US09470190B2
An engine intake manifold is provided. The engine intake manifold includes a manifold chamber configured to receive positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) gas from a PCV conduit outlet, the manifold chamber including a condensate-containment tray with a plurality of baffles to form a plurality of separate cavities below the PCV conduit outlet.
US09470178B2
An engine cylinder head is provided. The engine cylinder head includes a portion of a first combustion chamber, an upper coolant core and a lower coolant core directing heat from the first combustion chamber and including a first coolant passage and a second coolant passage, the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage laying along a lateral axis, at least a portion of the first coolant passage separated from the second coolant passage via first and second walls.
US09470172B2
An individual difference index is obtained based on the slope of variation ratios between a plurality of actual injection quantity and a target injection quantity. The individual difference index is stored as a learning value. An individual difference correction of the fuel injector is conducted based on the individual difference index. By using the individual difference index, a shot-dispersion is removed and individual-difference correction of the fuel injector can be conducted.
US09470171B2
A method for determining a position of a lock element of an injection valve for an internal combustion engine includes moving the lock element in the direction of a locked position in a closing movement in order to lock the injection valve, subsequently measuring a closure time at which the lock element arrives in the locked position, determining a time difference between the closure time and a preceding starting time of the closing movement, and determining, based on the time difference, a position which the lock element has assumed at the starting time of the closing movement.
US09470165B2
A filter regeneration system for an internal combustion engine operable at an engine speed and having: a gas exhaust system for fluidly expelling exhaust gas at an exhaust gas temperature; and at least one filter arrangement in fluid communication with the gas exhaust system and configured to capture particulate in the exhaust gas. The regeneration system includes: a load generating arrangement in operable communication with the internal combustion engine and configured to modify the mechanical load on the internal combustion engine, thereby changing the exhaust gas temperature; and at least one controller in electrical communication with at least a portion of the load generating arrangement and configured to control at least one operating parameter of the load generating arrangement. A method of regenerating a filter arrangement is also disclosed.
US09470159B2
A method for determining the proportion of gaseous working medium in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes opening an injector so as to feed fuel directly into the cylinder. The injector is connected to a fuel line in which a pressure sensor is arranged. The pressure in the fuel line is measured when the injector is open. The proportion of gaseous working medium in the cylinder is determined in conjunction with an association between the measured pressure in the fuel line when the injector is open and the proportion of gaseous working medium in the cylinder.
US09470152B2
An engine fuel control system includes a metering valve to control fuel flow between the supply and delivery line with a pressure drop control regulating the pressure across the valve and maintain a substantially constant pressure across the valve. The fuel control system includes a backup system controllable by a pullback signal to operate the pressure control, thus increasing the pullback signal reducing the fuel flow between the supply and delivery line. The fuel control system detects a start of an engine overthrust event, and when the upward runaway is caused by the arrested overthrust event. The fuel control system's controller which (i) determines the overthrust detection, the pullback signal increase rate and the pullback signal offset, (ii) sends the pullback signal to the backup system at the rate of increase, and (iii), reduces the pullback signal to the backup system when the upward runaway is arrested by the offset.
US09470151B2
A gas turbine engine includes a bushing that is non-round in cross-section, the bushing receivable within an aperture. A fastener passes through the bushing to retain a second component to a third component with respect to the first component.
US09470148B2
A Brayton cycle heat engine includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine. The Brayton cycle heat engine also includes a heat exchanger positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber. The heat exchanger is configured to deliver thermal energy to the combustion chamber from an external source, heating air entering the combustion chamber from the compressor, where the air exits the combustion chamber and drives the turbine.
US09470147B2
Apparatus and method for determining a two-dimensional temperature distribution in a cross-sectional path of a hot-temperature flow in a turbine engine (10). A grid (22, 24, 38) is located in a path of a hot-temperature flow in the turbine engine. A thermal imager (34) has a field of view configured to sense infrared emissions from the grid. A processor (50) is configured to generate data indicative of a two-dimensional temperature distribution in a cross-sectional path of the flow based on the sensed infrared emissions.
US09470145B2
A system for heating fuel in a combined cycle gas turbine includes a fuel heat exchanger downstream from a turbine outlet, and the fuel heat exchanger has an exhaust gas inlet, an exhaust gas outlet, a fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet. A first exhaust gas plenum has a first exhaust gas inlet connection between the turbine outlet and a heat exchanger and a first exhaust gas outlet connection upstream from the exhaust gas inlet. A second exhaust gas plenum has a second exhaust gas inlet connection downstream from at least a portion of the heat exchanger and a second exhaust gas outlet connection upstream from the exhaust gas inlet.
US09470144B2
A variable compression ratio engine includes a variable chamber housing communicating with a combustion chamber of the variable compression ratio engine. A variable chamber piston is slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing and forms a variable chamber together with the variable chamber housing. A connecting shaft is connected to the variable chamber piston. A hydraulic pressure plunger is connected with the connecting shaft and slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing. A hydraulic pressure chamber is formed, with which oil for absorbing impact is filled together with the variable chamber housing. An oil supplier supplies the oil to the hydraulic pressure chamber. A compression ratio controller is connected to the connecting shaft and controls a relative position of the variable chamber piston.
US09470140B2
It is intended to implement an electric supercharger that has a simplified architecture, is easy to assemble, produces reduced vibration and noise, and has a motor inverter, making it possible to minimize losses in motor output and rotary-shaft output. The electric supercharger is provided with the following: an integrated housing with a built-in electric motor and motor inverter; and a ball bearing and damper-sleeve structure arranged on both sides of the electric motor. The damper-sleeve structure comprises a large-diameter sleeve, a spring guide, a coil spring, and a ball bearing. A gap is formed between the ball bearings and a sleeve and the large-diameter sleeve. The inner ring or outer ring of the ball bearings are supported by various support members disposed on both sides. An elastic O-ring that elastically supports the sleeve and large-diameter sleeve is provided on the outside of the sleeves.
US09470138B2
A coolant circulation system for an engine includes a cylinder block passage and a cylinder head passage, which are provided respectively in a cylinder block portion and a cylinder head portion of the engine. These two passages serve as passages through which a coolant flows to cool the cylinder block portion and the cylinder head portion. The cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage are connected in parallel to each other. The coolant circulation system further includes a first heat exchanger connected to the cylinder block passage, a second heat exchanger connected to the cylinder head passage, a radiator connected to both the cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage, and a control unit capable of controlling flow rates of the coolant flowing through the cylinder block passage and the cylinder head passage respectively.
US09470137B2
A cooling device for use with an engine is provided. The cooling device includes a flow control portion that includes a base and an opening defined therein. The flow control portion also includes a plurality of blades that extend from at least a portion of the base. The cooling device also includes a grid portion having an opening defined therein, said grid portion opening is substantially concentrically aligned with the base opening. An attachment portion is configured to couple the cooling device to at least one rotatable component of the engine. Each of the flow control portion, the grid portion, and the attachment portion are formed integrally together such that the cooling device is a single component.
US09470135B2
A system for removing heat from the engine compartment (9) of a heavy duty truck. A first ventilating system removes heat from the radiator. It is isolated from a second ventilating system that removes heat from the engine compartment. The first system takes heat from the radiator through a plenum by centrifugal squirrel cage blowers, and is directs it out to ambient by ductwork. The second system draws ambient air generally from back to front of the engine compartment, preferably by cowl induction, without the use of ram air from the vicinity of the radiator. The exits of the two systems are into a slip stream of the heavy duty truck, and the exit of the second ventilating system is into a slip stream of the first, to scavenge air out of the engine compartment.
US09470116B2
A rocker arm has a first roller for engaging a first rotatable cam surface, whereby at least part of the rocker arm can be pivoted by at least the first rotatable cam surface to move a valve to cause a first valve event, and a further roller for engaging a further rotatable cam surface, whereby at least part of the rocker arm can be pivoted by the further rotatable cam surface to move the valve to cause a second valve event which is different from the first valve event. The rocker arm is configurable in a first mode of operation in which one of the first and second valve events occur and a second mode of operation in which both the first and second valve events occur or the other of the first and second valve events occur.
US09470110B2
The present invention provides a compressor powered by a pressurized gas, whether steam or another working fluid, and a system for extracting work using such as compressor. The pressurized gas may comprise a heated working fluid in a gaseous state, to displace a piston in an input circuit, which in turn displaces a piston in an output circuit, thereby compressing a compressible fluid or displacing an incompressible fluid. A purpose of the compressor is to convert waste heat, heat generated by the combustion of biomass or other fuels, or heat resulting from the concentration of solar energy into useful power, whether configured to produce compressed air or pump water, which can displace the electricity otherwise used for this purpose, or to produce electricity or motive force directly, through a hydraulic circuit. The system for extracting work does so by an output fluid which is compressed or pumped by a pressurized gas powered compressor.
US09470100B2
The technical field of the invention is that of turbine rotors for a thermal electric power station and the subject of the invention is, more particularly, a rotor of a turbine for a thermal electric power station, said rotor comprising a plurality of blades, each comprising at least one root and a vane; and at least one rotor disk secured to a shaft able to be in rotation about a reference axis, the rotor disk comprising on its periphery outgrowths in which to fit the blades, so that the vanes of the blades are arranged radially with respect to the reference axis; said rotor being one wherein: the rotor disk comprises a groove opening axially and having a lower face and an upper face, the lower face of the groove of the rotor disk being situated on the periphery of said rotor disk and the upper face of the groove of the rotor disk being situated on the outgrowths and facing the lower face; each of the blades comprises, at its root, a lateral projection directed axially, said lateral projection having, in its lower part, a groove portion having an upper face situated in the continuation of the upper face of the groove of the rotor disk; at least one locking means for locking the blades is positioned in the groove of the rotor disk.
US09470090B2
A device for converting the kinetic energy of molecules into useful work includes an actuator configured to move within a fluid or gas due to collisions with the molecules of the fluid or gas. The actuator has dimensions that subject it to the Brownian motion of the surrounding molecules. The actuator utilizes objects having multiple surfaces where the different surfaces result in differing coefficients of restitution. The Brownian motion of surrounding molecules produce molecular impacts with the surfaces. Each surface then experiences relative differences in transferred energy from the kinetic collisions. The sum effect of the collisions produces net velocity in a desired direction. The controlled motion can be utilized in a variety of manners to perform work, such as generating electricity or transporting materials.
US09470087B2
A cutter head includes a first member, a cutting bit, and a second member. The first member includes a first end and a second end and includes a first mass. The cutting bit is coupled to the first member proximate the second end. The cutting bit includes a cutting edge rotatable about the axis. The second member is rotatable about the axis and includes a second mass eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis. Rotation of the second mass causes the first member and the cutting bit to oscillate.
US09470081B2
A method and device for monitoring down-the-hole percussion drilling. A down-the-hole hammer is supplied with percussion and flushing fluid flow. The down-the-hole hammer is subjected to rotational force and to feed force. Percussion frequency or a related frequency of the down-the-hole hammer is sensed. A representation of a spread thereof is created so as to produce a response to an adjustment of at least one drilling parameter as a change of width of the spread.
US09470079B1
A low profile high energy gas fracturing device, comprising a closed steel tube having a uniform wall thickness, except for having thinned areas that are designed to rupture when subjected to pressure greater than a predetermined level. Propellant is packed into the said steel tube sufficient to create high pressure above said predetermined level, when ignited. Finally, an ignition mechanism passes through said tube, to ignite the propellant.
US09470078B2
A system and method that uses fluid diversion to selectively re-fracture a location of a multizone horizontal wellbore. A tubing string is extended from the surface to a location within the wellbore that is to be re-fractured. The annulus between the tubing string and the wellbore contains a first fluid and a second fluid is contained within the tubing string. The annulus may be sealed off at or near the surface and the second fluid is pumped out of the tubing string to initiate the re-fracture of the first location. The annulus seal may then be unset and the first fluid may be pumped down the annulus simultaneous to pumping a third fluid down the tubing string to re-fracture the first location. After re-fracturing the first location, the first location may be hydraulically isolated from the wellbore to permit a second location to be re-fractured.
US09470069B2
Subsea well assembly having a Xmas tree (107, 207) and wellhead (103). From a tubing hanger (113) a tubing extends into the well. A part of a production flow passage extends vertically from the tubing hanger (113) in a vertical bore (111) of the Xmas tree. A fail close production master valve (PMV) (117) is arranged in the production flow passage. The tubing hanger (113) is arranged below the Xmas tree (107), such as in the wellhead (103). The Xmas tree (107) exhibits a branch (115) that deviates from the vertical bore (111), which branch constitutes part of the production flow passage. The fail close type production master valve (PMV) (117) is arranged in the branch (115).
US09470057B2
A gate valve assembly (100) for use in subsea workover systems is disclosed. In an embodiment, the gate valve assembly (100) includes a valve block (102). The valve block (102) includes a cutting gate (204) disposed in a valve cavity (206) such that the cutting gate (204) can engage in a reciprocating motion in the valve cavity (206) between an “open” position and a “closed” position. The reciprocating motion of the cutting gate (204) results in a cutting operation of a tubing conveyed string passing through the gate valve assembly (100). The gate valve assembly (100) further includes a slug pit (202) formed in the valve block (102) alongside the valve cavity (206). The slug pit (202) defines an opening which can contain one or more cuttings from tubing conveyed springs resulting from the cutting operation. The reciprocating motion of the cutting gate (204) transports one or more cuttings of the tubing conveyed string to the slug pit (202).
US09470053B2
A method to be used when performing drilling in a well bore and a device for performing the method are disclosed. The method includes positioning in the well bore a drill string comprising at least two pipe conduits, an upper end, and a lower end comprising a drilling tool, thereby forming an outer annulus between the well bore wall and the drill string. A well bore section comprising at least one u-shaped section is drilled. A first fluid with a first density is fed into the outer annulus above the u-shaped section, and a second fluid with a second density is provided within the drill string and around the tool, where the first density is larger than the second density.
US09470041B2
A rail and post assembly that allows for onsite fence and gate panel construction. A shear block is affixed to each end of a rail. The shear block and rail are then fed through an opening in a post. Fasteners then secure the shear block to the post, which thereby provides a rail and post assembly.
US09470040B2
An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a window covering actuation mechanism and a gearbox assembly configured to electromechanically operate the window covering actuation mechanism. A pull cord is configured to receive “cord gestures” from a user. These “cord gestures” may include one or more of pull sequences, pull durations, numbers of pulls, durations between pulls, and strength of pulls. In certain embodiments, “cord gestures” may also be defined by pull direction. A controller receives the cord gestures and translates the cord gestures into commands for controlling the gearbox assembly. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.
US09470033B1
A vehicle system includes a computer in a vehicle, and the computer includes a processor and a memory. The computer is configured to determine that a user is located within an operating region for an access component of the vehicle, collect image data of an object in a gesture path for the access component, compare the object image data to activating gesture parameters, and operate the access component when the comparison identifies an activating gesture.
US09470029B2
A casement window includes a lower hinge that has an oil-impregnated roller to facilitate easy opening and closing of the window, particularly with larger, heavier casement windows. In some instances, the lower hinge includes a housing having a roller portion and a guide portion. A roller can be disposed within the roller portion and a guide can be snap fitted into the guide portion. In some cases, a removable shipping spacer fits under the lower hinge and helps to support the weight of the sash during transport and storage.
US09470025B2
A snap assembly may include a cantilever snap and a retention body. The cantilever snap may include an orifice in a surface of a first component. The orifice may be defined between sidewalls. The cantilever snap may further comprise a cantilevered-slant protrusion extending between the sidewalls and out of the orifice at an angle relative to the surface. The retention body may be attached to a second component and configured to be inserted into the orifice from a side of the first component that is opposite of a side of the first component away from which the cantilevered-slant protrusion extends to secure the retention body to the cantilever snap. The retention body may include a retaining extension comprising a holding assembly. The holding assembly may comprise a plurality of teeth that are arrayed to form a series of step-like protrusions that step away from a contact face of the retention body.
US09470013B2
A vertically adjustable railing having first and second elongate balusters each with a first and second ends, the balusters having a first connection elements at their first ends and second connection elements along their length. An elongate handrail is pivotally connected at its first end to the first connection element of the first baluster and pivotally connected at its second end to the first connection element of the second baluster. An elongate lower rail having a first end and a second end is pivotally connected at its first end to the second connection element of the first baluster and pivotally connected at its second end to the second connection element of the second baluster. A distance between the first end and the second connection element of the first baluster is greater than the distance between the first end and the second connection element of the second baluster.
US09470011B2
A method of setting up a portable barrier includes (a) moving a first leg and a second leg away from each other to an arrangement in which a first extension portion of the first leg and a second extension portion of the second leg are each supported on a substantially horizontal surface, (b) moving a flooring from a collapsed flooring configuration to an expanded flooring configuration in response to step (a), (c) moving a first arm and a second arm away from each other, (d) moving a covering from a collapsed covering configuration to an expanded covering configuration in response to step (c), and (e) securing a supplemental component in fixed relation to the second leg after step (d). When the flooring is in the expanded flooring configuration and the covering is in the expanded covering configuration, an occupant space is defined between the flooring and the covering.
US09470009B2
The present invention extends to methods for attaching a piece of glass to a piece of stone. In some aspects, specifically designed glass inlays are secured within a void in a piece of stone. The glass inlays can include colored glass letters, numbers, designs, etc. In some aspects, glass inlays and voids are specifically designed to match one another. Glass inlays can be affixed within the voids using an adhesive. Grout can be then be used to set the glass inlays in place. The result can be monument or marker that commemorates an event or person.
US09470007B2
An efficient filtration process of water from a tank is performed over a small volume of water and not on the totality of the water from the tank. The process includes emitting ultrasonic waves in the tank; and adding a flocculant agent to the water. The tank bottom is covered with a suctioning device which suctions a water flow with flocculated particles, discharging to a collecting effluent line and the effluent flow of the suctioning device is filtered from the collecting effluent line. Filtered flow is returned to the tank. A suctioning device is used in the efficient filtration process.
US09470004B2
The present invention is directed to a flexible concrete form system having both flexible and rigid parts that are easily assembled and disassembled using a multi-contact point connection system. The concrete form system can be extended or stacked in a wide variety of configurations to accommodate almost any desired concrete shape.
US09469999B1
A system for mounting a plurality of wall panels is disclosed which incorporates a plurality of horizontal wall runners that have a plurality of holes along the length thereof in order to urge rainwater downward and onto the ground and also to dry out any water or moisture that may remain therebetween. The holes are formed at the lowest most portion of the trough in order to further urge the rainwater downward.
US09469995B2
A roof window (1) comprising a frame (2) with a top member (5), a bottom member (6) and two side members (7, 8) defining a frame plane, and a sash (3) having a top member (9), a bottom member (10) and two side members (11, 12) defining a sash plane, the sash (3) being connected to the frame (2) by a pivot hinge (200) provided between the side members (7, 11; 8, 12) of the frame (2) and sash (3). The roof window (1) further comprising a covering (217, 201) and at least one fastening device (208, 209) for fastening the covering (217, 201) to the roof window (1). The at least one fastening device comprises a male part (208) and a female part (209) arranged with the male part (208) on the covering (217, 201) and the female part (209) on the frame (2) or sash (3) and adapted for mutual snap locking engagement.
US09469993B2
The invention relates to a point-supported element or flat concrete ceiling (BD) that comprises a transverse force and punching reinforcement (B) into which a lattice beam (1) that tapers on a support vertical axis (A) is integrated, wherein the lattice beam comprises lower chords (U) and a continuous upper chord (O) or anchoring elements (10) arranged with open spaces (Z) between one another and at least one serpentine diagonal strut section (D) with upper and lower bent portions (11, 12) between each two successive diagonal struts (S1, S2), said bent portions being secured in securing points (SO, SU). The diagonal struts (S1, S2) are angled in the same manner upwards and in the direction of the support (T). The diagonal strut (S1) nearest to the support is inclined at a steeper angle (α)<90° relative to the lower chords (U), and the preceding diagonal strut (S2) further from the support is inclined at an angle, which is flatter by at least 10°, of 45°≦(α2)<90° such that, of the concrete anchoring zones (VO, VU) formed by the diagonal strut (S1) nearest to the support, the upper concrete anchoring zone (VO) lies closer to the support vertical axis (A) than the lower concrete anchoring zone (VU).
US09469991B2
A lattice comprising two intersecting laths and a pivoting connector locating at the intersection between the laths that includes a male retainer and a female retainer that interlock so as to connect the laths together. The male and female retainers interlock such that the laths may pivot about the connector from an expanded framework configuration to a collapsed framework configuration of the lattice.
US09469989B2
An apparatus and method may include a drop ceiling tile support ring assembly which may be mounted on a lally column or pole for supporting a drop ceiling tile.
US09469982B2
A grate apparatus for covering a pit defined in a floor of a vehicle wash facility includes a plurality of rigid rung pieces having a first end, a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The rigid rung pieces are secured in generally parallel and spaced apart fashion by a plurality of flexible strap members. The flexible strap members are secured to each of the rung pieces by a plurality of fasteners. The grate apparatus is moveable between an unwound position where the first end of each of the plurality of rigid rung pieces rests on one of a pair of spaced apart rails located adjacent the pit and the second end of each of the plurality of rung pieces rests on the other of the pair of spaced apart rails and a wound position wherein the plurality of rung pieces and the plurality of flexible straps are oriented in generally coiled position around a centerline.
US09469973B2
A wheel loader includes detectors and a controller. The detectors include at least an accelerator pedal angle detector that detects an accelerator displacement. The controller includes: a state judging unit that judges from a detection result provided by the detectors whether or not the wheel loader is in an excavation operation; and a torque-curve selector. The torque-curve selector selects one excavation torque curve when the wheel loader is judged to be in the excavation operation by the state judging unit, and selects one of two or more non-excavation torque curves depending on the accelerator displacement when the wheel loader is judged not to be in the excavation operation.
US09469968B2
An exemplary embodiment suggested in the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method of controlling a work machine of a work vehicle. The apparatus for controlling a work machine of a work vehicle suggested in the present disclosure measures a speed of a work vehicle, converts an input signal of a joystick into an output current for controlling a proportional valve (P/V) for operating a work machine (for example, a boom and a bucket), compares the speed of the work vehicle with a reference speed, and advances or delays an end time point or an operation time point of the work machine, thereby controlling an impact applied to the work vehicle.
US09469962B1
The prefab lift station has a well casing including mechanical equipment therein and a horizontal upper rim. A foundation slab is mounted to the horizontal upper rim and covers the well casing. A building is mounted to the foundation slab. The foundation slab and the building are mounted offset from a center of the horizontal upper rim, to accommodate a hatch through the foundation slab in front of the building giving unrestricted access inside the well casing. A portion of the slab and a portion of the building are overhanging outside the horizontal upper rim. The foundation slab has a weightless volume incorporated therein for shifting a center of gravity of the foundation slab and the building to a region inside the horizontal upper rim of the well casing. The foundation slab and the instrument building are self-balanced on the well casing.
US09469959B2
The device is a Full Displacement Pile Tip (FDPT) with a sacrificial drill bit that is connected to a steel pipe, where the tip comprises at least four flanges or fish tails at the cutting edge extending from a conical, dome-like bottom, and integrally connected to the cutting teeth along the tip's axial shaft. The purpose of the FDPT is allow a steel pier to be screwed into the ground to serve as a foundation for a structure. This is a single operation where the FDPT and pipe remain in the ground. There is no removal of FDPT, minimal pouring of concrete, and there is minimal soil spoilage. A smaller drilling rig can be employed to save operating costs.
US09469958B1
There is disclosed a foundation system for supporting equipment on a platform. In an embodiment, the foundation system is capable of harmonic resonation at a natural frequency due to movement of the equipment on the platform, the foundation system comprising one or more vertical pile members, each vertical pile member having a first end adapted to be driven into the ground and a second end adapted to be connected with a bottom portion of the skid platform; and one or more tunable pile members, each tunable pile member having a lower portion adapted to be driven into the ground and an upper portion adapted to be connected directly or indirectly with the skid platform, each tunable pile member adapted to receive an insert member between the upper and lower portions, so that the stiffness of the tunable pile member can be adjusted. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09469953B1
The mechanical snow thrower includes a housing connected to a handle, along with an inlet and outlet. An auger is used to move the snow from the inlet to a fan, which propels the snow through the outlet. A pair of wheels drives the auger, while at least one pair of wheels drives the fan. A gear set connects the wheels to the auger and/or the fan. A clutch may be may use to engage or disengage the wheels from the auger and/or clutch.
US09469950B1
A pet waste collector includes a bag body and a waste collecting apparatus. The bag body, which is made of flexible material, has a top opening and a waste collecting cavity. The waste collecting apparatus includes two elongated scraper arms spacedly affixed at the bag body to partition the bag body into a first bag portion and a second bag portion. When the bag body is reversibly flipped inside out from the top opening to form a temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion of the bag body, the scraper arms are moved toward each other for enclosing the temporary waste cavity within the first bag portion of the bag body and for scraping a pet waste within the temporary waste cavity. Therefore, the bag body is flipped back for automatically retaining the pet waste in the waste collecting cavity from the temporary waste cavity.
US09469947B2
A modular compactor includes a frame assembly having a first motive section including at least one first wheel, a second motive section including at least one second wheel, and a central ballast section including ballast. The ballast provides weight to the frame assembly to provide a desired compacting force. A first coupling arrangement secures the first motive section to the central ballast section, and a second coupling arrangement secures the second motive section to the central ballast section.
US09469946B2
A method for supporting cooling pipes and reinforcing bars in an ice rink is disclosed. The method provides rink chair support sections, each having a base structure with a first overlapping portion at one longitudinal end, a second overlapping portion at an opposite longitudinal end, and a middle portion intermediate the first and second overlapping portions. Each support section also has a support arrangement to support the pipes and bars, which is attached to the first overlapping and middle portions so as to stand upwardly therefrom. Further, the first overlapping portion has a hole that is arranged to receive a protruding element coupled to the second overlapping portion for longitudinally coupling support sections end-to-end. The method also involves arranging the support sections into a plurality of rows and coupling the support sections within each row so that each rink chair support of a support arrangement supports a different pipe.
US09469939B2
Fibrous substrates and articles that retain their superior ballistic resistance performance after exposure to liquids such as sea water and organic solvents, such as gasoline and other petroleum-based products. The fibrous substrates are coated with a multilayer polymeric coating including at least two polymer layers wherein the first polymer and the second polymer forming said respective layers are the same and optionally comprise fluorine.
US09469933B2
An appliance for washing clothes includes a detergent storage tank and a drum. Between the detergent storage tank and the drum is a diverter valve which has a detergent inlet connected to the detergent storage tank, an air vent connected to ambient air, and a detergent outlet. The diverter valve has an energized state wherein the detergent inlet is open and the air vent is closed, and a de-energized state wherein the detergent inlet is closed and the air vent is open. The appliance also has a flow meter connected to the diverter valve and the drum.
US09469925B2
Embodiments disclosed include a woven stent and a method of manufacturing a woven stent that includes a plurality of first members and a plurality of second members forming a braided configuration; wherein each of the first members includes a first body portion, a first end unjoined portion, and a first end bent portion; wherein each of the second members includes a first end overlap portion extending alongside the first end unjoined portion. The woven stent may further includes a coating that encapsulates the first end unjoined portions and the first end overlap portions and/or the first end unjoined portions may be laser joined or ultrasonic joined to the first end overlap portions.
US09469924B1
The invention discloses a direct preparation process for jeans wear, which comprises the following steps: a, settling cotton yarns through a fascicular warping machine; b, feeding the cotton yarns into a dyeing machine to carry out indigo dyeing; c, feeding the cotton yarns into a leaser to divide the cotton yarns; d, feeding the divided cotton yarns into an axle cone maker to obtain yarn cones; and e, placing the prepared yarn cones into an automatic knitting machine, to obtain a jeans wear. By adopting the above processing steps, the automatic knitting machine is used for directly knitting the cotton yarns prepared as the yarn cones into a jeans wear without the processes of tailoring and sewing denim fabrics in the process of preparing the jeans wear, i.e. the production process of the jeans wear can be shortened effectively, and the material loss can be effectively reduced.
US09469915B2
Single crystals are described that contain several regimes within the crystal that perform different functions related to the enhanced performance of a laser gain medium. At least one regime of the single crystals can be utilized to suppress amplified spontaneous emission and parasitic oscillation in a laser gain medium. A single crystal can include core and cladding regions, the cladding region providing amplified spontaneous emission suppression. The core region of the crystal can include as dopant one or more ions that take part in the lasing when suitably pumped. The amplified spontaneous emission suppression region can include as dopant one or more ions that can prevent additional spontaneous emission that can to depletion of the upper laser states, thus reducing laser performance including one or more ions that absorb spontaneously emitted photons and/or a higher concentration of the active lasing ions of the core.
US09469908B2
Provided are systems that comprises an oxygen-metal catalyst, which systems can be used to perform water-splitting or other reactions. The systems can be operated in a photochemical manner.
US09469904B2
A surface processing method for a high hardness and abrasion resistant zinc alloy surface of imitation plating hexavalent chromium, includes following steps. Perform polishing for surface of zinc alloy workpiece, and leave it to dry; place the dried up workpiece into Hydrofluoric Acid solution to raise adhesion; wash the activated workpiece clean with pure water, and then place it in a silane oxide solution, to process it into silane conversion film; place the workpiece into an electrophoresis solution to perform electrophoresis, to achieve an electrophoresis application layer; use an UF solution to wash the workpiece; perform pre-drying for the workpiece; perform UV curing for the workpiece; hang the workpiece in a PVD furnace, perform sputtering of chromium, to form a metal-ceramic composite film; and perform PVD on surface of the workpiece, to deposit a layer of transparent DLC film on the workpiece.
US09469901B2
Systems and methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) on a flexible substrate involve guiding the substrate back and forth between spaced-apart first and second precursor zones and through a third precursor zone interposed between the first and second precursor zones, so that the substrate transits through each of the precursor zones multiple times. Systems may include a series of turning guides spaced apart along the first and second precursor zones for supporting the substrate along an undulating transport path. As the substrate traverses back and forth between the first and second precursor zones and through the third precursor zone, it passes through a first series of flow-restricting passageways of a first isolation region interposed between the first and third precursor zones and a second series of flow-restricting passageways of a second isolation region interposed between the second and third precursor zones.
US09469900B2
A method for chemical vapor deposition using a showerhead through which at least one reactive gas and a purge gas are injected over a substrate, wherein the method includes: disposing the showerhead such that the bottom surface of the showerhead is spaced apart from the substrate by a predetermined distance; supplying a reactive gas and an injection support gas into the showerhead, wherein reactive gases of different kinds are respectively delivered into compartments formed at inside of the showerhead; mixing each reactive gas with its corresponding injection support gas in each mixing zone at inside of the showerhead; supplying a purge gas into a separated compartment at inside of the showerhead; and injecting the reactive gas mixed with the injection support gas and the purge gas through a plurality of reactive gas exits and a plurality of purge gas exits formed at the bottom surface of the showerhead, respectively.
US09469897B2
A thin film forming apparatus includes a substrate holding portion and a target portion. The target portion has a plurality of targets arranged at predetermined intervals and parallel to a substrate held by the substrate holding portion. The substrate holding portion is configured to move the substrate parallel to the target portion. A shield portion configured to block sputtered particles flying from the target portion is placed on the target portion side of the substrate so as to face a gap between adjoining ones of the targets.
US09469893B2
This document describes a process/strategy for age hardening nickel based alloys to create desirable properties with reduced energy expenditure. The inventive process introduces isolated atom nucleation sites to accelerate the nucleation rate by approximately 36 times, thereby permitting age hardening to occur in significantly less time and with significantly less energy expenditure.
US09469887B2
A process for producing a weldable titanium or titanium alloy wire characterized in that full consolidation of the wire is achieved via solid-state processing entailing compaction, extrusion, and rolling, whereby melting of the constituent titanium sponge particles does not occur.
US09469886B2
Hydrogen sensor including a substrate on which there is deposited an active layer of material comprising a first element selected from the rare earth family, a second element selected from the platinum group metals and a third element selected from the alkaline earth metal family.
US09469883B2
A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material which contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 0.06%, and O: 0.005% or less and has a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities and which is carburized and quenched, and then tempered, which steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800 and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.
US09469881B2
Nucleic acid oligomeric sequences and in vitro nucleic acid amplification and detection methods for detecting the presence of HAV RNA sequences in samples are disclosed. Kits comprising nucleic acid oligomers for amplifying and detecting HAV nucleic acid sequences are disclosed.
US09469880B2
The present disclosure provides a transgenic corn comprising event MON87403 that exhibits increased grain yield. The disclosure also provides cells, plant parts, seeds, plants, commodity products related to the event, and DNA molecules that are unique to the event and were created by the insertion of transgenic DNA into the genome of a corn plant. The disclosure further provides methods for detecting the presence of said corn event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said corn event.
US09469873B2
The invention provides nucleoside and nucleotide molecules containing cleavable linkers linking a label such as a dye. The invention also provides nucleosides and nucleotide molecules containing a blocking group, either removable or non-removable. The invention additionally provides methods of using the nucleoside and nucleotide molecules containing a cleavable linker and/or a blocking group.
US09469871B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for point-of-care nucleic acid amplification and detection. One embodiment of the invention comprises a fully integrated, sample-to-answer molecular diagnostic instrument that optionally may be used in a multiplexed fashion to detect multiple target nucleic acid sequences of interest and that optionally may be configured for disposal after one-time use. The instrument preferable utilizes an isothermal nucleic acid amplification technique, such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), to reduce the instrumentation requirements associated with nucleic acid amplification. Detection of target amplification may be achieved, for example, via detection of a color shift or fluorescence in a dye added to the amplification reaction. Such detection may be performed visually by an operator or may be achieved utilizing an imaging technique, e.g., spectrophotometric imaging.
US09469869B2
The present invention relates to solution microarrays. In particular, the present invention relates to an aqueous 2-phase system for solution microarrays and uses thereof. Additional embodiments are described herein.
US09469858B2
A thermophilic microorganism comprising a modification that prevents sporulation, wherein the modification inactivates the native spo0A gene.
US09469853B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing an inflammatory joint disease. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves inhibiting MCPIP levels in a patient in need, wherein said patient in need is exhibiting pre-arthritic or pre-osteoporotic symptoms.
US09469844B2
A heat-resistant flavin-bound glucose dehydrogenase having a high substrate specificity for D-glucose, an method for producing the same, and a transformant used for the same. A flavin-bound glucose dehydrogenase gene encoding a flavin-bound glucose dehydrogenase derived from Mucor is introduced into yeast, Zygosaccharomyces, to obtain a transformant. Subsequently, the yeast transformant is cultured to obtain a flavin-bound glucose dehydrogenase from the culture. The heat-resistant flavin-bound glucose dehydrogenase is less susceptible to the effects of dissolved oxygen and allows accurate measurement of glucose even in the presence of sugar compounds other than glucose in a sample.
US09469841B2
The present invention features a novel protein engineering strategy by combining the domains of two independent proteins into a molecular switch. The invention features polypeptides comprising a prodrug activating enzyme and a protein that binds a cancer specific marker, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and molecular switches for converting a prodrug into a toxin, comprising the polypeptides. The invention also features methods for converting a prodrug into a toxin, methods for treating cancer, and methods for making the molecular switches, as well as kits.
US09469837B2
Disclosed herein are materials and methods for creating and/or isolating variants of yeasts especially variants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can grow on sugars other than D-glucose in the presence of amounts of 2-deoxy-glucose and or D-glucose that inhibit most strains of yeast from growing on sugars other than D-glucose. Selection media that can be used to isolate such variants include pentose sugars such as D-xylose, L-glutamine and 2-deoxy-glucose. Mutations in the Grr1 and Red genes in some strains also produce variants that can grow on sugars including the pentose D-xylose in the presence of 2-deoxy-glucose.
US09469836B2
The disclosure pertains to isolated white pine toxigenic endophytes and the compounds produced by the fungal endophytes as well as methods and uses of the white pine endophytes. The isolated white pine toxigenic endophytes are useful for preparing white pine seedlings and plants that have increased tolerance to a pest and are prepared by inoculating a white pine seedling during the susceptible time window.
US09469825B2
A transmission lubricant composition, a method of lubricating a machine part, and a transmission are provided that utilize select boronated and phosphorylated N-substituted polyisobutylene succinimide dispersants combined with metal containing detergents to achieve high friction durability and low wear rates for automatic transmissions.
US09469821B2
A collection of gasifier fueled engine systems is networked through a system of connecting pipes and valves in order to provide fast response to output power demands and to extend the range of power levels at which the system exhibits high conversion efficiency.
US09469818B2
The invention relates to a hydrocarbon composition, which can be used as a fuel and/or fuel oil, containing a petroleum component (A) and a component of a biological origin (B), wherein the component of a biological origin is present in a quantity of up to 75% by volume with respect to the total composition. Said component of a biological origin (B) is prepared starting from a mix of a biological origin (C) containing esters of fatty acids, with possible aliquots of free fatty acids, by means of a process which comprises the following steps: 1) hydrodeoxygenation of the mix of a biological origin; 2) hydroisomerization of the mix resulting from step (1), after possible water and gas flow separation, wherein said hydroisomerization is preferably carried out in the presence of a catalytic system comprising: a) a carrier of an acidic nature, comprising a completely amorphous micro-mesoporous silica-alumina, with a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio ranging from 30 to 500, a surface area larger than 500 m2/g, a pore volume ranging from 0.3 to 1.3 ml/g, an average pore diameter smaller than 40 Å, b) a metal component containing one or more metals of group VIII, possibly mixed with one or more metals of group VIB.
US09469810B2
The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition useful as a liquid crystal device, a display, an optical member, a coloring agent, a security marking, and a laser light emitting member and a thin film obtained from the polymerizable composition.The present invention provides a polymerizable liquid crystal composition having excellent solubility into a solvent, exhibiting good adhesion to a base material, and being capable of realizing a thin film having low haze and no variations and, in addition, provides a thin film having excellent appearance by using the polymerizable liquid crystal composition.The polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to the present invention is used and, thereby, a composition and a thin film having low haze and no variations and, at the same time, having excellent adhesion to a base material can be obtained at a low cost.
US09469805B2
Composition based on anionic polymers or water-soluble amphoteric (co)polymers suitable for viscosifying the injection fluids for oil recovery, characterized in that, before dilution with the injection fluid, it further contains at least 3 stabilizing agents selected from the group comprising oxygen reducing agents, precipitating agents, free radical scavengers, complexing agents and sacrificial agents, the said stabilizing agent being suitable for preventing the chemical degradation of the polymer once the polymer is introduced into the injection fluid.
US09469797B2
A pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising the polymerization product of: (A) a monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, and combinations thereof; and (B) a macromonomer comprising the reaction product of (a) a hydroxy-functional, ethylenically unsaturated monomer (e.g., an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate where the alkyl group is a C1-C6 alkyl group), (b) a bio-based monomer, and (c) a modifying monomer that lowers the Tg of the macromonomer relative to the Tg of the same macromonomer prepared in the absence of the modifying monomer.
US09469794B2
An ultraviolet (UV) crosslinkable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive comprises an acrylic copolymer and a cationic photoinitiator. The acrylic copolymer comprises pendant reactive functional groups. The pressure sensitive adhesive formed from the acrylic copolymer with the pendant reactive functional groups result in high green strength and/or high temperature holding strength of the adhesive.
US09469789B2
A laminated film has a layer (A) on at least one side of a base film, wherein resin contained in the layer (A) has (1) a (poly)caprolactone segment and (2) a urethane bond and, in measurement using a micro hardness tester, a maximum displacement amount in a thickness direction of the layer (A) is 1.0 to 3.0 μm and a creep displacement amount in the thickness direction of the layer (A) is 0.2 to 0.5 μm when a load of 0.5 mN is applied for 10 seconds, and a permanent displacement amount in the thickness direction of the layer (A) is 0.3 to 0.65 μm when the load is released to 0 mN.
US09469787B2
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for planarizing a nickel phosphorus (NiP) substrate comprises a suspension of colloidal silica particles and fused silica particles in an acidic aqueous carrier containing hydrogen peroxide, in which the concentration of the fused silica particles is less than or equal to the concentration of the colloidal silica particles. In some embodiments, the CMP composition includes a primary complexing agent, a secondary complexing agent, and a metal ion such as ferric ion, which is capable of reversible oxidation and reduction in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and NiP.
US09469783B2
The present invention concerns a crosslinkable silicone elastomer composition and a method using the composition according to the invention for forming sealing gaskets and assembly seals for the components of a powertrain. The silicone elastomers prepared from the composition according to the invention have:—good mechanical strength properties such as shore hardness, breaking strength, modulus at 100% elongation and—good resistance to ageing in chemically aggressive fluids such as those used, for example, in a powertrain, in this case engine oils, lubricants for the gearbox and axle, oil/petrol mixtures, coolant liquids, fuels or antifreeze liquids, and—good adhesion properties even on surfaces polluted by oils used in a powertrain.
US09469770B2
A rust-preventive coating comprises two layers of coatings contacted with each other, wherein among the two layers of coatings, a first coating as a coating at an inner layer side is obtained from a first paint composition that contains a first metal-based powder and a first binder component, among the two layers of coatings, a second coating as a coating at an outer layer side is obtained from a second paint composition that contains a second metal-based powder and a second binder component, and compositions are different between the first metal-based powder and the second metal-based powder.
US09469764B2
This invention is based upon the discovery that a hydroxylated carboxylic acids which contain at least 17 carbon atoms and zinc, aluminium, or alkaline earth metal salts thereof, such as zinc ricinoleate, act effectively as deodorants in asphalt and asphalt containing compositions. The present invention more specifically discloses an asphalt additive composition which is comprised of (1) an asphalt, (2) 0.05 weight percent to about 4 weight percent of a partitioning agent, and (3) at least 0.1 weight percent of a deodorant selected from the group consisting of (a) a hydroxylated carboxylic acid which contains at least 17 carbon atoms and (b) an aluminium, zinc, or alkaline earth metal salt of a hydroxylated carboxylic acid which contains at least 17 carbon atoms. In many applications it is beneficial for the asphalt additive composition to further include 0.5 weight percent to about 50 weight percent of a polymer additive.
US09469762B2
Described are methods of dispersing and hydrating a water soluble polymer, comprising forming a nonaqueous slurry of polypropylene glycol, water soluble polymer, and hydrophobically modified ethoxylated urethane, provided that the slurry contains less than five percent water; and then contacting the nonaqueous slurry with water to disperse and hydrate the water soluble polymer.
US09469755B2
Process for transitioning from the production of a first polymer to the production of a second polymer in a gas phase fluidized bed or stirred bed reactor by a) conducting a first polymerization reaction in the reactor using a first polymerization catalyst system to produce a first polymer, b) stopping the first polymerization reaction and removing at least the majority of the polymer in the reactor, c) introducing into the reactor a seed-bed containing at least 50 ppm of contaminants, in which the seedbed is maintained under at least 50 ppm but less than 500 ppm of contaminants during storage, and d) treating the seed-bed in the reactor to reduce the amount of contaminants. Step e) involves conducting a second polymerization reaction in the reactor to produce a second polymer.
US09469747B2
A method of manufacturing a mineral fiber thermal insulation product comprises the sequential steps of: Forming mineral fibers from a molten mineral mixture; spraying a substantially formaldehyde free binder solution on to the mineral fibers, the binder solution comprising: a reducing sugar, an acid precursor derivable from an inorganic salt and a source of nitrogen; Collecting the mineral fibers to which the binder solution has been applied to form a batt of mineral fibers; and Curing the batt comprising the mineral fibers and the binder which is in contact with the mineral fibers by passing the batt through a curing oven so as to provide a batt of mineral fibers held together by a substantially water insoluble cured binder.
US09469745B2
A composite material includes a polymer matrix material and filler material that includes vitreous china. The composite material has a water absorption of less than about one percent. Such a composite material may be used in the production of articles such as sinks, bathtubs, shower receptors, and other articles that may benefit from low water absorption properties.
US09469741B2
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of preparing a reactive polymer and reacting the reactive polymer with a heterocyclic nitrile compound.
US09469734B2
Polyetherimide particles or powders with a high surface area and high porosity can be prepared by precipitation of polymer solution in hot water or steam without the use of any additives. The particles or powders produced rapidly dissolved in organic solvents as well as epoxy matrices.
US09469732B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.
US09469731B2
Provided is a thioepoxide functional polymerizable composition comprising a reaction product of thiourea and an epoxide functional, polymerizable composition. The epoxide functional, polymerizable composition comprises a reaction product prepared from a reaction mixture comprising: (a) a monomer comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester functional monomer having an epoxide functional group; and (b) a compound having two or more thiol groups. The reactants (a) and (b) are reacted via a Michael addition reaction in the presence of a base to form an epoxide functional reaction product. Also provided are methods of preparing an optical article using the polymerizable compositions.
US09469729B2
A polymer containing a repeating unit structure having a triazine ring such as, for example, that which is represented by formula (25): can exhibit alone high heat resistance, high transparency, high refractive index, high solubility and low volume shrinkage; and can be used as a component in a film-forming composition as appropriate.
US09469728B2
Disclosed herein are pH- and temperature-sensitive block copolymer with excellent safety and a method for preparing the same and a hydrogel and a drug carrier using the block copolymer. According to the present invention, the pH- and temperature-sensitive block copolymer comprises: obtained by copolymerization of: (a) polyethylene glycol-based compound (A); and (b) poly (β-amino ester)-based oligomer (B) or poly (amido amine)-based oligomer (C) or coupling of mixture (D) thereof. In order to control biodegradation rate, the block copolymer is mixed with poly (amido amine)-based oligomer instead of the poly (β-amino ester)-based oligomer and then coupling them.
US09469724B2
A method for synthesizing poly(butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate) (PBSA), including: a) adding raw materials including succinic acid, adipic acid, and 1,4-butanediol into a reaction still; increasing the temperature in the reaction still to 130° C., and stirring the raw materials, then keeping the temperature in the reaction still at 170-200° C., and dehydrating for 1-3 hours at atmospheric pressure, to yield an oligomer of PBSA; and b) decreasing the temperature of the reaction still to 100° C., and adding a composite catalyst system, the total addition of the composite catalyst system accounting for one ten-thousandth to one ten-millionth of a total weight percentage of the raw materials; uniformly stiffing and mixing the composite catalyst system and reactants, slowly vacuum pumping the reaction still, heating the reaction still to a temperature of 200-240° C. and allowing the composite catalyst system and the reactants to react for 10-20 hrs.
US09469722B2
A metal cyanide complex catalyst and its preparation and application are disclosed. The formula of this catalyst is M1a[M2(CN)bL1c]d(X)m(L2)n.xSu.yL3.zH2O and its preparation method comprises: (A) adjusting pH of a mixed solution I′ of L3, M3e[M2(CN)bL1c]f, de-ionized water I, alcohol and/or ether solvent to less than 7.0, and adding it into a mixed solution II′ of M1(X)g salt, Su or Su precursor, de-ionized water II, stirring for reaction under 20° C.-120° C. for 0.5-200 hours, separating and drying to obtain a solid product; and (B) repeatedly dispersing the solid into an anhydrous organic solvent containing L2 to form a slurry, distilling, separating and drying to obtain the metal cyanide complex catalyst. The catalyst is useful in preparing polyethers, polycarbonates and polyesters by homopolymerization of epoxides, or copolymerization of epoxides with carbon dioxide or anhydrides.
US09469718B2
Low density attached polyurethane foams made by containment of blowing agents during foam processing
Polyurethane cushions are formed on the surface of a textile such as carpet. The polyurethane is made in the reaction of a polyurethane forming composition that is frothed, and contains water as a blowing agent. The polyurethane forming composition is cured between the substrate and a containment layer, both of which prevent the blowing gasses from escaping during the curing process. The process allows low density attached cushions to be formed controllably.
US09469705B2
A polymer includes repeat units, at least half of which are photoacid-generating repeat units. Each of the photoacid-generating repeat units includes photoacid-generating functionality and base-solubility-enhancing functionality. The polymer is useful as a component of a photoresist composition that further includes a second polymer that exhibits a change in solubility in an alkali developer under action of acid.
US09469702B2
Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions containing boron-bridged, cyclopentadienyl-fluorenyl metallocene compounds with an alkenyl substituent. These catalyst compositions can be used for the polymerization of olefins. For example, ethylene copolymers produced using these catalyst compositions can be characterized by a combination of a flat or a conventional comonomer distribution and low levels of long chain branching.
US09469701B2
The present invention provides a polyolefin powder including a homopolymer of ethylene or a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 3 to 15 carbon atoms.
US09469700B2
A process for the polymerization of at least one olefin comprising reacting said at least one olefin with a catalyst comprising: (i) a metallocene complex said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.
US09469699B2
An asymmetric complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R′2C—, —R′2C—CR′2—, —R′2Si—, —R′2Si—SiR′2—, —R′2Ge—, wherein each R′ is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2′ are each independently a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical; R5′ is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R5 is hydrogen, or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R6 is a non tertiary C1-10 alkyl group or C6-10-aryl group or C7-10 arylalkyl group or ZR3; R6′ is a tertiary C4-20 alkyl group; Z is O or S; R3 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted with halo; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; Ar′ is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; each R1 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group or two R1 groups on adjacent carbon atoms taken together can form a fused 5 or 6 membered ring with the Ar group, said ring being itself optionally substituted with one or more groups R4; and each R4 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group.
US09469689B2
DLL4 binding proteins are described herein, including antibodies, CDR-grafted antibodies, humanized antibodies, and DLL4 binding fragments thereof, proteins that bind DLL4 with high affinity, and DLL4 binding proteins that neutralize DLL4 and/or VEGF activity. The DLL4 binding proteins are useful for treating or preventing cancers and tumors and especially for treating or preventing tumor angiogenesis.
US09469683B2
The present invention provides further improved compositions and methods for efficient lysosomal targeting based on the GILT technology. Among other things, the present invention provides methods and compositions for targeting lysosomal enzymes to lysosomes using furin-resistant lysosomal targeting peptides. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for targeting lysosomal enzymes to lysosomes using a lysosomal targeting peptide that has reduced or diminished binding affinity for the insulin receptor.
US09469682B2
This document provides aquaretic and natriuretic polypeptides. For example, this document provides polypeptides having aquaretic and/or natriuretic activities. In some cases, a polypeptide provided herein can have aquaretic and natriuretic activities, while lacking the ability to lower blood pressure. This document also provides methods and materials for inducing aquaretic and/or natriuretic activities within a mammal.
US09469677B2
The invention relates to biomimetic peptide-containing compositions for use, in particular, for application and or deposition on a magnesium alloy, e.g., substrate, to at least partially coat a surface of the magnesium alloy. The invention also relates to the coated magnesium alloy which is particularly useful for tissue and bone repair and regeneration applications, such as, for constructing medical implant devices.
US09469675B2
The present disclosure relates to anti-inflammatory proteins, their uses, methods of preparation and methods of their detection. In particular, the invention relates to major royal jelly proteins modified by methyglyoxal and fragments thereof from manuka honey.
US09469673B2
The present invention features crystalline forms of Compound I. In one embodiment, a crystalline form of Compound I has characteristic peaks in the PXRD pattern at values of two theta (° 2θ) of 10.7, 11.6, 12.7, 13.0, 13.2, 13.7, 14.5, 18.7, 19.0, and 19.9 after equilibration at 43% relative humidity.
US09469672B2
This invention relates to the application of hydroxyapatite chromatography to the purification of at least one antibody from a preparation containing high molecular weight aggregates. Further, this invention relates to an integration of ceramic hydroxyapatite chromatography into a combination chromatographic protocol for the removal of high molecular weight aggregates from an antibody preparation.
US09469670B2
Populations of polypeptide variants based on a common scaffold, each polypeptide in the population comprising the scaffold amino acid sequence EXXXAXXEIX XLPNLTXXQX XAFIXKLXDD PSQSSELLSE AKKLNDSQ (SEQ ID NO: 1) or AKYAKEXXXAXX EIXXLPNLTX XQXXAFIXKL XDDPSQSSEL LSEAKKLNDS Q (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein each X individually corresponds to an amino acid residue which is varied in the population are disclosed. Also populations of polynucleotides, wherein each member encodes a member of a polypeptide population are disclosed. Furthermore, combinations of such polypeptide populations and such polynucleotide populations are disclosed, wherein each member of polypeptide population is physically or spatially associated with the polynucleotide encoding that member via means for genotype-phenotype coupling.
US09469669B2
Glucocorticosteroids that are derivatives of isoxazolidine are useful as anti-inflammatory and antiallergic compounds of the glucocorticosteroid series.
US09469648B2
Provided are methods for reversing the effects of agents used for muscular immobilization and/or loss of consciousness and/or loss of pain perception. The method comprises administering a composition comprising acyclic CB[n]-type compounds to an individual in need of reversal of the effects of neuromuscular blocking agents and/or anesthetic agents such that the effects of the agent(s) are partially fully reversed.
US09469642B2
Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. In addition, reversible inhibitors of Btk are also described. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09469635B2
Methods of preparing substantially pure SNS-595 substance are disclosed. Also provided are compositions comprising SNS-595 substance that are substantially pure and essentially free of visible particles.
US09469618B2
The present invention relates to new thiadiazolidinediones of formula (I), or any pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, and its use in the treatment of a disease in which glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) is involved, particularly neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular disorders. Additionally, there is provided a process for preparing such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09469615B2
The invention provides certain quinoxalines and aza-quinoxalines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein J1, J2, R1, R2, R3, R22, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, X, Y, b, n, and q are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.
US09469612B2
A polyether compound containing oxirane monomer units in an average number per molecule of 10 to 100, wherein the polyether compound contains repeating units which are represented by the general formula (2) as at least part of the oxirane monomer units is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a polymer material which has suitable fluidity and is excellent in ion conductivity. (R1 to R4 respectively independently indicate a hydrogen atom or C1 to C3 alkyl group, and R2 and R3 may be bonded with each other. Further, X− is an anion which is comprised of 2 to 25 atoms.)
US09469610B2
Novel methods for the production of enantiomerically pure (EP) β-lactams by decomposition of α-diazo-β-ketoamides.
US09469602B2
Disclosed herein is a method of activating a compound for a chemical reaction comprising functionalizing a compound with a redox auxiliary group and oxidizing the redox auxiliary group that is bonded to the compound, thereby activating the compound, wherein the activated compound undergoes a chemical reaction to form a product and the oxidation of the redox auxiliary group is reversible. Methods of making and using these materials are also disclosed.
US09469592B2
Provided is a positive photoresist composition excellent in terms of heat resistance. A radically curable compound is represented by a general formula (1) below (where R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; m and n each independently represent an integer of 1 to 4; p represents an integer of 0 to 4; X, Y, and Z each independently represent an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, or a hydroxy group, and at least one of X, Y, and Z represents an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group; and t represents 1 or 2).
US09469591B2
Integrated process for the production of methyl acetate and methanol. The process is carried out by carbonylating dimethyl ether with synthesis gas, recovering methyl acetate and unreacted synthesis gas and supplying unreacted synthesis gas and fresh synthesis gas for methanol synthesis.
US09469589B2
In a process for producing phenol and/or cyclohexanone, cyclohexylbenzene is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst under oxidation conditions effective to produce an oxidation effluent comprising cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide. At least a portion of the oxidation effluent is then subjected to a concentrating step to produce a cleavage feed having a higher concentration of cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide than the oxidation effluent. A cleavage reaction mixture comprising the cleavage feed is then contacted with a solid acid catalyst in a cleavage reaction zone under conditions effective to produce a cleavage product comprising phenol and cyclohexanone.
US09469588B2
An alkylating process such as hydroalkylating process comprising feeding a gas material and a liquid material into the reactor, distributing the liquid material to the upper surface of a bed of a catalyst substantially uniformly. The substantial uniform distribution of the liquid material to the upper surface allows for substantially uniform distribution of liquid reaction medium in the bed, thereby preventing hot spot and undesirable continuous liquid zone, both of which can cause the production of undesired by-products. The invention is particularly useful for the hydroalkylation reaction of benzene in making cyclohexylbenzene, which can be used for making cyclohexanone and phenol.
US09469579B2
In a process for producing para-xylene, a toluene-containing stream is contacted with a methylating agent under conditions effective to convert toluene to xylenes and produce a methylated effluent stream. Para-xylene is recovered from the methylated effluent stream to produce a para-xylene depleted stream and part of the para-xylene depleted stream is contacted with a xylene isomerization catalyst under liquid phase isomerization conditions effective to produce a first isomerized stream, while part of the para-xylene depleted stream is contacted with a xylene isomerization catalyst under vapor phase isomerization conditions effective to produce a second isomerized stream. The first and second isomerized streams are then recycled to the para-xylene recovery step.
US09469572B2
A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component, boron, and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles, boron, and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride that is not in the form of a powder.
US09469569B2
The present invention relates to an admixture for a cementitious composition, the cementitious composition comprising said admixture and a method for casting a durable cementitious solid, in particular a concrete, in cold weather conditions, such as in winter time or in cold geographical areas, more in particular for casting part of the cement tube in bore hole drilling in cold weather conditions.
US09469563B2
A thermal insulation product based on mineral wool, characterized in that the fibers have a micronaire of less than 10 l/min, preferably less than 7 l/min and especially between 3 and 6 l/min, the product including infrared absorbent and/or reflective elements, and in that the product has a thermal conductivity of less than 30 mW/m.K.
US09469560B2
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a vitreous silica crucible having a transparent layer by use of waste vitreous silica. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a vitreous silica crucible for manufacturing a monocrystalline or polycrystalline silicon ingot, including a process of vitrifying a silica powder sintered body having a crucible shape in the whole or part of the thickness direction by arc fusing the silica powder sintered body from the inner surface side, wherein the method further includes at least one means of (1) depressurizing the silica powder sintered body from the outer surface side during the arc fusing, and (2) forming a synthetic vitreous silica layer on the inner surface by spraying synthetic silica powder onto the inner surface of the silica powder sintered body during the arc fusing.
US09469556B2
A composition for treating waters, e.g. ballast water or injection water for oil recovery, to kill in-situ aquatic invasive species comprises at least one biocide capable of killing both animal and plant micro-organisms. The at least one biocide preferably comprises Brilliant Green, Gentian Violet, and/or erythrosine, and a wetting agent or detergent-like compound such as CTAB or CTAC. The invention also relates to a system for treating ballast water in situ comprising means for injecting a composition for treating ballast water; means for measuring the flow rate or amount of ballast water to be treated; means for controlling the dosing of the composition; and means for storing or receiving the composition. The invention also relates to a method of detecting viable aquatic organisms in ballast water in situ comprising detecting metabolism in viable micro-organisms in ballast water and, therefore, measuring the efficacy of any treatment.
US09469547B2
The present invention relates to an method for producing sodium carbonate by integration of a carbon dioxide capture process with an ammonia-soda process. The present invention moreover relates to a plant for producing sodium carbonate comprising a carbon dioxide capture system and an ammonia-soda system. Uses of fluid streams generated in a carbon dioxide capture process in an ammonia-soda process is moreover disclosed.
US09469540B2
A method for transferring a carbon nanotube array is provided. A substitute substrate, a growing substrate, and a carbon nanotube array grown on the growing substrate are provided. The carbon nanotube array has a bottom surface adjacent to the growing substrate and a top surface away from the growing substrate. The substitute substrate is placed on the top surface of the carbon nanotube array and PVA solution is sandwiched between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The PVA solution is frozen between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. The substitute substrate is separated from the growing substrate to separate the bottom surface of the carbon nanotube array from the growing substrate. The solvent in the solid PVA solution is removed and only PVA is left between the substitute substrate and the carbon nanotube array. A method for forming a carbon nanotube structure is also provided.
US09469533B2
A method for converting renewable energy source-electricity and a hydrocarbon feedstock into a liquid fuel by providing a source of renewable-electrical energy in communication with a synthesis gas generation unit and an air separation-unit. Oxygen from the air separation unit and a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided to the-synthesis gas generation unit, thereby causing partial oxidation reactions in the synthesis gas-generation unit in a process that converts the hydrocarbon feedstock into synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is then converted into a liquid fuel.
US09469532B2
An aluminum-alkali hydroxide recyclable hydrogen generator is provided that enables generation of hydrogen for a consuming apparatus on demand. The hydrogen generator includes a source of aluminum, a source of a hydroxide, a source of water, and a reaction chamber, where the amount of at least one of the aluminum, sodium hydroxide, and water that is introduced into the reaction chamber is used to limit the chemical reaction to control the amount of hydrogen generated.
US09469529B2
The present invention provides a fiber base sensor and the fabricating method thereof. More specifically, one of the main goals of the present invention is to solve the problem existing in the prior art of the failure of forming a plurality of nano-particles on the surface of the fiber base sensor evenly by utilizing self-assembly process with the nano-imprint process. Furthermore, the another goal of the present invention is to provide detail parameters required in the said nano-imprinting process for avoiding the efficiency drop caused by over-embedding the nano-particles into the fiber based sensor.
US09469528B2
A display member includes a display panel, a first adhesive film on the display panel a transparent conductive layer on the first adhesive film, and a second adhesive film and a window on the second adhesive film. At least one of the first adhesive film and the second adhesive film includes a UV curable adhesive composition including a morpholine group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer.
US09469526B2
The invention relates to conical structures on substrate surfaces, in particular optical elements, to methods for the production thereof and to the use thereof, in particular in optical devices, solar cells and sensors. The conical nanostructures according to the invention are suitable in particular for providing substrate surfaces having very low light reflection. The method according to the invention for producing conical nanostructures on substrate surfaces comprises at least the steps of: a) providing a substrate surface covered with nanoparticles; b) etching the substrate surface covered with nanoparticles to a depth of at least 100 nm, wherein the nanoparticles act as an etching mask and the etching parameters are set in such a way that hyperboloid structures are produced underneath the nanoparticles; c) breaking the hyperboloid structures in the region of the smallest diameter by exerting mechanical forces, wherein the structures remaining on the substrate surface have a conical shape which corresponds substantially to half a single-shell hyperboloid.
US09469522B2
In one embodiment, a method of forming an out-of-plane electrode includes forming an oxide layer above an upper surface of a device layer, etching an etch stop perimeter defining trench extending through the oxide layer, forming a first cap layer portion on an upper surface of the oxide layer and within the etch stop perimeter defining trench, etching a first electrode perimeter defining trench extending through the first cap layer portion and stopping at the oxide layer, depositing a first material portion within the first electrode perimeter defining trench, depositing a second cap layer portion above the deposited first material portion, and vapor releasing a portion of the oxide layer with the etch stop portion providing a lateral etch stop.
US09469515B2
An outlet port of a hydraulic pump/motor and a bottom chamber of a lift cylinder are connected to each other by a hydraulic fluid passage. A hydraulic fluid passage that is connected to a hydraulic fluid tank is formed to branch off the hydraulic fluid passage. A flow control valve controls the hydraulic fluid delivered from the lift cylinder when the fork is lowered, thereby regulating the flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic pump/motor and the flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic fluid tank. If regenerative operation can be performed, the flow control valve is closed and hydraulic fluid is delivered to the hydraulic pump/motor. If regenerative operation cannot be performed, the flow control valve is opened and hydraulic fluid is delivered to the hydraulic fluid tank. In either case, the fork can be lowered at an instructed speed.
US09469505B2
A guide rail (14) for an elevator system (10) includes a base (20) connectable with a wall of a hoistway (12) of the elevator system (10) and a web section (24) connected to and extending from the base (20). A tip section (26) is located at an end of the web section (24) and is operably connectable to an elevator car (16) of the elevator system (10). The base (20), the web section (24) and the tip section (26) are formed of one or more thicknesses (28) of sheet metal material. An elevator system (10) includes an elevator car (16) located in a hoistway (12) and a guide rail (14) extending along the hoistway (12) and operably connected to the elevator car (16) for guiding the elevator car (16) along the hoistway (12). The guide rail (14) is configured such that braking forces applied to the guide rail (14) by a braking mechanism (36) successfully reduce the speed of the elevator car (16) without resulting in failure of the guide rail (14).
US09469502B2
A method for giving a destination call to the control system of an elevator system is provided, in which method one or more predetermined departure floor-destination floor pairs are presented on the touch-sensitive display of a destination call-giving device having a touch-sensitive display, in which each pair identifies for the user one predetermined departure floor and one predetermined destination floor, and the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user is determined on the basis of a touch detected with the touch-sensitive display, and a destination call signal is sent to the control system of the elevator system, which signal identifies the departure floor and the destination floor of the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user. A call-giving device, an elevator system and a computer program product are provided to implement the aforementioned method.
US09469500B2
Use of an elevator system can be reserved for a passenger based at least in part on an indicated arrival time for a passenger trip. The passenger trip includes a portion that is carried out using the elevator system and an additional portion. The passenger's elevator reservation is scheduled such that time is allotted for the passenger to complete both trip portions by the indicated arrival time.
US09469490B2
A method and apparatus for moving loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum head is moved into proximity with the loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum is created which causes the slipsheet, and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon, to be drawn toward a surface of the vacuum head and maintained in such position as the vacuum head transports the slipsheet and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon.
US09469484B2
An improved belt scraper assembly for belt conveyors includes one or more blade assemblies and one or more hinge assemblies mounted on either side of a supporting flexible member for facilitating twin blade cleaning. The one or blade assemblies are operatively connected to the hinge assembly, which is adapted to ensure limited rotational motion of said blade assembly.
US09469473B2
A hopper bottom for a grain bin includes a hopper wall having an inverted cone shape so as to taper downwardly and inwardly towards a central bottom opening and including ventilation openings therein. Perforated ducts extend into the grain bin from the ventilation openings. According to one embodiment upright support legs support the hopper wall above the foundation. Each upright support leg has a hollow interior chamber to direct air from an inlet manifold structure to the ventilation openings in the hopper wall. According to another embodiment, an outer support wall supports the hopper wall above a floor structure which collectively enclose a manifold space which directs air from a blower into the ventilation openings in the hopper wall.
US09469465B2
In a metering unit (10) having at least one outlet (20) for dispensing an aerosol with a defined concentration, with at least one inlet (180) for a carrier gas, at least one inlet for a liquid, preferably for a hydrogen peroxide solution, and a buffer container (30) for the liquid, it is provided that the metering unit (10) has at least one liquid flow controller (90) on the outflow side.
US09469464B2
A dispenser for dispensing a fluid is presented. The dispenser comprises a compressible elastomeric fluid conduit having a first end and a second end for flowing the fluid from the first end to the second end, a first check valve and a second check valve distanced in the conduit for forming a fluid chamber, and an actor for compressing the fluid chamber for dispensing a portion of the fluid. At least the second check valve is a duckbill valve. The second check valve is located at the second end of the conduit. The second check valve has sealing lips that extend beyond the second end of the conduit.
US09469460B2
A method of forming a carton or container for food or other items having a model vehicle configuration is provided that accurately depicts the contours and dimensions of the vehicle to enhance its appeal. An elongated, cardboard-like sheet is presented that is die cut to fold into a three dimensional model of the vehicle. The sheet's first end is folded along a first pair of transverse fold lines and secured in a position to present an open cabin, rear deck and tail of the vehicle, whereby the open cabin may provide the container for food and other items. The sheet's central portion is folded upwardly along a pair of longitudinal fold lines to present the sides of the vehicle, and the second end portion is folded along a second pair of transverse fold lines and secured in position to present the hood and front windshield of the vehicle.
US09469452B2
A closed loop dispensing system comprises a connector connectable to a container for selectively dispensing the fluids from the container. The connector includes an outer cap having a first passage with an interior surface. The first passage can have variable cross-sectional areas over different regions of the first passage. The connector comprises a plug slidingly movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein, the plug allows passage of fluids present in the container in the open position, and the plug prevents passage of fluids out of the container in the closed position. The plug can have a variable cross-sectional area thereby preventing the plug from being disengaged with the outer cap or sliding out of the connector and into the container.
US09469450B2
An assembly for aseptic connecting of a beverage ingredient container to a beverage dispensing apparatus, having a collapsible sheath of pliable material connecting the container to the dispenser at a distance away from the container. The sheath passes through a conduit of the apparatus to provide an aseptic passageway for fluid from the container to the beverage apparatus. A protective cover houses the collapsible sheath when in a collapsed configuration, and the sheath is brought to a second configuration of an extended length to provide an inner passageway of the fluid to a distal end of the sheath positioned a distance away from the container.
US09469430B2
The present invention provides for a container that may be repeatedly used for moving and stored in a collapsed position when not in use. The container includes means for both longitudinal and transverse reinforcement of closed opposing flaps that make up the top and bottom portions of the container. In one embodiment is provided a container comprising: a plurality of side walls configured to provide a collapsible container, where each side wall is in operable communication with two other side walls; two foldable flaps in operable communication with each side wall; and at least one securing strip in operable communication with at least one of the foldable flaps, where the securing strip provides structure for releasable attachment with three different side walls and for securing four of the flaps in a closed position to form a container bottom or top.
US09469417B2
An aircraft failure diagnostic method and system includes a group of at least one smart mobile device, mobile in relation to the on-board equipment of an aircraft. The smart mobile device transmits a request for measurement data to an on-board equipment, following a tree structure of measurement data to be acquired. A piece of measurement data received from the on-board equipment by a smart mobile device causes passage to a later step in the tree structure of measurement data requests or interactive maintenance document. The interactive maintenance document is generated by automatically extracting inferences, data to be measured, measurements achievable on the on-board equipment, and measurements requiring a tool not included in the on-board equipment from an aircraft technical documentation.
US09469413B2
A warning light circuitry includes a first logic gate adapted for receiving a first, a second, a third, and a fourth input signal; a second logic gate adapted for receiving a fifth, a sixth, and a seventh input signal; a third logic gate electrically connected to the first and second logic gate; and a warning light electrically connected to the third logic gate. The first logic gate is adapted for providing a first output signal to the third logic gate upon receiving the first, the second, the third, and the fourth input signals. The second logic gate is adapted for providing a second output signal to the third logic gate upon receiving the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh input signals. Therein the third logic gate is adapted for triggering the warning light upon receiving the first or the second output signal.
US09469411B2
The invention relates to a power supply system that is adapted be connected in input to N distinct power supply grids (R1, . . . , RN) delivering a direct or alternating input voltage (V1, VN) and to deliver a direct distribution voltage (VBUS), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, of the type comprising a distribution bus operating under the distribution voltage (VBUS), N unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) that can respectively be connected in input to a given power grid (R1, . . . , RN), and control means capable of controlling the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN). The power supply system also includes an energy storage device connected to the distribution bus and having a quantity of energy (E), and the control means are adapted to control the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN) simultaneously to regulate the electrical power (P1, . . . PN) delivered by each of said unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) as a function of the quantity of energy (E).
US09469409B2
An aerodynamic fairing including at least one sub-assembly, each sub-assembly having a frame which is orientated transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the fairing and a floor portion which is provided with an inner face, via which the floor portion is fixed to the frame. The fairing further comprises lateral panels which are fixed to the frame and which each extend substantially along the longitudinal axis of the fairing at one side and the other of a plane of symmetry of the fairing. The floor portions of the sub-assemblies are not mechanically connected to each other via rigid connections. The division of the floor into separate portions allows a reduction in the longitudinal thermomechanical stresses applied by the expansion of the floor under the action of the primary hot flow of the turbo reactor.
US09469408B1
An ice protection system and method are provided that facilitate the prevention or reduction in ice formation upon an aerodynamic surface. The ice protection system may include an aerodynamic surface that includes a susceptor formed of a ferromagnetic material that is located proximate an outer mold line of a leading edge of the aerodynamic surface. The ice protection system may also include at least one induction coil and a signal source configured to provide alternating current to the at least one induction coil to thereby generate an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field creates an eddy current in the susceptor so as to heat the leading edge of the aerodynamic surface. A corresponding ice protection method is also provided.
US09469406B2
A method of installing a diffuser in an air cycle machine includes placing a first housing on a shaft, placing a seal plate on the shaft, and placing a diffuser on the shaft. Next, the diffuser and the seal plate are aligned with an alignment tool. The alignment tool has a first annular surface to align with a radially outer surface of the seal plate and a second annular surface to align with an annular flange on the diffuser. Finally, the diffuser is fastened to the seal plate and the alignment tool is removed from the diffuser and the seal plate.
US09469399B2
The invention relates to a separable blade attachment (1) for a bearingless main rotor of a helicopter with an airfoil blade (2), a flexbeam (3) and a control cuff (4) enclosing at least a predominant portion of said flexbeam (3). A separable junction arrangement between said flexbeam head (13), said control cuff (4, 22) and said root end of said airfoil blade (2) is mechanical with removable fasteners. A stiffened link (17) is provided between respective trailing edges (9) of the control cuff (4) and said airfoil blade (2).
US09469397B2
A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear includes a motor operable to rotate a first drive pinion via a first drive path and a driven gear adapted to be fixed to the wheel. The drive system has a first configuration in which the first drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the first drive path. One of the first drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a first sprocket and the other of the first drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a series of rollers arranged to form a ring. Each roller being rotatable about a roller axis at a fixed distance from an axis of rotation of the first drive pinion or driven gear, respectively.
US09469393B2
A device for combining force between two control units includes force feedback, each control unit including a control stick (21, 31) and at least one force sensor (24, 34) suitable for providing a value of the control force (Fp, Fcp) exerted by a pilot, the device being suitable for forming a force feedback value from the sum of the values of the control forces of each control unit. A correction device limits the force feedback value (Fcor_p) according to at least one parameter taken from the absolute value of the control force (Fcp) of the second control unit and the difference between the control force values of each control unit. A control unit including such a device for combining forces, and an aircraft provided with such control units are also described.
US09469392B2
An apparatus and method of a wing fold system may include a latch assembly rotating an unfixed portion of a wing, with respect to a fixed portion of the wing, between a flight position of the wing and a folded position of the wing. A first portion of the wing may hold a rotating portion of the latch assembly. A second portion of the wing may hold a secured portion of the latch assembly. The rotating portion of the latch assembly may rotate between an open position and a closed position. A slot in the rotating portion may receive the secured portion of the latch assembly. A securing portion of the rotating portion may secure a secured portion of the latch assembly. The latch assembly may prevent rotation of the second portion when the wing may be in the flight position.
US09469390B2
Monolithic acoustically-treated composite structures and methods for fabricating the same are provided. A monolithic acoustically-treated composite structure comprises an internal frame assembly comprising a unitary composite frame structure and at least one acoustic panel assembly. The unitary composite frame structure defines a shape of the monolithic acoustically-treated composite structure to be fabricated. A composite overlay covers the internal frame assembly. The method for fabricating the monolithic acoustically-treated composite structure comprises forming the unitary composite frame structure, including the at least one acoustic panel in the unitary composite frame structure, and covering the internal frame assembly with the composite overlay.
US09469387B2
An inflatable bag is selectively usable as one of a buoy and a punching bag. The inflatable bag is inflated depending on the selected use, and the inflating is practiced differently depending on the use decision. When it is decided to use the bag as a punching bag, the bag is suspended, and the bag is inflated with water. An inflatable bag member and kit includes components suitable for the selected use.
US09469384B2
The invention described herein teaches that one drilling barge can be employed in two different areas. The standard drilling practice requires two vessels to perform the same work as one drilling barge invention. Standard drilling rigs require that one unit will drill well locations in water depths of 8′-18′. A second drilling unit must be provided to drill in water depths of 18′-60′. As a result of this invention, water depths of 8′-60′ can be provided by use of the one vessel employing the novel stabilization system. The service area's coverage is increased greatly by use of the invention thereby creating excellent cost reduction and improved drilling procedures in remote and harsh drilling areas. The invention's cost is slightly more than the standard drilling barge however; coverage of the service area can be 500% greater than the standard vessel's coverage.
US09469381B2
A bicycle control device includes a housing member, a control lever member, a shift-operating mechanism and a hydraulic fluid pressure generator. The housing member has an attachment part for attachment to a handlebar, and a grip part extending longitudinally between first and second ends of the grip part. The control lever member pivots respect to the housing member. The shift-operating mechanism is coupled to a shifting device by a control cable. The hydraulic fluid pressure generator has a cylinder, a reservoir, and a piston movably disposed within the cylinder to generate fluid pressure for controlling a braking device. The cylinder is disposed in the housing member at a position closer toward the second end of the grip part than is the shift-operating mechanism to the second end of the grip part. The reservoir is disposed next to the cylinder in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction.
US09469380B2
A bicycle control device includes a housing member, a control lever member, a shift-operating mechanism and a hydraulic fluid pressure generator. The housing member has an attachment part for attachment to a handlebar, and a grip part extending longitudinally between first and second ends of the grip part. The shift-operating mechanism includes a cable take-up member rotatably mounted around a cable take-up axis. The cable take-up member has a control cable attachment part that is configured to be coupled to a shifting device by a control cable. The hydraulic fluid pressure generator has a cylinder and a piston movably that is disposed within the cylinder by movement of the control lever member to generate fluid pressure for controlling a braking device. The cylinder defines a cylinder axis that forms an angle of greater than or equal to 20° and less than or equal to 50° with the cable take-up axis.
US09469376B2
An electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift is disclosed, comprising a derailleur and control electronics to drive the derailleur in accordance with a table of command values, wherein the derailleur is configured to emit a derailleur model identification signal, and the control electronics is configured to receive the derailleur model identification signal and, if it has an available table of command values suitable for the derailleur model, to use it to drive the derailleur, if not, to prevent the actuation of the derailleur.
US09469365B2
A folding tricycle (1) for transporting a person, wherein the tricycle (1) comprises a front wheel (2), two rear wheels (3) and a frame joining the wheels (2, 3) wherein the frame comprises two arms (7) that carry the rear wheels (3). The arms (7) are connected to the rest of the frame in such a manner that the arm (7) can adopt different positions relative to the rest of the frame. The width and length of the tricycle (1) are therefore adjustable. In all positions of the arms (7), the 10 planes wherein the rear wheels (3) are located are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tricycle (1), and the tricycle (1) can be driven.
US09469363B1
A high performance motorcycle having a frame, engine suspension, and rear wheel drive system that enables rider foot positioning close to the longitudinal centerline of the motorcycle and an overall aerodynamic profile. The engine suspension, centering and damping system allows for lateral movement while damping vibration and unwanted oscillations. The rear wheel drive includes a driven pulley axially disposed on a rear wheel axle, a drive pulley configured to receive motive output from the motorcycle engine, an idler pulley disposed above a line between the axes of rotation of the drive pulley and the rear wheel axle, and a belt or chain disposed around and operatively connecting the drive pulley, the driven pulley and the idler pulley, wherein the idler pulley and the drive pulley configured so as to provide substantially constant tension to a belt or chain over the range of travel of the rear suspension.
US09469362B1
A bicycle frame that has a head tube that is adapted to support a handle bar, a top tube that is coupled to the head tube, a bottom tube that is coupled to the head tube, and a seat tube segment that is adapted to support a seat. The seat tube segment extends from the top tube and is spaced from the bottom tube.
US09469360B2
The invention describes a control circuit for an LED external lighting unit of a vehicle, said lighting unit comprising at least an LED source and a passive heatsink. The control circuit comprises: a temperature sensor adapted to provide a first output signal carrying information about the operating temperature of the LED source and/or of the passive heatsink; a first output node operatively connectable to an optical and/or acoustic warning device and adapted to provide thereto a first control signal, depending upon the first output signal, adapted to produce an alarm warning through said warning device when said temperature is higher than a first threshold value; a driver unit being adapted to output an LED source driving signal, said driving signal being a relatively high-power signal or a relatively low-power signal.
US09469358B2
An idler for a machine undercarriage includes a hub. The idler may also include a body extending radially outward from the hub, the body including a single solid disk with a first substantially planar side and a second substantially planar side opposite the first substantially planar side.
US09469352B2
A trailer includes a chassis and a trailer body connected to the chassis. The trailer body includes left and right vertical side walls and a curved floor. The left and right side walls each include a plurality of extruded panels each including an inner wall and an outer wall spaced from the inner wall.
US09469351B2
A structure for a motor vehicle, particularly a passenger car, includes a front wall delimiting a passenger cabin toward the front, which extends between lateral vehicle pillars of the structure, and a carrier element which extends in transverse direction of the vehicle. The carrier element is supported by a front side of the front wall and at least to some extent overlaps the lateral vehicle pillars.
US09469349B1
A vehicle floor assembly includes a floor frame, floor panel, a pair of closeout members, and a set of biasing members. The floor panel defines a pair of slots. Each of the slots is open at an end of the floor panel and configured to receive seat risers through the floor panel. When the floor panel is in an open position, access to a stowage cavity defined by the floor frame is permitted, and when in a closed position the floor panel inhibits access to the stowage cavity. Each closeout member is slidably coupled to the floor panel and moveable between a first position wherein the closeout member is retracted relative to a corresponding one of the slots, and a second position wherein the closeout member is extended to block the corresponding slot. The biasing members are configured to bias the closeout members toward the second position.
US09469345B2
There is provided a suspension tower including: a top wall in which a shaft hole is formed at a region that faces a central portion of an upper end portion of a suspension of a vehicle; a projecting portion that is formed by an edge portion of the shaft hole at the top wall projecting toward a vehicle upper side; plural ribs that extend from an outer periphery of the projecting portion toward an outer peripheral side of the top wall; a suspension mounting portion that is provided at the top wall between a pair of the ribs that are adjacent to one another, and to which the upper end portion of the suspension is mounted; and an overhang portion that juts-out locally from the projecting portion toward the shaft hole side, between the suspension mounting portion and the shaft hole.
US09469344B2
The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, in particular a front axle subframe, including a first shell element and a second shell element which is rigidly connected to the first shell element and defines a cavity therewith, and at least one bodywork connection sleeve for inserting a screw therethrough. The bodywork connection sleeve is attached at one of its ends to a through-hole in the first shell element and extends within the cavity towards a through-hole in the second shell element. So that such a subframe can be easily mounted and can provide a high level of security against slipping relative to the bodywork, the invention provides that an annular disc is allocated to the attached end of the bodywork connection sleeve, which disc projects radially relative to the outer surface of the sleeve, is arranged on the outside of the first shell element and is integrally bonded thereto, and that a toothed disc produced separately from the bodywork connection sleeve is arranged on the outside on the through-hole in the second shell element, which the other end of the bodywork connection sleeve faces, which toothed disc has an external diameter which is greater than the internal diameter of the through-hole in the second shell element, and is integrally bonded to the second shell element.
US09469331B2
A steering apparatus for a vehicle capable of adjusting an operating position of a steering wheel with respect to a vehicle body, includes: a steering column supporting the steering wheel at a rear end, arranging a center of oscillation with respect to the vehicle body in front thereof, and supporting the steering wheel so as to oscillate around the center of oscillation; a fixing bracket holding the steering column between opposing holding sections extending to a lower part and fixing an upper part to the vehicle body; and a support mechanism interposed between the holding sections and the steering column and supporting the steering column to in a manner that the steering column is slidable, wherein the support mechanism includes a spring member interposed between one of the holding sections and the steering column and a rigid body interposed between the other of the holding sections and the steering column.
US09469318B2
A system and method provide the capability to dynamically measure the diameter of a train wheel. An onboard sensor signals detection and loss of detection of a proximity plate having a predetermined length and placed along a direction of travel of the train. A signal generator generates a signal indicating the number of revolutions of the wheel. Based on the sensor signals indicating detection and loss of detection of the proximity plate, the length of the proximity plate, and the corresponding number of wheel revolutions, a controller automatically calculates the wheel diameter.
US09469317B2
A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed.
US09469314B2
A running gear for a rail vehicle includes a wheel set, a running gear frame and a shielding device, the running gear frame being supported on the wheel set. The shielding device is connected to the running gear frame via a support structure and is spatially associated to at least a shielded component of the running gear. The shielding device shields a shielded part of the shielded component against impacts of objects lifted from a track used during operation of the vehicle. The shielding device has a carrier element and at least one impact element, the at least one impact element being mounted to the carrier element for covering the carrier element and forming an impact surface for said objects. The impact element has at least one load bearing structural element made from a fiber reinforced composite material.
US09469307B2
A vehicle, vehicle system and method for increasing at least one of safety and comfort during autonomous driving is provided. The vehicle system includes an autonomous drive arrangement with multiple sensors, and a vehicle control arrangement. The vehicle system is configured to determine an estimated probability that at least one sensor will become unavailable, or an estimated time/distance ahead until at least one sensor is determined to become unavailable. The vehicle system is further configured to activate at least one countermeasure based on at least one of the estimated probability, the estimated time and the estimated distance.
US09469304B2
A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully.
US09469302B2
A torque control apparatus includes: a flux linkage estimator estimating a variation of flux linkage based on a difference between a current temperature of a motor measured by a temperature sensor and a predefined reference temperature; a torque compensation value calculator calculating a torque compensation value corresponding to the current temperature of the motor based on the estimated variation of flux linkage; and a torque compensator compensating for an error of required torque of a torque command by applying the calculated torque compensation value in response to a change in temperature of the motor and outputting a final torque command including the error-compensated required torque to a current map of a motor controller.
US09469298B2
A driving support apparatus for ensuring consistency of content for multiple driving supports related to vehicle acceleration/deceleration. The driving support apparatus is provided with a follow-up running support unit for performing acceleration/deceleration support for a vehicle. A collision-avoidance support unit avoids a collision with a moving body when the relationship between the vehicle and a moving body having a movement path intersecting with the path of the vehicle is determined to meet support conditions for invoking collision-avoidance support. An estimation unit estimates that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving body meets the support conditions for invoking collision-avoidance support using the acceleration/deceleration support by the follow-up running support unit. An adjustment unit adjusts the degree of acceleration/deceleration support by the follow-up running support unit on the basis of the relationship between the vehicle and the moving body having been estimated to meet the support conditions.
US09469293B2
In a vehicle capable of performing regenerative braking by a motor, when regenerative power is supplied to both of a battery and an electric heating catalyst device (EHC), and it is predicted that the battery is overcharged at the time of turning-off of EHC (a supply of power to the EHC is stopped), ECU temporarily delays turning-off of EHC. ECU determines whether or not a condition for turning off the EHC is met during the EHC turning-off delay. When the condition for turning off the EHC is met, the regenerative brake torque is lowered so that the regenerative power becomes less than the battery acceptable power, and the hydraulic brake torque is increased depending on lowering of the regenerative brake torque, and thereafter the EHC turning-off delay is cancelled.
US09469290B2
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis and an engine, transmission and operator station which are each carried by the chassis. The engine has a maximum operating speed. The transmission includes a continuously variable output. A power/economy switch which is positioned within the operator station provides a first output signal indicative of a power mode and a second output signal indicative of an economy mode. A controller is coupled with each of the engine, the transmission and the power/economy switch. The controller receives the second output signal from the power/economy switch and controls each of the engine and the transmission to be in an economy mode, whereby an operating speed of the engine is limited to a reduced maximum speed which is below the maximum operating speed, and the continuously variable output of the transmission is increased to offset for the reduction in engine operating speed.
US09469288B2
A method for determining a triggering condition for recalibration in an automatic parking brake includes determining a motor current which is expected at a predetermined time during a release process of the automatic parking brake. The method includes identifying motor current for a brake motor in the automatic parking brake that generates an electromechanical braking force during operation and releases the electromechanical braking force during the release process.
US09469271B2
A knee airbag having an inlet opening (6) for deployment gas from a gas generator (4) for flowing into a first chamber (10), at least one second chamber (20, 30) adjacent to the first chamber (10), which second chamber (20, 30) is separated from the first chamber by at least one dividing wall (25), wherein between the first chamber (10) and the second chamber (20, 30) at least one closable overflow opening (40) is provided, through which deployment gas can flow from the first chamber (10) into the second chamber (20, 30), wherein at least one closing device (50 for the overflow opening (40), or the overflow opening (40), is associated with the penetration region of the knees (5).
US09469270B2
A leg airbag apparatus can restrain occupant legs from moving obliquely forward in an offset collision and in the leg airbag apparatus, an airbag inflates and deploys early without using a high-output inflator, and an automobile includes the leg airbag apparatus. An airbag includes a body part that inflates in front of an occupant, and a projecting part that projects only outward in a vehicle body width direction from at least an upper portion of the body part. In an inflated state of the airbag, a length from an occupant center line of the airbag to an outer end of the projecting part in the vehicle body width direction is longer than a length to an inner end in the vehicle body width direction. The projecting part is protruded to the vehicle body rear side by being pulled by an outer tether.
US09469257B2
A wire harness includes one or more electrically-conducting paths, and a tubular exterior member configured to cover the electrically-conducting paths. The exterior member is a resin member including a flexible tubular part having flexibility and a less-flexible tubular part having less flexibility than that of the flexible tubular part. The exterior member is integrally formed to have a linear shape as a whole in a state where the flexible tubular part is not deflected.
US09469252B2
A mirror element sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate and an indicator. The front side of the mirror back plate includes a reflective element attaching portion and the rear side of the mirror back plate includes (i) an actuator attaching portion and (ii) an indicator attaching portion, all of which are integrally formed during injection molding of the mirror back plate. The indicator attaching portion includes structure extending from the rear side of the mirror back plate and having a passageway therethrough. The indicator is attached at the structure, and light emitted by the indicator passes through the passageway and through an opening of the mirror back plate and through the mirror reflective element so as to exit from the mirror reflective element at an angle relative to the reflective element attaching portion.
US09469243B2
A lighting device includes a light source, an elongated light guide member, an elongated decoration member, and a cover covering the light guide member. The decoration member includes a recess having a space to have the light guide member therein, and a linear transmissive portion. The recess has a guide member projecting toward the space and being in contact with the light guide member to guide the light guide member to a correct position. The cover covers the light guide member from the rear side and has a facing surface and a stopper extending from the facing surface toward the space and supporting the light guide member provisionally. The guide member guides the light guide member that is provisionally supported by the stopper of the cover to the correct position when the light guide member supported by the stopper of the cover is arranged in the recess.
US09469235B2
A vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which includes an active chock and an anchor chock configured to co-act to secure a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. In various embodiments, each chock has a chock body including a substantially diamond shaped elongated tube which includes four integrally connected elongated walls. In various embodiments, for each chock, various components of that chock extend substantially along longitudinal axis that lie in the same or substantially the same vertical plane as the apex and trough of the substantially diamond shaped elongated tube of the chock body.
US09469234B2
Disclosed is a keg beverage concession module for use in a vending service unit with food and retail service features that couples to a utility vehicle. The keg beverage concession module includes a compartment for housing a keg of beer or wine, CO2 tank, cooler, cup storage, and dispensing system. Other vending service unit modules allow storage and sale of hot and cold food and beverages and other non-comestible goods, including tobacco products and golf items. The vending service unit includes removable concession modules facilitating quick and easy removal and interchangeability. The disclosed vending service unit includes drawers that allow different types of beverage to be stored and sold. The drawers are individually insulated and can be individually heated or chilled for different food temperatures and types. The vending service unit includes a counter surface that can be used to set items upon and upon which to conduct business.
US09469230B2
A method of manufacturing a handle intended to be gripped by an occupant of a vehicle is shown to comprise the steps of selecting a substrate including a first part and a second part. The first part and second part are wrapped with a covering material that may be a premium material such as leather and may also include a layer of foam padding. The first part and second part are assembled together and attached to each other. After the two parts are wrapped, the first part and second part are assembled together and attached to each other. A line of stitches may be formed on the covering material before the wrapping step that are wrapped to be visible on the handle.
US09469228B2
According to one or more embodiments, a seat climate control assembly for a seat includes a seatback and a headrest, the seat climate control assembly includes an air intake port positioned on a top portion of the seatback and in fluid communication with the headrest, and an air controller in fluid communication with the air intake port.
US09469225B1
An inertial lock assembly for a vehicle armrest includes a stopping member disposed on an armrest attachment bracket and a catch pin for engaging the stopping member. The catch pin is disposed on an armrest link journaled at one end to the attachment bracket and at an opposed end to an armrest frame. The stopping member pivots to engage the catch pin. A guide pin disposed on the armrest attachment bracket is configured to slide within an arcuate guide slot in the stopping member, to restrict a range of pivoting movement of the stopping member. A stop disposed on the armrest link is configured to bias an end of the arcuate guide slot against the guide pin when the armrest attachment bracket and armrest link are in a stowed configuration or in a fully deployed configuration. Armrest and seat assemblies including the inertial lock assembly are described.
US09469224B2
A fixing element (30), for fixing a cable (50) to a spring mat (12) of a vehicle seat (1), includes a retaining region (32) and at least one gripping arm (34, 36), which can be elastically preloaded such that a cable (50) located between the retaining region (32) and the at least one gripping arm (34, 36) is pressed against the retaining region (32) by the at least one gripping arm (34, 36). The spring mat (12), for a vehicle seat (1), includes a fixing element (30). A vehicle seat (1) includes the spring mat (12) and/or a fixing element (30).
US09469222B2
A child safety seat assembly includes a support structure having an upper surface provided with an opening, and a child carrier operable to detachably assemble with the support structure, the child carrier including a seat shell having an outer surface facing downward, and the seat shell being pivotally assembled with a latch. The latch has a stem protruding downward from the outer surface, and a radial projection connected with the stem. The latch is insertable into the opening to lock the child carrier with the support structure.
US09469221B2
A fitting system for a vehicle seat having a fitting (10), which has a first fitting part (11) and a second fitting part (12), which fitting parts can be locked to one another and can be rotated relative to one another about an axis (A). A transmission rod (7) rotates during an unlocking process to unlock the fitting (10) against the torque and follows a characteristic curve (M35) generated by a spring arrangement (35). A hand lever (5) initiates the unlocking process, the actuation of which rotates the transmission rod (7). A shaped spring (61) is active between a first component (63) and a second component (64) which rotate, relative to one another during the unlocking process. The torque generated by the shaped spring follows a non-linear characteristic curve (M61) which, together with the approximately linear characteristic curve (M35) of the spring arrangement (35), produces an overall characteristic curve (Moverall).
US09469219B2
Disclosed herein is a pumping device for a vehicle seat including a clutch portion transferring rotational force input from a handle lever to a link means, a brake portion fixing the link means, a cylindrical front housing accommodating the clutch portion and the brake portion therein and having a pair of stoppers formed on an outer side surface thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, a lever bracket having a pair of bracket legs provided radially outwardly with respect to the respective stoppers, the lever bracket being rotatably arranged on the outer side surface of the front housing so as to connect the handle lever to the clutch portion, and a return spring having a main body portion configured of a ring-shaped leaf spring and a pair of bending portions formed by bending both end portions of the main body portion.
US09469213B2
A vehicle engine, electric machine and battery are operated, in certain examples, such that a predetermined route is segmented based on varying criteria to determine target battery state of charge at the segment endpoints along the route. The endpoints are a superposition of endpoints defined by predicted powertrain operating mode transitions, predicted vehicle acceleration transitions or predicted road grade transitions along the route.
US09469198B2
A method and system for examining velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system.
US09469195B1
An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display method and system are described that continuously looks for any obstruction between a driver and a widget displayed within the instrument panel display of the vehicle and, upon detection of an obstruction, will move the widget to a new, unobstructed, location.
US09469190B2
An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an additional ullage vent for use, in combination with an eternal flame barrier means, when refuelling.
US09469187B1
Heat exchanger configurations for a vehicle. The heat exchangers can take the form of a condenser and a radiator. Instead of arranging the heat exchangers sequentially within a unitary air duct, this disclosure describes a multiple channel ducting system, where the heat exchangers are arranged in a v shape that allows a first portion of air entering the air to travel up towards a trunk of the vehicle and a second portion of the air to travel downward and out through a bottom exterior surface of the vehicle.
US09469184B2
A hybrid assembly having a single input and a single output. The hybrid assembly is compactly packaged and achieves a wide range of gear ratios. The hybrid assembly may be used in a vehicle power train with or without an additional transmission.
US09469180B2
A vehicular resin back door includes: an inner panel made of resin, the inner panel including: a front edge portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and right and left edge portions that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction, the front, right and left edge portions configuring an opening. The vehicular resin back door also includes: (i) a front portion outer panel that extends in the vehicle width direction and is attached to the front edge portion to form a first chamber; (ii) right and left side portion outer panels that extend in the vehicle body front-rear direction and are respectively attached to the right and left edge portions to form second chambers; and (iii) front joint portions at which vehicle width direction outside end portions of the front portion outer panel and front end portions of the side portion outer panels overlap and are joined together.
US09469179B2
The sunglasses configuration car visor is formed of a closed, completely surrounding frame having a translucent lens or panel removably installed therein. The device may be provided as a pair of mirror image units for removable attachment to the conventional opaque left/right sun visors in a motor vehicle. When deployed, such a pair of translucent, shaded lenses or panels has the appearance of a pair of sunglasses disposed immediately inside the vehicle windshield. The frames have visor attachment clips extending therefrom, with the clips pivotally attached to the frame of the device. This allows the visors to be deployed or retracted independently of the permanently installed opaque visor in the vehicle. The interchangeability of various lenses or panels allows the user to switch to lenses of different gradients depending upon conditions, and/or to display a scene, message, etc. on a partially silvered lens or panel.
US09469168B2
The invention relates to a method of identifying sensors (C1, C2, C3, C4) of an information system for a vehicle (V1) of the type that links a plurality of sensors housed in the wheels and equipped with a subassembly for transmitting the collected data to a module (100) for transmitting and receiving said collected data, which is equipped with at least one transmission/reception antenna (110), in which each axle end is fitted with twin wheels, an inner wheel and an outer wheel, each wheel accommodating an equipped sensor (Ci or Ce) of a transmission subassembly, said method being noteworthy in that it consists in varying the power of the transmission antenna (110) in such a way that the transmission field of the antenna varies and includes or excludes the sensor(s) (Ci, Ce) located within its radius of action. The invention also relates to the device for implementing the method described above. Applications: detection and transmission of parameters from vehicle tires.
US09469157B2
A bicycle freecoaster hub includes a clutch to provide a clutching effect during riding. The clutch has a clutch member, and first and second resistance members. The first resistance member is located inside the clutch member and includes a cylinder and flanges at each end. The second resistance member includes a ring sleeve part located inside the clutch member and mounted on the cylinder of the first resistance member and abutted against the first flange of the first resistance member. An elastic member is sleeved onto the cylinder of the first resistance member and abutted between the outer flange of the first resistance member and the second resistance member, so as to provide sufficient resistance for the clutch member. The hub bearings are arranged in such a way that the drive mechanism is isolated from axial loads.
US09469153B2
A paint tray with disposable liner system generally comprises two components, a paint tray base, and a liner holding frame which cooperatively engages with the paint tray base to securely hold a paint tray liner therebetween so as to position the paint tray liner overtop of the interior surface of the paint tray base. The paint tray base has a bumper extending around the periphery of the paint tray base from the exterior surface of its walls. The liner holding frame is sized to slidingly fit onto the paint tray base and engage the bumper, wherein engagement of the liner holding frame with the bumper securely fixes a paint tray liner in place therebetween. A cover can optionally be included in the system that includes a cover holding frame sized to fit on top of the paint tray base above the liner holding frame, wherein the cover holding frame comprises a channel to receive a top end of a corresponding wall of the paint tray base to securely fix the paint tray cover in place therebetween.
US09469152B2
An electronic interface for electronic communication includes a system or apparatus for the order-based processing of flat items that can be categorized into flat item types. The interface has an exclusive input of formulations that combine features of flat item types to be processed in an order and the processing steps performed in the processing system, and/or for the order-based processing of orders according to which a specific amount of specific flat items are to be processed in accordance with one or more formulations, allows sources of error to be reduced.
US09469151B2
A pencil type application tool for applying a coating material to a substrate, having a shaft and a reservoir in the shaft filled with the coating material. A tool head having an applicator, and a valve is arranged between the reservoir and the tool head, that has a valve body and, upon actuation, switches from a closed to an open position to dispense the coating material onto the substrate. In order to reduce the consumption of application tools and also permit refilling with a coating material in a reliable and clean manner, in the longitudinal extension of the application tool between the shaft and the tool head, a carrier part is arranged which receives and secures the valve body by the main part of its longitudinal extension, in a direction facing away from the applicator, and the carrier part is detachably connectable to the shaft and the tool head.
US09469147B2
The paper holder includes: a case having a front portion, a back portion, an upper portion, and an insertion opening for inserting the paper; and a holding piece having a blade in such a manner as to project from an end thereof on the front portion side, the holding piece being axially supported rotatably, and biased by spring force in the paper pulling direction. The back portion includes an extended back portion formed extending further downward than a lower end portion of the front portion, and an inclined portion extending substantially linearly from a lower end portion of the extended back portion in the paper insertion direction, when viewed from the side, and the front portion has transparency.
US09469145B2
The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent component and a component camouflaging the luminescent component. The invention starts out from a security feature having a luminescent component having at least one luminophore consisting of at least one doped host lattice, and a component camouflaging the luminescent component, wherein the camouflaging component has chemical elements that have similar structure-chemical properties to the chemical elements of the luminescent component, wherein the chemical elements of the camouflaging component and the chemical elements of the luminescent component are formed by different chemical elements.
US09469141B2
A tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a pair of side surfaces, a tape that is a print medium housed in the housing, a tape exit that discharges, from the housing, the tape guided in the housing along a predetermined feed path, at least a part of the feed path extending parallel to the front surface, and a type indicator portion provided adjacent to the tape exit and in a specified area of the front surface on an upstream side of the tape exit in a feed direction of the tape, the type indicator portion indicating a type of the tape and including vertical information sections and an aperture formed in at least one of the vertical information sections, the vertical information sections being strip-shaped sections extending along a direction orthogonal to the feed direction.
US09469134B2
A ventilation device includes a ventilation part that includes a first engagement part and that allows air to flow therethrough, and an air-feeding direction change part that includes a second engagement part, that is revolvably attached to the ventilation part by engaging the first engagement part and the second engagement part, and that changes an air-feeding direction in accordance with revolving. The ventilation part includes a revolving center B and aperture parts. The air-feeding direction change part includes an oblique member disposed to incline with respect to a rotational axis of the air-feeding direction change part and a ventilation mouth part, the ventilation mouth part communicating with the aperture parts under a state where the air-feeding direction change part is attached to the ventilation part.
US09469132B2
To provide an inkjet recording apparatus in a simple configuration that can accurately adjust a gap between a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and a recording medium placed on a feed route with simple operations, it is provided with a printing section having an inkjet head and performing printing on a recording medium, an apparatus main body having a pair of side frames that supports the printing section so as to stand the inkjet head face to face with the recording medium and a medium feed mechanism that feeds the recording medium along a feed route, and a gap adjustment section moving the printing section in parallel with respect to the pair of side frames in a separate direction and adjusting a gap between the nozzle surface of the inkjet head and the recording medium placed on the feed route.
US09469130B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit conveying a paper, an image forming unit forming an image on an image carrier and printing the image on the paper being conveyed by the conveying unit, and a control unit controlling the image forming apparatus, and when a progress state of the image forming apparatus reaches a first reference according to the progress state, the control unit can perform maintenance operation of performing maintenance by forming an image for maintenance on the image carrier, after interrupting printing based on a job if the job is being executed, and when a job using continuous paper is to be executed, the control unit determines whether the progress state exceeds a second reference before the job is completed prior to the maintenance operation, and if the progress state exceeds the second reference, issues an alarm regarding the interruption.
US09469123B2
An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method capable of suppressing generation of bronze phenomenon regardless of the color gamut are provided. For this purpose, in multipass printing, more pixels permitted to print by at least one type of achromatic color ink than pixels permitted to print by chromatic color ink in the last print scan to a unit region are set. Accordingly, it becomes possible to apply achromatic color ink having a high bronze phenomenon reduction effect on the topmost layer of the print medium, and thereby generation of bronze phenomenon can be suppressed without any hue shift.
US09469122B2
A printer control section arranged to control a printhead, is operable to cause the printhead to: perform a plurality of passes over a swath of a print medium, the plurality of passes including first and second treatment passes; apply treatment to the print medium in each of the treatment passes, the treatment in each treatment pass being applied according to a respective treatment mask, wherein each treatment mask indicates a corresponding set of pixels to which the treatment may be applied in a pass to which the treatment mask is applied, the treatment mask having a weight indicative of the proportion of pixels in the corresponding set of pixels, and the treatment masks of the first and second passes are such that a weight of the first treatment mask is different from a weight of the second treatment mask.
US09469118B2
Provided is a technique for restraining leakage of a liquid from a tank. An ink tank 25 is provided with an ink injecting part 113, an ink container 120, an atmospheric air introduction part 121, and electrode pins 140a and 140b. A recess 125 that is open downward in the gravity direction when the ink tank 25 is in a posture when ink is supplied to a printing head part 32 is formed in the ink container 120. The electrode pins 140a and 140b are provided in a first upper wall part 131 constituting an upper end wall part of the recess 125. In addition, an ink injection port 135 of the ink injecting part 113 and an atmospheric air introduction port 136 of the atmospheric air introduction part 121 are provided outside the recess 125, in the ink container 120.
US09469112B2
A rotary wiper assembly for a fluid-ejection printhead that has fluid-ejection nozzles includes one or more wipers and a rotatable shaft to which the wipers are at least indirectly attached. The rotatable shaft is to rotate the wipers to a static wiping position. While the wipers are stationary in the static wiping position, the fluid-ejection printhead is to move back and forth in relation to the wipers while the wipers are not to move, to cause the wipers to come into contact with the fluid-ejection nozzles to wipe material from the fluid-ejection nozzles.
US09469108B2
A liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid from a nozzle of a nozzle plate by means of pressure change in a pressure chamber includes a first member made of ceramics and including the pressure chamber, a second member located between the first member and the nozzle plate, the second member being made of a metal and including a first flow path at a position upstream to the pressure chamber so as to regulate the amount of liquid which flows into the pressure chamber, and a ground wire that grounds the second member.
US09469106B2
In a liquid ejection control device, an operation unit includes an energy dial for inputting an energy instructing value related to kinetic energy of a pulsed liquid jet ejected from a liquid ejection device, and a repetitive frequency dial for inputting a repetitive frequency instructing value related to the number of times ejection of the pulsed liquid occurs per unit time. In addition, a controller includes a voltage magnitude setting section that sets voltage magnitude of the drive voltage waveform such that the kinetic energy becomes the energy instructing value, based on a rising index value related to rising of the drive voltage waveform and the repetitive frequency instructing value.
US09469104B2
A drive signal includes a first drive pulse that causes liquid droplets to be ejected from nozzles and a second drive pulse that causes liquid droplets of a different size from those of the first drive pulse to be ejected from the nozzles. The drive pulses have expansion elements that expand a pressure chamber, contraction elements that contract a pressure chamber, and vibration control elements. An initiation potential of the contraction element of the first drive pulse and an initiation potential of the contraction element of the second drive pulse are the same. The differential voltage between the standard potential and the contraction potential is set to between 40% 50% or less of the potential between the initiation potential of the contraction element and the contraction potential.
US09469102B2
A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium; a drive unit that causes the printing unit to move; a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit; a detection unit that detects the movement of the printing unit; and a controller that controls an initialization operation related to the printing unit based on a detection result of the detection unit. When power supply from the power supply unit to the drive unit is started, the controller acquires the detection result obtained when power is not supplied, performs the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is detected in the detection result, and does not perform the initialization operation in a case where a movement of the printing unit is not detected in the detection result.
US09469098B2
A method of printing from a fixed inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink planes. The method includes the steps of: feeding a print medium past the printhead in a media feed direction, the media feed direction defining relative upstream and downstream sides of the printhead; printing an image onto the print medium, the image being defined by image data; and printing a keep-wet pattern onto the print medium from each ink plane of the printhead, the keep-wet pattern being defined by a plurality of dots printed at a frequency sufficient to maintain hydration of each nozzle in the printhead. A first keep-wet pattern from a first ink plane is printed at a higher frequency than a second keep-wet pattern from a second ink plane, the first ink plane being furthest upstream in the printhead.
US09469093B2
A bonding apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first holding unit, a second holding unit, a pressing mechanism and a holding mechanism. The first holding unit is provided with a first heating mechanism and holds a first substrate. The second holding unit disposed facing the first holding unit and provided with a second heating mechanism, holds a second substrate. The pressing mechanism relatively moves the first holding unit and the second holding unit in order to contact and press the first substrate and the second substrate. The holding mechanism elastically holds an outer periphery of the first holding unit and the second holding unit.
US09469092B2
A method of manufacturing a wheel guard may include injection-molding an adhesive layer, bonding an outer layer including a non-woven fabric and a sound-absorbing layer including thermoplastic resin with the adhesive layer in between, and forming the layers into a predetermined shape of the wheel guard, with the outer layer and the sound-absorbing layer bonded by the adhesive layer. The thickness of the outer layer may be 2 to 10 mm, the thickness of the adhesive layer may be 0.1 to 2 mm, and the thickness of the sound-absorbing layer may be 2 to 10 mm, before the bonding. A specific heat treatment layer may be formed on a non-adhesive side of the outer layer and may have an LM FIBER, a film, or a sheet.
US09469088B2
A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.
US09469084B2
A sheet entity, in particular for use as a skin panel for an aircraft fuselage, with a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic laminate and an aluminum-based metal laminate in the edge region, which are connected with one another by means of an adhesive bond, and thereby are electrically insulated from one another, and are stepped back by layers. Also disclosed is a fuselage cell of an aircraft with at least one sheet entity of this type.
US09469082B2
A printable blank sheet includes a sheet with a top substrate and a bottom layer, a dry lift adhesive connecting the top substrate to the bottom layer, cut lines in the sheet that extend through the top substrate and the dry lift adhesive but not through the bottom layer, and an object with an intricate shape cut into the top substrate with a periphery of the object defined by the cut lines. The object can be removed from the sheet by separating the object and the bottom layer along the dry lift adhesive.
US09469077B2
A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is rolling. The molding element comprising a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of a height intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread, this blade extending in a first direction of extension Y. The molding element has two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. The molding element has a third cutting means of height extending in a second direction of extension X, this second direction of extension X making an angle α with the first direction Y which is between 75° and 105°. The height of the third cutting means is greater than the height of the blade.
US09469075B2
A method for manufacturing a custom wearable and/or implantable medical device, such as an orthosis (e.g., an ankle brace, etc.), a prosthesis or the like, includes use of scanning processes. A digital model of a surface may be applied to a digital device model to define a custom digital device model. The digital model and, thus, the custom digital device model may include one or more standard features. The custom digital device model may be used with an automated manufacturing process to make some or all of the custom wearable and/or implantable medical device. In some embodiments, additive manufacturing processes may be used to form a portion or all of the custom wearable and/or implantable medical device.
US09469074B2
The present invention relates to apparatus, devices and methods for conveying particulate material during the manufacture of patterns in layers, wherein powder is conveyed out of a reservoir into a spreader unit and, if applicable, excess powder fed to the spreader unit is again conveyed back into the reservoir and wherein this conveying takes place in a closed conveying circuit.
US09469067B2
An apparatus for fabricating a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite structure is described. The apparatus comprises a localized heat source arranged to heat a portion of a stack of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material layers and an ultrasonic transducer arranged to locally introduce ultrasonic energy waves to the heated portion of the fiber reinforced thermoplastic material layers. The apparatus makes it possible to achieve ultrasonic consolidation of the layers occurs.
US09469065B2
Provided is a process for forming a sheet of thermoplastic material into a three-dimensional shape, the process comprising the steps of (i) forming the sheet at a temperature below its glass transition temperature to produce a first formed shape in the sheet, followed by (ii) raising the temperature of the first formed shape (20) to above its glass transition temperature whilst a male former (12), having at least a portion of its profile being substantially the same as that of the first formed shape (20), is positioned to substantially align at least a portion of its profile with that of the first formed shape (20), thereby restricting the first formed shape from shrinking back towards its original sheet form, followed by (iii) further forming the first formed shape (20) at a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature, to form a second formed shape (24), followed by (iv) raising the temperature of the second formed shape (24) to above its glass transition temperature whilst a male former (16), at least a portion of its profile being substantially the same as that of the second formed shape (24), is positioned to substantially align at least a portion of its profile with that of the second formed shape (24), thereby restricting the second formed shape (24) from shrinking back towards its original sheet form.
US09469062B2
A rotary joint for transferring melted plastic from at least one extruder to a plurality of molds of a rotary machine for molding preforms, the joint comprising a fixed structure (3′) provided with a fixed longitudinal element (23) therein, defining a longitudinal axis (Y), and a movable structure (3″) which can rotate about said axis (Y) and is adapted to be integrally fixed to the rotary machine; wherein a first passage channel (11) is provided within said fixed element (23); wherein a second passage channel (11′) is provided within said movable structure (3″) and coaxial to said first passage channel; said second passage channel (11′) being in communication at a first end thereof with said first passage channel (11), and being in communication at a second end thereof with a plurality of lateral radial channels (52) provided within said movable structure (3″); wherein there is provided, between the fixed structure (3′) and the movable structure (3″), a gap in which a spiral seal (24) is arranged for ensuring the action of sealing the melted plastic between said fixed structure and said movable structure.
US09469058B2
A seat structure (1) and a method for the production thereof (1) are provided. A preliminary injected molded article (6) is injected-molded into an injection mold and is subsequently provided with fiber layers in the same injection mold, the layers are filled, at the end, with reactive components. The reactive components are mixed in a mixing chamber directly before injection into the injection mold to form a reactive matrix. The injection takes place prior the reaction of the reactive matrix.
US09469057B2
There is provided a support structure for use with 3D printing of objects from computer-aided designs. The support structures include fine points that contact the down-facing surfaces of the 3D object being printed in order to adequately support the 3D object while also being adapted for easy removal after the 3D print process is complete. The fine points are possible by controlling the operation of the dispenser to provide a precise amount of material in a precise location. The dispenser jumps from a first fine point to a second fine point by retracting the print material after the first fine point is printed and then moving the dispenser vertically relative to the first fine point before the dispenser is moved horizontally to the second fine point.
US09469040B2
A razor blade that includes a substrate with a cutting edge, the substrate includes (a) a thin-film of a first material disposed thereon, the thin-film having a thickness less than 1 μm; (b) a mixed nitride-thin-film interregion disposed at or adjacent a surface of the thin-film and a surface of the substrate; and (c) a nitride region disposed adjacent the mixed nitride-thin-film interregion.
US09469035B2
A component supply apparatus capable of aligning components of various shapes, which are supplied in bulk, within a short period of time with general means. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional vision sensor measuring a depth map, a bulk component box, a robot picking up a component from the bulk component box, a temporary placing table onto which components are rolled, a two-dimensional vision sensor measuring a profile of the components, a robot group picking up the component rolled on the temporary placing table, and changing a position and orientation of the component into a position and orientation that involve an error of a certain level or less with respect to a position and orientation that are specified in advance, while changing the position and orientation of the component, and a control device controlling those portions.
US09469034B2
A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the instruments are moved in tandem back towards the entry guide after a delay. Haptic cues and velocity limits are provided to assist the operator in the retraction of the instruments. After retraction, the entry guide may then be pivoted without concern that the instruments will harm patient anatomy. The movement of the instruments in tandem back towards the entry guide may also occur through coupled control modes while the entry guide is held in a fixed position and orientation.
US09469031B2
A motion limiting device includes: detection means that detects environmental information around a robot; generation means that generates, based on the environmental information detected by the detection means, a three-dimensional environment model that includes an unobservable area and an observable area and indicates a working environment in which the robot operates, the unobservable area being the area where the environmental information cannot be detected by the detection means, and the observable area being the area where the environmental information can be detected by the detection means; and limiting means that limits a motion of the robot when it is determined that the robot has entered the unobservable area based on the three-dimensional environment model generated by the generation means.
US09469022B2
A driving tool may include a tool body, a magazine and a restricting member. The magazine may be coupled to the tool body and may be configured to store a fastener strip having fasteners connected in series with each other. The restricting member may be configured to permit the fastener strip to be inserted into the magazine to a predetermined position when the fastener strip is in a first orientation. The restricting member may prevent the fastener strip from being inserted into the magazine in the feeding direction to reach the predetermined position when the fastener strip is in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation.
US09469021B2
A nail channel for a fastening tool. The nail channel can be a unitary piece or have a variety of parts. The nail channel can have a first portion provided by a fastener magazine and a second portion provided by a nosepiece insert. The nail channel can be formed when the nosepiece insert is reversibly engaged with a nose end of a nailer magazine. The nail channel can also position a fastener, such as a nail, for driving into a workpiece. Methods of forming and using the nail channel are also disclosed.
US09469017B2
A socket for an impact tool includes an input recess configured to receive an anvil of the impact tool and an output recess configured to receive a head of a fastener.
US09469009B1
An adjustable tool holding surface grinder fixture securing a collet holder for holding one of a plurality of metal cutting tools, such a drill bit, on a base which slides directly adjacent a surface grinder. A rotatable fixture mount, disposed on a vertical wall at a right angle on the base, is adjustable at various pre-set angles via the alignment of positioning holes on the fixture mount and adjustment holes on the vertical wall to secure the collet holder for sharpening the cutting tool at varying angles relative the surface grinder. Several clamping screws are provided to secure the collet holder on the base.
US09469002B2
Clamping device for clamping a workpiece defining at least three protection holes, includes a supporting seat, a pressing plate, a clamping assembly, and an operation assembly. The supporting seat can define a sliding groove, a first receiving groove, a second receiving groove, and a receiving hole, and includes a protrusion portion. The pressing plate can be securely stacked upon the supporting seat. The clamping assembly can include a first and a second clamping subassembly, and is sandwiched between the supporting seat and the pressing plate. The operation assembly can include a locking member and a transmission pin eccentrically assembled to an end of the locking member. When the locking member is rotated, the transmission pin can be driven to resist the second clamping subassembly to be partially exposed from the supporting seat, simultaneously. The locking member can resist the first subassembly to be partially exposed from the supporting seat.
US09468996B2
A method of repairing a substrate that may prevent a metal layer from being corroded. A substrate including a metal layer and an insulating layer on the metal layer is first provided. Then, a laser beam having a wavelength range having a high transmittance with respect to the insulating layer is irradiated to selectively remove a portion of the metal layer. Also, a first laser beam is irradiated to remove a portion of the metal layer and a portion of the insulating layer, and then a second laser beam is irradiated onto side surfaces of the exposed insulating layer to melt the insulating layer, thereby forming a corrosion preventing layer covering the metal layer.
US09468995B2
A method for joint-welding coated metal sheets in a butt joint. At least one pulverulent welding additive in the form of a gas-powder flow is added to the weld melt via at least one flow duct, such that the gas-powder flow leaving the flow duct is directed towards the weld melt at a speed of at least 2 m/s, such that the welding additive mixes turbulently with the weld melt and flow eddies form in the weld melt. A device including at least one welding head for producing and/or focussing an energy beam and at least one flow duct for supplying gas-powder flow, the flow duct having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis and the beam axis of the energy beam being at an angle between 15 and 75 degrees. The flow duct is adapted to set the gas powder flow to a speed of at least 2 m/s.
US09468993B2
A method for producing a semiconductor device includes laser welding to bond an upper terminal and a lower terminal as internal wiring members of the semiconductor device. When the upper terminal is fixed to the lower terminal by the laser welding, a gap between an upper surface of the lower terminal and a lower surface of the upper terminal is equal to or more than 20 μm and equal to or less than 400 μm.
US09468986B2
Methods of effecting bond adhesion between metal structures, methods of preparing articles including bonded metal structures, and articles including bonded metal structures are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of effecting bond adhesion between metal structures includes forming a first metal structure on a substrate. The first metal structure includes grains that have a {111} crystallographic orientation, and the first metal structure has an exposed contact surface. Formation of an uneven surface topology is induced in the exposed contact surface of the first metal structure after forming the first metal structure. A second metal structure is bonded to the exposed contact surface of the first metal structure after inducing formation of the uneven surface topology in the exposed contact surface.
US09468985B2
A system which makes it possible to judge causes of fluctuation in thread pitches is provided. The system which calculates thread pitches includes a first detection part that detects rotation angles of a rotary shaft, a second detection part that detects movement amounts of a feed shaft, and a calculation part that, based on the rotation angles detected by the first detection part and the movement amounts detected by the second detection part, calculates the movement amounts for each rotation of the rotary shaft in forming threads on a workpiece W.
US09468977B2
A process of grinding a pre-ground part wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a pre-ground part containing a bore, and the pre-ground part having an exterior surface with one or more to-be-ground exterior surface regions; positioning a loading tool within the bore of the pre-ground part; exerting a loading tool load on the loading tool which in turn exerts a part load on the pre-ground part; removing material from the one or more to-be-ground surface regions of the pre-ground part when under the part load to form an as-ground part; and unloading the part load from the as-ground part.
US09468967B2
The pipe end correction method for correcting an inner diameter of pipe end of a seamless pipe made of a high Cr stainless steel containing 8 to 35 mass % Cr, and 0.1 to 10 mass % Ni includes a pipe end correction step following hot tube-making and heat treatment, that forces a plug into the inside of pipe end portion for inner diameter correction so as to expand the pipe end portion while oxide scale, which is generated during tube-making or heat treatment, remains accumulated on an inner surface of the pipe end portion. A lubricant film forming step, prior to the pipe end correction step, applies lubricant at least either on the inner surface of the pipe end portion of the seamless pipe or on a surface of the plug. Seizure flaws can be prevented on the inner surface of the pipe end portion of the high Cr stainless steel.
US09468965B2
The invention relates to a method for shaping an essentially flat-surfaced blank (10) to form a shell body (34), comprising the following steps: forming at least one flat-surfaced, buckling-stable insert (12) which is adapted to form, dimension and deformation properties of the flat-surfaced blank (10); forming a blank (14) to be deformed and at least one buckling-stable insert (16, 16′, 16″) to be deformed from the flat-surfaced blank (10, 10′) and the at least one flat-surfaced buckling-stable insert (12, 12′); placing and clamping the blank (14) to be deformed and the at least one buckling-stable insert (16, 16′, 16″) relative to one another and deforming the blank (14) together with the at least one buckling-stable insert (16, 16′, 16″) to be deformed in order to form the shell body, using at least one forming tool (32) that acts upon the front or inner side (20) of the blank (14) to be deformed or the at least one insert (16) to be deformed which is provided as a support. The invention also relates to the use of said shell body (34) to produce rotationally symmetric and/or not rotationally symmetric shell-shaped components.
US09468962B2
A structural component is provided comprising a base member comprising at least two sidewalls and a space therebetween, the base member having a predetermined curvilinear configuration formed using hot stretch forming. The structural component comprises at least one reinforcing member linear friction welded to the at least two sidewalls so that the reinforcing member is positioned at least partially within the space between the at least two sidewalls.
US09468933B2
A document shredder with a motor, a cutting unit, and a motor control, wherein the motor control may start, stop and reverse the motor. The motor control may limit the maximally allowed load of the motor to a predetermined load limit value. In case the motor reaches the maximally allowed load limit value, the load limit value may be increased for a predetermined time, either manually or automatically. In this way a short overload does not lead to a paper jam and the shredder does not have to be reversed, which may cause a paper mess in the workplace. The motor may be a direct current motor and/or a series motor, so that the load limit value may be defined by a maximally allowable motor current.
US09468932B2
A system for fragmenting material includes an energy source, an acoustic transmitter, and a controller. The acoustic transmitter is coupled to the energy source and includes a unit acoustic source configured to emit an acoustic wave through a volume of ground material. The controller is coupled to the acoustic transmitter and is configured to engage the unit acoustic source such that the acoustic wave fractures the volume of ground material at a target location.
US09468931B2
The present invention describes a valve/mill arrangement (1) comprising a valve (2) having a valve housing (11) with an inlet opening (12) and an outlet opening (13), and having a closure element (14) for closing the inlet opening (12). The valve/mill arrangement (1) also comprises a mill (3) having a mill rotor (20) with at least one mill tool (22), having at least one mill screen (23) and having a drive device (24) for driving the mill rotor (20). The mill rotor (20) and the mill screen (23) here are arranged, at least in part, in the valve housing (11), and a travel path of the closure element (14) runs, at least in part, coaxially in relation to an axis of rotation (25) of the mill rotor (20). Unused space in the interior of the valve housing (11) is thus utilized by the mill (3). This means that a compact construction of the valve/mill arrangement (1) is possible.
US09468928B2
A crushing ring of a crushing roll includes a base body with a through-opening, for connecting it to a shaft in a rotationally rigid fashion. At least one crushing tooth is in the form of a projection that is provided on the outer circumference of the base body and extends radially outward. A crushing cap encases the projection. The crushing cap includes a front wall section, a rear wall section and a head section that connects the two. A first pin-shaped connecting member detachably mounts the crushing cap on the projection. A second pin-shaped connecting member also detachably mounts the crushing cap on the projection. The second connecting member extends through the rear wall section of the crushing cap and is separably held in the projection.
US09468927B2
A device for amplifying a nucleic acid sample may include a sample holder configured to receive a nucleic acid sample, a heating system configured to raise the temperature of the sample, a cooling system configured to lower the temperature of the sample, and a controller configured to operably control the heating system and the cooling system to cycle the device through a desired time-temperature profile. The cooling system may include at least one heat pipe and a heat sink and the at least one heat pipe may include a first portion disposed proximate to the sample holder and a second portion disposed proximate to the heat sink.
US09468920B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing ultra-porous photocatalytic materials, to the ultra-porous photocatalytic materials obtained by such a method, as well as to the uses thereof for producing hydrogen, treating wastewater and polluted water, treating polluted air, or furthermore to the use of same as catalytic membranes in fuel cells. Finally, a last aim of the invention relates to articles chosen among hydrogen production devices, self-cleaning glass panes and antipollution walls.
US09468912B2
Variations of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials, including Cu—Co—Mn ternary spinel systems for TWC applications are disclosed. Bulk powder catalyst samples are prepared employing a plurality of molar ratio variations, including disclosed Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Praseodymium-Zirconia support oxide made by incipient wetness method, or Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Niobium-Zirconia support oxide, which may be synthesized by co-precipitation method. A plurality of bulk powder catalyst samples may be tested by performing isothermal steady state sweep test, employing a flow reactor at inlet temperature of about 450° C., and testing a gas stream from lean to rich condition and influence on TWC performance measured/analyzed, which may lead into significant improvements in the manufacturing of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials for TWC applications.
US09468906B2
The present invention relates to a porous inorganic body comprising pores A having a pore size SA in the range of from 0.005 to 20 micrometer and a total pore volume VA, and comprising pores B having a pore size SB in the range of from more than 20 to 1000 micrometer and a total pore volume VB, wherein the total pore volume of the pores having a pore size in the range of from 0.005 to 1000 micrometer is VC and wherein the ratio RA=VA/VC is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 as determined via mercury intrusion porosimetry.
US09468902B1
The method of synthesizing zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite comprises: dissolving equal molar ratios of a sulfonic acid acrylic monomer and a co-monomer with a cross linking agent to form a solution; dispersing the zinc-oxide nanoparticles into the solution; polymerizing the sulfonic acid acrylic monomer with the co-monomer by adding a free radical initiator followed by heating up the solution to a temperature up to 50° C.; raising the temperature up to 60° C. until a zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite is formed; and curing the nanocomposite by heating to at least 105° C. for about 24 hours to form the zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite, wherein the ionic liquid monomer is 2-ccrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof and wherein the co-monomer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylic acid and N-isopropyl acrylamide monomers.
US09468889B2
An exhaust gas treatment system includes an exhaust line through which exhaust gas flows. A nitrogen oxide purification catalyst is disposed at one side of the exhaust line to reduce the nitrogen oxide. A diesel particulate filter is disposed at a downstream side of the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst, filters a particulate material, and eliminates the material in a set condition, wherein a set amount of oxygen storage material is included in the diesel particulate filter.
US09468888B2
The present invention is directed to apparatuses and methods for pollution abatement. One embodiment provide methods of eliminating pollutants from an incoming optionally high temperature gaseous effluent stream, each method comprising directing the gaseous effluent stream sequentially through: (a) a sufficient volume of an aqueous liquid in a thermal shock vessel, such that the temperature of the gaseous effluent stream exiting the volume of liquid is in a range of about 5° C. to about 30° C., said liquid acting as filter to remove water, particles, soluble organic species, or a combination thereof from the gaseous stream; and one or more of: (b) an electronic bombardment module wherein the gaseous stream is ionized, forms molecular agglomerates, or both; (c) a magnetic rearrangement module, operating with a magnetic field in a range of about 0.5 to about 3 milliteslas; and (d) an electrostatic filter; so as to provide a pollution-reduced gas stream; wherein the optionally high temperature gaseous effluent stream initially contains impurities which include aromatic and non-aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, fluorocarbons or fluoroethers, or any combination thereof, along with high levels of humidity, solid or liquid particles, soluble or non-soluble organic species, or a combination thereof.
US09468883B2
A solvent for removal of an acid gas from a fluid stream includes a promoter amine with a pKa of between 6.5 and 10.5 and a tertiary amine with a pKa of between 8.5 and 10.5.
US09468875B2
A fluid reservoir includes a reservoir body forming a reservoir volume and a header opening. A header seals the header opening and includes at least a heater disposed within the reservoir volume and a fluid draw conduit. A bag filter is connected to the header such that it completely encloses the heater and the fluid draw conduit such that, when fluid is drawn from the reservoir volume through the sump location, the fluid is filtered by the bag filter.
US09468862B2
A spray drying apparatus includes: a gas inlet provided in a side wall in the vicinity of a top (lid) portion of the spray drying apparatus, for introducing a flue gas for drying a spray of dehydrated filtrate; flow-adjusting plates provided in a body of the spray drying apparatus, for decelerating the introduced flue gas so as to change the flow of the flue gas to a laminar flow; a spray nozzle for spraying the dehydrated filtrate from the desulfurization waste water into the flue gas having been changed to the laminar flow; and a joining unit for joining a bottom portion of the body of the spray drying apparatus to a gas supply line that is a main flue gas duct for the flue gas so as to discharge spray-dried solids to the main flue gas duct.
US09468858B2
A transformable yo-yo includes two rotators and a connecting shaft. A through hole, into which the connecting shaft is inserted from two directions, is provided in the middle of each of the rotators. A connecting device, configured to connect and secure the connecting shaft, is provided in the through hole. By moving the connecting device, the connecting shaft can be released so that the rotators are separated from the connecting shaft. Back sides of the two rotators are oppositely connected to the connecting shaft, and connected and secured through the connecting device to assemble a yo-yo of a first form. After release, the front sides of the two rotators are oppositely connected to the connecting shaft, and secured through the connecting device as well to assemble a yo-yo of a second form.
US09468849B2
Non-transitory computer readable recording medium, game server, game control method, and game system
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer, the instructions causing the computer to perform the steps of: storing a battle history (112) including an identifier of an opponent with whom a user has battled in a battle game; determining, based on the battle history (112) and on an identifier of an opponent with whom a battle begins, a procedure for conducting the battle in the battle game to be one of a first mode for conducting the battle based on user operations and a second mode for conducting the battle with fewer user operations than in the first mode; and conducting the battle with the determined procedure.
US09468826B2
A basketball net device for mounting on a raised basketball hoop or ring from a position well below the basketball hoop. The basketball net device comprises an annular member or hoop ring having a hoop ring section for coupling to the basketball ring. The annular member includes an annular skirt section configured to extend and be positioned inside the basketball ring and support a net. According to an embodiment, the net is connected to the annular skirt section utilizing fasteners configured to secure the net and allow the net to pivot or rotate relative to the annular skirt section to emulate the game play of a conventional net mounted on the basketball hoop. According to another embodiment, the net comprises cords made from a tightly weaved material resulting in a net that is stiffer than a conventional net. According to a further aspect, the basketball net device is disengaged from the basketball hoop by shooting a ball into the lower section of the net and catching the basketball device as it falls to the ground.
US09468823B2
A butt-end device or knob for a sports implement with a handle for holding the sports implement. The butt-end device or knob has an inner member or inner surface mountable adjacent to a longitudinal end of the handle and a hand-engaging surface to engage a user's hand when holding the handle, the hand-engaging surface being movable relative to the handle in order to follow movement of the user's hand when the user swings the sports implement.
US09468819B2
A golf club providing improved golf ball launch conditions is disclosed herein. The golf club includes a face component and a sole comprising an elongated recess disposed proximate the face component. The elongated recess preferably is tube shaped, and preferably has an opening with a smaller width than an innermost surface of the elongated recess. The elongated recess may be a separate piece that is permanently affixed within an opening in the sole. Some embodiments of the golf club also comprise a cover affixed to the sole and at least partially covering the opening of the elongated recess, while other embodiments comprise a filler material disposed within the elongated recess or between the elongated recess and an internal surface of the face.
US09468816B2
A golf club head connection assembly having a non-metallic component possessing unique relationships that offer increased durability, weight savings, and reduced manufacturing costs.
US09468813B2
A golf ball 2 includes a core 4, a mid layer 6, a cover 8 and a paint layer 10. The core 4 includes a center 12 and an envelope layer 14. The golf ball 2 satisfies the following mathematical formulas. In the mathematical formulas, Hm represents a Shore D hardness of the mid layer, Hc represents a Shore D hardness of the cover, and Hb represents a Shore D hardness of the surface of the golf ball. The golf ball 2 has a large number of dimples 16 on a surface thereof. The number of planes that can divide a pattern of the dimples so that divided patterns are mirror symmetry to each other is one. Hc≦49 Hm−Hc≧15 Hm−Hb≦2
US09468807B1
In some embodiments, an automated system comprises one or more biometric sensors, an interactive screen, and an exercise routine generation application communicable with a mobile application. In some embodiments, the mobile application receives data from an automated station and displays exercise routines, other exercise information, or both. In some embodiments, the mobile application includes a scanner to scan labels, other indicia, or physical or other features of an exercise machine or other exercise apparatus to identify the machine or apparatus. In some embodiments, the mobile application communicates with one or more local or remote databases identifying differing exercise facility locations within a geographic area and identifying exercise apparatus available in each of the differing facilities.
US09468806B2
The present disclosure relates to a device which increases the functionality of standard exercise rings. This device allows the user to maintain a better grip on the rings with decreased strain on joints and muscles. It can be used in a multitude of upper body, lower body and mid-body functional exercises. This device is used in conjunction with exercise rings or other exercise bars use in sports such as cross-fit, and gymnastics.
US09468805B2
Disclosed herein is a device for finger and grip strength exercise. The finger strengthening device comprises a molded shape with ledges and cavity's suitable for gripping by a human hand with a connector ring or u-bolt mounted therein whereby connector ring can be attached to resistance training device.
US09468802B2
The present invention is an exercise device that provides resistance training to both lower and upper body muscle groups. While the device is capable of working both the lower and upper body at the same time, the lower and upper body portions of the device work independently. The lower body section features two spirals wound in opposite directions that maintain a constant force throughout the exercise.
US09468797B1
An exercise device includes a frame, pivotally connected arm links and a crank assembly. A pair of foot links each has a forward end, a rearward end, and a mid-portion. Each foot link has a crank attachment at the forward end that is connected the crank assembly. A foot receiving area is defined at the rearward end of each foot link. Each foot receiving area is longitudinally fixed with respect to the respective foot link and the mid portion of each foot link has a defined support location. The frame supports the support locations of the support links at a generally constant vertical height while allowing horizontal motion relative to the frame. The rearward length of the foot links is at least 1.5 times the forward length such that the foot receiving areas move in a path of travel having more vertical travel than horizontal travel.
US09468778B2
A method of treating hair, a hair treatment kit for extemporaneous preparation of hair treatment compositions, a recipient for applying hair treatment compositions, and use thereof are provided. The invention provides a superior hair treatment performance such as a superior hair coloring and/or bleaching performance, particularly for providing superior root to tip treatment evenness.
US09468777B2
A radiation therapy system comprises a radiation source generating a beam of radiation and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. An interface acts between the radiation source and the MRI apparatus that permits irradiation to be performed simultaneously with imaging. The MRI apparatus and radiation source are coupled such that the system can be used in a rotation mode whereby the radiation source can irradiate a subject from basically any angle without reducing MRI image quality.
US09468774B2
Systems and methods are provided for focused remodeling and downsizing the volume of subcutaneous lipid-rich cells, body contouring, and tightening skin tissue, using controlled heating of the targeted areas on the body. Electromagnetic energy heats skin layers or tissues to achieve an aesthetic effect. The electromagnetic energy may be applied via an applicator without touching the skin. A spacer of insulating or dielectric material may be provided between the applicator and the skin.
US09468767B2
A power source of an implantable medical device (IMD) is connected to one or more components that perform various functions of the IMD via an acoustic switching circuit. The acoustic switching circuit may include one or more switches that when open disconnect the one or more components from the power source and when closed connect the one or more components to the power source to activate the one or more components. Various techniques for connecting the components to the power source are described. These techniques aim to reduce the likelihood of inadvertently connecting the power source to the one or more components in response to acoustical signals from a source of interference.
US09468764B2
Methods of nerve signal differentiation, methods of delivering therapy using such nerve signal differentiation, and to systems and devices for performing such methods. Nerve signal differentiation may include locating two electrodes proximate nerve tissue and differentiating between efferent and afferent components of nerve signals monitored using the two electrodes.
US09468761B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for quantifying the quality of a fiducial time marker for a candidate heart beat, quantifying the quality of a candidate heart beat, or determining a time of beat sequence of the patient's heart. A fiducial time marker is obtained for a candidate heart beat. A quality index of said candidate heart beat is set to a first value. The candidate heart beat is tested with at least one beat validity test. At least a second value is added to said quality index of said candidate heart beat if said candidate heart beat passes said at least one beat validity test. The candidate heart beat is tested with at least a second heart beat validity test. At least a third value is added to said quality index of said candidate heart beat if said candidate heart beat passes said at least second heart beat validity test. In one class of beat validity test, a constraint defining a pass is modified at one or more times after the most recent prior valid heart beat that is greater than a constraint modification time threshold.
US09468754B2
Selective sensing implantable medical leads include pulsing and sensing portions and pulsing and not sensing portion. Leads and electrodes may be used in defibrillation and as integrated bipolar defibrillation electrodes. An entire electrode can pass charge while a valve metal or valve metal oxide portion of the electrode prevents the entire electrode from sensing, effectively rejecting unwanted signals. Differential conduction pathways, due to the valve metal and/or oxides thereof, cause the portions of the electrodes to conduct differently when used anodically and cathodically. Complex intracardiac electrical gradient can be formed along with a number of virtual electrodes within the tissue. Reentrant loops can thereby be pinned following defibrillation shock.
US09468751B2
Methods and apparatus for anchoring an implanted elongate medical device in a body portal, for example, a stimulation lead in a cranial burr hole, employ a securing element attached to an upper surface of a plate member, and moveable relative thereto, from an open position, at which the device may be inserted into a slot of the plate member, and a closed position, at which an engagement surface of the securing element anchors the inserted device. The securing element may extend at angle, with respect to a plane of the plate member, in the open position, and rotating the securing element lifts the engagement surface into the closed position. A locking member preferably extends from an upper surface of the plate member, and, when a latching portion of the securing element moves into engagement with the locking member, the element is moved into the closed position and secured thereat.
US09468749B2
A medical connector for minimizing leakage of fluids during connection and disconnection is described. The medical connector includes a body having an inlet port, at least one outlet port adjacent to a male luer portion of the body, and a fluid path between the inlet port and the at least one outlet ports. A retractable seal adjacent to the male luer portion of the body and blocks the outlet ports of the body when the male luer portion of the medical connect is in a disconnected state. The retractable seal is positioned on the body such that it is moved away from the outlet ports upon insertion of the male luer portion of the medical connector into a medical access device thereby unblocking the outlet ports and creating a fluid path through the medical connector.
US09468743B2
A system and a method of positioning a wire guide are provided. The method includes inserting a wire guide in a first configuration into a lumen of a catheter, distally advancing the wire guide to a distal portion of the lumen so that a distal end of the wire guide is distal to an opening in a wall of the catheter and advancing a distal portion of the wire guide through the opening by distally advancing the distal portion relative to the catheter so that the distal end remains in the lumen as the distal portion of the wire guide extends out of the opening. The method includes advancing the distal portion of the wire guide further out of the opening so that the distal end exits through the opening so that the distal portion is distal to the distal end of the wire guide in a second configuration.
US09468739B2
A microcatheter for delivering embolic agent to a vascular site is provided. The microcatheter has a biocompatible or biocompatible and biodegradable tip which can be detachably engaged to the microcatheter body by a thermoplastic sleeve. Once the embolic agent is delivered to the desired vascular site, the tip of the microcatheter is often entrapped within the mass of the liquid embolic fluid. Using the microcatheter, the clinician can retract the microcatheter at a predetermined retraction force thereby disengaging the tip from the microcatheter body allowing for easier removal of the microcatheter.
US09468733B2
Condensation or “rain-out” is a problem in medical circuits and previous attempts to manage and/or prevent rain-out have resulted in relatively expensive and/or difficult to manufacture medical circuit components. The subject patent provides an improved medical circuit component for managing rain-out. In particular the component may be an improved breathing tube, or insufflation system limb comprising a helically corrugated tube preferably incorporating a heater wire.
US09468708B2
The present invention relates to a composite matrix that includes a reinforcing textile portion having two surfaces coated over at least 90% of the respective surface areas thereof, by means of at least a first layer including at least one resorbable macro-molecule and having a collagen content of between 50 and 100 wt % relative to the total weight of the first layer; the invention also relates to a prosthesis including such a matrix and to a method for preparing said matrix.
US09468706B2
A polymer comprising phospholipid moieties and a biocompatible polymer backbone, a composition comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, an implantable devices such as a drug eluting stent comprising thereon a coating comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, and a method of using the device for the treatment of a disorder in a human being are provided.
US09468702B2
Described herein are tissue repair implants comprising at least a first layer of peritoneal membrane. The first layer of peritoneal membrane can be located adjacent to a second layer of peritoneal membrane and can be in direct contact with the second layer of peritoneal membrane. Additional layers (e.g., a third or fourth layer) can be included. Where more than one layer is present, the layers can be affixed to one another. For example, a first layer of peritoneal membrane can be attached to the second layer of peritoneal membrane by an adhesive bond, suture, or staple. One or more of the peritoneal membranes can be non-crosslinked, partially crosslinked, or substantially fully crosslinked. Any of the layers of peritoneal membrane may be attached to a wall (e.g., an interior or exterior wall) of an abdominal tissue by an adhesive, suture, and/or staples.
US09468699B2
An air conditioner including a body having an evaporator for heat-exchanging air flowing in the body, and an air purifying module coupled to the body. The air purifying module may have a light emitting diode part disposed along a flow path of the air to provide ultraviolet rays, and a filter part disposed adjacent to the light emitting diode part.
US09468698B2
A gas processing apparatus of an embodiment includes: first and second dielectric substrates facing with each other; first and second discharge electrodes respectively disposed on a pair of facing principal surfaces of the dielectric substrates; first and second ground electrodes respectively disposed on a pair of principle surfaces at opposite sides of the principle surfaces of the dielectric substrates; a gas flow path to supply gas to be processed between the discharge electrodes; an AC power source to generate first and second plasma-induced flows by applying an AC voltage between the discharge electrodes and the ground electrodes; and a region disposed between the dielectric substrates at downstream of the plasma-induced flows from the discharge electrodes, and a gap between the dielectric substrates being 1.3 times or less of a sum of thicknesses of the plasma-induced flows.
US09468696B2
A sink insert for cleaning medical or surgical devices having lumens includes a basin and at least two pumps. The basin is shaped to be inserted into a sink and to hold cleaning liquid, and includes an additive reservoir integrally formed in its floor, having additive fill lines defining a plurality of pre-calibrated volume measurement areas for measurement of additives. Basin fill lines positioned on one or more side walls of the basin define a plurality of pre-calibrated volume measurement areas for measurement of a liquid filled into the basin to form the cleaning liquid. At least one of the two pumps has an inlet tube for drawing the cleaning liquid from the basin into the pump, and an outlet tube for pressurized output of the cleaning liquid directed to the medical or surgical device. One or more of the pumps is removable from the sink insert.
US09468673B2
fHBP is a protein in Neisseria meningitidis. Three families of fHBP are known. To increase the ability of a fHBP protein to elicit antibodies that are cross-reactive between the families, fHBP is selected or engineered to have a sequence which can elicit broad-spectrum bactericidal anti-meningococcal antibodies after administration to a host animal.
US09468662B2
A PAT nonapeptide of formula EAKSQGGSD (SEQ ID NO: 1) can be used to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the PAT nonapeptide can be formulated for administration by parenteral route, including the subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intravenous or intranasal routes.
US09468661B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses as complement pathway modulators for the treatment of ocular diseases. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US09468660B2
There are provided methods and compositions useful in cell-cell fusion using Fusion Family (FF) proteins of nematode origin. There are further provided antinematodal methods and compositions, utilizing fusogenic proteins of the nematode Fusion Family.
US09468656B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing cells and in particular to a method of preparing breastmilk stem cells (BSCs) by isolation from breastmilk and subsequent culture. The invention further relates to BSCs prepared by the methods of the invention and to methods and uses thereof. In one aspect, the invention has been developed as a method for preparing and culturing BSC.
US09468654B1
A drug delivery composition is disclosed which includes a triple salt proxy functional group and at least one amino acid functional group. A method of forming the drug delivery composition includes reacting a triple salt with at least one amino acid in an aqueous environment. A biodegradable fabric is disclosed which includes a polymerized structure of a triple salt proxy functional group and at least one amino acid functional group.
US09468653B2
The present invention relates to the a bismuth-based composition, particularly involving the use of bismuth ions, particularly the Bi+3 ion, for prevention and/or treatment of the haemolytic uremic syndrome, with the invention also relating to the use of a bismuth ion in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of an infection caused by a Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strain, as well as to a method for preventing and/or treating the haemolytic uremic syndrome comprising administering bismuth ions to a patient in need thereof, and a method for inhibiting dissemination of the gene encoding virulence factors of a Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strain in animals and humans.
US09468639B2
The invention relates to the use of flibanserin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, for the treatment of disorders of sexual desire.
US09468626B2
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising nanoparticles of melatonin are useful for the treatment of neonatal brain injury.
US09468622B2
The present invention provides α-keto peracids and methods for producing and using the same. In particular, α-keto peracids are useful as antimicrobial agents.
US09468619B2
The invention regards the use of triiodothyronine sulfate, commonly named T3S, as a medicament having thyromimetic activity for the treatment of pathologies due to organic deficiency of triiodothyronine (T3), as such or in association with thyroxine (T4), and pharmaceutical formulations for oral administration thereof.
US09468611B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating psychiatric symptoms in a subject having a NMDA receptor and a NE receptor which includes administering d-methadone, d-methadol, d-alpha-acetylmethadol, l-alpha-acetylmethadol, d-alpha-normethadol, l-alpha-normethadol, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof, to the subject under conditions effective for the substance to bind to the NMDA receptor and NE receptor of the subject.
US09468603B2
In one embodiment, the present application discloses synthetic LDL nanoparticles comprising mixtures of components selected from the group consisting of phospholipids, triglycerides, cholesterol ester and free cholesterol; optionally further comprising an agent selected from the group consisting of natural antioxidants, ubiquinol and vitamin E, and methods for preparing the synthetic nanoparticles. The disclosed synthetic LDL nanoparticles are capable of selectively delivering lipophilic drugs and prodrugs to cellular targets expressing LDL receptors after intra venous injection.
US09468601B2
In one aspect, a dry formulation for the effective administration of multiple medications simultaneously for one or more ailments may be provided. The dry formulations include one or more of the following actives in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or additives: a) at least one antibiotic; b) at least one anti-inflammatory steroid; and c) at least one antifungal agent.
US09468591B2
A sunscreen composition comprised of one or more sunscreen active agents encapsulated in a cellulose derived capsule wherein the composition can contain one or more additional agents. A sunscreen composition can be mixed with a bodywash, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, gel, soap, cream, hand sanitizer, spray or mousse and can be used by an individual during their normal hygiene processes, such as during a shower or bath or while applying a body product to their skin or hair.
US09468590B2
The invention relates to a foam formulation comprising a substantially emulsifier-free emulsion of the oil-in-water type, comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the emulsion comprising at least one surface active, ionic polymer with a molecular weight of more than 5000 g/mol, wherein the ionic polymer is a copolymer comprising as monomer units an ionic monomer (M1) and at least one further monomer.
US09468581B2
A compression depth calculation system is configured to calculate the compression depth which is a magnitude of depression of the compressed object generated by the compression and includes a measuring apparatus to be mounted on the object, and a compression depth calculating apparatus is configured to calculate the compression depth on the basis of information from the measuring apparatus. The compression depth calculation apparatus calculates a coefficient of transformation on the basis of a second-order differential waveform created for the information acquired from a magnetic sensor and acceleration information acquired from an acceleration sensor, creates a displacement waveform of a compressed portion by multiplying the acquired information by the coefficient of transformation, and calculates the compression depth on the basis of the displacement waveform.
US09468577B2
A patient lower extremity positioning system that is configured to facilitate easier use of surgical instruments during open and arthroscopic procedures of the lower extremity, including, but not limited to the hip joint, acetabulum, femur, femoral neck and femoral shaft is disclosed. The patient lower extremity positioning system may include one or more perineal pads configured to be supported adjacent to a patient torso support such that the perineal pad is positionable adjacent to a patient's perineum. The perineal pad may be formed from a perineal pad body coupled to a distal transition section extending distally from the perineal pad body. The distal transition section may have a distal tip with a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the perineal pad body, thereby enabling a surgeon to more easily position surgical instruments during surgery without the perineal pad conflicting with the surgical instruments.
US09468576B2
An articulated patient support apparatus includes upper and lower body support frames hinged together to form a patient support assembly which is hinged to head and foot end supports. One end of the assembly includes a length compensator to enable hinged angulation between the body support frames. Hinge motors are connected between the frames to cause hinged articulation therebetween. One or both of the body support frames has a body slide assembly mounted thereon to enable part of a patient's body to move linearly along the particular body support frame by operation of a slide motor to compensate for hinged articulation of the frames. The hinge motors and slide motor have encoders interfaced to a controller to digitally coordinate sliding movement with hinging articulation.
US09468575B2
An infant care system includes an infant care tower configured to receive at least one medical device. A processor operates the infant care tower and the at least one medical device. A bassinet is configured to receive an infant patient within a microenvironment defined and maintained by the bassinet. Upon connection of the bassinet to the infant care tower, the processor operates to control both the infant care tower and the bassinet in maintain the microenvironment of the bassinet. In a method of treating an infant patient, an infant patient is provided in a microenvironment defined and maintained by a bassinet. The bassinet is communicatively connected to the care tower and a first processor of the infant care tower operates the bassinet to maintain the microenvironment to provide medical care to the infant patient with the at least one medical device of the infant care tower.
US09468574B1
The ambulatory stretcher with patient lifting measures enables a patient to be loaded onto the ambulatory stretcher without moving. The ambulatory stretcher with patient lifting measures includes an outer frame that includes an opening, and which is adapted to be placed onto the ground immediately surrounding a patient. The outer frame includes a pair of patient-conveying members that extend and retract to close off or open up the opening in the outer frame. The patient-conveying members are able to extend underneath a patient while said patient is lying on the ground surface. Moreover, the patient-conveying members are able to load the patient onto the assembly without requiring any movement of the patient with respect to the ground surface.
US09468569B2
An absorbent article includes a pair of ears secured to and extending transversely outward from opposite sides of a back portion of the article. Each of the ears is stretchable in at least a transverse direction of the article from a relaxed position to an extended position. A waistband includes a waist elastic disposed in at least the back portion. The waist elastic has an in product load loss of less than 60 percent according to a four-hour hold stress relaxation test. A fastening system has a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system. In a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the secondary fastening system secures each of the ears of the pair of ears in the extended position.
US09468563B2
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating absorbent article having multiple layers, and deformed zones of targeted performance, and colored regions, the method comprising the steps of forming discrete features on at least one layer, printing colored regions on at least one layer, integrating multiple layers to form an absorbent assembly, and cutting the absorbent assembly into individual absorbent articles, wherein the steps are carried out continuously.
US09468560B1
A wrap for encircling a portion of a living body having a strap of stretchable material allowing the strap to stretch along its length and having inner and outer surfaces of loop attachment material. The strap has a zone of hook attachment material disposed on the inner surface at a location along the length of the strap which provides for detachable/reattachable attachment of the hook attachment material to the loop attachment material of the outer surface. The strap further has a zone of hook attachment material on the outer surface of the strap at a location along the length of the strap which provides for detachable/reattachable attachment of the hook attachment material disposed on the outer surface of the strap to the loop attachment material of the inner surface.
US09468556B2
A deformed nail corrector for correcting a deformed nail is provided that includes: a first elastic wire which has one end portion thereof fixed to one edge of the deformed nail in a width direction; a second elastic wire which has one end portion thereof fixed to the other edge of the deformed nail in the width direction; and a binding means which binds the first and second elastic wires to each other and is slidable along the first and second elastic wires in a bound state. The first and second elastic wires are brought into a state where the first and second wires are deformed along the deformed nail with the first and second, elastic wires being in a corrector mounting state where the first and second elastic wires are bound to each other by the binding means.
US09468551B2
Described herein are systems and devices for providing an orthopedic walking brace having a housing and a sole with a curved distal surface. The housing is configured to encompass and immobilize a patient's ankle against flexion. The distal surface of the sole has a posterior region, a mid region, and an anterior region. The posterior region is configured to lie under a heel portion of the patient's foot, and the mid region is configured to lie under a center portion of the patient's foot. The anterior region is configured to lie under an anterior metatarsal and toe portion of the patient's foot, and has an Anterior-Posterior curvature that increases from a posterior side of the anterior region toward a middle portion of the anterior region and decreases from the middle portion toward an anterior side of the anterior region.
US09468549B2
A catheter assembly includes a single sleeve that constrains an expandable device to a dimension suitable for endoluminal delivery of the device to a treatment site, and further allows expansion of the device toward an outer peripheral dimension that is smaller than a fully deployed outer peripheral dimension to allow positioning of the device at the treatment site prior to full deployment and expansion of the device at the treatment site.
US09468547B2
A catheter assembly includes a single sleeve that constrains an expandable device to a dimension suitable for endoluminal delivery of the device to a treatment site, and further allows expansion of the device toward an outer peripheral dimension that is smaller than a fully deployed outer peripheral dimension to allow positioning of the device at the treatment site prior to full deployment and expansion of the device at the treatment site.
US09468546B2
A delivery system for a self-expanding medical device is provided. The delivery system includes an outer sheath that radially restrains the medical device. First and second inner catheters are disposed within the outer sheath. The first inner catheter is a composite structure with a closed coil wire covered by a polymer outer layer. The second inner catheter is disposed within the closed coil wire but is not attached to the closed coil wire.
US09468545B2
A bifurcated graft including a first branch having a first leg graft; a second branch having a second leg graft spaced apart from and not overlapping the first leg graft; and a trunk including a first layer having a first portion, a second portion, and a saddle extending therebetween the first portion and the second portion. Each of the first portion and second portion have opposite side edges that are spaced apart to define a first width. The saddle has opposite sides that are spaced apart to define a second width. The second width of the saddle is less than the first width of each of the first portion and second portion. The saddle extends along a bifurcation between the first leg graft and second leg graft.
US09468543B2
The invention relates to a prosthetic socket for a residual limb of the lower extremity or upper extremity of an individual person. The residual limb has particular dimensions and anatomical contours; the prosthetic socket has dimensions and contours that fit the dimensions and contours of the residual limb. The prosthetic socket may also fit in a manner that is biomechanically particularly appropriate for the individual. The prosthetic socket is an assembly of components from groups of components that include (a) struts arranged longitudinally with respect to the residual limb, (b) proximal brim members arranged proximally to the struts and connected thereto; and (c) distal socket members disposed at the distal base of the prosthetic socket. The socket components within these groups may be modular in that they can vary with respect to dimensions and/or contours, and yet have common connecting features that permit assembly of the components together to form the prosthetic socket.
US09468536B1
A system and methods for promoting fusion across an intervertebral disc space, the system including a system of spinal fusion implants including a distal implant, a proximal implant and a medial implant positioned therebetween, wherein the medial implant has a flexible anterior wall capable of being deformed when a force is exerted upon it.
US09468533B2
A method of reconstructing a patient's wrist. A prosthesis is provided having proximal and distal assemblies. The distal assembly has a body with a U-shaped portion. The proximal and distal assemblies have surfaces that cooperate to guide movement between the proximal and distal assemblies. The proximal assembly is fixed to the patient's radius. The hand is prepared for placement of the distal assembly by removing cartilage against a plurality of carpal bones without significantly altering the configuration of stable volume of at least one of the patient's carpal bones in the first carpal row. The U-shaped portion of the body is placed against a plurality of bones in the first carpal row. Separate locations on the body are secured to a plurality of carpal bones.
US09468532B2
A semi-constrained polyaxial ankle joint replacement implant has a dual bearing component, a tibial component or plate adapted for attachment to a tibia or fibula bone, and a talar component or plate adapted for attachment to a talus or calceneus bone of the foot. The dual bearing component includes a superior bearing providing gliding articulation/translation between it and the tibial component, and an inferior bearing providing gliding articulation/translation between it and the talar component. The tibial plate has peripheral transversely extending flanges that semi constrain or limit movement relative to the superior bearing and/or vice versa. The inferior bearing has a flange extending upwardly from the superior surface thereof that is received in an opening in the intermediate plate to semi constrain or limit movement relative between the two components.
US09468530B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for orthopedic implants. The implants may include a base member, such as an acetabular shell or an augment, that is configured to couple with an augment, flange cup, mounting member, or any other suitable orthopedic attachment. An implant may include abuse member that has at least two projections with a gap between the projections. The gap between the projections allows the implant to be implanted around another implanted component, such as around a bone screw of an acetabular shell. The implant may include a fixation element, such as a screw or a cement trough, on one or more projections to couple the implant to an implanted acetabular shell. The implant may also include timing marks to facilitate alignment with corresponding marks on another implanted component.
US09468522B2
The invention relates to an implant device comprising a sensor module which comprises one or more first fastening means, an implant module which comprises one or more second fastening means, and a connecting module, by means of which the sensor module is connected to the implant module via the one or the first fastening means and via the one or the second fastening means, and comprising a fold axis, along which the implant device can be folded up.
US09468517B2
Apparatus (10) is provided, which includes an endovascular stent-graft (20) and a heating device (22) that is coupled to the stent-graft (20). The stent-graft (20) is configured to be implanted in at least one blood vessel in a vicinity of an aneurysm (102). The heating device (22) is configured to apply, to a region (24) external to the stent-graft (20), thermal energy sufficient to coagulate blood flowing into the aneurysm (102). Other embodiments are also described.
US09468510B2
A floss device is disclosed which is designed to be used to floss between adjacent teeth in a person's mouth. The floss device includes a first portion joined to a second portion. The first portion has an arcuate configuration which terminates in a rounded tip. The second portion is linear and terminates in an enlarged distal end which is designed to be grasped between a person's thumb and index finger and facilitates manipulation of said floss device. The floss device also has a textured outer surface that can temporarily retain a solution or liquid medication and then transfer the solution or liquid medication onto the teeth and surrounding soft tissue in a person's mouth. A method of molding the floss device and a method of using the floss device are also disclosed.
US09468509B2
Dental prostheses and methods for making them are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises a sequence of steps including milling a cavity in a block of a coping material, filling the cavity with a green ceramic material, milling a portion of the green ceramic material away to leave a layer of green ceramic material on an occlusal surface formed in the coping material, milling the underside of the block of coping material to form the coping with green ceramic material, and sintering the coping with green ceramic material to complete the prosthesis. The milling steps may be performed by a computer-controlled mill. The computer may execute a CAD-CAM program that includes data from a three dimensional model of a tooth that is to receive the prosthesis. The dental prosthesis may be a dental crown or a dental bridge.
US09468506B2
The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis (X) and an insertion direction (D) of the fitting. The fitting includes at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis (X) of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis (X) when inserted into the dental implant. It further includes an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis (X). The alignment feature can extend further in the insertion direction (D) than the spring member.
US09468502B2
Instrument that is made to match the perimeter shape of a Patient Specific Knee Implant (PSKI) with features for locating holes in the distal femur such that the posts or lugs in the femoral implant locate the femoral implant centered medial-laterally within an acceptable degree of precision to prevent overhang of either the medial or lateral side of the femoral implant over the perimeter of the distal femur bone resections. Patient specific implant technology, in which a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a bone is accessed and a three-dimensional solution volume is defined based on resection cuts used in fitting an implant on the portion of the bone. An outline representation of at least a portion of an outer surface of a periphery of the resultant bone volume is determined and the outline representation is used in one or more operations related to instrument matching.
US09468490B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having a stop and a plurality of overmold teeth within at least one jaw member. One (or both) of the jaw members is moveable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. One (or both) of the jaw members includes a stop molded within an insulative housing, and an insulator plate with the overmold teeth formed from plastic. The overmold teeth extend through openings within a sealing plate and protrude past the tissue sealing surface of the sealing plate. The stop primarily controls the gap distance between opposing jaw members by bearing most of an applied load and the overmold teeth assist in controlling the gap distance by bearing the remaining applied load.
US09468485B2
A method and system for creating permanent lesions in an area of target tissue, such as tissue at or proximate a junction between a pulmonary vein and the left atrium. The method may generally include positioning a medical device in contact with a pulmonary vein ostium, ablating the tissue, and recording a plurality of temperature measurements from one or more of three temperature sensors. The device may include an occlusion element in communication with a coolant source, a first sensor located distal of the occlusion element, a second sensor located proximal of the occlusion element, and a third sensor located in the occlusion element. One or more temperature measurements may be compared with each other to assess occlusion of the pulmonary vein, and/or may be compared with a set of reference temperatures to predict a real-time temperature within the target tissue.
US09468477B2
A flexible bone screw for insertion into the intramedullary cavity of a fractured bone facilitates enduring fixation of the fracture. The flexible bone screw includes a substantially smooth shaft and a threaded portion positioned at one end of the shaft, wherein the outer diameter of the threaded portion is greater than the shaft diameter and the length of the threaded portion is about 20% of the overall length of the flexible bone screw or less.
US09468472B2
A transverse rod connector includes an elongate member having first and second ends and first and second connection members. The first and second connection members are connected with first and second ends, respectively. The first and second connection members are configured for multidirectional positioning with respect to the elongate member. The first and second connection members are each dimensioned to be selectively and releasably secured to a bone anchor.
US09468463B2
A surgical access port comprises a valve or instrument seal that separates the instrument contact function from the instrument conforming function. Embodiments of the instrument seal comprise in instrument contact element that extends through an opening in a compression element, thereby defining an instrument orifice that seals with an instrument extending therethrough. Embodiments of the instrument contact element comprise a non-distensible membrane or film, for example, as a tube or cylinder.
US09468457B2
An atherectomy device may include an elongated, flexible drive shaft having a distal end for insertion into a vasculature of a patient and having a proximal end opposite the distal end remaining outside the vasculature of the patient, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the drive shaft for controlling the drive shaft, and a head arranged proximate the distal end of the drive shaft wherein the head may include a middle portion having a substantially uninterrupted outer surface and substantially conically-shaped first and second end portions, wherein the middle portion and substantially conically-shaped end portions all have a bore extending therethrough adapted to frictionally engage a drive shaft.
US09468454B2
Surgical devices and methods are described herein that provide improved motor control and feedback, thereby combining advantages of manually-operated and powered surgical devices. In one embodiment, a surgical device includes a proximal handle portion that includes a motor, a distal end effector coupled to the handle portion, and a cutting element configured to cut tissue engaged by the end effector, wherein the motor is configured to supply power that moves the cutting element. The device also includes a motor control mechanism configured to cause the amount of the power to dynamically change in response to a manual user input when the cutting element is moving.
US09468439B2
A surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, and actuation member, an elongated body portion, and a locking mechanism is disclosed. The locking mechanism is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the actuation member, and is configured to substantially prevent at least a partial movement of the actuation member when the elongated body portion is not engaged with a loading unit. The locking mechanism comprises a link, a bushing, and a connecting member. The link is configured for mechanical engagement with a portion of a loading unit. At least a portion of the busing is disposed proximally of at least a portion of the link. At least a portion of the connecting member is disposed proximally of at least a portion of the bushing. Engagement between a loading unit and the elongated body portion causes proximal movement of the link, the bushing, and the connecting member.
US09468437B2
The present invention concerns a flexible stapling device (1). More particularly, this invention concerns a flexible endovascular stapling device (1) for an intravascular procedure such as patent foramen ovate closure, which is designed to avoid open heart surgery by permitting the closure of the defect utilizing a stapling means (26) which is positioned by using a flexible shaft/guidewire system.
US09468423B2
A container assembly including a shield disposed at least partially within a receiving cavity of a receptacle of a lid is disclosed. The shield provides a physical barrier that at least partially covers and blocks an entrance to the receiving cavity to prevent a patient and/or healthcare worker from needle stick injuries. In one embodiment, the shield is adapted to receive a stopper of a collection tube, and the shield is transitionable between a locked position in which the shield is restrained within an open end of the receptacle, and an unlocked position in which the shield is movable within the receiving cavity of the receptacle.
US09468421B2
Information associated with shear calculation is also displayed in ultrasound shear wave imaging. More information than just a shear wave image is provided for diagnosis. Information about the quality or variables used to determine shear is also displayed. This additional information may assist the user in determining whether the shear information indicates tissue characteristics or unreliable shear calculation.
US09468414B2
An imaging system comprises: a plurality of pixels each for converting light, converted from radiation by a conversion unit, into an electrical signal; an extracting unit that extracts, based on an image formed based on output signals from the pixels, a pixel with noise generated by the radiation that has transmitted through the conversion unit to arrive at the pixels; and a correcting unit that performs correction to remove the noise with respect to an output signal from the extracted pixel, wherein the extracting unit extracts the pixel with the noise by performing division between first and second images, the first image being formed based on the output signals from the pixels in accordance with the radiation to the conversion unit during a first period, the second image being formed based on these output signals in accordance with that radiation during a second period after the first period.
US09468407B2
The catheter allows mapping and/or ablation of the area around two or more PV ostia at the same time, with a single placement of a distal section of the catheter having a 2D configuration resembling an infinity or lazy 8 symbol. The catheter has an elongated catheter body, a distal section having at least a flexible elongated member with shape memory, the member being configured to assume a 2D configuration resembling an infinity symbol, and at least one electrode mounted on the member. The 2D configuration resembles a first loop and a second loop, wherein the first and second loops are side-by-side, generally extending in a common plane.
US09468405B2
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US09468404B2
A blood-sampling tube with a first fluid-receiving chamber for receiving a fluid is described, where the first fluid-receiving chamber may be connected to at least one fluid channel that has a sensor device for measuring at least one biochemical function of the fluid passed through the fluid channel, where the measured biochemical function of the fluid may be read out from the sensor device via a data interface of the blood-sampling tube.
US09468398B2
The present invention describes a method and apparatus for detecting and quantifying intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) of a respiratory patient breathing with the assistance of a ventilator. A processing device receives respiratory airway data from one or more sensors adapted to non-invasively monitor a respiratory patient, calculates from the respiratory airway data two or more parameters that are indicative of or quantify intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure of the patient, and generates an indication intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi).
US09468396B2
Systems and methods for epicardial electrophysiology and other procedures are provided in which the location of an access needle may be inferred according to the detection of different pressure frequencies in separate organs, or different locations, in the body of a subject. Methods may include inserting a needle including a first sensor into a body of a subject, and receiving pressure frequency information from the first sensor. A second sensor may be used to provide cardiac waveform information of the subject. A current location of the needle may be distinguished from another location based on an algorithm including the pressure frequency information and the cardiac waveform information.
US09468395B2
The invention relates to a medical unit comprises a 3D radar array for the detection of positional or movement data of objects in an examination space and a processing unit for the evaluation of the detected data, with the processing unit being connected to the medical unit and to the 3D radar array, and with the evaluated data being used to control the medical unit or for post-processing data acquired by the medical diagnostic or therapeutic unit. The invention also relates to a method for improving examination or treatment workflows with the medical unit, comprising: detecting positional or movement data of objects in the examination space by the 3D radar array; generating control commands for the medical unit based on the detected data; and post-processing image or spectroscopy data received by the medical based on the detected data. The medical unit is a medical diagnostic or therapeutic unit.
US09468386B2
A method for classification of ECG beats into normal and different categories of abnormal beats. The method comprises the following steps, performed on a computing platform: a. performing a training phase comprising taking as an input one or more ECG beats that are pre-classified into the different categories, with each ECG beat decomposed into multiple features and defining membership functions for each beat category for each feature; b. performing an operating phase, wherein (i) for each ECG beat to be classified, decompose the ECG beat into the multiple features; (ii) compute values of each membership function identified in the step of performing the training phase for each feature of the ECG beat for the different categories; (iii) merge the membership function values for all features in an ECG beat in a manner as to get a single beat value for each beat category across the features; (iv) identify a value alpha in the range [0,1], such that the difference between the top two beat values across the different beat categories is more than or equal to the sum of the beat values of all the remaining beat categories multiplied by the value alpha and such that a desired percentage of normal or abnormal beat classification is obtained; (v) if an alpha value can be identified, then classify the beat to belong to the beat that has the highest beat value, otherwise classify the beat as abnormal.
US09468382B2
A user's information uploaded onto a computer. Target data are selected and are downloaded to a wearable monitoring unit (WMU). The WMU includes a heart rate monitor, a unit accelerometer, a GPS, one or more force-micro-sensors, and an audio and/or video output. The audio/video output may provide information to the user. A display provides a continuously updated visual indication of whether the use has achieved the preselected optimum expenditures for a time segment. The WMU has an internal calendar/clock, a processor and/or memory. The processor compares measured heart rate and energy expenditure for multiple time segments against target levels stored as the user-specific wellness or rehabilitative physiotherapy program. The comparison is used to generate compliance output data.
US09468380B2
A system and method for identifying metabolic activity within the heart muscle (myocardium). Metabolic activity is determined through spectrographic analysis of the myocardium. More particularly, oxygen saturation of the myocardium is measured through the spectrographic analysis, and metabolic activity is measured by a decrease in oxygen saturation of the myocardium over time.
US09468379B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a lipid-water ratio and a scattering parameter of a sample. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus comprising a light source and a detector arranged to measure an optical parameter at various wavelengths, where the wavelengths are selected so that at two of the wavelengths the absorption coefficients for both water and lipids are substantially identical. This enables determination of a scattering parameter. A further measurement at a third wavelength enables determination of a water-lipid ratio. According to a specific embodiment, the light source and the detector are arranged in relation to an interventional device, so as to be able to examine a tissue in terms of lipid-water ratio and scattering during an intervention.
US09468378B2
A system and method for data processing is disclosed. One example of a processor-based method comprises accessing data representative of a time series of at least one component of a timed waveform corresponding to a pulse, and searching the data for an occurrence of a cluster of variations induced by at least one of an apnea cluster and a hypopnea cluster. An exemplary system comprises a memory device adapted to access data representative of a time series of at least one component of a timed waveform corresponding to a pulse, and a processor adapted to search the data for an occurrence of a cluster of variations induced by at least one of an apnea cluster and a hypopnea cluster.
US09468376B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an aberration measuring unit configured to measure wavefront aberration of returning light, and a reflective optical modulation device configured to modulate the returning light. A control unit controls the reflective optical modulation device to correct the wavefront aberration of the returning light based on a measurement result of the aberration measuring unit. The reflective optical modulation device includes a reflection mirror of which the diameter of an effective region (effective diameter) that reflects the measurement light or the returning beam is 7.5 mm or less, and 61 or more actuators that act on the reflection mirror within the effective diameter. Each of the actuators includes an interdigital electrode having a maximum displacement of 7.5 μm or more.
US09468372B2
A rear-facing pupil diameter sensing system for an ophthalmic lens comprising an electronic system is described herein. The rear-facing pupil diameter sensing system is part of an electronic system incorporated into the ophthalmic lens. The electronic system includes one or more batteries or other power sources, power management circuitry, one or more sensors, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry, and lens driver circuitry. The rear-facing pupil diameter sensing system is utilized to determine pupil position and use this information to control various aspects of the ophthalmic lens.
US09468362B2
Medical devices, systems and methods that are useable to facilitate transnasal insertion and positioning of guidewires and various other devices and instruments at desired locations within the ear, nose, throat, paranasal sinuses or cranium. Direct viewing of such placements via an endoscope.
US09468361B2
An endoscope includes a flexible tube and a connection mouth ring. The flexible tube includes a helical tube, a braid tube disposed outside the helical tube, and an outer tube disposed outside the braid tube. The endoscope further includes a caulking member which caulks the end of the braid tube from the outside of the connection mouth ring in a state held therebetween. The end of the helical tube is connected by thermal action to the connection mouth ring, and a part where the end of the helical tube is connected to the connection mouth ring is positioned differently along the axis of the connection mouth ring from a part where the end of the braid tube is caulked against the connection mouth ring.
US09468360B2
The present invention relates to a video system for viewing an object on a body, including an endoscopic lens for capturing an image, an endoscopic camera head attached to the endoscopic lens for transmitting the image, and a camera control unit attached to the endoscopic camera head for receiving the transmitted image. The endoscopic lens has a field of view, where the object is within the field of view. The endoscopic camera lens has a depth of field between approximately 10 mm and approximately 15 mm. The system also has an arm attached to the endoscopic lens for holding the endoscopic lens between approximately 180 mm and approximately 220 mm away from the surgical field. The magnified image is conveniently seen on large high definition screen.
US09468358B2
The objective lens for an endoscope substantially consists of a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power in this order from the object side. The first lens group consists of a single negative lens. The second lens group consists of two or fewer lenses. When the focal length of the first lens group is f1 and the focal length of the entire system is f, conditional expression (1): −0.9
US09468357B2
In an image processing apparatus, a storage circuit stores a parameter of a display processing characteristic in each display device and a parameter of a target value of image quality. The parameter of a target value of image quality includes a parameter of image processing of an image processing circuit to display a predetermined image quality and a parameter of display processing of the display device. An adjustment of image quality in the image processing apparatus is performed by adjusting a processing parameter when performing image processing on the image data that is output to the display device based on the parameter of the display processing characteristic corresponding to the display device that is a destination and on the parameter of the target value of image quality.
US09468352B2
A floor-cleaning robot having a chassis for moving the floor-cleaning robot in a direction of travel over a surface to be cleaned, a cleaning implement, a control unit and first and second measuring devices for three-dimensional distance measurement. Each of the first and second measuring devices is configured to sense distance between the measuring device and a plurality of surface elements within a respective solid angle that is spanned from the measuring device. The first and second measuring devices are aligned in such a manner that the direction of travel runs through the first solid angle. The second solid angle is offset in relation to the first solid angle. The control unit is designed to generate and/or update a representation of the surface to be cleaned, on the basis of the distances from surface elements sensed by first and second measuring devices.
US09468349B2
A mobile robot system is provided that includes a docking station having at least two pose-defining fiducial markers. The pose-defining fiducial markers have a predetermined spatial relationship with respect to one another and/or to a reference point on the docking station such that a docking path to the base station can be determined from one or more observations of the at least two pose-defining fiducial markers. A mobile robot in the system includes a pose sensor assembly. A controller is located on the chassis and is configured to analyze an output signal from the pose sensor assembly. The controller is configured to determine a docking station pose, to locate the docking station pose on a map of a surface traversed by the mobile robot and to path plan a docking trajectory.
US09468343B2
An improved apparatus and method for cleaning is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved apparatus having a vibratory portion adapted to a traditional scrubber apparatus such as a body scrubber. Additionally, the present invention provides an improved apparatus and method wherein the apparatus may have at least a vibratory portion adapted to fit about the body scrubber which may be activated and/or de-activated by the user. Moreover, the apparatus may include a reservoir for storage of a cleansing agent that may be dispensed from the vibratory portion to the body scrubber portion to help facilitate cleansing of the portion of the body to be cleaned. Still further, the invention may include at least a handle assembly in combination with the vibratory portion to provide a handle for use by the individual user.
US09468339B2
A blending appliance having a housing includes a motor compartment and a jar receiving portion spaced laterally from the motor compartment. The housing includes an upper retaining member and a support pad extending outwardly from the housing, such that a jar receiving portion is defined therebetween. A motor is disposed in the motor compartment. A jar includes a lid with a feed chute. Together, the jar and lid are configured for reception in the jar receiving portion of the housing. The lid is vertically secured onto the jar by the upper retaining member upon reception of the jar into the jar receiving portion.
US09468336B2
A combination barbecue including a divergent stepped lower portion, at least one heating device removably locatable within the divergent stepped lower portion and a kettle portion locatable above the lower portion to form the combination barbecue.
US09468333B2
A container for rapid hot-food catering comprising a base part (2) and a cover part (4) disposed thereon, wherein the said parts together form a medium-tight chamber (6) for a meal portion to be heated. The base part comprises a primary heat transfer element (8) protruding into the chamber and comprising a metal sleeve (10) which extends into the base part and is provided with an upper closure cap, which metal sleeve is connected to the base part in a medium-tight manner. An associated heating station has a rod-like heating element which can be moved out of a contact surface for the container.
US09468329B2
A tea brewing assembly having a brewing chamber with a top opening for loading/unloading a measure of tea, and a bottom wall; an ejector piston having a head permeable to liquid and mounted inside the brewing chamber to move between a lowered brewing position, and a raised position ejecting the measure of tea from the brewing chamber; a doctor for removing the measure of tea from the head in the raised position; a brewed beverage outlet communicating with the brewing chamber through an outlet opening formed through the bottom wall; a plug for controlling the outlet; and one actuator assembly for controlling the ejector piston, the doctor, and the plug.
US09468325B2
A uniform organizer for indicating correct placement of insignia and badges on a uniform jacket, includes an organizer frame, including a frame hook, a right and left upper frame sections with right and left collar markers, right and left side sections, and a bottom section; a name plate guide with a name cutout; a badge plate guide with a badge cutout, right and left vertical strips, a spacer, a leveling device, such that the uniform organizer can expand and retract as needed, and be configured for use with various types of uniforms from different military branches.
US09468319B2
A supporting pillow structure for a user to sleep or to perform sedentary activity facing down toward the pillow structure with the user's hands and arms placed underneath their face. The pillow structure includes a top opening substantially on the top surface of the pillow structure for the user's face to lean into the pillow structure, at least two side openings in the side of the pillow structure for the user to insert the user's arms into the pillow structure and place the user's arms underneath their head or body comfortably and to increase airflow for the user to breathe comfortably while resting, and a cavity in the middle of the pillow structure for airflow between the openings and for placing objects within the pillow structure, allowing the user to perform tasks requiring minimal physical activity while remaining comfortable and sedentary for an extended period of time. Embodiments of the pillow structure may be configured to provide users with comfort and support while the user is seated leaning forward on an airplane or at a desk or table or while the user is lying facing down on a substantially level surface such as a bed.
US09468307B2
A patient support, such as a mattress, includes a plurality of inflatable bladders. Depth sensors are included in the support that measure the degree of penetration of a patient into the mattress. An air pressure sensor is also included that measures the pressure inside at least one bladder. A suitable inflation level of the mattress is determined by monitoring the rate of change of the depth with respect to air pressure as the bladder is either inflated or deflated. By detecting an inflection point in the graphical relationship of the depth and pressure outputs, a suitable inflation point for the bladders is determined that reduces interface pressures experienced by the patient, yet does not overly sink the patient into the mattress to a degree of discomfort. Analyzing the outputs of the depth and pressure sensors can also be used to detect a patient's heart rate and respiration rate.
US09468303B2
An articulated sofa bed has a compact profile while folded with the seat cushions residing at a comfortable and ergonomic height and an esthetically pleasing streamlined appearance. The sofa bed includes swinging members for controlling the configuration of the head and middle panel assemblies as the bed deploys or retracts between a folded configuration and a deployed configuration, including (i) a rear-swinging member and a mid-swinging member for pivotally attaching between a head panel assembly and a mounting arm and (ii) a front-swinging member for pivotally attaching between a middle panel assembly and the mounting arm. A locking mechanism is pivotally connected between a head panel assembly and a mid-swinging member and between the head panel assembly and a connecting arm operatively linked to the middle panel assembly to fixably maintain the head panel assembly in a generally horizontal position when the bed is in the deployed configuration.
US09468300B1
A universal upper back support primarily for piano and organ benches has been created, and is easily attached to any wooden bench used for instrument playing. The back support contains a cushion which is positioned at the correct angle by two vertical side pieces for engagement with the musician's upper back, and allows free movement of the arms, hips, and legs in any direction without any hindrances while the musician plays a selected instrument. The vertical side pieces may each optionally have a lower front indentation to allow easy opening of the hinged top seat of a music bench having an interior storage space, and the back support can be alternatively made with a manual adjustment mechanism that allows finger-activated vertical height adjustment of its cushion in selected pre-drilled holes. The back support can be provided with an installation template for ease of user installation.
US09468288B2
A modular portable light hanger that can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled to a tray stand by one person without using any tools or hardware, each corner of the stand preferably interconnecting with a light hanger corner pole, and the four corner poles interconnecting with perimeter poles forming a substantially rectangular or square perimeter across which cross-wise equipment/light hanger poles are toolessly attached, providing cross members over the tray stand growing area from which equipment such as light fixtures, air moving fans, ducting, etc. may by suspended.
US09468286B2
The present invention relates to a toothbrush apparatus having multiple rotatable brushing systems, including a body onto which a head (1) is attached, wherein said head is provided with adjacent counter-rotating brushes (2, 2′) having an overall cylindrical outer shape and longitudinal axes that parallel to one another, each brush (2, 2′) being rotated by a shaft (4, 4′) and supported at each of the ends thereof by a bearing (3, 3′, 5, 5′) forming part of a holder (6) which defines the distance between the longitudinal axes of said brushes, said holder (6) including at least two flexible arms (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) oriented substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axes, such that the respective ends thereof form said bearings, said flexible arms being connected to a base (6e) capable of ensuring the attachment of said holder (6) onto the head (1). According to the invention, the apparatus further includes a flexible element (9, 9′) partially surrounding at least one of said brushes (2), which is integrally produced with said holder (6).
US09468283B2
A hammock suspension device for guiding a guy rope includes a base body. The base body includes upper and lower apertures, a receptacle for inserting a retaining loop formed by the guy rope, and a guide duct for introducing the guy rope into the hammock suspension device. The upper and lower apertures are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the hammock suspension device. The upper aperture is configured to be oriented toward a fastening point of the guy rope and to connect the guide duct to enable a deflection of the guy rope in the guide duct, from approximately the longitudinal direction of the hammock suspension device to approximately a transverse direction of the hammock suspension device.
US09468276B1
The present application includes an assembly for transporting luggage including a carrying member configured to releasably couple the luggage to a traveler around the core portion of the body. The carrying member coupled to a portion of the apparel and to the luggage handle. Loads exerted by the weight of the luggage are placed over the lower body. The method includes the steps of obtaining a carrying member and attaching it to a traveler, followed by attaching the luggage to the carrying member. The traveler may remove or adjust as necessary.
US09468273B1
A retractable umbrella includes a canopy with supporting ribs and a shaft with a handle located on a proximal end thereof. Inside the shaft resides an electric motor and a gearing mechanism for power transmission. When activated, the electric motor actuates the gearing mechanism to extend and retrieve the canopy from and into the shaft.
US09468270B2
Referring to the invention, there is shown an article of body jewelry intended to be worn upon the hand. The body jewelry comprises a length of an elastic material upon which may be threaded one or more decorative elements and an ornamental decoration. A portion of the elastic material is connected to a securement element. The body jewelry is secured to multiple parts of the hand, using the tension within the elastic material stretched between various locations; e.g., from the back of the wrist, over the back of the hand, to a securement element sitting behind two adjacent fingers.
US09468259B2
A sock includes a knitted fabric covering at least from a toe portion to a heel portion of a wearer. The knitted fabric, which is arranged in a first region covering at least sections, in a sole, corresponding to phalanges and metatarsal heads of the wearer, is formed by stitches that are knitted only by means of a covering yarn, which is a winding yarn wrapped around a core yarn.
US09468255B2
Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include a relatively soft and lightweight foam midsole component partially covered by at least one more rigid and/or dense cage (protective) component(s) and/or other protective component(s).
US09468213B2
The present invention relates, inter alia, to a novel herbicide formulation comprising:— (a) an aqueous phase; (b) an HPPD inhibitor in suspension in the aqueous phase; (c) an encapsulated chloroacetamide or an isoxazoline herbicide in suspension in the aqueous phase; (d) glyphosate and/or glufosinate or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, in solution in the aqueous phase. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of an herbicide formulation of the invention and to a process for the control of unwanted vegetation.
US09468208B2
The present invention relates to reagents and methods for the modulation of viability of bacteria. A process is provided wherein a protein sequence from A. americanum saliva effective in reducing the viability of gram positive, gram negative, or acid-fast bacteria and spirochetes including B. burgdorferi is administered. The inventive protein from A. americanum saliva has utility as a therapeutic for the treatment of an organism infected with bacteria, particularly the spirochete B. burgdorferi.
US09468207B2
The present invention relates to insecticide and acaricide paints that inhibit chitin synthesis, regulate insect juvenile hormone and repel arthropods, for controlling endemic diseases, pests and allergens. The paints comprise at least the following compounds (in any combination): 1%-100% water, 0.0001%-20% insecticides, 0.0001%-20% chitin inhibitor, 0.0001%-20% juvenile hormone regulator, 1%-50% polymers, 0%-40% pigments, 0%-60% fillers, 0%-60% natural repellents, and 0.01%-20% stabilizers. The composition of the paints allows the active ingredients to be encapsulated in an aqueous polymer with or without the incorporation of fillers and pigments, and therefore the range of use thereof is increased.
US09468205B1
A termite-proof bath trap barrier comprising a termite-proof screen with a pass-through hole therein which permits a conduit to pass therethrough. The conduit is secured in the pass-through hole in the screen with a termite-proof adhesive sealant which completely blocks passage of pests through the hole. The screen is secured to the top surface of the slab with a termite-proof adhesive sealant after the conduit is secured in its end-use position.
US09468202B2
A holder attachment for rigging used in fishing. The holder includes an elongate unitary body made of an elastic material and has four laterally facing surfaces and two end surfaces. The two end surfaces each have an outwardly opening cavity therein that also opens outwardly at laterally opposite sides. One of the side surfaces has a pair of longitudinally extending and outwardly protruding ribs defining a slot therebetween that opens axially at the oppositely facing end surfaces. The ribs each have a longitudinally extending cavity to define together an elongate channel. The ribs are configured to be forcibly elastically spread apart to facilitate the reception of a fishing rod or pole therebetween and into the channel, a release of the force spreading the ribs apart enabling the elasticity of the material to return to its original shape to hold the rod in the channel.
US09468198B2
The apparatus and methods are described for an electrical fish barrier system that has more than one geographically separate pulsator that are connected to a common electrical grid and are synchronized to prevent the overlapping of electrical pulses to prevent line notching or local line electrical line noise that may interfere with railroad transmission lines.
US09468188B2
A robotic attacher retrieves a preparation cup from the left side of an equipment area located behind a dairy livestock and attaches and detaches the preparation cup to the teats of the dairy livestock in sequence. The sequence comprises attaching and detaching the preparation cup to the right front teat, the left front teat, the left rear teat, and the right rear teat.
US09468187B2
The invention relates to a milking device, a method and software. The milking device includes a device for preventing contaminants in milk during the milking of an animal. The milking device includes a teat cup to be attached to a teat and to be connected to a milk collecting vessel for collecting the milk. The device further includes a detector for generating and transmitting a disruption signal as a result of the detection of a premature becoming detached of the teat cup, and/or as a result of the detection of the incorrect attachment of a teat cup. The device also includes a management system to separate, on the basis of the disruption signal, the milk from the animal into a first amount of milk, which is led to a first destination, and a second amount of milk, which is led to a second destination different from the first destination.
US09468184B1
A wheat variety designated W050037I1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W050037I1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W050037I1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W050037I1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W050037I1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W050037I1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US09468163B2
A system includes pipes, each of which has a pipe passageway for fluid to pass therethrough and electrical conductors insulated from the pipe passageway. At least one fluid connector has a connector passageway for fluid to pass therethrough and electrical conductors insulated from the connector passageway. The pipes are fluidly and electrically connected to the at least one fluid connector. An irrigation controller and a power source are electrically connected to the pipes.
US09468162B2
Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.
US09468161B2
A fixed spray application system generally includes tubing, one or more spray heads, one or more brackets, one or more connectors and one or more fluid reservoirs. One or more of the spray heads may be suspended from a tube below one of the connectors and below one of the reservoirs. A tube may extend from below one of the reservoirs to another spray head supported by one of the brackets. In use, the system may be suspended from trellis wires in an agricultural field. Water, pesticides or other liquids are supplied to the system through the tubing. The size of the reservoirs and the volume of tubing can be selected to hold the desired amount of liquid for a given application. After the system is primed with liquid, the tubing is connected to a source of pressurized air. The air is supplied to the system at a sufficient pressure so as to force the liquid from the system through the spray heads.
US09468155B2
A planting wall container structure includes a container main body and a planting panel. When the stem of a plant is inserted through any one of hole sealing portions of the planting panel to pass a through hole, a central aperture will be enlarged and clip pieces will be deformed to retain the stem of the plant. Plants can be inserted through the hole sealing portions to enter a soil accommodation room of the container main body. The soil accommodation room is filled with planting soil and poured with water for planting the plants on a front wall board. The water poured into the soil accommodation room is first stored in an upper water storage trough, and then the excess water flows to a lower storage trough guided by a liquid pass space to form multi-stage water storage before the water is drained through a drain hole.
US09468154B2
A tower planter growth arrangement comprising towers (2) allowing plant/crop production to be commercially competitive with commonly-used field cultivation for selected crops and ornamental plants. It has risers (12) of different lengths that permit a variable number of growing pots (4) in stacked array on a center support pipe (6), a new pot (4) design configured for improved drainage and reduced shipping damage, modified tower rotation plates (8) adapted to accommodate the new pot (4) drainage design, optional protective sleeves (20) for pots (4) that extend their useful life, an optional ground pot (18) that can collect excess water/nutrient drip for growing bonus plants/crops, an optional weighted support pot (52), an optional overhead nutrient distribution system (24), optional internal ground supports/stakes (14), optional support plates (10), and optional use of a nutrient distribution pot (22) above the top growing pot (4) in each tower (2). Applications include, but are not limited to, home and commercial use for growing a wide variety of crops and ornamental plants.
US09468153B2
A system for evaluating the phytotoxicity and/or injury of plants is described. Plants are planted in row sections and a cart is used to pass a radiometric sensor over the row sections. The cart has a radiometric sensor assembly positioned above the row section. Each sensor assembly generates a data signal and a computer receives and stores the data signals. The field cart is positioned above the row sections and measures the existence of plants in the row section and the quantity of vegetation in the row section. Related methods area also described.
US09468149B2
A baler includes a frame, a pickup mechanism, and a pre-compression chamber coupled to the frame rearward of the pickup mechanism. A material flow is defined at least between the pickup mechanism and pre-compression chamber. The baler includes a feeder system coupled to the frame along the material flow path and between the pickup mechanism and the pre-compression chamber. The feeder system includes a feeding mechanism for transferring crop received from the pickup mechanism to the pre-compression chamber. The feeding system includes a floor assembly and knife system. The floor assembly is pivotably coupled to the frame about a pivot to move between a raised position and a lowered position. The pivot is located rearward of the pickup mechanism and feeding mechanism such that the floor assembly and knife system pivot from the raised position to the lowered position in a direction downwardly and towards a rear of the baler.
US09468143B2
A cutting blade for a hand-guided trimmer with a drive motor has a disk-shaped base member with cutting teeth disposed about a circumference of the base member. The base member has a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The cutting teeth each have a tooth face edge, the tooth face edge leading in driving direction of the cutting blade and extending radially, and a tooth back edge extending in the circumferential direction. The tooth face edge and the tooth back edge of the cutting teeth are alternatingly ground on the first face or the second face in the circumferential direction and define together a common cutting tip that is leading in the drive direction. Several of the cutting tips of the cutting teeth that are sequentially arranged in the circumferential direction are positioned in a common plane.
US09474188B2
Present thermal solutions to conduct heat from pluggable optical modules into heat sinks use a metal heat sink attached with a spring clip. The interface between the pluggable module and the heat sink is simple metal-on-metal contact, which is inherently a poor thermal interface and limits heat dissipation from the optical module. Heat dissipation from pluggable optical modules is enhanced by the application of thermally conductive fibers, such as an advanced carbon nanotube velvet. The solution improves heat dissipation while preserving the removable nature of the optical modules.
US09474186B2
A method is provided for dissipating heat from a rack. The method includes: disposing a coolant-cooled heat exchanger within the rack, and providing a coolant control apparatus. The coolant control apparatus includes at least one coolant recirculation conduit coupled in fluid communication between a facility coolant supply and return, wherein the facility coolant supply and return facilitate providing facility coolant to the heat exchanger. The control apparatus further includes a coolant pump(s) associated with the recirculation conduit(s) and a controller which monitors a temperature of facility coolant supplied to the heat exchanger, and redirects facility coolant, via the coolant recirculation conduit(s) and coolant pump(s), from the facility coolant return to the facility coolant supply to, at least in part, ensure that facility coolant supplied to the heat exchanger remains above a dew point temperature.
US09474183B2
A chassis with distributed jet cooling is provided. The chassis includes one or more sidewalls defining a volume configured to substantially surround one or more heat generating components positioned within the volume. The chassis further includes at least one array of fins thermally coupled to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls and at least one synthetic jet assembly comprising a multi-orifice synthetic jet or a number of single orifice synthetic jets disposed on a side of a respective one of the array(s) of fins. The chassis further includes at least one attachment means for attaching a respective one of the at least one synthetic jet assemblies to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls.
US09474165B2
The present invention provides a substrate delivery device and a strong acid or strong base etching adequate for a wet process. The substrate delivery device comprises: a plurality of first delivery rollers (2) parallel to one another in an etching chamber (1), a plurality of second delivery rollers (4) parallel to one another in a cleaning chamber (3) and a carrier (5) employed for carrying a substrate (100); the carrier (5) comprises two first side frames (51) located along a direction of delivering the substrate (100), two second side frames (53) connected to ends of the two first side frames (51), a plurality of first and second connection parts (55, 57) which are intercrossing and orthogonal in an area surrounded by the two first side frames (51) and the two second side frames (53) and a plurality of supports (59) at joins of the plurality of first and second connection parts (55, 57); the plurality of first and second connection parts (55, 57) are intercrossing and orthogonal with one another to form a plurality of hollow parts (52); the substrate (100) is located on the carrier (5).
US09474159B2
Provided is a component-embedded board. The board includes: a first base including first substrate incorporating a first electric component and first electrode provided on a first face of the substrate and electrically connected to the electric component; a second electronic component fixed on the first face with a first adhesion portion therebetween; a second base including second substrate in which the second electronic component is embedded and second electrode exposed at a first face of the second substrate; a second adhesion portion arranged between the first and second bases; a third base including third substrate and third electrode exposed at a first face of the third substrate; and a third adhesion portion arranged between the second and third bases. The first, second and third electrodes are electrically connected to the second electronic component, and the second electronic component is surrounded, at least, by the first and third adhesion portions.
US09474156B2
Non-rectangular or rectangular interposers for space efficient, reliable to manufacture, high speed interconnections between two printed circuit boards, such as a motherboard and a mating board. One example provides space efficiency with a non-rectangular interposer, where the interposer may be at least approximately circular. Reliable manufacturing may be provided by the inclusion of one or more openings to accept one or more alignment features. In one example, a first opening is provided to accept a threaded boss, which may be used to fasten the two printed circuit boards and interposer together. In another example, a second opening may be provided to accept an alignment post, wherein the post aligns the interposer to the two printed circuit boards. Contacts may be provided on each side to mate with contacts on each of the two printed circuit boards.
US09474154B2
A system embodiment may include a first flexible substrate with a first number of conductors, the first flexible substrate configured to be mechanically flexed. The system may further include a surface mounted device (SMD) mounted on the first flexible substrate and connected to at least some of the first number of conductors, and a first board-to-board connector element connected to at least some of the first number of conductors on a first side of the substrate. The first board-to-board connector element is configured to mechanically connect to a second board-to-board connector element on a second flexible substrate and to electrically connect at least some of the first number of conductors in the first flexible substrate to at least some conductors in the second flexible substrate. The system may further include a stiffener board connected by solder to a second side of the first flexible substrate opposite the board-to-board connector element.
US09474150B2
A tunable filter design. The filter is implemented using transmission line sections as inductive and capacitive components. At least one capacitive component is a tunable capacitor. In some implementations, the tunable capacitor may be an interdigitated array of finger elements arranged so that the spacing between fingers may be adjusted. The design has a number of advantages including high capacitance for a given circuit area, small area for a given desired capacitance, mechanical stability, high self resonance frequency, and high quality factor.
US09474140B2
Disclosed are methods and systems of producing plasma from a polar liquid under relatively benign conditions of temperature and pressure, by providing at least one dielectric medium in contact with the polar liquid, such that an interface forms between the liquid and the medium; and creating an electric potential across the interface to produce plasma from the polar liquid inside the dielectric medium. The plasma may be used to convert hydrocarbons into useful products or intermediates.
US09474132B1
A light control device and system and a method of light control are disclosed. The light control system includes an editing device and a light control device. The editing device includes an editing module, a screen, and a wireless communication module. The editing module includes an editing interface including an input block. The screen displays the editing interface. When the input block is activated, the editing module records the time of the activation of the input block in a light control pattern. The wireless communication module receives the light control pattern for transmission. The light control device includes a network module and a control module. The network module receives the light control pattern via wireless communication protocol. The control module generates a set of light control commands in accordance with the light control pattern and outputs the set of light control commands for controlling one or more lighting device.
US09474129B2
A behavior management system includes a lighting system formed of a light source, a first detector, a second detector, a controller, a storage device and an output device. The light source is configured to light a display space for displaying articles and a passage space facing the display space. The first detector is configured to detect human presence or absence in the passage space. The second detector is configured to detect whether a human passes through or stops in the passage space. The controller is configured to control the light source based on detection results by the first and second detectors. The storage device is configured to store histories of detection results by the first and second detectors. The output device is configured to supply an external management device with histories of detection results by the first and second detectors stored in the storage device.
US09474123B2
A system to reduce power consumption in a lighting fixture having one or more lamps is provided. The device includes a relay control module, a load control sensor, and a secondary light source. In certain embodiments, the invention includes a power supply to power the secondary light source. In a particularly useful embodiment, the system is retrofitted to standard fluorescent lighting fixtures and uses one or more light emitting diodes as the secondary light source. The system reduces the overall power consumption and attendant lighting costs by substituting a more energy efficient secondary lighting for the main lighting at times when full lighting is not necessary or desired.
US09474121B2
A device (220) implements a method (600) of controlling dimming of a light emitting diode (LED) light source (230) by: receiving a phase-cut dimming signal (105) produced from an AC line voltage (15), ascertaining the peak voltage level (109) of the AC line voltage (15); ascertaining the present value of a phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal, employing the peak voltage level of the AC line voltage to ascertain the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal, ascertaining the phase-cut angle (107) of the phase-cut dimming signal from the present value of the phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal and the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal; and controlling the dimming of the LED light source in response to the phase-cut angle.
US09474118B2
The invention comprises a dimming switch for use with a string of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The dimming switch comprises a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) driven in a cascode scheme. The dimming switch also comprises circuitry to offset the current that drives the base of the BJT to provide a controlled amount of current to the LEDs when the dimming input signal is high.
US09474116B2
An illumination device, system, and method are disclosed. The illumination system includes a first set of light sources and a second set of light sources, driven by a first driver and second driver, respectively. The system further includes a dimming control system that implemented dimming control logic. The dimming control logic coordinates the operation of the first and second drivers such that the first and second sets of light sources are activated and deactivated so as to achieve substantially constant color temperature during dimming operations.
US09474114B2
The lighting device according to the present invention is used for lighting a light source device. The light source device includes a light source unit connected between first and second power supply terminals and a first impedance device which has an impedance associated with an electric property of the light source unit and is connected to the second power supply terminal. The lighting device performs a first process and a second process. In the first process, the lighting device obtains a measurement indicative of the impedance by supplying power to the first impedance device via the second power supply terminal while prohibiting output of DC power for lighting, and determine an operating condition based on the measurement. In the second process, the lighting device operates so that the DC power for lighting satisfies the operating condition.
US09474099B2
“Smart” connectors with embedded processors, measurement circuits and control circuits are disclosed for establishing a “contactless” radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) Extremely High Frequency (EHF) communications link between two electronic devices having host systems. The connectors are capable of monitoring, controlling, and directing (managing) link operation to dynamically adapt to conditions, as well as monitoring and altering (or modifying) data passing through the connector, and selecting a protocol suitable for a communications session. The connectors are capable of identifying the type of content being transferred, providing authentication and security services, and enabling application support for the host systems based on the type of connection or the type of content. The connectors may operate independently of the host systems, and may perform at least one of sensing proximity of a nearby object; detecting a shape of a nearby object; and detecting vibrations.
US09474098B2
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing a radio link failure (RLF), to provide an RLF processing solution in a scenario where a user equipment (UE) aggregates cell resources of multiple evolved Node Bs (eNBs). The method for processing an RLF provided in the present application comprises: in a scenario where a UE aggregates cell resources of multiple eNBs, a local eNB (LeNB) determining that an RLF occurs on the UE; and the LeNB stopping data transmission of a radio bearer (RB) related to the RLF, and notifying a Macro eNB of related information of the RLF.
US09474095B2
Systems, methods, and devices for distributed device-to-device (D2D) setup are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) includes a parameter component, a standardization component, an identifier component, and a D2D session component. The parameter component is configured to determine input parameters corresponding to the UE or a user of the UE based on one or more D2D communication rules. The input parameters include a first set of input parameters having non-standardized data and a second set of input parameters having pre-standardized data. The standardization component is configured to standardize the non-standardized data of the first set of parameters to create UE standardized data. The identifier component is configured to generate a session identifier using the UE standardized data and the pre-standardized data as input in a predefined algorithm. The D2D session component is configured to cause the UE to communicate in a D2D cluster corresponding to the session identifier.
US09474088B2
A method, apparatus and computer program facilitate the assignment of stations to slots of a restricted access window (RAW) to support communications between the stations and an access point. In a method for use in an access point, a broadcast message is caused to be provided to the station(s). The broadcast message includes an indication of a type of stations to access the RAW and one or more of a duration of the slot(s) in the RAW allocated to a first type of station, a duration of the RAW allocated to the first type of station, a duration of the slot(s) in the RAW allocated to a second type of station or a duration of the RAW allocated to the second type of station. The method also provides for access for one or more stations of the type that was indicated within the slots of the RAW.
US09474075B2
A system and method for operation mode adaptation is operable by a network entity that determines channel conditions between the network entity and a second network entity. The network entity determines its hardware constraints and power consumption requirements. The network entity balances data throughput with power consumption for the network entity by selecting a hardware allocation, based at least in part on the channel conditions, the hardware constraints, and the power consumption requirements. In some implementations, the network entity balances data throughput with power consumption for the network entity by selecting an operation mode, based at least in part on the channel conditions, the hardware constraints, and the power consumption requirements.
US09474073B2
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, method for wireless communication includes receiving an assignment of a frequency bandwidth for an uplink transmission of a station. The method further includes determining whether a portion of the assigned frequency bandwidth is unavailable for the uplink transmission. The method further includes selectively transmitting the uplink transmission based on whether the portion of the assigned frequency bandwidth is unavailable.
US09474069B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for machine-to-machine communication are provided. A device receives a request from a requestor. The request requests the device to transmit information to the requestor according to a primary time duration. The device determines at least one secondary time duration within the primary time duration for transmitting the information to the requestor and schedules a transmission time within the at least one secondary time duration to transmit the information to the requestor in response to the request. The scheduling is based on additional information known to the device. A requestor determines a time duration for communicating with at least one device, transmits a request to the at least one device to transmit information to the requestor according to the time duration, and receives in response to the request the information from the at least one device within the time duration.
US09474062B2
A method for receiving downlink channels from a base station (BS) at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Control information is detected by monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH). A broadcast channel or a downlink shared channel is received based on the control information. The PDCCH is monitored on subframes configured for the broadcast channel. The EPDCCH is not monitored on the subframes configured for the broadcast channel.
US09474060B2
A method of transmitting scheduling information in time-division-duplex (TDD) system is provided. The method comprises configuring a radio frame, the radio frame comprising at least one downlink subframe and at least one uplink subframe, wherein a downlink subframe is reserved for downlink transmission and an uplink subframe is reserved for uplink transmission, and transmitting scheduling information on a downlink control channel in a downlink subframe, the scheduling information comprising an uplink indicator and uplink resource assignment, the uplink indicator indicating which at least one uplink subframe the uplink resource assignment is valid for. Data can be efficiently transmitted by using an uplink indicator which indicates a specific location of a subframe.
US09474057B2
A method is provided for transmitting control information from a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) are received on a primary cell and a secondary cell configured for the user equipment. Acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedbacks for the received PDSCHs are transmitted using two physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to a respective one of two antenna ports configured for the user equipment. The two PUCCH resources are used to transmit the same ACK/NACK state.
US09474055B2
A method for allocating resources for a scheduling request indicator (SRI) is disclosed. An SRI cycle period for use by user equipment (UE) within a cell is transmitted from a NodeB in a cell to UE within the cell. The NodeB transmits a specific SRI subframe offset and an index value to the particular UE within the cell. The specific SRI subframe offset and the index value enable the UE to determine a unique combination of cyclic shift, RS orthogonal cover, data orthogonal cover, and resource block number for the UE to use as a unique physical resource for an SRI in the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).
US09474052B2
A method is provided that includes receiving, at a serving gateway, an uplink data packet from a UE and caching information regarding the uplink packet on a per UE basis. The method also includes receiving a downlink packet destined for the UE when the serving gateway is unaware of any bearer connection being established for sending the packet to the UE. The method further includes determining whether the downlink packet is in response to an uplink data packet recently sent by the UE prior to receiving from an MME a notification at the serving gateway that a bearer connection is established for the UE to receive the downlink packet. The method also includes buffering the downlink packet until a bearer connection is established when the downlink packet is determined to be in response to an uplink packet.
US09474044B2
Systems and methods for hybrid call setup in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A page is sent on a first network informing a target device of a pending communication on a second network. The page also informs the target device a short data burst (SDB) will be sent on the first network. The short data burst (SDB) is sent on the first network containing setup information regarding the pending communication on the second network.
US09474043B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for providing notifications based on third party data. In an aspect, a method includes receiving data responsive to a selection of an action trigger prompt at a user device, wherein: the action trigger prompt is rendered at the user device with a resource and displayed with the resource in an initial state, and upon selection of the action trigger prompt the user device displays an action trigger menu that facilitates the input of a plurality of parameter values for an event; and the received data specifies a user defined event and an action associated with the user defined event and to be taken in response to the occurrence of the user defined event; and storing the data specifying the user defined event and the action to be take in response to the occurrence of the user defined event in an action trigger data store.
US09474039B2
A system for (a) determining a first direction from a first device toward a second device based on a first set of WiFi® wireless signals received by at least one antenna of the first device from the second device, (b) determining a second direction from a third device toward the second device based on a second set of WiFi® wireless signals received by at least one antenna of the third device from the second device, and (c) based at least on a first location of the first device, the first direction from the first device toward the second device, a second location of the third device, and the second direction from the third device toward the second device: determining a third location of the second device.
US09474031B1
A method for performing foreign object detection in an inductive wireless power transfer system is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves obtaining measurements from a base station of a wireless power transfer system during charging and determining transmitter energy loss in a power transmitter, Ptxloss, using the obtained measurements, wherein the transmitter energy loss, Ptxloss, is a function of at least Vcap and PTx, wherein Vcap is proportional to the voltage amplitude across the capacitor of an LC tank circuit in a power transmitter and PTx is the total power supplied to the power transmitter. The method also involves detecting the presence of a foreign object in response to the estimated transmitter energy loss.
US09474030B2
A method is disclosed for use in a heterogeneous telecommunications system of the kind comprising a macro base station and a low-power base station, the low-power base station having a coverage which is extendible by range expansion, RE, to serve a user equipment which would otherwise have been served by the macro base station. According to the method, which is performed in either of the macro base station or the low-power base station, information about radio conditions of the user equipment at least with respect to the macro base station is obtained (310). Based on the obtained information, it is determined (320) whether a criterion for conditional range expansion is satisfied, said criterion being related to the uplink transmission power of the user equipment to the macro base station. Accordingly, range expansion is applied (330) for the user equipment only when the criterion is satisfied. A corresponding base station, telecommunications system and computer readable storage medium are also disclosed.
US09474028B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of transmitting data using at least one of a plurality of wireless accesses by a user equipment (UE), the plurality of wireless accesses including at least a first wireless access and a second wireless access. The method includes establishing connections with the first and second wireless accesses, respectively, determining a first power consumption to transmit a unit of data using the first wireless access, determining a second power consumption to transmit the unit of data using the second wireless access, allocating data to the first and second wireless accesses based on the determined first and second power consumptions and transmitting the data using at least one of the first and second wireless accesses based on the allocating.
US09474027B2
A method of internally heating a power supply of an electronic device in reduced temperatures is provided. The method comprises positioning an antenna of the electronic device proximate to the power supply and receiving a “temperature” signal that is a function of a temperature of the power supply. When it is determined that the temperature is within a reduced operating-temperature range, the temperature is elevated and the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the power supply is correspondingly reduced by actively sending current through the antenna. The “current sending” operation is reduced when the temperature of the portable electronic device is outside the reduced operating-temperature range.
US09474024B2
According to a mobile communication apparatus, an external apparatus location storage processor stores an external apparatus location acquired by an external apparatus location acquisition processor. A wireless communication switching processor switches a wireless communication function from OFF state to ON state if the distance between a mobile communication apparatus location acquired by a mobile communication apparatus location acquisition processor and the external apparatus location stored by the external apparatus location storage processor is shorter than a predetermined distance, and switches the wireless communication function from ON state to OFF state if the distance is longer than the predetermined distance.
US09474018B2
A smart RAN for wireless distributed cloud computing with a UE, the RAN in communication with a Wi-Fi network, an LTE network and a 3G network. The RAN includes a network interface unit that communicates with the Wi-Fi, LTE in 3G networks. The RAN includes a processing unit which chooses which of the Wi-Fi, LTE and 3G networks to use to send and receive data at a given time based on loading condition of each radio access network technology, user's application/service requirements and user's policy. A method for sending and receiving data of a smart RAN for wireless distributed cloud computing with an UE and the RAN that is simultaneously in communication with a Wi-Fi network, an LTE network and a 3G network.
US09474016B2
The present application relates to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver and a method of operating the receiver for performing a cell search. A coarse correlator block is provided to detect one cell out of a by plurality of wireless communication cells by determining first correlation metric values by applying a partial correlation comprising part-wise correlating sample data with each one of a first set of phase-rotated reference sequences and non-coherent combining. The maximum of the first correlation values yields to a cell identifier value. A fine correlator block is provided to estimate a fine time offset value for the one wireless communication cell by determining second correlation values by applying a correlation comprising correlating the he sample data with each one of a second set of phase-rotated reference sequences. The maximum of the second correlation values value yields to a fine time offset.
US09474015B2
A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching. Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, anode to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.
US09474014B2
A mobile radio communication terminal device may include at least one circuit configured to perform a method of processing received digitized signals, the method including determining a plurality of cross-correlation coefficients for the received digitized signal. Each of the plurality of cross-correlation coefficients may be determined by cross-correlating the received digitized signal with a respective candidate mobile radio local reference signal out of a plurality of pre-stored candidate mobile radio local reference signals. The at least one circuit may be further configured to select one or more cross-correlation coefficients from the determined plurality of cross-correlation coefficients and perform a mobile radio cell scan based on one or more of the selected cross-correlation coefficients, thereby determining a mobile radio communication network to connect to.
US09474010B2
A method is implemented by a node in a wireless communication system (10). The method includes obtaining (110) the results of one or more first radio measurements performed on one or more first radio signals transmitted or received by geographically separated transmission points, TPs, (20) of a shared cell. The method also includes determining (120), using the obtained results and from among the TPs (20) that transmit second radio signals based on the same cell identity, the particular TP (20) that transmits the second radio signal on which a positioning measurement is performed for determining a target wireless communication device's position. The method finally entails using (130) information related to the determined TP (20) to perform one or more positioning tasks.
US09474009B2
A method and apparatus for association in a mesh network may be disclosed. A method in a new node may include performing a discovery procedure with a plurality of peer nodes in the mesh network, initiating a temporary association procedure with each peer node, selecting a set of peer nodes from the plurality of peer nodes based on a selection algorithm at least based on a signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR) with each peer node and an interference impact of each peer node, and performing a final association with the selected set of peer nodes.
US09474007B2
Provided is an interested service-based cell reselection method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises checking that access to the current cell is blocked, determining whether the condition for receiving an interested service is satisfied, and selecting, if the condition for receiving an interested service is satisfied, the cell on the same frequency as the frequency of the current cell.
US09474003B2
The method and device proposed by the present invention, in a carrier situation having a UE consisting of a plurality serving cells, change a serving cell used in transmitting uplink control information from a specific serving cell to a different serving cell under the control of a BS or the control of a UE. The present invention enables a faster and more flexible transmission/reception of the UL control information.
US09473982B2
A method for communication, includes communicating over the air with user equipment (UE) (304, 305) in a frequency domain duplexing (FDD) mode, which defines a downlink channel comprising a first set of time frequency resources in a first frequency range and an uplink channel comprising a second set of time-frequency resources, comprising multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) in multiple time periods, in a second frequency range, which has two channel edges and is disjoint from the first frequency range. An excess capacity is identified in the uplink channel, and at a least a portion of the excess capacity is allocated for downlink communication by assigning a subset of the time-frequency resources in the second frequency range to the downlink communication, wherein the subset does not comprise at least the PRBs at both of the channel edges in at least one of the time periods. The method includes communicating over the air with at least one UE by transmitting downlink information using the assigned subset of the time-frequency resources in the second frequency range.
US09473978B2
There is provided a method comprising: causing a station capable of communication in a wireless network to acquire knowledge of a medium usage indicator with respect to at least one channel applicable for transmission of a scanning request; and determining a transmission time for a next scanning request at least partly based on the medium usage indicator.
US09473977B2
Systems, methods, and devices for accessing a service of a wireless carrier network through a wireless local area network (WLAN) are described. A method includes selecting one or more traffic management parameters associated with the WLAN based at least in part on one or more quality of service (QoS) parameters associated with the service of the wireless carrier network being accessed. The method further includes transmitting packets over the WLAN using the selected one or more traffic management parameters associated with the WLAN when a user equipment accesses the service of the wireless carrier network through the WLAN. The user equipment enforces the selected one or more traffic management parameters for communications to the wireless carrier network. An access point enforces the selected one or more traffic management parameters for communications to the user equipment.
US09473967B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. An apparatus, e.g., user equipment (UE), receives a reporting requirement for one or more Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) physical layer parameters. The UE obtains the one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters including at least one parameter corresponding to a reference signal, and creates a report based on the obtained one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters. The UE may obtain the one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters using user-plane or control-plane based mechanisms. The user-plane mechanism involves the use of a modified version of the reporting mechanism for Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics. The control-plane mechanism involves the use of a modified version of the reporting mechanism for the Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) metrics.
US09473963B2
A system and method for evaluating the interactivity of RF devices in a virtual RF environment having selective virtual spectrum users remotely controlled by a web browser, where the virtual spectrum users have selectable interactivity parameters, and the virtual RF spectrum can be selectively changed, and the performance of the virtual spectrum users is evaluated and assigned scores as a function of the evaluation to determine which virtual spectrum user receives the highest amount of points.
US09473955B2
The present invention provides a method and a base station for power determination. The method comprises obtaining an optimal number of sub-carriers occupied by each user equipment, an optimal number of radio frequency links enabled by a base station and an optimal transmitting power of the base station by optimizing the number of the sub-carriers occupied by each user equipment, the number of the radio frequency links enabled by the base station and the transmitting power of the base station with an optimization condition that throughput of each user equipment is not smaller than a throughput threshold and an optimization goal of minimizing total power consumption of the base station; and determining the total power consumption of the base station according to the optimal number of the sub-carriers occupied by each user equipment, the optimal number of the radio frequency links enabled by the base station.
US09473954B2
A method of evaluating and diagnosing performance of an operating wireless sensor network without disturbing or burdening the network is disclosed. The operating wireless sensor network includes a plurality of operational nodes. A system, which comprises a plurality of detecting nodes and a performance evaluation and diagnosis platform, is provided in order to implement the present method. After time synchronization, the detecting node is connected with an operational node. After the detecting node estimates MAC or network layer address of its corresponding operational node, it will capture any transmission of or around the operational node, and upload captured packets to the evaluation and diagnosis platform. The evaluation and diagnosis platform produce a report by analyzing the acquired information from all detecting nodes.
US09473953B2
Apparatus and method may include a control center system operable to enable remote control of wireless handheld devices based upon the establishment of dedicated communication channels with the wireless device and employing communication protocols to facilitate display capture, key and touch input simulation, and collect device parameters to analyze and compare with pre-defined parameters and generate a standards deviation report viewable by an authorized user.
US09473949B2
Multiple access wireless communication networks/infrastructures are virtualized in telecommunications environments. A system replicates a cell identifier associated with a macro base station device to create a virtual base station device presence for a set of network devices included in the multiple access wireless communication network and thereafter facilitates communication with the multiple access wireless communication network, the set of network devices, and a mobile device through the created virtual base station presence.
US09473943B2
Apparatus and methods for managing and sharing data across multiple access control clients in devices. In one embodiment, the access control clients comprise electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) disposed on an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC). Each eSIM contains its own data. An Advanced Subscriber Identity Toolkit application maintained within the eUICC facilitates managing and sharing multiple eSIMs' data for various purposes such as sharing phonebook contacts or facilitating automatic switch-over between the multiple eSIMs (such as based on user context).
US09473936B2
A method for protecting privacy information in a mobile terminal, including: granting, by the mobile terminal, user access according to an operation of a user, the granted access corresponding to the operation; enabling, by the mobile terminal, a protection mechanism set for the privacy information to be effective if the granted access does not include access to the privacy information; and disabling, by the mobile terminal, the protection mechanism set for the privacy information to be ineffective if the granted access includes access to the privacy information.
US09473934B2
A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data.
US09473933B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, after a macro base station judges to switch a user plane bearer of user equipment, according to a differentiating parameter of a target base station and a temporary key shared by the macro base station and the user equipment, the macro base station generates a key used for the communication between the target base station and the user equipment; and the macro base station sends the differentiating parameter to the user equipment so as to enable the user equipment to generate a key used for the communication between the user equipment and the target base station according to the differentiating parameter and the temporary key shared by the macro base station and the user equipment.
US09473928B2
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for controlling local breakout using a policy infrastructure. The system includes a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) configured to receive an admission request associated with a subscriber from an evolved node B (eNode B) and, in response to the admission request, to install a subscriber-specific policy on the eNode B for implementing local breakout at the eNode B for the subscriber.
US09473925B2
A seamless solution transparently addresses the characteristics of nomadic systems, and enables existing network applications to run reliably in mobile environments. A Mobility Management Server coupled to the mobile network maintains the state of each of any number of Mobile End Systems and handles the complex session management required to maintain persistent connections to the network and to other peer processes. If a Mobile End System becomes unreachable, suspends, or changes network address (e.g., due to roaming from one network interconnect to another), the Mobility Management Server maintains the connection to the associated peer task—allowing the Mobile End System to maintain a continuous connection even though it may temporarily lose contact with its network medium. An interface-based listener uses network point of attachment information supplied by a network interface to determine roaming conditions and to efficiently reestablish connection upon roaming. The Mobility Management Server can distribute lists to Mobile End Systems specifying how to contact it over disjoint networks.
US09473918B2
The invention comprises an integrated and distributed wildfire fighting system used in gathering information related to firefighting resources, developing a strategic plan, and/or communicating directions to and/or between resources. Communicators linked to positions of natural resources, personnel, and/or equipment are used to communicate identification, position, capability, and/or status of individual resources to a main controller via satellite and/or aircraft. The communicators additionally facilitate communication between personnel, teams of personnel, levels in a firefighting hierarchy, and/or with automated equipment. Further, drop ball communicators are used to transmit localized information, such as weather, a fire-retardant drop request, and/or a call for emergency aid to nearby resources, an aircraft, and/or to a main controller.
US09473909B2
Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. An illustrative messaging system includes a processor and a content database storing video content and/or other content, and a user database that stores an identifier corresponding to a telecommunications carrier associated with a user mobile phone, and an indicator indicating the messaging capability of the mobile phone of the user. Code is stored in memory that is configured to provide for display on a terminal a faun via which a user can view a plurality of videos from the content database, select a video to be sent as a message, and specify a recipient for the video message. The system is optionally configured to initiate the transmission of an approval request message to a terminal, such as a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user can approve the sending of the video message to the recipient by taking an action in response to the approval request.
US09473905B1
Embodiments relate to multichannel preferred device notification. A method includes receiving an electronic notification for a user and determining whether a device group including a plurality of electronic devices is defined for the user. A notification subgroup is identified that includes more than one of the electronic devices located within a predefined overlapping notification range based on determining that the device group is defined for the user. A primary device is identified from the notification subgroup based on a notification priority defined for each of the electronic devices in the notification subgroup. Generation of a notification output corresponding to the electronic notification is triggered on the primary device.
US09473904B2
A mobile device in, or at, a vehicle sends a vehicle status message to a remote host upon occurrence of a trigger event, such as turning off the vehicle's engine. The remote host processes the vehicle status message and determines whether it can access, or find, content that is associated with location information contained in the vehicle status message. If so, the remote host forwards the content in a content message to a user device, which may or may not be the device that transmitted the vehicle status message. The remote host typically associates the user device with the vehicle, or mobile device therein, from which the vehicle status message emanated. Thus, the user device receives content corresponding to the location of the vehicle when the trigger event occurred. The content may include advertising, product promotion, tourist information, weather, traffic, or other information relevant to the trigger event occurrence location.
US09473901B1
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices for precise location and projection by radio beacon signals. One such embodiment, in the form of a method that may be performed in whole on a mobile device or on a mobile device in communication with a server based system. The method includes iteratively determining an unfiltered location. The unfiltered location is determined based on at least three received beacon signals and beacon location data retrieved from a database for the beacons from which the beacon signals were received. The method then applies a triangulation algorithm to the beacon location data. The method may continue in some embodiments by then determining a filtered location based on recent unfiltered locations while disregarding unfiltered locations determined to be bad signals. A path may then be projected based on filtered and unfiltered locations.
US09473888B1
For location-based communication with mobile devices, an instruction for making a telecommunication call to a location is received at a device associated with a caller. the location is a place where different callees with different mobile devices are present at different times, and a callee is present with a mobile device at the place at a specified time therefore the call is made to the mobile device of the callee in order to call the location. A set of potential callees is identified such that each mobile device associated with each callee in set of callees is present at the location at the given time. From the device associated with the caller, the telecommunication call is initiated to mobile devices associated with a subset of potential callees, including the callee.
US09473887B2
An apparatus for wireless positioning includes a first delimitation unit configured to delimit an initial boundary for a predetermined space to divide the predetermined space into at least two areas, each area of the at least two areas comprising multiple zones, the multiple zones including a boundary zone adjacent to the initial boundary; a detection unit configured to detect signal feature values of respective wireless access points in the boundary zone and determine an identifier set of the detected wireless access points; and a second delimitation unit configured to re-determine the boundaries of the at least two areas for the wireless positioning based on the detection results in the boundary zone. With the method and apparatus of embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the positioning calculation time while maintaining high positioning accuracy.
US09473876B2
Various embodiments are described herein for a multiformat communication protocol that may be used to tunnel messages suitable for a second communication protocol. The multiformat communication protocol may be used by an intermediate device to couple a bus that communicates according to the multiformat communication protocol with a bus that communicates according to the second communication protocol.
US09473874B2
A distribution apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: storing information of at least one of a device that is available in a predetermined location and an application for controlling the device in a storage unit; distributing the application to a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is detected in the predetermined location.
US09473871B1
System and methods are provided for audio management. Initial head-related transfer function (HRTF) parameters indicating an initial virtual configuration of a plurality of audio sources are determined. A first user operation is detected through a user interface. Target HRTF parameters are generated in response to the first user operation. A target virtual configuration of the plurality of audio sources is determined based at least in part on the target HRTF parameters.
US09473867B2
There is provided a notification control device including a determination unit configured to determine whether a sound collection unit configured to collect voice in a microphone is blocked, and a notification controller configured to cause, when it is determined that the sound collection unit of the microphone is blocked, a determination result to be reported to a user. When a voice signal indicating the voice collected by the microphone is recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways not including an auditory notification way. When the voice signal is not recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways from among one or more notification ways including the auditory notification way.
US09473864B2
Devices, methods, and systems are described herein. One device includes a speaker component to broadcast a message, a microphone component to detect a sound, an IP component to receive the message using a communication path, and a computing component to determine a source of the detected sound.
US09473863B2
Systems and methods for improving the audio quality in a living-room type of environment having multimedia equipment are described. The audio signals emanating from various speakers may be modified/altered, so as to capture audio signals with the highest signal-to-noise ratio. In the context of a video/audio call, where the positions of the microphone and speakers are generally fixed, the speaker outputs may be controlled/modified to provide an improved signal-to-noise ratio. The audio emanating from the central speaker may be subdued or eliminated to reduce significantly the problems that occur due to the audio from the center speaker being captured by the microphone, which is typically in close proximity to the center speaker. The audio may be provided to the speakers by various ways, such as HDMI, RCA, and so on.
US09473862B2
A method for providing a hearing aid, which is adapted to the individual needs of a hearing aid user, wherein hearing loss data is measured on an individual. In order to allow time and cost savings during the fitting procedure of said hearing aid and to provide a ready-to-wear hearing aid the method comprises the steps of—assessing the admissibility of the measured hearing loss by determining if said measured hearing loss data is located within a predetermined admissibility range; attributing said measured hearing loss data to one of a set of standardized profiles, wherein each standardized profile corresponds to a certain type of hearing loss generally located within said admissibility range and is associated with a set of standardized programming parameters of a hearing aid; providing a hearing aid (104, 114) which is programmed according to the set of standardized programming parameters that is associated with said attributed standardized profile.
US09473859B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for improved telecommunication for hearing instruments. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing assistance method. The method includes receiving a first signal from a first hearing assistance device, receiving a second signal from a second hearing assistance device, and processing the first signal and the second signal to produce an output signal for use in telecommunication. In various embodiments, processing the first signal and the second signal includes comparing the first signal and the second signal, and selecting one or more of the first hearing assistance device and the second hearing assistance device for use in telecommunication based on the comparison. According to various embodiments, processing the first signal and the second signal includes combining the first signal and the second signal algorithmically to produce the output signal.
US09473853B2
An acoustic unit, which is arranged for coupling with a vibration system to produce an audio sound, includes a frame, a vibration member for being reciprocatingly moved in response to the vibration system; and a resilient suspension which is provided around the vibration member and is located between the vibration member and the frame, wherein the suspension has a stretching section integrally extended from the vibration member and a cushioning section integrally extended from the stretching section to the frame. The cushioning section only allows the stretching section to displace along a direction the same as a vibration direction of the vibration member to restrict a vibrating movement of the vibration member. The acoustic unit is incorporated with an acoustic module, wherein when a loudspeaker of the acoustic module operates, the acoustic unit synchronously vibrates to provide an enhanced low frequency audio effect.
US09473852B2
A method for pre-processing a channelized music signal to improve perception and appreciation for a hearing prosthesis recipient. In one example, the channelized music signal is a stereo input signal. A device, such as a handheld device, hearing prosthesis, or audio cable, for example, applies a mask to a stereo input signal to extract a center-mixed component from the stereo signal and outputs an output signal comprised of a weighted combination of the extracted center-mixed component and a residual signal comprising a non-extracted part of the stereo input signal. The center-mixed component may contain components, such as leading vocals and/or drums, preferred by hearing prosthesis recipients relative to other components, such as backing vocals or other instruments.
US09473844B2
[Problem] To prevent sound leakage through gaps between the wearing surface side of ear pads and areas around the ears when headphones are worn and used by a user. [Solution] For headphones that have ear pads which are attached to the surfaces of housing sections, each having a built-in speaker driver for outputting an audio signal as sound, which come in contact with the ears of a listener, convex sections in the form of gradually curved surfaces are provided in the wearing surface regions of the ear pads that come in contact with an upper anterior side of the head of the listener and a lower posterior side of the head of the listener, whereby the ear pads are shaped to fit well to the areas around the ears of the user without forming any gaps when the ear pads are worn.
US09473842B2
Disclosed is an earset. The earset includes a case that forms an appearance thereof, an ear pad that is mounted in one end portion of the case and is attached to/detached from a user's ear, and a soundproof housing that is accommodated in the case and in which a speaker and a microphone are arranged in a forward/backward direction along an axial line of the ear pad.
US09473841B2
A system for directionally selective sound reception comprises an array of pressure sensors each arranged to output a pressure signal indicative of pressure, and processing means arranged to receive the pressure signals, identify a plurality of frequency components of the signals, identify at least one source direction, and identify at least one of the components as coming from the source direction. The sensor array comprises support means having two opposite sides and four sensors, at least one of the sensors being supported on each of the sides of the support means.
US09473839B2
The present invention relates to a speaker device for a television, comprising: a body having a space formed therein for accommodating the television and an open top, wherein the body serves as an enclosure when the television is lifted; an elevating means for moving the television in upward and downward directions in the body; a speaker arranged on the front surface of the body; and a support arranged beneath the main body. The space is formed in the body when the television is lifted in the body by the elevating means, and the sound provided from the speaker arranged on the front surface of the body is clean and clear as the body serves as an enclosure. The speaker device of the present invention uses the single body to accommodate the television and as an enclosure of the speaker, and therefore, the television may have a smaller thickness.
US09473837B2
The present invention discloses a sound transducer with a ventilation structure capable of securing a flow path of air introduced from within and outside of the sound transducer to the maximum. The sound transducer with a ventilation structure includes a frame, a magnetic circuit installed within the frame, a voice coil vibrating according to mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit upon receiving an electrical signal, a vibration plate vibrating according to vibrations of the voice coil to generate a sound, and a drain hole formed to be adjacent to the corner of the frame and allowing air to flow between the interior and exterior of the frame.
US09473834B2
In an optical communications network using bandwidth variable wavelength switching, routing and spectrum assignment for a traffic request for x sub-carriers of a super-channel, involves checking for an existing super-channel having sufficient potential sub-carriers not currently active. If not found, then possible paths for a new super-channel are identified and a path is selected and sub-carriers assigned. By trying first to use inactive potential sub-carriers of an existing super-channel, fewer super channels overall are needed, and thus fewer super transponders are needed. This can reduce blocking probabilities and can reduce capital costs. The search for possible paths can try to avoid or reduce overlap with spectrum of existing super channels, or compare possible paths by weighting according to amounts of overlap.
US09473829B2
Selective data encryption of a file, in particular an H.264/MPEG-4 AVC data stream. If a first unit in the data stream is to be encrypted, it is encrypted and the encryption is put into a further unit, preferably in the data stream. A substitution unit is generated and put in the place of the first unit; if necessary, at least one header value is taken from the first unit for use in the substitution unit. A decryptor receives the encrypted data stream, extracts and decrypts the further unit and replaces the substitution unit with a regenerated first unit.
