US09416930B2
A process of manufacturing an LED lamp strip includes the steps of forming a plurality of through holes on an adhesive tape, mounting the adhesive tape to a top side of a scrollable lead frame, bonding a plurality of LED chips to the top side of the scrollable lead frame according to the positions of the through holes, packaging the LED chips respectively, and finally cutting the scrollable lead frame. In light of this, the LED lamp strip can be produced under the circumstances of low production cost and less production time.
US09416927B2
Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device for emitting a first light at a first wavelength and a wavelength conversion medium arranged to convert at least part of the first light into a second light at a second wavelength. The wavelength conversion medium is disposed between a periodic antenna array and the semiconductor light emitting device. The periodic antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. The periodic antenna array supports surface lattice resonances arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in at least one of the antennas.
US09416922B1
Embodiments relate to a lighting device that includes or retains a plurality of solid-state light emitters and is capable of providing one or more of omni-directional lighting and task lighting. Other embodiments relate to modular lighting systems for providing the same.
US09416918B2
The present invention is directed to a protected pressure vessel comprising a one-piece electrically conductive composite boss that is isolated from contact with materials that have an electrical potential that differ from that of the conductive composite boss so as to substantially eliminate the possibility of galvanic corrosion cause by the differences in electrical potential.
US09416914B1
A cradle head is provided, applicable to a tripod, including a fixing base, a clamping device and a position adjustment assembly; wherein the fixing base engaged to the tripod; the clamping device being for clamping a portable electronic device; the position adjustment assembly including a carrier element and a sliding element; both the clamping device and the sliding element being installed on the carrier element and located on same side of carrier element; the sliding element able to slide along the carrier element without disengaging from carrier element; the sliding element partially extending from the carrier element to couple with fixing base; the clamping device installed at the carrier element in a rotatable manner; the sliding element adjustable with respect to the fixing base so that the center of mass of portable electronic device falling within a range covered by fixing base when clamped by the clamping device.
US09416912B2
One example of a wall mount with configurable stops to mount electronic equipment includes an enclosure housing to receive the electronic equipment and a pivot tube having a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to a rear external surface of the electronic housing. A stop plate is attached to the second end of the pivot tube. The stop plate is configured to be mounted to a surface. The stop plate includes multiple stops to control a range of rotation of the enclosure housing on the pivot tube.
US09416904B2
Gas supply pressure spikes are absorbed and leveled-out by a gas supply shock absorber comprising gas storage, which is charged during positive pressure spikes and utilized during negative pressure spikes. The gas supply shock absorber also comprises pressure sensing and regulating valves, which direct positive pressure spikes to the gas storage and draw gas from storage during negative pressure spikes. A backflow preventer limits shock absorption to co-located equipment, but gas supply shock absorbers operate in aggregate to create additional demand during positive pressure spikes and reduced demand during negative pressure spikes. If the gas storage has sufficient gas, a co-located data center utilizes such gas for increased electrical power generation during increased processing activity, which can be requested or generated. Conversely, if the gas storage has insufficient gas, and a negative pressure spike occurs, the data center throttles down or offloads processing.
US09416903B2
A method for removal of a hydrate plug (7) in a tube (92) in connection with a petroleum well (9) is described. A hydrate plug remover (2) is included having a collecting container (21). The method includes the steps of positioning the hydrate plug remover (2) in a sluice (5); filling the sluice (5) with a hydrate dissolving fluid; filling the collecting container (21) provided with a valve (3) in the lower end portion (20) of the collecting container (21) with hydrate dissolving fluid through the valve (3); pressure testing the sluice (5); displacing the hydrate plug remover (2) from the hydrate plug (7) and letting the hydrate dissolving fluid flow towards the hydrate plug (7) through a circulation gate (22) in the upper end portion (29) of the collecting container (21); leading loosened hydrate from the hydrate plug (7) into the collecting container (21) via the valve (3); and displacing the hydrate plug remover (2) to the sluice (5) where the collecting container (21) is emptied of hydrate through the circulation gate (22) while hydrate dissolving fluid flows into the collection container (21) through the valve (3). A hydrate plug remover for performing the method is also described.
US09416901B2
An ice skate assembly for attachment to a boot has a skate blade and a blade heating arrangement mounted within a blade support. The blade is heated by a row of field-effect transistors or by a resistance heating wire carried on the blade at a circuit board encapsulated on the top edge of the blade in an over-molded plastic strip which engages into a slot in the support as a wedged fit. The blade is attached by an inclined wedge member a screw for pulling the blade longitudinally of the blade and to draw the inclined wedge member into its receptacle. The battery pack is carried in the rear tower which is sealed against moisture penetration and includes two proximity switches for actuation.
US09416894B2
A system for verifiably locking a first cylindrical component to a second cylindrical component in a safe and secure manner. The system provides a visible indication when the first component and second component are fully and effectively secured. The first cylindrical component comprises a lock cylinder fixedly attached to the first cylindrical component. The lock cylinder comprises a lock piston. The second cylindrical component comprises a channel with a guide region and a lock region. The visible portion of the lock piston provides an indication of whether or not the lock piston is secured in the lock region of the channel. The system is also capable of being operated from a control panel to operate the locks, receive signals from sensors, and to display the lock status of the system. The system offers redundant verifications to enhance safety in operating environments.
US09416882B2
A split valve includes: an upper valve body having a spherical surface abutting on a seat surface of a discharge port to block the discharge port and a hollow on a lower surface; a lower valve body that blocks a receiving port by causing a spherical surface to abut on a seat surface of a receiving port and has a protrusion fitted to the hollow of the upper valve body on its upper surface, a shaft that rotates the lower valve body, an air supply/discharge mechanism that supplies/discharges an air pressure into/from a chamber defined by the protrusion and the hollow.
US09416878B1
A valve selectively opens and closes a passageway defined by a port. The valve comprises a body defining outer and inner surfaces; the inner surface defining an inner cavity. A sealing arm extends from the body into the inner cavity and is movable between first and second positions for closing and opening the passageway, respectively. A shape memory alloy member is disposed at least partially along the outer surface and alternates between first and second lengths in de-energized and energized states, respectively. The first length is greater than the second length, which constricts about the body. A leg extends from the body into the inner cavity and is moveable between initial and activated positions in the de-energized and energized states, respectively. The leg engages and moves the sealing arm from the first position to the second position when the leg moves from the initial position to the activated position.
US09416868B2
A shift-by-wire controller is applied to a shift-by-wire system which switches a shift range of an automatic transmission by a driving force of a motor, and drives the motor according to an input signal. The shift-by-wire controller includes a position sensor, a position acquirement portion acquiring a switching edge corresponding to a position where the shift range is switched from the position sensor, an encoder detecting a rotational position of the motor, a determining portion determining whether the rotational position can be acquired as a present-position from the encoder, and a position determination portion. When the determining portion determines that the present-position cannot be acquired, the position determination portion drives the motor to switch the shift range, and determines a position of the motor based on the switching edge.
US09416867B2
A planetary gear stage for a gearbox has a ring gear, a sun gear and a planet carrier for driving planet shafts. Each planet shaft has a planet gear with radial and axial contact surfaces and which is rotatably supported by a plain bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement has two bushings fixed to the planet shaft. Each bushing is L-shaped in cross-section and has radial and axial contact surfaces. The bushings form a cross-sectional U-shape and are axially locked by abutments. At least part of the planet gear is located within the U-shape formed by the bushings. The plain bearing arrangement has a radial sliding support arranged between the radial contact surface of the bushings and the radial contact surface of the planet gear and an axial sliding support arranged between the axial contact surface of the bushings and the axial contact surface of the planet gears.
US09416865B2
A planetary gear has a sun gear having external teeth on an outer peripheral side, a plurality of pinion gears engaged with the sun gear, a carrier supporting the plurality of pinion gears, a circular oil catch plate on an end of the carrier, and a rotation member having a ring gear, on an outer peripheral side of the carrier and the oil catch plate. An engaging element engaged with the rotation member is disposed on an outer periphery of the planetary gear. The oil catch plate includes an open close valve which opens a passage at at least a predetermined rotation number. Lubrication oil supplied to the planetary gear is guided to the engaging element through the passage when the open/close valve is opened. This enables adjusting of the lubrication amount in accordance with a variation occurring in a ratio of a lubrication amount to each part.
US09416861B2
In the strain wave gearing, an involute positive deflection tooth profile of a low pressure angle of less than 20° is used as the basic tooth profile for the rigid internal spur gear and the flexible external spur gear in order to increase the effective tooth depth. Continuous meshing of the two gears in the tooth trace direction is made possible by shifting the external teeth so that the linear parts of the rack tooth profiles coincide when viewed along the tooth trace direction. The root rim thickness of the front end of the external teeth of the flexible external spur gear is set to an optimal thickness and the root rim thicknesses at various positions other than the front end of the external teeth in the tooth trace direction are set to appropriate values.
US09416853B2
A clamping device (2) for a starter generator belt drive of an internal combustion engine. The clamping device includes a tensioner housing (8), a tensioning arm (17) mounted movably therein, and two idlers (6, 7), one of which is mounted to the tensioning arm and the other of which is mounted to the tensioner housing (8) in a stationary manner. A spring component which generates the pre-load force includes two helical compression springs (20a, 20b) connected in series, the facing spring ends (23a, 23b) of which are separated by an intermediate piece (24) mounted in the tensioner housing in a sliding manner. The tensioning arm has a pin projection (28), which extends through the helical compression springs running inside the tensioning arm and which is mounted in the intermediate piece in a sliding manner.
US09416850B2
A drive transmission mechanism includes an electromagnetic clutch and a drive output gear. The electromagnetic clutch includes a clutch shaft, a clutch input gear, a clutch idler gear, and a clutch output gear. The drive transmission mechanism transmits driving power using a first drive transmission path or a second drive transmission path. The first drive transmission path includes the clutch idler gear, a first idler gear, and a first output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to a first output gear unit irrespective of the energizing or the non-energizing an electromagnetic clutch. The second drive transmission path includes the clutch output gear, a second idler gear, and a second output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to the second output gear unit only when the electromagnetic clutch is energized.
US09416841B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for cooling damping fluid in a vehicle suspension damper unit. A damping unit includes a piston mounted in a fluid cylinder. A bypass fluid circuit having an integrated cooling assembly disposed therein is fluidly coupled to the fluid cylinder at axial locations that, at least at one point in the piston stroke, are located on opposite sides of the piston. The cooling assembly may include a cylinder having cooling fins thermally coupled to an exterior surface of the cylinder and made of a thermally conductive material. The bypass channel may include a check valve that permits fluid flow in only one direction through the bypass channel. The check valve may be remotely operated, either manually or automatically by an electronic controller. A vehicle suspension system may implement one or more damper units throughout the vehicle, controlled separately or collectively, automatically or manually.
US09416840B2
A gas spring for forming equipment, including a piston received at least partially in a cylinder for reciprocation between extended and retracted positions, and including a throttling passage disposed between the piston and the cylinder in fluid communication between first and second pressure chambers during at least a portion of the reciprocation of the piston. The throttling passage is of variable cross-sectional area, which varies with a length of the passage to at least partially restrict gas flow therethrough in a manner varying with return of the piston toward its extended position to decelerate the piston at a predetermined rate.
US09416833B2
Disc brake incorporating an assembly of a crown (11) and a brake bowl (12), with the brake bowl (12) incorporating a circular base (12a), extended radially and externally by lugs (12b), with the crown accommodating a number of fingers (13) protruding externally into the interior volume of the crown (11). The lugs (12b) have a staged configuration with, at the end, a hood form (12d) internally establishing a housing for each of the fingers (13); the lugs have an access opening in unclosed ‘U’ form; the lugs (12b) are oriented in the same direction, with their opening part on the same side. After assembly of the brake bowl and the crown, the lugs are closed around the fingers, by distortion and flowage of the material around the finger, leaving them a capability for axial movement.
US09416831B2
Dissimilar aircraft brake systems for use in, for example, an aircraft are provided herein. In this regard, a system is provided comprising a carbon/carbon (“C/C”) rotor disk adjacent to a ceramic matrix composite (“CMC”) stator disk. In various embodiments, a system is provided comprising a CMC rotor disk adjacent to a C/C stator disk.
US09416823B2
A corner is formed at a small-diameter-side end portion of a cage. The cage is disposed such that the axial position of a tip of the corner substantially coincides with the axial position of a large end face of an outer ring. Thus, a cylindrical space formed between an inner periphery cylindrical face of the outer ring and an outer periphery cylindrical face of the cage is filled with an oil low pressure region. As a result, the inflow of the oil into a bearing is restricted.
US09416819B2
A re-circulating ball sliding support comprises an elongate rail and a slide cassette. The slide cassette includes structure that interacts with the rail to seal the sliding support assembly such that the ingress of dirt into the slide cassette is prevented, and any lubricant for the balls is retained within the slide cassette.
US09416816B2
A damper for a drive shaft of a vehicle, which is installed to a predetermined position of the drive shaft for transmitting torque of an engine to a driven wheel, may include a bimetal or a metallic member corresponding to the bimetal; and a hollow body molded of a rubber material to surround the bimetal or the metallic member.
US09416812B2
A nut includes a thread portion and a pressing portion. The thread portion is formed at an end of the nut. The thread portion includes a threaded inner wall surface for engaging with a screwing shaft of a screwing piece. The pressing portion is extended from the thread portion and formed at the other end of the nut. A wall thickness of the pressing portion is smaller than a wall thickness of the thread portion. An outer wall surface of the pressing portion is aligned with an outer wall surface of the thread portion.
US09416810B2
Elastomeric joining element retaining devices are disclosed. In an aspect, a retaining device is disclosed which is constructed from an elastomeric material such as polyurethane and designed to receive and align an assembly or “stack-up” of nuts, bolts, washers, and/or other joining elements. The retaining device retains and aligns the assembly, enabling a user to install the assembly accurately without dropping or misaligning portions of the assembly. Such retaining devices ease the process of installing or removing joining elements in hard to reach locations.
US09416802B2
A family of Radar energy Absorbing Deformable Low Drag Vortex Generators (RAD-LDVG) is described herein. This family of devices are fabricated in such a way that it can conform to aircraft surface features while reducing radar returns from structural details. Vortex generators (VGs) are typically used to reattach or smooth gross flowfields over aircraft surfaces. By doing so, an airfoil or wing can maintain attached flow at higher angles of attack and/or higher lift coefficients than one without the VGs. These devices are also used to reattach and/or smooth flows that encounter crossflow-induced instabilities and/or adverse pressure gradients on the upper surfaces of wings or near aircraft boattails. Other uses include reduction of buffet, vibration, flutter, cavity resonance or general bluff-body pressure drag reduction. Although conventional rigid VGs do generate vortical aerodynamic structures, two major problems are often experienced: i.) the inability to conform to curved surfaces, ii.) the generation of radar cross-section spikes produced by the VGs themselves.
US09416800B2
A carrier-gas mixture is directed through a fluid flow path in a combined heat and mass transfer device, which can be operated at sub-atmospheric pressure. Heat and mass are transferred from or to the carrier-gas mixture via interaction with a liquid composition that includes a vaporizable component in a liquid state to substantially change the content of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture via evaporation or condensation. The mass flow rate of the carrier-gas mixture is varied by extracting or injecting the carrier-gas mixture from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path, and/or the mass flow rate of the liquid composition is varied by extracting or injecting the liquid composition from at least one intermediate location in the fluid flow path; and the flow of the carrier-gas mixture or the liquid composition is regulated to reduce the average local enthalpy pinch in the device.
US09416791B2
To design the rotor as compressible in the radial direction in a fluid pump, in particular for microinvasive medical use, said rotor is configured as stretchable in its longitudinal direction by push elements and pull elements acting axially on it. A fluid pump is presented herein having a drivable rotor which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and which has at least one impeller blade. The rotor at least partly comprises an elastically compressible and expandable material and is elastically stretchable by elements acting axially on it in the direction of its longitudinal axis. A push element and a pull element engage at different ends of the rotor and/or of a housing of the fluid pump. The push element and the pull element are configured to apply tension to the rotor by applying force in mutually opposite directions at the different ends of the rotor.
US09416786B2
An adjustable delivery volume rotary pump, including: first and second housing structures; a delivery chamber comprising a first chamber wall formed by the first housing structure, a second chamber wall formed by the second housing structure, a fluid inlet in a low-pressure region and a fluid outlet in a high pressure region; a pump wheel rotatable about a rotational axis in the delivery chamber; and a pressing device for generating pressing force. The second housing structure can be moved relative to the first housing structure from a first to a second position, against the pressing force. In the second position, a gap exists between the first and the second chamber walls and fluid can escape from the delivery chamber by bypassing the inlet and the outlet, or a circulation of the fluid which reduces the delivery rate of the rotary pump arises in the gap within the delivery chamber.
US09416772B2
A wind power plant is characterized in that a measurement device (18) is provided for the determination of the load on an electric motor (13, 14), wherein the control device (16, 17) reduces the load on the motor (13, 14) by reducing the rotational speed of the rotor (11), by changing the blade angle of the at least one rotor blade (12, 12′) and/or by reducing the output of the wind power plant (10) when a preselectable first load limit of the electric motor (13, 14) is exceeded.
US09416767B2
A method for handling a wind powerplant's rotor hub or to handle a wind powerplant's rotor using a hoist, in particular for erecting a wind powerplant or for assembling or disassembling a rotor to and from such a powerplant, in particular a hub or a rotor being configured by means of one assembly side to the wind powerplant's tower, the hub or rotor being raised or held by the hoist. In the raised state, the hub is tilted by a tilting mechanism acting on it out of the initial, raised position by a predetermined angle of tilting, or the rotor is tilted by a tilting mechanism acting on the rotor blade roots of the rotor through a predetermined angle of tilting. A mechanism to handle a wind powerplant's rotor hub of a wind powerplant's rotor, in particular for assembling or dismantling a rotor to or from its wind powerplant.
US09416765B2
Apparatus for converting wave motion on a body of water into electrical power includes an electrical power generating system. The system includes a floatable housing. An electrical power generating unit is disposed within the floatable housing. The electrical power generating unit includes two spaced apart wheels which are connected by a drive element, and at least one generator for generating electrical power. A weight is connected to the drive element. When the system is tilted by wave motion, the weight moves toward the lower wheel, thereby turning the wheels and generator(s) and creating electrical power. In an embodiment, a plurality of systems are connected by connectors to form a power generating array.
US09416762B2
A remote start control system is for a vehicle including a data communications bus extending through the vehicle, an engine, a window motor associated with a window and operating the window based upon a move window command on the data communications bus, and a vehicle climate control system operable based upon a climate control command on the data communications bus. The remote start control system may include a remote start transmitter to generate a remote start signal, and a vehicle remote start controller at the vehicle that may include a receiver to receive the remote start signal, and at least one processor cooperating with the receiver. The at least one processor, in response to the remote start signal, may generate the move window command on the data communications bus, generate the climate control command on the data communications bus, and start the engine.
US09416752B2
A gas turbine engine has an engine core and an annular by-pass duct, within a surrounding nacelle. An exhaust nozzle of the nacelle includes a selectively deployable noise-reduction section on an inner surface thereof. The noise-reduction section includes an inflatable envelope comprising a fixed outer wall and a displaceable inner wall. At least projections on the inner wall are inwardly displaced when the envelope is pressurized and retracted radially outwardly when the envelope is de-pressurized. When the envelope is pressurized, the inner wall includes portions that project to form a rough surface on the inner surface of the nacelle exhaust nozzle. This thickens the boundary layer and reduces the speed of the gas flow at the outer radius of the nozzle, thus reducing the differential velocity with the ambient air, which reduces the gradient throughout the shear layer thus reducing the noise level of the engine.
US09416746B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a lean NOx trap connected downstream is provided. The method comprises in a normal operating mode, operating the internal combustion engine with a lean fuel/air mixture, and in a special operating mode, operating the internal combustion engine with a rich fuel/air mixture in order to bring about regeneration of the lean NOx trap, wherein a changeover from the normal operating mode to the special operating mode takes place when switching off of the internal combustion engine is expected.
US09416739B2
A method for learning an opening of an air control valve of a hybrid electric vehicle includes detecting data for controlling the opening of the air control valve during engine starting, detecting a change of a flap closing of the air control valve, controlling the opening of the air control valve to reduce a vibration based on the data when the engine is turned off, calculating the opening of the air control valve according to the flap closing of the air control valve, setting a reference value based on the change of the flap closing of the air control valve, comparing the calculated value with the reference value and when the calculated value is greater than the reference value, learning the opening of the air control valve as the calculated value after an ignition switch is turned off.
US09416730B2
Bi-directional nacelle ventilation and cooling systems for use with aircraft and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a passageway to fluidly couple an opening formed in a nacelle of an aircraft engine and an engine compartment of the nacelle. The opening provides an inlet into the engine compartment when passive airflow is available to vent or cool the engine compartment and the opening to provide an outlet from the engine compartment when forced air is needed to vent or cool the engine compartment. A fan is positioned in the passageway to provide the forced air when the passive air is unavailable.
US09416728B2
A combustor apparatus is provided, comprising a mixing arrangement for mixing a carbonaceous fuel with enriched oxygen and a working fluid to form a fuel mixture. A combustion chamber is at least partially defined by a transpiration member. The transpiration member is at least partially surrounded by a pressure containment member. The combustion chamber has opposed inlet and outlet portions. The inlet portion of the combustion chamber is configured to receive the fuel mixture for the fuel mixture to be combusted at a combustion temperature. The combustion chamber is further configured to direct the resulting combustion product toward the outlet portion. The transpiration member directs a transpiration substance therethrough toward the combustion chamber for buffering interaction between the combustion product and the transpiration member. Associated systems, apparatuses, and methods are also provided.
US09416727B2
An engine assembly includes an internal combustion engine and a waste heat recovery system. The waste heat recovery system is configured to direct refrigerant around a loop. The loop includes a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from engine exhaust gases to the refrigerant such that the refrigerant is vaporized; a turbine configured to receive and be driven by the vaporized refrigerant; and a condenser configured to cool and condense the refrigerant for subsequent delivery in liquid form to the heat exchanger. The turbine includes a turbine wheel connected to a shaft which is held in a shaft housing, a bearing lubricated by liquid refrigerant being provided between the shaft and the shaft housing, and squeeze film dampers which utilize the liquid refrigerant are provided between the bearing and the shaft housing.
US09416726B2
A method for producing a hydrogen gaseous fuel from kinetic and/or potential energy recovered from a vehicle powered by a four stroke Diesel engine fitted with a Jacobs engine brake during a deceleration stage. Such a method comprises the following steps: a) providing a preheated steam flow; b) providing a gas flow from at least one chemical species used as preheated carbon and hydrogen source; c) mixing the gas flow from at least one chemical species used as carbon and hydrogen source from step a) with the steam flow from step b); d) reacting the mixture from step c) in the catalytic bed of a reforming reactor, heated by high temperature air from the compression stage of the Diesel engine acting as engine brake upon deceleration, producing an outlet synthesis gas flow which contains hydrogen; e) causing water to condense in the outlet synthesis gas flow which contains hydrogen, producing a water-free synthesis gas flow, and f) storing the synthesis gas flow obtained at step e) in a reservoir for its subsequent use during an acceleration stage of the vehicle. A system useful to implement the method for recovering kinetic and/or potential energy from a vehicle powered by a four stroke Diesel engine fitted with a Jacobs engine brake during a deceleration stage.
US09416725B2
A turbocharging device of an engine for a vehicle is provided. The turbocharging device includes a turbocharger for turbocharging intake air, an introduction passage connected to an introducing section of a compressor of the turbocharger, a discharge passage connected to a discharging section of the compressor of the turbocharger, a bypass passage connecting the introduction passage to the discharge passage and bypassing the compressor, and a bypass valve for opening and closing the bypass passage. A throttle part throttling a flow passage area of the introduction passage is formed in an inner circumferential surface of a part of the introduction passage, upstream of a connection part of the introduction passage with the bypass passage.
US09416716B2
In a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which an SCR catalyst is arranged in an exhaust passage, a dummy determination processing to determine whether the selective catalytic reduction catalyst is mounted at a location is carried out, based on a temperature difference between a temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the location where the selective catalytic reduction catalyst is to be arranged and a temperature of exhaust gas flowing out of the location, after starting of the internal combustion engine, wherein when a period of time for the temperature of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst to become equal to or less than a fixed temperature is equal to or more than a predetermined period of time, the dummy determination processing is carried out, whereas when the period of time is less than the predetermined period of time, the dummy determination processing is not carried out.
US09416702B2
This disclosure relates generally to the use of gas clathrates. More particularly, this disclosure relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses related to the use of gas clathrates as a fuel source for automobiles. The gas clathrates may first be dissociated into at least one gas and the at least one gas delivered to the prime mover of a vehicle or the gas clathrates may be directly utilized by the prime mover as a fuel source.
US09416697B2
A system including a lubrication delivery tube and a bearing for an engine provides high reliability through an externally-supplied lubrication. The system may be supplied as a kit including a lubrication delivery tube and an oil filter adapter having a port for supplying the external lubrication to a mounting flange of the bearing.
US09416695B2
A non-return valve for an oil return in the crankcase ventilation system of a combustion engine includes a valve housing, a valve body which is mounted in the valve housing so as to be displaceable as a whole between an open position and a closed position, wherein the valve body in the non-operating state of the combustion engine is maintained in the open position without preload and the valve body is configured to automatically move to the closed position in case of an overpressure at the crankcase side with respect to the oil separator chamber. The non-return valve is provided and configured to be inserted into a mounting of a cylinder head cover of the combustion engine.
US09416683B2
According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type steam power generation system comprises a boiler that produces steam and generates an exhaust gas, a first turbine that is rotationally driven by the steam, an absorption tower allows carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas to be absorbed into an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that discharges the carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption tower, a condenser that removes moisture from the carbon dioxide gas, discharged from the regeneration tower, by condensing the carbon dioxide gas using cooling water, a compressor that compresses the carbon dioxide gas from which the moisture is removed by the condenser, and a second turbine that drives the compressor. The steam produced by the cooling water recovering the heat from the carbon dioxide gas in the condenser is supplied to the first turbine or the second turbine.
US09416672B2
A housing structure for a turbo-engine, especially for a gas turbine or an aircraft engine, includes an outer housing wall and an inner housing wall, the inner and outer housing walls annularly enclosing a flow channel for the turbo-engine and being spaced apart radially from the flow channel. At least one heat shield is arranged between the inner and outer housing walls, and a bar or a fixture projects at least somewhat radially from the inner housing wall. The bar or the fixture has on at least one side a broadening element that includes a sealing face against which the heat shield is positioned in a sealing manner.
US09416670B2
A locking spacer assembly for securing adjacent rotor blades includes a first end piece having a platform portion and a root portion that define a first inner surface of the first end piece. The root portion defines a first projection and an opposing second projection of the first end piece. The first projection has an outer profile adapted to project into a first lateral recess of the attachment slot. The second projection has an outer profile adapted to project into a second lateral recess of the attachment slot. A second end piece fits between the first inner surface of the first end piece and a sidewall portion of the attachment slot and includes a platform portion and a root portion. A borehole extends continuously through the first end piece and the second end piece. A fastener configured to engage with a sidewall portion of the attachment slot extends through the borehole.
US09416667B2
Modified turbine components include an original turbine component comprising an outer wail enclosing an internal cavity, wherein the outer wall has an original portion removed therefrom to expose the internal cavity, and, an internally cooled supplemental element joined to the outer wall that replaces the original portion removed from the outer wall and re-encloses the internal cavity. The internally cooled supplemental element comprises one or more cooling channels that circulate air from the internal cavity through at least a portion of the internally cooled supplemental element.
US09416664B2
An impeller (10) where each of the blades (34) includes a first part (14) which is positioned at a base end side of the hub (5) and a second part (24) which is positioned at a distal end side of the hub, the first part being formed by connecting a first hub surface curve (12) which extends along a hub surface of the hub and a first shroud surface curve (11) which extends along a shroud surface of the blade by a first group of lines (13), and the second part is formed by connecting a second hub surface curve (22) which extends along a hub surface of the hub and connects with the first hub surface curve and a second shroud surface curve (21) which extends along the shroud surface and connects with the first shroud surface curve by a second group of lines (23).
US09416662B2
A system for providing cooling for a turbine component that includes an outer surface exposed to combustion gases is provided. A component base includes at least one fluid supply passage coupleable to a source of cooling fluid. At least one feed passage communicates with the at least one fluid supply passage. At least one delivery channel communicates with the at least one feed passage. At least one cover layer covers the at least one feed passage and the at least one delivery channel, defining at least in part the component outer surface. At least one discharge passage extends to the outer surface. A diffuser section is defined in at least one of the at least one delivery channel and the at least one discharge passage, such that a fluid channeled through the system is diffused prior to discharge adjacent the outer surface.
US09416661B2
An axial compressor for compressing a flow medium is provided and includes compressor stator blades, which fastened on a stator blade carrier, and compressor rotor blades, which are fastened on a compressor disk of a compressor shaft, wherein two consecutive compressor disks enclose a hollow space lying between them, and wherein the last compressor disk, as seen in the flow direction of the flow medium, delimits a rear hollow space. A cooling medium feed duct leads through a stator blade carrier and a compressor stator blade, and is arranged upstream of the last compressor disk, which cooling medium feed duct, at the tip end of the compressor stator blade facing the compressor shaft, via a discharge opening arranged there, opens into the hollow space, wherein this hollow space, via a cooling medium transfer passage which is led through the subsequent compressor disks, is connected to the rear hollow space.
US09416658B2
A mining machine includes a frame, a first fluid tank, a second fluid tank, a valve, and a control system. The first fluid tank is supported on the frame proximate a first end, and the second fluid tank is supported on the frame proximate a second end. The valve permits fluid communication between the first and second fluid tanks when the valve is in a first position, and prevents fluid communication between the first and second fluid tanks when the valve is in a second position. The control system includes a first sensor detecting an amount of fluid in the first tank, a second sensor detecting an amount of fluid in the second tank, and a controller. The controller moves the valve to the first position when the difference between the amounts of fluid in the first and second tanks a predetermined threshold.
US09416648B2
A technique facilitates measuring loads while compensating for the effects of differential pressure. The technique utilizes a load cell comprising a chassis and a sensing element mounted on the chassis. A housing encloses the sensing element in a chamber formed between the chassis and the housing. The housing is connected to the chassis in a manner to transfer loading, e.g. compressive, tensile, and/or torque loading. A pressure compensating piston is positioned within an interior of the chassis and the housing. A plurality of seal points is located in a manner which isolates the sensing element from the effects of differential pressures between the interior and an exterior of the load cell.
US09416636B2
A hydraulic cutting tool, a system, and a method are for hydraulic cutting through a pipe wall of a pipe body. For this purpose, the cutting tool is provided with at least one cutting section comprising at least one fluid discharge body. Each such fluid discharge body comprises at least two outwardly directed discharge openings having non-parallel discharge directions directed at a common intersection point located outside the fluid discharge body. The cutting is carried out by means of an abrasive fluid being supplied, via a flow-through pipe string, to the at least one fluid discharge body from a remote location. Thereby, abrasive cutting jets will discharge at high velocity from the fluid discharge body so as to meet and disperse in the intersection point, thus weakening the further cutting ability of the cutting jets.
US09416635B2
A spearing device for removing casing from wellbore includes a top sub, a bottom sub, and a mandrel coupled to the top and bottom subs. The device includes a grapple having a corrugated inner surface corresponding to a corrugated portion of the mandrel and an outer surface including wickers for engaging an interior surface of the casing. A piston is disposed within the mandrel and operatively coupled to the grapple. A spring operates with the piston and biases the grapple toward a collapsed position. The grapple axially and rotationally moves along the corrugated outer surface of the mandrel. The grapple expands and collapses in response to axial movement relative to the mandrel. The piston compresses the spring and axially moves and expands the grapple in response to increases in hydraulic pressure. In response to subsequent decreases in hydraulic pressure, the spring decompresses and axially moves and collapses the grapple.
US09416620B2
A method for cementing a tubular string into a wellbore from a drilling unit includes: running the tubular string into the wellbore using a workstring; hanging the tubular string from a wellhead or from a lower portion of a casing string set in the wellbore; and pumping cement slurry through the workstring and tubular string and into an annulus formed between the tubular string and the wellbore. The method further includes, during thickening of the cement slurry: circulating a liquid or mud through a loop closed by a seal engaged with an outer surface of the workstring, the closed loop being in fluid communication with the annulus, and periodically choking the liquid or mud, thereby pulsing the cement slurry.
US09416615B2
A system for improving zonal isolation incorporates a tubular having an outer surface and a swellable coating that coats the outer surface. The swellable coating has an external surface, a composition provided in an annular space outside the tubular, or both. The swellable coating is made of a first swellable material that can swell when contacted by a first fluid on the external surface. The composition is made of a second swellable material that can swell when contacted with second fluid. The first swellable material, the second swellable material, or both, include an elastomer that is compounded with an aqueous inverse emulsion of particles of a polymer comprising a betaine group. The elastomer is able to swell when contacted by hydrocarbons and saline aqueous fluids.
US09416611B2
An embodiment of a method for forming slots in a wellbore casing, comprises providing at least one cutting tool, the cutting tool comprising at least a jetting assembly and an indexing assembly, disposing the cutting tool into the wellbore via a conveyance, stopping movement along the wellbore axis of the cutting tool, and forming slots in the casing by actuating the indexing assembly such that the jetting assembly forms slots in a predetermined pattern in the casing. In an embodiment, the method further comprises flowing a material into the slots formed in the casing to seal the wellbore.
US09416602B2
An apparatus to limit movement of gripping members relative to an elevator includes a locking arm coupled to the gripping members and a first engagement arm. The locking arm includes a set of teeth disposed longitudinally thereon, and the first engagement arm includes a first set of complimentary teeth configured to engage with the set of teeth of the locking arm. The first engagement arm is moveable between a disengaged position, in which the first engagement arm and the locking arm are relatively moveable, and an engaged position, in which the first engagement arm allows the locking arm to move in a first direction but prevents the locking bar from moving in a second direction by more than a selected distance. The teeth of the locking arm engage the first set of complimentary teeth of the first engagement arm when the first engagement arm is in the engaged position.
US09416601B2
A casing running tool is connected to a top drive with a clutch that operates with set down weight against a spring resistive force. Setting down weight with rotation in a first direction raises an actuation member that pushes the slips out radially. The weight of the string then keeps the slips in position so that the string can be picked up and the rig floor slips removed followed by lowering the string while circulating and rotating. With slips set inside the joint and the string hanging free, rotating the top drive rotates the string as the string is lowered. With slips again supporting the string on the rig floor the top drive can be rotated in an opposed direction with weight set down to back off the slips and to remove it from the top joint.
US09416599B2
A method for drilling a wellbore includes drilling the wellbore by advancing the tubular string longitudinally into the wellbore; stopping drilling by holding the tubular string longitudinally stationary; adding a tubular joint or stand of joints to the tubular string while injecting drilling fluid into a side port of the tubular string, rotating the tubular string, and holding the tubular string longitudinally stationary; and resuming drilling of the wellbore after adding the joint or stand.
US09416589B2
A deformable guide for a rollable door is disclosed. The guide has two wall portions. One wall portion defines a longitudinal edge while another wall portion defines an inner longitudinal planar face. Together, the inner longitudinal planar face and the longitudinal edge define a longitudinal slot. The guide receives, via the longitudinal slot, a longitudinal end section of a rollable door side strip, the inner longitudinal planar face of the guide providing a mating surface for a planar surface of the side strip. A longitudinal rib of the longitudinal end section of the side strip is maintained within the guide. The side strip is released by widening of the longitudinal slot upon application on the side strip of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold. A guiding system including the deformable guide and the side strip and a rollable door including the guiding system are also disclosed.
US09416586B1
Systems, devices, apparatus, kits and methods of attaching transparent rigid plastic panels over door and window openings of vacant and/or damaged buildings and houses, that can include generally uniform thickness flange brackets which are attached to both the panels and both sides of the openings.
US09416584B2
A method for sealing insulating glass blanks (1), in which a sealing compound (3) is introduced from a sealing nozzle (7) into the outwardly open edge joint (2) of the insulating glass blank (1). A material tongue (15) of the sealing compound (3) emerging from the sealing nozzle (7) forms in front of the sealing nozzle (7). The size of the material tongue (15) is proportional to the amount of the sealing compound (3) introduced into the edge joint (2) per unit of time. Sealing is controlled in accordance with the length of the material tongue (15) detected by a sensor (10). In particular the amount of sealing compound (3) introduced per unit of time to the sealing nozzle (7) and/or the relative speed between the insulating glass blank (1) and the sealing nozzle (7) is controlled in accordance with the length of the material tongue (15) detected by the sensor (10).
US09416579B2
The present invention provides a drive unit for high-speed lifting gates in which a drive motor is provided for moving the gate leaf and can be down-regulated up to zero rotational speed. The drive motor is actuated via a control unit. Following the occurrence of an emergency stop condition, the drive motor is actuated such that its rotational speed is reduced to zero in a controlled manner and the gate leaf is thereby braked in a motor-driven manner. When the gate leaf is at a standstill, the gate leaf is held by the energized drive motor at zero rotational speed at the holding position. It is with an emergency power supply ensured that, also in the event of a power failure, motor-driven deceleration of the gate leaf and an emergency opening can occur.
US09416573B2
A door hinge has a first hinge plate connected with a second hinge plate that is adjustably disposed in a hinge accommodation element, so as to pivot, with a pin on a hinge roll. The hinge accommodation element has a front part and a rear part, and the second hinge plate is guided in the hinge accommodation element so as to move in the vertical direction, and can be tilted in the horizontal direction, relative to the hinge accommodation element, with an adjustment screw. The front part and the rear part of the hinge accommodation element are connected by a connection screw, and the second hinge plate is clamped in place between the front part and the rear part, so that it cannot be displaced in the vertical direction, after the connection screw has been tightened. A hinge system can be formed by three of these door hinges.
US09416572B2
A hinge, providing a swinging function for a first object attached thereto with respect to a stationary object attached thereto, includes a first leaf; a second leaf; and a pintle. The first leaf has a first knuckle. The second leaf has a second knuckle forming a volume for receiving said pintle. The second knuckle has a contact arm located within the volume. The pintle has a first stop surface feature and a second stop surface feature. The first stop surface feature causes the swinging function of the first object to stop when the contact arm of the second knuckle engages, by contact, the first stop surface feature. The second stop surface feature causes the swinging function of the first object to stop when the contact arm of the second knuckle engages, by contact, the second stop surface feature.
US09416566B2
In one aspect, the invention is directed to a closure latch for a vehicle door. The closure latch includes a ratchet movable between an open position and a closed position, a first door release lever operatively connected to the ratchet, a second door release lever, and a lock lever movable along a lock lever path including a first lock lever position wherein the second door release lever is operatively disconnected from the first door release lever, a second lock lever position wherein the lock lever operatively connects the second door release lever to the first door release lever, and a third lock lever position wherein the lock lever carries out an additional function.
US09416559B2
A solid polymeric fence post having a cross-shaped axial opening therein that readily and easily receives a T-shaped or Y-shaped metal fence post. The fence post provides an aesthetic and pleasing appearance while simultaneously facilitating ease of installation and permitting the use of wood, polymeric, or metal rails, offering more aesthetic options. The fence post also provides greater flexibility in attaching electrical deterrents in a more secure and pleasing manner than with traditional metal fence posts.
US09416558B2
A hunting blind structure having a plurality of vertical sides and one or more roof sections comprising a structured insulate material connected together to form an interior space and an exterior area, the hunting blind structure having at least one window and at least one door, the exterior area having a rubber material layer, the rubber material layer forming an integral rubber hinge with the window structure and/or door structure, such that the rubber hinges provide a weatherproof hinge and allow the users to open the opening structures into the interior space during normal operation.
US09416553B2
A cargo container is provided. The cargo container includes a cargo container housing that defines an interior region. The cargo container further includes a shelving unit disposed in the interior region. The shelving unit has first and second shelf members spaced apart from one another, and a shelf liner disposed on the first shelf member. The shelving unit further includes a shelf liner and an inflatable cushion. The inflatable cushion that is disposed in the storage region of the shelf liner and adapted to contact a storage box and a second shelf member when the inflatable cushion has an inflated state such that the inflatable cushion applies a downward force on the storage box to prevent movement of the storage box during movement of the cargo container housing.
US09416550B2
A work bench support bracket with first and second opposed, generally upright sockets for receiving wood members is joined to first and second telescopically interconnectible, generally horizontal sockets, respectively. First and second clamping sets are also joined to the first and second generally upright sockets, respectively. Each of the clamping sets comprises an upper releasable chimp and a fixed lower brace member. The upper releasable clamp comprises a grip pivotably attached to the upright socket, a connector extending from the grip, and a handle pivotably connected to the connector. The work bench support bracket provides for the secure attachment of the wood members and reduces the likelihood of an accidental release of the wood members.
US09416541B2
A method for supporting one or more fixtures on a membrane-covered roof comprises steps of (a) forming one or more brackets coated each on at least one surface with a material compatible for heat welding to roofing membrane, (b) cutting a piece of roofing membrane, separate from the membrane of the membrane-covered roof, the cut piece of roofing membrane having a length and width substantially greater than dimensions of the one or more brackets, (c) joining the one or more brackets by heat welding to the cut piece of roofing membrane, leaving substantial overhanging projection of the cut piece of roofing membrane from the one or more bracket in every direction from the one or more brackets, and (d) heat welding the cut piece of roofing membrane to the membrane of the membrane-covered roof, thereby securing the one or more brackets to the membrane-covered roof.
US09416539B2
A roofing system and roofing shingles for use therein are disclosed. The roofing system comprises a multiplicity of courses of roofing shingles having a headlap portion, a buttlap portion, a lateral leading edge, and a lateral trailing edge, wherein the headlap portion has a width that is less than a width of the buttlap portion defining a reduced-width headlap, wherein the lateral trailing edge of a shingle in a course partially overlaps and partially abuts the lateral leading edge of an adjacent previously installed shingle to form an interlocking edge between adjacent shingles in the course, and wherein the lateral edge includes a trailing edge projection having a weather edge, a rear edge, and a variable breadth that increases toward the rear edge of the trailing edge projection.
US09416537B2
A three-dimensional structure (1), which is made substantially of panel-shaped material blanks (3, 4, 5) is provided wherein adjacent material blanks are or can be each connected to one another by mutually opposing sides. At least two material blanks (3, 4, 5) which adjoin one another by opposing narrow sides can be detachably connected to one another without glue by at least one connection fitment (6) which (6) holds together the mutually adjoining narrow sides of the material blanks (3, 4, 5) by at least one screw connection.
US09416532B2
Provided is a sound absorption sheet comprising: a porous substrate; and a micro-resonance layer having a pattern of a plurality of sound-absorbing holes penetrating both surfaces thereof. Also provided is a sound absorbing soundproofing panel, the exterior surface of which is covered with the sound absorption sheet comprising: the porous substrate; and the micro-resonance layer having a pattern of a plurality of sound-absorbing holes penetrating both surfaces thereof.
US09416528B2
A folding shed may include a roof with a first roof section pivotally connected to a first sidewall and a second roof section pivotally connected to a second sidewall. The folding shed may further include foldable first and second end walls, each pivotally connected to the first and second sidewalls. The folding shed may be transformed from an operation to a storage configuration by outwardly pivoting the first and second roof sections until the exterior surface of each roof section approximately abuts the exterior surface of the sidewall to which it is connected and inwardly moving foldable end walls until the interior surfaces of the sidewalls approximately abut the interior surfaces of the end walls. The folding shed may optionally include multiple wheels for facilitating transport of the shed.
US09416527B2
Portable, collapsible, lightweight housing structure for outdoors, and a method of assembling, and using the same. The invention encompasses an apparatus for providing shelter for humans and animals, which is portable, collapsible, and easily transportable from location to location, and can be quickly assembled, and disassembled. The apparatus has features which allows for a quick and easy assembly, and also allows for immediate use outdoors by the user. The portable, collapsible apparatus, has a ceiling or roof, and wall or panels that are made of one or more layers of material, such as, corrugated material, plastic material, composite material, waterproof material, weatherproof material, rigid honeycomb board material, polyethylene material, polypropylene material. Optionally, the inventive apparatus could also have an attachable or detachable base or floor. The improved, portable, collapsible, human shelter for outdoors, could be made using, for example, an extruded corrugated plastic, to form a hunting blind.
US09416514B2
The post driver with limited movement floating post anvil does not rely heavily upon the skill of the operator to efficiently drive posts. The post anvil is allowed to move up and down in relation to the driver, but its movement is limited by both lower and upper fixed barriers. Since the movement is limited, the operator can position the driver upon the post allowing the full weight of the driver framework/carrier machine to rest upon the post. The post would push the floating post anvil upward only to the point at which the upper fixed barrier prevents further upward movement of the floating post anvil. Thus, once the floating post anvil abuts the upper fixed barrier, substantially the entire weight of the post driver is resting on the post.
US09416511B2
Working platform (6) and offshore wind energy plant (2) comprising a working platform (6), wherein the working platform (6) is configured to be mounted to an outside wall (16) of the tower (4) of the offshore wind energy plant (2) by help of welded joints.
US09416508B2
In a terminal arrangement for a road rail with a rail profile (2) a terminal guiding device (10) is movable along the road rail under the influence of kinetic energy from a vehicle hitting the terminal guiding device. A terminal profile (8), constituting a prolongation of the rail profile (2), extends within the terminal guiding device (10) obliquely down to a ground anchor (4), where it is attached. The terminal arrangement includes a mechanism for deforming the terminal profile (8) and eventually the rail profile (2) and thus for absorbing kinetic energy.
US09416505B2
A vertically-adjustable gantry assembly installation adapted for removal or placement of a train bridge-span of the type which spans and is supported by two piers, comprises a gantry assembly positioned on load-bearing first ground-support locations, the gantry assembly comprising a gantry and a ground-engaging vertical support and lift system, the vertical support and lift system adapted for supporting a combined weight of the gantry and a bridge span in at least one operational vertical position above respective bridge span support-surfaces of the piers including a position corresponding to a disembarking plane in which the leg portions are extended from a stowed position to an extent at least sufficient for the gantry assembly to self-liftoff the pre-installation conveyance system onto the first ground-support locations to effect the gantry assembly installation.
US09416495B2
A method of fabricating a smooth or ultra-smooth printable sheet, the method comprising the steps consisting in: preparing a multilayer structure (12) having at least one bottom plastics film (14), one anti-adhesive intermediate layer (16), and one printable top layer (18), pasting one face (30) of a substrate (24) or the top face (28) of the printable layer, and applying the substrate onto the printable layer in order to laminate them together, then withdrawing the plastics film from the printable layer, the printable layer (18) defining a smooth or ultra-smooth face (22) on the sheet.
US09416494B2
The present invention provides a modified cellulosic fiber having reduced hydrogen bonding capabilities. The modified fiber formed in accordance with the present invention may be useful in the production of tissue products having improved bulk and softness. More importantly, the modified fiber is adaptable to current tissue making processes and may be incorporated into a tissue product to improve bulk and softness without an unsatisfactory reduction in tensile.
US09416492B1
A method includes receiving distance measurements from at least one scanning head that moves back and forth across at least one surface of a web of material on a frame. The distance measurements identify measured distances to the web. The method also includes controlling one or more actuators in order to move at least a portion of the frame to alter a position of the at least one scanning head relative to the web. The one or more actuators could be controlled so that the at least one scanning head maintains a substantially fixed offset from the web as the at least one scanning head moves back and forth. The one or more actuators could also be controlled so that the web maintains a substantially fixed position between multiple scanning heads as the scanning heads move back and forth.
US09416472B2
A method for production of a body implant (1), having the steps: generating a braiding (10) from a first fiber material (12); executing a first heat treatment on the braiding (10); removing part of the fibers of the first fiber material (12), and replacing by a second fiber material (14) or reinsertion of the first fiber material (12) after the execution of a further processing step on the removal part of the fibers of the first fiber material (12).
US09416469B2
A woven sleeve and method of construction are provided. The sleeve has a flexible, abrasion resistant, self-curling elongate wall constructed from woven monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. The wall has opposite edges extending generally parallel to a central axis of the sleeve, wherein the opposite edges overlap one another. The wall is woven with warp yarns that extend generally parallel to the central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns that extend circumferentially about the sleeve, generally transversely to the central axis. The warp yarns are bundled into individual, discrete groups, with each group including a plurality of yarns in side-by-side relation with one another, wherein each of the yarns within the same discrete group is interlaced over the same side of a common fill yarn.
US09416458B2
The instant disclosure is directed towards methods of determining green electrode quality via electrical resistivity measurements on green electrode forms (e.g. prior to baking) The instant disclosure is directed towards methods of making electrodes, utilizing the electrical resistivity measurement(s) from green anodes to monitor and if necessary, adjust electrode processing parameters (e.g. composition, mixing parameters, forming parameters, or baking parameters).
US09416456B1
The novel photoelectrochemical nano-hybrid film fabricated by blending regioregular polyhexylthiophene (RRPHTh) with titanium oxide (TiO2), Zinc oxide (ZnO) and nanodiamond (ND) nanoparticles on ITO coated glass plate, n-type silicon, and gold coated glass surfaces. The photoelectrochemical study reveals photoinduced electron transfer in nano-hybrid RRPHTh with donor and ND as acceptor providing a molecular approach to high-efficiency photoelectrochemical conversion properties. The ND-RRPHTh has shown promising morphological and photoelectrochemical properties than RRPHTh as well as TiO2-RRPHTh and ZnO-RRPHTh nano-hybrid films.
US09416452B2
A method comprises transporting a first stream of a carrier gas to a delivery device that contains a solid precursor compound. The first stream of carrier gas is at a temperature greater than or equal to 20° C. The method further comprises transporting a second stream of the carrier gas to a point downstream of the delivery device. The first stream and the second stream are combined to form a third stream, such that the dewpoint of the vapor of the solid precursor compound in the third stream is lower than the ambient temperature. The flow direction of the first stream, the flow direction of the second stream and the flow direction of the third stream are unidirectional and are not opposed to each other.
US09416451B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber where processes with respect to a substrate are carried out, a substrate support on which the substrate is placed, the substrate support being disposed within the chamber, and an antenna disposed in an upper portion of the chamber to form an electric field within the chamber. The antenna includes a first antenna and a second antenna, which are disposed in rotational symmetry with respect to a preset center. The first antenna includes a first inner antenna and a first intermediate antenna which respectively have semi-circular shapes and first and second radii and are respectively disposed on one side and the other side with respect to the preset center line and a first connection antenna connecting the first inner antenna to the first intermediate antenna. The second antenna includes a second intermediate antenna and a second inner antenna which respectively have semi-circular shapes and have first and second radii and are respectively disposed on one side and the other side with respect to the center line and a second connection antenna connecting the second intermediate antenna to the second inner antenna.
US09416445B2
Provided is a method for treating the inner surface of a chlorine trifluoride supply passage that enables reliable prevention of the reduction in the concentration of ClF3 in a reaction chamber during process operation.The method includes: integrally connecting a gas supply passage (2) and a gas discharge passage (3) to a processing chamber (1) of a processing apparatus in which chlorine trifluoride is used as an etching gas; and applying chlorine trifluoride gas having a concentration equal to or higher than the concentration of chlorine trifluoride gas supplied during etching process operation on inner surfaces of at least the processing chamber (1) and the gas supply passage (2) among the processing chamber (1), the gas supply passage (2), and the gas discharge passage (3), which are integrally formed, to coat the inner surfaces of at least the processing chamber (1) and the gas supply passage (2) with a fluoride film.
US09416435B1
Getter devices with improved sorption rate, based on powders of quaternary alloys particularly suitable for hydrogen and carbon monoxide sorption, are described. Quaternary alloys having a composition comprising zirconium, vanadium, titanium and aluminum as main constituent elements are also described.
US09416430B2
The apparatus includes a furnace having a furnace chamber (14), a port (16) in fluid communication with the furnace chamber having an inclined lower wall (18), and a bi-directional induction unit (24) mounted to the inclined lower wall for inducing flow in molten material in the port. A retractable channel plate assembly (26) is selectively positionable in the port to define an extraction flow channel (28) for the molten material between the channel plate assembly and the inclined lower wall. A drive arrangement (64) moves the channel plate assembly into and out of the port and the control of a control system (74) which includes a sensor system (78) for measuring the level of the molten material in the port and a feedback system for providing information regarding the position of the channel plate assembly. A method of operating the apparatus is also disclosed.
US09416427B2
A method for the quantification of a vaccine strain and/or a virulent strain of Marek's Disease Virus Serotype-1 (MDV-1) in a sample from a bird, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biological sample from the bird and optionally isolating nucleic acid from the biological sample; (ii) subjecting the biological sample of (i) to real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) comprising: (a) amplification of a region of the pp38 gene within the nucleic acid sample of (i), said region containing a consistent single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) difference between vaccine and virulent strains of MDV-1; and (b) contacting the amplified nucleic acid of (a) with a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the vaccine strain of MDV-1 and/or a detectable nucleic acid probe specific for the SNP of the virulent strain of MDV-1; and (iii) Measuring changes in the detectable signal produced by the probe of (ii). Methods are also provided for the absolute quantification of vaccine and virulent viruses.
US09416423B2
The invention provides a primer group for detecting CpG island methylation of p16 gene using methylation specific fluorescence technique. The primer group comprises a pair of oligonucleotide primers and a fluorescence-labeled probe. Said oligonucleotide primer pair has base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.1 and SEQ ID NO.2. Said fluorescence-labeled probe has base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.3 or SEQ NO.4.
US09416420B2
There is a need or improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
US09416417B2
The invention relates to a method of preparing a reaction mixture for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay and a solution set for PCR. The method comprises providing a sample solution comprising a biological sample to be amplified in said PCR assay and first colorant providing the solution a first color, providing a reagent solution comprising at least one other substance required for performing said assay and second colorant providing the solution a second color different from the first color, and mixing the sample solution and the first reagent solution for providing a mixed solution to be subjected to the PCR process, the mixed solution having, due to said first and second colorants, a third color different from the first and second colors. The invention significantly aids in pipetting PCR assays.
US09416416B2
Disclosed are compositions for collecting, storing, and transporting populations of nucleic acids from biological specimens, and clinical, forensic, or environmental samples. Also disclosed are methods for using these compositions as one-step formulations for killing pathogens, inactivating nucleases, and releasing polynucleotides from other cellular components within the sample, and stabilizing the nucleic acids prior to further processing or assay. In particular embodiments, the invention provides a single, one-step, sample collection/transport/storage formulation containing a known quantity of a non-genomic, nucleic acid carrier molecule that serves as an internal reference control to monitor the fidelity of the collection/transportation medium, and measure the integrity of nucleic acids subsequently isolated and purified from the processed sample.
US09416414B2
Methods, compositions, and systems are provided that allow for reliable sequencing of the initial sequence region of a sequence of interest. The methods of the invention allow for more reliable barcoding of subpopulations of nucleic acids to be sequenced.
US09416413B2
A method for sequencing a polynucleotide strand by using sequencing-by-synthesis techniques. To address the problem of incomplete extension (IE) and/or carry forward (CF) errors that can occur in sequencing-by-synthesis reactions, an alternative flow ordering of dNTPs is used. In contrast to conventional flow orderings, the dNTPs are flowed in an ordering that is not a continuous repeat of an ordering of the four different dNTPs. This alternate flow ordering may reduce the loss of phasic synchrony in the population of template polynucleotide strands that result from IE and/or CF errors.
US09416410B2
The present invention is related to an improved method for HER2 gene test by using quantitative real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) technique. Our invention streamlines test process, and incorporates quality control for each major step, including sample, reagent, operation, and data report. We eliminate the need for reference genes which is hard to standardize in HER2 PCR test. We develop a cutoff reference point by using the statistical mean of tumor tissue population, and adopt a simplified scoring scheme for evaluation of HER2 status. Our invention produces consistent result across machines and labs, and has proven to be clinically successful in HER2 test.
US09416406B2
Compositions, methods, and kits for detecting one or more species of RNA molecules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first adaptor and a second adaptor are ligated to the RNA molecule using a polypeptide comprising double-strand specific RNA ligase activity, without an intervening purification step. The ligated product is reverse transcribed, then at least some of the ribonucleosides in the reverse transcription product are removed. Primers are added and amplified products are generated. In certain embodiments, the sequence of at least part of at least one species of amplified product is determined and at least part of the corresponding RNA molecule is determined. In some embodiments, at least some of the amplified product species are detected, directly or indirectly, allowing the presence and/or quantity of the RNA molecule of interest to be determined.
US09416403B2
A method of detecting a target nucleic acid by sandwich hybridization using a detection probe that hybridizes with the target nucleic acid, and a capture probe immobilized on a support wherein at least one nucleic acid base in the nucleic acid molecule(s) of the detection probe and/or capture probe with a photoreactive group includes irradiating, with light, a complex formed by hybridization between the target nucleic acid and the detection probe and/or capture probe to allow formation of a covalent bond(s) between the photoreactive group(s) and a nucleic acid base(s) in the target nucleic acid.
US09416399B2
The invention relates to a method for purification of nucleic acids, to a kit for performing the method according to the invention and to a new application of magnetic particles for purification of a biological sample. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a) accommodating of the sample in a first sample vessel in an aqueous solution and lysing of the sample under non-chaotropic conditions; suspending of first magnetic particles in the solution and inserting of the first sample vessel in a sample vessel holder, wherein the sample vessel is inserted in the annular interior space of a ring magnet associated with the sample vessel holder; separating of the solution from the magnetic particles; and isolating of the nucleic acids from the solution.
US09416392B2
The present invention pertains to a method for in vitro diagnosing a bacterial infection in a biological fluid selected amongst cerebrospinal fluid, ascitic fluid, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, urine and synovial fluid, based on the measure, in a sample of said fluid, of the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS); a high level of ROS production is indicative of the presence of activated polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in said fluid, which in turn is a hallmark of bacterial infection.
US09416390B2
This invention describes methods for detecting target analytes by utilizing an electroactive moiety (EAM) that functions as a substrate for a specific enzyme. If target analyte is present, a functional group is enzymatically removed from a transition metal complex resulting in quantifiable electrochemical signal at two unique potentials, E01 and E02 that is detected through a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on an electrode.
US09416386B2
A cDNA synthesis method includes: mixing a lysis solution containing a chaotropic substance and a nucleic acid-binding solid-phase carrier in a sample containing a ribonucleic acid (RNA), thereby adsorbing the RNA on the carrier; reverse-transcribing the RNA adsorbed on the carrier while keeping the RNA adsorbed on the carrier in a reverse transcription reaction mixture, thereby synthesizing cDNA; and eluting the synthesized cDNA with an eluent.
US09416377B2
A method to increase ethanol production from a corn dry-mill process is described that comprises adding an enzyme preparation derived from Trichoderma reesei having cellulolytic activity to a saccharification process that includes conventional alpha amylase and glucoamylase. The addition of the cellulolytic enzyme decreases viscosity of the saccharified mash and can increase ethanol yield from a dry grind fermentation by as much as 10% or more. Specific characteristics are provided to show surprising and advantageous results of one particular preparation of cellulolytic enzymes from T. reesei.
US09416362B2
Methods and compositions for reducing viral genome amounts in a target cell are provided. In the subject methods, the activity of a miRNA is inhibited in a manner sufficient to reduce the amount of viral genome in the target cell, e.g., by introducing a miRNA inhibitory agent in the target cell. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and systems for use in practicing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of applications, including the treatment of subjects suffering from a viral mediated disease condition, e.g., an HCV mediated disease condition.
US09416360B2
The present invention relates to oligonucleotides with base modified nucleosides for enhancement of binding affinity.
US09416359B2
Method and kit for constructing a random mutagenesis library. The method comprises providing a first expression vector comprising a target polynucleotide fragment, providing a pair of Vector-primers that are complementary to the vector portion of the first expression vector, wherein the Vector-primers comprise a second selection marker gene, and wherein the Vector-primers allow PCR amplification of the target polynucleotide; and performing a PCR reaction using the first expression vector as the template with the Vector-primers under error-prone PCR conditions in the presence of a thermostable DNA ligase, generating a second expression vector which comprises the second selection marker gene and a mutated target polynucleotide.
US09416357B2
Provided herein are methods for isolating cellular ribonucleic acid (RNA) from cells. The method includes suspending cells in an extraction solution comprising formamide; incubating the cells and formamide mixture; and pelleting cell debris, DNA, and protein to form an RNA-containing supernatant. Also provided herein are kits for isolating RNA and solutions for extracting RNA from a cell.
US09416356B2
Compositions and techniques for the extraction, enrichment and isolation of nucleic acids from fresh, fixed or fixed and embedded cells, tissues, biological materials and cellular source material using amine monomers are disclosed herein.
US09416353B2
A mutant hydrolase optionally fused to a protein of interest is provided. The mutant hydrolase is capable of forming a bond with a substrate for the corresponding nonmutant (wild-type) hydrolase which is more stable than the bond formed between the wild-type hydrolase and the substrate and has at least two amino acid substitutions relative to the wild-type hydrolase. Substrates for hydrolases comprising one or more functional groups are also provided, as well as methods of using the mutant hydrolase and the substrates of the invention. Also provided is a fusion protein capable of forming a stable bond with a substrate and cells which express the fusion protein.
US09416351B2
The present invention relates to a bacterial cell with texturizing property, starter cultures comprising the cell, and dairy products fermented with the starter culture.
US09416345B2
A cold box having a cooling receptacle filled with a dry protective gas in which is accommodated a rack loaded with tube-shaped vessels. The cooling receptacle is covered by a movable lid which is associated with a lid part and which is preferably formed by an outer lid and a rotatable inner lid integrated in the outer lid so that the cooling receptacle is completely covered in every position of the lid. At least one of the through-holes provided in the inner lid can be arranged over a respective tube-shaped vessel by a coordinated movement of the outer lid and rotation of the inner lid so that the tube-shaped vessel located under the through-hole in alignment therewith can be filled with a sample through the through-hole by means of a commercially available pipette tip/dispensing needle of an automated pipetting device.
US09416344B2
A perfusion bioreactor includes at least one ultrasonic transducer that can acoustically generate a multi-dimensional standing wave. The standing wave can be used to retain cells in the bioreactor, and can also be utilized to dewater or further harvest product from the waste materials produced in a bioreactor.
US09416342B2
The invention provides a sparkling alcoholic beverage produced using, as a part of ingredients thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof; and a method for producing the sparkling alcoholic beverage, wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof is added in any step of the production process.The sparkling alcoholic beverage of the invention has good body and prolonged froth duration and contains water-soluble dietary fiber.
US09416340B2
An invention for infusing liquids, such as beer or wine, at a desired temperature is disclosed. The invention comprises a fillable container to contain the infusing material and the liquid to be infused and a cooling system to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a desired level during infusion. The preferred embodiment can easily be connected to an existing beer faucet mount and has transparent sides to allow the customer to visibly observe the liquid as it is being infused.
US09416336B2
Methods of producing fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) using a direct transesterification process are described. The direct transesterification process uses low levels of chemical solvents, acid catalysts, and heating energy to produce the FAEE in a method with increased efficiency in a co-solvent system. The FAEE produced may be used in a variety of products including health, beauty, nutraceutical, and cosmetic products.
US09416335B2
The present invention relates to novel quinazoline compounds and their use in perfume compositions. The novel quinazoline compounds of the present invention are represented by the following formula: an isomer or a mixture of isomers thereof, wherein the broken line represents a single or double bond.
US09416334B2
The present invention pertains to a method of counteracting malodor by introducing a malodor counteracting effective amount of novel cyclohexanol compounds, wherein the compounds are represented by the following formula: an isomer or a mixture of isomers thereof, wherein one of R and R′ represents hydrogen with the other representing a C1-C6 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aromatic group; and one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond with the other representing a carbon-carbon double bond.
US09416330B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing the risk of oxidation of hydrate inhibitors such as monoethylene glycol used to prevent the formation of hydrates in fluid handling systems including flow lines and pipelines. A hydrate inhibitor storage tank in fluid communication with the fluid handling system is used to hold a volume of liquid hydrate inhibitor, a volume of blanket gas and a layer of a liquid, nonflammable at operating conditions, therebetween. The liquid is immiscible with glycol.
US09416326B2
A system and process capable of promoting the energy content of a syngas produced from a biomass material. The system and process entail compacting a loose biomass material and simultaneously introducing the compacted biomass material into an entrance of a reactor tube, and then heating the compacted biomass material within the tube to a temperature at which organic molecules within the biomass material break down to form ash and a fuel gas mixture. The fuel gas mixture is withdrawn from the tube and the ash is removed from the tube through an exit thereof. The entrance and exit of the tube, the compaction step, and the removal step cooperate to inhibit ingress of air into the tube by forming a plug of the biomass material at the entrance of the tube and a plug of ash at the exit of the tube.
US09416310B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices. Furthermore, the present invention relates to electronic devices comprising at least one compound according to the invention, preferably as emitter material or as charge-transport material.
US09416307B2
A method of inhibiting the formation or deposition of wax in a mixture comprising hydrocarbons, the method comprising contacting the mixture with a composition which comprises at least one ionic liquid. The ionic liquid is preferably a polyamine salt derivative or a polypropylene glycol derivative.
US09416305B2
A substantially non-elastic incompressible composition, which substantially does not quickly self-level under standard operating conditions, includes: a suspending agent which reacts substantially as a solid when subjected to forces below a critical force, and which becomes substantially flowable when subjected to forces above said critical force. Aspects include compositions comprising one or more of ceramic microparticulates, flexible-walled microparticulates, celled macroparticulates, and fibers dispersed within the suspending agent, and energy absorbing applications thereof. Another aspect comprises thin-walled macrospheres containing a substantially non-elastic incompressible composition.
US09416304B2
A cubic boron nitride complex polycrystal contains granular cubic boron nitride and tabular cubic boron nitride. The average grain size of the granular cubic boron nitride is 500 nm or less. The maximum value of a short side of the tabular cubic boron nitride is 10 nm or more to 10000 nm or less. Thereby, it is possible to provide a cubic boron nitride complex polycrystal having high hardness and a manufacturing method therefor, a cutting tool, a wire-drawing die and a grinding tool including the same.
US09416301B2
A composition comprising: a) one or more isocyanate functional components; b) one or more compounds containing a cycloaliphatic tertiary amine: c) one or more low functional acrylate containing components having about 1 to 4 acrylate groups per molecule; d) one or more high functional acrylate containing components having 5 to about 10 acrylate groups per molecule; and e) one or more compounds containing a peroxide group; wherein the composition is a two component composition and components a) and b) are kept separate from component e) until cure is desired. The composition may be utilized as an adhesive.
US09416296B2
An under-layer composition of resist having superior thermal stability, etching resistance, gap-filling property and void-preventing property, and a method for forming pattern using the same are disclosed. The under-layer composition of resist comprises: an aromatic ring containing polymer having the repeating unit of the following Formula 1; a compound of the following Formula 4; and an organic solvent. in Formula 1, R1 is a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 is independently a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, a is an integer of 1 to 3, and b is an integer of 0 to 2. in Formula 4, n is an integer of 1 to 250.
US09416292B2
A coating composition is provided comprising (a) an aqueous medium, (b) melt-fabricable perfluoropolymer dispersed in said aqueous medium and having a melting temperature of at least 290° C., (c) melt-fabricable perfluoropolymer dispersed in said aqueous medium and having a melting temperature of no greater than 270° C., and (d) water miscible organic liquid having a boiling temperature of at least 280° C. and optionally (e) filler, the combination of (c) and (d) providing sloughing resistance to said composition applied to a non-horizontal substrate and baked, component (d) being unnecessary when component (a) is not present in the coating composition, and when filler is present the amount of (c) being present in an effective amount to increase the cohesive strength of the baked layer of the coating composition.
US09416291B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards coating compositions comprising from 50 to 85 percent of an aqueous dispersion based on a total weight of the coating composition, an abrasion reducing composition, a solvent, a basic water composition, and a crosslinker.
US09416289B2
An active-energy-ray-curable inkjet ink composition which contains at least two polymerizable monomers each having an unsaturated bond, wherein the maximum value of the difference in electric charge of carbon atoms that constitute the unsaturated bond in each of the at least two polymerizable monomers is 0.24 to 0.46 inclusive and the total content of ions of the elements Fe, Co, Ca, Na, Mg, Al, Ti, Sn and Zn is 5.0 to 100 ppm inclusive, or the difference in e value of the unsaturated double bond moiety in each of the at least two polymerizable monomers is 2.8 to 6 inclusive, and wherein a compound which is unpolymerizable and has a substituent capable of reacting with a nucleophilic agent or an acidic compound is contained.
US09416284B2
A copolymer includes structural units having the following formulae (1) and (2): wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a cationic ion; and each of L1 and L2 independently represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
US09416283B2
A solution for forming an organic thin film wherein the total starting amount of metal surfactants (A) and (B) is 0.05 to 50 wt %, the amount of a hydroxyl group-containing compound generated with the progress of the hydrolysis reaction is 20 ppm to 6 wt %, and the amount of a compound (C) that can interact with the metal surfactant is 0.01 ppm to 8 ppm in terms of metal, relative to the total amount of the solution for forming an organic thin film.
US09416282B2
The disclosure described herein includes antifouling compositions, methods of antifouling by adhesion suppression and methods of selecting an antifouling composition which suppresses marine animal adhesion or reduces the strength of marine animal adhesion by reducing or quenching the oxidative adhesion chemistry of the marine animal.
US09416281B1
A method of making a multi-layer biocidal structure includes providing a support and locating a first curable layer on the support, the first curable layer including dispersed multiple biocidal particles. A second curable layer is located on the first curable layer; the multiple biocidal particles are dispersed within only the first curable layer. The first curable layer and the second curable layer are imprinted in a single step with an imprinting stamp having a structure with a depth greater than the thickness of the second curable layer. The first curable layer and the second curable layer are cured in a single step to form a first cured layer and a second cured layer. The imprinting stamp is removed.
US09416275B2
The present invention is related to the elaboration of flexible films from cassava starch for the manufacture of biodegradable packaging useful in the packing and packaging of dry foods and other products. The novel films of the invention are produced by extrusion of a mixture of cassava starch and plasticizer.
US09416272B2
There is provided a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a component (B) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 10,000 and a weight loss percentage ΔWr of not greater than 0.18% under heating, relative to 95 to 5% by weight of a component (A) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having the weight loss percentage ΔWr of greater than 0.18%, wherein a total of the component (A) and the component (B) is equal to 100% by weight.
US09416267B2
A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.
US09416264B2
A method of forming a compatibilized polymeric blend may include providing a polyolefin that includes a propylene heterophasic copolymer. The polyolefin may have an ethylene content of at least 10 weight percent based on a total weight of the polyolefin. The method may include melt blending the polyolefin with a polylactic acid and a reactive modifier to form the compatiblized polymeric blend. The reactive modifier may be a glycidyl methacrylate grafted polypropylene (PP-g-GMA). The reactive modified may be produced by contacting a polypropylene, a glycidyl methacrylate, a multifunctional acrylate comonomer, and an initiator under conditions suitable for the formation of PP-g-GMA having a grafting yield in a range from 1 wt. % to 15 wt. %.
US09416262B2
Heterophasic propylene copolymer comprising —a matrix (M) being a polypropylene, said polypropylene comprises at least three polypropylene fractions, the three polypropylene fractions differ from each other by the melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) and at least one of the three polypropylene fractions has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) in the range of 1.0 to 15.0 g/10 min, and —an elastomeric propylene copolymer dispersed in said matrix, wherein —the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of equal or more than 20.0 g/10 min, and —the amorphous phase of the xylene cold soluble fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of equal or higher than 2.0 dl/g.
US09416260B2
Provided are a plant derived plastic blend and a manufacturing method thereof in which high density polyethylene and polylactic acid are microscopically mixed to improve the mechanical properties of the plant derived plastic blend. The plant derived plastic blend comprises 10 wt % or more and 90 wt % or less of a plant derived polyethylene and 10 wt % or more and 90 wt % or less of a plant derived polylactic acid to achieve a total of 100 wt %, and further contains 1 wt % or more and 20 wt % or less of a compatibilizing agent. The manufacturing method of the plant derived plastic blend is carried out in a cylinder by applying a shear flow field and a stretching field and melt-kneading raw material containing the plant derived polyethylene, the polylactic acid and the compatibilizing agent.
US09416259B2
A tire comprising at least a rubber composition based on at least a blend of natural rubber, NR, or synthetic polyisoprene, and a styrene-butadiene copolymer, SBR, the SBR having a content greater than or equal to 20 parts per hundred parts of elastomer, phr, a reinforcing filler comprising carbon black, characterized in that the composition comprises a plasticizing resin having a glass transition temperature, Tg, greater than or equal to 20° C. and that the SBR has a Tg greater than or equal to −65° C.
US09416243B2
The present invention relates to a photocurable and thermosetting resin composition, including an acid modified oligomer, a photopolymerizable monomer, a thermosetting binder resin, a photoinitiator, two or more kinds of spherical alumina particles having different particle diameters from each other, and an organic solvent, a dry film solder resist obtained from the resin composition, and a circuit board including the dry film solder resist.
US09416239B2
A process for preparing an acrylamide-based crosslinking monomer comprising reacting in the presence of a catalyst an isocyanate compound containing at least two isocyanate groups with one of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. These acrylamide-based crosslinking monomers are used in the preparation of coating compositions, adhesive compositions curable by applying thermal or radiation energy, and in the preparation of cation or anion exchange membranes.
US09416228B2
One aspect of the invention relates to a biocompatible medical product comprising at least 1% by weight of dry matter of a covalently cross-linked polymer that is obtained by reacting a nucleophilically activated polyoxazoline (NU-POX) with an electrophilic cross-linking agent other than an electrophilically activated polyoxazoline, said NU-POX comprising m nucleophilic groups; and said electrophilic cross-linking agent comprising n electrophilic groups, wherein the m nucleophilic groups are capable of reaction with the n electrophilic groups to form covalent bonds; wherein m≧2, n≧2 and m+n≧5; and wherein the NU-POX comprises at least 30 oxazoline units in case the electrophilic cross-linking agent is an isocyanate. Also provided is a kit for producing the aforementioned biocompatible cross-linked polymer. The biocompatible cross-linked polymers according to the invention have excellent implant and/or sealing characteristics.
US09416227B2
A problem is to provide polyhydroxyurethane microparticles, which have a narrow particle size distribution and are applicable to a wide range of use. Provided are polyhydroxyurethane microparticles which are spherical polymer microparticles having particle sizes of 0.1 μm to 300 μm. A polymer that makes up the polymer microparticles has in a structure thereof chemical structure units represented by the following formula (1) and/or chemical structure units represented by the following formula (2). In the chemical structure units (1) and (2), —O—CO— bonds have been derived from carbon dioxide.
US09416223B2
Provided are a device and a method for efficiently producing a polyester by using 1,4-butanediol as a starting material. The device for producing a polyester includes: a preparation tank (4) for starting material slurry; a storage tank (6) for starting material slurry; an esterification reactor (9); an initial polycondensation reactor (11); a middle polycondensation reactor (13); and a final polycondensation reactor (15). An exhaust system for each of the initial, middle, and final polycondensation reactors includes a wet condenser (17, 23, or 31) using a liquid containing 1,4-butanediol as a coolant; and a hot well (22, 30, or 38) connected to the corresponding wet condenser. Herein, process scattered substances scattering with exhaust are collected, and hydrolyzed in the hot well, so as to be returned to the esterification step. This allows the polyester to be efficiently produced.
US09416222B2
Disclosed is a test and test apparatus used to determine whether lactic acid is suitable for polymerization. The test apparatus comprises a) means for the polycondensation of the lactic acid to form a pre-polymer, b) means for depolymerization of the prepolymer to form dilactide, and c) means for carrying out analytical methods to determine at least one of the dilactide yield and/or the racemization, wherein lactic acid which is suitable for polymerization exhibits a dilactide yield of >90% and a racemization of <5%.
US09416214B2
Polyisocyanate-based polymers are formed by curing a reaction mixture containing at least one polyisocyanate and at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups in the presence of a bismuth mono- or dithiocarbamate or mono- or dithiocarbonate salt.
US09416211B2
The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and a metal ion.The invention is further directed to a pneumatic tire comprising the rubber composition.
US09416203B2
Catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor compound of the following formula (I) in which R2-R8 groups, equal or different to each other, are selected from hydrogen, halogen and C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally containing an heteroatom selected from halogen, O, P, S, N, and Si and R9 groups are selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups optionally containing an heteroatom selected from halogen, O, P, S, N, and Si.
US09416196B2
There is provided a composition for prophylaxis or treatment of vascular or valvular calcification including a dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor. The DPP-4 according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is expressed at an increased level when blood vessels and valves are calcified, and the calcification decreases remarkably upon administration of the DPP-4 inhibitor. Therefore, the DPP-4 inhibitor can be useful in treatment or prophylaxis of blood vessels or valves.
US09416194B2
The present invention provides glycan-interacting antibodies useful in the treatment and prevention of human disease, including cancer. Such glycan-interacting antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, derivatives and fragments thereof as well as compositions and kits comprising them.
US09416191B2
According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity with a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, wherein CAPRIN-1 is represented by any of the even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, and wherein the partial polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence.
US09416186B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the expression, secretion and use of novel compositions for use as, e.g., vaccines and antigen delivery vectors, to delivery antigens to antigen presenting cells. In one embodiment, the vector is an anti-CD40 antibody, or fragments thereof, and one or more antigenic peptides linked to the anti-CD40 antibody or fragments thereof, including humanized antibodies.
US09416184B2
The invention provides humanized mouse anti-human IL-31 antibodies and antibody fragments that are capable of binding IL-31 and thereby neutralizing, inhibiting, limiting, or reducing the proinflammatory or pro-pruritic effects of IL-31.
US09416182B2
Bispecific antibodies are provided that specifically bind both Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFα) and Interleukin-17 (IL-17). The bispecific antibodies of the invention are useful for treating various autoimmune diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
US09416179B2
The present invention provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies or fragments thereof) that specifically bind to a target antigen (e.g., a human antigen, e.g., human PDGFRβ) with high affinity. The invention also provides, libraries of binding polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions, as well as nucleic acids encoding binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such binding polypeptides. Methods of using binding polypeptide of the invention to diagnose and treat disease are also encompassed by the invention.
US09416167B2
Formulations of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-specific fusion protein antagonist are provided including a pre-lyophilized formulation, a reconstituted lyophilized formulation, and a stable liquid formulation. Preferably, the fusion protein has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.
US09416166B2
There is provided a method of treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, which includes administration of a composition that includes a reagent capable of modulating expression of ribonucleic acid (RNA) encoded by a nucleic acid, wherein the nucleic acid is selected from a group that includes a contiguous nucleotide sequence being at least 90% homologous to at least 20 nucleotides of: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 7, or any combination thereof. There is further provided a method of treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, which includes administration of a composition that includes a reagent capable of modulating expression and/or activity of a polypeptide, wherein the sequence of the polypeptide is selected from a group that includes a contiguous amino acid sequence being at least 90% homologous to at least 10 amino acid of: SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, or any combination thereof.
US09416163B2
The invention refers to the design, synthesis and evaluation of 6 synthetic oligopeptides, that have not been previously described, designed from the T and B epitopes of allergens of group I of intradomiciliary mites of the species Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae and Blomia tropicalis, which can be used in the immunomodulation of individuals having immunocompetent systems and in the production of IgY polyclonal antibodies. The invention relates to a first method for obtaining a composition of IgY polyclonal antibodies that can be used as a diagnostic reagent having low cost and high reactivity in respect of intradomiciliary mites, and a second method for the detection of mite allergens, using the IgY antibody composition developed in the first method. The invention further relates to the composition of the IgY polyclonal antibodies.
US09416158B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including a peptide comprising at least a portion of a chemokine receptor or a G-protein coupled receptor and optionally a cytokine. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be used for altering immune system functioning, for example, to treat an immune system disorder, such as an autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis, transplant rejection, psoriasis and asthma. The invention also provides peptides that may be used in the pharmaceutical composition and a method for preparing the pharmaceutical composition of the invention. The invention further provides a method for to treating an immune system disorder, such as an autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis, transplant rejection, and psoriasis asthma.
US09416157B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated novel peptides that can be used to modulate innate immunity in a subject and/or for the treatment of an immune-related disorder, including treating and preventing infection by modulating innate immunity. Also provided are an agent reactive with the peptide, a pharmaceutical composition that includes the peptide, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the peptide, a recombinant nucleic acid construct that includes the nucleic acid molecule, at least one host cell comprising the recombinant nucleic acid construct, and a method of producing the peptide using the host cell. The present invention further provides a method for treating and/or preventing infection in a subject by administering the peptide of the invention to the subject, thereby modulating innate immunity in the subject. Additionally, the present invention provides a method for predicting whether a subject would be responsive to treatment with a peptide of the invention.
US09416150B2
The present invention relates to novel iridium-based Ir(III) luminescent complexes, conjugates comprising these complexes as a label and their application, e.g. in the electrochemiluminescence based detection of an analyte.
US09416146B2
Compounds and methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions are disclosed.
US09416141B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions that include such compounds, for preventing, treating, and/or protecting against sensory hair cell death. Methods of using the compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, are also disclosed.
US09416137B2
The present application relates to analogues of morphan and morphinan, compositions thereof, and methods for treating a disease or condition comprising administering an effective amount of the compounds or compositions to a subject in need thereof.
US09416130B2
Novel quinoline compounds pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy.
US09416126B2
The present invention is directed to indazole compounds which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
US09416117B2
The invention provides 5-deuterium-enriched 2,4-thiazolidinediones (e.g., 5-[4-[2-(5-ethyl-2-pyridyl)-2-oxoethoxy]benzyl]-5-deutero-thiazolidine-2,4-dione), deuterated derivatives thereof, stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treatment using the same.
US09416109B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and methods that are useful for the preparation of compounds useful as orexin-2 receptor antagonists.
US09416103B2
Novel alkylindoles that bind tightly to cannabinoid receptors and are neutral antagonists for the cannabinoid 1 receptor and agonists for the cannabinoid 2 receptor are provided. These compounds are useful for treating alcoholism and drug abuse and for treating obesity.
US09416098B2
A biguanide derivative compound with N1-N5 substitution, which is represented by Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method of preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient are provided. The biguanide derivative may exhibit excellent effect on activation of AMPKα and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in a low dose, compared to conventional drugs, and thus, may be useful to treat diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndrome, cancer, etc.
US09416091B1
Disclosed are methods for the catalytic transesterification of compounds having one or more ester groups and groups reactive under transesterification conditions, such as 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds, with alcohols or esters and novel compositions prepared therefrom. Further disclosed are novel compounds and compositions prepared as a result of the methods.
US09416089B2
A dielectric fluid composition for electrical apparatus comprises a functionalized 12-hydroxy stearic acid having desirable properties including a pour point less than −30° C. and a fire point greater than 250° C. It may be prepared by a process wherein 12-hydroxy methyl stearate is transesterified by reaction with a C3-C20 alcohol to form an alkyl-12-hydroxy stearate, followed by esterification thereof with a linear or branched C4-C20 carboxylic acid. This acid may be a free acid chloride, a fatty acid, a carboxylic acid anhydride, or combination thereof. The resulting functionalized 12-hydroxy stearic acid exhibits improved thermoxidative capability, low temperature flowability, and increased fire point.
US09416082B2
The present invention concerns a process for the isomerization of an exo double bond toward an endo double bond being performed in the presence of a catalyst system comprising palladium (Pd) or platinum (Pt) and molecular hydrogen or a hydrogen source.
US09416080B2
Disclosed is a method for the transition metal-mediated oxidation of C—H bonds to form C—O or C—S bonds. The methods are useful for the formation of ethers (R—OR′) from alcohols, R′OH, and sp3-hybridized C—H bonds in substrates, R—H. Aryl or heteroaryl acetates may also be used for C—H to C—OAr bond formation. The methods are also useful in the preparation of C—S bonds from acetyl-protected thiols, MeC(O)SR, and disulfides, RSSR. Advantageously, the methods minimize reaction steps, the handling of oxidized intermediates, and environmental impact.
US09416070B2
A method that includes forming ethylene from methane including contacting supported-palladium with hydrogen sulfide to form a palladium sulfide catalyst and contacting the palladium sulfide catalyst with methane to form ethylene.
US09416066B2
Catalysts supports and catalysts capable of being used in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalyst support belongs to the porous supports based on silicon carbide (SiC), in particular, based on β-SiC, modified by a surface deposit of TiO2.
US09416063B2
Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.
US09416062B2
This invention relates to processes and systems for converting fresh food waste into nutrient rich hydrolysates and particulate compositions. The invention also relates to the hydrolysates and compositions useful, for example, as fertilizers, feedstock or other nutrient supplements.
US09416058B2
Contemplated compositions and methods for sealing cementitious material includes the step of contacting a portion of the cementitious material with a concrete sealing composition, wherein the composition comprises swellable polymers that can form a moisture adaptive barrier in the material, a silicate component that can react with free lime in the material to form CSH in the presence of a catalyst, and a water miscible silane that can react with silica in the material to form polysiloxanes.
US09416042B2
The present invention is generally directed to a method of making a hollow-core photonic band gap preform from a specialty glass by pressing a specialty glass through a die to form a tube wherein the outer transverse shape of the tube is a hexagon, triangle, quadrilateral, or other polygon; stretching the tube to form a micro-tube with approximately the same outer transverse shape as the tube; stacking a plurality of micro-tubes into a bundle minimizing voids between adjacent micro-tubes and forming a central longitudinal void wherein the plurality of micro-tubes within the bundle comprise an inner structured region of the preform and the central void of the bundle comprises a hollow core in the preform; and inserting the bundle into a jacket tube. Also disclosed are the hollow-core photonic band gap preform and fiber formed by this method.
US09416037B2
A system for mixing and mixing processes and structures are disclosed. In addition a nozzle used for mixing is disclosed.
US09416026B2
To collect water in space, a surface of a spaceship facing a direction of travel is coated with a drying agent, nanocoating, or nanostructures which are suitable for use in high vacuum to capture ambient water moisture from space as it impinges on the spaceship.
US09416020B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting the accumulation of DSP scale in the liquor circuit of Bayer process equipment. The method includes adding one or more GPS-surfactant based small molecules to the liquor fluid circuit. These scale inhibitors reduce DSP scale formation and thereby increase fluid throughput, increase the amount of time Bayer process equipment can be operational and reduce the need for expensive and dangerous acid washes of Bayer process equipment. As a result, the invention provides a significant reduction in the total cost of operating a Bayer process.
US09416012B2
A method of fabricating silicon carbide powder according to the embodiment comprises the steps of preparing a mixture by mixing a silicon source comprising silicon, a silicon carbide source and a carbone source comprising at least one of a solid carbon and a organic compound; and reacting the mixture.
US09416008B2
A carbon nanotube film supporting structure is provided. The carbon nanotube film supporting structure is used for supporting a carbon nanotube film structure. The carbon nanotube film supporting structure includes a substrate and a number of protruding structures. The substrate has a surface defining a support region. The protruding structures are distributed on the support region. The carbon nanotube film structure can be peeled off completely after being in contact with the carbon nanotube film supporting structure. The present disclosure also relates to a method for using the carbon nanotube film supporting structure.
US09415999B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom substrate, wherein a front-end device including a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device and an inductor is disposed on the bottom substrate, and a top substrate bonded to the bottom substrate so as form a cavity enclosing the front-end device. The semiconductor device further includes an adsorption layer disposed on a portion of the top substrate facing the front-end device, wherein the adsorption layer and the inductor do not overlap in a vertical direction.
US09415997B2
An improved paperboard structure to hold a fluid filled carton is provided.
US09415992B2
The present application provides a beverage dispenser. The beverage dispenser may include a number of micro-ingredients, a water stream, and a rotary chamber. The rotary chamber may include a first element in communication with the micro-ingredients and the water stream and a second element maneuverable to a dispense position and a sealed position.
US09415990B2
A bag-in-box system for use in dispensing a pumpable product includes a carton, a flexible thermoplastic pouch disposed in the carton, a spout joined to the pouch, a spout closure, and a pumpable product disposed in the pouch, the flexible thermoplastic pouch including an outer wall including a coextruded film having a polyethylene layer, a tie layer, and a polyamide layer, and a discrete inner wall including an ethylene polymer or copolymer, or a composition like that of the outer wall, the outer wall sealed to the inner wall at the perimeter of the pouch. Optionally, a discrete intermediate wall can be disposed between the outer wall and inner discrete wall of the pouch. The system can further include a pump operatively connected to the pouch and carton to dispense the pumpable product from the pouch.
US09415988B2
A device for filling or emptying a container (1) containing a liquid particularly intended for consumption has a rod (5) arranged on a holder (4) with a surrounding, balloon-shaped body (6). The length of the rod (5) can be adapted to different distances between the top opening (3) of the container (1) and the base (2) of the container (1).
US09415986B2
A safety device for an aerial lift having a basket or cage with controls which permit an operator standing in the basket or cage to maneuver it. The safety device comprises a control module which is programmed to prevent movement of the basket or cage and activate an alarm by cutting electrical supply to a function enable switch and, if the electrical supply to the function enable switch cannot be cut, the control module is further programmed to prevent movement of the basket or cage and activate the alarm by operating an emergency switch to cut the electrical supply.
US09415982B1
The present invention relates to an improved trike lift having a vertical extension for engaging a high point of the trike body bottom, and to the methods of making and using the same. The lift has a frame with base arms, lift arms and upper arms that act generally as a parallelogram. One of the upper arms has a pad to engage the body bottom of the trike. The other upper arm has an extension block that can be selectably raised and lowered. In one embodiment, the extension block can be manually raised. In another embodiment, the extension block can be mechanically raised. The lift also has an elevation assembly with a handle having a stepped top arm.
US09415981B2
A wireless remote forms a two-way radio frequency (RF) communication network with a winch control module that allows the wireless remote to control both the winch and additional vehicle accessories through the winch control module. Further accessory control modules allow the control of more accessories utilizing the wireless remote by way of RF communication. Feedback from either the winch control module or the accessory control module is sent back to the wireless remote to allow the operator to view the current operating conditions of the winch or accessories.
US09415980B2
A mast-raising mechanism for raising a mast of a mobile lift crane to an operating position includes a hydraulic cylinder extendable to raise the mast. The hydraulic cylinder includes a first end pivotally coupled to a rotating bed of the crane and a second end spaced apart from the first end. A first arm includes a first end pivotably coupled to the second end of the hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder extends to press the first end against a bearing surface on the mast. The first arm also includes a second end spaced apart from the first end. A second arm includes a first end proximate the second end of the first arm and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The second end of the second arm is pivotably connected to the rotating bed. A biasing mechanism urges the first arm towards the second arm.
US09415976B2
A crane collision avoidance system is disclosed. One example includes a load locator to determine a location of a load of a crane and provide the location information to a mapping module. In addition, a map receiver module procures a map of a site and provides the map to the mapping module. A tag scanner scans the site for one or more tags defining an obstacle and provides the obstacle information to a mapping module. The mapping module combines the location information, the map and the obstacle information into a user accessible information package that is displayed on a graphical user interface.
US09415975B2
A vacuum tube lifting device includes a lifting hose having a first end for attaching the hose and a second end for connecting elements disposed to couple the hose to a load, the hose being for connectable to an adjustable vacuum source and a control unit disposed to adjust the pressure inside the hose via input signals for achieving an extending or contracting shifting movement of the hose for shifting of a load. The device includes an arrangement for measuring a parameter proportional to the momentary length of the hose or proportional to a change in the momentary length of the hose, and to emit to the control unit at least a first signal, used by the control unit to obtain an actual value, and to automatically adjust the vacuum source for adjusting the length of the hose to a desired target value starting out from the actual value.
US09415973B2
An endless cable winch or hoist which is particularly suited for a service lift comprises a working cable and a safety cable, further comprises a driving cable pulley around at least a part of which the working cable is wrapped, further comprises a drive for driving the driving cable pulley, further comprises a non-driven safety cable pulley, which is rotatably mounted in a housing and around at least a part of which the safety cable is wrapped, and further comprises an arresting device which is coupled via a brake to the cable pulley and which blocks and brakes the safety cable by means of the brake when the safety cable moves with a predetermined speed at least in one direction.
US09415970B2
A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.
US09415967B2
A post-processing device for applying a post-process to one or more sheets outputted by a device of a preceding stage, a printer for example, is provided. The post-processing device includes: an alignment mechanism for applying an alignment process for arranging a current sheet bundle; an output mechanism for outputting the current sheet bundle; a prestacking mechanism; and a control unit. The control unit performs a control in such a manner that at least a part of operation of the alignment mechanism or of operation of the output mechanism is switched from a normal operation mode for operation at a normal operation speed to a high-speed operation mode for operation at an operation speed greater than the normal operation speed when a time to completely output the current sheet bundle is later than a time to completely perform prestacking the next sheet bundle.
US09415963B2
A sensor controller for web handling applications is described. The sensor controller is provided with a first port, a second port, a computer readable medium, and a processor. The first port receives a sequence of data frames capturing an area of a material web having a width to height ratio between 0.10 and 100. The computer readable medium stores logic indicative of identifying properties of a first group of data points of a feature of the material web extending in a web direction of travel. The processor scans the sequence of data frames to locate a transition between a property of the first group of data points and a property of a second group of data points in the data frames and generates a series of location signals indicative of lateral locations of the transition within the data frames. The second port outputs the location signals.
US09415958B2
An image forming apparatus is provided that can surely position a unit in an apparatus body with a simple configuration where the number of components is small. A drawing apparatus, which draws a sheet feeding cassette as a unit to a predetermined position of the apparatus body to position it, includes : a leaf spring that is an elastic member to jump-buckle; an engaging unit disposed in the leaf spring; and an engaged unit engaged with the engaging unit. When the unit is loaded on the apparatus body, the engaging unit engages the engaged unit, the elastic member jump-buckles, and accordingly the unit is drawn to the predetermined position of the apparatus body.
US09415948B1
A method of forming on a moving conveyor belt an article layer formed from multiple article row sets includes capturing the article row sets between adjacent pairs of fences to stabilize the articles while forming the article layer. An article stabilizing device for carrying out the method includes a number of individually movable fences that move between standby and operating positions to capture the article rows sets.
US09415945B1
A self-cleaning multiple helical auger conveyor for a processor has an array of pairs of opposite-handed, counterroatating helical augers with flights intermeshed such that the front of every flight is cleaned by the back of another flight and the back of every flight is cleaned by the front of another flight. Optionally, the flights are shafted and the periphery of every flight and the shaft of an adjacent flight mutually clean one another. Rectangular and polar arrays of such paired flights are described, along with relationships among flight thickness, clearance, pitch and number of flights. A flight having a coined surface and a cleaning tab projecting therefrom is described. Support, gearing and housing for various embodiments of the conveyor are described.
US09415944B2
A flow shelf roller having an outer circumference, a radially central hub, and an axially central bore forming an inner circumference through the central hub. The inner circumference of each roller has at least one axial relief channel formed therein along the length of the axial bore. In a more particular embodiment, the axial relief channel is formed including a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the inner circumference of the roller. In a more particular embodiment, the axial relief channel includes at least one of an angled chamfer and a radiused corner, adjacent to the inner circumference of the first roller. The disclosure also includes a roller flow shelf including a flow bed roller having any or all of the aforementioned characteristics.
US09415942B2
A conveyor is provided with a supply roll, a detection device and a brake force applying device. The supply roll is rotatably arranged and is configured to support a belt-shaped cell material for an electrode or a separator to intermittently feeding out the cell material by rotation of the supply roll. The detection device is arranged with respect to the supply roll to detect an amount of the cell material remaining on the supply roll. The brake force applying device operatively coupled to the supply roll to apply brake force to the rotation of the supply roll based on the amount of the cell material detected by the detection device.
US09415941B2
A vibration generating assembly is described, and which includes an exterior housing having an internal cavity, and opposite first and second ends; a reciprocally moveable carriage which is biasingly supported within the internal cavity of the housing; and an electrical transducer have a magnet which is supported by and reciprocally moveable relative to the biasingly supported carriages, and the electrical transducer has a fixed cylindrically shaped electrical coil which is mounted on the exterior housing.
US09415939B2
A chain driven by two sprockets spaced a short distance apart along their common axial centerline. The chain includes elongated pins that extend beyond the outer surfaces of the chain link plates, on both sides, by a distance about equal to the width of the spaced apart sprockets. The chain is aligned midway between the sprockets, and the sprocket teeth drive on the extended portion of the chain pins. Where a flight is attached to the chain links, the pins are extended still further, to fit into the indentations or holes in the flights. This provides an exposed length of each pin in alignment with the sprocket on each side for driving purposes. The chain has a piece extending between the plates to reduce the likelihood of a pin extending further outside of one side plate or the other. A shoulder on the pin further reduces the likelihood of this happening.
US09415930B2
A cartridge contains a beverage ingredient which comprises liquid beverage ingredient and elongate particles of beverage ingredient. The cartridge comprises an inlet (45) for the introduction of an aqueous medium, an outlet (44) for a beverage produced from the beverage ingredient, and a flow path linking the inlet to the outlet. The cartridge further comprises a filter (400) located in the flow path and an aperture (128) located in the flow path downstream of the filter, the aperture arranged, in use, to generate a jet of beverage. The filter has a plurality of openings (401) sized to retain a substantial portion of the elongate particles on the upstream side of the filter to prevent blockage of the aperture. The maximum area of each opening on the upstream face of the filter is no more than ten times the area of the aperture.
US09415929B2
The present application relates to an electronic cigarette case, comprising a case body with an opening defined on the top of the case body, and a case cover which covers the case body; the case cover includes a cover body and a connection portion which is extending from one side of the cover body to the bottom of the case body in the direction of far away from the top of the cover body; an notch corresponding to the position of the case cover is defined in the case body, the shape of the notch matches with the shape of the case cover, and the connection portion is connected to the case body rotationally. When implementing the electronic cigarette case of the present application, it is easy to take out the cigarettes, and the effect of user experience is well.
US09415928B2
A packaging system for personal care products is provided including a package including an external surface and a package circumference, and a concealment element circumscribing the package at the package circumference and being positionable between a first position in which the packaging system exhibits product-identifying graphics and a second position in which the packaging system is substantially bereft of product-identifying graphics. Also provided is a packaging system including a package including an external surface including a first portion with a desired nondescript aesthetic configuration that is generally not indicative of the personal care products within the package and a second portion with product-identifying graphics, a concealment element variably positionable on the external surface of the package, and necessary purchasing indicia provided on one of the package and the concealment element at a location such that the purchasing indicia are visible when the concealment element is in the second position.
US09415927B2
A system for dispensing texture material in a desired spray pattern that substantially matches an existing texture pattern on a target surface has a container assembly, an actuator assembly, and a concentrate. The concentrate comprises a solvent/carrier comprising water, wall texture material, a first anti-corrosion material, where the first anti-corrosion material is a phosphate ester and comprises approximately 0.1-5.0% by weight of the concentrate, and a second anti-corrosion material, where the second anti-corrosion material is sodium nitrite and comprises approximately 0.25-2.00% by weight of the concentrate. The concentrate is disposed within the container assembly such that the water is exposed to the inner surface of the container assembly. At least one of the first and second anti-corrosion materials forms a film that inhibits corrosion on tin-plated steel forming at least part of the inner surface of the container assembly.
US09415922B1
A portable, elongated bag with two opposing ends closeable through the operation of at least one zipper extended from a first end to a second end includes a first padded insert and a second padded insert, each conformed to one of the two opposing ends and the first padded insert comprising a series of at least two concentric, affixed and removable padded portions such that removal of a first of the portions creates an opening of a first size and removal of the second portion enlarges the opening to a second size, both for protective storage of fragile apparatus within the portable, elongated bag.
US09415911B2
A lid apparatus for a medical device for extracorporeal blood treatment that includes a lid which is hinged by means of at least one pivot joint at the medical device is disclosed. The pivot joint includes thereby a first joint section which may be positioned at the lid, and a second joint section which may be connectable to the medical device, wherein the joint sections are pivotable about a pivot axis at least between a first position, in which the lid is open, and a second position, in which the lid covers at least a part of the medical device, wherein also the joint sections are latchable in at least one pivoting position. The lid apparatus includes at least one pair of contact surfaces which are perpendicular to the axis of rotation and resiliently biased against each other, wherein at least one of the contact surfaces includes a rolling and latching geometry which is configured such that the lid latches in the second position and the pivoting moveability of the pivot joint is only released when the resilient biasing force is overcome. A medical device for extracorporeal blood treatment including a peristaltic pump and such a lid apparatus is also disclosed.
US09415908B2
A resealable pouring spout for a bag, the spout having a pouring spout body (2) configured to be welded to the bag, a flange (3), a cutting device (1) having a flange-side cutting system (4), and a screwable sealing cap (5) on the pouring spout body (2). The pouring spout is configured to turn and displace the cutting device in a direction of the flange when the sealing cap is opened for the first time, and thereby cut open the bag.
US09415906B2
A cap is for a container body including a mouth portion having an upper potion provided with a thread, a middle portion provided with an annular bead portion, and a lower portion provided with an annular shoulder portion. The cap includes a cap portion, a ring portion, and the locking mechanism. The ring portion serves as a tamper-evident ring configured to be connected to the lower end of the cap portion through a breakaway part. The ring portion has an elastic piece folded and anchored on the annular bead portion. The ring portion is rotatably provided between the annular bead portion and the annular shoulder portion. The locking mechanism is configured to be operated by a rotational operation to prevent the cap portion from being unintentionally unscrewed.
US09415902B2
A clamshell food tray. In some embodiments, the clamshell food tray can comprise a window such that a viewer can see into the interior of the clamshell food tray when the clamshell food tray is in a closed configuration. In some embodiments, the clamshell food tray can have apertures configured to accept a beverage container.
US09415895B2
A blank of foldable sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a front tuck flap extending from a front edge of the top panel, and a top side panel extending from a side edge of the top panel. The blank also includes a bottom panel, a front panel extending from a front edge of the bottom panel, and a corner portion. The corner portion includes a minor diagonal panel extending and a major diagonal panel. The corner portion also includes a corner panel hingedly connected to the minor and major diagonal panels. The front panel is configured to engage the front tuck flap to at least partially define a first releasably secure closure of the container, and the top side panel includes a front edge configured to engage the minor diagonal panel to at least partially define a second releasably secure closure of the container.
US09415889B2
A displacement device is for preparing a bag for its installation at a filling point (or second location) of packaging equipment. The displacement device grabs the bag from the pick-up location (or stack) (at which first position and orientation parameters have been previously measured), displaces the bag while measuring second position and orientation parameters of the bag, adjusting the operation and displacement of the displacement device for displacing and installing the bag at the filling point; at the same time, the measurement of the next bag's first position and orientation parameters is done to adjust the operation and displacement of the displacement device for grabbing the next bag on the stack. Such a double location evaluation, which is concomitant on two different bags, allows savings in processing time.
US09415885B2
A device that has a device body defining an opening at one end thereof, a storage chamber within the device body for storing multiple doses of a substance therein, and a sliding stopper, sealing engageable with the device body, through which the chamber is filled. The stopper has a body and a flexible portion, which may be in the form of a plurality of flexible members, extending therefrom. The flexible portion or members are movable between first and second positions. In the first position, during filling, the portion or members are substantially laterally extending from the stopper body and engaging the opening of the device body. Accordingly, the axial position of the stopper with respect to the device body is secured during filling of the chamber therethrough. In the second position, after filling, the portion or members are substantially axially-extending from the stopper body and disengaged from the rim or opening of the device body. Accordingly, the stopper is axially slideable through the body.
US09415884B2
The invention relates to a method for filling a receptacle (200) with carbon nanotubes from another receptacle (106) whereby the CNTs are passed from one receptacle to the other by means of a coupling (300) comprising a double-valve device (30), each valve being coupled to one of the receptacles, the valves (31, 32) closing independently and tightly and being openable only when they are coupled to one another.
US09415866B2
A rotor assembly includes a rotor hub rotatable about a central axis including a plurality of rotor hub arms and blade yokes, each blade yoke including yoke arms located at opposing lateral sides of a corresponding one of the rotor hub arms to which the rotor hub arm is operably connected. The rotor assembly further includes blade retention bearings, each blade retention bearing being a single-element bearing disposed at a corresponding one of the rotor hub arms and which is supportive of a corresponding one of the blade yokes. Rotor blades are secured to corresponding ones of the blade yokes.
US09415862B2
A pilot control interface and method are described for selective control of an autopilot system by a pilot of an aircraft in which the autopilot system is installed. The pilot control interface includes a passive network that is selectively switchable between a plurality of states across an output interface that is made up of no more than two conductors that are in electrical communication with the autopilot system. Modification of a current autopilot flight mode can be performed incrementally or continuously based on respective momentary and continuous pilot input actuations.
US09415861B2
A control system for an aircraft high lift device includes a threshold setting unit configured to output one of a plurality of configuration change thresholds as an active output threshold, a threshold deactivation unit coupled to the threshold setting unit and configured to temporarily increase the active output threshold to a deactivation value, a configuration setting unit coupled to the threshold deactivation unit and configured to set the aircraft high lift device from a first configuration to a second configuration, if a measured value of an angle-of-attack of the aircraft exceeds the active output threshold, and a threshold control unit configured to control the threshold deactivation unit to temporarily increase the active output threshold to the deactivation value while the aircraft high lift device is mechanically moving from a first configuration to a second configuration.
US09415858B2
An all-composite assembly such as a composite laminate aircraft empennage has vertical and horizontal stabilizers with differing sets of interlaminar fracture toughnesses and differing stiffnesses to improve flight characteristics. Composite laminate skins are bonded to unitized and stiffened understructure to reduce weight and improve damage containment.
US09415850B2
An outboard motor having an outboard motor body generating a thrust by rotating a propeller that is driven by an engine mounted to the outboard motor and an attachment device for attaching the outboard motor body to a hull. The outboard motor includes a mount device having an upper mount and a lower mount arranged between the outboard motor body and the attachment device for attaching the outboard motor body to the hull and supports an upper portion and a lower portion of the outboard motor body, respectively. The mount device also includes an anti-vibration unit and a displacement restriction unit. The lateral displacement restricting mount section and a member opposing the lateral displacement restricting mount section abut against each other with the abutment surfaces inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the outboard motor body.
US09415849B2
In one embodiment, a general-purpose wireless mobile device having a touch-sensitive screen and executing a remote control application is used to remotely control a vehicle (e.g., a marine vessel). The general-purpose wireless mobile device communicates via a wireless network with an interface (e.g., a server) that is coupled to an electronic control system of the vehicle (e.g., the vessel). In operation, environmental information and/or system status information is collected through the electronic control system, propagated to the interface (e.g., server), and then sent over the wireless network to the wireless mobile device. Similarly, control input is sent over the wireless network to the interface (e.g., server), which passes the information to the electronic control system, which in turn issues appropriate control signals to the vehicle subsystems (e.g., marine subsystems) to control the motion of the vehicle (e.g., the vessel).
US09415841B2
Provided is a LNG storage tank of a membrane type mounted on a LNG-FPSO or a LNG carrier, wherein volumetric efficiency is high and sloshing does not easily occur at the time of heavy weather. In order to solve this problem, a membrane-type tank is composed of a main tank under a deck and a box-shaped head tank on the deck. These main and head tanks communicate with each other via a hole opened in the deck to form one tank. The main tank is formed by forming a heat insulation layer on inner sides of a double bottom and left and right longitudinal bulkheads and further by liquid-tightly covering the top by a membrane of Invar or the like. Similarly, the head tank also has a heat insulation layer and a membrane provided on its inner surface.
US09415838B2
A vessel comprising a hull having a length, a main deck located above and rigidly connected to the hull and at least one beam extending substantially along the length of the hull at a position spaced above the deck, wherein the beam is rigidly connected to and longitudinally reinforces the deck and the hull.
US09415831B2
A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprises a bracket, a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, a lever, a fluid reservoir, and a lid. The bracket is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar. The piston is movably disposed within the hydraulic cylinder. The lever is pivotally provided around a pivot axis relative to the bracket and is operatively coupled to the piston to move the piston within the hydraulic cylinder in response to pivotal movement of the lever. The fluid reservoir is disposed on the bracket and having an opening configured to face substantially in a downward direction in a state where the bracket is mounted to the bicycle handlebar. The lid is configured to cover the opening of the fluid reservoir.
US09415827B2
A plurality of protective cover assemblies and methods for protecting the front brake-side axle clamp and the front non-brake-side axle clamp of a motorcycle. A brake-side plastic cover plate is shaped to cover the brake-side axle clamp and brake caliper support and is coupled to the brake-side axle clamp utilizing existing brake-side axle clamp pinch bolt holes. A non-brake-side plastic cover plate is shaped to cover the non-brake-side axle clamp and is coupled to the non-brake-side axle clamp utilizing existing non-brake-side axle clamp pinch bolt holes. The cover assemblies deflect and absorb impact forces that would otherwise impact the axle clamps and the brake caliper support.
US09415820B2
The present invention is to provide a turn signal lamp for bicycle, which includes a casing having a front side made of transparent material, a circuit board disposed inside the casing, a battery electrically connected to the circuit board, a light indication switch disposed close to a handle of the bicycle and configured to generate an operation signal to the circuit board according to a user's operation, a light source plate disposed inside the casing and each having light units disposed thereon for receiving power and control signal from the circuit board and enabling the light units to emit light constantly or blinkingly, and at least one light guide plate disposed inside the casing and configured to form at least two surface lights from point lights emitted by the light units, so as to produce a light indication of turning right or left through the front side of the casing.
US09415817B2
A crawler vehicle has a body and at least one left and one right track roller unit. The track roller units are connected to the body via a machine axis. The track roller units comprise a first and a second guide roller as well as a first and a second supporting arm on which the guide rollers are mounted. The first and the second supporting arms of each roller unit are mounted to be pivotable independently of one another about the machine axis.
US09415800B2
A telescopic actuator includes a rod a support member and a stroke sensor. The support member supports the rod. The stroke sensor is disposed on one end side of the rod. The stroke sensor includes a bar-like section to be detected and a detecting section. The section to be detected can enter into the detecting section. The detecting section detects a length of a portion of the section to be detected that has entered into the detecting section. The rod has a bottomed cylindrical portion that is open toward the one end side. The section to be detected is fixed to a bottom surface of the bottomed cylindrical portion. When the rod is maximally extended, the support member supports an outer peripheral surface of the bottomed cylindrical portion. When the rod is maximally contracted, the detecting section is at least partly housed in the bottomed cylindrical portion.
US09415798B2
A method of controlling a power steering system is provided. The method generates a base torque command based on a hand wheel torque signal without altering the hand wheel torque signal at a range of relatively low frequencies. The method generates a motor inertia compensation command based on a motor inertia of a motor of the power steering system. The method generates an assist torque command based on the base torque command and the motor inertia compensation command. The method operates a motor of the power steering system to generate a torque based on the assist torque command.
US09415796B2
A steering apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus including: friction plates 23, 24a, 24b fastened by a fastening mechanism with a clamp portion and a vehicle-sided bracket 6; and an annular member 20 fitted on an inner column 3 and connected to the friction plates 23, 24a, 24b, the annular member 20 and the inner column 3 being formed with through-holes 20a, 3a penetrating the annular member 20 and the inner column 3 in the vicinity of a connecting portion between the friction plates 23, 24a, 24b and the annular member 20 and being connected by a pin 21 inserted into the through-holes 20a, 3a, the pin being fractured upon receiving predetermined impact force, resulting in canceling the connection between the annular member 20 and the inner column 3 to enable a more stable and lower separating load to be acquired.
US09415794B2
In an upper end portion of a front end portion of an outer column, a cutout which is opened to a front end edge of the outer column is provided in a state of being overlapped on a front end portion of an outer shaft in a radial direction. Accordingly, during insertion work, a state of core dislocation can be visually confirmed through the cutout.
US09415789B2
A cart suitable for transporting game that includes a shield, an axle, an electric motor, a battery, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a frame. The axle is attached to the frame so that the axle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of the axle, the first wheel is spaced apart from the second wheel. The first and second wheels are attached to the axle. The electric motor is in mechanical communication with the axle. The electric motor is in electrical communication with the battery so that the electric motor causes the axle and wheels to rotate. The shield is attached to the frame at a position below the axle so that the cart is protected when traversing undeveloped and rough terrain where, for example, rocks, stumps or other such conditions may be encountered which could damage components of the cart such as the motor or axle.
US09415782B2
A system for controlling locomotive compressors in a multiple locomotive consist to optimize compressor life, cold weather operation, and maintenance schedules. Each compressor is associated with a controller than can communicate via an interface to a network with the corresponding controllers of the other compressors that are also interfaced to the network. A lead compressor controller may then issue commands to the other compressor controller to more efficiently restore pressure to the system, to implement improved usage schedules, or to manage maintenance intervals to maximize usage of each compressor during periodic maintenance intervals.
US09415773B2
A system and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine configured to automatically stop in response to an engine stop request and automatically start in response to an engine start request include selectively inhibiting an engine stop request based on an anticipated duration of an expected decreased driver power command state to reduce occurrence of successive automatic stops and automatic starts.
US09415766B2
A regenerative control device of a vehicle an engine; a first motor; a second motor performing regenerative power generation; a battery connected to the first and second motors; and a heating device heating using heat, includes: a determiner determining whether the heating device is in operation or not, and determining whether charging the battery is regulated or not; and a controller performing parallel firing control in which a driving force is given to the engine by the first motor while burning fuel in the engine, during the regenerative power generation when the heating device is in operation and charging the battery is regulated, and setting a target torque of the engine in the parallel firing control to be equal to or lower than a burning limit torque of the engine.
US09415750B2
A windscreen wiper device of the “flat blade type” comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material and a connecting device for a oscillating arm comprising two longitudinal arm sections connected to each other by means of a curved intermediate section and a resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in the oscillating arm, wherein the resilient tongue comprises at least two, spaced-apart, downwardly extending protrusions, wherein a first protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a first type, and wherein a second protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a second type, the oscillating arms of the first and the second types mutually differing in the distance between their respective longitudinal arm sections.
US09415747B2
The invention is a belt tightening drive for tightening a seat belt that can be wound about a winding shaft, comprising a spindle shaft driven by a drive unit and a worm drive with a worm supported in a torque-proof fashion on the spindle shaft and a driven wheel, engaged therewith and supported in a torque-proof fashion on the winding shaft. According to the invention it is provided that the worm comprises a first toothed section with a first toothed geometry, wherein the first position of the worm the first toothed section engages the driven wheel, the worm comprises at least a first toothed section and following a second toothed section with a second toothed geometry, with the first and second toothed geometries being embodied differently.
US09415744B1
A vehicle body structure includes a cowl top and a cowl inner. A bracket assembly is connected between the cowl top and the cowl inner, and includes a frangible member having a fracture portion. The fraction portion has a reduced cross-sectional area, and is configured to shear in response to a drive-cycle impact to the cowl top.
US09415742B1
Gas guides or airbag assemblies including gas guides are disclosed. The gas guides can direct inflation gas within an inflatable cushion. The gas guides can include a forward opening that delivers inflation gas to a forward portion of an inflatable cushion and a rearward opening that delivers inflation gas to a rearward portion of an inflatable cushion. The gas guides can further include a downward opening that delivers inflation gas downward to a lower portion of an inflatable cushion. The area of the downward opening can be greater than the areas of the forward opening or the rearward opening such that a greater portion of the inflation gas is directed downward into the inflatable cushion.
US09415737B2
An airbag controller in a vehicle occupant protection device deploys airbags when one of a front-right acceleration sensor and a front-left acceleration sensor disposed on a front face of a vehicle detects an over-threshold acceleration exceeding a front threshold and one of a side-right acceleration sensor or a side-left acceleration sensor, which are disposed on a side face of the vehicle, detects an over-threshold acceleration exceeding a lateral threshold. A threshold acceleration storage device stores the front threshold and plural lateral thresholds that have respectively different values. An image processor processes image data from an in-vehicle camera and calculates the offset rate, an offset direction, a collision angle, a collision direction, and a relative speed at a timing just-before an offset collision between a subject vehicle and another vehicle. Based on a detection result, the airbag controller selects one of the plural lateral thresholds stored in the storage device.
US09415735B1
A vehicle includes a frame, a bumper, and a crush can that secures the bumper to the frame. The crush can includes a plurality of cells that are arranged in a fanned configuration relative to the frame such that walls of the cells deform during offset impact events to deflect objects away from the frame.
US09415734B2
Front bumper assemblies for vehicles are disclosed. The front bumper assemblies may include a bumper reinforcement with a plurality of pedestrian energy absorbers positioned adjacent to a front face of the bumper reinforcement. The plurality of pedestrian energy absorbers are arrayed along a width direction of the bumper reinforcement. A plurality of bumper cover supports are positioned at least one of atop or adjacent the bumper reinforcement and may be attached to the bumper reinforcement. Each of the plurality of bumper cover supports is offset from the forward contact surfaces of the pedestrian energy absorbers in a front impact direction. Each of the plurality of bumper cover supports is more compliant in a front impact direction than in a vertical direction. As a result, a bumper cover of the front bumper assembly is more compliant in a front impact direction while being more rigid in the vertical direction.
US09415724B2
A dimming mirror device has a substrate having an electrochromic material that has a controllable transparency. At least one organic optoelectronic element, which has an organically functional layer stack, is arranged on the substrate. This element has at least one organic optoelectronic layer between two electrodes. The layer detects, in a first operational state of the mirror device, ambient light through the substrate such that the organic optoelectronic element acts, in the first operational state, as an element detecting organic light. The transparency of the substrate can be controlled in the first operational state in accordance with a measurement signal from the organic optoelectronic element.
US09415717B2
A securement mat for mitigating the migration of loads within a shipping vessel. The securement mat having a length, a width, and a height, and including a first subsection and a second subsection, wherein an area of the second subsection is less than an area of the first subsection. The securement mat has a first fold boundary along the length or width of the sheet and proximate to one edge of the sheet defining a boundary between the first and second subsection, wherein the first subsection exhibits a first incline by folding, along the first fold boundary, the second subsection underneath the first subsection. The securement mat also has a notch on each end of the first fold boundary to facilitate folding of the second subsection under the first subsection.
US09415715B2
An articulated motor vehicle comprising: a body having a forward part and a rearward part, the forward part being articulated to the rearward part; and a load carrier, wherein the load carrier is disposed on the forward part of the vehicle and the rearward part is configured to support an operator, the forward part being engageable by the operator to steer the vehicle.
US09415711B2
A head and neck support (HANS) device comprises a collar, a left leg unit, a right leg unit, and a leg unit rotation control assembly. The collar may be positioned behind a wearer's neck. The left leg unit may be coupled to a left side of the collar to engage the wearer's left shoulder and chest area. The right leg unit may be coupled to a right side of the collar to engage the wearer's right shoulder and chest area. The leg unit rotation control assembly may include male splines and female splines to allow the leg units to rotate with respect to the collar when the female splines are separated from the male splines and to rigidly fix the position of the leg units with respect to the collar when the female splines are interlocked with the male splines.
US09415708B2
An energy absorber 10 that has a spine 12 which has a relaxed configuration and a deployment configuration. In the deployment configuration, the spine 12 lies proximate to a substrate 14 to protect the substrate 14 from an impacting object 16. Preferably, the spine 12 is bendable to conform to the substrate 14. The spine includes a number (N) of energy absorbing modules 18, 20, 22, 24, . . ., where 1<=N<=1000. At least some of the modules have a number (L) of mutually supporting energy absorbing vertebral members 30, where 1<=L<=100. Each vertebral member 30 includes a number (U) of coalesced energy absorbing units 32, 34, were 2<=U<=10. At least some of the energy absorbing units 32, 34 have a base 36 that preferably but not necessarily is oriented toward the impacting object 16.
US09415693B2
The invention is an incrementally actuated eddy current braking system. The system comprises first and second primary members, which further comprise arrays of permanent magnets arranged in alternating polarity. The respective magnets of the arrays face one another. A means for incremental displacement is drivingly connected to at least one of the primary members enabling the movement of said members relative to one another.
US09415686B2
A display control apparatus, with respect to multiple display areas of a display screen of a display apparatus, assigns one display image to one of the display areas by performing a predetermined calculation. The display control apparatus includes a display image managing section storing image information related to the display image, a display area managing section storing area information related to each display area, a mandatory exclusion information storing section storing mandatory exclusion information that defines multiple display image combinations so that the display image is included in each of the display image combinations, and a display image assignment control section. The display image assignment control section, based on the mandatory exclusion information, determines the display image combinations, generates a display image combination list, and assigns the display image to the display area based on the display image combination list.
US09415683B2
A vehicle has a transmission and a gearshift element pivotally arranged on a steering wheel of the vehicle. By actuating the gearshift element, the transmission is shiftable in an electrically controlled manner from one transmission gear to a next-higher or a next-lower transmission gear. At least one electric switch element and/or at least one optical display device is arranged on the gearshift element.
US09415681B2
The present invention relates to an automobile urea tank and a forming method thereof. The method includes the following steps: 1) producing an upper half casing and a lower half casing through an injection molding method; 2) after the upper half casing and the lower half casing are formed, assembling built-in parts of the upper half casing and the lower half casing; 3) welding the assembled upper half casing and the assembled lower half casing to form a whole; and 4) assembling components on surfaces of the upper half casing and the lower half casing. This method can improve design freedom of built-in elements of the tank body, and can save a lot of raw materials; the structure is simple and firm; moreover, the production efficiency is improved, and the production cycle is shortened.
US09415674B2
An energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage module adapted to supply electrical energy to a hybrid vehicle. The energy storage module comprises a primary enclosure, at least one battery array located within the primary enclosure, and an energy storage controller module located within the primary. The energy storage controller module is further connected to a hybrid control module of the hybrid vehicle by a low voltage connecter. A high voltage junction box is attached to a first end of the primary enclosure and having a plurality of high voltage connection terminals. At least one of the high voltage connection terminals is configured to receive a high voltage conductor connected between the energy storage module and an inverter of the hybrid vehicle. When multiple energy storage modules are used in conjunction, one module functions as a master module and one module functions as a slave module.
US09415661B2
A control element of a vehicle ventilation and/or air conditioning unit, in particular for controlling air distribution flaps, has a rotational axis and a circumferential surface encircling around the rotational axis. On the encircling circumferential surface the control element has at least one guiding rib which protrudes in the radial direction in relation to the circumferential surface. The guiding rib divides the control element into an axially front region and an axially rear region. A control assembly of at least one air distribution flap of a vehicle ventilation and/or air conditioning unit comprises a control element of this type and an output element which is coupled to the guiding rib of the control element.
US09415654B2
Energy storing suspension components for use in suspension systems for wheeled vehicles and trailers, and suspension systems incorporating such energy storing suspension components are disclosed. The energy storing suspension components include an axle seat portion, a first end, and a first limb extending between the axle seat portion and the first end. The axle seat portion includes first and second surfaces with at least one of the first and second surfaces having at least two spaced apart recesses that are spaced from a center of the axle seat portion, the recesses being configured to receive respective protrusions extending from at least one suspension component that is connected to the energy storing suspension component when coupled within an axle coupling assembly.
US09415651B2
A rear castor wheel for a tractor includes a beam carried on a fork which connects to a castor mounting assembly attached to a rear pivotal beam of the tractor. A suspension system connects the fork to the mounting assembly to provide suspension movement and includes a first transverse plate assembly attached to the mounting assembly intersected by a second plate assembly attached across the two sides of the fork. The plates are connected by a single elastomeric block located on a first side of the axis remote from the beam and two elastomeric blocks located between the first and second plate assemblies on a side of the axis closer to the beam so that upward movement of the beam causes compression of the first and second elastomeric blocks which are shaped such that the internal strain of the block as the beam moves upwardly is substantially uniform through the block.
US09415638B2
Provided is a decorative tire in which an ink composition including a colorant is directly applied onto the tire surface in order to improve the degree of flexibility in design. This decorative tire has a decorative printed layer formed on the tire surface, the decorative printed layer being a cured film of an active-energy-ray-curable ink composition including a colorant. The ink composition includes a monofunctional monomer having a glass transition point of −30° C. or lower, and a polyfunctional monomer having a glass transition point of 0° C. or lower. Preferably, the ink composition further includes a monofunctional monomer having an alicyclic structure with a glass transition point between 0-110° C. inclusive. Preferably, a surface protection layer that protects the surface of the decorative printed layer is formed on the surface of the decorative printed layer. Also, preferably, a primer layer is formed between the tire surface and the decorative printed layer.
US09415632B2
A wheel assembly includes a spindle; a wheel hub rotatable relative to the spindle; a seal mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub, the spindle, the wheel hub, and the seal defining a sealed cavity, the seal coupled to an inner end of the wheel hub and a mounting flange of the spindle; and a bearing mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub within the sealed cavity, the wheel hub configured to rotate on the bearing relative to the spindle.
US09415629B2
A method of adorning a wheel or hubcap including the steps of: placing a circular center piece onto a wheel or hubcap; surrounding the circular center piece with alternating curved sections; inserting an insignia onto the circular center piece; and placing lettering on the alternating curved sections, where the lettering comprises identifying information concerning the insignia. In one particular embodiment, the step of surrounding the circular center piece includes alternating the size of the alternating curved sections and further including the step of surrounding the curved sections with a solid rim. The step of placing lettering may include placing an outer circle of lettering and an inner circle of lettering.
US09415617B2
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head to discharge ink to a recording medium to form an image thereon, an optical sensor to output a signal in response to intensity of reflection of light emitted to the direction of discharging the ink, a carriage that carries the recording head and the optical sensor, and a control unit to detect the position of the recording medium based on the signal output by the optical sensor and control the recording head to discharge the ink only onto the position of the recording medium, wherein the control unit acquires a value according to the signal output by the optical sensor in response to the movement of the carriage and detects the position of the recording medium when a predetermined relation between the value and a threshold continues at least for a predetermined interval in the movement of the carriage.
US09415614B2
A recording apparatus includes a supply reel configured and arranged to supply a recording medium, a recording section configured and arranged to record an image to the recording medium, a first conveyance route along which the recording medium is conveyed to the recording section, a post-treatment section configured and arranged to carry out a post-treatment on the recording medium after recording the image to the recording medium, a third conveyance route along which the recording medium is conveyed from the recording section to the post-treatment section, a take-up reel configured and arranged to take-up the recording medium, and a fourth conveyance route along which the recording medium is conveyed from the post-treatment section to the take-up reel, the third conveyance route including a third bend section at a location between an outlet of the recording section and an inlet of the post-treatment section.
US09415608B2
A method of creating a label to be printed on a label printing apparatus comprising: determining at least one option to be made available to a user relating to a label-creating process; displaying said at least one option on a display; and enabling a user to select said at least one option; wherein said determination of the at least one option to be made available to the user is based upon at least one parameter.
US09415607B2
An apparatus for use in connection with application of decoration to a container by printing thereon includes a container transport system comprising a processing position configured to receive a container, a coating installation disposed at the processing position, and a transfer element. The transfer element applies a base coat to the container by rolling on or off the container.
US09415597B2
An ink jet head includes: a pressure chamber to be filled with ink formed in a pressure chamber structure, the pressure chamber in which an etching limiter made of a material different from a material of the pressure chamber structure is formed on an inner wall surface of the pressure chamber; a nozzle plate comprising a nozzle that leading to the pressure chamber and a movable range fitted to the etching limiter; and a flat driver comprising a piezoelectric body to operate the movable range and arranged on the nozzle plate.
US09415590B2
A printing device includes a nozzle and an extractor. An electrostatic extraction field is generated at the extractor and at a discharge opening of the nozzle to extract polarized ink from the nozzle for deposition on a printing substrate. The extractor includes an electrically conductive portion for application of one side of a voltage potential to generate the electrostatic field. The extractor can be in the form of an extractor plate with an opening through which the extracted ink passes, or the extractor can be in the form of another nozzle. The printing device provides a directionality field that affects the trajectory of the extracted ink. The directionality field can include the electrostatic field or a gas flow field. The printing device is useful for electrohydrodynamic jet, or e-jet, printing on a non-conductive substrate.
US09415587B1
A printing control apparatus which realizes printing by controlling a printing head including nozzle rows in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in a predetermined nozzle row direction, the apparatus including a control section that controls the printing head in which the plurality of nozzle rows discharging same types of ink are disposed to be deviated from the nozzle row direction, in which the control section is capable of selecting and performing any one of a first printing mode in which the printing is performed by setting a platen gap which is a distance from a platen supporting the printing medium on which the ink is discharged to the printing head as a first platen gap, and a second printing mode in which the printing is performed by setting the platen gap as a second platen gap which is narrower than the first platen gap.
US09415585B1
An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a controller to generate predicted and past power consumption values for at least one pen of a printer device, for a sliding window of future and past time, as a function of ink delivered data scaled by print speed data. The controller is to assign a dynamic power threshold for the present time as a maximum power consumption value of the sliding window, and stop power delivery to the at least one pen if the present power consumption of the at least one pen exceeds the dynamic power threshold by a margin.
US09415583B2
A printing method and system include a printhead configured to eject a fixer fluid. A controller is operatively connected to the printhead and configured to control the printhead so as to apply the fixer fluid to a print area in a pattern to form cells having a predetermined area without the fixer fluid.
US09415582B2
Droplet deposition apparatus including at least one droplet ejection unit having a plurality of fluid channels disposed side by side in a row, an actuator, and a plurality of nozzles, said actuator being actuable to eject a droplet of fluid from a fluid channel through a respective nozzle, a support member for said at least one droplet ejection unit, a first conduit extending along said row and to one side of both said support member and said at least one droplet ejection unit for conveying droplet fluid to each of the fluid channels of said at least one droplet ejection unit; and a second conduit extending along said row and to the other side of both said support member and said at least one droplet ejection unit for receiving droplet fluid from each of the fluid channels of said at least one droplet ejection unit.
US09415579B2
A recording apparatus includes: a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium having a lenticular lens in a transport direction; and a guide that includes a convex portion formed along the transport direction and guides the recording medium in the transport direction by allowing the convex portion to come in contact with the lenticular lens.
US09415574B2
A method is presented for manufacturing a plate shaped product, comprising the steps of manufacturing a first intermediate product which comprises at least, successively, a carrier, a plastic printing layer, a decorative print layer and a plastic protective layer, by using a multiple coating process, manufacturing a second intermediate product which comprises at least one plastic layer, by using at least a calendering process, and combining the first and second intermediate products by laminating, such that the second intermediate product is attached to the first intermediate product. Further a plate shaped product is provided which is manufactured using said method.
US09415562B1
The present invention relates to a micro-lattice and, more particularly, to an ultra-light micro-lattice and a method for forming the same. The micro-lattice is a cellular material formed of interconnected hollow tubes. The cellular material has a relative density in a range of 0.001% to 0.3%, and a density of 0.9 mg/cc has been demonstrated. The cellular material also has the ability to recover from a deformation exceeding 50% strain.
US09415560B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet fastening unit of a pressing fastener method in which a bundle of sheets is fastened by using a pair of pressing fastener members; a conveying unit that conveys the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit; a separating unit that, after the sheet fastening unit performs a fastening operation on the bundle of sheets, moves both one and the other pressing fastener members, between which the bundle of sheets is interposed, so as to separate a sheet that adheres to the pressing fastener member; and a control unit that, after the separating unit finishes an operation to separate the sheet, controls the conveying unit so as to convey the bundle of sheets that are fastened by the sheet fastening unit.
US09415558B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for preparing cosmetics by impregnating contents into an impregnating material. The apparatus includes a transfer table (110) to transfer a cosmetic vessel (200), an impregnating material supply unit (130) to introduce an impregnating material (210) into a receiving space of the cosmetic vessel (200), a content injecting unit (140) to inject the contents while moving back after pressing the impregnating material (210) introduced into the receiving space of the cosmetic vessel (200), a frame member supply unit (150) to supply a frame member (220) for fixing the impregnating material (210) impregnated with the contents, and an impregnating material fixing unit (160) to mount the frame member (220) at a mouth of the cosmetic vessel (200) in a state that the frame member (220) presses and fixes a circumference of the impregnating material (210).
US09415550B2
Exemplary method and system can be implemented and/or used for providing a diffractive configuration in an optical arrangement can be provided. For example, an elastomeric material can be provided with at least one patterned surface. The elastomeric material can be connected with at least one portion of a waveguide arrangement using a pre-polymer adhesive composition. Further, the pre-polymer adhesive composition can be caused to polymerize so as to form the diffractive configuration which at least approximately replicate a structure or at least one feature of an elastomeric mold.
US09415544B2
A solid imaging apparatus and method employing levels of exposure varied with gray scale or time or both of digitally light projected image of a cross-section of a three-dimensional object on a solidifiable photopolymer build material. The gray scale levels of exposure of projected pixels permits the polymerization boundaries in projected boundary pixels to be controlled to achieve preserved image features in a three-dimensional object and smooth out rough or uneven edges that would otherwise occur using digital light projectors that are limited by the number of pixels in an image projected over the size of the image. Software is used to control intensity parameters applied to pixels to be illuminated in the image projected in the cross-section being exposed in the image plane.
US09415537B2
A demolding device detaches a sheet-shaped mold from a molded product. The demolding device includes a molded product holder placed in a location different from a transfer device. The molded product holder is constructed and arranged to hold the molded product while being adhered to a first region of the mold. A detaching roller on which the mold is wound is movably provided above the molded product holder in an extending direction of the mold to roll up and detach the mold from the molded product.
US09415533B2
A coating system includes a coating device, a suction device, and a conveyor system. The coating device includes a first holding device including a first surface, a second holding device including a recess and opposite to the first holding device, an o-ring positioned on the first surface. The first holding device couples to the second holding device and a component is held on the first surface. A forming cavity is surrounded by the component, the recess, and the o-ring. Glue is injected into the forming cavity and is formed films over the component.
US09415529B2
A method for operating an apparatus with at least one rotating shaft, the at least one rotating shaft comprising functional elements which act on material to be processed in the apparatus, the apparatus comprising a filling orifice and an outlet orifice with an adjustable lower edge, and material being conveyed continuously through the apparatus from the filling orifice to the outlet orifice, said method comprising the following steps: a) measuring load data for the at least one rotating shaft in order to determine shaft load, b) lowering the lower edge of the outlet orifice and/or reducing the quantity of material supplied if the shaft load exceeds a specified maximum load, or displacing the lower edge of the outlet orifice upwards and/or increasing the quantity of material supplied if the shaft load is less than a specified shaft load.
US09415524B2
A rotary cutter device has a rotator having a rotary blade including a first blade edge part, and a holding body having a fixed blade including a second blade edge part. The first blade edge part and the second blade edge part are rubbed with each other so as to cut. A rotation-side separating member is brought into contact with the cut object in which a cut portion of the cut object adheres to the first blade edge part and rotating together with the rotary blade from inside in the radial direction and applying a reaction force to the outside. A fixed-side separating member is fixed so as to be located outside a rotation range of the first blade edge part, and is brought into contact with the cut object from outside in the radial direction and constrains movement of the cut object to the outside.
US09415518B2
A robot control device controls the operation of a robot including a base; a robot arm that has at least three links, at least three joint portions, and at least three drive sources; an inertia sensor; and at least three angle sensors. The robot control device includes a first coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a second coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a weighting unit; a third coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a correction value calculation unit that obtains correction values for correcting the respective drive commands of the drive sources based on vibration information in a third coordinate system, and the respective detected results of the angle sensors; and a drive source control unit that controls the operations of the drive sources based on the respective drive commands of the drive sources, the correction values, and the respective detected results of the angle sensors.
US09415516B2
A force information correcting unit generates force information in accordance with magnification percentage information acquired by a display information acquiring unit. The force information matches a picture watched by an operator to manipulation of the operator with no sense of incongruity. A force information presentation unit presents the generated force information to the operator, so that work efficiency is improved.
US09415514B2
A robot monitoring system for monitoring and analyzing robot related data and displaying the data on a smart device is provided. The robot monitoring system comprises at least one robot in local communication with at least one robot controller. The at least one robot controller has local processing power for monitoring, gathering, and analyzing data related to the at least one robot. The data analysis results are formatted into a message file that is communicated to a storage system. The message file may then be retrieved by a smart device having software running thereon for displaying the results of the data analysis.
US09415508B1
A substrate scanning device includes first, second and third linkages, and a direct drive motor coupled between a process chamber and a first end of the first linkage. A first gear motor coupled between a second end of the first linkage and a first end of the second linkage and a second gear motor coupled between a second end of the second linkage and a first end of the third linkage. A substrate support surface coupled to a second end of the third linkage. The direct drive motor for moving the substrate support surface parallel to a scan axis as the direct drive motor moves the substrate support surface along the scan axis. The first and second gear motors can be configured to maintain the substrate support surface in a plane approximately parallel with the scan axis.
US09415507B2
A motion base comprises lower and upper plates, a plurality of lateral stabilizers coupled in-between and connected to the lower and upper plates, a plurality of actuators, and one or more associated active controllers. Actuators typically comprise a body operatively connected to the upper plate and the lower plate, a rod movably disposed at least partially within the body, where the rod and body define an actuator effective length; and a controllable rod extender configured to selectively extend the rod out from and retract the rod into the body. After determining a desired parameter such as length and an actual parameter such as length, velocity, acceleration, impulse, force, or the like, or a combination thereof for each of the plurality of actuators, a control signal is sent to each controllable rod extender as needed to change the current effective state of that parameter of each actuator by moving each such actuator's extendable rod into or out from each such actuator's body such that the current parameter for each of the plurality of actuators matches the desired parameter for that actuator.
US09415498B2
A hammer mechanism is described as having a snap die, a tool chuck drive shaft, and an impact generating shutoff unit, which has a blocking element, which is provided for the purpose of preventing an axial displacement of the snap die. The blocking element acts on the snap die in parallel to at least one force of the tool chuck drive shaft, at least during a drilling operation.
US09415490B2
A mounting structure of a hand tool includes a cylindrical body which has a mounting portion formed on one open end thereof. Multiple protrusions and recesses are formed in the inner periphery of the mounting portion. Each protrusion is connected to each of the adjacent recesses by a first conjunction line. A first face is defined annularly in the mounting portion. A second face is defined in one end of each protrusion. The first face intersects the second faces. The first face is located closer to the open end of the body than the second faces. The first and second face each are an inclined face relative to the open end of the body. The first angle is different from the second angle. A support portion extends from an edge of the first face so as to bear a larger torque.
US09415485B2
A hand tool, pliers and a lock button assembly for a hand tool. The hand tool includes a first jaw assembly including a first rail, a second jaw assembly including a second rail shorter than the first rail, a pivot member coupling the jaw assemblies for pivoting movement between an open position and a closed position. The lock button assembly includes a first lock button member defining a second rail groove operable to selectively receive the second rail; and a second lock button member separate from and connectable to the first lock button member, the lock button members, when connected, cooperating to define a first rail groove receiving the first rail. The lock button assembly is operable between a locked position, engaging the first and second rails to releasably hold the jaw assemblies in the closed position, and an unlocked position, in which the second rail is disengaged.
US09415478B2
A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens by machining, includes the steps of providing and mounting a blank on a first supporting device having a first machining reference frame in a first position in which a lower surface of the blank is opposite the first device; machining, in the first position in the first reference frame, an upper surface of the blank, machining in a second predetermined machining reference frame which is known relative to the first at least one mechanical referencing element on the blank, and providing a second supporting device including at least one complementary mechanical referencing element configured such as to engage with the at least one mechanical referencing element so that the latter is positioned and supported on the second device in a second predetermined position.
US09415457B2
An electric arc welder and a method for performing a pulse welding process producing reduced spatter. The welder produces a current between an advancing electrode and a workpiece. The welder includes a short-detecting capability for detecting a short condition upon occurrence of a short circuit between the advancing electrode and the workpiece. The welder may also include a switching module in the welding circuit path of the welder having an electrical switch and a resistive path. Times of occurrence of short intervals can be tracked and a blanking signal can be generated based on the tracked short intervals to anticipate a next short interval in a next pulse period of the pulsed welding process. The blanking signal can be used to reduce a welding current in the welding circuit path by introducing additional resistance into the welding circuit path via the switching module, for example.
US09415455B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element; an insulating substrate formed from stacking a rectangular shaped circuit plate, insulating plate, and metal plate, wherein the semiconductor element is fixed to the circuit plate, and the metal plate has at least one first groove portion in four corners thereof; a radiating member made of metal and having a predetermined arrangement area to dispose the insulating substrate, the radiating member having at least one second groove portion provided in four corners of the arrangement area; four positioning members disposed between the four corners of the metal plate and the four corners of the radiating member, each of the four positioning members being fitted to each of the first groove portions and second groove portions; and a solder filling a space between the insulating substrate and the radiating member, and covering the positioning members.
US09415454B2
In a method for the machining of a workpiece (2) which is driven in rotary movement about a workpiece axis (Z) and whose shape includes a periodic structure, specifically a workpiece with gear teeth, a cutting tool which has gear-like teeth with a cutting edge formed at a frontal end of the teeth and which is driven in rotary movement about a cutting tool axis that is radially spaced apart from the workpiece axis, is brought into a rolling engagement with the workpiece under a crossing angle between the two rotary axes, wherein the cutting edge removes material from the workpiece through a cutting movement that has a component in the direction parallel to the workpiece axis, and wherein for the machining of the workpiece over a desired axial range the cutting tool is in addition made to perform a feed movement having a component parallel to the workpiece axis. According to the method, the feed movement component parallel to the workpiece axis and the cutting movement component parallel to the workpiece axis are oriented in opposite directions relative to each other.
US09415452B2
In a case where a tool holder 5 having a plurality of cutting tools T are attachably/detachably mounted on a base member 8, the tool holder 5 is formed in a ring shape and has depressions 5a and projections 5b on an inner periphery, and by aligning the depressions and projections 5a, 5b of the tool holder 5 with projections 9b and depressions 9a formed on an outer periphery of a rotating member 9 rotatably mounted on the base member 8, the tool holder 5 is mountable to or removal from the base member 8. The tool holder 5 is clamped to the base member 8 by being pressed against a seating surface 8e of the base member 8.
US09415451B2
A key cutting machine is provided for cutting a key blank from a master key. The key cutting machine comprises a first cutting member that rotates about a substantially horizontal axis for cutting a key pattern on a key blank and a second cutting member that rotates about a substantially vertical axis for cutting a key pattern on a key blank. Additional improvements or features of a key cutting machine are also described.
US09415448B2
A power drill has a housing holding a planetary gear transmission and a motor. A drive stem rotatable in the housing about the axis is rotationally coupled to the planet carrier, and a chuck body is rotatable on the housing. A driver axially bearing on the jaws is axially shiftable to position jaws in the chuck, and a sleeve threaded to the driver is rotatable to position the jaws in the chuck body. The drive stem can be coupled either to the chuck body for rotating a tool held by the jaws in a screw or drill mode or to the sleeve in a tighten/loosen mode for tool exchange. A first spring bears axially inward against a front face of the transmission ring gear with an adjustable axially inwardly directed force, and a second spring bears axially against a rear face of the ring gear.
US09415437B2
A method of manufacturing a part having a beveled edge with a serration formed in the beveled edge. The method includes positioning a part between a first die piece and a second die piece; and moving the first die piece relative to the second die piece. The movement results in both shearing a portion of the part to create the beveled edge, and serrating the beveled edge to create the serration.
US09415430B2
A roll stand for rolling metallic strips includes at least one roll or cylinder which is respectively mounted in a mounting on rolling bearings in the region of its end journals, and at least one distributing device for distributing a lubricant-gas flow. The roll stand according to the invention makes it easily possible in an operationally reliable manner to supply a rolling bearing, provided for mounting a roll or cylinder, with a precisely determined amount of lubricant. This is achieved according to the invention in that a connecting channel for the transport of a lubricant-gas flow to or from the distributing device is molded into the roll or cylinder.
US09415421B2
A powder classifying device includes a plurality of powder classifiers that impart a whirling motion to powder with whirling gas streams to classify the powder into coarse powder and fine powder, a gas supply source that supplies the plurality of powder classifiers with gas for generating the whirling gas stream, a powder supplier that supplies the plurality of powder classifiers with powder having a particle size distribution, a fine powder collecting section that collects fine powder classified by each of the plurality of powder classifiers, a coarse powder recovery section that recovers coarse powder classified by each of the plurality of powder classifiers, and a controller that controls flow rates of gases supplied to the plurality of powder classifiers so that a classification point is substantially equal among the plurality of powder classifiers.
US09415420B2
A laminate screen for a vibratory separator, the screen including a product screen mesh layer having a plurality of wires. The screen further including a structural screen mesh layer having a plurality of wires secured to the product screen mesh layer with a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the structural screen mesh layer is configured to provide structural integrity to the laminate screen, and wherein a diameter of the product screen mesh layer wires is less than a diameter of the structural screen mesh layer wires.
US09415417B2
The present invention provides a scattered powder cleaning device, comprising: a case having an exit formed at one side for the access of glass and an internal space; an opening and closing part for opening or closing the exit; a powder spray part provided to the case for spraying a predetermined amount of power at the internal space; and a cleaning part which forcibly scatters the powder dispersed at the internal space by forcibly introducing external air so as to discharge the powder to the outside if the glass escapes from the internal space.
US09415409B2
The invention relates to a device for conveying coating powder from a powder container. The powder conveying device has a powder conveying pipe having a powder inlet, by means of which coating powder can be fed from a powder container to the powder conveying pipe, in particular by means of suction. Furthermore, a powder conveying pipe retainer is provided in order to retain the powder conveying pipe. The powder conveying pipe can be preferably optionally moved in relation to the powder conveying pipe retainer in the longitudinal direction of the powder conveying pipe, wherein in order to clean the powder conveying pipe, the powder inlet of the powder conveying pipe can be closed and a compressed air line can be connected to the powder pipe.
US09415408B2
A drive apparatus of a metering and mixing device is provided for multi-component materials, for example, for multi-component adhesives. The metering and mixing device can have at least two cartridge-accommodating devices for accommodating replaceable cartridges having individual material components, and a discharging device for simultaneously discharging the material components from the cartridges through the component outlets by discharging plungers that plunge into the cartridge-accommodating device and a mixing device. A transmission unit connects a drive machine, and has a coupling for forced connection of a discharge of at least two material components by correspondingly synchronized actuation of discharging plungers by respective discharging rods.
US09415406B2
A speed limiting mechanism for a turbine-driven fluid distribution apparatus usable with compressible fluid such as compressed air and incompressible fluid such as water. In one form, a flow restrictor is located in the turbine discharge flow path, with the turbine discharge port area selected in relation to the turbine inlet port area according to the desired turbine speed with compressed air. In another form, the incoming fluid flows downstream along the surface of the turbine stator, and is then diverted to enter the rotor chamber in the proper direction. A bleed area on the stator which permits a portion of a compressible fluid which has expanded as it flows along the stator surface to flow to bypass the turbine rotor. In another embodiment, a valve may be provided upstream from the turbine to selectively divert at least a portion of the pressurized fluid around the turbine when the pressurized fluid air or a combination of air and water.
US09415396B2
A refrigeration device includes an actuating element, and an ice crusher which is activated by the actuating element and configured to crush ice for a period of time during which the actuating element is actuated. The ice crusher is configured to release the crushed ice after actuation of the actuating element has concluded or after a preselectable period of time has elapsed.
US09415392B2
A device is described having a first surface having a plurality of first areas and a second surface having a plurality of second areas. The first surface and the second surface are opposed to one another and can move relative to each other from at least a first position where none of the plurality of first areas, having a first substance, are exposed to plurality of second areas, having a second substance, to a second position. When in the second position, the plurality of first and second areas, and therefore the first and second substances, are exposed to one another. The device may further include a series of ducts in communication with a plurality of first second areas to allow for a substance to be disposed in, or upon, the plurality of second areas when in the first position.
US09415391B2
A cartridge sealed from an external air is used to enable mixing with a reagent, agitating, purification, reaction, etc. Provided inside the cartridge sealed from the external air are a chamber for the reagent to be transported, a chamber to which the reagent is transported, and the chambers are connected by a liquid transport channel. A groove is made in a cartridge body and a membrane as an elastic body is pasted onto the groove to form the liquid transport channel. Air pressure is given to the membrane to change the volume of the liquid transport channel and thereby move the fluid inside. The inlet of each chamber has a valve function to move the fluid inside in a desired direction according to change of the liquid transport channel. This enables transportation of the liquid inside the cartridge sealed from the external air.
US09415382B2
The present invention is directed to an organometallic complex and a catalyst composition capable of producing polylactide resins with improved properties at a higher conversion rate, a method of producing the organometallic complex, polylactide resins having enhanced hydrolysis resistance and heat resistance together with superior mechanical properties, a preparation process therefor, and polylactide resin compositions including the same.
US09415379B2
A method of synthesizing tungsten carbide nanorods, the method comprising: mixing tungsten oxide (WO3) nanorods with a carbon source to obtain precursors; and calcining the precursors to obtain tungsten carbide nanorods, without use of any catalyst. A catalyst of metal nanostructures supported on tungsten carbide nanorods.
US09415376B2
Visible light catalyst for removing sulfur-containing compounds in fuel oil, and preparation and use
This invention relates to a visible-light-responsive photocatalyst for photocatalyticly oxidation desulphurization and method for preparation and application thereof. The catalyst is comprised of one type of metal MI, one type of metal oxide MIIOx and BiVO4 as the supporter, wherein the mass ratio of the sum of the two types of metal (MI+MII) to BiVO4 is from 1:5000 to 1:50; the mass ratio of the type of metal MI to the type of metal MII is from 1:50 to 50:1. The catalyst is used in the photocatalytic oxidation desulphurization. Under mild condition (room temperature, 1 atm), using O2 as the oxidant and xenon lamp (wavelength 420 nm<λ<700 nm) as the light source, avoid the oil's absorption of light (mainly in the violet area which is below 420 nm), the desulphurization ratio of thiophene can be above 90%, meanwhile the oil won't be excited. The sulfur in thiophene can be oxidized to SO3 and absorbed by the absorbent after escaped from the reaction system. Thus extraction of the conventional oxidative desulphurization can be saved to lower the operation cost. The visible-light-responsive photocatalyst can be widely used in oil compared with the UV-light-responsive photocatalyst. We can recover the photocatalyst after the reaction by subsiding or centrifugation.
US09415372B2
A mixture for producing a fiber or a molded part contains at least one polymer solution, in particular a cellulose solution, and an adsorbing agent. The mixture includes a removable resisting agent for the adsorbing agent. The polymer solution also can be used as a resisting agent. In order to produce a fiber or a molded part, an adsorbing agent is mixed with a polymer solution, in particular a cellulose solution, where a removable resisting agent is applied to the adsorbing agent before or during the mixing process and wherein the resisting agent is removed after the fiber has been spun or after the molded part has been molded. Alternatively or in addition thereto, a method for producing a fiber or a molded part, an adsorbing agent, in particular activated charcoal, is mixed with a polymer solution, in particular a cellulose solution.
US09415365B2
A method of coating a honeycomb monolith substrate comprising a plurality of channels with a liquid comprising a catalyst component comprises the steps of: (i) holding a honeycomb monolith substrate substantially vertically; (ii) introducing a pre-determined volume of the liquid into the substrate via open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate; (iii) sealingly retaining the introduced liquid within the substrate; (iv) inverting the substrate containing the retained liquid; and (v) applying a vacuum to open ends of the channels of the substrate at the inverted, lower end of the substrate to draw the liquid along the channels of the substrate.
US09415361B2
The present invention provides a mixer for producing a past by mixing components. The mixer includes a housing having a longitudinal axis, a rear end, and a front end provided with a discharge opening. The mixer also includes a mixing changer formed in the housing, where the mixing chamber has an entry side facing the rear end of the housing. The initial content of the mixing chamber is diverted from the discharge opening, and the subsequent content of the mixing chamber is extrudable from the discharge opening.
US09415349B2
A porous membrane patterning technique is provided. In one embodiment, a porous membrane may be patterned via printing on the porous membrane with a solvent such that the porous membrane collapses where the solvent is applied. In another embodiment, a patterned porous membrane may be formed by casting a solution including at least components of the porous membrane into voids of a casting plate or stencil, removing the casting plate, and letting the remaining components go through a phase inversion process to form porous membrane regions.
US09415348B2
A method for preparing an aromatic polyamide porous hollow fiber membrane firstly premixes PPTA resin, solvent, composite pore-forming agents and inorganic particles in a stirring vessel to form casting solution, secondly injects the casting solution into a double-screw extruder to be fully dissolved under the effect of shear force and enters a spinneret via a metering pump. The PPTA hollow fiber membranes are prepared by the dry-wet spinning method, which solves the problems that hard pore-forming and low porosity in the preparation process of PPTA porous membrane. Utilization of the double-screw extruder is capable of greatly shortening the dissolved time and the deaeration time. Meanwhile the increase of PPTA in casting solution also improves mechanical properties of the PPTA membrane. The addition of the inorganic particles improves mechanical toughness and enhance pure water flux, hydrophilia and rejection rate.
US09415342B2
A system for depressurizing a molecular sieve used in ethanol production is provided. The ethanol production system includes a plurality of on-line molecular sieve bottles for removing water from ethanol production. When the molecular sieve bottle becomes saturated with water it is taken off-line to depressurize it. The depressurization and removal of water is done from the product discharge end resulting in an approximately 5% to 10% reduction in external energy required to run the ethanol production line.
US09415341B2
A wind direction plate of an air purifier includes a core member provided between an upper wall and a lower wall and extending in a substantially horizontal direction, and an infrared light highly scattering member provided on a side of the core member facing an infrared unit, the infrared light highly scattering member having a higher degree of scattered reflection of infrared light received by the infrared unit and/or infrared light transmitted from the infrared unit than a degree of scattered reflection on the core member.
US09415335B2
A phase separation apparatus is provided for separating a two-phase fluid flow into a liquid phase portion and a vapor phase portion. The phase separation apparatus may be applied to the separation of a two-phase refrigerant flow in a refrigerant vapor compression system operating in a transcritical cycle.
US09415331B2
The disclosed subject matter is concerned with a screen-type filter element, and a method for its manufacture. The screen type filter comprises a substantially rigid screen-bearing skeleton and at least one fine screen sheet material extending within or over the skeleton and secured thereto by a plurality of enveloping ribs, the enveloping ribs being applied over one face of the filter screen sheet to thereby support it at discrete portions and secure it to the skeleton.
US09415329B2
A diffuser baffle for use in an in-line wastewater grease interceptor. The diffuser baffle lies within a grease collecting chamber between the inflow and outflow of a grease interceptor. The diffuser baffle has an open bottom which is sized and shaped respectively to fit into the grease collecting chamber. The diffuser baffle has an end operatively connected to the inflow opening to permit wastewater to flow into the body through the open bottom. The baffle has a downstream end which includes a deflector portion to deflect a wastewater stream in a direction generally into the grease collecting chamber. The body also includes a number of apertures to permit the deflected wastewater stream to pass through the baffle and into the grease collecting chamber, where FOG will separate before waste water exits the chamber through the outlet baffle.
US09415326B1
A system for bulk separation of single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) based on chirality is provided wherein an array of longitudinally directed channels (32) are formed on a crystalline substrate (30) to form a separation plate (300). At least one of the separation plate (300) and a solution or suspension of the single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) is displaced relative to the other for exposing at least a portion of the plurality of single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) to the channels (32). Each of the channels (32) exposes portions of the upper surface (38) of the crystalline substrate (30) and the longitudinal direction is selected to be an energetically favored “locking angle” for single-walled tubular fullerenes (100a) of one chiral angle to be adsorbed to the exposed is substrate surface (38). The adsorbed single-walled tubular fullerenes (100a) are subsequently removed from the separation plate (300).
US09415316B2
A swing includes a body with a recessed seat and a peripheral edge. The peripheral edge includes tether openings. The body can be defined as a one-piece molded polymeric construction. A lower surface of the seat comprises ribs that extend radially outward from an inner end toward the peripheral edge. The peripheral edge includes a top wall, an outer wall projecting downwardly from the top wall, and an inner circular wall located radially inward from and arranged concentrically with the outer wall. A peripheral groove is defined between the inner and outer circular walls. The tether openings are defined in the top wall and open through the top wall into the peripheral groove. A plurality of peripheral edge support ribs each extend between and interconnect the inner and outer circular walls. A tether system is engaged with the tether openings.
US09415314B2
To simulate group play, player-controlled characters may be grouped prior to entry into a set of asynchronous videogame content. Then separate instances of the set of asynchronous videogame content may be provided to players associated with individual ones of the grouped player-controlled characters. In the separate instance provided to a given player, secondary instances of the player-controlled characters other than the player-controlled character being controlled by the given player may be controlled automatically to accompany the player-controlled character being controlled by the given player.
US09415306B1
An online gaming system for presenting recommendations to users of an online game. The recommendations may be based on monitored usage of the individual interface methods and directed to use of a particular interface method and/or participation in content which is made available to the users. The system may comprise one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules. The system may include a client compatibility module configured to obtain interface methods available to the users; a game module configured to manage game content for portions of the online game which can be adjusted to make different content accessible to the users based on the interface methods available; an interface monitor module configured to monitor the usage of interface methods; and a recommendation module configured to present recommendations to the users related to the game content accessible by virtue of the available interface methods.
US09415303B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices where the one or more user-generated remarks are temporally associated with media content in the form of a gaming session presented at the plurality of computing devices and present the one or more user-generated remarks as an overlay combined with the gaming session as a presentation to at least a set among the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09415295B2
A skateboard truck assembly comprising a base plate, a hanger, and at least one compressible member interposed there between that utilizes rotation of the hanger to at least partially and temporarily deform the compressible member, thereby creating zones of tension and/or compression within the compressible member and facilitating smooth and efficient motion of the skateboard.
US09415293B1
A pull-up fitness exercise machine comprises a base for securing all components, an upright column fixed to the rear of the base, a top cantilever pivotally coupled to the top of upright column, a linking rope coupled to an end of the cantilever, and an elastic member driven by the other end of the linking rope for constantly pulling a rotary latching plate to rotate appropriately. A pull ring unit is installed at the other end of the cantilever and operated together with a pull string and a plurality of pulleys to provide an up and down displacement stroke for pulling the support plate. Moreover, a rotating rod assembly is pivotally coupled to the bottom of the upright column, and the other end of the rotating rod assembly is pivotally coupled to the support plate. An assisted pushing unit is interposed between the rotating rod assembly and the base and has an adjustable pushing force to provide an appropriate upward pushing force to the support plate. In addition, a linking hook lever is coaxially coupled to a first pivot point of the rotating rod assembly and configured to be corresponsive to a hook post of the rotary latching plate for constantly locking the rotating rod assembly and maintaining the support plate at a low static position. In this way, the pull ring unit can be pulled to perform an expected motion when the support plate bears a gravitational force, the cantilever is pulled downwardly, and the linking hook lever is released from a locked status relative to the rotary latching plate. When the external force of the pull ring unit disappears, the support plate is descended by the gravitational force to resume its original position and locked to a low static position automatically.
US09415276B1
A fitness ball chair includes a base, a fitness ball, a support tube and a pad. The base is an elastic structure formed by being spirally enclosed and having an opening in the middle of the base. The fitness ball is movably disposed in the base, and a portion of the fitness ball is disposed in the opening to prevent the fitness from falling out. The support tube is provided for connecting the base and the pad and supporting a user's trunk. The fitness ball is positioned and stored in the base. With the elastic design of the base and the softness of the fitness ball, the fitness ball chair provides a good exercise and protection effects to users, and causes no waste of the using space.
US09415271B2
In a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core formed of a center core encased by an envelope layer, a cover having a plurality of dimples on its surface, and one or more intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, the center core and the envelope layer are each made of an elastic material, the radius r (mm) of the center core satisfies the condition 5≦r≦15, and the core has a cross-sectional hardness profile that satisfies specific conditions. This golf ball has an increased distance and a soft feel at impact, and also is able to prevent a decline in the durability to cracking.
US09415267B2
Systems and methods for electronically providing comparative health coaching information to a user are disclosed. The method may include collecting performance data, generating comparison data by comparing the respective performance data, and displaying the comparison data on a display screen.
US09415260B2
A plantar exercise device for therapeutic foot exercises is formed of a generally planar base board and a beam or block member firmly secured upon the base board and positioned transversely across the base board. The beam is positioned closer to one end of the base board than the other, so that the different stretch heights are presented on the two sides. Additional blocks may be present to provide additional stretch height. A non slip coating may be applied at least onto the upper surfaces of the beam and base board.
US09415252B2
A rotor with variable hydrodynamic resistance for a stationary water bicycle comprises a central body provided on its perimeter with a plurality of blades of the marine type comprising an inlet edge, an outlet edge and a convex helical surface, as well as provided on opposite outer faces with axles per pedals, wherein each blade, at the outlet edge, is connected to the rotor with elastic fixing means adapted to allow the automatic orientation of the blade as a function of the rotation speed imparted to the rotor through the pedals, the central body houses means for adjusting the maximum possible opening comprising a mechanical end stop element movable for modifying the maximum possible opening of each blade, such means for adjusting the maximum possible opening of the blades being able to be actuated by control means connected at one end to the means for adjusting the maximum possible opening.
US09415251B2
The system comprises a main network situated downstream from a check valve that supplies the sensors, for example, in the form of sprinklers. This main network is subdivided into secondary networks, each secondary network being isolated from the main network by a valve that enables water to be prevented from entering the portions of the network in which it is not needed. The valve is capable not only of compensating for losses in pressure in the network but also for opening itself completely when a fire is detected.
US09415238B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical kit, methods for cancer treatment and for preparing a metal nanoparticle-antibody fragment conjugate, which can reduce the recurrence rate of cancer and provide a safer and less invasive therapeutic method for cancer treatment.
US09415236B2
An apparatus for cosmetic RF skin treatment where the RF energy supply is isolated from the patient treated, such that in course of treatment no undesired current flows through the subject body.
US09415234B2
The accuracy of tissue heating in a body when using a phased array hyperthermia system can be improved by using, in conjunction with the hyperthermia system, a program for predicting heating patterns within the tissue based upon a selected E-field value at each of the antenna energy feedpoints. The hyperthermia system includes circuitry necessary to provide information for calculating the complete EM field at each of the antenna feedpoints during treatment, and such calculated actual feedpoint EM fields are feed to the program to be used in place of the otherwise program generated e-fields in predicting the heating pattern produced by the hyperthermia system during treatment. Further initial operating parameters of the hyperthermia system can be set to produce calculated actual EM fields at the antenna feedpoints which approximate the E-field values used by the program in pretreatment optimizing of the heating pattern.
US09415229B2
A picafina device for electrical stimulation and electrical measurements of neural and muscular cells, which is capable of electrical measurements of cells in the neighborhood of the picafina device and also of electrical stimulation at different voltages and current levels.
US09415225B2
A system for use during revascularization includes a catheter having an adjustable balloon for delivery a stent, one or more pacing electrodes for delivering one or more pacing pulses to a patient's heart, and a pacemaker configured to generate the one or more pacing pulses to be delivered to the heart via the one or more pacing electrodes. The one or more pacing pulses are delivered at a rate substantially higher than the patient's intrinsic heart rate without being synchronized to the patient's intrinsic cardiac contractions, and are delivered before, during, or after an ischemic event to prevent or reduce cardiac injury.
US09415217B2
A system and method are provided for a wireless electrical stimulation. The system generally includes at least two electrical stimulation units. Each electrical stimulation unit includes electrodes connected to the unit. The system also includes a transmitter for remotely, wirelessly controlling each of the electrical stimulation units to selectively apply a time-varying electric potential to the electrodes to provide an electrical stimulation to tissue in electrical contact with the electrodes.
US09415209B2
A mouthpiece for providing non-invasive neuromodulation to a patient, the mouthpiece including an elongated housing having an anterior region and a posterior region, the elongated housing having a non-planar exterior top surface and internal structural members disposed within the housing, the internal structural members elastically responding to biting forces generated by the patient, a spacer attached to the top surface of the housing for limiting contact between a patient's upper teeth and the exterior top surface of the elongated housing, and a printed circuit board mounted to a bottom portion of the elongated housing, the printed circuit board having a plurality of electrodes for delivering subcutaneous local electrical stimulation to the patient's tongue.
US09415202B2
An assembly for mounting medical connector caps includes a carrier formed from a sheet of material and having an array of holes. The assembly also includes a plurality of medical connector caps. Each cap is inserted into one of the holes of the array. The assembly also includes a plurality of sealing tabs. The tabs may be retained on the carrier by friction fit into the holes of the carrier. The carrier may also include a mounting hole to hang on a pole of an IV line.
US09415186B2
An introducer sheath includes a tubular body portion having a proximal region and a distal region, and defines an internal lumen configured and dimensioned to slidably receive a catheter. A penetrating portion at a distal end of the tubular body has a first tapered configuration to enlarge an opening in a body tissue during distal advancement of the introducer sheath through the body tissue and a second expanded configuration to enable the passage of a distal end portion of a catheter through the penetrating portion.
US09415185B2
The invention relates to an indwelling catheter in particular an intravenous indwelling catheter for emergency treatment. The catheter comprises a housing and a puncturing cannula, which can be introduced into and removed from the housing interior in the longitudinal direction of the housing and which extends through a front housing opening, in such a way that when the cannula is fully introduced, an entry opening is located outside the housing. A collection component stores a blood sample, the component being held in a displaceable manner on the housing with the aid of a fixing element and being displaced between a coupled position, in which a self-filling reservoir, which is configured in the collection component, is in contact with an exit opening of the cannula in order to receive a sample of blood that traverses the cannula and an uncoupled position, in which the reservoir is separated from the exit opening of the cannula and the collection component is held on the housing by the fixing element.
US09415177B2
A dry-powder inhaler including a body containing a dispersion chamber; a dispenser orifice through which the user inhales; a loading opening that receives a capsule containing a dose of dry powder for inhaling; and at least one movable portion that moves relative to the body between a first end position and a second end position; the dispersion chamber containing at least a portion of an empty capsule at the moment of inhalation, the at least one capsule portion swirling in the dispersion chamber during inhalation so as to disperse and/or break up the powder.
US09415175B2
A patient care system is configured for infusing fluid to a patient. The system includes a plurality of fluid infusion pumps, each of which is connected to a respective fluid supply for pumping the contents of a fluid supply to a patient via fluid supply lines. The system includes a pressure sensor downstream of the fluid infusion pumps for determining if a particular fluid is connected to a designated infusion pump.
US09415163B2
A system for the controlled administration of a substance by means of an infusion device implanted in the human body is described. The system has an implantable unit for detecting a shortage or an excess of such substance or a physiological parameter correlatable to the shortage or excess of such substance, an infusion group of this substance implantable in the peritoneal cavity and having a central control unit for processing data received from the detection unit, and energy storage means to power such infusion group. The system also has a carrier of such substance adapted to be ingested, and a refilling device for refilling the infusion group with such substance.
US09415162B2
Methods, systems, and software for controlling infusion pressure, such as during a medical procedure, using systemic blood pressure are described. Systemic blood pressure, such as brachial arm blood pressure or radial artery blood pressure, may be used to estimate central retinal artery blood pressure to estimate critical closing pressure. Further, the disclosure relates to controlling infusion pressure to prevent an increase in intraocular pressure above the estimated critical closing pressure when such is not desired, and, when such is desired, using systemic blood pressure and infusion pressure to control an intentional increase in intraocular pressure above the estimated critical closing pressure to stop intraocular bleeding.
US09415161B2
The present disclosure relates to an infusion control valve adapted to be actuated by a valve actuator. The present disclosure further relates to an infusion valve actuator adapted to actuate an infusion control valve upon being triggered by an authentication unit. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to methods for the administration of a substance.
US09415159B2
The invention concerns a medical device provided with an outer part or shell and an inner functional part which inner functional part comprises a combination of units. The functional combination of units normally constitutes a device comprising a part being able to penetrate the skin of a patient i.e. a subcutaneous part such as a cannula, a sensor, an insertion needle or the like.
US09415157B2
An infusion system for infusing a liquid into a body includes an external infusion device and a remote commander. The external infusion device includes a housing, a receiver, a processor and an indication device. The receiver is coupled to the housing and for receiving remotely generated commands. The processor is coupled to the housing and the receiver to receive remotely generated commands and to control the external infusion device in accordance with the commands. The indication device indicates when a command has been received and indicates when the command is being utilized to control the external infusion device so that the external infusion device is capable of being concealed from view when being remotely commanded. The remote commander includes a commander housing, a keypad for transmitting commands, and a transmitter for transmitting commands to the receiver of the external infusion device.
US09415156B2
A multi-utility surgical instrument may include a nosecone, a handle, a housing sleeve, an actuation facilitating sleeve, a piston tube, a hypodermic tube, and an end plug. The hypodermic tube may be disposed within the piston tube; the piston tube may be disposed within the actuation facilitating sleeve; the actuation facilitating sleeve may be disposed within the housing sleeve; the end plug may be disposed within a portion of the housing sleeve; the housing sleeve and the end plug may be disposed within the handle; the nose cone may be fixed to a distal end of the handle; and the hypodermic tube may be fixed to the nosecone.
US09415155B2
A container for receiving or storing or carrying pistons for injectors, the container having a base plate and hollow cylindrical piston storage parts (the container being hereafter referred to as a piston nest). Each of the hollow cylindrical piston receiving parts is formed either by making it vertically penetrate through the basic plate, with one side of the base plate functioning as one opening end, and project from the other side or by making it vertically penetrate through the base plate and project from both sides of the base plate. Preferably, each piston receiving part has a swelled part where a part of the inner peripheral wall surface of the piston receiving part is swelled inward. The pistons for injectors are received in the piston receiving parts.
US09415151B2
This disclosure relates to blood flow reversal valves and related systems and methods. In certain aspects of the invention, a blood flow reversal valve includes a first member having a first passage and a second passage, and a second member having a first passage and a second passage. The first and second members are rotatably fixed relative to one another such that the first passage of the first member is aligned with the first passage of the second member and the second passage of the first member is aligned with the second passage of the second member. A flow directing element is disposed in the cavity and is moveable relative to the first and second members between a first position in which the first passage of the first member and the first passage of the second member are fluidly connected and a second position in which the first passage of the first member and the second passage of the second member are fluidly connected.
US09415143B2
A biodegradable in vivo supporting device is disclosed. The in vivo supporting device comprises a biodegradable metal scaffold and a biodegradable polymer coating covering at least a portion of the biodegradable metal scaffold, wherein the biodegradable polymer coating has a degradation rate that is faster than the degradation rate of the biodegradable metal scaffold.
US09415141B2
A method for the manufacture of biodegradable membranes for preventing adhesion formation followed open heart surgery is described herein. The manufacturing of biodegradable membranes is based on polymeric composition, comprised of copolymer of polyhydroxybutyrate/hydroxyvalerate (PHBV), poly (D, L-lactide) in the ratio of the dried powders of 3:1, the resulting mixture is dissolved in chloroform to a concentration of 6-9% followed by thorough mixing for 2 hours and heating up to 35° C. The membrane is produced by electrostatic spinning (electrospinning), wherein biologically active substances from fibrinolytic agents or direct anticoagulants are embedded in the structure of the fiber.
US09415138B2
Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold are manufactured by contacting an article comprising multiple distinct macroparticulate porogens distributed within a polymer scaffold, wherein the porogens are selectively and sequentially dissolvable by corresponding biocompatible stimuli.
US09415136B2
An osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix, corresponding osteoimplants, and methods for making the osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix are disclosed. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may be prepared by providing demineralized bone and altering the collagenous structure of the bone. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may also be prepared by providing demineralized bone and compacting the bone, for example via mechanical compaction, grinding into a particulate, or treatment with a chemical. Additives such as growth factors or bioactive agents may be added to the osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may form an osteogenic osteoimplant. The osteoimplant, when implanted in a mammalian body, may induce at the locus of the implant the full developmental cascade of endochondral bone formation including vascularization, mineralization, and bone marrow differentiation. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may also be used as a delivery device to administer bioactive agents.
US09415131B2
Aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatus and methods for the photooxidation of sulfur-containing contaminants in air. In one example, an odor control system comprises a source of air contaminated with a sulfur-containing compound and a UV oxidation reactor having an inlet in fluid communication with the source of contaminated air. The reactor includes a source of UV radiation disposed within the reactor and a reflective coating disposed on internal surfaces of the reactor.
US09415128B2
A moving handrail disinfecting device for passenger conveyor which enables a reduction in burden of maintenance, leading to improved maintenance performance of the device, wherein information concerning the device is centrally managed in a management center so as to enhance shareability of information, leading to improved maintenance performance of the whole system, is a moving handrail disinfecting device 10 for disinfecting a moving handrail 5 of an escalator 1, having a disinfecting unit comprising a plurality of applying members 11 for disinfecting the surface of the moving handrail 5, being installed outside an inlet part 6A of the moving handrail 5, an applying member replacing mechanism, a disinfection solution supplier 24 and associated parts, a control unit 60 operable to control disinfection operations by the disinfecting unit based on a dirt detection state by a dirt detecting unit 40, and a communications unit 50 operable to send information concerning said disinfecting device 10 to an outside management center 100.
US09415124B2
A bill sterilizer includes a counting machine having a bill input part, a bill sensing part and a bill discharge part; a body having an opening and a receiving space; a tray provided on the floor of the receiving space; an ion generator located on the wall surface of the receiving space; a door to block the opening of the receiving space; and a door lock located on the front face below the opening of the body to fix the door. The bill sterilizer equipped with the counting machine supplies cluster negative ions to the sterilizer body so that the cluster negative ions are evenly transferred to the surfaces of the bills after the whole counting machine for counting the number of the bills is located inside the bill sterilizer.
US09415121B2
The present invention relates to Adeno-associated virus 9 methods and materials useful for systemically delivering polynucleotides across the blood brain barrier. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to methods and materials useful for systemically delivering polynucleotides to the central and peripheral nervous systems. The present invention also relates to Adeno-associated virus type 9 methods and materials useful for intrathecal delivery of polynucleotides. Use of the methods and materials is indicated, for example, for treatment of lower motor neuron diseases such as spinal muscle atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as well as Pompe disease and lysosomal storage disorders. Use of the methods and materials is also indicated, for example, for treatment of Rett syndrome.
US09415119B2
Compositions and methods for treating disorders affecting motor function, such as motor function affected by disease or injury to the brain and/or spinal cord, are disclosed.
US09415118B2
The present invention relates to anti-FGFR2 antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody drug conjugates, and their uses for the treatment of cancer.
US09415105B2
A method is provided herein to increase an immune response to an antigen. The method includes administering an agent that inhibits extracellular adenosine or inhibits adenosine receptors. Also disclosed are methods to increase the efficacy of a vaccine and to increase an immune response to a tumor antigen or immune cell-mediated tumor destruction.
US09415089B2
There is provided a biologically-active agent, in particular, for the early diagnosis and/or preventative therapy of virally-infected living cells, the efficacy of which is selective for the cell membranes of the virally-infected cells, which are modified after viral infection. The agent includes at least one component, selected from a group of materials, including recombinant human histone H1 or at least an H1 subtype or the active portion thereof. The appropriate biological activity for killing a virally-infected cell at the modified cell membrane thereof through cooperation with similarly or differently active agent components may be achieved, which together form a biologically-effective complex with increased biological activity.
US09415082B1
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating skin conditions in a mammal. The compositions include, for example, Candelilla wax; Shea nut butter; Coconut oil; hempseed oil; Kukui nut oil; jojoba oil; sweet almond oil; Rosemary extract; Niaouli oil; and Vitamin E acetate. The skin conditions include, for example, a intertrigo, a skin fold, skin fold dermatitis, interdigital dermatitis, facial fold dermatitis, vulvar fold dermatitis, tail fold pyoderma and dermatitis, impetigo, Nasodigital hyperkeratosis, pruritus, pyoderma, pyotraumatic dermatitis, malodor, lesions, dermal rashes, dermal bacterial infection, dermal fungal infection, dermal weeping, hot spots, irritation, chaffing, itching, inflammation, or a combination thereof.
US09415071B2
The present invention provides a fluid exchange cell culture technique and tissue repair cells (TRCs) made by these methods, as well as methods using these cells. The method includes a new wash step which increases the tissue repair properties of the TRCs of the invention. This wash step allows for the production of TRC populations with greater tissue repair and anti-inflammatory capabilities. Embodiments of the present invention include a post-culture process for cultured cells that preferably includes the steps of: a wash process for removing unwanted residual culture components, a volume reduction process, and a harvesting process to remove cultured cells. Preferably, all these steps are performed within a aseptically closed cell culture chamber by implementing a separation method that minimizes mechanical disruption of the cells and is simple to automate. The harvested cells may then be concentrated to a final volume for the intended use. In such embodiments, the final composition is a substantially purified and concentrated cell mixture suspended in a physiologic solution suitable for immediate use in humans without further washing, volume reduction, or processing. Embodiments are also applicable to harvesting (and/or washing) particles within a liquid or solution within a chamber.
US09415064B2
Prevention or treatment of painful polyneuropathies caused by toxic agents, i.e. to the prevention, reduction or elimination of the symptoms associated with such polyneuropathies, such as neuropathic pain are disclosed. An aluminosilicate for use in such prevention or treatment, preferably a natural or synthetic zeolite, such as clinoptilolite, is provided. The toxic agent is, in particular, a chemotherapeutic cytotoxic agent.
US09415054B2
A transdermal composition and method to be used as a treatment for plantar fasciitis is provided. Transdermal composition may include a combination of about 2% w/w to about 5% w/w of piroxicam and about 95% w/w to about 98% w/w of a natural permeation enhancement (NPE) composition. The NPE composition may increase the skin permeability, enhancing the transdermal delivery flux of piroxicam via a single transdermal application, thus, reducing the time of treatment. Transdermal composition may be applied upon an area of treatment, which may include myofascial trigger points linked to pain caused by plantar fasciitis, thus treating this condition more effectively. Moreover, employing a long acting NSAID such as piroxicam, in combination with the NPE composition, may act as a faster and effective treatment for an inflammatory process compared to typical treatments.
US09415045B2
The invention relates to a compound of Formula I, II, III, IV or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester or prodrug thereof:
US09415038B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical preparation for treatment or prevention of glaucoma or ocular hypertension, comprising 0.0003 to 0.01% (w/v) of isopropyl(6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate, or a salt thereof.
US09415034B2
A UGT2B inhibitor capable of increasing the bio-availability of a drug, is a compound in a free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form that is selected from the group consisting of: capillarisin, isorhamnetin, β-naphthoflavone, α-naphthoflavone, hesperetin, terpineol, (+)-limonene, β-myrcene, swertiamarin, eriodictyol, cineole, apigenin, baicalin, ursolic acid, isovitexin, lauryl alcohol, puerarin, trans-cinnamaldehyde, 3-phenylpropyl acetate, isoliquritigenin, paeoniflorin, gallic acid, genistein, glycyrrhizin, protocatechuic acid, ethyl myristate, umbelliferone, PEG (Polyethylene glycol) 400, PEG 2000, PEG 4000, Tween 20, Tween 60, Tween 80, BRIJ® 58, BRIJ® 76, Pluronic® F68, Pluronic® F127, and a combination thereof. A UGT2B enhancer capable of enhancing a clearance rate of morphine-like analgesic agents, is a compound in a free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form that is selected from the group consisting of: nordihydroguaiaretic acid, wogonin, trans-cinnamic acid, baicalein, quercetin, daidzein, oleanolic acid, homoorientin, hesperetin, narigin, neohesperidin, (+)-epicatechin, hesperidin, liquiritin, eriodictyol, formononetin, quercitrin, genkwanin, kaempferol, isoquercitrin, (+)-catechin, naringenin, daidzin, (−)-epicatechin, luteolin-7-glucoside, ergosterol, rutin, luteolin, ethyl myristate, apigenin, 3-phenylpropyl acetate, umbelliferone, glycyrrhizin, protocatechuic acid, poncirin, isovitexin, 6-gingerol, cineole, genistein, trans-cinnamaldehyde, and a combination thereof.
US09415023B2
Compositions comprising terpene compounds for the treatment of negative sensory phenomena (NSP). Negative sensory phenomena is characterized by a decreased ability to sense light touch, pin prick, vibration, temperature, pain and/or reduced proprioception. The terpene compounds are preferably aromatic terpene compounds such as geraniol and citronellol and analogs thereof. The terpenes may also be used in combination. The terpenes are derived form plant essential oils or are manufactured synthetically.
US09415019B2
The invention relates to a system for administering active ingredients, including nanocapsules comprising an oil, a cationic surfactant and a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyglutamic acid (PGA), polyglutamic-polyethyleneglycol acid (PGA-PEG), hyaluronic acid (HA) and polyasparagine (PAsn) or a combination of same and, optionally, an active ingredient, with the condition that when the polymer includes polyglutamic acid or polyglutamic-polyethyleneglycol acid (PGA-PEG) the active ingredient is not a didemnin or a tamandarin. The invention also relates to methods for obtaining said nanocapsule system, the pharmaceutical compositions thereof and the use of same in medicine.
US09415016B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
US09415014B2
This invention relates to coated digestive enzyme preparations and enzyme delivery systems and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the preparations. This invention further relates to methods of preparation and use of the systems, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations to treat persons having ADD, ADHD, autism, cystic fibrosis and other behavioral and neurological disorders.
US09415004B2
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US09414998B2
An external preparation for skin is provided for amelioration of pigmentation. The skin preparation includes a compound represented by the following general formula (1), an isomer thereof, and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 represents an aromatic group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched chain alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear chain or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US09414991B2
A medical connector system including a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a housing, a biasing member, and at least one projection. The second connector has at least one groove for receiving the at least one projection. The proximal end of the second connector is configured to be at least partially disposed within the distal end of the housing of the first connector. Upon application and release of a first set of opposing axial forces applied to the connector system, the first connector is locked to the second connector and, upon application and release of a second set of opposing axial forces, the first connector is released from the second connector. The connectors may include indicators to show when the connector system is in the locked position.
US09414990B2
A system includes a needle hub having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the needle hub has a connection portion configured to receive a first container. The system further includes a cannula received by the needle hub with the cannula having a proximal end and a distal end and a cannula seal having a resilient sleeve enclosing at least a portion of the cannula. The system also includes a vial adapter configured to be attached to a second container with the vial adapter having a vial seal that is configured to engage the cannula seal. The cannula seal has a first position where the cannula seal encloses the distal end of the cannula and a second position where the cannula seal is retracted to expose the distal end of the cannula.
US09414989B2
Various embodiments of pharmaceutical product containers are disclosed. Each pharmaceutical product container includes a cap, a container body, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is disposable from a locked state to an unlocked state at least when the cap is in a closed position relative to the container body (e.g., to define an enclosed space for pharmaceutical product). Once in the locked state and with the cap being in a closed position, the locking mechanism is unable to return to its unlocked state. Pharmaceutical product enclosed within the container with the locking mechanism being in its locked state may then be disposed of in any appropriate manner (e.g., discarded in the trash).
US09414977B2
A system for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a sheet having a bottom surface placed above the supporting surface of the bed, a top surface, and a plurality of tether straps connected to and extending from the sheet. Each tether strap is configured for connection to the bed. The bottom surface is at least partially formed of a low friction material, and the top surface is at least partially formed of a high friction material, such that the top surface provides greater slipping resistance than the bottom surface. The tether straps include at least two pairs of tether straps, with one pair connected proximate a top edge of the sheet and another pair connected proximate a bottom edge of the sheet. The sheet may further include a sliding member on the bottom surface to assist in lateral sliding of the sheet.
US09414976B2
A brake structure for a wheelchair having a pair of wheels includes: a braking device for braking one of the pair of wheels; a grip to be held by an operator for a moving operation of the wheelchair, the grip including a base fixed to the wheelchair at any position around one axis along a travel direction A of the wheelchair, extending in such a manner as to protrude from the one axis in a radial direction when viewed from the travel direction of the wheelchair, and being mounted rotatably in one direction; and a braking operation section (a brake wire coupling member and a brake wire) for operating the braking device in accordance with the rotation of the grip. Consequently, the load of a braking operation can be reduced, and the ease of a moving operation during the braking operation can be improved.
US09414968B2
A wound dressing has a micro-architecture to produce appropriate strains in cells to promote the healing a wound. The apparatus includes a wound cover for defining a reservoir over a wound in which a negative pressure may be maintained by forming a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound, a vacuum source in fluid communication with the reservoir and suitable for providing an appropriate negative pressure to the reservoir to stimulate healing of the wound, and a porous structure positioned in contact with the wound for delivering micro-mechanical forces to localized areas of the wound. The porous structure comprises a three-dimensional film material having directional apertures formed therein.
US09414967B2
A thin chitosan-based material can be used for biomedical applications. The chitosan has been treated in a nitrogen field by applying energy to ionize nitrogen in and around the chitosan material. A single or multiple such treatments may be employed. For example, the chitosan material may be irradiated under nitrogen using γ-irradiation, treated under a nitrogen plasma, or both. A thin chitosan material can be readily treated by surface modifying treatments such as irradiating under nitrogen using γ-irradiation, treating under a nitrogen plasma, or both.
US09414959B2
Peritoneal heat exchange provides the benefit of extremely rapid cooling of the patient's target organs such as the heart and brain as well as facilitating global patient body temperature reduction to therapeutically effective temperatures. The heat exchange medium of the present invention is a chilled gaseous fluid suspension of frozen ice particles.
US09414958B1
A sexual aid system including a flexible fabric tube and tube-insertable vibrator to assist a user to maintain an erection and offer additional stimulation to one or both partners in combination with user-adjustability for fit and vibrator location.
US09414955B2
Devices and methods for improved lumbar-pelvic-hip support for active individuals are provided. Devices can include a body having tapered ends for fastening said body about a user's torso. X shaped members can be configured to bisect the body. A longitudinal reinforcement member can be configured to bisect one or more X shaped members and a pair of elastic straps can be connected to the body for providing lumbar-pelvic-hip support to a user.
US09414949B2
A shoe-interfaced ankle support apparatus includes a leg support member having a side wall defining an open top and open bottom configured to be worn on the user's lower leg. The support apparatus includes a primary foot sling having first and second ends coupled to the side wall of the leg support portion adjacent the closed bottom, the foot sling having a length configured to extend loosely across the open bottom of the leg support portion so as to selectively cradle the foot of the user while in a shoe. A shoe interface member includes a proximal end coupled to the side wall of the leg support portion adjacent the open bottom and extending away, the shoe interface member having a plurality of apertures configured to register with respective holes of the shoe's lace portion and to receive the shoelace of the shoe therethrough.
US09414945B2
Provided are a gastric band securing device and a gastric band including the gastric band securing device which includes: a main body configured to be attached to a portion of a stomach; and a linking part having one end configured to be connected to the main body, and the other end configured to be connected to the gastric band configured to wrap around an inlet of the stomach.
US09414944B2
A medical device constraint includes an elastic element having proximal and distal ends, a continuous lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends of the tubular elastic element; and a medical device disposed at least partially within the continuous lumen, wherein the generally tubular element has a first state in which the tubular element is longitudinally held in tension to conceal a gap between the medical device and a distal tip and a second state in which the tubular element is longitudinally relaxed and spaced apart from the gap.
US09414941B2
A system and method for advancing an implant into a surgical incision. The implant is placed into a compression sleeve. The compression sleeve has a first open end, a second open end, a first stage of a first length, and a second stage of a second length. The cross-sectional profile of the first stage is larger than the cross-sectional profile of the second stage. The implant is inserted into the first stage of the compression sleeve through the open first end. The compression sleeve is compressed to advance the pliable prosthetic implant at least partially into the second stage of the compression sleeve. The open second end of the compression sleeve is directed into a surgical incision. The compression sleeve is further compressed to advance the pliable prosthetic implant through the second stage, through the open second end, and into the surgical incision.
US09414940B2
A measurement tool for measuring a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. The measurement tool includes a sensored head that comprises a first support structure, a second support structure, and a plurality of sensors for measuring load and position of load. The housing for the measurement tool includes a first housing component and a second housing component. The first housing component comprises a handle portion, a shaft portion, and a first support structure. Similarly, the second housing component comprises a handle portion, a shaft portion, and a second support structure. The sensored head includes an interconnect, a sensor guide, sensors, and a load plate. The interconnect and the sensor guide are aligned and retained in the first support structure by a sidewall.
US09414936B2
An intervertebral implant comprises a first component and a second component. The second component includes an actuator and a third component comprises a first ramp and a second ramp axially spaced apart from the first ramp. The third component comprises rails including at least a portion of the ramps. At least one of the ramp portions disposed with the first rail has a first height and at least one of the ramp portions disposed with the second rail has a second height. The first height is greater than the second height. The actuator is engageable with the third component to effect axial translation such that the ramps engage at least one of the components between a first configuration and a second configuration. Methods of use are disclosed.
US09414934B2
An expandable intervertebral implant is provided for insertion into an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebrae. The expandable intervertebral implant includes a pair of outer sleeve portions and an inner core disposed between the outer sleeve portions. Movement of the inner core relative to the outer sleeve portions causes the outers sleeve portions to deflect away from each other, thereby engaging the expandable intervertebral implant with the vertebrae and adjusting the height of the intervertebral space.
US09414930B2
Effective devices and methods using a chemonucleolysis agent are provided for treating an intervertebral disc or treating spinal arachnoiditis. The devices and methods comprise a chemonucleolysis agent to degrade or to shrink at least a portion of the intervertebral disc. In some embodiments, the methods and devices are configured to immediately release an effective amount of the chemonucleolysis agent within 24 hours when the device comes in contact directly or indirectly with an activator and provide sustained release of the chemonucleolysis agent over a period of up to one year to treat the intervertebral disc. In some embodiments, the chemonucleolysis agent in the device is administered in or near the intrathecal space and/or thecal sac to treat spinal arachnoiditis.
US09414925B2
A prosthetic knee joint assembly includes a femoral component and a bearing that supports articulation of the femoral component. The assembly further includes a tibial tray. Furthermore, the assembly includes a ligament link operably coupled to the tibial tray or the femoral component via a coupling component. The ligament link extending through the other of the tibial tray or the femoral component to couple to the respective one of the femur or tibia. The ligament link extends between first and second ends and includes an outer wall defining an interior longitudinal passage portion. First and second apertures extend through the wall. The first end extends through the first and second apertures and the longitudinal passage portion to define a first adjustable loop, and the second end extends through the first and second apertures and the longitudinal passage portion to define a second adjustable loop.
US09414924B2
A new composition and medical implant made there from comprises a thick diffusion hardened zone, and layered ceramic surface. Orthopedic implants comprising the new composition, methods of making the new composition, and methods of making orthopedic implants comprising the new composition are disclosed.
US09414923B2
An implant is provided with a main body (1) and with a double coating applied to at least one surface section of the main body (1), wherein the double coating comprises an adhesion promoter layer (2), applied directly to the at least one surface section of the main body, and of an osteointegrative layer (3) covering the adhesion promoter layer (2). The layers (2;3) consist of pure titanium, wherein the adhesion promoter layer (2) has a thickness of 2-6 μm, in particular a thickness of 3-5 μm, and the osteointegrative layer (3) has a thickness of 50-70 μm, in particular of 55-65 μm. Moreover, the osteointegrative layer (3) has a porosity of 70-90% and a roughness Rz of at least 45 μm. A related method is also provided for producing such an implant.
US09414920B2
In a case of repairing an aortic valve by forming a valve cusp with a biomembrane, the shape and the size of a valve cusp can be determined easily. An instrument including a valve cusp sizer for measuring the size of the valve cusp and a template for scribing lines for the shape of a valve cusp conforming to the measured size of the valve cusp, in which the valve cusp sizer has a plurality of differently-sized sizer blocks attached to each of the top ends of grip members respectively and each sizer block has an arcuate surface formed by cutting each of differently-sized circular cylinders at an angle conforming to the central angle for the commissure portions and, the template is formed with a scribing portion including a substantially semi-circular valve cusp base forming portion.
US09414918B2
This disclosure pertains generally to prosthetic devices and related methods for helping to seal native heart valves and prevent or reduce regurgitation therethrough, as well as devices and related methods for implanting such prosthetic devices. In some cases, a spacer having a single anchor can be implanted within a native heart valve. In some cases, a spacer having dual anchors can be implanted within a native heart valve. In some cases, devices can be used to extend the effective length of a native heart valve leaflet.
US09414914B2
Catheter assemblies including a handle assembly located on the proximal end of the catheter assembly and a distal tip assembly located on the distal end of the catheter assembly. A crimping funnel is slidably positioned along the catheter. The crimping funnel includes a distal end having a first diameter and a proximal end having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. An axial split is formed in the proximal end. A first collar is provided encompassing a portion of the proximal end. The first collar is configured to hold the axial split in the proximal end together when the first collar is at a first axial location along the proximal end, and to allow the axial split in the proximal end to open when the first collar is at a second axial location along the proximal end, such that the crimping funnel can be removed from the catheter assembly. Various methods of retaining a prosthetic valve on the catheter assembly during the crimping process are described.
US09414910B2
The invention relates to an anchoring device (1, 100) for implanting a prosthetic heart valve at a valve annulus of a patient. According to the invention, such a device comprises: a compressible and expandable sealed ring member (2, 200); a compressible and expandable anchoring element (3, 300) having a ventricular skirt (33, 303) and an atrial skirt (31, 301) linked by a tubular portion (32, 302); said ring member (2, 200) surrounding said tubular portion (32, 302) of said anchoring element (3, 300) and said anchoring element clamping said prosthetic heart valve.
US09414906B2
A prosthesis capable of being worn on the eye of a wearer having a convex surface and a concave surface. The prosthesis has an aperture widening zone located on the convex surface. The prosthesis widens the natural palpebral fissure (aperture) of the wearer's eye by at least 1 mm. A method of widening the natural palpebral fissure of a wearer's eye by at least 1 mm is also provided.
US09414899B2
Disclosed is a system for providing artificial saliva. The system can include the mouthpiece, a portable supply unit, and a stationary supply unit. The portable supply unit can be adapted to be carried by a user. The portable supply unit can include a first fluid system, a first interface module, and a first control module. The first fluid system can be adapted to fluidly couple to the mouthpiece.
US09414893B2
The present invention is directed to providing a sterile container protecting various surgical grafts, implants and devices from incidental contamination and damage during operative procedures. The design includes an inner box to contain the items, and an outer box to protect the exterior of the inner box from contamination in the event of fall or other contamination, such as from airborne particles or liquids, fall from the sterile field, or by non-sterile handling. In the event of fall or contamination of the outer box, the surgical staff will be able to recover the inner box and its contents in sterile and unspoiled condition without difficulty.
US09414886B2
An electrode is for use in an electrosurgical probe, the electrode having two arms defining a longitudinal direction. The electrode also includes a loop depending from the two arms and defining a cutting area within the loop, and a vaporization member attached to one side of the loop. The vaporization member is such that it does not occlude the cutting area and yet presents a substantial profile when the electrode is moved in the longitudinal direction. The arrangement is such that when the electrode is moved in a first longitudinal direction, the loop is capable of resecting a sample of tissue. When the electrode is moved in the opposite longitudinal direction, the vaporization member is capable of vaporizing tissue adjacent thereto to form a groove therein.
US09414885B2
A catheter including an elongated shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, where the catheter includes a thermal element at the distal end thereof. The thermal element may be used in an ablation procedure or other procedure to heat a tissue adjacent a vessel. In some instances, the thermal element may be positioned in a first vessel and may operate to heat tissue adjacent a second vessel or adjacent an ostium between the first vessel and the second vessel. Further, the catheter may include an expandable portion on which the thermal element may be connected or positioned. The expandable portion(s) may comprise a basket or cage, a balloon, a memory shape and formable portion, and/or other mechanical expanders.
US09414882B2
A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a living tissue, and a control section which performs constant temperature control on the power source for heat generation on the basis of temperature of the heating element, and controls the power source for heat generation so as to finish application of the thermal energy and complete treatment if the power for heat generation becomes not more than predetermined threshold power which is independent of a type of the living tissue or if a rate of decrease in the power for heat generation becomes not more than a predetermined threshold rate.
US09414879B2
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for heating tissue, including ablating a tumor, using the catalyzed heat of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide solutions. A hydrogen peroxide solution is contacted with a catalyst to decompose the hydrogen peroxide and heat the distal tip of a catheter to a temperature effective to ablate a target tissue.
US09414873B2
Systems for modular bone fixation may include first, second, and at least one third portion to aid in fracture reduction, simplify the surgical procedure, increase fracture fixation strength, and reduce irritation to the patient caused by the implant. In some examples, the at least one third portion may be separable from the first and second portions to further simplify the surgical procedure and reduce irritation to the patient.
US09414868B1
Some embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus that secures, at a particular location in a bone, a guidance needle for guiding a cannulated device into the bone at the particular location. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a tap for advancing the guidance needle into the bone. The guidance needle is used to guide the cannulated device to the particular location in the bone. In some embodiments, the tap is threaded and used to create a threaded guide path to further direct the placement of the cannulated device within the bone.
US09414867B2
The present application is directed to devices and methods for treating vertebral fractures with one or more bone pins. In one embodiment of a method, a fractured vertebral body may he accessed through a pedicle portion and an opening may be created therethrough. One or more bone pins may be inserted through the opening. In one embodiment, at least one of the inserted bone pins is inserted to extend across a fracture zone with a proximal portion of the pin engaging a first bone segment and a distal portion engaging a second bone segment. The pin or pins may be manipulated to immobilize the first and second portions of the fractured vertebra.
US09414866B2
An adjustable spinal implant device, comprising: a sliding portion provided with a tongue; and, a non-sliding portion provided with a slot adapted for receipt of the tongue; wherein the tongue is slidably and rotatably positioned within the slot. Methods of use include adjusting a spinal implant to an implant site by at least one of sliding and rotating at least a first portion with respect to a second portion of the implant; and, securing the spinal implant to the implant site.
US09414862B2
A bone fastener includes a receiver defining a longitudinal axis and extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including a first wall and a second wall that define an implant cavity, each wall having a proximal face. At least one of the first wall and the second wall include an extension extending proximally from the proximal face along the longitudinal axis, the extension having a distal end integral with the proximal face and a proximal end including a first locking part configured for fixation with a second locking part of an instrument. A bone penetrating member has a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the bone penetrating member being connected with the distal end of the receiver.
US09414855B1
A tool for treating a target vessel may include a longitudinally elongated anvil, a channel defined substantially longitudinally in the anvil, and a knife rotatable from a stowed position substantially completely within the channel to an active position in which at least part of the knife extends upward out of the channel, whereby rotation of the knife from the stowed position to the active position incises the target vessel from the inside out. A method of treating a target vessel having a wall may include providing a longitudinally elongated anvil, a channel defined substantially longitudinally in the anvil, and a knife rotatable into and out of the channel; rotating the knife from a stowed position substantially completely within the channel to an active position in which at least part of the knife extends upward out of the channel, wherein the rotating causes the knife to penetrate through the wall of the target vessel; translating the knife along the anvil to create an incision having a length; and rotating the knife from the active position to a withdrawal position substantially completely within the channel, wherein the rotating is in the same direction as the rotating the knife from the stowed position to the active position.
US09414853B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a proximal end segment, a distal end segment, and an insert segment. The proximal end segment and the distal end segment are composed of a first material. The insert segment is composed of a second material. The insert segment is located between the proximal end segment and the distal end segment along the longitudinal axis of the end effector. The insert segment functions to bridge or fill the nodal energy gap. A surgical instrument includes a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis as a predetermined frequency. An ultrasonic blade extends along the longitudinal axis coupled to the transducer. An insert segment or a pad is positioned adjacent to the blade such that it engages the blade when the surgical instrument is in a closed position and generates heat filling the nodal energy gap.
US09414851B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a patella drill guide having a first bracket, a second bracket coupled to the first bracket and moveable relative to the first bracket. The second bracket includes a drill plate having a plurality of guide holes defined therein.
US09414849B2
A medical manipulator system includes an operation unit that has motors, a composite input unit and a tip operating unit that is operated by a driving force of the motors, a working unit that may by attached to and detached from the operating unit, and a console. The motors are driven based on an input operation to the composite input unit. The tip operating unit performs at least a rotation operation along an axial direction or a swing operation that crosses the axial direction. The console changes a driving speed of the motors and includes a speed setting unit that changes an operating speed of the rotation operation or the swing operation of the tip operating unit.
US09414845B2
A surgical cutting blade for cutting bone material when the blade is coupled to a hand-held surgical saw having protrusions extending therefrom that interface with the cutting blade. The cutting blade includes a distal end comprising a plurality of cutting teeth and a shank portion adjacent the distal end. It also includes a proximal end adjacent the shank portion. The proximal end is shaped to attach to the surgical saw and includes an upper substantially planar surface and a lower substantially planar surface and a side edge extending between the upper and lower planar surfaces. The side edge at least in part defines an outer perimeter extending about the proximal end. The outer perimeter includes a plurality of indentations forming openings configured to receive and interface with the protrusions of the surgical saw in a manner that the protrusions cooperatively impart motion to drive the blade.
US09414840B2
In a device for stretching the skin, particularly for closing a wound, anchoring elements are anchored in the skin. The anchoring elements are movable on a guide device. First anchoring elements are anchored in the skin of the edge of the wound. Second anchoring elements are adjustable on the guide device in the stretching direction behind the first anchoring elements in relation to and independently of said first anchoring elements.
US09414839B2
A circular stapling device includes a circular anvil assembly and a circular cartridge assembly. The anvil assembly includes a cap and head. The cap is movable relative to the head. The head supports a crush ring member that is movable into engagement with the cap to move the cap to an unapproximated position relative to the head to release a portion of an anvil buttress member supported between the anvil cap and the anvil head. The cartridge assembly includes a housing, a pusher member, a retaining ring member, and a fastener cartridge. The retaining ring member releasably secures a portion of a cartridge buttress member to one or both of the housing and the fastener cartridge. The retaining ring member releases the cartridge buttress member when the retaining ring member moves from a radially constricted condition to a radially expanded condition in response to a movement of the pusher member.
US09414834B2
A suture anchor including an outer anchor part and an inner anchor part. The outer anchor part includes a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner surface defining a center bore extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The center bore includes a tapered proximal portion. The inner anchor part includes a tapered outer surface defining a first pair of opposing apertures. Insertion of the inner anchor part into the tapered proximal portion of the outer anchor part enables a suture extending through the first pair of opposing apertures to be coupled to the suture anchor. A taper fit between the tapered proximal portion of the center bore of the outer anchor part and the tapered outer surface of the inner anchor part retains the inner anchor part within the outer anchor part.
US09414831B2
A retractor assembly for defining a working channel to a surgical site for conducting minimally invasive spinal surgery includes a plurality of relatively articulable components. Temporary interconnections are formed between adjacent sidewalls of the components to hold the components in a desired configuration, such as in a closed triangular form. The components are articulable relative to each other for adjusting the working channel or for performing surgical functions.
US09414813B2
A device for determining the presence and/or quantity of one or more analytes in a sample of human body fluid has a container for receiving a sample of body fluid, with an interior that is delimited by a base and by a circumferential surface. It further comprises at least one test strip and a holding element for receiving and holding the one or more test strips. The holding element is designed such that it has a shape corresponding and adapted to the peripheral circumferential surface of the container. The device further comprises an elongate sampling element having an absorbent sampler that takes up the sample of body fluid and by means of which the sample of body fluid is transferred into the container. The sampling element can include an indicator strip for determining whether the amount of liquid sample sufficient for carrying out an assay.
US09414812B2
An intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) system can include a catheter and a translation mechanism for translating the catheter. Engagement between the catheter and the translation mechanism may be detected, and the translation mechanism can be placed in a connected or disconnected mode, accordingly. When in connected mode, certain IVUS operations may be enabled when compared to disconnected mode, wherein such operations may be disabled. Thus, some embodiments may ensure proper engagement between the catheter and the translation mechanism prior to allowing certain IVUS operations to be carried out.
US09414810B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a probe with a transducer array with at least one transducer element that transmits ultrasound signal and receives echo signals produced in response thereto. The system further includes a console with a controller that controls the at least one element to transmit the ultrasound signals and receive the echo signals, and an echo processor that processes the received echoes and generates images indicative thereof. The system further includes a user interface with at least one control for interacting with the console. The user interface includes at least one recessed physical feature that facilitates identifying, through sense of touch, an operation activated by the at least one control.
US09414808B2
An ultrasound diagnostic device 101 is equipped with a probe distance determiner 7 and a screen creator 8. The probe distance determiner 7 analyses a positional relationship between a probe and an area subject to measurement appearing in an ultrasound image, and determines whether or not the analysed positional relationship is appropriate. The screen creator 8 notifies a user of determination results. An appropriate positional relationship is one in which a pixel region having luminance characteristics of a gelatinous medium is present between an element array of an ultrasound probe 102 and the area subject to measurement appearing in the ultrasound image, and in which the distance between the prove and the area subject to measurement exceeds a predetermined threshold across the entire length of the element array.
US09414805B2
Spatially distinct Spectral Doppler information is displayed. A spectrum is determined for each of a plurality of spatial locations, such as associated with different receive beams. Given a plurality of spectra at different spatial locations, an image may be generated as a function of the spectra. For example, a two-dimensional image has display values for different pixels or locations derived from one or more characteristics of the spectra, such as the maximum velocity with energy above a threshold for each location. As another example, the spectrum from the set of spectra with the highest maximum velocity is selected for generating a spectral strip display.
US09414804B2
A diagnostic imaging device is provided that includes a display panel, a set of switches including at least one of a proximity switch and a capacitive switch, and a one-piece non-flexible facade covering the display panel and the set of switches. The facade is transparent over at least a portion of the display panel and configured such that the set of switches are operable by a user. A method for cleaning the imaging system includes operating the diagnostic imaging device, including the set of switches, by touching the one-piece non-flexible facade with human fingers or a stylus over selected switches, and, after said operating the diagnostic imaging device, disinfecting the diagnostic imaging device by cleaning the one-piece non-flexible facade with quaternary ammonium or isopropyl alcohol, or both.
US09414799B2
A method is disclosed for generating a time resolved series of time and energy subtracted 3D volume reconstructions, e.g., using a switched dual energy C-Arm type X-ray imaging system or a bi-plane type X-ray imaging system.
US09414798B2
A method for bolus tracking includes acquiring one or more baseline images. One or more trigger regions are automatically established within the baseline images. A bolus is administered. The automatically established trigger regions are monitored for bolus arrival at the one or more trigger regions. Bolus arrival at a volume of interest is forecasted based on the bolus arrival at the one or more trigger regions. A diagnostic scan of the volume of interest is acquired at the forecasted time.
US09414796B2
An x-ray recording system is disclosed for x-ray imaging of an object under examination by way of direct measurement of an interference pattern, especially for differential, real-time capable phase-contrast imaging. In at least one embodiment, the system includes with at least one x-ray emitter for creating quasi-coherent x-ray radiation; an x-ray image detector, including a detector layer and detector pixels arranged in a matrix; and a diffraction or phase grating, disposed between the object under examination and the x-ray image detector, configured to create an interference pattern, directly detectable in the nth Talbot order by an x-ray image detector with a very high achievable local resolution, which amounts to at least half the wavelength of the interference pattern in accordance with the Nyquist theory arising in the nth Talbot order.
US09414793B2
An X-ray CT system as the embodiment comprises an annular rotating body configured to accommodate an X-ray tube, the rotating body having a central opening, into which a bed can be inserted in the center thereof, a cover shaped in a tubular form and having a tubular case part, which, when fitted in the opening, shields the annular rotating body from a central side of the opening, the cover being provided with an X-ray transmission opening at the tubular case part, through which, X-rays from the X-ray tube are allowed to transmit, and two sheet-like soundproof members configured to sandwich a soundproof layer, the soundproof members being disposed to to close the X-ray transmission opening. According to the X-ray CT system, it is possible to reduce sufficiently the noise leaking from inside the cover.
US09414792B2
A CT apparatus for scanning an object is provided. An x-ray source is provided, wherein the x-ray source provides a collimated x-ray beam with a cross-section. A plurality of wedges is provided between the source and object. An actuator is connected to the wedges for moving the wedges substantially perpendicular to the length of the cross-section of the collimated x-ray beam. An x-ray detector is located on an opposite side of the object from the x-ray source and is for detecting x-rays that pass through the object and the plurality of wedges. A gantry rotates the x-ray source, the plurality of wedges, and the x-ray detector around an axis of rotation. A detection system measures the relative position of the plurality of wedges. The detection system comprises an optical sensor and a plurality of optical markers, where each wedge has at least one optical marker attached.
US09414791B2
Disclosed is an X-ray photographing apparatus comprising: an X-ray generator for generating X-rays; an X-ray detector for detecting the X-rays discharged from the X-ray generator; and a collimator for permitting only a portion of the X-rays to pass through and blocking the rest X-rays, wherein the apparatus further comprising a support means for supporting the X-rays generator and the X-ray detector and varying heights of the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are arranged facing each other at respective left and right sides with respect to the support means for supporting the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector so as to achieve a weight balance, and the support means has an X-ray path through which the X-rays generated by the X-ray generator pass without interference.
US09414787B2
An electrocardiograph device and methods of navigating displays of such a device are disclosed. In one example, an electrocardiograph device includes a display, a plurality of electrocardiograph signal leads, and a programmable circuit. The programmable circuit is configured to receive electrical signals via the electrocardiograph signal leads representative of a heartbeat of a patient. The programmable circuit is configured to generate a user interface to be presented on the display, the user interface comprising a lead display including a screen layout including a plurality of waveform regions. The waveform regions display a waveform corresponding to an electrical signal from one of the leads over a time interval including at least one heartbeat period. Selection of a region causes display of an extended waveform region displaying a waveform over a second time interval that is longer than the first time interval, and which includes a plurality of heartbeat periods.
US09414780B2
In one arrangement, a smartphone camera gathers skin imagery while controlled spectral illumination is emitted from the smartphone display. In a particular embodiment, differently colored bands move across a darkened screen to illuminate the skin from different angles as plural images are being captured. The collection of imagery from different viewing angles, with different spectral illumination, and different illumination angles, can provide imagery (including composite imagery) useful in manual or automated dermoscopic analysis. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09414777B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US09414775B2
Methods, sensors, and systems for determining a concentration of glucose in a medium of a living animal are disclosed. Determining the glucose concentration may involve emitting excitation light from a light source to indicator molecules, generating a raw signal indicative of the amount of light received by a photodetector, purifying and normalizing the raw signal, and converting the normalized signal to a glucose concentration. The purification may involve removing noise (e.g., offset and/or distortion) from the raw signal. The purification and normalization may involve tracking the cumulative emission time that the light source has emitted the excitation light and tracking the implant time that has elapsed since the optical sensor was implanted. The purification and normalization may involve measuring the temperature of the sensor. The purification, normalization, and conversion may involve using parameters determined during manufacturing, in vitro testing, and/or in vivo testing.
US09414770B2
A method, including positioning body-electrodes in galvanic contact with a body of a patient and locating a probe in the body of the patient. The method further includes tracking positions of the probe during respiration of the patient and determining indications related to impedances between the body-electrodes during the respiration. The method also includes calculating a function relating the positions of the probe to the indications, and applying the function to identify end-expirium points of the respiration based on subsequent indications related to the impedances.
US09414767B2
In a method to correct an EKG signal, the EKG signal is acquired, and used for R-spike triggering, during a magnetic resonance (MR) image acquisition sequence that produces interference signals in the EKG signal generated by gradient jumps, wherein the gradient jumps repeat at a fixed time interval, and wherein the duration of a cardiac cycle measured via the EKG signal is at least five times the time interval. During at least a first cardiac cycle, immediately after detection of the R-spike in the EKG signal no detection of the R-spike for triggering takes place for a dead time that is shorter than the duration of the cardiac cycle and during which the MR sequence is already running, and the EKG signal is acquired in that dead time as a reference signal. The reference signal is analyzed to extract interference signals that respectively repeat after the time interval, which are used to determine a correction signal having a duration equal to the time interval. During the further execution of the MR sequence, the correction signal, which is synchronously repeated in the time interval, at least outside of the dead time, is used to correct the measured EKG signal.
US09414765B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is configured to effect magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) data acquisition sequences including electrocardiogram (ECG) triggered fresh blood imaging (FBI) images respectively associated with systolic and diastolic phases of ECG cycles. An operator input and display interface may be configured to provide operator options for independently controlling at least one imaging sequence parameter to have a different value for each of systolic and diastolic phase images in an FBI MRI data acquisition sequence.
US09414756B2
An implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device includes a sensing and detection circuit that senses at least one cardiac signal and detects cardiac electrical events from the sensed estimation. The sensed cardiac signal is filtered to produce a filtered cardiac signal having a signal frequency band and a noise signal having a noise frequency band. The noise frequency band is substantially different from the signal frequency band. A dynamic noise floor is produced based on the noise signal and used as the minimum value for the detection threshold. A cardiac electrical is detected when the amplitude of the filtered cardiac signal exceeds the detection threshold.
US09414753B2
An apparatus and method for non-invasive monitoring and detection of sudden changes in cardiovascular hemodynamics, in which a PPG signal is obtained from a patient, a time-frequency spectrum (TFS) is computed from the PPG signal, instantaneous modulations at a plurality of time points defining a curve of a prominent frequency of oscillation are extracted from the TFS, a peak power spectral density sequence is computed using the instantaneous modulations, and instantaneous peak values for following prominent frequency oscillations are monitored.
US09414745B2
Pupillometry systems for measuring one or more pupillary characteristics of a patient are shown and described. The puillometry systems include at least one camera for capturing image data of one or more pupils, at least one radiation source configured to project radiation to the one or more pupils, and a computer system in data communication with the at least one camera, the computer system having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes computer-readable instructions for collecting and time stamping the image data, identifying and measuring the one or more pupils in the image data, processing the image data to produce measurement data of change in the one or more pupillary characteristics, and calculating a standardized output of measurement data for the one or more pupillary characteristics.
US09414743B2
Disclosed is a laryngoscope comprising a handle and an insertion section which extends from the handle, wherein the insertion section comprises a tube guide for retaining and guiding an endotracheal tube during intubation, wherein the handle comprises at least one external tube engaging formation, such as a tube guiding member or tube retaining member. There is also disclosed a laryngoscope having a handle and insertion section which adapted to detachably retain and guide an endotracheal tube along a lateral side of the insertion section and handle such that a retained endotracheal tube is continuously curved, and preferably under flexural tension, from the most proximal location where the handle contacts the retained endotracheal tube to the most distal location where the insertion section contacts the superior side of a retained endotracheal tube.
US09414740B2
A camera system having a camera head with at least one button; a camera control unit coupleable to the camera head, the camera unit having a network port for receiving requests or information from a remote user; a monitor coupleable to the camera control unit for displaying images from the camera head and information from the camera control unit; the at least one camera head button being configurable by the camera control unit to have a first function and reconfigurable by the camera control unit to have a second function upon receipt of a request or information from a remote user.
US09414739B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an excitation light emission unit that irradiates a subject with excitation light for exciting a fluorescent substance introduced into the subject; a normal light emission unit that irradiates the subject with normal light including a visible wavelength range different from the excitation light; an imaging unit that forms an optical image of the subject irradiated with the excitation light or normal light on an imaging surface to generate an image signal; a brightness signal generation unit that generates a brightness signal indicating brightness, based on the image signal generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the normal light; and an amplification unit that sets an amplification factor of the image signal to be generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the excitation light, based on an amplification factor of the image signal according to the brightness signal generated by the brightness signal generation unit.
US09414731B2
A self-propelled cleaner including: a movement unit configured to move a housing; a blower unit configured to generate an air current for sucking dust on a floor surface into the housing; a dust detection unit configured to detect dust contained in the air current; and a control unit configured to control the movement unit and/or the blower unit to select a cleaning mode according to a detection result of the dust detection unit, wherein the control unit is capable of changing a threshold value for selecting the cleaning mode.
US09414725B2
An upright vacuum cleaner includes a body. A dirt collection vessel and a suction generator are carried on the body. A cleaning wand is releasably held in a home position on the body. A supplemental cleaning tool is attached to the distal end of the cleaning wand when the cleaning wand is in the home position. The upright vacuum cleaner includes a first auxiliary operating mode wherein the cleaning wand and supplemental cleaning tool are removed together from the home position for use in a cleaning application and a second auxiliary operating mode wherein a cleaning wand is removed from the home position for use in the cleaning application and the supplemental cleaning tool is retained in the home position. Either auxiliary operating mode may be adopted without handling the supplemental cleaning tool.
US09414724B2
A damped hinge assembly mounts a first member (12, 13) for pivotal movement relative to a second member (14) about an axis of rotation (20). The assembly includes a linear damper (17), which is mounted with its longitudinal axis parallel to the hinge axis, and a cam drive arrangement (21a, 21b, 30a, 30b) for converting the pivotal movement of the first member in at least one direction of rotation into linear displacement of the damper. This causes the damper to produce a damped resistive force to counter the pivotal movement of the first member. The longitudinal axis of the damper is arranged to be coincident with the hinge axis.
US09414720B2
A shower tray comprises a metal structure (2) and a plurality of plates (3), the structure (2) in metal material comprising an upper peripheral frame (4), a bottom wall (6), and side walls (7) defining a collection tank, the metal structure (2) comprising at least one hole (8) for a drain pipe, the structure (2) in metal material further comprising a plurality of cross bars (9) extending between two opposite side walls (7), arranged in contact with the bottom wall (6) and comprising protuberances (10) projecting on the opposite side with respect to the bottom wall (6), each plate (3) comprising a first (3a) and a second (3b) surfaces that are mutually opposite, the first surface (3a) comprising grooves (11) designed to engage corresponding protuberances (10) of the cross bars (9).
US09414713B2
An electric scone machine or steak machine comprises hinge-connected upper and lower bakeware bodies (1, 2). The upper and lower bakeware bodies (1, 2) consist of upper and lower metal housings (101, 201) and upper and lower heating plates (102, 202). The upper and lower heating plates (102, 202) are correspondingly mounted in the upper and lower metal housings (101, 201), and are formed in a manner that baking hot surfaces (102-1, 202-1) of the upper and lower heating plates (102, 202) are opposite to each other when closed. Nonmetallic disk-shaped upper and lower heat insulating housings (103, 203) are disposed between the upper metal housing (101) and the upper heating plate (102) and between the lower metal housing (201) and the lower heating plate (202) respectively. The upper and lower heating plates (102, 202) are embedded in cavities (103-1, 203-1) of the upper and lower heat insulating housings (103, 203) respectively, and have opening edges (102-2, 202-2) borne on support surfaces (103-2a, 203-2a) of extended support platforms (103-2, 203-2) of openings of the upper and lower heat insulating housings (103, 203). Opening edges (101-1, 201-1) of the upper and lower metal housings (101, 201) abut against another end surfaces (103-2b, 203-2b) opposite to the support surfaces (103-2a, 203-2a) of the extended support platforms (103-2, 203-2). Outer end surfaces (103-2c, 203-2c) of the extended support platforms (103-2, 203-2) extend out of outer sides of outer end surfaces (101-2, 201-2, 102-3, 202-3) of the upper and lower metal housings (101, 201) and the upper and lower heating plates (102, 202). The electric scone machine or steak machine of this structure has a simple and reasonable structure, and has the desirable heat insulating effect.
US09414711B2
A coffee machine having a water tank, at least one first pump, at least one first boiler for heating the water, a coffee brewing unit, and circuits to feed hot water and/or steam with a first outlet for hot water or steam towards an emulsifying device which can be connected to a connection joint of the coffee machine, a second outlet for hot water and/or wash water.
US09414701B1
A food storage container is disclosed. The food storage container has a one or more water tight compartments. The food storage container can have an insulated component that can maintain food at substantially constant temperature over a relatively long period of time. The insulated component can be secured to the food storage container with a securing insert that prevents the insulated component from moving or rotating when in use. The insulated component can be removed. The insulated component can have a lid with an opening lever feature that makes it easy for users to open the lid. The food storage container can have a removable divider that can be used to create a plurality of smaller compartments. The food storage container can have a latch and hinge assembly to close the lid and tray. The food storage container can have an integral handle to provide a carrying solution.
US09414690B2
A bed frame has: a left side component that includes an elongated left side rail and an extending segment at each end; and a right side component that includes an elongated right side rail and an extending segment at each end. Each such extending segment is pivotally attached to the corresponding elongated right side rail and is capable of being pivoted from substantially parallel it to substantially perpendicular it. Each of the elongated left side rail and the elongated right side rail includes two main sections that are pivotally attached to a shorter center member. At each end, the extending segments of the left side component and the right side component detachably couple to each other, forming lateral components of a bed frame assembly.
US09414684B2
Disclosed is a tilting type chair. The chair includes: a seat on which a user is seated; a back support configured to support a back portion of the user seated on the seat; and a tilting section interposed between the back support and the seat to couple the seat to the back support. When the user applies a load to bend the back support backward, the tilting section moves the seat upward in proportion to the load applied by the user, and when the load applied to the back support by the user is removed, the tilting section moves the seat downward in proportion to the removed load. As a result, a more comfortable seating feeling may be provided to the user seated on the seat of the chair. In addition, the tilting may be limited as needed by the user. Thus, the chair may further improve the user's convenience.
US09414677B2
An impact barrier for a storage rack support structure includes an arcuate outer wall having opposed first and second ends, the first and second ends being spaced apart to form a gap therebetween. The impact barrier further includes a first deflection element, a second deflection element, and a third deflection element, wherein the third deflection element is position between the first and second deflection elements. The first deflection element extends from the first end to a first medial position on the outer wall between the first end and the third deflection element, and the second deflection element extends from the second end to a second medial position on the outer wall between the second end and the third deflection element. Upon impact, the first, second and third deflection elements deform to dissipate the energy generated by the impact.
US09414674B2
A slide attachment and detachment device for a drawer. The slide attachment and detachment device for a drawer is formed as one member, thereby reducing time and costs consumed for manufacturing the slide attachment and detachment device for the drawer, improving hygienic properties, and enabling use in environments with high humidity.
US09414670B2
A collapsible table assembly is provided that allows a platform table to be easily stowed parallel to a wall when not in use. The collapsible table assembly having a hinged interlocking assembly comprising support arms coupled to a table platform. The support arms are capable of guiding the platform from a stowed position, to a deployed position. The hinged interlocking assembly further comprises a first and a second pliant member disposed within the guide groove. The pliant members act to restrict certain directional movement of the hinge axis pin as it travels through the guide groove while the table platform is transitioned from the stowed position to the deployed position, and vice-versa. The pliant members prevent the table platform from collapsing inadvertently, by only allowing the hinge axis pin to travel in one direction throughout the guide groove while transitioning between stowed and deployed.
US09414654B2
Coins and tokens manufactured from metal(s), alloy(s) or metal containing material(s). More specifically, they relate to coin structures which enable a coin to be nondestructively authenticated by an ultrasonic measurement. The core part of coin or token includes 2-16 cavities that are not visible from the exterior of the coin or token. Additionally, the core part or coin or token includes at least one part having a different volume microstructure than the rest of the core part.
US09414653B1
A specialized cutter adapted to remove a jewelry ring from a finger of a human hand. The cutter may include a diamond covered wheel having diamond grit sized between about 100-grit and about 170-grit. Preferably, the cutter can be assembled to permit either of a left-hand, or a right-hand mode of operation. Certain embodiments are structured to preclude relative motion between a cutting blade and the drive shaft on which it is mounted.
US09414643B2
Provided is a shoe that includes: a bottom surface that is adjacent to the ground in normal use; a sole that forms at least a portion of the bottom surface; an upper portion extending above the sole; and individual particles bonded to the bottom surface of the shoe. The individual particles include at least one of corn husk, hemp or a natural plant material that has been ground into the individual particles.
US09414619B2
This is a process to make a shelf-stable, liquid, ready-to-drink, aseptic nutritional formula for the treatment of PKU, tyrosinemia or other errors of metabolism. The liquid nutritional formula has caseino-glyco-macropeptide as the primary protein source and complementary essential amino acids to complete the requirement profile. The beverage also includes vitamins and minerals sufficient to meet daily requirements. When used as a complete diet, the nutritional formula includes a carbohydrate source and a fat source. The nutritional formula has a pleasant taste.
US09414617B2
An automatic bean curd maker is provided in the present invention. Soybeans and water are blended and grinded to produce raw bean pulp, and the raw bean pulp is boiled in a steamer to form bean pulp. The bean pulp is mixed and stirred with coagulator to form soy custard in a stirring tank. Specifically, a coagulator dosing device and a coagulator tank are connected circulatedly wherein the coagulator dosing device supplies a predetermined amount of coagulator to the stirring tank. The soy custard in the stirring tank falls into a molding container to be molded and pressed to form bean curd. Thus, bean curd can be produced automatically.
US09414609B1
A process for reducing the bacterial count on a poultry carcass during poultry processing after the picking stage and prior to the chilling stage by applying an intervention solution having at least one equilibrium peroxycarboxylic acid or a pH modified peroxycarboxylic acid comprising peroxyacetic acid to the poultry carcass at an elevated temperature above 100° F. and at an elevated concentration of at least 200 ppm for a desired period of time of less than about 30 seconds to reduce the bacterial count by at least 60 percent. The process providing acceptable antimicrobial control in poultry processing prior to the chilling stage.
US09414599B2
A process is described for the preparation of a composition comprising a metal complex in an oily organic matrix, the latter being at the same time able to promote the formation of the complex. Said process also envisages that the complex, once formed, is not separated from said oily organic matrix, but the resulting composition is used as such, as having observed that the performances of the complex present therein is thus improved.
US09414597B2
A pesticidal mixture comprising as active ingredient a mixture of component A and component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I), in which Q is i or ii wherein X, Y and Z, m and n, A, G, and R, are as defined as in claim 1, and component B is a compound selected from the following insecticides: a), pymetrozine; b). a pyrethroid selected from the group consisting of cyhalothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, gamma-cyhalothrin; c). a macrolide selected from the group consisting of abamectin, emamectin benzoate, and spinetoram; d). a diamide selected from the group consisting of chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole; e). thiamethoxam; f). sulfoxaflor; g). cyenopyrafen. The present invention also relates to methods of using said mixtures for the control of plant pests.
US09414591B2
Disclosed are methods of enhancing growth of corn plants, comprising treating corn seed or the corn plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one chitooligosaccharide, wherein upon harvesting the corn plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated corn plants or corn plants harvested from untreated corn seed.
US09414578B2
A device for spearfishing, which device may include a barrel including a first end and a second end, the barrel defining a spear conduit and two band conduits, the spear conduit and the two band conduits extending with the barrel from the first end to the second end. The spear conduit may be coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the barrel. The spear conduit may be located between the two band conduits, and each of the band conduits may be parallel to the spear conduit. The barrel may define a recessed groove, which may extend from the first end of the barrel to the second end of the barrel. The device may further include a handle or other accessories that are releasably engaged with the recessed groove. The device may further include band attachment means, such as a cone-shaped plug, for releasably coupling a band to the barrel.
US09414576B2
Described herein are immunodeficient non-human animals lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) by endogenous autogeneic innate immune cells, as well as methods and compositions for engraftment of xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells in the immunodeficient non-human animal lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), thereby creating an innate immune system in the animal derived from the xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells. Further described are immunodeficient mice lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4 by endogenous autogeneic innate immune cells, as well as methods and compositions for engraftment of xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells in the immunodeficient mouse lacking expression of toll-like receptor 4, thereby creating an innate immune system in the animal derived from the xenogeneic hematopoietic stem cells.
US09414569B2
A system and method for providing a supplement. The system includes a pump having an inlet and an outlet line. The inlet line is coupled to a container, and the container has a supplement. The outlet of the pump is coupled to a nozzle. The system can be housed in a support box which is coupled to a feeder which has feed. Feed is discharged from the feeder, and the pump sprays a supplement to partially coat the discharged feed. Nutrients, vitamins, etc. can be added to the supplement which can add to the value of the feed.
US09414567B2
A milking parlor and a method includes a rotary platform, plurality of milking stalls arranged on the rotary platform, a common milk line conducting milk from several milking stalls to a common milk tank, a local milk receiver for each milking stall and a valve member controlling the milk flow from the local milk receiver to the common milk line. The valve members are controlled such that all milk of acceptable quality from the local milk receiver is discharged, via the common milk line, to the common milk tank before milk of unacceptable quality is discharged from the local milk receivers to the common milk line during a milking period in the milking parlor between two following washing processes of the common milk line.
US09414563B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP47015 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP47015, cells from soybean variety XBP47015, plants of soybean XBP47015, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP47015. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP47015 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP47015, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP47015, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP47015. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP47015 are further provided.
US09414561B1
A novel maize variety designated PH24F1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH24F1 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH24F1 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 PH24F1 or a locus conversion of PH24F1 with another maize variety.
US09414560B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1M1J and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1M1J with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1M1J 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 PH1M1J or a locus conversion of PH1M1J with another maize variety.
US09414558B2
The invention provides oat seed and plants that have increased beta-glucan levels. The invention further provides seed and plants of the oat variety X8787-1 and progeny produced with at least one of these plants as a parent. The invention also relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of hybrid oat variety X8787-1.
US09414556B1
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G98014R. Also included are seeds of canola G98014R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G98014R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G98014R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G98014R.
US09414553B2
The present invention provides a method for the production of S. lycopersicum plants having an average sympodial index of 2 and producing red-colored fruits comprising crossing a plant of S. lycopersicum capable of producing red-colored fruits, with a plant of a Solanum spp. having an average sympodial index of 2, collecting the seeds resulting from the cross, regenerating the seeds into plants, providing one or more backcross generations, selfing the backross plants, growing the selfed seed into plants, and identifying and selecting plants having an average sympodial index of 2 and producing red-colored fruits.
US09414549B2
A reflective netting material suitable for providing over and/or adjacent the plant as bird netting, insect netting, shadecloth netting, windbreak netting, or hail protection netting, is knitted, woven, or non-woven, from a synthetic monofilament, yarn, or tape or combination thereof formed from a resin comprising at least one white pigment such that the monofilament, yarn, or tape reflects at least 30% solar radiation on average across the UV (wavelength about 280-400 nm), visible (wavelength about 400-700 nm) and very near infrared (wavelength about 700-800 nm) ranges, and which transmits at least 10% or 5% on average of solar radiation across the wavelength range about 800-2500 nm.
US09420721B2
Liquid-cooled heat sink assemblies are provided which include: a thermally conductive base structure having a sidewall surface and a main heat transfer surface; and a manifold structure attached to the base structure, with the base structure residing at least in part within a recess in the manifold structure. Together, the base and manifold structures define a coolant-carrying compartment through which liquid coolant flows, at least in part, in a direction substantially parallel to the main heat transfer surface of the base structure, and at least one of the sidewall surface of the thermally conductive base structure or an opposing surface thereto of the manifold structure includes a continuous groove. A sealing member is disposed, at least in part, within the continuous groove, and provides a fluid-tight seal between the thermally conductive base structure and the manifold structure.
US09420720B2
A liquid cooling apparatus includes a plurality of system boards each having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, each of the system boards having at least one electronic component mounted on the first surface, a cooling plate attached to the electronic component and having a pathway formed therein through which coolant flows, one or more heat conductive members penetrating through any given one of the system boards, and a heat dissipating member disposed on the second surface of any given one of the system boards and connected to the one or more heat conductive members, wherein an emissivity of the heat dissipating member is higher than an emissivity of the one or more heat conductive members.
US09420719B2
An input/output (I/O) device having a base portion configured to communicatively connect the I/O device with at least one other device, an I/O module physically and communicatively connected to the base portion and comprising I/O communication circuitry and a terminal block mount surface, and a terminal block physically and communicatively connected to the terminal block mount surface of the I/O module. The terminal block mount surface has a width that is greater than a corresponding width of the terminal block such that a portion of the terminal block mount surface extends beyond the terminal block, said portion of the terminal block mount surface extending beyond the terminal block including at least one vent for permitting the flow of air through the I/O module and along the terminal block.
US09420718B2
Adjustable device carriers for modular chassis. In some embodiments, a carrier configured to receive an electronic device may include a front panel and lateral rails coupled to the front panel, where the lateral rails are configured to be inserted into a slot of a modular chassis, where the modular chassis is configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), where the IHS is configured to communicate with the electronic device via a backplane, and where the lateral rails have an adjustable length configured to accommodate electronic devices of different sizes.
US09420712B2
A portable clamping apparatus for mobile equipment, which comprises a clamping assembly, a holding assembly and a tube-pole assembly used to connect other assembly, the holding assembly is configured on the bottom of the tube-pole assembly to secure others assembly, wherein the clamping assembly comprises a main body configured with a lower fixing end on its lower position, and a moveable mechanism configured on the main body, comprising several connecting rods and elastic parts used to reset the connecting rods; an upper end of the connecting rods is provided with an upper fixing end corresponding to the lower fixing end; the tube-pole assembly is connected to the clamping assembly by means of a platform assembly comprising a platform base, connecting brackets hinged to the platform base and an adjusting mechanism used to establish connection with clamping assembly and adjust the connecting rods to slide upwardly or downwardly is provided.
US09420710B2
A sealed electrical enclosure for housing an electrical component is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the sealed electrical enclosure includes a housing, a first and second electrical connector, an actuator, and a terminal. The housing has a sealed interior when a top portion is coupled to a bottom portion. The first electrical connector extends from the sealed interior through the bottom of the housing and is electrically coupled to the electrical component. The actuator extends from the sealed interior through the housing and is configured to manipulate the electrical component. The terminal is electrically coupled to the second electrical connector. The second electrical connector is configured to mate with the first electrical connector. The first and second electrical connectors are configured to be connected and disconnected to attach and remove the housing to and from the terminal.
US09420703B2
To provide a wiring board in which wiring conductors are securely protected by a precise and rigid dam portion formed on an outermost layer of a laminate and that is excellent in connection reliability with a semiconductor chip. A laminate that configures this wiring board includes multiple connection terminal portions and wiring conductors as a conductor layer of the outermost layer. The wiring conductors are arranged at predetermined positions, passing through between multiple connection terminal portions for flip-chip mounting a semiconductor chip. A resin insulating layer of the outermost layer of the laminate has a dam portion and a reinforcement portion. The dam portion covers the wiring conductors. The reinforcement portion is formed, between the wiring conductor and the connection terminal portion that is adjacent to the wiring conductor, lower than a height of the dam portion. The reinforcement portion is concatenated with a side surface of the dam portion.
