US09453621B2
An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting parts, and a connection part linearly connecting the plurality of light emitting parts. Each light emitting part includes a light emission surface configured to emit light, and an attachment surface facing the light emission surface in a thickness direction of the light emitting part. The connection part includes a first connector fixed to one end of one of the light emitting parts in a longitudinal direction thereof, a second connector fixed to the other end of an adjacent one of the light emitting parts and connected to the first connector of the one of the light emitting parts, and a mechanical connection part and an electric connection part of mechanically and electrically connecting the first connector and the second connector by relatively moving the first connector and the second connector in the thickness direction of the light emitting part.
US09453616B2
The light fixture includes a frame, a substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel disposed within the frame, power circuitry disposed within at least one of a number of channels within the frame, and a central wire-way. The frame includes a bottom assembly and a top assembly coupled to the bottom assembly. The bottom assembly and the top assembly cooperate to form the channels within the frame. The bottom assembly has a back surface. The power circuitry is configured to electrically couple the substantially flat LED panel to an external AC power supply. The central wire-way is disposed adjacent the back surface of the bottom assembly and configured to route wiring to or from the power circuitry disposed within at least one of the channels within the frame.
US09453610B2
An inactive gas introducing facility for a storage rack is provided in which supply of inactive gas to a container is stopped if an open state of an inspection door is detected while in a normal stop state in which a stop nullifying command is not issued and in which the supply of the inactive gas based on the immediately preceding supply pattern is continued and any changes, through manual operation, to a parameter that defines the immediately preceding supply pattern are prohibited, if an open state of an inspection door is detected while in a stop nullifying state in which the stop nullifying command is issued.
US09453605B2
An injection cooler for cooling hot steam in a pipeline has an injecting device that has multiple injection nozzles. The cooler includes a regulating body connected to a coolant supply. The regulating body is equipped with a valve arrangement to regulate coolant feed to the injection nozzles. Coolant feed lines are provided between the injecting device and the regulating body with a separate coolant feed line being provided for each injection nozzle. Ends of the coolant feed lines of the injecting device are secured to a first flange plate which can be secured to a surface on the injecting device. Ends of the coolant feed lines associated with the regulating body are secured to a second flange plate which is secured to a receiving surface of the regulating body. The injecting device has a tubular mixing portion with a de Laval nozzle-type longitudinal section along a longitudinal axis.
US09453604B1
A structure including a hollow porous material with an architected fluid interface to the hollow porous material and methods of forming the same. The architected fluid interface may be in the form of a manifold with tapered openings, each providing a gradually narrowing transition to the hollow channels within which fluid may flow through the hollow porous material. The material may be formed by forming an open-celled sacrificial scaffold, immersing one surface of the open-celled sacrificial scaffold in a bonding agent, attaching a face sheet to the surface to form a sacrificial scaffold assembly, coating the assembly with a coating material, and removing the sacrificial scaffold assembly.
US09453595B2
A single drain mast seal that provides a fluidly segregated internal chamber for air inlet drain lines is provided. The provided drain mast seal does not significantly add to the seal's compressive load and minimizes the seal's three-dimensional space claim. In addition, the provided drain mast seal is formed to sufficiently support associated drain lines without requiring external clamps or hardware components. The provided drain mast seal thereby optimizes the APU-to-drain mast interface.
US09453592B2
A fitting for channel framing includes a first clip arm configured to extend into a first external fitting groove of the channel framing and clip onto the channel framing, and a second clip arm configured to extend into a second external fitting groove of the channel framing and clip onto the channel framing. An outer portion connected to and extending between the first and second clip arms is configured to span across the continuous slot when the first and second clip arms extend into the respective first and second external fitting grooves and are clipped onto the channel framing.
US09453590B2
A method of installing a pipe mounted to a stanchion, which has three parallel vertical beams for guiding an adjustable pipe holder mounted to a center and two outer beams, and securing the pipe holder to the stanchion via a spring loaded U-channel inserted into the spaces between the two outer beams and the central beam via a tab and a set of intermeshing teeth on the U-channel, and affixing the pipe to the adjustable mount at a fixed dimension between the pipe mount and the plane surface. When two or more stanchions and associated pipe mounts are used to insert a pipe, the distance between the pipe mounts and the mounting surface create a pitch of the pipe in the direction of the sink and away from the source of a liquid insuring the proper rate of gravitational flow of the liquid.
US09453575B2
A control device of a twin-clutch transmission includes a gear operation mechanism driven by a single actuator mechanism . The gear operation mechanism performs a selection operation to select a synchromesh unit to operate from a plurality of synchromesh units and a shift operation to drive the selected synchromesh unit to an engagement position (in-gear position) corresponding to a shift position. In the control device, based on a deceleration rate of a vehicle, a determination is made to allow or disallow continuation of the shift operation at a change of a shift position to a target shift position. When a determination is made to disallow continuation of the shift operation, only the selection operation is performed, and the shift operation is prohibited. When a determination is made to allow continuation of the shift operation, the shift operation is allowed.
US09453565B2
Disclosed is a torque converter in a vehicle, which permits putting a lock-up clutch into operation while sufficiently attenuating vibration at all rotation speed ranges of a low rotation speed range to a high rotation speed range of an engine.The torque converter in a vehicle includes a lock-up clutch and a torsional damper, wherein the torsional damper has one side with a first centrifugal absorbing unit provided thereto for absorbing vibration and impact by centrifugal force, and a spline hub has one side with a second centrifugal absorbing unit for absorbing vibration and impact by centrifugal force.
US09453564B1
A number of variations may include a product that may include a power transfer assembly. A gear train may have multiple gears and may provide a first stage gearing that may have a fixed gear ratio. At least one planetary gear set may provide a second stage gearing that may have multiple gear ratios. An electric machine may selectively provide input to the first stage gearing. A differential unit may selectively receive output from the planetary gear set. An engagement mechanism may selectively connect the differential unit with the second stage gearing in each of a high range mode and a low range mode.
US09453560B2
A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, first to fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first to fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices.
US09453559B2
A multi-stages automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets, each including a first, second and third rotation elements, respectively, and friction members including first, second, third and fourth clutches and first and second brakes.
US09453554B2
A V-ribbed belt that includes a ribbed surface covered with fabric is provided. The fabric is stretchable in two predetermined directions. A method for manufacturing the V-ribbed belt is also provided. The method includes placing a belt matrix about a mandrel, placing a fabric about the external circumference of the belt matrix which wraps around the mandrel, placing the mandrel inside a shell having a plurality of grooves on the internal circumference, expanding the belt matrix and the fabric toward the internal circumference of the shell and thus pressing the fabric onto the internal circumference having the multi-ribbed structure, and curing the belt matrix with the fabric. The fabric is stretchable to accommodate itself to the multi-ribbed structure.
US09453552B2
Embodiments of an adaptive three parameter isolator assembly are provided, as are embodiments of a spacecraft isolation system including a plurality of isolator assemblies. In one embodiment, the isolator assembly includes a three parameter isolator having opposing hydraulic chambers configured to be filled with a Magneto-Rheological (MR) damping fluid. An MR valve external to the three parameter isolator is fluidly coupled between the opposing hydraulic chambers. The MR valve is configured to generate a magnetic field through which the MR damping fluid passes as the fluid flows between the opposing hydraulic chambers. A control device is operably coupled to the MR valve and is configured to control the strength of the magnetic field to adjust the viscosity of the MR damping fluid during operation of the three parameter isolator.
US09453531B2
A guide mechanism, configured for use with a guided attack rocket, includes an inner housing partially disposed in an outer housing. The inner and outer housings each define a forward end and an aft end. A first angular contact bearing is positioned between the outer housing forward end and the inner housing forward end. A second angular contact bearing is positioned between the outer housing aft end and the inner housing aft end. A retaining nut is received over the inner housing forward end. The retaining nut preloads the first and second angular contact bearings. Each of the angular contact bearings includes an inner member disposed within an outer member. The outer member defines an outer raceway and the inner member defines an inner raceway. A plurality of rolling elements is disposed between the outer raceway and the inner raceway.
US09453526B2
Anchor assemblies useful for connecting structures to each other are described. An anchor assembly includes a head member and an anchor. In the fully assembled anchor assembly, the anchor is partially disposed within the head member. During assembly, the proximal end of the anchor can be inserted into an opening defined by a distal end of the head member. A retaining member maintains a portion of the anchor within a portion of the head member after assembly. In an embodiment, a compression member enables movement of the retaining member within the head member to allow insertion of a portion of the anchor and subsequent maintenance of the portion of the anchor within a portion of the head member.
US09453524B2
A fastener assembly includes a body, a cup and a faceplate. The fastener assembly is a long thin shape for insertion into an opening in a substrate prior to actuation. Once inserted in the substrate, the fastener assembly may be actuated by the insertion of a bolt into a central aperture in the assembly and the tightening of the bolt against the cup. The actuation of the assembly causes the body of the assembly to fold at four points and to thereby secure the assembly to the substrate.
US09453514B2
A vacuum pump has a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft and provided with pump active components cooperating with opposite stationary pump active components, fastening element for securing the rotor on the rotor shaft, and a safety element provided in addition to the fastening element for preventing rotation of the rotor and the rotor shaft relative to each other.
US09453512B2
A cross flow fan achieves low power input and low noise level by preventing flow separation on an air inlet side and reducing a maximum air velocity in the gap between the blades. At least one of units constituting a cross flow fan is an appearance unit configured such that when the unit is sequentially cut in a direction from one of rings to the other ring along a plane whose normal coincides with a rotation axis, a region S and a region C appear, the radius of a second circle, serving as an inner circumferencial circle (having a radius), in the region S being a first radius of predetermined length, the radius of the second circle, serving as the inner circumferencial circle, in the region C being a second radius shorter than the first radius.
US09453506B2
One embodiment includes a gear pump with a drive gear, a gear shaft passing through the drive gear, and a pressure loaded journal bearing. Also included is a fluid film, between a surface of the pressure loaded journal bearing and a surface of the gear shaft, and a hybrid pad on the pressure loaded journal bearing. The hybrid pad has a minimum leading edge angular location on the pressure loaded journal bearing of 29.5° and a maximum trailing edge angular location on the pressure loaded journal bearing of 42.5°. The gear pump also includes a porting path for supplying high pressure fluid from a discharge of the gear pump to the fluid film at the hybrid pad.
US09453504B2
This invention provides a diaphragm pump that decreases the number of components or improves workability in assembling. A crank (4) to which the output shaft (2a) of a motor (2) is pivotally attached has, in its upper surface, a ring-shaped insertion groove (5) with respect to the output shaft (2a) as the center. A projecting driving shaft (9b) is formed integrally with a driver (7). When the lower end (9c) of the driving shaft (9b) is inserted into the insertion groove (5), the axis (9d) tilts. When the crank (4) rotates, an engaging portion provided in the insertion groove (5) engages with the lower end (9c). The driving shaft (9b) rotates while changing the tilt direction of the axis (9d) following the rotation of the crank (4). Hence, when a diaphragm portion (12a) attached to the drive element (7a) of the driver (7) moves upward/downward, a pump chamber (18) expands/contracts so that a pump action is obtained.
US09453502B2
A Hall thruster apparatus having walls constructed from a conductive material, such as graphite, and having magnetic shielding of the walls from the ionized plasma has been demonstrated to operate with nearly the same efficiency as a conventional non-magnetically shielded design using insulators as wall components. The new design is believed to provide the potential of higher power and uniform operation over the operating life of a thruster device.
US09453499B2
An adaptive wind turbine generator (WTG) control system comprising a measurement system MS with sensors A1, A2, MC arranged to perform measurements of mechanical vibrations of one or more mechanical components of the WTG, at a plurality of operating conditions for the WTG. A storage unit SU stores, in a measurement database MD, measured data and corresponding operating condition OC data for the WTG. An operating condition manager OCM determines how to operate the WTG, including rotor speed PSC, according to a control algorithm in response to the data stored in the measurement database MD. Hereby, individual vibration measurements on critical components such as electric power generator and blades of the WTG can be taken into account in determining which rotor speed windows to avoid. This allow a more power efficient WTG, since a large safety margin around calculated or predetermined tabulated rotor speed windows can be avoided. Further, with a continuous update of the measurements, the control system can take into account variations in the vibration behavior of the components over time.
US09453497B2
The method includes: dividing the wind farm into a first group of wind turbines to be operated in a non-curtailed mode and a second group of wind turbines to be operated in a curtailed mode for providing a power reserve for the wind farm; determining an actual power production of the first group of wind turbines; estimating a possible maximum power production of the second group at a given environmental condition; estimating a possible maximum power output of the wind farm using the actual power production of the first group and the possible maximum power production of the second group; estimating the power reserve using the possible maximum power output; and updating a power setpoint for at least one wind turbine of the second group so that an expected power production of the second group of wind turbines substantially matches a difference between the possible maximum power production and the power reserve Furthermore, a wind farm is provided.
US09453495B2
A wind turbine for harvesting energy from both horizontal and vertical wind currents having an open frame structure and a central passage through the structure with at least three wind energy harvesting generally vertically disposed and rotatably mounted blades positioned about the central passage and at least three wind energy harvesting generally horizontal blades projecting radially from the central vertical axis of the device. The open frame structure includes a unique rod and cable central structure offset from the periphery of the frame. In one embodiment, the frame structure is suspended from a rotatable hub at the top of a stationary mast.
US09453490B2
A connection device for connecting a first power supply and a second power supply to an ignition plug has a first power supply side line which establishes electrical connection between the ignition plug and the first power supply and which is electrically connected to the second power supply, and a second power supply side line which establishes electrical connection between the ignition plug and the second power supply. The first power supply side line includes a first diode which prevents a current inflow from the second power supply into the first power supply or a current inflow from the first power supply into the second power supply, and an inductor disposed between the first diode and the ignition plug. The inductor is disposed around the second power supply side line while being separated from the second power supply side line. Thus, noise can be suppressed.
US09453488B2
A direct injection, solenoid fuel injector includes at least one current sensing function capable of detecting a current draw of the solenoid and a controller function. The controller is capable of determining a fully open time of the direct fuel injector solenoid based on the application of a slope inflection filter and a slope discrimination filter to a derivative of the current draw.
US09453486B1
An injector has an inlet and an outlet and an armature tube having passage structure and having a distal end spaced from the outlet. The passage structure communicates with the inlet. A movable, magnetic armature is coupled to the armature tube. An electromagnetic coil is associated with a stator and with the armature. A first spring is constructed and arranged, when the coil is not activated, to bias the armature tube so that the distal end engages in a sealing manner with a first seat to limit leakage of the gaseous fuel from the outlet. A second valve is movable in a valve body. A second spring is constructed and arranged, when the coil is not activated, to bias the second valve so that a seating surface thereof engages a second seat to close the outlet.
US09453485B2
A fuel rail assembly for supplying pressurized fuel to at least one fuel injector of an engine includes a hollow fuel rail extending along a fuel rail axis. The fuel rail includes an inlet for introducing the pressurized fuel into the fuel rail and at least one outlet for dispensing the pressurized fuel from the fuel rail. The fuel rail assembly also includes a bracket for attaching the fuel rail assembly to the engine. The bracket includes a fuel rail portion defining a first passage extending therethrough in the same direction as the fuel rail axis for receiving the fuel rail therewithin. The bracket also includes a mounting portion adjacent to the fuel rail portion and defining a second passage extending therethrough in the same direction as the fuel rail axis. The mounting portion is configured to receive a fastener for securing the fuel rail assembly to the engine.
US09453482B2
Provide is a construction machine allowing an air cleaner to be located entirely low while securing dust-discharge function thereof, with no risk of adverse effects such as diffusion of dusts and complication in structure. The construction machine includes an engine and an air cleaner connected to an intake-side portion of the engine to filter intake air. The air cleaner includes an air-cleaner main body which filters the intake air and an evacuator which discharges dusts separated from the intake air and protrudes downward beyond the air-cleaner main body. The air-cleaner main body is placed on an air-cleaner placement surface, the evacuator protruding downward beyond the air-cleaner placement surface at a position deviated outward from the air-cleaner placement surface.
US09453478B2
A thrust reverser for a turbojet engine nacelle includes a movable cowl, cascade vanes and a portion forming a movable variable nozzle. The cowl translates between a closing position and a maintenance position which is located beyond a thrust reversal position. In the maintenance position, the cowl opens a passage within the nacelle and allows access the inside of the nacelle. The variable nozzle is translated by an actuator between reduced ejection section and increased section positions. In particular, the cascade vanes move between retracted and active positions and are housed in an envelope formed by a fan casing and an outer cowl in the retracted position. In the active position, the cascade vanes are displaced downstream by an actuator through a passage open by the movable cowl in the nacelle. The actuator of the cascade vanes is dissociable from the actuator driving the variable nozzle.
US09453477B2
The invention includes systems and methods for power cogeneration. In certain embodiments the cogeneration systems include one or more units that are modularized; in some of these embodiments, the modules contain components that are integrated and ready for use with a control system that optimizes a result for the cogeneration plant. In some cases, the cogeneration system is part of a network of cogeneration systems.
US09453472B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an error count module and a sensor diagnostic module. The error count module increases an error count when an actual air/fuel ratio generated by an oxygen sensor monitoring an exhaust system of an engine is different than a desired air/fuel ratio. The error count module selectively adjusts a rate at which the error count is increased based on an ambient temperature. The sensor diagnostic module diagnoses a fault in the oxygen sensor when the error count is greater than a first predetermined count.
US09453465B2
An engine system, comprising a first gaseous fuel source with a first gaseous fuel located therein coupled to one or more engine cylinders and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system with a reform catalyst located therein, the reform catalyst reforming natural gas into a gas with a wider AFR operating range. The engine may thus operate at an AFR that may be outside of that available during natural gas combustion alone to allow for cooler engine operation.
US09453459B2
A two-cycle internal combustion engine having two swash plate mechanisms with multiple pistons sets disposed therebetween. With each piston set including an opposed piston arrangement and wherein torque reaction to the output torque is transmitted to a housing of the engine through bevel gears and wherein major loads generated during engine operation are carried by a bearing arrangement.
US09453457B2
A portable on-demand hydrogen supplemental system is provided for producing hydrogen gas and injecting the hydrogen gas into the air intake of internal combustion engines. Hydrogen and oxygen is produced by an electrolyzer from nonelectrolyte water in a nonelectrolyte water tank. The hydrogen gas is passed through a hydrogen gas collector. Nonelectrolyte water mixed with the hydrogen gas in the hydrogen gas collector is passed back thru the tank for distribution and water preservation. The system can be powered by the vehicles alternator, a standalone battery, waste heat or solar energy. The system utilizes an onboard diagnostic (OBD) interface in communication with the vehicle's OBD terminal, to regulate power to the system so that hydrogen production for the engine only occurs when the engine is running. The hydrogen gas is produced it is immediately consumed by the engine. No hydrogen is stored on, in or around the vehicle.
US09453453B2
In a single-cylinder internal combustion engine fitted with a knock sensor, a temperature increase of the knock sensor is suppressed and prevented and the reliability of the knock sensor is improved. The engine includes a crankcase accommodating a crankshaft, a cylinder block connected to the crankcase and including a cylinder provided therein, a cylinder head connected to the cylinder block, a sensor mounting boss provided on the cylinder block, a knock sensor arranged to detect knocking and mounted to the boss, a fan to guide air to at least the sensor mounting boss, and an air shroud.
US09453438B2
In a valve timing adjusting device, a vane rotor includes a second supply oil passage connectable to a first supply oil passage of a second shaft. A check valve is provided between the vane rotor and the second shaft, and permits a flow from the first supply oil passage toward the second supply oil passage and prevents a flow from the second supply oil passage toward the first supply oil passage. A fixing unit is provided between the check valve and the second shaft, and fixes the check valve between the fixing unit and the vane rotor. The fixing unit includes a third supply oil passage which connects the first supply oil passage and the second supply oil passage. A filter is provided for the fixing unit and can capture foreign substances flowing through the third supply oil passage.
US09453431B2
A tilting-segment radial bearing for a single-shaft turbomachine is provided, having a support ring, a tilting-segment mounting and a tilting segment, which in the installed state of the tilting-segment radial bearing is supported on the support ring such as to be seated on top and be radially displaceable by the tilting-segment mounting. The mounting has a preload device, by means of which the tilting segment is preloaded in the direction toward the shaft of the single-shaft turbomachine when the operating rotational speed of the single-shaft turbomachine is above a predetermined tilting-segment preload rotational speed, such that the tilting segment can be radially moved without preload when the operating rotational speed of the single-shaft turbomachine is below the tilting-segment preload rotational speed.
US09453429B2
A turbine casing includes at least one shell adapted to enclose one or more turbine stages in a gas turbine engine; an air inlet in the at least one shell; a flow sleeve secured to an inside surface of the at least one shell, the flow sleeve comprising at least two arcuate segments. Each arcuate segment includes an arcuate base, a pair of sidewalls extending radially outwardly of the base thereby forming a circumferentially-extending flow channel defined by the base, the sidewalls and the inside surface. The air inlet is aligned with the flow channel and the sleeve is configured to distribute air flowing in the channel into spaces proximate the one or more turbine stages in circumferential, radial and axial directions, including along the inside surface of the at least one shell.
US09453424B2
Effusion cooling holes formed through a transition component provided in a combustion section of a gas turbine engine. The transition component directs a hot working gas from a combustion basket to a first row of vanes in a turbine section of the engine. The effusion cooling holes are formed through an outer wall of the transition component in a direction so that the flow of air through the effusion holes is in a direction substantially opposite to the bulk flow direction of the working gas through the transition component.
US09453409B2
A system and method are provided for communicating in a borehole. In one example, the method includes receiving a baseband signal transmitted through a drill string using a plurality of elastic waves, where a spectrum of the baseband signal is duplicated after transmission due to oversampling. At least one passband is selected in order to recover the baseband signal from the duplicated spectrum. The baseband signal is decoded to recover a bit stream contained within the baseband signal.
US09453406B2
An orienting hanger comprises a generally tubular inner hanger, a generally tubular outer collar, and a cylindrical tool adapter. Box and pin connections at the ends of the outer collar enable the orienting hanger assembly to be threadably inserted into a BHA. One end of the tool adapter is disposed to threadably engage the inner hanger, and the other end is disposed to threadably receive an MWD tool. The inner hanger is disposed to be received into the outer collar such that annular shoulders abut, whereupon the MWD tool is suspended from the inner hanger. The inner hanger provides structure to enable the high side of the MWD tool to be aligned with the zero degrees tool face on the BHA and then locked into that position within the outer collar.
US09453400B2
A method for heating heavy oil inside a production well. The method raises the subsurface temperature of heavy oil by utilizing an activator that has been injected below the surface. The activator is then excited with a generated non-microwave frequency from 0.1 MHz to 300 MHz such that the excited activator heats the heavy oil.
US09453398B1
A self-stabilizing gas lift valve apparatus for oil and gas production. The apparatus includes a valve body having at least one gas inlet in communication with an elongated gas chamber in the valve body. An impingement disk is moveable in the elongated gas chamber. A conical plug extends from the impingement disk with the conical plug having a valve plug extending axially therefrom. A conical cup terminates in a valve seat wherein the conical cup receives the conical plug therein. A valve closure force mechanism urges the valve plug toward the valve seat. Gas injected through the gas inlet provides a force upon the impingement disk to overcome the force of the valve closure force mechanism in order to open the valve plug. When the gas injected exceeds a predetermined force, the impingent disk is moved and a conical space between the conical plug and the conical cup is reduced.
US09453393B2
An apparatus for setting a liner in a wellbore that includes a setting tool attached to a work string. The setting tool includes a stretching mandrel and a liner top releasably attached to the setting tool. The liner top includes banded elastomer sheaths positioned in multiple locations along its length. The apparatus may also include a roller screw, operatively attached to the setting tool, so that a rotational movement imparted to the work string causes a forward, rotational movement of the stretching mandrel and engages the stretching mandrel with an inner portion of the liner top so that a protuberance is formed on the inner portion of the liner top and a groove is formed on an outer surface of the liner top.
US09453388B2
A method and apparatus for remotely and selectively controlling and altering fluid flow through tubular string disposed within a wellbore and further control fluid flow between the tubular string inner flow passage and the annular flow passage, and a method for selectively and remotely receiving and interpreting a form of command or information at a particular apparatus within the wellbore caused by the operator on earth surface through a change of a physical property of the environment. The apparatus comprising a body, a valve operable in plurality of states, an actuator, and an activator responsive to a change of a physical property of the environment caused by the operator on earth surface.
US09453384B2
A method for separating a pipe comprising a pipe axis, a pipe wall, a pipe interior, an inside pipe circumference, an upper end to be separated, and a lower end, the pipe being anchored in the ground by the lower end, includes providing a cutting assembly comprising at least one water jet nozzle which produces a water jet. The cutting assembly is lowered into the pipe interior through the upper end to be separated down to a separation zone. The pipe is cut with the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly acts progressively against the inside pipe circumference. The water jet, when activated, produces a cut comprising a substantially constant cut width and two complementary conical cut surfaces. The water jet is directed at an angle (α) to a plane which runs perpendicular to the pipe axis so that the cut runs diagonally through the pipe wall.
US09453381B2
An apparatus and method for generating a drive force in a downhole environment includes chambers of a reactant and a catalyst, respectively, that are maintained separate until selectively exposed to one another. Once exposed, the reactant and catalyst produce expanding fluid pressure and sometimes heat. The products of the reaction are directed to a drive member to carry out a desired operation in the downhole environment.
US09453373B2
An apparatus for drilling a wellbore in a material, such as rock, is provided. The apparatus can include a microwave source, a first fluid source, and a second fluid source. The microwave source can be configured to transmit microwave energy to a surface of the material to alter the material. The first fluid source can be configured to emit a first fluid to the surface of the material to alter the material. The first fluid can be substantially absorptive to the microwave energy. The second fluid source can be configured to emit a second fluid to the surface of the material to flush the first fluid from the surface of the material. The second fluid can be substantially transparent to the microwave energy.
US09453370B2
A architectural covering, such as a shutter, blind or shade, comprising a control unit for controlling a motor so as to adjust the position of the architectural covering, wherein the control unit includes a housing and a circuit means, which is provided with switching means which upon actuation allow for the setting of at least one position of the architectural covering in the circuit means. The housing includes a tool receiving section for releasable engagement with a tool for actuating the switching means.
US09453368B2
A door assembly including a swinging door, a sealing member pivotally to the door configured to pivot between a first position into contact with the floor and a second position out of contact with the floor, a lever arranged to actuate pivoting movement of the sealing member in response to opening and closing of the door, a biasing member arranged to bias the lever toward a non-actuating position, and a separate deployment stop arranged to actuate the lever.
US09453367B1
A dimensionally adjustable thermally broken door panel having a door thickness, a first and second thermally conductive metal door skins and a plurality of non-thermally conductive trimable edges. Each trimable edge having an edge flange, a door edge and an edge flange thickness. An insert flange can be integrally mounted each of the edge flanges projecting in a direction opposite the door edge, wherein each edge flange can support both the first and second thermally conductive metal door skins in a flush engagement. The dimensionally adjustable thermally broken door panel can prevent thermal transfer between the first and second metal door skins, while enabling dimensional adjustment of the plurality of trimable edges on location to ensure a perfect fit into an existing door frame.
US09453361B2
A luminous multiple glazing unit including: first and second flat glass elements; light-emitting diodes located in an internal space; a reflector including a part fixed to the glazing unit in the internal space; and a first luminous zone associated with the first glass element. In a first configuration, the reflector has a central reflective area for reflecting at least 30% of total flux emitted by the diodes in the group onto a first mechanism scattering light, or, in a second configuration, the reflector forms a beam splitter and has a double-image central reflective area of a first central area for reflecting first central rays onto a first mechanism scattering light and a second central area for reflecting second central rays onto a second scattering mechanism, the reflector reflecting at least 30% of total flux emitted by the diodes in the group.
US09453360B2
There is provided a window/door system with a flat track having “”-shaped roller supports to provide a nice appearance and to improve air tightness and water tightness by reducing the number of grooves exposed on a window/door frame when a window/door is opened, by using the roller supports in a cross sectional shape of “” which is open at one side.
US09453352B2
A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a device for detecting a power supply voltage during a binding wire twisting step subjected to the heaviest load and comparing the power supply voltage with a predetermined CPU operation voltage, and a control device for driving a motor in a reverse direction when the voltage has dropped below the predetermined CPU operation voltage. The power supply voltage during operation is monitored, and twisting operation is suspended before the voltage drops below the CPU operation voltage, whereby the binding wire twisting mechanism is returned to the initial position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the binding wire twisting mechanism from being stopped while grasping the binding wire, when the CPU stops.
US09453350B2
A shuttering formwork suitable for use as sacrificial shuttering formwork includes an elongate body member having a base portion and a compression portion extending therefrom and presenting a free end that extends in a length direction of the elongate body member. The elongate body member has first and second sides, each comprising a compression portion side face and a base portion upper face. A strip element is releasably attachable to the free end of the compression portion. The compression portion side face and the base portion upper face of at least one side of the elongate body member are each a resiliently deformable surface. The base portion is provided with apertures for receiving mortar material. The shuttering formwork may be fabricated from a plastics material and have a hollow structure.
US09453334B2
A method for producing a low-emissivity layer system includes the steps of forming at least one low emissivity layer on at least one side of the substrate by deposition, and subsequent brief tempering of a deposited low emissivity layer by electromagnetic radiation, avoiding an immediate heating up of the substrate. A device for performing the method includes a flash lamp arrangement.
US09453333B2
A method of fabricating an industrial plant module for industrial plant construction includes (1) determining a number of single level layers required to fabricate a multi-story industrial plant module, including at least two story layers; (2) constructing the single level layers at substantially ground level and in a multi-step sequence, including installing equipment on at least one story layer, and where each story layer is open at its top; and (3) fabricating the multi-story industrial module by stacking the single level layers and fastening the single level layers together.
US09453327B2
A cab rear extension beam (14) that is positioned in a front side to a heat exchanger (26) to support a rear side of said cab (28) is provided. The cab rear extension beam (14) includes a rising plate part (14A) that rises from a bottom plate (6), an upper horizontal plate part (14B) that is bent from an upper end of the rising plate part (14A) and extends to the rear side, and a space part (14C) that is formed of the rising plate part (14A) and the upper horizontal plate part (14B), and is formed in a reverse L-letter shape as a whole. A urea water tank (34) is formed with a vertical tank part (35) that is positioned in a rear side and extends in an upper-lower direction and a lateral tank part (36) that extends from a lower part of the vertical tank part (35) to the front side, and is formed in an L-letter shaped vessel as a whole. Besides, the lateral tank part (36) of the urea water tank (34) is disposed in the space part (14C) in the cab rear extension beam (14).
US09453322B2
A cellular confinement system for soil, sand or other filler material comprises a number of sub-assemblies each made up of a plurality of interconnected open cells of fabric material. The sub-assemblies are stackable one on top of the other to provide a structure having at least one generally vertical side or end wall. Each sub-assembly comprises a skirt portion which is arranged to overlap between vertically juxtaposed sub-assemblies in use. The skirt portion substantially prevents or minimizes the escape of finer aggregate material from between the stacked sub-assemblies.
US09453321B2
The apparatus provides the user with the ability to rapidly drive stakes into a straw wattle. There is a slot within the apparatus for inserting a stake and then guiding the stake as the stake is being driven through the wattle and into the ground. A slide hammer shuttle can slide up and down an elongate barrel member to drive a slide hammer into the top of a stake being held within the barrel member. A footrest assembly having adjustable height is incorporated so that the stake and barrel will be spaced above the top surface of the wattle while each stake is being driven into the wattle and ground.
US09453319B2
Several practical refinements, extensions, additions, and improvements to the manufactured three-dimensional continuous convex-concave fairing with attached vortex generators are provided. The piecewise continuously varying slope and curvature fairings provide manufacturing cost reductions, as well as cost reductions by reducing the frequency and complexity of monitoring practices for bridges and elimination of temporary fixes that require costly annual or periodic engineering studies and construction to mitigate scour on at-risk bridges. The probability of bridge failure and its associated liability to the public is totally avoided since the root cause of local scour is prevented.
US09453312B2
A slider assembly including a front section, and a back section, where the front section is adapted to conform to the cross sectional profile of rails forming the terminal end of a guardrail, or other barrier, to which the slider assembly will be fitted in use. The front section in combination with the back section create an internal space therebetween capable of substantially surrounding both an associated first rail and an associated second rail of the terminal end, and at least two further rails located downstream of the first and second rail. The slider assembly includes first and second opposed portions configured to move with respect to each other so the slider assembly can, in use, apply an increasing compressive force to telescoping rails as a consequence of the slider assembly travelling along one or more subsequent rail(s) during telescoping.
US09453305B2
An in-line production method for providing a liquid flow of at least one additive in the short circulation and into the liquid flow of a paper making stock of a fiber web machine by feeding, the liquid flow of the at least one additive to the liquid flow of the short circulation, wherein a suitable amount of a microfibrillated cellulose or nanofibrillated polysaccharide is provided substantially simultaneously with the feeding of liquid flow of the at least one additive.
US09453303B2
A fabric structure used to make textured tissue or towel or nonwovens, the structure being permeable to air and water, comprising a sheet contact surface having a pattern including a series of raised land areas and corresponding depressions adapted to impart a texture to the tissue or towel or nonwoven, and a series of through voids adapted to allow passage of both water and/or air from the fabric surface into and/or through the structure.
US09453300B2
Washing machine appliances and methods for operating washing machine appliances are provided. A washing machine appliance has a tub and a basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the basket defining a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. A method includes flowing a first volume of water from an external water source into the tub, agitating the articles within the tub, and, during the agitating step, flowing a second volume of water from the external water source into the tub.
US09453297B2
A dynamic balancer device for mounting to and balancing a rotatable drum in a laundry treating appliance. The dynamic balancer device comprises an enclosed annular housing having a radial circumferential wall, a plurality of internal baffles in the enclosed annular housing and a fluid disposed in the annular race and movable therein.
US09453282B2
A thin film deposition apparatus includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; a patterning slit sheet disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits arranged in the first direction; a position detection member that detects a relative position of the substrate to the patterning slit sheet; and an alignment control member that controls a relative position of the patterning slit sheet to the substrate by using the relative position of the substrate detected by the position detection member, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are separated from each other, and the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are moved relative to each other.
US09453275B2
An apparatus for hot dip coating metal strip is disclosed having a dip bath vessel (4), a snout (6) which opens into the dip bath vessel for introducing a metal strip (1) which is heated in a continuous furnace into the dip bath, and a deflecting roller (7) which is arranged in the dip bath vessel for deflecting the metal strip (1) which enters into the dip bath in a direction which points out of the dip bath. The snout (6) is provided with a shaft-shaped snout extension piece (6.1) for increasing the snout dipping depth, the internal width of the snout extension piece (6.1) tapering toward its outlet opening (6.15) at least over a part length of said snout extension piece (6.1). As a result, an increase or maximization of the eddy flow in the molten metal at or close to the metal strip (1) and therefore improved homogenization of the molten metal in the region of the strip is achieved, as a result of which slag-induced surface defects on the surface of the coated metal strip (1) can be avoided.
US09453270B1
Embodiments relate to PDCs, methods of fabricating PDCs, and applications for such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate and a pre-sintered PCD table including an interfacial surface that is bonded to the substrate. The pre-sintered PCD table may be substantially free of leaching by-products in a region at least proximate to the interfacial surface. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a PDC includes providing an at least partially leached PCD including an interfacial surface. The method includes removing at least some leaching by-products from the at least partially leached PCD table. After removing the at least some leaching by-products, the method includes bonding the interfacial surface of the at least partially leached PCD table to a substrate to form a PDC.
US09453264B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and kits for the quantification of a nucleic acid target present on a solid support. This entails quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction wherein minor groove binders are excluded.
US09453261B2
Disclosed are novel splicing variants of the genes associated with prostate cancer risk and survival, particularly splicing variants of PIK3CD, FGFR3, TSC2, RASGRP2, ITGA4, MET, NF1 and BAK1. The disclosure also relates risk assessment, detection, diagnosis, or prognosis of prostate cancer. More specifically, this disclosure relates to the detection of certain splicing variants of PIK3CD, FGFR3, TSC2, RASGRP2, ITGA4, MET, NF1 and BAK1.
US09453260B2
The invention relates to the identification of genetic products that are expressed in association with a tumor and the nucleic acid coding therefor. The invention relates to the therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which said genetic products that are expressed in association with a tumor are expressed in aberrant manner. The invention also relates to proteins, polypeptides, and peptides which are expressed in association with a tumor and the nucleic acids coding therefor.
US09453259B2
Methods for assessing endometrial receptivity of a patient after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
Disclosed herein are methods and kits for assessing the endometrial receptivity of a patient after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. More particularly, provided herein is a method for assessing the endometrial receptivity of a patient after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, comprising a step consisting of measuring the expression level of at least one gene selected from fifteen genes in an endometrial biopsy sample obtained from the patient wherein the genes are FGFBP1, MUC20, TMPRSS3, PRUNE2, HES2, MGST1, ERRFI1, EDN1, SLC17A7, MET, CPT1B, DCDC2, LRRC39, IL18RAP, and FOXP1.
US09453251B2
The invention is a process for improved production of a recombinant mammalian protein by expression in a Pseudomonad, particularly in a Pseudomonas fluorescens organism. The process improves production of mammalian proteins, particularly human or human-derived proteins, over known expression systems such as E. coli in comparable circumstances Processes for improved production of isolated mammalian, particularly human, proteins are provided.
US09453247B2
A method of reducing process interruptions in biofuel production systems by reducing the amount of unwanted bacteria in the biofuel production system in which the reduction is effected by the use of an effective amount of one or more types of bacteriophages virulent for at least some strains of the unwanted bacteria.
US09453242B2
Provided are a method for preparing a mammalian ovum or embryo in which zona pellucida has been thinned or eliminated, and a method for fertilization using the mammalian ovum prepared by the aforementioned method. The method for thinning or eliminating zona pellucida of a mammalian ovum or embryo involves treating or culturing the mammalian ovum or embryo (such as an unfertilized ovum, a fertilized ovum, or an embryo in the early stages of development) in a culture medium containing a reducing agent having SH groups (such as reduced glutathione or DTT). The resulting mammalian ovum or embryo (such as an unfertilized ovum, a fertilized ovum, or an embryo in the early stages of development) in which zona pellucida has been thinned or eliminated is capable of realizing an improved fertilization rate and development rate when used for in vitro fertilization, transplantation of a fertilized ovum, or preparation of an embryo in the early stages of development used in the production of a genetically modified animal.
US09453241B2
Microbial type rhodopsins, such as the light-gated cation-selective membrane channel, channel-rhodopsin-2 (Chop2/ChR2) or the ion pump halorhodopsin (HaloR) are expressed in retinal ganglion cells upon transduction using recombinant AAV vectors. Selective targeting of these transgenes for expression in discrete subcellular regions or sites is achieved by including a sorting motif in the vector that can target either the central area or surround (off-center) area of these cells. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding such rhodopsins and sorting motifs and their use in methods of differential expression of the transgene are disclosed. These compositions and methods provide significant improvements for restoring visual perception and various aspects of vision, particular in patients with retinal disease.
US09453234B2
The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants, including novel chimeric promoters made by fusing the rice actin 1 promoter and selected CaMV 35S promoter enhancer domains. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.
US09453227B2
In one embodiment, a single modality cancer immunotherapy regimen that includes a therapeutic composition is provided. Such a therapeutic composition may include a Salmonella strain comprising a plasmid that expresses an shRNA molecule that suppresses the expression of an immunosuppressive target and suppresses tumor growth. In some aspects, the Salmonella strain is an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain. In other aspects, the immunosuppressive target is STAT3, IDO1, IDO2, Arginase 1, iNOS, CTLA-4, TGF-β, IL-10, pGE2 or VEGF. In one embodiment, the immunosuppressive target is IDO1 or Arg1 and the shRNA molecule is any one of SEQ ID NO:5-14.
US09453224B2
Provided are novel methods and compositions for the modulation of thermogenesis. Such methods are particularly advantageous in that they allow for the reduction of body fat in a subject without the subject having to adjust their caloric intake through dieting, modify their physical activity or undergo bariatric surgery. Accordingly, the methods of the invention are particularly useful for treating or preventing obesity. Also provided are methods of screening for novel agents that modulate the activity of thermogenic regulators.
US09453223B2
The present invention includes nucleic acid hybrid molecules capable of entering cells comprising at least one vivo-morpholino oligonucleotide (vivo-MO) comprising a guanidine-rich head conjugated to the 5′ end, and at least one standard oligonucleotide comprising a gene-specific sequence and a standard oligonucleotide pairing sequence, wherein the standard oligonucleotide is bound to the vivo-morpholino oligonucleotide through base pairing to form a hybrid and wherein the vivo-morpholino oligonucleotide pairing sequence is complementary to the standard oligonucleotide pairing sequence.
US09453222B2
This invention relates composition and methods for making and using chemically modified oligonucleotides agents for inhibiting gene expression.
US09453219B2
The present invention relates to a method and composition for generating a non-naturally occurring intron and its components capable of being processed into small hairpin RNA (shRNA) and/or microRNA (miRNA) molecules by skin cells and thus inducing specific gene silencing effects on skin pigment-related genes and/or aging-causing genes in the cells. The gene silencing effects so obtained are not only useful for lightening and whitening skin colors but also useful for suppressing unwanted aging gene activities in skins.
US09453213B2
The present invention relates to methods of increasing the activity of a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, comprising: adding a soluble activating divalent metal cation to a composition comprising the polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the presence of the soluble activating divalent metal cation and the polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity increases degradation or conversion of a cellulose-containing material by a cellulolytic enzyme composition compared to the polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity without the soluble activating divalent metal cation. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods for degrading or converting a cellulose-containing material, and methods for producing a fermentation product.
US09453200B2
A unitary apparatus for isolating cells from adipose tissue including a lipid separation processor with a dispersing head equipped with a plurality of ports and a digestion chamber for dissociation of the constituent cells disposed in adipose tissue. The lipid separating apparatus is useful for the separation of lipids and adipocytes from a mixed cell population. A cell seeding chamber may be attached to the cell isolation apparatus. The components of the apparatus may be packaged in modular kit form.
US09453181B2
Methods for removing contaminants from algal oil are provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises the steps of combining a sulfuric acid-aqueous solution that has a pH of about 1 or less with a contaminant-containing algal oil at treatment conditions effective to form an effluent. The effluent comprises a treated algal oil phase and contaminants in an acidic aqueous phase. The contaminants comprise metals, phosphorus, or combinations thereof. The acidic aqueous phase is removed from the effluent to form a contaminant-depleted algal oil.
US09453180B2
A multi-stage agitation system is used for degumming vegetable oil to increase yield and reduce phosphatides. A high-shear mixing phase, that can include multiple stages, subjects an oil mixed with acid and base to a shear rate of greater than 15,000 s−1 to form a neutralized oil mixture. A low-shear mixing phase is further used to disperse water into the neutralized oil mixture. A separation step can be used to remove the phosphatides from the treated oil to form a degummed oil product.
US09453178B2
Disclosed are corrosion-inhibiting lubricant compositions and methods of making and using the compositions. The lubricant compositions contain petroleum based components, corrosion-inhibiting additives and a cationic surfactant. In some embodiments, the lubricant compositions also contain nano diamonds. Under standard salt fog tests, compositions exhibited 120 or 168 hours to failure, or 0-20% rust at 192 hours. Under standard wear preventative characteristics tests, compositions exhibited as low as 0.55 mm wear. Also disclosed are a device and method for aerosol delivery of a corrosion-inhibiting lubricant.
US09453173B2
A method of inhibiting the formation of foam in a mixture comprising water and hydrocarbons, the method comprising contacting the mixture with a composition which comprises at least one ionic liquid. The ionic liquid is preferably a poly(hydroxycarboxylic acid) amide salt derivative or an alkyl ethoxylate phosphate salt.
US09453167B2
Methods and apparatuses for processing hydrocarbon streams containing organic nitrogen species are provided. In an embodiment, a method for processing a hydrocarbon stream containing organic nitrogen species includes adding an aqueous acidic solution to a hydrocarbon feed stream to form a reaction stream. The method further includes contacting the reaction stream with a reaction surface and reacting the aqueous acidic solution and the organic nitrogen species to form an ammonium sulfate rich stream and a lean nitrogen naphtha stream. Also, the method includes separating an ammonium sulfate rich aqueous phase and an oil phase from the ammonium sulfate rich stream.
US09453162B2
The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent substance with the general formula AXO3:Z (I) or B0.5XO3:Z (II) or A1-2yByXO3:Z (III), where A is an alkali metal, B is an alkaline earth metal, X stands for Nb or Ta, Z is the luminescence activator, and y lies between 0 and 0.5. The invention also relates to a security element, a security paper and a value document which is equipped with the security feature according to the invention, and to the use of the luminescent substance with the general formula (I), (II) or (III) as a feature substance for authentication. The luminescent substance is obtained by annealing solid starting materials.
US09453152B2
Adhesive compositions using modified diphenylmethane diisocyanate are disclosed along with methods and articles using the adhesive compositions. The adhesive compositions are especially suited for making flexible laminates for use in food packaging.
US09453150B2
The present invention relates to a radical-curable adhesive composition including a first compound represented by the following [Chemical Formula I]; a radical-curable second compound having two or more benzene rings, (meth)acryloyl groups and carboxyl groups each in the molecule; and a radical initiator, and a polarizing plate including the radical-curable adhesive composition.
US09453145B2
An insulating adhesive by having a plateable layer which is comprised of a plateable layer-use resin composition which contains a polar group-containing alicyclic olefin polymer (A1) and a curing agent (A2) and an adhesive layer which is comprised of an adhesive layer-use resin composition which contains a polar group-containing alicyclic olefin polymer (B1), a curing agent (B2), and an inorganic filler (B3), wherein a ratio of content of the polar group-containing alicyclic olefin polymer (A1) to the solid content as a whole which is contained in the plateable layer is 50 to 90 wt %, and a ratio of content of the polar group-containing alicyclic olefin polymer (B1) to the solid content as a whole which is contained in the adhesive layer is 1 to 30 wt % and a ratio of content of the inorganic filler (B3) is 50 to 90 wt % is provided.
US09453134B2
A free radical curable liquid having a specific weight after curing measured at 25° C. of less than 1.00 g/cm3 including: a) one or more photoinitiators; b) one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers; and c) hollow particles and/or a free radical crosslinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutadiene, polymethylpentene, poly(ethylene-vinylacetate), poly(ethylene-ethyl acrylate) and poly(styrene-butadiene) and copolymers thereof; wherein at least the free radical crosslinkable polymer or at least one of the one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers includes one or more hydrolyzable groups which upon hydrolyzation form an acid group or salt thereof; and wherein the free radical curable liquid contains no more than 10 wt % of organic solvent.
US09453132B2
The present invention relates to a coating composition, comprising shaped transition metal, especially silver, particles and a binder, wherein the ratio of pigment to binder is such that the resulting coating shows an angle dependent color change. When the coating compositions of the present invention are used in coating a hologram the obtained products show a an angle dependent color change (flip/flop effect), different colors in reflection and transmission, an extremely bright OVD image and extremely strong rainbow effect, high purity and contrast.
US09453131B2
The invention relates to metallic effect pigment, the metallic effect pigment having at least one diffractive structure and at least one layer which comprises metal nanoparticles and metal oxide phase, the metal of the metal oxide phase and the metal of the metal nanoparticles in this at least one layer being identical. The invention further relates to a process for preparing these metallic effect pigments, to a coating composition, and to a coated article.
US09453129B2
A polymer blend material comprising: (i) a first polymer containing hydrogen bond donating groups having at least one hydrogen atom bound to a heteroatom selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, or an anionic version of said first polymer wherein at least a portion of hydrogen atoms bound to a heteroatom is absent and replaced with at least one electron pair; (ii) a second polymer containing hydrogen bond accepting groups selected from nitrile, halogen, and ether functional groups; and (iii) at least one modifying agent selected from carbon particles, ether-containing polymers, and Lewis acid compounds; wherein, if said second polymer contains ether functional groups, then said at least one modifying agent is selected from carbon particles and Lewis acid compounds. Methods for producing the polymer blend, molded forms thereof, and articles thereof, are also described.
US09453128B2
A railway vehicle component, wherein the component is a partition or a light cover, and wherein the component is molded or formed from a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising: a siloxane-containing copolymer in an amount effective to provide a total of 0.2 to 6.5 wt % of siloxane units based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, a bromine-containing polymer in an amount effective to provide 9 to 13 wt % of bromine, based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, and optionally a third polymer, wherein the wt % of the siloxane-containing copolymer, the bromine-containing polymer, and the optional third polymer, sum to 100 wt %, and 0.05 to 10 wt % of a light diffuser additive, based on the total weight of polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition.
US09453123B2
The disclosure herein includes rapid gas decompression (RGD)-resistant fluoroelastomeric compositions and includes a curable fluoropolymer having a curesite monomer with at least one functional group capable of curing with a peroxide curative. The compositions include a bisphenyl-based curative and an organic peroxide curative and an organic peroxide co-curative. The fluoroelastomeric compositions have a ratio of the bisphenyl-based curative to the organic peroxide co-curative of about 0.25:1 to about 1.5:1 and a ratio of the bisphenyl-based curative to the organic peroxide of about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1. Such compositions can be formed into seals meeting RGD industry standards in a variety of sizes, up to and/or exceeding 5 mm in thickness or cross-sectional diameter.
US09453121B2
Provided herein is a composite formed by melt-blending particles of thermoplastic polymer that have been coated with a chitin nanowhisker gel, wherein the thermoplastic polymer comprises polypropylene. Also provided herein is a composite comprising chitin nanowhiskers dispersed in polypropylene, as well as a composite comprising chitin nanowhiskers dispersed in polypropylene, wherein the chitin nanowhiskers is a chitin nanowhisker gel suspension.
US09453119B2
Polymer compositions are described containing a thermoplastic polymer in combination with one or more components, such as a white pigment and optionally one or more reinforcing fillers. In one embodiment, the polymer composition can be formulated to have high reflective properties. In other embodiments, the polymer composition can be formulated so as to have desired melt flow characteristics. In still another embodiment, the polymer composition can be formulated so as to have desired mechanical properties, such as impact resistance.
US09453103B2
A method is provided for producing an aromatic compound, including a step of mixing a compound represented by formula (A) and a compound represented by formula (B): in the presence of at least one phosphine compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphine represented by formula (C) and a phosphonium salt represented by formula (D): a base, a palladium compound, and an aprotic organic solvent.
US09453092B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for converting an ester group to an acid group for polymers having a pendant ester of an acid group. This process is generally performed using an aqueous strong base.
US09453087B2
A synthesis method of ultra low molecular weight homopolymerized N-vinyl butyrolactam with ultra low residual monomer content is provided N-vinyl butyrolactam monomers and water are provided with the mass ratio of 3:17˜8:12 0.5%˜5.0% by weight of initiators, 0.1%˜5.0% by weight of a catalyst, and 0.1%˜10% by weight of a molecular weight regulator are provided in the presence of an inert gas, adding the above mentioned raw materials in batches, adjusting the pH of the reaction system to 7.0-8.0 with an activator, reacting at the polymerization temperature of 60-85° C. A peroxide is added and maintaining the temperature for 2 hours, to obtain an aqueous solution of ultra low molecular weight homopolymerized N-vinyl butyrolactam. The aqueous solution is dried to obtain a powdery ultra low molecular weight homopolymerized N-vinyl butyrolactam with ultra low residual monomer content.
US09453084B2
A polymer gel structure that includes a first layer having at least one non-planar main surface, the first layer including a first polymer component; and a second layer formed on the main surface of the first layer, the second layer including a second polymer component, wherein the second polymer component at least partially penetrates the first layer forming an interpenetrating polymer network structure or a semi-interpenetrating polymer network structure between the first polymer component and the second polymer component.
US09453076B2
Disclosed are antibodies that specifically bind Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4), and to methods of using the anti-TLR4 antibodies as therapeutics and diagnostic agents.
US09453073B2
Provided are monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to glucagon. These antibodies are useful in immunoassays of glucagon levels, and/or in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro immunochemical and other imaging methods for detecting glucagon levels, and for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive purposes, and for optimizing therapeutic regimens in patients in which glucagon signaling is implicated in pathogenesis.
US09453065B2
The disclosure relates to the field of GPCR structure biology and signaling. In particular, it relates to protein binding domains directed against or capable of specifically binding to a functional conformational state of a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). More specifically, it provides protein binding domains that are capable of increasing the stability of a functional conformational state of a GPCR, in particular, increasing the stability of a GPCR in its active conformational state. The protein binding domains hereof can be used as a tool for the structural and functional characterization of G-protein-coupled receptors bound to various natural and synthetic ligands, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting GPCRs. Moreover, also encompassed are the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic usefulness of these protein binding domains for GPCR-related diseases.
US09453063B2
The present invention relates generally to novel, selectable hybrid polypeptides useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic diseases and disorders which can be alleviated by control plasma glucose levels, insulin levels, and/or insulin secretion, such as diabetes and diabetes-related conditions. Such conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.
US09453062B2
The present invention provides a GIP analog, which is derived from GIP (1-29, SEQ ID NO: 1), has both GLP-1 agonist activity and GIPR stimulation activity, and comprises an amino acid sequence represented by the following formula I: Tyr-A2-A3-Gly-Thr-Phe-A7-Ser-Asp-Tyr-Ser-A12-A13-A14-A15-Lys-A17-A18-A19-A20-A21-A22-A23-A24-Trp-Leu- A27-A28-A29-Y. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the GIP analog and use thereof.
US09453057B2
The present invention provides a novel isolated plasmid, wherein the plasmid is a native plasmid found in unique C. botulinum type A strains and encode either BoNT/A3 or BoNT/A4 and BoNT/B. The present invention also provides a method of obtaining a plasmid-encoded botulinum neurotoxin and botulinum neurotoxin complex comprising the step of isolating a plasmid encoding the cntA/A or cntA/B neurotoxin gene and genes encoding protein components of the toxin complex from a C. botulinum type A strain. The inventors performed comparative analyses of representative BoNT/A subtype strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and Southern hybridizations with probes specific for the BoNT/A and B genes, cntA/A and cntA/B. Unexpectedly, the inventors determined that the genes encoding BoNT/A3 in the A3 strain, and BoNT/A4 and BoNT/B in the A4 strain, are on plasmids.
US09453051B2
The present invention relates to novel cyclosporin derivatives that do not cross the cellular membrane. The compounds according to the invention are used in medicine, more particularly in the treatment/diagnosis of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, viral infections, cancer, degenerative muscle diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and damage that is associated with calcium homeostasis impairment. The novel cyclosporin derivatives additionally have no immunosuppressive effect.
US09453048B2
There are disclosed compounds of formula (I) that modulate the activity of inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs), pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and methods of treating proliferative disorders and disorders of dysregulated apoptosis, such as cancer, utilizing said compounds.
US09453041B2
The present invention discloses a method for preparing high purity paeoniflorin and albiflorin simultaneously comprising: extraction the raw material Paeonia Lactiflora by percolation or heating reflux to obtain the Paeonia Lactiflora extract solution, then purification by macroporous absorption resin, alumina column and silica gel column in turn to obtain high purity paeoniflorin and albiflorin. The preparation method of the invention can provide high purity paeoniflorin and albiflorin with low price and energy-consumption by the identical procedure. The process is simple. The purification efficacy is high and the purification time is short.
US09453027B2
The present invention relates to deuterium-enriched pyridinonecarboxamides and their derivatives of the formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are partial or full agonists of serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) receptor subtype 4 (5-HT4), and are useful compounds for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cognitive and memory dysfunction, mild cognition impairment, memory decline, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with age-related dementia or Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment associated with post-coronary bypass surgery, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, speech improvement in autistic children, sleep apnea in Alzheimer's patients, Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Crohn's disease, emesis, nausea, vomiting, prokinesia, non-ulcer dyspepcia, anxiety, depression, pain, migraine, urinary incontinence, arterial fibrillation, arrhythmia, ischemic stroke, gastric emptying disorders, gastritis, gastrointestinal disorders, feeding disorders, obesity, anorexia, constipation, respiratory depression, and erectile dysfunction.
US09453022B2
Inhibitors of p67phox protein are provided herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods recited thereto.
US09453018B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
US09453015B2
It has been desired to develop a pharmaceutical composition, which is used in agents for preventing and/or treating various diseases related to PDE10 (e.g. mental disorder and neurodegenerative disorder). The present invention provides: compounds having PDE10 inhibitory effect, in particular, compounds having a 4-heteroarylpyrazole-5-carboxylic acid amide structure represented by the following formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; pharmaceutical compositions comprising, as active ingredients, the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; and medical use of the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates.
US09453014B2
The present invention relates amide compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R1a, Ar, A, B, W1, W2, D, a, b, and c are defined herein, and pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof. These compounds have the ability to inhibit 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD-1) and which are therefore useful in the treatment of certain disorders that can be prevented or treated by inhibition of this enzyme. In addition the invention relates to the compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the uses of these compounds in the treatment of certain disorders. It is expected that the compounds of the invention will find application in the treatment of conditions such as non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), insulin resistance, obesity, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, lipid disorders such as dyslipidemia, hypertension and as well as other diseases and conditions.
US09453013B2
Compounds of formula (I) defined herein act both as muscarinic receptor antagonists and beta2 adrenergic receptor agonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of broncho-obstructive or inflammatory diseases.
US09453011B2
The present invention involves novel crystal forms of Dabrafenib mesylate and preparation method thereof, wherein the novel crystal forms are more stable in water or an aqueous system, and have greater solubility and dissolution rate in water, thus having better stability and bioavailability compared with the existing crystal forms.
US09453009B2
The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a 2,26,6-d4-morpholine derivative represented by Structural Formula (I): or a salt thereof.
US09453008B2
The invention relates to the field of chemical and pharmaceutical industry and medicine and concerns compounds which can be used to produce agents for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.The use of 2-[2-cyano-2-[5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ylidene]ethylidene]indolin-3-one of formula I is proposed as a biologically active compound exhibiting the properties of exogenous nitric oxide donor, a platelet aggregation inhibitor, also exhibiting antihypertensive activity and activating activity towards the soluble guanylate cyclase enzyme. Variants of methods for synthesizing the above compound are also proposed.
US09453003B2
PIM kinase inhibitor compound having a structure as represented by Formula I, and isomers, diastereomers, enantiomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds significantly inhibit the Pim kinase activity and are used to prepare drugs to treat PIM kinase mediated diseases, such as cancers, multi drug resistance, and inflammatory bowel disease. Also provided are methods for preparing and using the compounds represented by Formula I.
US09453002B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and G are defined herein.
US09452990B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula I a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses as inhibitor of the complement alternative pathway and particularly as inhibitor of Factor B for the treatment of e.g. age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US09452989B2
Methods, compositions, and systems for detecting gamma radiation is disclosed and described. A compound for detecting gamma radiation can comprise a conjugated imidazole having the following structure: [Formula I] where at least one of R1, R2, and R3 are conjugated organic groups. Additionally, the conjugated imidazole can be capable of reacting with a radical or ion formed by the reaction of gamma radiation with a radical generating component such as a halogen solvent to decrease a molar extinction coefficient of the conjugated imidazole in the visible light region or to quench fluorescence of the conjugated imidazole. As a sensor (100), a radiation detection indicator (108) can indicate the change in molar extinction coefficient or fluorescence of the conjugated imidazole material (120) upon exposure to gamma radiation.
US09452985B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a probe for imaging a β-sheet structure protein which can be used for the diagnosis of conformational diseases, particularly disease (tauopathy) having a cardinal symptom such as intracerebral accumulation of tau protein, for example, Alzheimer's disease. Another object of the present invention is to provide a compound which is highly specific to tau and can image tau with satisfactory sensitivity, and also has high brain transition, low or non-recognized bone-seeking properties and low or non-recognized toxicity.According to the present invention, the above problems are solved by providing a compound of a formula I (wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra and Rb are as defined in the present description) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
US09452981B2
A pyroglutamic acid ester of formula (1) in which A represents a C2 to C4 alkylene group; x represents a number from 1 to 100; R′ represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical that contains at least one structural unit of formula 2, and; y represents a number from 1 to 100. The use of these pyroglutamic acid esters in quantities of 0.01 to 2% by weight for preventing the formation of gas hydrates in aqueous phases that are connected to a gaseous, liquid or solid organic phase.
US09452970B2
A method is described for the catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitro compounds with hydrogen to the corresponding amines in the presence of a supported catalyst comprising platinum. The method is characterized in that the catalyst comprising platinum has been modified with a tungsten compound and with a phosphorus compound in an oxidation state of <5. High yields and high selectivities are possible with the method.
US09452967B2
Processes for the catalytic dehydration of hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof to acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof with high yield and selectivity and without significant conversion to undesired side products, such as, acetaldehyde, propanoic acid, and acetic acid, are provided.
US09452963B2
Disclosed is a method for producing 1,3-butadiene and/or 3-buten-2-ol from 2,3-butanediol with high selectivity without using a radioactive substance. The method for producing 1,3-butadiene and/or 3-buten-2-ol comprises the step of dehydrating 2,3-butanediol in the presence of scandium oxide. The method enables the production of 1,3-butadiene and/or 3-buten-2-ol from 2,3-butanediol with high selectivity without using a radioactive substance.
US09452962B2
The present invention relates to ethers of 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexanes, to the preparation of such ethers and also to the use of such ethers as fragrances and as formulation auxiliaries in fragrance-comprising preparations.
US09452960B2
Described herein is a composition comprising a partially fluorinated compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) I(CF2)xCH2CF2I; (b) ICF2CH2(CF2)xCH2CF2I; (c) I(CF2)yCH═CF2; (d) CF2═CH(CF2)yCH2CF2I; and (e) CF2═CH(CF2)yCH═CF2 wherein x is an odd integer selected from 3 to 11, and y is an integer greater than 2, along with methods of making and polymerizing such compounds.
US09452958B2
This invention provides a process for producing a fluoroolefin comprising reacting, in a vapor phase, a fluorinating agent and a chlorine-containing alkene or a chlorine-containing alkane in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of chromium oxide containing a Group 5 element and fluorinated chromium oxide containing a Group 5 element. According to the process of the present invention, the target fluoroolefin can be obtained with high starting material conversion and good selectivity.
US09452936B2
The zeolite structure is a porous zeolite structure constituted of a formed article obtained by extruding a zeolite raw material containing zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material including at least basic aluminum chloride, a ratio P1 (P1=V2/V1×100) of a volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to a volume V1 of the zeolite structure is from 10 to 50 vol %, and a relation of equation (1) is satisfied: P2/P1≦1.0 (1), in which P1 is the ratio of the volume V2 of the inorganic binding material in the zeolite structure with respect to the volume V1 of the zeolite structure and P2 (P2=Vb/Va×100) is a ratio of volumes Vb of pores having pore diameters of 0.003 to 0.03 μm with respect to the whole pore volume Va of the zeolite structure.
US09452932B2
The present invention relates to a hydrogen production module by an integrated reaction/separation process, and a hydrogen production reactor using the same, and more specifically, provides a hydrogen production apparatus which laminates a plurality of layered unit cells, is mounted in a pressure-resistant chamber, and can be operated at a high pressure, wherein the unit cell comprises a first modified catalyst, and a second modified catalyst opposite to a hydrogen separator. The hydrogen production module can produce hydrogen using a hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and an alcohol as sources. Particularly, all the modified catalysts are formed into a porous metal plate form, thereby maximizing the heat transfer effect necessary for reaction. While a reaction and separation of hydrogen simultaneously occur, separated reactants permeate the first modified catalyst so as to come in contact with the same, and then pass through the gap between the hydrogen separator and the second modified catalyst opposite to each other. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a high efficiency over the equilibrium conversion rate of reaction temperature, and high purity hydrogen can be obtained.
US09452930B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of polymer coating. The present disclosure provides improved systems and methods for continuous polymer coating of particles (e.g., nanoparticles). The present disclosure provides for a solid hollow fiber cooling crystallization (SHFCC) technique to continuously coat the nanoparticles with polymer. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure embraces continuous coating of particles from about 1 nm to about 10 microns. A polymer solution containing a suspension of submicron particles flows in the lumen of a solid polymeric hollow fiber, and controlled cooling of the polymer solution allows for polymer nucleation on the surface of the particles, and the precipitated polymer forms a thin film around the particles (the thickness of which can be varied depending on the operating conditions). The systems, methods and assemblies of the present disclosure are easily adaptable for coating nano-sized drug particles as well.
US09452925B2
Semiconductor manufacturing processes include providing a first substrate having a first passivation layer disposed above a patterned top-level metal layer, and further having a second passivation layer disposed over the first passivation layer; the second passivation layer has a top surface. The processes further include forming an opening in a first portion of the second passivation layer, and the opening exposes a portion of a surface of the first passivation layer. The processes further include patterning the second and first passivation layers to expose portions of the patterned top-level metal layer and bonding a second substrate and the first substrate to each other. The bonding occurs within a temperature range in which at least the exposed portion of the first passivation layer undergoes outgassing.
US09452924B2
A method for fabricating a MEMS device includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) substrate having a sacrificial layer on a first side, providing a carrier including a plurality of cavities, bonding the first side of the MEMS substrate on the carrier, forming a first bonding material layer on a second side of the MEMS substrate, applying a sacrificial layer removal process to the MEMS substrate, providing a semiconductor substrate including a second bonding material layer and bonding the semiconductor substrate on the second side of the MEMS substrate.
US09452915B2
A winch for a ship and for hauling in or laying out chain (3) or wire and comprising a driving motor (18). A driving shaft (1), a driving wheel (2), and a turntable (5) for supporting the driving wheel are adapted so that the driving shaft (1) is essentially vertically and axially displaceable between a position in which the driving shaft (1) is positioned at one side of the top side of the turntable (5) and a position in which the driving shaft (1) is positioned at both sides of the top side of the turntable (5).
US09452900B2
Provided are a container terminal and a control method thereof that enhance a cargo handling efficiency by reducing a movement of a yard crane to a minimum possible extent. A first transfer area 44 is provided outside one end portion of a storage lane 20, and a transfer stand 50 is provided to the first transfer area 44. The transfer stand 50 transfers a container k between a circulating transport vehicle 31 and a shuttle vehicle 32. The shuttle vehicle 32 transports the container k between the transfer stand 50 and a yard crane 13 or 14 provided to the storage lane 20 by moving back and forth in a field adjacent to the storage lane 20.
US09452897B2
A component mounter which exchangeably holds rotary head in head holding unit is provided with Z-axis driving mechanism that engages lever engaging piece of the nozzle holder, which performs component pickup and mounting operations, among multiple nozzle holders held on rotary head, from above and below with pushing down roller and Z-axis lever in order to lower and raise the nozzle holder. The interval between lever engaging piece of first holder that performs component pickup and mounting operation first and lever engaging piece of last holder that performs component pickup and mounting operation last is set at a wide interval at which engagement with Z-axis lever is released, and the wide interval between lever engaging piece of first holder and lever engaging piece of last holder is used as a passage through which Z-axis lever passes in an up/down direction when rotary head is attached/removed to/from head holding unit.
US09452893B1
According to one embodiment, an article sorting apparatus includes a conveyance path extending in a first conveyance direction, the conveyance path having a curve; a conveyance unit that moves along the conveyance path and conveys an article loaded on the conveyance unit in a second conveyance direction that intersects the first conveyance direction of the conveyance path; a loading portion that loads the article onto the conveyance unit; a sorting portion that sorts the article conveyed by the conveyance unit; and a controller that controls movement of the conveyance unit in the first conveyance direction and conveyance of the article in the second conveyance direction and controls the conveyance unit before entry of the conveyance unit into the curve such that if the curve has a curvature radius that is less than a predetermined threshold value, the position of the article on a load surface of the conveyance unit on which the article is placed is adjusted to a position that is offset from a middle position on the load surface to an inward side with respect to a radial direction of the curve.
US09452891B2
A system for conveying biomass is disclosed. The system is configured to convey biomass for collection, transport, or processing. The system contains a housing comprising an opening configured for the entry of biomass, at least one shoe skid configured to offset the housing in a vertical orientation, an apparatus at least partially within the housing comprising at least one rotating blade assembly, and a conduit configured to discharge biomass from the housing so that biomass entering into the housing can be projected by the apparatus through the conduit for collection or transport.
US09452888B2
A loading apparatus and method including a stacker conveyor having paired crawler tracks, an inclined conveyor, and an intake end and a discharge end. A wide apron is positioned at the intake end of the conveyor. The apron includes a left-hand side and right-hand side load receiving area that are arranged on opposing sides of the feeder conveyor. Two double hinged feeder blades are positioned at a rear edge of the apron. The feeder blades are arranged to operate asynchronously. Each feeder blade includes a main blade and a wing blade. A straight mechanical drive unit including an engine and two planetary gearboxes that generate the torque required to drive the conveyor. The drive unit includes a torque converter and two planetary gearboxes with planetary sprockets. A chain extends between each planetary sprocket and a corresponding head shaft sprocket on a main head shaft which drives the conveyor.
US09452884B2
A secure repair kiosk system is provided for receiving items/devices for repair. The secure repair kiosk system includes a kiosk that receives items for repair. The kiosk includes multiple holding slots that each contains a transfer box used as a secure and traceable means for transferring devices to and from a remote repair site. A customer interacts with a user interface of the Kiosk to generate repair drop-off request and gain access to an empty transfer box. An empty particular transfer box is presented to a user during drop-off of the device that will typically accompany the device during transfer to the repair site, during repair of the device, during transfer back to the Kiosk, and delivery to the user. The customer interacts with the user interface of the Kiosk to generate repair pick-off request and gain access to a transfer box that contains that customers repaired device.
US09452873B2
A jar and lid assembly that includes a jar assembly configured to hold a product and a base configured to at least partially house the jar. The jar and lid assembly also includes a rotatable lid assembly pivotably coupled to the jar assembly and includes an outer lid portion and an inner lid portion. The rotatable lid assembly further includes a lid ring having: (i) a hinge portion configured to pivot on an axis of the base such that the rotatable lid assembly is pivotable relative to the jar assembly and (ii) a lid ring protruding portion disposed within the gap and a liner disposed on an underside of the inner lid portion and configured to contact the jar when the rotatable lid assembly is in a rotatably closed position. The outer lid portion and the inner lid portion are configured to be movable relative to the lid ring.
US09452870B1
A dispensing capsule has an actuation cap including an internal punch, a cap body including a container connector, an ingredient-storing chamber disposed in the container connector and sealed by a lower sealing member, and an actuator base extending above said container connector. A sealed nozzle is attached to the chamber by a circumferentially disposed flexible actuator. A vented moveable plunger extends downward from the nozzle and is disposed within the chamber. The actuation cap is slidingly engaged with cap body at the actuator base. Upon application of pressure to actuation cap, the internal punch engages the nozzle causing the plunger to displace downward and break the lower sealing member to dispense the ingredients into a target container for mixture. The punch of the actuation cap is also capable of breaking the seal in the nozzle to provide drink-through access to the eventual mixture.
US09452867B2
A lid is configured to mate with a brim of a cup to provide a container. The lid includes an outlet through which a consumer can sip a beverage stored in the cup while the lid is mounted on the brim of the cup.
US09452863B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for constructing a container for storage and transport and may be entirely biodegradable and/or recyclable. The body of the container and/or bottle may be manufactured from paper pulp and assembled from a plurality of dissimilar parts made of a biodegradable plastic resin and assembled to form a container and/or bottle. The paper pulp may be treated inside and outside to make it water and air tight but when exposed to extreme biodegrading influences it may breakdown into compostable material.
US09452856B1
An apparatus for attaching a label to a moving cable, the apparatus comprising: an attaching device for applying a label onto a moving cable and a roller for pressing the label against the moving cable, wherein the roller comprises a first roller for pressing one label against the moving cable, wherein the first roller comprises a U shape hollow portion and is mounted at an angle with the U shape hollow portion directly facing a side of the moving cable and wherein the label is formed into a U shape a first edge of the U shape longer than a second edge of the U shape; a first roll down roller for folding the second edge of the label against the moving cable and the first edge of the label; and a second roll down roller for folding the first edge of the label against the folded second edge of the label and wherein the first roll down roller is mounted to overlap the second roll down roller to overlap the label edges onto the moving cable.
US09452849B2
An example method for analyzing data in a collaborative network in accordance with the present disclosure is receiving a configuration of a divider, the divider being placed in a container, identifying a number of compartments in the container based on the configuration of the divider, determining a size for each compartment in the container based on the configuration of the divider, and storing a portion size for each food product based on the size of each compartment.
US09452845B2
A turbofan nacelle includes a cowl and a service structure, both being annular shapes in two halves. The cowl and the service structure are hinged on axes in respective halves to be opened during maintenance and closed during operation. In particular, a first annular half of the service structure supports a strike and a second annular half of the service structure supports a mobile bolt on a lever, such that the assembly constitutes a lock for closing the service structure. The lever engages with a locking member of a free edge of one half of the cowl, which is retracted when the lever is in the normal closed position thereof and active otherwise.
US09452842B1
Inserts for parachutes, for example modified cruciform parachutes, provide improved structural strength and reduced inflation times. An exemplary insert comprises a high-strength fabric coupled to center panels at a set of discrete points. The insert at least partially blocks airflow between the center panels, allowing the parachute canopy to inflate more rapidly. Via use of an insert, other components of a parachute, such as center panels, may be made of lighter, lower strength, and/or less expensive material without compromising the load-carrying capacity or reliability of the parachute.
US09452823B2
A lift flap bearing apparatus is improved with respect to aerodynamics, construction space and assembly, for guiding and adjusting a first lift flap and a second lift flap. The lift flap bearing apparatus comprises a first guiding device for guiding the first lift flap and a second guiding device for guiding the second lift flap. The first and the second guiding devices each have a first curved guide rail and a second curved guide rail.
US09452821B2
A flap arrangement for a wing of an aircraft includes a base member, at least one first flap, at least one second flap and at least one connecting assembly. The first flap is movably supported on the base member and the second flap is movably supported on the first flap. The connecting assembly is mechanically coupled with the base member and the second flap and is designed to move the second flap relative to the first flap when the first flap is moved relative to the base member. Due to the resulting forced guiding of a second flap relative to a first flap a separate actuator for moving the second flap and linkages extending outside of the shape defining contour of the flap arrangement may substantially be eliminated.
US09452811B2
A support and guidance structure includes a support equipped with a guidance device configured to guide at least two masts in translation in a raising direction. The support delimits a respective housing for each of the masts, and a fixation device is configured to fix the support and guidance structure to a structural part of the underwater vehicle. Each housing is open, on all planes perpendicular to the raising direction.
US09452810B2
A rolling motion reducing apparatus includes a flywheel, a gimbal, a gimbal supporting section, a damper and a lock mechanism. The gimbal rotatably supports the flywheel. The gimbal supporting section supports the gimbal 11 through a gimbal shaft such that the gimbal can rotate. The damper 13 brakes a rotational motion of the gimbal. The lock mechanism locks a rotational motion of the gimbal.
US09452809B2
An inflatable kayak includes an inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material; and inflatable sides made of high-pressure drop stitch material formed at port and starboard sides of the inflatable floor, respectively. The drop stitch inflatable sides can be glued or welded directly to the port and starboard sides of the inflatable floor, and the inflatable sides are configured to be inclined outboard from the inflatable floor. Alternatively, the inflatable sides may be glued or welded to a non-inflated fabric floor and the inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material may be positioned and attached to a top of the non-inflated fabric floor with the inflatable sides pressing against the inflatable floor.
US09452807B2
A bicycle front derailleur includes a mounting member, a chain guide, and a linkage assembly that pivotally couples the mounting member to the chain guide. The mounting member is configured to be mounted to a first frame member of a bicycle frame. The first frame member is pivotally connected to a second frame member of the bicycle frame about a pivot axis. The mounting member includes an attachment portion through which a fixing bolt for fixing the mounting member to the first frame member passes and includes an abutment configured to restrict rotation of the mounting member around the fixing bolt. The attachment portion is located on a front side of the pivot axis when the mounting member is mounted to the first frame member. The bicycle frame includes a structure for engaging and supporting the mounting member.
US09452805B2
A foldable tricycle includes a first frame, a second frame movably coupled to the first frame, and a seat for supporting a rider, wherein the seat operates as an actuator for moving the first and second frames relative to each other. Additionally, a method of handling a foldable tricycle movable between a first position and a second position includes applying a force to the seat of the tricycle, wherein the applied force on the seat causes the tricycle to move from the first position to the second position.
US09452804B2
A tricycle (1), designed to move a user, that is more ergonomic and easier to operate to carry a person, comprising a front wheel (2), two rear wheels (3), a frame (4) joining the wheels (2, 3), substantially comprising a stationary rear section (4a) relative to the support plane of the three wheels (2, 3) and a front section (4b) being able to pivot laterally, relative to the substantially stationary section (4a), about a tilting axis (19) substantially in the longitudinal direction of the tricycle (1), a footrest (5) located on the pivoting section (4b) and an ischiatic support (6) located on the essentially stationary section (4a).
US09452799B2
Support assemblies for attaching to an existing device, such as a bicycle frame, are provided. Support assemblies are suited for carrying loads and providing additional storage and transport capacity. Assemblies of the present invention contemplate a primary support member for carrying or receiving articles, and additional or secondary members for supporting the primary support and communicating with the existing device.
US09452797B2
A support module includes a first rigid body, a space formation body connected to the first rigid body and forming an enclosed space, and a plurality of hard particles located within the enclosed space. When at least a predetermined pressure is applied to the support module such that a volume of the enclosed space is decreased to a predetermined value, the plurality of hard particles and space formation body form a second rigid body. Such a support module may improve the stability of a walking robot, the grip of a gripping structure, or the stability of a load-bearing structure.
US09452794B1
A cargo containment body with movable wall panels that always remain substantially parallel to a vertical side of the cargo containment body.
US09452790B2
A vehicle component (3, 11) for a motor vehicle body has at least one line (6, 7, 12, 13, 14) integrated in the vehicle component (3, 11). The vehicle component (3, 11) is formed from a fiber composite material and the at least one line (6, 7, 11, 12, 13) is laminated into the vehicle component (3, 11).
US09452787B2
There is provided a vehicle front portion structure including: a front pillar having a lower portion disposed on a vehicle rear side of a front wheel well; a rocker having a front end portion joined to a lower end portion of the lower portion of the front pillar; and a reinforcing member that is formed with a length in a vehicle up and down direction, is disposed near a vehicle front side in the lower portion of the front pillar, reinforces a front portion side of the lower portion, and is not joined to the rocker.
US09452783B1
A structure that creates a compressive mechanical lock during an external force includes a beam, an offset bulkhead, and a compressive member. The beam has a hollow cross section, an axis, and a wall. The bulkhead is disposed within the hollow cross section and attached to the wall. The member has an axis and an end attached to one of the bulkhead and the beam wall. The member axis and the beam axis intersect with each other in a plan view to form an obtuse angle. The bulkhead is offset from the intersection in an offset direction, parallel to the beam axis and toward the opening of the obtuse angle. The external force causes the member end to deform the beam wall so as to create a pocket or compressive mechanical lock in the beam wall that mechanically locks the member end from moving in the offset direction.
US09452772B2
A steering column assembly shroud includes a first member having an end portion which is received within a second member having at least one slit through its wall extending partially along its length. A guide bush is located between the first member and the second member and fixed relative to one of the members. The guide bush provides a surface over which the other member can slide to alter the overall length of the shroud. A clamp mechanism squeezes the second member onto the guide bush which is, in turn, squeezed onto the first member. The cross section of the guide bush varies along its length to vary the resistance it provides to crushing by the action of the clamp mechanism when the shroud is at its greatest length and the resistance it provides when the shroud is clamped at its shortest length.
US09452761B2
A platform screen gate system having a tower, a gate secured to the tower. The gate is movable between an open position, to facilitate access to and from the platform, and a closed position, to block access to and from the platform. The system further includes at least one roller secured to the tower and a track secured to the gate. The track is supported by and movable on the least one roller such that the door cantilevers from the tower and remains above the platform when the door is moved between the open and closed positions.
US09452760B2
During a self-driving control, when an acquisition failure occurs in traveling environment information acquisition required for performing self-driving, and a failure of a steering system of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle driving control apparatus is detected, a brake controller sets an evacuation course along which the vehicle is to travel safely within traveling environment, based on traveling environment information detected last time before the acquisition failure of the traveling environment information, and executes a deceleration of the vehicle and a yaw brake control that applies a yaw moment to the vehicle based on the evacuation course.
US09452759B2
A collision mitigation apparatus for mitigating damage to a vehicle at a time of collision, on which the collision mitigation apparatus is mounted, includes an operation control unit that detects a collision object present around the vehicle, makes a comparison between a collision time indicative of a time remaining before collision between the vehicle and the collision object and an operation reference time according to which timing to start control for avoiding collision is set, and causes a collision mitigation device mounted on the vehicle to start operating depending on a result of the comparison. The collision mitigation apparatus further includes a collision probability calculating unit that calculates a collision probability between the vehicle and the collision object, and a reference time setting unit that sets the operation reference time depending on the collision probability.
US09452758B2
A method of displaying a driver's propensity includes: determining a current drive mode, at a plurality of predetermined times, of a vehicle that is in operation, each determined current drive mode being selected from a plurality of predetermined drive modes; calculating cumulative ratios of each determined current drive mode by accumulating in real-time ratios of the current drive mode determined at each of the plurality of predetermined times; and simultaneously displaying the cumulative ratios of each determined current drive mode and the predetermined drive modes to inform the driver of the cumulative ratios.
US09452756B2
A vehicle control system includes an internal combustion engine capable of switching an operating state and a non-operating state while a vehicle travels, an engaging device capable of switching an engaged state in which the internal combustion engine is engaged with a driving wheel so that a power can be transmitted therebetween and a release state in which the engagement is released, and a controller configured to control the internal combustion engine and the engaging device based on a vehicle speed parameter as to a traveling speed of the vehicle and a determination parameter different from the vehicle speed parameter, place the engaging device in a release state at the time stop permission conditions of the internal combustion engine as to the determination parameter have been established while the vehicle travels at deceleration.
US09452742B2
The invention relates to an electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems, including at least one electronic control unit, at least one hydraulic unit and at least one electric motor for driving a hydraulic pump, wherein the electronic control unit is mechanically connected to the hydraulic unit and is sealed off from the outer environment in at least one connection zone to the hydraulic unit by a circumferential, in particular elastic sealing material, and the sealing material extends along an edge of the substantially cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit, wherein the edge is formed by a face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit facing the electronic control unit and at least one face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit not facing the electronic control unit, and the sealing material at least partially covers both cuboid faces in the connection zone and/or sealing zone.
US09452738B2
The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper-blade body (20) connected to a wiper-blade adapter (11), wherein the wiper-blade adapter (11) consists of a wiper-arm-side adapter element (12) and a wiper-blade-side adapter element (13) which are connected to one another and arranged pivotably relative to one another in an axis (14), and with a supply element (32) arranged pivotably in the axis (14) for the hydraulic and/or electrical supply of the wiper blade (10), wherein the supply element (32) is accommodated between two side walls (41, 42) of the wiper-blade-side adapter element (13).
US09452737B2
The invention is based on a wiper connecting unit with a basic body (12) for connecting a wiper blade adapter (14) to a wiper arm (16) of a wiper. It is proposed that the basic body (12) has a spoiler receiving region (20) arranged on one side (18) of the wiper arm.
US09452734B2
An anticrime system using the panic function of a vehicle enables a person to utilize the panic function of another person's vehicle so as to make a criminal fall into a panic state when the criminal commits a crime in an area such as an alley, a residential street, or a main street side around which vehicles are usually parked, so that a victim may quickly escape from the criminal scene and notify the surrounding people of the criminal scene and circumstances to request help, thus preventing a crime from occurring. To this end, the panic function of a vehicle is operated only by the owner to be utilized by another person, so as to readily constitute an anticrime system with reduced cost by means of a plurality of vehicles parked almost everywhere in a city.
US09452712B1
A system for indicating braking intensity to a main vehicle has an observational device monitoring positional and speed data of at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle. A control unit is coupled to the observational device. The control unit processes the positional and speed data monitored by the observational device and generates graphical representations of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle and graphical representations of a braking intensity level of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle.
US09452710B2
An indoor illuminating device includes a housing that has an opening part, a light source that is accommodated in the housing by being inserted into the housing via the opening part of the housing, electric wires that are led in the housing via the opening part of the housing, and supplies electric power to the light source, and a cover that covers the opening part of the housing. A plurality of through holes are formed between the housing and the cover in a state where the cover is installed to the housing. The electric wires are drawn out from the housing via the through holes. The cover is formed with a rib to which a corrugated tube through which the electric wires are inserted is fixed by being wound with tape.
US09452709B2
An instrument cluster for a vehicle includes at least one ultra-violet light source behind an instrument panel. A base layer is applied to the instrument panel between the light source and the panel. The base is a crystalline structure powder layer operable to transform ultra-violet light into light within a visible light spectrum.
US09452701B1
A locking cup holder for mounting in a deck surface having a deck opening. The locking cup holder comprises a mounting ring having a vertical lip with a lower edge for extending within the deck opening and a horizontal lip securable to the deck surface over the deck opening. The locking cup holder includes a cup holder having a wall, a bottom portion, a rim extending outwardly from an upper portion of the wall and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the cylindrical wall below the rim, the cup holder protrusions being spaced from the cup holder rim a distance of at least the height of the mounting ring vertical lip, the protrusions engagable with the vertical lip when the cup holder is pushed fully into the mounting ring. The protrusions may be engagable with the lower edge of the vertical lip when the cup holder is pushed fully into the mounting ring.
US09452694B2
A juvenile vehicle seat for use with a passenger seat includes a base and a drawer. The base is adapted to boost a child relative to an underlying vehicle seat. The drawer is coupled to the base to move into and out of a drawer-receiving cavity formed in the base.
US09452689B2
A seat occupancy detection device for a vehicle, particularly for a motorcycle, has at least one electrode of a capacitor, which is arranged in a seat area and takes the form of a wire. The seat occupancy detection device includes an electronic unit connected to the wire, which unit has a function generator to generate an electrical signal, and an analyzer. The electrical signal generated by the function generator can be modified by occupation of the seat area. Further, an assistance system may activate or deactivate an assistance unit depending on the detection by the seat occupancy detection device.
US09452686B2
Disclosed herein is a cooling member mounted between battery cells to remove heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, wherein the cooling member includes a plate-shaped cooling fin configured to have a structure in which two battery cell contact portions disposed in tight contact with outer sides of the battery cells in a state in which the cooling fin is disposed between the respective battery cells are continuously formed in a horizontal direction (a lateral direction) and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure in which a coolant flows, the coolant conduit thermally contacting the cooling fin, the coolant conduit being located at the outside of an electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells when the cooling fin is disposed between the battery cells.
US09452681B2
An abnormality detector detects whether an abnormality is occurring in a power converter based on electric current that the power converter outputs and an electric current detector detects. When a value that includes the number of power converters in which an abnormality is occurring, and that indicates amount of reduction in propelling force of a vehicle satisfies a judgment criterion, a determiner determines that an increase is required in the output of the power converter in which no abnormality is occurring, among multiple power converters, to a level higher than normal output. An output controller stops the power converter if notified by the abnormality detector of an occurrence of an abnormality in the power converter. The output controller controls the output of the power converter, for which the determiner determines that the increase is required so that the output becomes higher than the normal output.
US09452672B2
A powertrain includes an engine and an electrical circuit having a motor-generator and a starter mechanism coupled to the engine. A first energy storage device is disposed in a parallel electrical relationship with the starter mechanism. A second energy storage device is disposed in a parallel electrical relationship with the motor-generator. A first auxiliary electric system is disposed in a parallel electrical relationship with both the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device. A first switch is disposed within the electrical circuit between the first energy storage device and the first auxiliary electric system. A second switch is disposed within the electrical circuit between the second energy storage device and the first auxiliary electric system. The first auxiliary electric system is disposed, within the electrical circuit, between the first switch and the second switch.
US09452670B2
A vehicle includes a power unit with an engine that transmits drive force forward and backward to front and rear wheels via propeller shafts. The power unit is supported on a vehicle frame by engine mounts provided at three locations. An engine mount on one side of a crankshaft is farther from the center of gravity of the power unit than the other two mounts. This engine mount joins the crank case and the vehicle frame. The two other engine mounts on the other side of the crankshaft are closer to the center of gravity. These engine mounts join the vehicle frame and front and rear ends of an engine hanger that is joined to the crank case and extends forward and backward beyond at least one of a front end and a rear end of the crank case.
US09452660B2
The invention relates to valve system configurations for an active warm-up (AWU) system for an automobile to improve warm-up conditions without delaying cabin warm-up or defrost times. More specifically, the invention relates to a system for heating/cooling transmission fluid of an automobile by controlling the source of the heat exchange fluid for transferring heat to/from the transmission fluid during different start-up conditions using a series of various valves arranged in series intermediate a first heat exchanger associated with cabin warm-up/defrost of the passenger compartment and a second heat exchanger for transferring heat to/from the transmission fluid.
US09452657B1
Height determination for two independently suspended wheels using a height sensor for only one wheel
Ride height for use in an adaptive suspension damping system, tiltable headlamp systems, or other systems is determined for first and second wheels which are mounted to first and second suspensions having first and second control arms coupled between the respective wheels and a frame of the vehicle. An anti-roll system is coupled between the control arms. A mechanical height sensor is coupled to the first wheel to directly sense a first height associated with the first wheel. A strain sensor is coupled to the anti-roll system to generate a strain signal in response to a strain in the anti-roll system. A controller converts the strain signal to a second height associated with the second wheel. Thus, ride heights for both wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle are obtained using only one direct height measurement.
US09452638B1
A caster includes a wheel supported for rotation about a rolling axis and a pin extending from the wheel along a pin axis in a direction normal to the rolling axis. A mounting plate includes a first aperture sized to receive the pin such that the wheel is rotatable about the pin axis. The mounting plate includes a plurality of mounting apertures arranged circumferentially around the first aperture, wherein a first of the mounting apertures is a first distance from the pin axis and a second of the mounting apertures is a second distance from the pin axis, the second distance being greater than the first distance. A bearing is positioned between the mounting plate and the wheel and is arranged to support rotation about the pin axis.
US09452630B2
A method is provided for controlling printed ink horizontal. cross-sectional areas using fluoropolymer templates. The method initially forms a fluoropolymer template overlying a substrate. The fluoropolymer template has a horizontal first cross-sectional dimension. Then, a primary ink is printed overlying the fluoropolymer template having a horizontal second cross-sectional dimension less than the first cross-sectional dimension. In the case of a fluoropolymer line having a template length greater than a template width, where the template width is the first cross-sectional dimension, printing the primary ink entails printing a primary ink line having an ink length greater than an ink width, where the ink width is the second cross-sectional dimension. In one aspect, the method prints a plurality of primary ink layers, each primary ink layer having an ink width less than the template width. Each overlying primary ink layer can be printed prior to solvents in underlying primary ink layers evaporating.
US09452628B2
In accordance with an embodiment, an image decoloring apparatus comprises a conveyance path configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed with a coloring agent that is decolored by heat; a first heat roller configured to be arranged at the upstream side of the conveyance path; and a second heat roller configured to be arranged at the downstream side of the conveyance path. Each of the first heat roller and the second heat roller includes a cylindrical portion and a heat source. The thickness of the cylindrical portion constituting the first heat roller is larger than the thickness of the cylindrical portion constituting the second heat roller. In this way, the heat capacity of the first heat roller is also larger than the heat capacity of the second heat roller.
US09452622B2
In one example, a platen system for a printer includes a group of interchangeable platens each configured to support a different type of print substrate in the printer.
US09452621B2
In an ink jet printing apparatus, a moisture content of a print sheet is estimated without decreasing productivity of the printing apparatus and appropriate conditions of printing operation in the subsequent printing process are specified. More specifically, by measuring a change in thickness of the print sheet after printing, a state of moisture content is estimated. Estimating a state of moisture content allows determination of appropriate conditions of the printing operation such as a minimum drying time required for printing a high-quality image on various types of print sheets such as print coated paper or coated paper.
US09452620B2
An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other.
US09452618B2
An inkjet recording method including applying an undercoat solution onto a transparent recording medium, semi-curing the undercoat solution, discharging an ink composition onto the semi-cured undercoat solution, and carrying out overall curing of the semi-cured undercoat solution and the ink composition by exposure under an low oxygen atmosphere after the image formation, the undercoat solution comprising two or more types of polymers and/or oligomers from among polymers and oligomers having a structure selected from the group consisting of a polyester structure, a polyurethane structure, and a chlorinated polyolefin structure, the ink composition comprising at least 95 parts of a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated compound relative to 100 parts of the total content of ethylenically unsaturated compound, and at least 5 parts of a polyalkylene glycol diacrylate, and exposure in the overall curing being carried out from both the image formation face and the reverse face of the recording medium.
US09452614B2
Example continuous ink supply apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing; a printhead; and a regulator including a lever, a spring coupling the lever to the housing, a bladder, and a valve, a position of the lever relative to the housing being controlled by the bladder, the bladder being inflatable to urge the lever away from a surface of the housing and a plug of the valve to move away from a valve seat to enable fluid to flow through the aperture and into the housing, the regulator to enable a pressure within the housing to be maintained below a threshold pressure to substantially prevent fluid from inadvertently dispensing from the printhead.
US09452611B2
A holding member for a liquid storage container includes: a mounting portion for removably mounting the liquid storage container through an opening along a predetermined direction; and a locking member for locking the mounted liquid storage container to the mounting portion by being fitted to the liquid storage container, wherein the mounting portion has a regulating portion for regulating inclination of a posture of the liquid storage container relative to the predetermined direction at the time of mounting the liquid storage container, the regulating portion being a portion provided such that a space between an inner surface of the mounting portion and an outer surface facing thereto of the liquid storage container is partially narrowed along a direction of insertion.
US09452607B2
The present invention relates to an assembly of a print head and a maintenance unit. The present invention further relates to a method for the use of an assembly of a print head and a maintenance unit.
US09452601B2
A printing plate unit automatic mounting apparatus 81 includes: a pressing member 96 inserted from a pressing member insertion opening 33 and pressing an inner slider 36 against a biasing force applied by a printing plate coupling member biasing apparatus 35, a retaining means 94 configured to retain and release the printing plate unit 1 by retaining and releasing a projecting portion 11a provided on the printing plate unit 1 and configured to serve as a gripping portion; and a drive apparatus 92 configured to move the retaining means 94 in an axial direction of a plate drive shaft.
US09452597B2
A method of fabricating an anti-fatigue mat employs a pre-formed gel cushioning member that includes opposed major surfaces. One of the opposed major surfaces of the gel cushioning member is heated and liquefied. A flexible support sheet is applied and bonded to the liquefied surface of the gel cushioning member. The remaining opposed surface of the gel cushioning member is then heated and liquefied. A flexible base sheet is applied and bonded to this liquefied surface of the gel cushioning member. The method may move one of the opposed surfaces of the gel cushioning member adjacent a heat source to liquefy a portion of the gel cushioning member passing by the heat source. A flexible sheet is dispensed or applied to the liquefied portion of the gel cushioning member as the liquefied portion passes by a flexible sheet dispenser.
US09452594B2
Provided is an electroconductive polymer composition with a good film forming property and a high electroconductivity. Also, provided is an electroconductive polymer material and an electroconductive substrate with a high electroconductivity and transparency. Further, provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor with a high capacity and a low ESR. Disclosed is an electroconductive polymer composition, containing an electroconductive polymer obtained by an oxidation polymerization by using an oxidant in a reaction solution which contains at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, thiophene and derivatives thereof, a polyacid or a salt thereof as a dopant, and a solvent containing water and an aprotic solvent.
US09452587B2
Material composites are provided that have improved shock and impact resistance.
US09452583B2
Disclosed is a take-over and positioning device and to a method for placing a film, which is used as a core for a sheathed-core tablet, in the dye of a tablet press.
US09452581B2
A press machine includes a press frame, a crankshaft having an eccentric portion, at least one crankshaft motor connected to the crankshaft, a ram, a linkage type ram drive mechanism operably connected between the ram and the crankshaft, a first motor, with a first rotary position feedback device, a second motor with a second rotary position feedback device. The eccentric portion of the crankshaft is located between first and second ends of the crankshaft.
US09452577B2
A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.
US09452576B2
A method of treating plastics material pre-forms may include conveying plastics material pre-forms by means of a conveying device, heating the plastics material pre-forms, during said conveying step, by a heating device, and treating the plastics material pre-forms, after said heating step, by a further treatment device in a further pre-set manner. The heating device and the further treatment device are operated in a synchronized manner at least for a time. In the event of an error state occurring in said further treatment device arranged downstream of the heating device, a supply of the plastics material pre-forms to the heating device is interrupted by means of a blocking device. Chronologically after the occurrence of the error state the further treatment device is brought into synchronism again with the heating device during a pre-set synchronization period. The supply of the plastics material pre-forms to the heating device is permitted again during the synchronization period or at the start of the synchronization.
US09452574B2
Described are methods of forming large area templates useful for patterning large area optical devices including e.g. wire grid polarizers (WGPs). Such methods provide for seamless patterning of such large area devices.
US09452571B2
An optical element molding die is designed for molding an optical element having a concave-convex structure. The optical element can be manufactured by a wet system that enables element formation over a large area and a curved surface, without using a lithographic process, and is advantageous in terms of mass production and equipment cost. The optical element molding die includes a substrate having a surface with a negative standard electrode potential in the oxidation reaction and an anodic oxidation layer provided on the substrate. A protective layer with the positive standard electrode potential is provided between the substrate and the anodic oxidation layer.
US09452561B2
Systems and methods for fabrication of composite shell elements and to the assembly of large scale structures comprising such composite shell elements are provided. The composite shell elements comprise two regions in which the resin is cured to different levels. As a consequence, the flexibility of the first region is greater than the flexibility of the second region. Since the first region defines a bending line, the composite shell element can be deformed along the bending line during assembly of the large scale structure. Thus, tolerances in fabrication of the composite shell elements may be compensated for in a time-efficient manner without the need for applying a shimming process.
US09452555B2
A metal insert-molded article having sealing ability, a method for producing the same, and an electronic component having the metal insert-molded article, the metal insert-molded article comprising: a molding material and a metal material integrally molded together by insert molding, wherein the molding material comprises a crystalline thermoplastic resin as a main component, and comprises an inorganic filler in an amount inclusive of 0% by weight to 15% by weight, and the metal material has an aspect ratio inclusive of 1 to 10 in a cross section perpendicular to a lengthwise dimension of the metal insert-molded article, and is not surface treated for adhesion with the molding material.
US09452551B2
A pelletizing device comprising a die with a first surface, called operative surface, and a second surface that is essentially parallel to the first surface, the die between the first and the second surface comprising multiple through going openings for the forming of pellets, at least two rollers rotatable around a shaft, wherein the rollers and the die are moveable with respect to each other, each of the rollers comprising an operative pressing surface for pressing material to be pelletized through the radial openings of the die, wherein a width of the operative pressing surface on each of the rollers is smaller than a width of the operative surface of the die. The invention also relates to rollers for the device.
US09452547B2
A method of operating a mold assembly having a plurality of liner plates forming a mold cavity. The method includes driving a master drive element back and forth in a continuous loop about at least a portion of exterior perimeter sides of the mold cavity to provide a first and second linear forces in first and second directions substantially in parallel with each perimeter side of the mold cavity about which the primary drive element is routed, and driving a secondary drive element, which engages the at least one moveable liner plate, with the first and second linear forces to drive at least one moveable liner plate toward and away from the interior of the mold cavity.
US09452540B2
A cutter system includes a cutter and a holster. The cutter includes a housing with two recessed portions on opposite sides thereof, the cutter being adapted to support a blade and to facilitate selectively extending the blade from or retracting the blade into the housing. The holster is shaped to receive the cutter in two different orientations corresponding to left- and right-handed use, respectively, the holster including an interior surface formed with protrusions on opposites sides thereof, the protrusions each being sized to fit into either of the recessed portions.
US09452539B2
A safety device for a glove port includes a hatch that is rotatably fixable by a hinge to an outer frame of a glove port so as to rotate between a closing position and an opening position for preventing or allowing access to the glove port, respectively. The device further includes a sensor associated with the glove port and arranged for engaging and/or detecting an abutment portion of said the hatch in the closing condition and generating an alarm signal when the abutment portion does not engage the sensor means, in particular when the hatch is not in the closing position.
US09452533B2
In an example embodiment, a robot positioning device includes a first interface configured to communicate with a robot and a second interface configured to communicate with a location measuring system. The robot positioning device includes a calibrator, a modeler, and an instructor. The calibrator is configured to direct the location measuring system to determine robot calibration locations when robot joints are positioned in calibration joint positions. The modeler is configured to create a calibrated model relating robot joint positions to robot locations based at least in part on the robot calibration locations received from the location measuring system and associated calibration joint positions of the robot joints. The instructor is configured to receive a goal location from the robot. The instructor is further configured to transmit goal joint positions to the robot, the goal joint positions based at least in part on the goal location and the calibrated model.
US09452531B2
A method, system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for controlling a robot in the presence of a moving object are provided herein. The method includes capturing a number of frames from a three-dimensional camera system and analyzing a frame to identify a connected object. The frame is compared to a previous frame to identify a moving connected object (MCO). If an unexpected MCO is in the frame a determination is made if the unexpected MCO is in an actionable region. If so, the robot is instructed to take an action.
US09452524B1
A composite tool holder includes a base, a socket set and a hand tool set. The base includes a substrate, a first track formed on the substrate, and a second track formed on the first track. At least one slot is formed through the substrate. The first track includes a sliding slot. The second track includes an engaging slot. The socket set is combined with the base and includes a positioning plate disposed in the engaging slot of the second track and multiple positioning blocks disposed in the sliding slot. The hand tool set is combined with the base and includes a holding component combined with the substrate. The holding component includes a combining portion disposed in one of the at least one slot and a holding portion formed on a top surface. The composite tool holder can store both hand tools and sleeves at the same time.
US09452515B2
A hand tool includes a body and a ratchet head which is pivotably connected to the body. A pawl and a controller are connected to the body. The ratchet head is engaged with the pawl by first and second engaging teeth. The controller has a recess which has two curved faces. The controller has two grooves and each groove has a first stop face and a second stop face. The first and second stop faces contact the two curved faces. The pawl is not moveable, and the first engaging teeth are engaged with the second engaging teeth so as to fix the ratchet head relative to the body at an angle. When the two curved faces are moved to face the two grooves, the controller is moved, and the ratchet head is pivotable relative to the body.
US09452514B2
An installation tool for fastening a top plate to a roof support member and other structural connections is adapted to drive screws at a pre-established angle. The tool preferably includes a rotary driver assembly and a telescopic tube assembly. A guide assembly is mounted adjacent the outer end of the telescopic tube assembly. Locating structures function to properly precisely set the drive angle of the screw. A stabilizer prevents the screw from moving during the installation. The guide assembly is also configured to provide a marking for inspection purposes.
US09452506B2
Vacuum cleaning systems and related methods are disclosed. A polishing pad in combination with a fluid, such as a slurry, contacts a substrate to planarize material at the surface thereof and resultantly creates debris. A cleaning system includes an enclosure body having an inlet opening which may be placed proximate to the polishing pad and an exit opening in communication with a vacuum source to remove the debris and the fluid from the polishing pad through a passageway connecting the inlet and exit openings. By including contact members secured to the enclosure body and configured to form an abutment against a working surface of the polishing pad, a Venturi effect zone between the enclosure body and the working surface of the polishing pad may be created to dislodge fluid and debris from the working surface. In this manner, scratches and contamination are avoided for later-polished substrates.
US09452500B2
A system for assembly manufacturing may include at least one tacking cell configured to perform at least one tack fastening operation on a workpiece, at least one fastening cell configured to perform at least one final fastening operation on the workpiece and a material-handling system linking the tacking cell and the fastening cell, wherein the material-handling system positions the workpiece within the tacking cell and wherein the material-handling system transfers the workpiece from the tacking cell to the fastening cell.
US09452497B2
An attachment that is configured for attachment to an arm of a piece of construction equipment. The attachment includes a pair of grapple mechanisms mounted on a main beam. Each grapple mechanism includes opposing grab arms mounted to a grab arm housing. The grab arm housings of the grapple mechanisms are each individually adjustable separate from one another relative to the main beam in one or more directions generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main beam. The attachment can fine adjust the positions of the pipe ends relative to one another until the ends align with each other, at which point the pipe ends can be welded or otherwise secured to each other while being held in position by the grapple mechanisms.
US09452496B2
Welding laser beam is irradiated along welding trajectories set in works, or inspection laser beam is irradiated along scanning trajectories set in a molten pool in the works which has been melted by the welding laser beam. Return light including reflected light from the molten pool in the work, evaporation luminescence generated by melting/evaporating of the work and thermal radiation light radiated from the molten pool in the work is received. A fundamental frequency is detected by conducting Fourier transform on the intensity of the received return light and a welding condition of the welding portion in the work is inspected based on an amplitude under the fundamental frequency and an amplitude under a frequency that is twice as high as the fundamental frequency.
US09452495B1
The present invention discloses a new tool to slice crystal ingots by using laser beams. Ingot crystals of III-nitride such as GaN are immersed in alkali solutions and irradiated with scanned lines of laser beams to slice wafers out of the ingots. The method is expected to achieve approximately one order of magnitude smaller slicing loss with minimized slicing damage.
US09452482B2
An electrical discharge machine including a lower support part (2) provided to a tilt shaft (4) rotatable and extending horizontally and an upper support part (3) provided to a forward/backward shaft (5) extending parallel to the tilt shaft (4) from a support column (42) provided vertically to the tilt shaft (4) and movable forward and backward in the extending direction. The lower support part (2) includes a lower guide roller (21) that rotates in a tilting plane in which the tilt shaft (4), the support column (42), and the forward/backward shaft (5) lie, the upper support part (5) includes an upper guide roller (31) that rotates in the tilting plane in which the tilt shaft (4), the support column (42), and the forward/backward shaft (5) lie, and a wire electrode (1) is suspended around the upper guide roller (31) and the lower guide roller (21).
US09452481B2
A reactive-species supply device is configured to supply a treatment gas to an electric discharge space that is formed by at least one pair of electrodes, for thereby supplying at least a reactive species formed in a plasma, to an object through a reactive-species output port. The reactive-species supply device includes (a) a reactive-species outlet passage disposed between the electric discharge space and the reactive-species output port and (b) an earth ground member disposed in a portion of the reactive-species outlet passage. The portion of the reactive-species outlet passage is distant, by a given distance, from the reactive-species output port. Also disclosed is a surface treatment apparatus that includes the reactive-species supply device.
US09452478B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a body and a hard coating layer coating the cutting tool body. In the surface-coated cutting tool, the (Ti1-XAlX)(CYN1-Y) layer with a cubic crystal structure (X and Y are atomic ratio, and satisfy 0.60≦X≦0.90 and 0.0005≦Y≦0.005, respectively) is vapor-deposited on the body by a chemical vapor deposition method. The Al content XL is 0.55≦XL≦0.70, and the grain size DL is 0.1 μm or less in the (Ti1-XAlX)(CYN1-Y) layer near the interface between the body and the complex carbonitride layer. The Al content XH 0.80≦XH≦0.95 and the average grain size DH is 0.5 μm to 2 μm in the (Ti1-XAlX)(CYN1-Y) layer near the outer surface side. Furthermore, the Al content ratio and the grain size in the (Ti1-XAlX)(CYN1-Y) layer gradually increase to the outer surface side.
US09452473B2
Methods of manufacturing castings are described. The method can include heating a ceramic mold having a gate inlet, and melting a metallic composition. The method can also include presenting the ceramic mold to a casting station such that the gate inlet is in fluid communication with the molten metallic composition, and casting against gravity the molten metallic composition into the heated mold through the gate inlet. Furthermore, the method can include rotating the mold to position with the gate inlet in an upward direction while the metallic composition is at least partially molten within the mold, and quenching the molten metallic composition in a liquid quench medium to solidify the molten metallic composition within the mold.
US09452467B2
A net is particularly suitable for a basket for pisciculture, which may be placed in sea or fresh water. The net is made of a wire material, producible from individual spiral or similarly bent longitudinal elements, wherein adjacent threads are woven together. The net is simple and economical to produce, for example, by threading each longitudinal element into engagement with another longitudinal element while it has a shape of a spiral or screw to thereby provide it with a cylindrical form, and compressing each longitudinal element, when having the cylindrical form and after being threaded into engagement with the another longitudinal element, to provide the longitudinal element with substantially straight wire sections. The threading and compression steps are repeated to form a net after compression of several longitudinal elements threaded to one another.
US09452466B2
An apparatus to feed metal products to a work machine comprising a plurality of feed heads disposed upstream of the work machine, each of which supporting the metal products, and at least one of which being configured to retain at least two metal products and render them selectively available to the work machine. The apparatus comprises a drawing unit interposed between the feed heads and the work machine, the drawing unit being configured to assume at least a first operating condition not interfering with the metal products, and a second operating condition in which it is positioned during use in axis with the work axis of the work machine and is configured to pick up from the feed head at least one of the metal products chosen from among the at least two metal products retained by the specific feed head and to feed it to the work machine in a direction of feed.
US09452457B2
A composition for treating a water system to remove scale, microorganisms and biofilm, and corrosion by-products. The composition comprises chelating agents and a surfactant. Depending on the water system being treated, the composition may be a solid dissolved by water in the system being treated or may be a pre-mixed foam or aerosol. A treatment system particularly suitable for flowing water systems comprises a container for holding such a treatment composition and mixing it with a portion of water from the water system, a filter for removing solids dislodged during treatment, and a corrosion monitor. A method for using such a treatment composition comprises draining substantially all existing water in the water system, filling or rinsing the system with fresh water, contacting the treatment composition with substantially all parts of the water system, and draining the treatment composition from the system before resuming normal operations.
US09452455B2
The present invention relates to a device for cleaning contaminants on a contact portion of an electromagnetic contactor, and more particularly, a device for cleaning contaminants on a contact portion of an electromagnetic contactor in which a magnetic force the acting direction of which is changed in time is generated to the outside of the electromagnetic contactor for cleaning contaminants generated at a contact portion thereof with an arc extinguishing method, thereby effectively and broadly performing the cleaning of contaminants.
US09452438B2
A full cone spray nozzle comprising: a nozzle body (1) having a liquid inlet (3) at its upstream end and a spray orifice (4) at its downstream end; a vane structure (2) of an axial direction length (W) and diameter (D) arranged with its outer circumferential surface in contact with the inside of the nozzle body (1); has a plurality of channel grooves (6) of width (T) and depth (H) at the outer circumferential surface of the vane structure (2); an upstream side projecting part (8) of a length (U) in the axial direction of the nozzle body (1) at an upstream side of the vane structure (2); a downstream side projecting part (9) of a length (P) in the axial direction of the nozzle body (1) at a downstream side of the vane structure (2); and a swirl flow chamber (5) of an axial direction length (L) which is a space formed by an inside wall surface of the nozzle body (1), the vane structure (2) and the spray orifice (4), wherein 0.25≦T/D≦0.30, 0.25≦H/D≦0.30, and 1.5≦L/W≦3.5 are satisfied.
US09452426B2
ProblemTo provide a method for easily producing an adsorbing material used for the removal and recovery of metals and ions in a solution, which is highly durable and has various adsorptive functional groups and forms applicable for various purposes.Means for ResolutionA polymer adsorbent for metals and ions, which is highly durable and has various adsorptive functional groups and forms applicable for various purposes, is produced by a) preparing a reactive polymer having a large number of halogenated alkyl groups or glycidyl groups in the molecule, b) preparing a base material polymer insoluble in water and alcohols, c) dissolving the reactive polymer and the base material polymer in an organic solvent to give a mixed solution, d) removing the organic solvent to give a solid carrier in a desired form, and e) allowing a halogenated alkyl group or a glycidyl group in the solid carrier to react with an amine compound having a functional group capable of adsorbing metals and ions, thereby introducing an adsorptive functional group.
US09452409B2
A reactor assembly comprising a reservoir, a reaction chamber, and a valve assembly comprising at least one valve. The reservoir, reaction chamber, and valve assembly are non-magnetic. The valve assembly is adapted to selectively provide fluid communication between the reservoir and the reaction chamber.
US09452407B2
Novel methods of making laminated, microchannel devices are described. Examples include: assembly from thin strips rather than sheets; and hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) to form devices with a hermetically sealed wall. Laminated microchannel articles having novel features are also described. The invention includes processes conducted using any of the articles described.
US09452401B2
A commercially viable modular ceramic oxygen transport membrane reforming reactor for producing a synthesis gas that improves the thermal coupling of reactively-driven oxygen transport membrane tubes and catalyst reforming tubes required to efficiently and effectively produce synthesis gas.
US09452398B2
Fluid bed granulation process comprising the steps of: —forming a fluid bed of seeds (S1) of a chosen substance, —feeding said fluid bed with a continuous fluid flow (L) comprising a growth liquid, —inducing and maintaining a continuous vortex (V) in said fluid bed, the vortex (V) having a substantially horizontal axis, characterized in that said fluid flow (L) is fed into predetermined first zones (Z1) of said fluid bed, said first zones (Z1) being alternated to second zones (Z2) of said fluid bed in which said fluid flow (L) is not fed.
US09452388B2
A system and method for air temperature control in an oxygen transport membrane based reactor is provided. The system and method involves introducing a specific quantity of cooling air or trim air in between stages in a multistage oxygen transport membrane based reactor or furnace to maintain generally consistent surface temperatures of the oxygen transport membrane elements and associated reactors. The associated reactors may include reforming reactors, boilers or process gas heaters.
US09452385B1
CO2 may be recovered from flue gas by a hybrid system utilizing both gas separation membranes and adsorption. Purified flue gas is separated by the gas separation membrane into permeate and non-permeate streams. The permeate stream is compressed, partially condensed at a heat exchanger, and phase-separated to produce a vent gas and high purity liquid CO2. The vent gas is recycled to the membrane. The non-permeate is fed to a PSA unit. The CO2 blow-down from the PSA unit is also compressed with the permeate stream. The adsorbent in the PSA unit is regenerated with combustion air and the CO2-containing combustion air is fed to a combustor for combustion with fuel and an oxidant to produce the flue gas.
US09452383B2
One exemplary embodiment is a membrane separation element. The membrane separation element can include a membrane and a feed spacer positioned adjacent to the membrane. The feed spacer may include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. Usually, a plurality of fibers of the second layer only touches a plurality of fibers of the first and third layers.
US09452379B2
An apparatus and method for abating ozone and reducing sulfuric acid from an exhaust stream. In a semiconductor manufacturing plant the processing of wafers involves the cleaning and etching of wafers, the resultant processing may produce gasses which must be abated. The apparatus and method utilizes UV light in high doses to convert ozone (O3) to oxygen (O2). By ensuring laminar flow through the UV light chambers, the efficiency of the system is sufficient to allow for the remaining impurities in the exhaust air to be removed through the use of an RTO.
US09452376B2
The filter includes: a structure with a C-shaped profile defining side walls and nozzle pipes, each connected to the structure. Each nozzle pipe has a longitudinal axis and an end; a plate connected over a border of the nozzle pipe end to close the nozzle pipe. The plate extends beyond the border. The end of the nozzle pipe is inserted between the side walls of the C-shaped profile. The plate is connected between the side walls of the C-shaped profile. A U-shaped pin defines a first and a second leg, wherein the first leg is inserted in holes of the side walls of the C-shaped profile. The first and the second leg rest on the nozzle pipe and embracing the nozzle pipe. The plate is at an angle (A) greater than 0° with a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle pipe. The second leg has a protrusion that rests against the plate.
US09452374B2
A filtration device to filter cooking oil is provided having an upper layer comprised of a filter paper and a lower layer comprised of a filter pad. The filter paper of the upper layer includes pleats defining a plurality of food particle receiving channels over a substantial portion of a central area of the filter paper. The filter pad is stitched to a peripheral portion of the filter paper to form a multi-layered filtration device having a central pleated region in which the upper and the lower layers are unbonded to each other. The central pleated region is configured to accumulate food particles above a threshold size as the filter paper and filter pad cooperatively filter cooking oil during a filtration operation. Methods of making and using filtration devices are also provided.
US09452366B2
A track set is provided. The track set includes a first track segment and a carriage. The first track segment has a first pivot and is rotatable about the first pivot from a first position to a second position. The carriage is rotationally coupled to an end of the first track segment by a second pivot. The carriage is configured to rotate about the second pivot as the first track segment rotates from the first position to the second position.
US09452353B2
A payment card is disclosed. The payment card may comprise a substrate, and an issuer identifier, and a game code printed on the substrate. The payment card may be a stored value card or a gift card, and can be used in an open loop payment system. A removable layer can be present over the game code.
US09452352B2
One object is to provide a game that encourages the interaction between users forming a group and enhances the bond between the users. In accordance with one aspect, a server device of the present disclosure which is connected to terminal devices operated by the users via a communication network to provide a game to the terminal devices. The server device includes: an assignment unit for assigning, to each of the users belonging to the group, a certain event as a specific event from a plurality of events; and a notification unit for notifying, on occurrence of the specific event to an object user belonging to the group, the fact that the specific event has occurred, to the terminal device of at least one of the users belonging to the group, regardless of the intention of the object user.
US09452349B2
A playing card delivery shoe used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack. The shoe may include an area for receiving a first set of playing cards, a first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set of playing cards to a playing card staging area, a second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area, and playing card-reading sensors that read at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area. A processor analyzes the data and displays certain game-related data on a display device. Methods of providing cards to a dealer in a casino table card game of blackjack are disclosed.
US09452345B2
An electric vehicle may comprise a board including deck portions each configured to receive a foot of a rider, and a wheel assembly disposed between the deck portions. A motor assembly may be mounted to the board and configured to propel the electric vehicle using the wheel assembly. At least one orientation sensor may be configured to measure orientation information of the board, and at least one pressure-sensing transducer may be configured to determine rider presence information. A motor controller may be configured to receive the orientation information and the rider presence information, and to cause the motor assembly to propel the electric vehicle based on the orientation and presence information.
US09452343B2
Shown is a ski binding for fastening a ski boot with a firm or flexible sole onto a ski, which encompasses the following: a forefoot-fixing module with a fastening section and movable section and a support for the heel of the ski boot, wherein the movable section of the forefoot-fixing module encompasses a front receptacle and a rear receptacle, wherein the front and rear receptacle are together suitable for fastening a front section of the ski boot in the forefoot-fixing module, and releasing the latter given a correspondingly high torque. The ski binding has a Telemark downhill mode and/or a climbing mode and/or an alpine downhill mode.
US09452341B2
A running form diagnosis system capable of automatically scoring a running form of a runner is provided. The running form diagnosis system obtains body motion information as to a test subject running on a treadmill, and calculate a running form score of the test subject by applying obtained characteristics to a given operation expression. The operation expression is generated based on correlation between characteristics of a plurality of test runners and comprehensive evaluation given by an expert with respect to the plurality of test runners.
US09452337B2
A sports training target is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a sports training target may comprise a return net for substantially covering an opening defined by a frame, the return net having tension to withstand the impact of a sports projectile propelled from an originating location and having tension to allow the sports projectile to pass downward, exit a bottom portion of the return net, and return in the direction of the originating location; a target for substantially covering the return net, the target having an opening formed therein, the opening adapted to allow the sports projectile to pass behind the target to the return net, the target adapted to withstand the impact of a sports projectile, the target positioned in front of the return net, whereby a passage is formed between the target and the return net; and an attachment member adapted to attach the sports training target to the frame.
US09452334B2
A modular basketball backboard with a rim contains: a backboard, a rim, and three fixing ropes. The backboard includes a first front face and a first back face, and the first back face has a longitudinal adjusting rope secured thereon. The rim is mounted on the first front face of the backboard. Two ends of two of the three fixing ropes are inserted and tied on two sides of the backboard, and one end of another of the three fixing ropes is tied on the longitudinal adjusting rope of the first back face of the backboard. The backboard and the rim are fixed and suspended by tying the three fixing ropes for shooting a basketball into the rim. Thereby, the backboard and the rim are fixed, removed, and height adjustable easily. Preferably, the modular basketball backboard with the rim cooperates with a bouncer to enhance convenience and entertainment.
US09452325B2
A golf club head having a high COR that is durable and has desirable acoustic qualities. The club head includes a body portion, a striking face and a crown forming a hollow cavity of at least 150 cc in volume. The body portion defines a front opening and an upper opening, and it includes a sole and a side section that extends rearward of the front opening. The striking plate is secured to the body portion, enclosing the front opening. While partially assembled, final weighting and/or other attachment of other members to the inner surface of the club head can be preformed, as desired. The crown is secured to the body portion, enclosing the upper opening. A surface veil may also be provided about a junction of the crown and body. The crown has a maximum thickness no greater than about 2 mm. The density of the crown is less than the density of the body portion. At least one of the striking plate and the crown is attached to the second portion by adhesive bonding, and the golf club head has a maximum coefficient of restitution of at least 0.80.
US09452324B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a golf club head having improved mass distribution characteristics. The golf club head includes a body and a face positioned at a forward portion of the body. The golf club head also includes one or more mass elements positioned at predetermined locations about the head. The mass elements assist in achieving a desired relationship between the moment of inertia about a center of gravity x-axis and the moment of inertia about a center of gravity z-axis.
US09452321B2
A golf ball 2 has, on a surface thereof, a rugged pattern composed of a land 10 and a large number of dimples 8. A process for designing the rugged pattern includes the steps of: (1) arranging a large number of generating points on a surface of a phantom sphere; (2) assuming a large number of Voronoi regions on the surface of the phantom sphere by a Voronoi tessellation based on the large number of generating points; (3) calculating centers of gravity of the Voronoi regions and setting the centers of gravity as new generating points; (4) assuming a large number of new Voronoi regions on the surface of the phantom sphere by a Voronoi tessellation based on a large number of the new generating points; and (5) assigning dimples and a land to the surface of the phantom sphere based on contours of the new Voronoi regions.
US09452320B2
Method and system for operating a fitness exercise equipment are provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for operating a fitness exercise equipment comprises a processor and a memory device electronically coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to acquire an initial exercise parameters entered by a user, determine an initial exercise program based on the initial exercise parameters, and initiate movement of the fitness exercise equipment in correspondence with the initial exercise program, where the instruction to acquire the initial exercise parameters comprises instructions to detect commands entered by the user via built-in touch screen of the fitness exercise equipment, wherein instructions to detect commands entered by the user via built-in touch screen comprises detecting a curve drawn by the user on the built-in touch screen.
US09452318B2
A portable exercise apparatus for use by a user performing push-ups includes: a detection device; and a suspension member adapted to suspend the detection device from the user. When the detection device is suspended from the user by the suspension member, the apparatus is operative to indicate execution of a compliant push-up by the user.
US09452307B2
A method for efficiently and simply achieving decontamination of organic compounds, in particular, gaseous organic compounds diffused in the atmosphere, is provided by carrying out an in-situ treatment under in-situ environmental conditions. The method involves exposing organic compounds to a processing gas at normal temperature, thereby achieving decontamination, in which the processing gas includes a hydroxylmethyl radical, a hydroperoxy radical, a hydrogen radical, and a hydroxyl radical which are generated by allowing a catalyst to act on methanol gas.
US09452303B2
A valve device includes a housing and a closing body for closing a passage in the housing in mechanical manner, wherein the closing body is movable between an open position and a closing position; a reservoir for a flame-extinguishing substance; and an injecting means configured to inject the flame-extinguishing substance into the passage in order to prevent explosion propagation resulting from a non-fully sealed closure by the closing body.
US09452298B2
A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a waveguide. The waveguide is adjacent the source, receives electromagnetic radiation from the source, and delivers the electromagnetic radiation to the biological tissue. The handpiece also includes a system for circulating a fluorescent substance through the waveguide. The fluorescent substance is capable of modulating at least one property of the electromagnetic radiation.
US09452292B2
A method and apparatus for determining stability of a patient's intrinsic rhythm in a cardiac pacing device. Cardiac pacing pulses are delivering to a chamber of a patient's heart by the pacing device at a first pulse amplitude. The device measures a first series of intervals between successive sensed and paced events. The device then determines whether the first measured series of intervals meets a stability criterion. Responsive to the first measured series of intervals failing to meet the stability criterion, the device determines whether the first measured series of intervals includes an interval between a delivered pacing pulse and a sensed event that is less than a defined duration. Responsive to the interval between a delivered pacing pulse and a sensed event being less than the defined duration, the device delivers cardiac pacing pulses to the chamber of a patient's heart at a second pulse amplitude and measures a second series of intervals between successive sensed and paced events and determines whether the second measured series of intervals meets the stability criterion.
US09452291B2
A device for planning a neuromodulation therapy, whereby the device comprises receiving means to receive brain default mode network data of a patient, template means comprising a template brain default mode network data, normalizing means being configured such that normalized patient brain default mode network data can be prepared on the basis on the received brain default mode network data and the template brain default mode network data, storage means comprising a brain default mode network database and comparison means configured such that the normalized patient brain default mode network data and the data contained in the brain default mode network database can be compared.
US09452287B2
A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. The peripheral nerve stimulator can be either a noninvasive surface stimulator or an implanted stimulator. Stimulation can be electrical, mechanical, or chemical. Stimulation can be delivered using either an open loop system or a closed loop system with feedback.
US09452283B2
A neurostimulation lead includes a lead body having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a first conductor extending through the lead body. An electrode cuff can be secured relative to the distal portion of the lead body. The electrode cuff includes a cuff body, a first tendril extending from a first region of the cuff body, a second tendril extending from a second region of the cuff body and a first electrode disposed on the cuff body and electrically connected to the first conductor.
US09452276B2
A medical system includes a catheter and a vision probe that can be removed from the catheter and replaced with a medical probe. The vision probe can thus be used to steer and pose the catheter, and then be removed and replaced with the medical probe when a medical task such as a lung biopsy is performed. A sensor system in the catheter at least partly measures a pose of the catheter, and control logic controls actuation of the catheter to maintain the desired working configuration when the medical probe is used. A small diameter catheter can thus provide vision and biopsy functionality.
US09452275B2
A relief valve assembly for use with a ventilator to selectively release pressure from within a breathing tube. The relief valve assembly can be attached and removed from the ventilator as a single unit. The relief valve assembly includes a sealing member that is movable by operating components within the ventilator to either seal or open at least one relief port contained within the relief valve assembly.
US09452270B2
A medication reservoir is formed in the lower portion of a nebulizer body and covered to form an enclosed medication reservoir. A nozzle assembly is supported by a reservoir cover and includes an air line having an inlet at one end and an outlet and a venturi nozzle and venturi outlet. The air line, venturi nozzle and discharge outlet are horizontally oriented when in use and the venturi nozzle is located within a patient's oral cavity when the nebulizer is in use. Medication is drawn upward through a suction line and mixed with air passing through the venturi nozzle and nebulized for discharge through the nebulizer outlet. The venturi nozzle and suction line are formed together and replaceable as one unit.
US09452267B2
An injection device (10) comprising a housing (12), a needle hub (38) slidable within the housing (12), a needle (40) having a distal end piercing tip (42) and a proximal end piercing tip (44), the needle hub being moveable from a first position wherein the distal end piercing tip (42) is within the housing to a second position wherein the distal end piercing tip (42) extends outwardly of the housing (12), a spring (23) biasing the needle hub (38) towards the first position, and a cartridge receiving member (48) mounted within the housing (12), and a plunger rod assembly (66) for exerting pressure on the cartridge receiving member (48) to move the cartridge (26) and the needle hub (38) from the first position to the second position, the plunger rod assembly (66) and the cartridge receiving member (48) being arranged such that when the cartridge rod assembly is pushed, a rotational movement is imparted to the cartridge receiving member (48) to thereby prevent access to the cartridge after injection.
US09452261B2
Substance-administration apparatus (20) is provided, including a housing (22), and a needle (80), couplable to the housing (22), having a skin-insertion portion 0.3-2.5 mm in length and an outer diameter less than 0.23 mm. A dosage regulator (60) regulates a dosage of substance injected in a single injection through the needle (80). Dosage is selectable by a setting of the dosage regulator (60) as one of a plurality of selectable dosages. At least one dosage is less than or equal to 10 ul. An injection driver (54), activatable by a user, drives the substance through the needle (80). A motor coupled to the injection driver (54) is actuated by the dosage regulator (60) in a pulsatile manner to produce brief periods of high pressure in the apparatus (20) that expel a predetermined volume of the substance through the needle (80) at a controlled rate. Other applications are also described.
US09452255B2
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination.
US09452242B2
Antimicrobial metal ion coatings. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate (including, but not limited to absorbable/resorbable substrates) so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal.
US09452237B2
A smart antimicrobial material and dressing to inhibit microbial growth is provided. Endogenous chemicals, such as metabolites produced from bacteria are utilized as chemical substrates and converted by enzymes to produce a disinfecting compound that will in turn inhibit the targeted microorganism. The material shall remain passive until such time as it encounters a microbe which expresses and/or secretes specific metabolites or markers. The enzyme or enzymes embedded in the smart material converts the metabolite into a disinfecting compound, which in turn either kills the microorganism or prevents it from multiplying on the surface of the material.
US09452236B2
Disclosed herein is a plasma generating apparatus capable of sufficiently performing a deodorization function and a sterilization function by increasing a generation amount of ions or radicals while suppressing generation of ozone. The plasma generating apparatus has a pair of electrodes (21 and 22) provided with dielectric films (21a and 22a) and serves to apply a predetermined voltage between the electrodes (21 and 22) to discharge plasma, fluid circulation holes (21b and 22b) are respectively provided at corresponding positions of the respective electrodes (21 and 22) and pass through the electrodes, and plasma is generated only in opening end portions (21x and 22x) forming the fluid circulation holes (21b and 22b) between the pair of electrodes (21 and 22).
US09452232B2
An assembled sterilization rack for sterile experiment relates to supporting devices used in experiment involving culture of microorganisms and/or cells. The rack includes a lateral frame, retaining wires, connectors, a base frame, heat resistant rods, connecting rings, a temperature-displaying control unit, and N temperature sensors. The lateral frame and the base frame are connected through the connectors. The lateral frame and the base frame have their surfaces facing each other provided with a plurality of retaining wires. The rods have two ends mounted on the symmetrically arranged retaining wires, respectively. The base frame has its upper surface provided with a plurality of connecting rings. The rods have the two ends received in the symmetrically arranged connecting rings, respectively. The temperature sensors are connected with the temperature-displaying control unit. In cell culture experiment, this invention can be applied to support elements used for vertical culture of cells in rectangular culture dishes.
US09452222B2
Modified relaxin polypeptides and their uses thereof are provided.
US09452218B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammatory disease states. In particular, the invention relates to the use of a nanoparticle incorporated kinase inhibiting peptide to treat inflammatory disease states.
US09452217B2
Compositions and methods including at least one PNP inhibitor or at least one PNP inhibitor in combination with one or more agents identified as endogenous adjuvants useful in the treatment of pathogen infection and cancer are disclosed. The compositions may be formulated as pharmaceutical dosage forms and components may be assembled as kits. Methods for increasing levels of endogenous adjuvants to enhance an immune response and to potentiate/augment antiviral, antibacterial or anticancer effects of therapeutic agents are also disclosed.
US09452216B2
Provided is an agent for stabilizing acetaminophen in an aqueous composition, the agent comprising glycine. The agent further comprising at least one kind of sulfurous acid salt selected from the group consisting of sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite and potassium pyrosulfite is more effective. The stabilizing includes preventing precipitation.
US09452215B2
The present invention is directed at bouvardin analogs arid related compounds for the treatment of disorders including cancer. Provided herein are bouvardin analogs and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising at least one bouvardin analog or related compound, and methods for treating disorders including cancer. In some aspects the compounds inhibit translation elongation at the ribosome. The compounds are used in combination with radiation therapy or with known chemotherapeutic compositions.
US09452204B2
Compositions, methods, and vaccines that may stimulate the immune system and that may be used for treating malignancies associated with overexpression of the HER-2 protein are provided. Such compositions include epitopes of the HER-2 proteins.
US09452192B2
Disclosed is a composition for preventing or improving metabolic syndrome, including a tea plant leaf extract, a tea plant flower extract and a tea plant seed extract as active ingredients.
US09452190B2
Methods for the treatment and prevention of neural cell and neuro-pathological disorders are provided, comprising contacting the neural cells, or administering to a subject in need thereof, botanical raw material (BRM) or an extract obtainable from passion fruits. Compositions, as well as a nutraceutical composition comprising the same are also provided.
US09452179B2
Disclosed herein are vesicular formulations that include one or more phospholipids and one or more surfactants and in certain embodiments the use of such formulations for the delivery of fatty acids for the treatment of disorders such as, fatty acid metabolic disorders, including essential fatty acid deficiency; pain or inflammation or osteoarthritis, more specifically for the treatment of deep tissue pain; asthma, bronchospasm, atherothrombatic cardiovascular disorders, avenous thrombatic disorders, inflammatory dermatoses disorders (e.g., atopic eczema, dishydrotic hand eczema, plaque type psoriasis, seborrheic eczema, and acne vulgaris), and dysmenorrhea.
US09452176B2
In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to composition comprising stable particles comprising ganaxolone, wherein the volume weighted median diameter (D50) of the particles is from about 50 nm to about 500 nm.
US09452164B2
The invention relates to compounds corresponding to formula (I): in which R2 and R3 together form, with the carbon atoms of the phenyl nucleus to which they are attached, a 6-membered nitrogenous heterocycle corresponding to one of formula (A), (B) or (C) below: in which the wavy lines represent the phenyl nucleus to which R2 and R3 are attached. Preparation process and therapeutic use.
US09452158B2
Disclosed herein are R-7-(3-aminomethyl-4-methoxyimino-3-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-[1,8]naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid and L-aspartic acid salt, process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same for antimicrobial. Because the R-7-(3-aminomethyl-4-methoxyimino-3-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-[1,8]naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid and L-aspartic acid salt is more soluble and less toxic and has less side effects as an antimicrobial agent than hydrochloride and the other salts (D-aspartate and phosphate) conventionally used, the salt may be useful for oral and injectable administration.
US09452156B2
Described herein are formulations and methods for treating, inhibiting, preventing, delaying onset, or causing regression of a disease or condition relating to vascular permeability.
US09452155B2
This invention relates to a composition, including penethamate (PNT) or a pharmaceutical equivalent thereof; and triacetin.
US09452148B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of therapy. The invention particularly relates to insulin sensitizers and methods of regulating glucose homeostasis and to the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of diseases and associated conditions, in which impaired glucose uptake due to insulin resistance is involved or implicated, such as diabetes, syndrome X, hyperglycaemia, vascular disease and kidney disease. The present invention further relates to compounds and agents and compositions thereof for use in the treatment methods.
US09452146B2
Disclosed is a method for improving the bioavailability of a variety of compounds such as phenolic acids, polyphenols, hydroxyl-cinnamic acids, curcumin, curcumin analogs, curcuminoids, etc., using milk protein concentrate and/or similar milk protein products.
US09452142B2
An oral dosage form for administration to an animal comprising a biologically utilizable form of calcium and an extended release system that maintains the calcium level in the animal's bloodstream at a substantially beneficial level for a defined period of time.
US09452141B1
The present invention provides an acid resistant capsule shell composition comprising a water-soluble enteric polymer, a water-soluble film forming polymer, a coagulant, and a gelling aid. The water-soluble enteric polymer comprises hydrophobic functional groups and hydrophilic functional groups. The present invention further provides a process for preparing an acid resistant capsule shell comprising: dissolving said acid resistant capsule shell composition in deionized water to form a capsule shell solution; heating and then cooling the capsule shell solution to form a capsule shell stock solution; dipping a pin into the capsule shell stock solution and then removing the pin to form a film-coated pin; and drying the film-coated pin to form the acid resistant capsule shell. The acid resistant capsule shell has acidic resistance and the process for preparing the acid resistant capsule shell involves no organic solvent; hence, the problem of organic solvent residues can be prevented.
US09452134B2
Apixaban liquid formulation is provided. Also provided is a method of administering an apixaban liquid formulation.
US09452128B2
A lip balm for protecting and rehydrating lips is disclosed containing a synthetic ceramide, an anti-irritant compound, sodium hyaluronate, a cosmetic wax, boswellian oil, extract of the Portulaca pilosa plant, a peptide, dehydrated microspheres of marine collagen and glycosaminoglycans, and mica.
US09452121B2
The invention relates to a composition which contains at least one N-acyl-amino acid surfactant, a betaine surfactant, an N-methyl-N-acylglucamine, said N-methyl-N-acylglucamine having a C16-C20-acyl group, and further contains a solvent and optionally one or more additives. The invention also relates to a method for producing the composition. The invention further relates to the use of the composition for the treatment or care of skin or hair, or for use as a shampoo, face cleaner, liquid cleaner or shower gel.
US09452120B2
N-(pyrid-4-yl)amides and N-(pyrimidin-4-yl)amides of formula (1) are described that are potent modulators (e.g., inhibitors) of an androgen receptor, and which are useful, for example, in the treatment of a dermatological disease or disorder; a disease or disorder of the sebaceous gland(s); acne; hyperseborrhoea; oily skin, seborrhoeic dermatitis; hyperpilosity or hirsutism; atopic dermatitis; or androgenic alopecia; especially acne. Also described, are compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, cosmetic compositions) comprising the compounds; methods of preparing the compositions; methods of modulating (e.g., inhibiting) and androgen receptors using the compounds and/or compositions; and medical and/or cosmetic use of the compounds and compositions.
US09452118B2
Provided are compounds and compositions thereof that are useful as antioxidants in personal care formulations. The compounds are of the formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein.
US09452114B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition in particular in the form of an emulsion for topical application to keratin materials, in particular the skin, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: (i) at least one dispersion (pre-dispersion) of bismuth oxychloride (CI 77163) in an oily dispersant chosen from a) monoesters of formula R1COOR2 in which R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based chain comprising from 4 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferentially from 7 to 20 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a branched hydrocarbon-based chain containing from 3 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferentially from 16 to 26 carbon atoms; b) oils whose solubility parameter at 25° C., δa, is greater than 6 (J/cm3)1/2, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) at least one oil chosen from hydrocarbon-based oils having a refractive index greater than 1.42 and a solubility parameter at 25° C., δa, greater than 1 (J/cm3)1/2, silicone oils, in particular phenyl silicone oils, and mixtures thereof. Applied to the skin, this composition imparts a luminous effect to the complexion.
US09452111B2
An implant system including: an insertion part including a screw part and neck part including a recess in a neck end face thereof for fixing an abutment and, distanced from the neck end face, projections; an insertion instrument screwing down the insertion part, and including a handle part and socket part having a socket end face including an opening and at least a driving part laterally bounded by walls, which driving part has a cross-section at right angles to the longitudinal axis, to accommodate the neck part and transfer tightening torque to the insertion part through the projections, the opening including a bridge part contiguous to the driving part and enclosing the neck part, situated next to the projections and extending to the neck end face, to form an interspace between the bridge part and the neck part, when the driving part embraces the projections of the neck part.
US09452099B2
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles is proposed. The cleaning apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber for receiving the articles. The cleaning apparatus comprises, in the cleaning chamber, at least one fluid source for subjecting the articles to the action of at least one cleaning fluid. The cleaning apparatus furthermore comprises at least one plasma source, which is designed to ignite at least one plasma in at least one gas and to generate at least one reactive gas. The cleaning apparatus is designed to bring the reactive gas into contact with the articles, at least in part.
US09452090B2
A disposable wearable absorbent article including a visual wetness indicator and gender specific indicia.
US09452085B2
A device for moving and maintaining apart from a face an eye protection mask with an elastic headband when the device is worn on a helmet, the device being configured to be placed between the elastic headband and the helmet, the device including two symmetrical elements each including a flap jointed on a support through an axis and provided with a lever allowing actuation of the flap, the flap being movable in rotation around the axis between a first position towards the front of the helmet with regards to the axis and a second position towards the back of the helmet with regards to the axis, where the flap is maintaining the eye protection mask apart from a face in the second position, and where the lever is in abutment against the mask in the second position.
US09452084B2
Apparatus and methods for phacoemulsification combine a phacoemulsification needle having an offset feature with handpieces capable of producing various vibratory motions using motive systems that produce selected hybrid motions to create a hybrid phacoemulsification effect that is more efficient than conventional longitudinal handpiece-needle combinations and has been demonstrated under certain conditions to be more efficient than needles used with handpieces providing torsional motion. The phacoemulsification needle is of the type having a hollow passageway that terminates in a straight needle tip formed off-axis from the passageway, allowing the needle tip to move eccentrically when the needle is subjected to torsional or longitudinal vibratory motion. The tip may be flared or may be coextensive with the needle body. The tip may also be angled with respect to the needle body. The aspiration passageway formed through the needle body may be positioned or shaped to be off-axis from the needle body axis.
US09452081B2
The invention discloses an ostomy accessory (13) for an intestinal stoma of a mammal patient, and comprises an insertion portion (8) for inserting into an intestinal stoma (3) of an ostomy, and also comprises an evacuation portion (9, 9′ adapted to evacuate fecal matter from an intestine connected to said intestinal stoma through said insertion portion.
US09452079B2
A wafer adapted for use with an ostomy appliance includes a backing layer, an adhesive layer applied to the backing layer and providing an adhesive surface, and a liner system disposed over an entirety of the adhesive surface. The adhesive surface includes a mid-section. The liner system includes a first side liner placed on a first lateral side of the mid-section of the adhesive surface, a second side liner placed on a second lateral side of the mid-section of the adhesive surface, and a third middle liner having folded edge portions and covering the mid-section of the adhesive surface.
US09452075B2
This invention is an elastic mechanism that extends and retracts during motions of the knee so that it maintains tension in a generally rearward direction on the area of the head of the tibia throughout the range of motion of the knee. The structure is anchored to a stable superior part of the body, above a height of contour, by an attachment which can be a belt, girdle, garment, suspenders or a combination of these attachments. The elastic mechanism attaches inferiorly to a number of connection mechanisms which connect to both sides of a hinged rigid knee brace near the tibial head, below the hinges of the knee brace.
US09452063B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09452062B2
An adjustable complex of an artificial cervical vertebra and an intervertebral connector includes: a vertebra body; and two end plates respectively connected to a top end and a bottom end of the vertebra body by spherical joint structures; wherein the vertebra body comprises: an upper vertebra body; and a lower vertebra body; wherein the upper vertebra body is axially connected to the lower vertebra body by a screw thread; a plurality of radial screw holes are correspondingly provided on side surfaces of the upper vertebra body and the lower vertebra body; a length-fixing screw is provided though the radial screw holes of the upper vertebra body and the lower vertebra body; wherein end plate fixing screws are respectively provided on the two end plates. The adjustable complex has a support function of an artificial vertebra and movability of an artificial intervertebral disc.
US09452059B2
An intervertebral spacer in the form of a generally flat four sided disc, with two opposite sides having slightly curved surfaces and two opposite sides having pointed lobes. The disc is configured to be placed between two vertebrae and rotated, with the rotation spreading the vertebrae and moving the pointed lobes into contact with the inner vertebral faces, for holding the vertebrae a fixed distance apart.
US09452057B2
Implant devices and cutting clamp apparatuses and methods for creating the implants for insertion into a patient's joint to restore anatomic length and assist in final positioning of the bones following removal of cartilage and/or bone in preparation for fusion. A first implant is a biplanar implant having a shape to mimic the normal anatomical shape of the bones the implant is configured to mate with. The first implant may be cut using a cutting clamp and jig having the anatomical shape of the bones the implant will be inserted within or between. A second implant is a cylindrical piece of bone having a convex end and a concave end for mating with bones reamed to have the opposite mating surfaces. The second implant is created using cup and cone reamers having dimensions corresponding to the size of the patient's bones. Surgical methods for inserting the implants within a patient.
US09452055B2
A method of implanting a glenoid component includes selecting a metaglene component having a body portion and an augment extending medially from the body based upon a defect in a scapula, inserting the selected metaglene component into the scapula, inserting a portion of a first fastener through a body fastener hole of the body portion into a void defined by the body portion and a portion of the augment, inserting the portion of the first fastener into a first augment fastener hole extending through the augment and aligned with the body fastener hole, and inserting the portion of the first fastener into the scapula.
US09452048B2
A system for treating mitral valve regurgitation includes a tensioning device having a plurality of helical anchors and a tensioning filament. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for attaching a tensioning device to the annulus of a mitral valve in a trans-leaflet configuration, and applying a tension force to the tension filament in order to exert force vectors on the annulus, thereby reshaping the mitral valve annulus so that the coaption of the anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral is improved during ventricular contraction.
US09452037B2
A method for the delivery of an oral care active agent comprising the following step: applying an active agent(s) between a target oral biological barrier and a magnetic device comprising one or more pairs of displaced dipolar magnetic elements linked by a magnetic return wherein the magnetic return is orientated on the surfaces of the dipole pair distal to the biological barrier.
US09452035B2
A dental floss dispenser having a wicking delivery system with a reservoir for storing a solution of oral care ingredients generally in fluid form. The reservoir includes an absorbent wicking porous pad that extends through at least a portion of the floss dispensing device to deliver the solution to the dental floss. When the floss is pulled through the porous pad holding the oral care ingredient(s), the porous pad activates (e.g., coats, impregnates, saturates) the floss, providing the consumer with new benefits such as enhanced deep cleaning, new flavors, better plaque dissolving capabilities, ease of floss use and maneuverability, whitening, and deposition of therapeutic actives into the gum pockets.
US09452031B2
A dental implant, components, and kit are provided. The implant can include a body, an attachment structure for attaching the implant to bone, and a recess. The recess can be disposed within the body and open towards a proximal end thereof. The recess can include a proximally-disposed receiving chamber and a distally-disposed threaded chamber. The receiving chamber can include an interlock chamber, which can be disposed at a distal end of the receiving chamber and have a polygonal cross-section. The implant can be multi-functional such that components for various dental prostheses and procedures can be provided having portions that can, for example, engage the interlock chamber of the implant, mate with the receiving chamber of the implant, and/or mate with the proximal end the implant for supporting the prosthesis and/or facilitating the procedure.
US09452026B2
An apparatus for measuring a distance between first and second implanted bone anchors includes a caliper body and first and second caliper arms. The caliper body has a first longitudinal axis. The first caliper arm is slidably coupled to the caliper body and has a second longitudinal axis. The second caliper arm is rotatably coupled to the caliper body and has a third longitudinal axis. The first, second and third longitudinal axes define a plane. The second caliper arm is rotatable within the plane between a first position and a second position.
US09452014B2
An interchangeable tip comprising: a stylet; a blade module including: an enclosure that electrically connects, signally connects, or both the interchangeable tip to a power source, a signal source, or both; and blade circuitry having: one or more control buttons, one or more switches, or both for controlling operation one or more functions of the interchangeable tip.
US09452013B2
The present invention encompasses methods that use heat and/or electromagnetic radiation for dermatological treatment and more particularly to a method that uses heat and/or electromagnetic radiation in combination with chromophores for fractional wounding and, in particular, discontinuous fractional damage of skin tissue.
US09452008B2
Joint temperature monitoring and control systems and methods are described herein in which the temperature of a fluid within a body or joint space is determined and/or monitored despite the energy generated during treatment by an ablation probe. One or more temperature sensors are positioned along the probe proximally of the electrode assembly and measure the temperature of an electrically conductive fluid without being overly influenced by the surgical effect occurring proximate the electrode assembly. The controller coupled to the probe can also be configured to set temperature limits and treatment times as well as moderating joint temperature by altering the electrically conductive fluid flow.
US09452003B2
A device for preventing a hip fracture includes: a shaft having a first end and a second end and an expanding means for engaging the femoral head at the first end. The shaft is positioned in a hole of a predetermined depth in a femur. The hole extends from the greater trochanter to the femoral head of the femur, such that the first end is positioned in the femoral head and the second end is positioned in the greater trochanter. The device is oriented substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the femoral shaft.
US09451995B1
The anterior cervical plate includes multiple pairs of holes passing therethrough including at least a pair of caudal holes and a pair of cephalad holes. The caudal holes pass through the anterior cervical plate at a fixed angle extending both in a caudal direction and toward a midline of the anterior cervical plate. The cephalad holes are configured to allow fastening screws to pass at differing angles through the cephalad holes. Windows are provided passing through the plate at locations between the pairs of caudal and cephalad holes. Locking plates are provided which pivotably attach to the plate in positions either covering or exposing the pairs of holes, to assist in keeping fastening screws securely attached to the anterior cervical plate.
US09451994B1
A spinal implant revision device has a revision connector and a tulip member. The revision connector is configured for attachment to a pre-existing rod in a patient. The revision connector has a slotted opening configured to receive a first or a pre-existing rod. The tulip member is pivotally connected to the revision connector and movable in angularity within predetermined ranges in a first plane. This first plane is parallel to a rod to which the revision connector is attached. A second plane which is non-parallel to that first plane allows a second or new rod to be received in the tulip and allows the second rod to pivot relative to the first rod.
US09451992B2
A fixation apparatus comprises a holder and a tension sleeve receiving a bone screw, wherein the bone screw has a shaft with a front thread and a head at the rear end, and the holder has a through borehole with a receiving seat, in which the tension sleeve is mounted and able to swivel, while the shaft has a thickening in a rear region, to the front of the head, whose width increases toward the head, and the width of the tension sleeve is larger than the width of the shaft immediately before the thickening and smaller than the greatest width of the thickening. When screwed in, the thickening widens the tension sleeve so that it is pressed by its envelope against the wall of the receiving seat. In this way, an angle-stable pressing is achieved for any given orientation of the bone screw.
US09451980B2
A device for accessing a body cavity through an opening in tissue is provided. The access device includes a unitary compressible body configured to be received in an opening in tissue. The compressible body includes a central portion, an upper rim located on a proximal end of the body and a lower rim located on a distal end of the body. The central portion defines a slit configured to permit the passage of a hand therethrough in a sealing manner.
US09451962B2
A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed, the instrument having a handle assembly, a body portion having a staple cartridge assembly, and an anvil assembly. The anvil assembly includes an anvil head, an anvil member, an anvil shaft, and a biasing member. The anvil shaft defines a longitudinal axis and the anvil member is pivotally secured to the anvil head. The biasing member is supported on the anvil assembly to urge the anvil member from a first position to a second position defining an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US09451954B2
A ratcheting inserter device for tensioning a knotless suture anchor includes an outer inserter shaft and an inner inserter shaft having a common longitudinal axis. A ratcheting mechanism provided between the inner inserter shaft and the outer inserter shaft permits rotation of the inner inserter shaft in one direction relative to the outer inserter shaft. The outer inserter shaft has a protrusion at a distal end that is received by an anchor outer sleeve of a suture anchor to prevent relative rotation thereof, and the inner inserter shaft has a projection at the distal end that is received by an inner core of the anchor for rotational movement therewith. The ratcheting inserter device rotates the inner core of the suture anchor to spool and tension suture thread. Thereafter, the ratcheting mechanism is disengaged and the inner inserter shaft is forced axially into the anchor outer sleeve.
US09451951B2
A delivery device (suture passer or suture snare) that may be used in both open and endoscopic surgical procedures. The delivery device is designed with an internal member terminating in a snare and a retractable outer sheath (sleeve). The device is passed through tissue, and the outer sheath is retracted (moved back), allowing the snare to open. The suture is captured by the snare, and the outer sheath is then released so that it returns to its distal position, closing the snare and securing the captured suture. Since the snare is exposed by retracting the outer sheath (sleeve), rather than advancing the snare, the space requirement for the device is reduced, as is the possibility that the snare will undesirably contact sensitive tissue.
US09451948B2
An apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing is disclosed. A suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes proximal section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween; a suture head assembly extending from the distal end of the proximal section; a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the suturing needle capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the proximal section, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to and after rotation of the suturing needle; and an actuator extending from the proximal end of the proximal section to actuate a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.
US09451943B2
Apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, the apparatus comprising: an elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the lumen comprising a first section and a second section, the first section of the lumen being disposed distal to the second section of the lumen, and with the first section of the lumen having a wider diameter than the second section of the lumen; at least one longitudinally-extending slit extending through the side wall of the elongated body and communicating with the lumen, the at least one longitudinally-extending slit having a distal end and a proximal end, with the distal end of the at least one longitudinally-extending slit being spaced from the distal end of the elongated body; and an elongated element extending through the lumen of the elongated body.
US09451928B2
A diagnostic image of internal anatomical features of a patient is annotated with representations of external features, such that both can be viewed together on a visual display. Adjustments to various treatment parameters relating to the administration of radiation therapy are provided, and the displayed image is automatically updated based on the adjustments.
US09451926B2
The present technology relates generally to respiratory motion correction and associated systems and methods. In particular, several embodiments are directed to respiratory motion correction using internal-external motion correlation. For example, one embodiment of a method of correcting motion blurring in PET/CT imaging includes obtaining PET/CT imaging data of a target tissue in a patient and determining a centroid of the target tissue. The method can further include obtaining an external motion signal of the patient and determining a mean displacement of the external motion signal. The centroid of the target tissue can be correlated with the mean displacement and, based on the correlation, a PET/CT image corrected for motion of the target tissue can be reconstructed.
US09451925B2
With a mammography PET apparatus, a supporting face includes a detector ring region, and a detector-outside region as an outside area of the detector ring region. The detector ring region is higher than the detector-outside region. An elastic lower-layer mat is disposed on the detector-outside region. An upper-layer mat, softer than the lower-layer mat, is disposed on the detector ring region and the lower-layer mat across a boundary between the detector ring region and the lower-layer mat. Accordingly, an edge of the lower-layer mat harder than the upper-layer mat is covered with the upper-layer mat, leading to alleviation of pain to a subject M caused by the edge of the lower-layer mat.
US09451912B2
A sensor inserting device includes a device main body and a push handle for moving a detector of a sensor and an insertion needle, with the sensor held coupled to the insertion needle, into the body of a patient. A transmitter, for processing a signal from the sensor, is set in the device main body. A cable, allowing transmission of a signal between the sensor and the transmitter, is connected to the sensor (12) and the transmitter.
US09451910B2
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.
US09451909B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a device and method for detecting an amyloid protein in an eye of a mammal. A method comprises illuminating the eye with a light source having at least one of a wavelength property, a polarization property or a combination thereof, each appropriate to produce fluorescence in at least an amyloid-binding compound when the amyloid-binding compound is bound to the amyloid protein, the amyloid-binding compound having been introduced to the eye and specifically binding to the amyloid protein indicative of the amyloidogenic disorder; and determining a time decay rate of fluorescence for at least the fluorescence produced by the amyloid-binding compound bound to the amyloid protein, the determining permitting distinguishing of the presence of the amyloid-binding compound bound to the amyloid protein in the eye based on at least the time decay rate.
US09451908B2
Systems and methods of use for continuous analyte measurement of a host's vascular system are provided. In some embodiments, a continuous glucose measurement system includes a vascular access device, a sensor and sensor electronics, the system being configured for insertion into communication with a host's circulatory system.
US09451905B2
There is provided an apparatus for use in monitoring the baroreceptor reflex in a user, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to process a signal output by a first sensor that is attached to or located proximate to a bed to determine when the user moves from a lying position on the bed to a sitting position, and to provide an indication of the baroreceptor reflex of the user by processing the signal to determine the change in the heart rate of the user that occurs as a result of moving from the lying position to the sitting position.
US09451902B2
A medical imaging apparatus includes a first imaging modality which is formed by a magnetic resonance apparatus and which comprises a cylindrical gradient coil unit, and a further imaging modality which comprises a detector unit. The detector unit of the further imaging modality is supported in a radial direction within an area surrounded by the gradient coil unit and an annular gap is disposed between the detector unit of the further imaging modality and the gradient coil unit. The further imaging modality includes a pressure unit which is disposed in the annular gap between the detector unit of the further imaging modality and the gradient coil unit.
US09451901B2
Invention is related to cardiology and intended for diagnosis of ischemic myocardial injuries. Magnetocardiographic examination is executed, current density vectors maps are reconstructed during ST-T interval and 4 sub-intervals of QRS complex, quantitative diagnostic indicators are calculated. Characterized in that, for said time intervals total length of all vectors (total current), autocorrelation coefficient of the instant map and its correlation with map onto the T wave peak are derived, several quantitative indicators for these curves are calculated (area under the curve, time intervals, their ratio, etc.) and ranges of their values are divided onto 3 intervals. As a result, absence/presence of ventricles injuries is diagnosed according to the rule—injury is absent (presence minor, significant), if certain quantitative indicator is ranged in one of 3 said intervals or if score of points for separate quantitative indicators is less than or equal to 7 (8-16, 17 and more).
US09451887B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for measuring the electromechanical delay of the heart of a patient. An electrocardiogram (EKG) signal may be used to detect heart electrical activity. Photoplethysmograph (PPG) signals may be used to detect heart mechanical activity. The electromechanical delay may be calculated based at least in part on the timing of an EKG signal and at least two PPG signals.
US09451884B2
A device and method of using the device to detect the presence and composition of clots and other target objects in a circulatory vessel of a living subject is described. In particular, devices and methods of detecting the presence and composition of clots and other target objects in a circulatory vessel of a living subject using in vivo photoacoustic flow cytometry techniques is described.
US09451883B2
Decoding and reconstructing a subjective perceptual or cognitive experience is described. A first set of brain activity data produced in response to a first brain activity stimulus is acquired from a subject using a brain imaging device. An encoding model is used to convert the brain activity data into a corresponding set of predicted response values. A second set of brain activity data produced in response to a second brain activity stimulus is acquired from a subject and decoded using a decoding distribution derived from the encoding model, and the probability the second set of brain activity data corresponds to said predicted response values is determined. The second set of brain activity stimuli is then reconstructed based on the probability of correspondence between the second set of brain activity data and the predicted response values.
US09451881B2
Systems and methods for determining a user's static weight while standing as well as the user's load bearing weight. A sensor module with multiple sensors is placed inside a user's shoe and biometric data is gathered from the sensors when the user stands and when the user takes a step or walks. The data is used to generate data loops as the various sets of data are plotted against each other. The loops obtained from the data are then compared against stored loops previously obtained. Using the biometric loop baseline data, it can be determined whether the user has lost or gained weight, whether a specific load bearing weight condition is worsening while standing and while walking or running. The system can also determine whether a specific load bearing weight condition is improving or worsening.
US09451880B2
A method for ophthalmic intervention on an eye of a patient includes: imaging a first and a second registration fiducial in reference to temporary geometric markers on the eye of the patient, the registration fiducials being formed on an inner annulus of a patient interface housing within a field of view of an imaging device; imaging a third registration fiducial formed on the inner annulus of the patient interface housing, the third registration fiducial being angularly spaced from the first and second registration fiducials; and processing image data generated via the image device so as to determine an angular orientation of the eye relative to the patient interface housing and an up or down orientation of the patient interface housing relative to the eye based on the location of the third registration fiducial.
US09451879B2
An optical apparatus applied to ophthalmology detection is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a data comparing unit, a detection unit, a location determining unit, and a data output unit. The image capturing unit captures images of different portions of a face of a person to be tested to obtain a plurality of face images. The data comparing unit compares the plurality of face images with a built-in database. The detection unit detects on an eye of the person to be tested. The location determining unit automatically determines whether the eye detected by the detection unit is left-eye or right-eye. The data output unit selectively outputs a detection result of the detection unit, a comparing result of the data comparing unit, and/or a determining result of the location determining unit.
US09451872B2
An endoscope configured to measure a specimen using a pattern projection image of the specimen on which a light and shade pattern of light is projected, the endoscope may include: an insertion unit; an image capturing unit installed at a tip section of the insertion unit and configured to acquire an image of the specimen; an illumination unit having a first light source configured to emit illumination light to illuminate an observation field of vision of the image capturing unit; a pattern projection unit having a second light source configured to emit projection light to project the light and shade pattern on the specimen; and a control unit configured to control an operation of acquiring the image by the image capturing unit, an operation of emitting the illumination light from the illumination unit, and an operation of emitting the projection light from the pattern projection unit.
US09451855B2
A surface cleaning apparatus wherein a body comprises a scalloped wall that defines a suction motor chamber that houses a suction motor.
US09451854B2
A repositionable fluid suction device is disclosed. The device includes a central body and a suction channel located on an underside of the central body extending at least partially around a periphery of the central body. A rim extends downward from the central body, and may define a portion of the suction channel. A fluid collection trough extends at least partially around the periphery of the central body to collect fluids that fall on the upper surface of the central body. The outermost peripheral edge of the suction device may comprise at least one concave portion extending radially inward toward the central body.
US09451850B2
An ice shaving machine includes a bottom board, a drive unit located above the bottom board, a limit bracket secured on the bottom of the drive unit, a shaving frame detachably connected with the limit bracket, and a base frame detachably connected with the shaving frame. The limit bracket has a bottom provided with a plurality of first locking grooves. The shaving frame has an interior provided with a receiving chamber. The shaving frame has an upper end provided with a plurality of first locking pieces that are detachably locked in the first locking grooves of the limit bracket and a lower end provided with a plurality of second locking pieces. The base frame has a top provided with a plurality of second locking grooves that are detachably locked onto the second locking pieces of the shaving frame.
US09451845B2
The invention relates to a brewing or preparation chamber (1) of a beverage preparation device, which is suitable for receiving and extracting a portion capsule (17) filled with powdered or liquid base beverage materials and which consists, completely or partly, of electrically conductive material, and the brewing or preparation chamber (1) comprises a stationary first chamber part (2), and a second chamber part, wherein two electrically conductive contacts are arranged in the first chamber part and in the second chamber part.
US09451837B2
A temperature controlled display cabinet (20), in particular a freezer island, for a grocery store includes a frame structure (30) surrounding at least one openable product space (23) for food products, at least one gravitationally closable door (26) that is in inclined position in relation to vertical direction such that from the view of the customer side the main direction of the main surface of the door (26) is backwards and upwards inclined. The door (26) is formed as a door arrangement including the door (26) and an opening and closing mechanism (40).
US09451830B1
A retrofitting canopy assembly includes a housing defining an interior and first and second openings communicating from the interior to the environment and, together, shaped to receive a top portion of a chair frame when slid thereon, washers, a canopy frame, a ratchet part rotationally fixed to the canopy frame, another ratchet part rotationally fixed to the housing, a frame lock within the housing and movable to secure the housing on the chair frame, and a fastener securing the canopy frame to the first and second ratchet parts, the housing, the frame lock, and washers such that, when the housing is placed on the top of the chair frame, the canopy ratchet parts remain rotationally fixed to one other to keep the shade canopy in a given position until a force sufficient to overcome the ratchet is applied to the canopy frame and/or the shade canopy.
US09451827B1
A vandal resistant swing seat generally comprises a tension member and a rubber cover. The tension member comprises a body connected to end connectors that attach to suspension chains. The body includes a tension component comprising an elongate fabric band having a front edge having a fold, and a rear edge having a fold, and a protection component comprising a metal cable disposed in each fold. The flexible metal wires prevent the tension fabric from being cut. In an alternate embodiment, the fabric band is comprised of a central mesh band of a first fabric and front and rear edge bands of a second fabric of higher tensile strength.
US09451824B1
A television support assembly that provides enhanced lateral stability and hinges that pivot up to 90° and separate for facilitated collapsibility and assemblage. The assembly provides elongated arms, legs, connecting bars, and a rear frame that hingedly interconnect through separable buckle hinges and simple hinges to easily move between an expanded position and a collapsed position. The assembly also provides a pair of support shafts disposed transversely across the assembly for enhancing lateral stability in the expanded position. The rigidity of the support shafts enhances lateral structural integrity for supporting the weight of the television. An attachable vertical bracket can be detachably fastened to hold a flat screen television. Shelves can be installed between the arms for storage or additional entertainment components. Doors and windows may also be added for functionality or aesthetics.
US09451823B2
An adjustable shelving system includes a base member having rear, first, and second sides in a triangular configuration suitable for a room corner. A first shelf assembly is pivotally coupled to the first side of the base member and movable between a first rearward configuration perpendicular to the base member and a first forward configuration offset relative to the rearward configuration. A second shelf assembly is pivotally coupled to the second side of the base member and movable between a second rearward configuration perpendicular to the base member and a second forward configuration offset relative to the rearward configuration. Each shelf assembly includes rollers configured to support the weight of the shelf assembly and enhance movement, especially on an uneven surface. Each shelf assembly may include a vertically floatable hinge configured to allow the shelf assembly to move up or down according to changes in elevation of a floor surface.
US09451822B2
A collapsible shell cover for a computing device having a holder portion, an input device portion, and kickstand portion is described that is configured to support a computing device at a viewing angle in an open configuration and to form a shell cover for the computing device in a collapsed configuration. The holder may receive the computing device between edge members having support lips for support. The input device and kickstand are rotatably secured to the holder at opposing ends of the edge members. In the open configuration, the holder is positioned at the viewing angle, the kickstand is rotated for support at a rear of the holder, and the input device is rotated to extend outward from a front of the holder. In the collapsed configuration, the holder, input device, and kickstand portion are aligned in a common plane to form the shell cover for the computing device.
US09451820B2
A cover for use with a pouch accessory to a toolbelt. The pouch accessory includes a pouch having a first opening into an interior of the pouch, and at least one sidewall defining the first opening. The first opening is configured to receive a worker's hand. The cover includes a deformable web anchored along its periphery to a frame. The web has a second opening that is smaller than the first opening. The frame is configured to be inserted into the first opening of the pouch. Together, the web and the frame are configured to completely close the first opening with only the second opening providing access to the interior of the pouch when the frame is inserted into the first opening of the pouch.
US09451817B2
A holster system for a mobile device is provided, comprising a holster, a friction hinge plate, a fastener, and a grip bar. The holster is configured to hold a mobile device between the holster head portion and the one or more holder grips. The friction hinge plate comprises a top plate portion having a top screw hole, a bottom plate portion having a bottom screw hole, and a middle plate portion connecting the top and bottom plate portion, and the top plate portion and the bottom plate portion are disposed facing each other by elasticity of the middle plate portion. The fastener comprises a bolt screw configured to engage the top and bottom screw holes. The grip bar is disposed in the middle plate portion and configured to anchor an accessory.
US09451813B1
A method of making a self-stopping bead for jewelry. The method comprises the steps of: inserting a resilient tube with an axial passage lengthwise into a relatively rigid tube having a longitudinal axis; deforming the rigid tube inward toward said axis at at least first and second spaced-apart locations along said axis until the rigid tube is necked down at said locations enough to pinch the resilient tube at a depression; and severing the rigid tube and the resilient tube at said depressions thereby forming a self-stopping bead with opposing holes wherein during the step of deforming, the rigid tube and the resilient tube are pinched off so that each hole in the bead receives therein an end of the resilient tube so that the resilient inner tube has a length substantially the same as an axial length of the self-stopping bead between the opposed bead holes.
US09451808B2
An upper for an article of footwear may have material layers and a plurality of strand segments. The material layers are located adjacent to each other and in an overlapping configuration, and the material layers are located in a lace region and a lower region of the upper. The strand segments extend from the lace region to the lower region. The strand segments may be located and secured between the material layers in the lace region and the lower region. The strand segments may form both an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper in an area between the lace region and the lower region. The material layers may define an opening between the lace region and the lower region, and the strand segments extend across the opening.
US09451805B2
An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole, a support assembly beneath the midsole, and an outsole. The support assembly includes a primary member and a secondary member engaged with the primary member. A portion of the secondary member extends through an aperture in the primary member. An opening in the primary member exposes the aperture to an exterior of the primary member.
US09451801B2
A headgear accessory attachment apparatus includes a band having an adjustable size for fitting about a circumference of various outdoor sports helmets such as bicycle, skateboarding, snow sport, mountaineering, equestrian helmets, military helmets, and hard hats used in material moving, dock loading, and airport baggage handling. The accessory attachment apparatus provides the wearer an easy means to attach headgear accessories such as headlamps, helmet cameras, rear lights, goggles, visors, brims, and decorative embellishments to the helmet. The accessories may be permanently or temporarily secured to the accessory apparatus. In one headgear accessory attachment apparatus, the band includes a stop surface that opposes a bottom surface of the headgear when the apparatus is affixed to the headgear such that the apparatus is prevented from becoming dislodged during use.
US09451800B2
The present invention relates to artificial eyelashes and, more particularly, to artificial eyelashes that are tapered towards a point, with the point cut-off to create a tapered yet blunt end (i.e., tapered-cut).
US09451799B2
A system and method of evacuating a downed tactical operator from a hostile environment comprising adding an evacuation belt strap to a PALS grid on a body armor vest by using belt keepers. The evacuation belt strap is made by forming loops at the ends of the strap to function as handles to be grasped by rescuers of the downed operator.
US09451797B1
The hygienic sports glove includes a palm surface, an opposing back surface, and a strap configured for securing the glove onto a person's wrist. The glove further includes a first built-in pocket positioned on the back surface of the glove for storing a towel and/or tissues therein. A second built-in pocket is positioned adjacent the first built-in pocket of the glove. A perfume container, such as a spray-type perfume container, is positioned within the second built-in pocket. The container has a spray tube positioned in fluid communication with the first built-in pocket and a refill tube configured for receiving perfume from another container.
US09451794B2
A three-dimensionally tailored pouch structure for men's briefs includes a first receiving space for receiving a wearer's penis and a second receiving space for receiving the wearer's scrotum. A vent is formed between the first and second receiving spaces for communicating the two receiving spaces with an outer space. By providing the first and second receiving spaces on the pouch structure, the wearer's penis and scrotum can be isolated from each other. Also the vent allows convection to occur between ambient air and the first and second receiving spaces, so that the two receiving spaces of the pouch structure are always dry and comfortable in touch.
US09451785B2
This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of any one of the disease states in the group consisting of cardiovascular disease, inflammation and diarrhoea. Human evolution has been a very slow process in contrast to the relatively recent, rapid changes in our diet since the Neolithic revolution which marked the switch from hunter-gatherer to agricultural life-style around 10,000 years ago. Moreover our genome has not had time to evolve at the same pace and therefore it is postulated that our bodies will work more efficiently with an ancestral diet. In a first aspect of the invention, a plurality of compositions for the dietary health management system of a human being is provided, wherein the plurality of compositions comprise a daily diet of: (g) 1750 to 2750 kilocalories (7350 to 11550 kiloJoules); (h) have more than 1250, preferably more than 1450, more preferably more than 1650 mg gallic acid equivalents of polyphenols; (i) have more than 40, preferably more than 50, more preferably more than 60 g fiber; (j) have more than 130, preferably more than 150, more preferably more than 170 g protein (k) have 0 to 2, preferably 0 to 1.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g starch; and (l) have 0 to 5, preferably 0 to 2.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g lactose.
US09451782B2
The invention is a depositing device for depositing flowable food containing gas comprising a pressurized feed N line conveying flowable food containing gas under pressure into the food; piston means operatively connected to the feed line comprising a piston and a chamber; an outlet to deliver food at the atmospheric pressure into molds. The device comprises a pressure retaining means arranged to retain the product in the chamber at the same pressure as the line pressure and to deliver the product through the outlet as pressure in the chamber increases from the line pressure upon descent of the piston in the chamber.
US09451778B2
The present invention is directed to methods for improving flour quality (e.g., a flour correction process) by treating flour with a raw starch degrading enzyme.
US09451777B2
A liquid mixture that forms a film on a surface which inhibits the life functions of bacteria. In particular the film may include copper or silver, or a combination thereof, to provide an environment hostile to bacteria and other infectious organisms.
US09451774B2
Disclosed are a paddy rice seed treated by a herbicidal composition and a method for controlling weed which comprises sowing the above-mentioned paddy rice seed on a surface of a soil of a paddy field.
US09451771B2
A composition (useful for attracting Halyomorpha halys) containing (3R,6R,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3R,6R,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6S,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, and optionally a carrier material or carrier. The composition may also contain (3R,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3R,6S,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6R,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol, (3S,6R,7R,10R)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol where the composition contains a 3:1 ratio of cis-epoxybisabolenols:trans-epoxybisabolenols produced from (R)-citronellal. These compositions were based on the newly discovered aggregation pheromone components: (3S,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol and (3R,6S,7R,10S)-10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol. The composition may also contain methyl(2E,4E,6Z)-decatrieonate. Also a method for attracting Halyomorpha halys to an object or area, involving treating said object or area with a Halyomorpha halys attracting composition containing a Halyomorpha halys attracting effective amount of the composition.
US09451770B2
A method of enhancing plant immunity is provided. The method comprises the step of administering to a plant a small molecule that binds to NPR1, or a functionally equivalent homolog thereof, that disrupts the interaction between N-terminal BTB/POZ domain and the C-terminal transactivation domain of NPR1. A method of screening for small molecule compounds that enhance plant immunity is also provided.
US09451755B2
A soybean cultivar designated S120063 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120063, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120063, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120063, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120063. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120063. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120063, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120063 with another soybean cultivar.
US09456534B2
A portable terminal including a module, in which one or more storage members are disposed, and a method for manufacturing the portable terminal are provided. The portable terminal includes a first assembly that includes a shield can and a flexible circuit board attached to a surface of the shield can. The portable terminal also includes at least one socket unit mounted to an upper side of the first assembly. The socket unit is mounted to an upper side of the flexible circuit board while the first assembly is positioned on a jig.
US09456533B2
A shielding device includes a frame body and a connector. The frame body is composed of multiple sideboards. One of the sideboards is formed with a receiving hole and at least three arcuate slots. The connector has a main body section, a connection end section and at least three arcuate protrusions. The three arcuate protrusions are formed on an end face of the main body section at a front end of the connector corresponding to the arcuate slots. The arcuate protrusions are fixedly installed in the arcuate slots of the frame body to securely connect the connector with the frame body. Accordingly, the shielding device meets the requirement for high torque specification.
US09456530B2
A DC-DC converter is provided with a transformer provided with a primary coil and a secondary coil; switching elements connected to the primary coil for switching the flow of electrical current to the primary coil; rectifying elements connected to the secondary coil; a case having a first accommodating portion in which the transformer is accommodated and a second accommodating portion in which the switching elements and the rectifying elements are accommodated; and a metal heat sink mounted on the case, the metal heat sink being thermally connected to the switching elements and the rectifying elements and having a radiator portion exposed on the outer surface of the case.
US09456520B1
An improved server frame for securing equipment thereto. The server frame includes four corner secured between a base and a top. Each corner has a plurality of standard openings to receive ends of a standard rail system used to secure the equipment to the frame. The improvement defined by four interior posts, each has a base plate and an arm plate extending from the base plate. Each interior post is separately secured about the corner post. Each arm plate includes rail apertures. A pair of outer rails secured from the front to the rear of the server frame. Each outer rail has rear and front rear facing hooks configured to allow the outer rail to slide into engagement with the rail apertures on the interior posts, such that the outer rails are configured to receive inner rails secured to equipment for sliding the equipment into the server frame.
US09456509B2
Provided is a structure for holding a display module, including: a display module; a housing member that is a box-like member which houses the display module, has openings in a surface facing a display surface of the display module housed therein, and has locking holes in side surface parts; and a plate-like member that is a plate-like one which is arranged on a rear surface of the display module housed in the first member, has engagement claws that protrude outward on an edge side part and has on a plane part elastic holding pieces which press the display module from the rear surface side, and locks the engagement claws fitted in the locking holes by reaction force of pressing by the elastic holding pieces.
US09456502B2
The present invention relates to a method for ejecting droplets of a molten metal. In the present invention, the metal is a composition comprising a first metal and a second element, wherein the second element is Si. In jetting operation, the second elements may prevent contaminants present in the composition from precipitating and clogging the orifice. The present invention further relates to the use of such composition.
US09456496B2
An enhanced substrate for use in printed circuit boards (PCBs) includes low-Dk-core glass fibers having low dielectric constant (Dk) cores. In some embodiments, the low-Dk-core glass fibers are filled with a low Dk fluid, such as a gas (e.g., air, nitrogen and/or a noble gas) or a liquid. After via holes are drilled or otherwise formed in the substrate, silane is applied to the ends of hollow glass fibers exposed in the via holes to seal the low Dk fluid within the cores of the hollow glass fibers. In some embodiments, the low-Dk-core glass fibers are filled with a solid (e.g., a low Dk resin). For example, a hollow glass fiber may be provided, and then filled with a low Dk resin in a liquid state. The low Dk resin within the hollow glass fiber is then cured to a solid state.
US09456492B2
Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the printed circuit board includes: a first insulating layer in which a metal layer is embedded; a warpage prevention layer stacked on the first insulating layer; second insulating layers stacked on both surfaces of the first insulating layer; a via formed on the second insulating layer to be connected to the metal layer; and a solder resist layer stacked on the second insulating layer.
US09456491B2
A printed circuit board includes a busbar applied to a surface of the printed circuit board. The busbar is configured as a sequence of sheet metal conductor pieces which are connected to each other in an electrically conducting manner. The respective ends of the conductor pieces may have a rounded portion and a corresponding cutout, or a point and a corresponding indentation. An electrical controller, a motor vehicle and a printed circuit board configuration having at least one printed circuit board are also provided.
US09456484B2
The light-emitting device disclosed herein comprises a step down circuit and a current limit device, wherein the step down circuit prevents the current signal provided to the light-emitting device larger than the rating current value of the light-emitting device. Moreover, the current limit device only limits current signal while the power supply surges. The two stages protect circuit turn less power to heat.
US09456479B1
An online knob dimming switch includes a printed circuit board, and a switch and a dimming circuit installed in the online knob dimming switch and operated with a dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and a dimmable LED bulb, so that the online knob dimming switch may adjust the light emitting brightness of the dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and dimmable LED bulb installed onto a lampholder. With the wire holders installed at both ends, a power cable is installed conveniently to achieve the effects of shortening the assembling procedure, and improving the assembling efficiency and the market competitiveness.
US09456477B2
A lighting device includes a rectifier circuit, a conversion circuit and a control circuit. A first inductor of a first series circuit and a second inductor of a second series circuit have inductances by which a time period, during which a diode is electrically conducted, is made shorter than a half period of a resonance period of a closed loop circuit. The closed loop circuit includes a first capacitor, the first inductor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor. The control circuit is configured to control a switching element in such a manner that the switching element is turned on at fixed periods.
US09456473B2
A commercial scale system and process for chemically modifying wood and then heating the chemically-modified wood. The system/process separates the chemical modification step from the heating step by utilizing two different vessels for the modification and heating steps. The system and process can, in certain situations, include a containment room for preventing escape of vapors from a chemical wood modification reactor, a wood heater, and/or a chemically-modified bundle of wood as the bundle is transported from the wood modification reactor to the wood heater.
US09456471B2
A heat treatment apparatus includes a hot plate, at least two heat sources, and a switching mechanism. The hot plate serves as the heating medium between the at least two heat sources and the substrate to be processed, the switching mechanism is configured in such a way that the hot plate contacts one or two of the at least two heat sources selectively, the processing temperature of the hot plate can be changed quickly from one temperature to another temperature.
US09456462B2
Disclosed is a tunneling mechanism that enables frames generated by a MAC layer management entity (MLME) to be transmitted by another. By doing that, a pair of stations (STAs) can perform functions such as (re)association, authentication, and the like, without having to transmit frames over-the-air but, instead, use a different MLME for this purpose. This enables the station management entities (SMEs) of a pair of multi-band capable STAs to provide a seamless fast session transfer (FST), including the provisioning of multi-band (de)authentication and (re)association.
US09456461B2
A method of RNTI allocation in dual connectivity for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises connecting to a first base station of the wireless communication system, being assigned a first RNTI by the first base station for communication with the first base station, receiving a RRC message for configuring communication with a second base station of the wireless communication from the first base station, wherein the RRC message includes a second RNTI, and the second RNTI is assigned by the second base station and transmitted by the second base station to the first base station, and performing communication with the first base station with the first RNTI and performing communication with the second base station with the second RNTI.
US09456459B2
A method for providing a random access channel in a, preferably OFDMA-based, wireless network for communication includes: a) defining at least one radio frame according to a frame structure of the wireless network for data transmission; b) providing at least one random access channel in the radio frame by at least one base station of the wireless network for random data transmission of at least one user equipment; c) accessing the at least one random access channel by the at least one user equipment for random data transmission; d) determining network information of the, preferably OFDMA-based, wireless network including network user equipment related information of the at least one user equipment; and e) assigning the at least one random access channel according to the determined network information for random data transmission. A corresponding system is also described.
US09456449B2
A method for reporting channel quality from a user equipment (UE) to a base station is described. The UE derives a channel quality for each of a plurality of downlink resources. The UE transmits channel quality reports in a pattern of time intervals by rotating through the plurality of downlink resources in different time intervals of the pattern, wherein a channel quality report is not transmitted by the UE in each time interval of a frame.
US09456448B2
The invention provides a method of pattern-based message transmission. The method can predetermine a transmission pattern for the message transmission between a base station and a user equipment according to a service type, an equipment identifier, and etc., of the equipment and can hereby determine a transmission process of signaling and data and thus can handle the remaining transmission of either signaling or data to be performed in the predetermined pattern, which means that scheduling resources can be greatly saved and thus signaling overheads and the resource consumption can be greatly reduced. With an optimized design of a pattern, an acknowledgement message and subsequent signalings and/or data could be encapsulated in a same data packet for transmission and reception, thereby resources are further saved. This improves the efficiency of utilizing signaling greatly in general, reduces signaling overheads, and also facilitates various communication between other users in the cell, improves the efficiency of economy and saves cost.
US09456444B2
In one embodiment, a network of nodes is configured to communicate according to a configuration of Available Routing Construct (ARC) chains as well as monitoring communication in the network, and/or selectively controls whether or not provisioned particular links will be used. One embodiment colors nodes of the network (e.g., a wireless deterministic network) along different paths through the network and marks packets with the color of each traversed node to track a path taken by a packet. One embodiment sends a particular packet through the network and marks over which links the packet traverses and aggregates these traversed links of other copies of the particular packet. One embodiment controls whether or not the provisioned time slots are used based on flooding a control packet through the network with enable or disable information for each of these links.
US09456441B2
A base station device and a terminal device efficiently communicate with each other by using a PDSCH. The base station device and the terminal device determine a starting position of an OFDM symbol for a PDSCH in a serving cell based on a transmission mode relating to transmission of the PDSCH, a DCI format that is used for allocation of the PDSCH, an antenna port that is used for the transmission of the PDSCH, and a higher-layer parameter that is determined from a parameter set for a serving cell in which the PDSCH is received.
US09456437B2
The invention relates to both a method and a network entity in a cellular communication network serving mobile terminals or communication devices, offering control over terminals in order to ensure that the best possible data connection is available to the user at all times whatever the coverage scenario and technology the terminals are operating on.
US09456436B2
A method and network element for sending a transition indication to transition a user equipment to a different state or mode, the method receiving a configuration message from a network; and transmitting a transition indication from the user equipment, the transition indication only includes a cause if the configuration message contains an inhibit transition indication. Also, a method and user equipment for processing a transitioning indication from a user equipment indicating the user equipment desires a transition to a different state or mode, the method comprising: receiving the transition indication from the user equipment; if the transition indication contains a cause: releasing a signaling connection of the user equipment or transitioning the user equipment to a different state or mode; and if the transition indication does not contain the cause: releasing the signaling connection.
US09456435B2
A method supporting control channel change notification for at least one wireless communication unit capable of operating on a first serving communication cell and configured with access to at least one second serving communication cell in a wireless broadcast communication system. The method includes, at a broadcast server: supporting communication with at least one wireless communication unit via the at least one second serving communication cell; generating a message including an indication that a control channel change notification will be sent in the at least one first serving communication cell; transmitting the message to the at least one wireless communication unit operational in the at least one second serving communication cell; and transmitting the control channel change notification in the first serving communication cell.
US09456430B2
A communication system which performs communication between a base station device configuring at least one cell and a mobile station device, wherein: the base station device includes: a synchronization signal generation unit which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to a cell identity for identifying a cell; and a transmission unit which generates a first transmission signal including the synchronization signal using a first parameter obtained from the cell identity, generates a second transmission signal excluding the synchronization signal using a second parameter obtained from a virtual cell identity different from the cell identity, transmits the first transmission signal using a first frequency band, and transmits the second transmission signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The mobile station device includes: a reception unit which receives a first reception signal including the synchronization signal using the first parameter obtained from the cell identity via the first frequency band and receives a second reception signal using the second parameter obtained from the virtual cell identity via the second frequency band.
US09456422B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided that include calibrating transmit power of a femto node based on measuring one or more parameters related to usage of the femto node. The femto node can temporarily increase transmit power and analyze received measurement reports to determine a transmit power calibration. The femto node can additionally measure uplink received signal strength indicators over multiple time periods following handover of a user equipment (UE) to determine whether to increase transmit power to cover the UE.
US09456409B2
Method and system for use when a mobile communication device (40) roams between a mobile communication home network (10) and one or several mobile communication networks (20,26,30,36), which device includes a SIM card (41), the method includes the steps of: a) the device roaming in a first collaborating network (20); b) the home network allowing the device Internet access to a predetermined Internet address but not general Internet access; c) the device contacting the predetermined Internet address and the user providing login credentials; d) associating an IMSI and/or an MSISDN of the SIM card with a user account identified by the login credentials; e) allowing Internet access to the device in accordance with an agreement tied to the user account.
US09456407B2
A cell in a mobile terminal is selected from a set of serving cell candidates. A first serving cell candidate is evaluated from the set by estimating the distance from the mobile terminal to the first serving cell candidate and determining whether the estimated distance exceeds a predetermined distance, based on a criterion. In response to determining that the estimated distance exceeds the predetermined distance, no call (i.e., the executing process refrains from performing a call) on the first serving cell candidate occurs and a second serving cell candidate from the set is evaluated—even if the mobile terminal is receiving the strongest radio signals from the first serving cell candidate. In response to determining that the estimated distance exceeds the predetermined distance, identity of the first serving cell candidate is reported to an Operating Sub System (OSS).
US09456403B2
Systems and apparatus for managing signaling between a network and machine type communication (MTC) devices. An MTC device receives an indication such as a locally detached state indication and, during the validity of the indication, remains locally detached and does not attempt communication with the network except under specified conditions, such as a need by the MTC device to initiate data transfer, or triggering of the MTC device. The MTC device may also receive a local detachment timer and remain attached during the validity of the local detachment timer, with the MTC device becoming locally detached and the indication becoming valid upon expiration of the local detachment timer.
US09456392B2
A mobile station includes a parameter retrieval unit that retrieves information representing carrier frequencies of a serving cell and a neighboring cell from a radio base station, a frequency band setting unit that sets a frequency band for measuring radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, based on the information representing the carrier frequencies of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, and a measurement unit that measures the radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, based on the set frequency band.
US09456390B2
A method and apparatus for maintaining service continuity for User Equipment accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem communication network. A routing identifier is established that identifies a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server allocated to the User Equipment. The routing identifier is sent to the User Equipment. In the event of disruption to the service between the User Equipment and the Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server, a handover message is sent from the User Equipment via a Circuit Switched access network. The handover message includes the routing identifier, and is then forwarded to the identified Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server. This allows the same Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server to be used after the handover as was used before the handover, thereby providing service continuity.
US09456384B2
The present invention provides a message processing method, device, and system. The method includes: receiving a TCP data acknowledgement message sent by a UE; obtaining, according to the TCP data acknowledgement message, an identifier of a TCP data packet successfully received by the UE; obtaining, according to correspondence between the identifier of the TCP data packet and an identifier of at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU, the identifier of the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU corresponding to the identifier of the TCP data packet; and determining that the UE has successfully received the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU corresponding to the identifier of the at least one RLC protocol AMD PDU.
US09456382B2
Preemptive based radio access control is facilitated. Queue data is received, wherein the queue data corresponds to a set of requests for highly prioritized communications included on a prioritized queue. The queue data is used to determine whether a set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session has been met. Session data corresponding to characteristics for each of a plurality of radio communication sessions are also received and utilized to determine which of the plurality of radio communication sessions to terminate if the set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session have been met.
US09456379B2
A vehicle-mounted device includes a measurement unit that detects the radio signal to measure a congestion level, a reception unit that receives, from each of the predetermined vehicle-mounted devices, the value of a predetermined parameter, in which a degree of contribution to congestion increases as the value of the parameter increases, from among parameters relating to the communication of the predetermined vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit that sets, when the congestion level measured by the measurement unit is outside a set predetermined range, the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device so that the congestion level is within the predetermined range in consideration of the magnitude relationship between the congestion level and a value within the predetermined range and a magnitude relationship between the value of the predetermined parameter received by the reception unit and the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device.
US09456377B2
A method for delivering packets in a wireless communications system includes determining a cause of loss for a previously transmitted packet based on a packet acknowledgement corresponding to the previously transmitted packet, the packet acknowledgement including at least one of a wireless loss indicator and a congestion warning indicator for the wireless communications system. The method also includes adjusting a transmission parameter in a packet transmission protocol according to the cause of loss, and retransmitting the previously transmitted packet.
US09456375B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a signal at a cooperative user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting client cooperative communication is provided. The method includes: receiving one or more packets configured in predetermined units from a source user equipment; configuring a data burst respective to the source user equipment based on the predetermined units by including the one or more packets in the data burst based on a priority level; and transmitting the data burst to a base station. Here, the one or more packets are configured in one of service data units (SDUs) and protocol data units (PDUs), and the priority level is same as a priority level used by the source user equipment.
US09456367B2
A multi-path search apparatus and a method in a wireless communication system are provided. The multi-path search apparatus includes a correlator configured to get a 1st correlation value between a received signal and a 1st code, and to get a 2nd correlation value between the received signal and a 2nd code, a coupler configured to couple the 1st correlation value and the 2nd correlation value, and a multi-path information generator configured to get the correlation energy of the output of the coupler and to generate multi-path information.
US09456366B2
Techniques are described for alert-triggered recording spectrum data. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining whether network performance for one or more communications channels of a wireless network is below a threshold. In response to determining that the network performance for the one or more communications channels of the wireless network is below the threshold, recording of spectrum data for energy on the one or more communications channels of the wireless network is initiated. In an embodiment, determining whether network performance is below a threshold comprises determining whether the quality of at least one communications channel is below a threshold. In another embodiment, determining whether network performance is below a threshold comprises determining whether one or more network parameters monitored on one or more network elements indicate that network performance is below a threshold.
US09456357B2
The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for adaptive antenna pattern management for wireless local area networks. A network device comprising an adaptive antenna receives a coverage area description and a wireless coverage objective for a wireless network. The network device also scans a plurality of channels in a plurality of directions to detect signal levels from one or more other network devices in the wireless network. The network device can then coordinate wireless signal coverage with the one or more other network devices based at least on the coverage area description, the wireless coverage objective, and the detected signal levels. Specifically, the network device may accomplish such coordination by switching or reshaping the adaptive antenna patterns based on adaptive antenna patterns of other network devices in the wireless network.
US09456353B2
A transceiver station provides wireless resources including communication features for users in a geographical coverage area including a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells being associated with a different combination of at least one carrier and at least one sector of the geographical coverage area. The transceiver station includes a first board and a second board. The first board includes a first L1 processing circuit configured to perform functions associated with providing a first set of the communication features for the users in a first subset of cells from among the plurality of cells. The second board communicatively is coupled with the first board, and includes a second L1 processing circuit configured to perform functions associated with providing a second set of the communication features for the users in a second subset of cells from among the plurality of cells.
US09456351B2
Provided are a mobile communication system, a base station, a communication method and a program whereby respective cells can be changed to an energy saving cell or a Compensation Cell, while minimizing the occurrence of interference. The mobile communication system according to the present invention has a base station (11) having a cell (1), and a base station (20) having a cell (2). Furthermore, the base station (20) according to the present invention sends first information indicating that preparations for change of the cell (1) to an energy saving state have been completed, to the base station (20).
US09456348B2
A method and system for authenticating a user includes providing an invocation element capable of being activated by a single user action, receiving an indication that the invocation element has been activated, obtaining a location of a wireless device associated with the user, determining whether the wireless device is associated with an authorized user, approving the user to use the application based on a predetermined location criterion, and producing an indication that the user has been authenticated.
US09456346B2
Wireless personal area network (Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB) and wireless identification technologies (Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)) are implemented in particular client server functions and communications. Connected with an Authentication Server, a wireless HUB authenticates user identification and provides the user with access to secure data communication with a wireless terminal such as a cellular phone or a PDA. A Location Server provides user locations via methods such as RSSI, TDOA, and GPS and sends location information to a Center Control Server and the Authentication Server. With location information, the Center Control Server initiates and optimizes secure information processes and coordinates the functions of servers and user terminals.
US09456329B2
A method for an enabler entity to indicate an event to a manager entity includes transmitting, from the enabler entity to the manager entity, an event indication message indicating an event in a device served by the enabler entity. The enabler entity enables communication between the device and the manager entity and the manager entity exchanges information required for coexistence between enabler entities comprising the enabler entity. The event indication message includes type information indicating that the event indication message is for indicating that a specific device is detected by the device, the specific device operating on a frequency not permitted to the specific device.
US09456328B2
A method and apparatus for performing a discovery of one or more wireless devices. The method includes initiating, at a first wireless device, a discovery protocol having a configurable parameter, the discovery protocol being associated with discovery of one or more second wireless devices; determining a number of second wireless devices within a predetermined range of the first wireless device; and adjusting the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol based on the number of second wireless devices determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device. The method further includes at the first wireless device, completing the discovery of one or more second wireless devices in accordance with the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol as adjusted based on the number of second wireless devices determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device.
US09456324B2
An interactive display response (IDR) system is provided. The IDR system includes an interactive display server (IDS) for communicating display requests from a call center to a plurality of mobile devices attempting to establish a connection with the call center, wherein the IDS is further configured to transfer the graphical displays to an interactive display agent (IDA) executed on a remote server and accessible by each mobile device of the plurality mobile devices having an established connection with the IDS.
US09456320B2
A system and method for sending a message to a second mobile device of a second user from a first mobile device of the first user while making a call comprises the first mobile device having a mobile application installed and operating in communication with a server to send the message to the second mobile device while attempting the call. The second mobile device receives the call from the first mobile device with the message displayed on a display area by the mobile application. The mobile application communicates with the server and the first mobile device and the second mobile device to enable simultaneously sending the message with the call from the first mobile device and to enable simultaneously viewing the message with a received call in the second mobile device.
US09456317B2
A social messaging hub provides communication services including intelligent presence detection messaging for a data enabled device having Internet network access capabilities. In one embodiment, a user is given a registered phone number and has multiple devices with unique IP addressable identifications which serve as a source and destination identifiers of the associated data enabled devices. The hub receives device and default location information, sets geofence boundaries, receives a notification of device positions and then delivers messages based on the proximity of devices to each other and user preferences.
US09456315B2
For transmission of multicast data in a cellular network, a gateway (200) allocates a set of multicast sessions (111, 112) to a single Internet Protocol Multicast group (110). For each of the multicast sessions (111, 112), the gateway indicates an Internet Protocol Multicast address of the Internet Protocol Multicast group to one or more radio access network nodes (100) of the cellular network. For each of the multicast sessions (111, 112), the gateway (200) indicates a different identifier to the radio access network nodes (100), e.g., in the form of a Tunnel Endpoint Identifier. The gateway (200) sends multicast data of the multicast sessions (111, 112) in one or more Internet Protocol Multicast data packets addressed to the Internet Protocol Multicast address of the Internet Protocol Multicast group. The multicast data of each of the multicast sessions (111, 112) include the respective identifier to allow identification of the multicast session (111, 112) at the radio access network node (100).
US09456311B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for determining the indoor location of devices such as smartphones and tablet computers using reference points and sensors. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an environment analytics system can retrieve a layout of an environment and determines an absolute reference point for the layout. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a point associated with an area of the layout. The coordinate pair can be determined relative to the absolute reference point. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a beacon deployed within the area. The coordinate pair can be associated with a unique address of the beacon. The environment analytics system can update beacon data in an environment database to include the coordinate pair for the beacon and the unique address of the beacon.
US09456309B2
A system or method is provided to estimate wait time at a line or a queue. In particular, the system may estimate the wait time at a line by detecting the presence of a user at the line via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication. In an embodiment, the system may detect when the user enters the line and when the user departs from the line via BLE beacons and may estimate the wait time at the line based on how long the user is in line. In an embodiment, a grid of multiple BLE beacons may be installed or provided at the location of the line to track the location and movement of a user. The system may determine the wait time for the line based on the location and the movement of the user.
US09456304B2
A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. One or more location measurement units (LMUs) or components may be requested to provide timing relationship information from a respective cell site. These LMUs may then be tasked to measure uplink times of arrival of signals received by the LMUs from a target mobile device. A response message from the target mobile device may be received, the response message having reference epoch frame information whereby a Global Positioning System (GPS) time estimate at the reference epoch that the target mobile device used to make GPS satellite measurements is determined as a function of the requested timing relationship information. Satellite information may then be determined using the determined GPS time estimate, and a location of the mobile device performed using this satellite information.
US09456303B2
Provided is a distributed system and method for peer to peer service propagation. A Mobile data processing System (MS) can share its accessible services to any other MS, preferably in accordance with permissions. Route communications depend on where the MS needing the service is located relative a minimal number of hops through other Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) to get to the service. Services otherwise unavailable to a first MS (or MS user) become available through another MS. A plurality of MSs may facilitate the connection (e.g. hops) from the first MS to the last MS which publishes the service and has access to the service. A service route is minimized for best performance even with highly mobile MSs by minimizing a number of hops between MSs to reach a service.
US09456294B2
A communication device may determine whether a first type of wireless network is an enterprise wireless network, in a case where the communication device currently belongs to both the first type of wireless network for executing a first type of wireless communication and a second type of wireless network for executing a second type of wireless communication. The communication device may execute a sending process comprising sending first wireless setting information to a portable terminal when it is determined that the first type of wireless network is the enterprise wireless network. The first wireless setting information may be information for the portable terminal to participate in the second type of wireless network. The communication device may execute a first particular process different from the sending process when it is determined that the first type of wireless network is not the enterprise wireless network.
US09456285B2
CIC Hearing device (50, 1000, 1100) comprising electronics configured to receive an electrical signal as an input signal and generate an output signal provided to a receiver, the electronics including a variable gain amplifier with input buffering circuitry including a compound transistor, the electronics being configured to bias the compound transistor such that a quiescent current associated with the output signal is limited or controlled.
US09456283B2
An electrostatic electroacoustic transducer includes a first structure, a second structure and a third electrode. The third electrode is located between the first structure and the second structure. The first structure includes a first driving element, a first spacer and a first diaphragm, and the second structure includes a second driving element, a second spacer and a second diaphragm. By providing an alternating voltage source, a transformer and a bias voltage, the electrostatic electroacoustic transducer with a dual-diaphragm structure has a high efficiency and an enlarged range of audio frequency.
US09456275B2
An acoustic system includes first one or mole acoustic elements designed and arranged in a first manner to facilitate generation of a first signal that includes mostly undesired audio, substantially void of desired audio, in response to a presence of the desired audio and the undesired audio. Second one or more acoustic elements are designed and arranged in a second complementary manner to facilitate generation of a second signal that includes both the desired and the undesired audio, in response to the presence of the desired audio and the undesired audio. A signal extraction component receives the first signal and the second signal. The signal extraction component further includes an inhibit component. The inhibit component is coupled to the first signal and the second signal. A delay element is coupled to a path of the second signal. The delay element introduces a deterministic delay to the second signal. A value of the deterministic delay is selected to model reverberation of the environment that the system is used in. The first signal is input to the adaptive filter and an output of the inhibit component is in communication with the adaptive filter to control adaptive filtering. An output of the adaptive filter is a first input to an adder and the output of the delay element is a second input to the adder. The adder subtracts the first input from the second input to create an output, which is the desired audio.
US09456268B2
An earpiece includes an Ambient Sound Microphone (ASM) configured to measure a background noise signal, an Ear Canal Receiver (ECR) configured to deliver audio to an ear canal, and an optional Ear Canal Microphone (ECM) configured to convert an internal sound within an ear canal of a user to an internal sound signal, and a processor operatively coupled to the ASM, the ECR and optionally the ECM. Note, internal sounds can also include residual background noise related to ambient sounds in the environment. The processor is configured to maintain a natural audio level based on a combined measurement of the background noise signal and the internal sound signal.
US09456264B2
A hearing dose management device has an input, an output 6B for feeding an acoustic transducer, and an attenuating device configured to provide a controlled attenuation between the input and the output. The attenuation is dependent on past levels of the output so as to manage a hearing dose delivered by an acoustic transducer.
US09456250B2
Automatic rating optimization is described. In an embodiment, ratings of a program can be received from one or more rating sources. Based on these ratings, a representation of a content selection mechanism can be sent to potential consumers of the content. Access events for the content can be counted over a duration of time so a determination can be made regarding how the ratings provided by each of the rating sources affect popularity of the content. A weight accorded to ratings received from each of the rating sources can be adjusted based on the determination. Profiles can be established for consumers and/or rating sources.
US09456240B2
Systems and apparatus providing UI functionality at a client device via a video decoder/renderer operates to decode a compressed video stream bearing UI imagery and a messaging proxy is adapted to process user interaction data indicative of a local function to invoke an application programming interface (API) associated with the local function in order to select an appropriate channel of the decoded compressed video stream.
US09456238B2
A portable audio/video playback apparatus of the present invention comprises an apparatus main body 1 and a broadcast receiver unit 4 removably attached to the apparatus main body. The apparatus main body 1 includes interfaces 32, 33 for connecting thereto the broadcast receiver unit; an audio processing circuit 22 connected to one interface 32 for processing and feeding an external audio signal to a speaker 24; and a video processing circuit 27 connected to the other interface 33 for processing and feeding an external video signal to a display 13. The broadcast receiver unit 4 includes interfaces 55, 56 connected to the foregoing interfaces 32, 33 and decoders 47, 48 for feeding an audio signal and a video signal included in a received television broadcast signal to the interfaces 55, 56.
US09456227B2
The present disclosure illustrates a video capture system. The video capture system comprises a smart device and a first server. The smart device is configured to detect a user specific action. When the smart device detects the user specific actions, the smart device records a time stamp of the user specific action, and generate an audio fingerprint data based on a audio data of a specific television program showed on a display. The first server receives the time stamp and the audio fingerprint data, and finds the specific television program corresponding to the audio fingerprint data according to the audio fingerprint data and electronic program guide information. Then, the first server obtains a start tag based onbased on the time stamp. The start tag is a starting time of a video fragment.
US09456224B2
A motion image distribution system includes a server and a user terminal. The server generates a feature quantity table CHT1 representing a data structure of motion image encoded data VDE, and authenticates the motion image encoded data VDE by using the generated feature quantity table CHT1. Then, the server transmits the motion image encoded data VDE and the feature quantity table CHT1 to the user terminal. The user terminal generates a feature quantity table CHT2 representing a data structure of the received motion image encoded data VDE, and authenticates received motion image encoded data VDE by using the generated feature quantity table CHT2. Then, the user terminal plays back the motion image encoded data VDE and outputs motion image playback information.
US09456221B2
A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected then frequency information of the surroundings of the block boundary is obtained. A magnitude of a discontinuous component in a frequency domain belonging to the block boundary is adjusted based on a magnitude of a corresponding discontinuous component selected from a pixel contained entirely within a block adjacent the block boundary. The frequency domain adjustment is then applied to a spatial domain. Or, a DC offset mode can be selected to reduce blocking artifacts in smooth regions where there is little motion.
US09456215B2
Provided is an image transmission apparatus in digital TV broadcasting, including: a first converter which converts added data, which are to be inserted into an image, into a pixel block; a border extender which adds an extended border area to an image area to extend the image in video data and inserts the converted added data into the extended border area; a video encoder which encodes the video data into which the border extender inserts the added data; a video decoder which decodes the video data encoded by the video encoder; and a second converter which converts the added data which are inserted as a pixel block in the video data decoded by the video decoder into original data. Accordingly, in digital TV broadcasting such as HD TV an UDTV, the added data are inserted into a hidden area, so that it is possible to transmit various types of information including contents and copyright without a deterioration in image quality.
US09456212B2
Video coding sub-block sizing based on infrastructure capabilities and current conditions. Sub-block size, such as employed in accordance with the video processing, maybe adaptively modified based on any of a number of considerations. For example, such adaptation of sub-block size may be made with respect to one or more characteristics associated with streaming media source flow(s) and/or streaming media delivery flow(s) being received by and/or output from a given device including a video processor. For example, such a video processor may be a video decoder implemented within a middling or destination device. Such a video processor may be a video encoder implemented within the middling or source device. Adaptation of sub-block size employed in accordance with video coding may also be effectuated in accordance with feedback or control signaling provided between respective devices. (e.g., from destination or source device to middling device, or from destination device to source device, etc.).
US09456211B2
A picture coding method of the present invention codes a picture signal and a ratio of a number of luminance pixels and a number of chrominance pixels for the picture signal, and then one coding method out of at least two coding methods is selected depending on the ratio. Next, data related to a picture size is coded in accordance with the selected coding method. The data related to the picture size indicates a size of the picture corresponding to the picture signal or an output area, which is a pixel area to be outputted in decoding in a whole pixel area coded in the picture signal coding.
US09456209B2
Embodiments of the present invention multiplex elementary streams without timing information coded to create a transport stream. In some embodiments, ‘n’ number of access units are constructed and pushed into a list one by one. Each access unit is capable of looking ahead to obtain information on timing for the next access unit. A header is constructed by calculating timing information from the topmost access unit of the list. Said header is written in the transport stream and the remaining bytes of the transport stream are filled with data from the said elementary stream. Thus the transport stream is constructed.
US09456207B2
A projection display apparatus includes an image generation unit that generates an image light, an optical system that projects the image light onto a projection plane, an optical path changing unit that changes a display position of the image light on the projection plane, and a controller. The controller generates signals for plural types of sub-frames by dividing spatially a signal for each frame of the video input signal. The controller controls the optical path changing unit to keep the display position of the image light on the projection plane before and after transition of the frame of the video signal, and controls the image generation unit to make a type of a beginning sub-frame in a frame output just after the transition equal to a type of a last sub-frame in a frame output just before the transition.
US09456204B2
A controlling device is configures to control functional operations of an appliance by using a 3D sync signal transmitted to synchronize a wearable 3D viewing apparatus with a device adapted to render 3D media to select from a library of command codes a command code set appropriate for controlling functional operations of the appliance. The command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes are assigned to respective keys of the controlling device whereupon a subsequent activation of one or more of the respective keys of the controlling device will cause the controlling device to issue a command transmission via use of one or more of the command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes to thereby control one or more functional operations of the appliance.
US09456196B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method of providing a multiview still image service. The method includes: configuring a multiview still image file format including a plurality of image areas into which a plurality of pieces of image information forming a multiview still image are inserted; inserting the plurality of pieces of image information into the plurality of image areas, respectively; inserting three-dimensional (3D) basic attribute information to three-dimensionally reproduce the multiview still image into a first image area of the plurality of image areas into which main-view image information from among the plurality of pieces of image information is inserted; and outputting multiview still image data comprising the plurality of pieces of image information based on the multiview still image file format.
US09456195B1
An application programming interface (API) provides access to a multi-aperture imaging system. By using the API, higher level applications can access and/or specify the image capture by the multi-aperture imaging device. For example, the API can support the specification of various image capture parameters: resolution, frame rate, exposure, flash, filtering, and additional processing to be applied. These could be specified for all frames and all channels (Red, Green, Blue and Infrared), or could be specified for specific subframes within a frame and/or for specific channels. The API can also specify output data from the multi-aperture imaging device. This can include raw pixel data, image data (color and Infrared), depth maps, and other processed image data. It can also include metadata and data about the status of the multi-aperture imaging device.
US09456185B2
The present invention relates to a reduced scale industrial helicopter, with an integrated automatic flight control system, that includes core autopilot functions, GPS management, and full-function navigation systems. The autopilot technology includes rapid launch capability, real-time in-flight switching between one or more of a) remote control, b) autopilot-directed, c) ground station controlled, and d) home modes, and is upgradeable. The helicopter is used for high or low altitude surveillance, and can handle various payloads, including photographic missions. The helicopter may include onboard batteries and/or a unique battery unit disposed beneath the helicopter, and includes autonomous features such as automatic takeoff, automatic landing, safety return to home base, and predetermined mission plans.
US09456182B2
A system can include a first vehicle operating a mobile pipeline cleaning device for cleaning a pipeline, a second vehicle operating a mobile camera device configured to enter said pipeline and capture video data corresponding to an interior of said pipeline, and a mobile video unit device. The second vehicle can have a transmitter configured to transmit the video data over a communication path, and the mobile video unit device can have a receiver configured to receive the video data from the transmitter over the communication path. The mobile video unit device can visually present to a user a video feed corresponding to the video data.
US09456176B2
Systems and methods are described that provide both a network-based, e.g., cloud-based, and apparatus based in-call command control for dynamically performing user commands such as voice commands or gesture commands. The result allows for hands free operation of a calling system including one where the user is located separate from a base station. The systems and methods provide for recognizing both voice and gestural commands. The systems and methods further provide for dynamically filtering commands so that commands are not perceived by those participating in the call. Further, the systems and methods provide for notifying the user, who has given the command, regarding the performance of the requested command.
US09456173B2
There is a first writing mode in which data is written to a recording medium in a first recording unit, and a second writing mode in which data is written in a second recording unit whose size is greater than the first recording unit. In an interval recording mode in which a predetermined recording time worth of moving image data is repeatedly recorded each time a predetermined interval period elapses, moving image data is recorded to the recording medium in the first writing mode having the smaller recording unit. This makes it possible to effectively use the recording area of the recording medium in the case where moving image data obtained by interval shooting is recorded to the recording medium.
US09456161B2
An apparatus including pixels, each having first and second photoelectric conversion elements, an amplifying unit, first and second transfer gates, and a microlens, performs, in one pixel, a first operation involving turning on the first transfer gate, outputting a signal based on charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion element, turning on the first and second transfer gates while retaining the charge generated and transferred to an input node, and outputting a signal based on charges generated in the first and second photoelectric conversion elements, and, in another pixel, a second operation involving turning on the first transfer gate, not outputting a signal based on charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion element, turning on the first and second transfer gates while retaining the charge generated and transferred to the input node, and outputting a signal based on charges generated in the first and second photoelectric conversion elements.
US09456148B1
The ability of a user to acquire satisfactory images in varying imaging conditions can be improved by enabling the user to select one or more scene settings that are appropriate for current conditions. In some embodiments, a camera instructed to capture an image can instead capture multiple images, each with different camera settings corresponding to a respective scene setting. The user can then view at least some of these images, and select one or more images that appeal to the user. In some embodiments, this selection process can be used to determine the appropriate settings for the current conditions, and then enable the user to capture images using those settings. The user can also customize, change the selection of, or obtain additional scene settings.
US09456146B2
It includes a face detection unit that acquires an image from a camera and detects a person's face from the image, a region division unit that acquires an image from the camera and divides an imaging region of the image, a luminance calculation unit that calculates luminance of the person's face detected by the face detection unit and luminance of each divided region obtained by dividing by the region division unit, and a diaphragm adjustment information calculation unit that obtains the divided region having a difference between the luminance of the person's face and the luminance of the divided region which is larger than a predetermined value, calculates a region excluding the obtained divided region as a diaphragm adjustment region of an imaging unit, and outputs the obtained diaphragm adjustment region as diaphragm adjustment information to a diaphragm adjustment unit of the camera.
US09456142B2
An apparatus and method for processing an image in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying on a display module a plurality of images acquired through a plurality of image sensors, and applying an editing effect to at least one image among the plurality of images.
US09456134B2
Systems and methods for implementing array camera configurations that include a plurality of constituent array cameras, where each constituent array camera provides a distinct field of view and/or a distinct viewing direction, are described. In several embodiments, image data captured by the constituent array cameras is used to synthesize multiple images that are subsequently blended. In a number of embodiments, the blended images include a foveated region. In certain embodiments, the blended images possess a wider field of view than the fields of view of the multiple images.
US09456131B2
A smart camera system is disclosed. The camera can work with cloud data storage systems and compute cloud. A call center can access the cloud to provide security monitoring services.
US09456123B2
A mobile electronic device application uses various hardware parameters for operation. The application leverages calibration data from other users to determine what the parameters should be for the particular device model on which the application is installed. The application queries a cloud-based data store by sending the model and a hardware-variable parameter to the data store. If a value for the parameter is available in the data store, the application will receive it from the data store and use it in operation. If the value is not available, the application will prompt the user to calibrate the application. The application will use the calibration results to identify a setting, and it will send the setting to the data store for use by other instances in which the application is installed on the same model device.
US09456117B2
An adaptive lighting apparatus (1) for high-speed image recordings for an object (2) uses a number of high-speed image recording devices (30, 31, 32), with a number of LED lighting units (10-18) having LED illuminants (100-104) that can emit light to light the object (2) during operation. An actuator actuates the LED lighting units (10-18) individually or in groups. A control device (4) controls the actuator, and has a memory that stores parameter sets for actuating the LED lighting units (10-18) for retrieval. An evaluation device calibrates the adaptive lighting apparatus (1) and then captures and evaluates the images of the object (2) that are recorded by the high-speed image recording devices (30, 31, 32) and calculates therefrom the parameter sets for adaptively actuating the LED lighting units (10-18).
US09456111B2
A system and method of content adaptive pixel intensity processing are described. In video processing system, due to various mathematic operations applied to the data, the processed video data may be become exceeding a range of original data and result in artifacts. Content adaptive clipping method is disclosed which takes into account the dynamic characteristics of the video data. Accordingly the method configures the video data into a predefined set which can be a partial picture, a frame or a group of frames. The data range of the original associated with the predefined set is determined The processed video data is clipped according to the range computed for the predefined set.
US09456110B2
The invention discloses a method and terminal device for improving video signal definition. The method includes: acquiring information of a connected display device; selecting a corresponding definition improving algorithm according to the acquired information of the display device to process video output signals, and finally outputting the processed video signals to the display device for display. By adopting the above technical scheme, the problem in the prior art of fuzzy or unclear display images caused by mismatching between output images of the mobile device and the connected display device as a uniform fixed algorithm is adopted to magnify images when a mobile device is connected to a display device for video play is solved.
US09456107B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that performs processing for forming an image on continuous paper on the basis of image data and a control section that performs image preparation for converting printing data into image data from which an image can be formed and controls the image forming section to execute printing of a plurality of images at equal intervals on the continuous paper. The control section performs, before the image formation processing, according to image sizes in a paper passing direction, image forming speeds, and image preparation times related to the images, printing condition setting for setting an interval of the images.
US09456100B2
A sheet conveying device includes: a conveyor; a first supporter for supporting an unsupplied sheet; a second supporter for supporting a discharged sheet; and a side guide contactable with an edge portion of the sheet supported by the first supporter. The first supporter has a first part located over the second supporter, with the first part and the second supporter being spaced apart from each other. The first part at least partly constitutes a first tray movable between an open position and a closed position. The side guide is provided on the first tray. The first tray is configured such that when the first tray is located at the closed position, the first supporter supports the unsupplied sheet, and when the first tray is located at the open position, a portion of the second supporter is exposed.
US09456099B2
An image reading apparatus includes a housing; an opening/closing member that is switchable between a first position in which it covers the housing and a second position in which it uncovers the housing via pivoting about a pivot shaft; a document table that carries a document and is covered or uncovered by the opening/closing member; and a reading part that reads the document mounted on the document table. A bearing that receives the pivot shaft of the opening/closing member has a guide portion that guides the pivot shaft toward the inside of the housing when the opening/closing member is pivoted from the first position to the second position.
US09456095B2
A part engaging structure having sufficient intensity while reducing the use amount of material, and having high positioning accuracy is provided. An engaging structure allows a protruding portion formed at a first part to be received by a receiving portion formed at a second part and engages the first part with the second part. The protruding portion is formed of a structure body having a plurality of ribs combined in a polygonal shape lacking part of sides, and at least two of corner portions of the polygon of the structure body contact an inner surface of the receiving portion.
US09456094B2
Provided is an electronic equipment facilitating a search for setting items associated with items to be set. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display a first setting item connected with various settings and an advanced setting menu associated with the first setting item. The operation receiving circuit receives an operation of the first setting item or the advanced setting menu. The uncertain operation detecting circuit detects an uncertain operation of the first setting item by confirming that no setting is conducted in the advanced setting menu, and a process is returned to the first setting item. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display the first setting item and a second setting item associated with the first setting item based on a detected result of the uncertain operation of the first setting item.
US09456081B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for priority message management. In one embodiment, users are associated with one or more identified networks, wherein the users connect to the one or more identified networks using one or more mobile devices. Embodiments of the present invention can detect the presence or absence of an associated user, and responsive to detecting a user's absence, can increase an amount of priority of a user's communications to a mobile device of a different user having an enabled screening feature. Increasing the amount of priority of users that have been identified as absent from the identified network can ensure important messages are delivered.
US09456075B2
In order to detect a specific codec sequence being used, a signal that is based on a codec sequence is analyzed. The signal is analyzed to determine if there is a pattern in the signal. A pattern of a codec sequence can be a unique pattern of frames, frequencies and/or frequency ranges that are generated based on a specific codec sequence. The pattern is compared to one or more previously stored patterns of codec sequences to see if there is a match. If there is a match, an event is generated. For example, if a known codec sequence that has a poor signal quality is determined to be in use for a voice call, the parties may be notified that the call is likely to be a low quality voice call.
US09456072B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for managing an application in a wireless terminal, in which data of an application is managed and displayed according to an input type of a password for unlocking the wireless terminal, wherein the apparatus includes a memory for storing a plurality of passwords and a controller for classifying and managing data of each of a plurality of applications according to a password type.
US09456071B2
Resource use by applications used by user equipment (UE) is adaptively controlled. A UE can comprise a modem-network kernel component that can be well partitioned from modem operations and can facilitate adaptively controlling use of functional blocks for applications of the UE, and enhancing use of network resources in connection with use of applications by the UE. The kernel component can operate in a protected area of the baseband and can utilize APIs and interfaces available to it by existing modem stacks and UE operating systems. The kernel component can interact with the communication network to adaptively present network enabler functions to other parts of the system. The kernel component can facilitate managing secure communication with the communication network to facilitate proper cross-layer optimization practices, including capabilities for compression and decompression, rate shaping, and event notification associated with the communication network and UE subsystems.
US09456067B2
A known fixed relationship is maintained between an external electronic distance measurement accessory and a mobile data collection platform that are physically coupled together. A light beam axis of the external electronic distance measurement accessory is parallel with an optical axis of an entrance pupil of the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory integrates with the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory receives control instructions from the mobile data collection platform.
US09456066B2
A protective cover for a handheld electronic device such as a smart phone and a tablet computer, with a display screen side, a backside, and surrounding edges has a set of u-shape clips attachable to the surrounding edges and are positioned on at least four corner edges of the device. A plurality of stretch fabric straps anchored to the set of clips and positioned across the backside of the device, wherein the clips and the straps function as a protective cover and handgrip for the device.
US09456065B2
An electronic device according to the present invention includes a casing, a containing portion that is depressed in the casing to contain an electronic component, a lid body detachably mounted on the containing portion to water-tightly close the containing portion, and a lock operation piece that locks the lid body in the casing by rotation. The lock operation piece has a shaft portion projected toward the casing, and in an outer surface of the casing, a bottomed receiving portion into which the shaft portion is fitted is depressed.
US09456060B2
A method of transmitting data for use at a data processing system and network interface device, the data processing system being coupled to a network by the network interface device, the method comprising: forming a message template in accordance with a predetermined set of network protocols, the message template including at least in part one or more protocol headers; forming an application layer message in one or more parts; updating the message template with the parts of the application layer message; processing the message template in accordance with the predetermined set of network protocols so as to complete the protocol headers; and causing the network interface device to transmit the completed message over the network.
US09456055B2
Certain aspects of a method and apparatus for communicating media content may include a server communicatively coupled to a plurality of content rendering devices. One or more processors in the server may be operable to determine a set of configuration settings associated with the media content based on a set of parameters. The server may encode the media content and the determined set of configuration settings to generate an encoded media content. The determined set of configuration settings may be included in a header section of the encoded media content. The server may transmit the encoded media content to at least one of the plurality of content rendering devices.
US09456054B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for controlling the spread of interests and content in a content centric network (CCN). During operation, the system maintains a routing policy for content data. The system also receives a packet associated with a piece of content or an interest for the content. Next, the system determines that the structured name included in the packet is within the namespace specified in the routing policy. The system further determines that the packet satisfies the condition in the routing policy. Subsequently, the system routes the packet based on in part the action corresponding to the condition as specified in the routing policy.
US09456042B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for executing a user interface on a computing device, generating one or more event handlers executed on the computing device, each event handler corresponding to a local device service file, receiving first data at a first event handler of a first local device service associated with a first device that is in electronic communication with the computing device, generating, using the first event handler, a first event that includes the first data, receiving, at an external device service, the first event, generating, using the external device service, a first external device event based on the first event, and performing a first action based on the external device event.
US09456038B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a session table framework including, for example, receiving a request at a host organization from a client device, in which such a request specifies an application available via the host organization; generating a user session unique to the client device in a memory of the host organization; creating a user session data table within the user session; processing the request via the application specified by the request on behalf of the client device; updating the user session data table based on the processing of the request; and transmitting a response to the client device responsive to the request.
US09456037B2
Certain examples identify a device's useful wired connection and, when found, facilitate network configuration according to that useful wired connection. An example method includes periodically transmitting, by a first device, a first message over a wireless network interface. The example method includes listening, by the first device, for the first message over a wired network interface. The example method includes, when the first device at least receives the first message over the wired network interface, transmitting, by the first device to at least one additional device over the wireless network interface, a second message, wherein the second message includes an indication, the indication indicating that the at least one additional device can change its network configuration to utilize the wired network interface of the first device.
US09456029B2
A command process load balancing system performs load balancing of received commands among a number of server processes to resolve access contention for virtual software resources. These contentions are resolved through a history recording unit that records a history including contents of a processed command and a response time of a process for the command into a history database. A prediction unit predicts, in a case where a set of commands to be processed is assigned to a server process, whether or not a load that is equal to or higher than a reference value is applied, on the basis of the history recorded in the history database. An assigning unit assigns at least one command included in the set of commands to be processed to a different server process, in accordance with prediction that a load that is equal to or higher than the reference.
US09456028B2
A method of controlling a first device and a second device, and which includes transmitting first data from the first device to the second device, receiving the first data by the second device, reproducing first screen information based on the first data on a screen of the second device, receiving, in the second device, an input signal for selecting content information in the first screen information reproduced on the screen of the second device, transmitting location information corresponding to the selected content information from the second device to the first device, receiving the location information and executing a function based on the location information in the first device, transmitting second data from the first device to the second device, in which the second data is based on the executed function; and reproducing second screen information based on the second data on the screen of the second device. Further, the location information includes coordinate information of the selected content information in the first screen information reproduced on the screen of the second device.
US09456025B2
A method and system for using a media access control (MAC) address of a mobile device for communication in a content distribution environment includes detecting the MAC address of a mobile device when in or within a predetermined range of the content distribution environment. Once the MAC address has been detected, registered user information of the mobile device is obtained via one or more databases and personalized media content is then delivered to one or more display devices in close proximity to the mobile device within the content distribution environment. In alternative embodiments, a user's presence within the content distribution environment is automatic and transparent to the mobile device user.
US09456019B2
Embodiments of automated cloud service performance prediction are disclosed. The automated cloud service performance prediction includes extracting one or more dependency relationships for each web object in the webpage. The prediction further includes determining an original performance metric value and original timing information associated with a page loading of a webpage. The prediction also includes simulating a page loading of the webpage based on the adjusted timing information and the dependency relationships to estimate a new performance metric value associated with the simulated page loading of the webpage. The prediction additionally includes comparing the original performance metric value to the new performance metric value to determine whether the adjusted timing information increased or decreased the new performance metric value relative to the original performance metric value.
US09456008B2
In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
US09456002B2
According to one embodiment, a transparent security gateway is coupled between a client end station (CES) and a web application server (WAS). The security gateway monitors an encryption protocol handshake between the CES and the WAS to capture, using a provided private key of the WAS, a generated symmetric key to be used for an encryption layer connection. Using the captured symmetric key, the security gateway receives an encrypted connection record of the encryption layer connection, decrypts the encrypted connection record to yield a plaintext connection record, modifies the plaintext connection record, encrypts the modified plaintext connection record using the symmetric key, and transmits one or more packets carrying the encrypted modification plaintext connection record instead of the received encrypted connection record such that neither the CES or WAS is aware of the modification of the encrypted data.
US09456000B1
A data analysis system receives potentially undesirable electronic communications and automatically groups them in computationally-efficient data clusters, automatically analyze those data clusters, automatically tags and groups those data clusters, and provides results of the automated analysis and grouping in an optimized way to an analyst. The automated analysis of the data clusters may include an automated application of various criteria or rules so as to generate an ordered display of the groups of related data clusters such that the analyst may quickly and efficiently evaluate the groups of data clusters. In particular, the groups of data clusters may be dynamically re-grouped and/or filtered in an interactive user interface so as to enable an analyst to quickly navigate among information associated with various groups of data clusters and efficiently evaluate those data clusters.
US09455996B2
A multi-dimensional perfect hash table construction technique is based on which the well-known AC automaton, and can be implemented by very compact perfect hash tables. The technique may place transitions, each from a source state to a destination state, of an automaton into a hash table to generate a perfect hash table by: (a) dividing the transitions into multiple independent sets according to their respective source states; (b) ordering the sets of transitions based on the number of transitions belonging to the set, thereby defining an order of the sets from largest to smallest; and (c) constructing a perfect hash table by, for each of the sets of transitions, in the order from largest to smallest, hashing the transitions of the set into the hashing table to generate a perfect hashing table.
US09455992B2
Techniques for utilizing trusted hardware components for mitigating the effects of equivocation amongst participant computing devices of a distributed system are described herein. For instance, a distributed system employing a byzantine-fault-resilient protocol—that is, a protocol intended to mitigate (e.g., tolerate, detect, isolate, etc.) the effects of byzantine faults—may employ the techniques. To do so, the techniques may utilize a trusted hardware component comprising a non-decreasing counter and a key. This hardware component may be “trusted” in that the respective participant computing device cannot modify or observe the contents of the component in any manner other than according to the prescribed procedures, as described herein. Furthermore, the trusted hardware component may couple to the participant computing device in any suitable manner, such as via a universal serial bus (USB) connection or the like.
US09455982B2
Systems and methods for an identification capable communication device are provided. The communication device or line is registered or associated with a primary unique ID that identifies a person. Furthermore, the unique ID is associated with a secondary unique ID (e.g., biometric information of that person, or a unique identification code only known by that person). The combination of the primary and the secondary IDs is registered with a server system that is capable of verifying the two IDs when a communication connection is initiated from the registered communication device or line.
US09455978B2
A central server configured with an Attribute Authority (“AA”) acting as a Trusted Third Party mediating service provider and using X.509-compatible PKI and PMI, VPN technology, device-side thin client applications, security hardware (HSM, Network), cloud hosting, authentication, Active Directory and other solutions. This ecosystem results in real time management of credentials, identity profiles, communication lines, and keys. It is not centrally managed, rather distributes rights to users. Using its Inviter-Invitee protocol suite, Inviters vouch for the identity of Invitees who successfully complete the protocol establishing communication lines. Users establish and respond to authorization requests and other real-time verifications pertaining to accessing each communication line (not end point) and sharing encrypted digital files. These are auditable, brokered, trusted-relationships where such relationships/digital agreements can each stand-alone (for privacy) or can leverage build-up of identity confidence levels across relationships. The service is agnostic to how encrypted user content is transported or stored.
US09455969B1
Techniques are described for providing client computing nodes with enhanced access to remote network-accessible services, such as by providing local capabilities specific to the remote services. In at least some situations, access to remote services by a client computing node may be enhanced by automatically locally performing some activities of the remote services, such as to improve the efficiency of communications that are sent between the client computing node and the remote service and/or to improve the efficiency by the remote service of processing communications from the client computing node. As one example, a node manager system local to a client computing node may perform authentication of communications sent by the client computing node to a remote service and/or may perform other activities specific to the remote service, so that the remote service does not need to perform the authentication and/or other performed activities for the communications.
US09455959B1
In this invention we disclose methods for incorporating a security gateway within a wireless mesh network. In one embodiment, the wireless mesh network is a heterogeneous mesh network. In one embodiment, a gateway node, which is part of the wireless mesh network, requests a connection to the core network through a security gateway. The security gateway responds by creating an IPSec tunnel and a GRE tunnel within the IPSec tunnel from itself to the gateway node. Once the gateway node is communicatively coupled to the security gateway via secure tunneling, the gateway node sends a mesh routing protocol to the security gateway.
