, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of uplink signals from WWAN UEs and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., inversely proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to the WWAN UEs. In one design, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of an uplink signal from a WWAN UE, estimate the pathloss between the two UEs based on the measured signal strength, and determine its transmit power based on the estimated pathloss.
US09210666B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus of a first cell communicates with a second cell in relation to a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission of control information by the second cell and data by the first cell to a user equipment (UE) in a range expanded region of the first cell, determines a desired transmission power level for an uplink transmission to the first cell by the UE, and provides the desired transmission power level for the uplink transmission to the second cell.
US09210664B2
A wireless device receives a control message configuring cell groups comprising a primary cell group and a secondary cell group. The wireless device receives a control command causing the wireless device to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in the secondary cell group. The wireless device transmits the random access preamble on the random access resources to the base station. Transmission timing of the random access preamble is determined, at least in part, employing uplink subframe transmission timing of the primary cell or a stored timing advance value.
US09210659B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a dormancy mode of the portable terminal by minimizing the dormancy mode entry delay of the display in power-off state are provided. The method includes starting, when the application processor and the communication processor stop data communication in display power-off state, a dormancy mode timer, checking, when the dormancy mode timer expires, a dormancy mode flag indicating communication channel state, and entering, when the dormancy mode flag indicates a communication channel connection release state, the dormancy mode, wherein the dormancy mode timer counts a number of segments constituting a maximum standby time for entering the dormancy mode.
US09210658B2
An information processing device (100) stores information (hereinafter, referred to as communication network information) in advance, which information indicates whether or not a communication network (200) is compatible with a Fast Dormancy function. Then, the information processing device (100) reads the communication network information of the communication network (200) when a packet communication with an information server (220) is ended, and sets a free procedure of a communication channel based on the communication network information that is read. Then, information processing device (100) frees the communication channel according to the free procedure that is set.
US09210657B2
Operation of a user equipment (UE) with various timers is discussed. According to this scheme, when the UE receives values for each of timers related with a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation from a network, the UE monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from subframe n+1 to subframe n+X based on a first timer among the above mentioned timers when a first event for starting the first timer occurs at the subframe n, and monitors the PDCCH from subframe n to subframe n+X−1 based on a second timer among said timers, when a second event for starting the second timer occurs at the subframe n.
US09210654B2
A telecommunications system including a plurality of repeater nodes, each repeater node having a transceiver unit operable to transmit and receive data to or from one or more other of the repeater nodes or a control node or a mobile device within a predetermined range. The control node operable to transmit data to and receive data from the mobile device via the repeater nodes using a time frame divided into a plurality of time slots. The time slots of the time frame are allocated to the repeater nodes to the effect that each repeater node transmits to another repeater node in one of the upstream or the downstream directions in a time slot which is a minimal time from the time slot in which the other repeater node transmits in the upstream or downstream direction.
