US09625958B2
An apparatus with deflectable dividers separating peripheral components is disclosed. The apparatus includes a shroud housing coupleable to a circuit board of a computer. In an installed position, the shroud housing facilitates a proper electrical connection between peripheral components and the circuit board. The apparatus also includes at least one deflectable divider that is deflectably mounted to the shroud housing. In the installed position, the at least one deflectable divider is disposed between adjacent peripheral components. The at least one deflectable divider is operably displaced away from a selected peripheral component in a displacement motion by fingers of a user during a component swap operation to allow space for the fingers of the user to grasp the selected peripheral component.
US09625945B2
A portable computer has a base, a platform and a moving assembly. The base has an accommodating space. The platform is movably situated in the accommodating space. The platform has a first position and second position relative to the base. The moving assembly situated in the base has a moving element and a guiding structure. The moving element connects with the platform and moves along the guiding structure within the accommodating space to allow the platform to move between the first position and the second position relative to the base.
US09625942B2
A method for designing a display panel. The method includes calculating, for each of a plurality of viewing locations, a difference value between a right side viewing angle of that viewing location and a left side viewing angle of that viewing location, the calculating is performed for each of a plurality of curvatures, and setting, from among the plurality of curvatures, a curvature of the curved display panel based on the difference values. Accordingly, a curved display panel which enlarges a viewing angle of a viewer than a flat display panel, increases an immersion, and decreases a distortion of a viewing angle may be realized.
US09625935B2
One embodiment is a handle supporting a users hand having a large surface for the palm, a trough for the thumb, a protrusion between the thumb and first finger and flared edges to keep the hand from sliding. A support surface is coupled to the stem of a wheelchair joystick gimbal and is biased in forward driving. A second embodiment is a wheelchair joystick movable between forward and reverse positions while maintaining the same orientation relative to the user. A supporting surface is pivotally mounted to a gimbal stem fixed to the wheelchair. The handle pivots to remain in a neutral position with movement of the joystick. A bi-directional spring biases the handle toward a neutral position. A third embodiment comprises a pivot coupled to a gimbal stem and a cup coupled to the user. The assembly is completed by placing the cup over the pivot allowing for movement therebetween.
US09625934B2
A voltage regulator comprises a ground node, a pick-off node, a regulator branch, a load branch, and a current mirror the regulator branch and the load branch are connected in parallel between the pick-off node and the ground node; the load branch comprises one or more resistive connecting lines that are connectable in series with the load to generate a load current through the load branch; the regulator branch comprises a bias node, a resistive element, and a tap node; the bias node is arranged to provide a regulated bias voltage; the resistive element is connected between the bias node and the pick-off node; and the tap node is connected between the bias node and the resistive element. The current mirror is connected to the tap node and arranged to draw a mirror current from the tap node; the mirror current having a component that is proportional to the load current.
US09625932B2
Disclosed herein are a switching mode converter and a method for controlling thereof. The switching mode converter includes a switching element, a bootstrap capacitor, and a control unit. The switching element is connected between one side of a first semiconductor device, another side of the first semiconductor device is connected to a ground, and an input power. The bootstrap capacitor is configured such that one side of the bootstrap capacitor is connected to the one side of the first semiconductor device. The control unit controls the output current or output voltage of a common charge pump provided to the switching element and the bootstrap capacitor in order to control the charging state of the bootstrap capacitor and the gate voltage of the switching element.
US09625927B2
A drive circuit of the present invention, which drives a switching device in response to a control signal, includes: a current mirror circuit including an output transistor connected to a control electrode of the switching device and a reference transistor that is connected to the output transistor in a current mirror manner and supplies a mirror current to the output transistor; and a potential change circuit that is connected to the reference transistor and changes a control potential of the output transistor from a potential during mirror operation of the current mirror circuit.
US09625917B2
A gas pressure regulator for use with gas delivery systems is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes, in one form, a body defining a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a central portion having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. An inlet is disposed proximate the distal end portion of the body, the inlet defining an inlet axis extending therethrough, and the inlet axis being offset from the longitudinal axis. A cavity is disposed within the central portion of the body, and defines an upper portion and a lower portion, the cavity centrally aligned with the longitudinal axis. The gas pressure regulator further includes a channel extending between the inlet and the cavity, and a guide disposed within the lower portion of the cavity in abutment with a bottom surface of the cavity substantially perpendicular to the lateral axis.
US09625910B2
A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, a control information calculator, a controller and a steering apparatus. The lane recognizer is configured to recognize a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving and extract road information from the recognized lane. The vehicle information collector is configured to collect vehicle information by a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. The control information calculator is configured to calculate control information for changing the lane by using the vehicle information and the road information. The controller is configured to control a yaw rate of the vehicle based on the control information upon changing the lane. The steering apparatus is configured to change a moving direction of the vehicle according to a control of the controller.
US09625905B2
A haptic feedback remote control device provides control signals to a toy device, such as a car, boat, plane, etc., to control the toy's operation. The remote control device includes a housing and at least one control for manual manipulation by the user, where control signals representing the manipulation are sent to the toy, preferably transmitted wirelessly. An actuator outputs forces on the housing and/or on a control in response to actuator signals. A controller provides the actuator signals based on the manual manipulation of the control by the user, or based on status signals from the toy indicating the toy's actions or interactions, or based on both. In one embodiment, the actuator moves an inertial mass to provide inertial sensations on the housing. The information received from the toy device can include information from a contact sensor or inertial sensor on the toy device.
US09625902B2
In a control loop, a command signal is applied to physical components to cause movement of the physical components. The position of the physical components is detected and used to generate subsequent command signals. In an implementation, an integrity detection system causes an excitation signal to be injected onto the command signal to cause movement of the physical components at an excitation frequency. This movement is detected in the physical system control loop and isolated by the integrity detection system. If the integrity detection system fails to detect energy in the excitation frequency band, a failure of at least one component of the control system is inferred.
US09625892B2
A system and method for monitoring device calibration. The system includes an asset management computer communicatively coupled to field devices. The asset management computer includes a processor connected to a memory device storing a field device drift identifying (FDDI) program. The FDDI program causes the asset management computer to statistically determine at least one process control limit from historical parameter data received from each of the field devices. The system continuously samples current parameter data received from each of the field devices and compares the current parameter data to respective ones of the process control limits for each of the field devices to determine whenever any of the current parameter data is outside the process control limit for identifying a first device drift for a first field device. Responsive to identifying the first device drift, an alert is generated that the first field device needs calibration.
US09625890B2
In one example a controller comprises logic, at least partially including hardware logic, configured to define a control relationship between a first control loop associated with a first heat source and a second control loop associated with a second heat source and enforce the control relationship during throttling operations of the first heat source and the second heat source. Other examples may be described.
US09625875B2
A developing cartridge includes: a housing having first and second sidewalls through which respective end portions of a developing roller shaft are rotatably inserted; a developing gear, which is arranged outside of the first sidewall, and which is fixed to the end portion of the developing roller shaft; a transmission gear, which is arranged outside of the first sidewall, and which transmits driving force to the developing gear; a first cover member, which is attached to the first sidewall, and which covers the transmission gear; and a second cover member, which is attached to the first sidewall, and which covers the developing gear from an outer side in the axis line direction. The second cover member is formed separately from the first cover member and is arranged side by side with the first cover member outside of the first sidewall.
US09625874B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with the image carriers, the developing cartridges configured to be attached to and removed from the process unit, each of the developing cartridges including a corresponding developer carrier, each of the developing cartridges being configured to supply developer to a corresponding image carrier; and a pressing mechanism provided in the main body, the pressing mechanism configured to press the developing cartridges, when attached to the process unit, in a direction that the developer carriers contact the image carriers.
US09625869B2
An image forming apparatus having: an image supporting member; an electrostatic latent image forming section; and a developing device. In the developing device, a supply member receives toner, polish and antifriction at a supply part. The supply member supplies the toner, the polish and the antifriction to a developing roller while conveying the toner, the polish and the antifriction in a predetermined direction along a rotation axis of the image supporting member. A developing roller develops an electrostatic latent image by supplying the toner, the polish and the antifriction to the image supporting member. A toner patch is formed on the image supporting member, in a facing area capable of facing the developing roller, such that the amount of toner adhering to the image supporting member decreases with increasing distance in the predetermined direction from the supply part. A cleaner removes the toner patch from the image supporting member.
US09625866B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container detachably attachable to the apparatus body and accommodating recording media therein, an image forming part to form an image on each of the recording media, a sheet separating part to separate the recording media one by one, feed the recording medium toward the image forming part, and include a sheet feeding body and a sheet separating body to rotate in contact with the sheet feeding body and form a sheet separation nip region with the sheet feeding body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, and a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein. The sheet container being pulled out from the apparatus body by moving from the sheet containing unit to the sheet separating body storing unit.
US09625853B2
A developing roller configured to carry developer and extending in an axial direction includes: a hollow cylindrical rubber portion; and a shaft. The hollow cylindrical rubber portion has axial end faces. The shaft extends through the hollow cylindrical rubber portion and has a shaft portion positioned inward of the axial end faces of the hollow cylindrical rubber portion in the axial direction. The shaft portion has an axially middle portion and axial end portions positioned outward of the axially middle portion in the axial direction. The axially middle portion has an outer diameter smaller than that of each of the axial end portions.
US09625850B2
A multifunction peripheral includes a transfer belt, a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, a primary transfer roller, a secondary transfer roller, a developing bias application unit, a charging bias application unit, and a control unit. The control unit performs control such that a first developing bias that is applied to a first developing roller by the developing bias application unit and a a second developing bias that is applied to a second developing roller by the developing bias application unit have opposite phases.
US09625845B2
The present invention provides a compound capable of improving the dispersibility of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black pigments in a water-insoluble solvent and a pigment-dispersing agent. The present invention also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, which have satisfactory tinting strength. The present invention relates to a compound having a structure in which an azo skeleton structure is bound to a polymer portion via a linking group in the azo skeleton structure.
US09625835B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam through an opening and onto a target portion of the substrate, and a conduit having an outlet in the opening. The conduit is configured to deliver gas to the opening. The lithographic apparatus includes a temperature control apparatus disposed in a space between the projection system and the substrate table. The temperature control device is configured to control the temperature of the gas in the space after the gas passes through the opening.
US09625833B2
A substrate table for an immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed having a recess, configured to receive a substrate of a given size, and a fluid extraction system, configured to extract fluid from a gap between the edge of the substrate and the edge of the recess, the fluid extraction system configured such that the rate of flow of fluid extracted from a localized section of the gap is greater than the rate of flow of fluid extracted from another section of the gap.
US09625831B1
According to one embodiment, a controller calculates wafer alignment residuals from results of wafer alignment measurement and calculates shape change displacement residuals from the surface shape of a wafer. Further, the controller calculates first conversion coefficients that are ratios of the wafer alignment residuals to the shape change displacement residuals and generates fine wafer alignment residual data by using the first conversion coefficients. Furthermore, the controller generates correction information in which first correction values at the time of the exposure processing are calculated for every shot on the wafer by using the fine wafer alignment residual data. Then, the controller controls exposure processing in an exposure unit by using the correction information corresponding to the shot of the wafer.
US09625805B2
The present invention is a reflective mask blank used to fabricate a reflective mask, which has a laminated structure of a multilayer reflective film, an absorber film and an etching mask film in this order on a substrate, wherein the etching mask film comprises a material containing chromium, the absorber film comprises a material containing tantalum, a highly oxidized layer is formed on the surface layer of the absorber film on the opposite side from the substrate, and a Ta 4f narrow spectrum of the highly oxidized layer when analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has a maximum peak at a binding energy of more than 23 eV.
US09625804B2
The present invention relates to a projector clustering method including the steps of: (a) arranging projection areas of a plurality of projectors to be overlapped with each other; (b) setting a reference projector among the plurality of projectors; and (c) calculating relative transformation information between the reference projector and the other projectors.
US09625798B2
There is provided a light source unit including a first light source, a second light source, a first heat sink for the first light source which is disposed to a side of the first light source, a second heat sink for the second light source which is disposed to a side of the second light source, and a first cooling fan which is disposed between the first heat sink and the second heat sink, wherein the first light source and the first heat sink are connected together by a first heat pipe via a bulkhead, and wherein the second light source and the second heat sink are connected together by a second heat pipe via the bulkhead.
US09625783B2
An electrochromic device is structured to selectively heat one or more particular regions of a conductive layer of the electrochromic device. An electrical potential difference can be induced across the conductive layer to heat one or more layer regions. The conductive layer can be one of at least two conductive layers on opposite sides of an electrochromic film stack, and an electrical potential difference can be induced between the conductive layers to cause at least some of the electrochromic film stack to change transmission levels. The conductive layer can include regions with different sheet resistances, so that one or more regions are structured to generate more heat than other regions of the conductive layer when an electrical potential difference is induced across the conductive layer. Separate layer regions can include separate chemical species. The conductive layer can be geometrically structured so that some layer regions have a greater sheet resistance than other regions.
US09625782B2
The composition and method for depositing and processing a solid transparent electrolyte polymerized by ultraviolet (UV) radiation are described. The electrolyte composition includes, at least, an ionic compound, a polymerizable material, a photoinitiator and a polar solvent. The electrolyte is deposited by printing techniques, such as inkjet printing.
US09625774B2
An array substrate, a manufacturing method for the same, and an LCD panel are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a first metal layer, a first insulative layer, a semiconductor layer, a second metal layer, a transparent electrode layer, and a second insulative layer. The transparent electrode layer includes a pixel electrode and a reinforcing part. The reinforcing part is disposed on a trace by the transparent electrode layer in the invention, so that the trace located on the second metal layer is more stable and is almost unbreakable.
US09625766B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of display, and in particular to a post spacer, a display panel and a display device. The post spacer includes a support post and a support pillow, wherein the support pillow is formed of a plurality of sub-pillows dispersedly arranged below the bottom of the support post. Since the post spacer is provided with the support pillows dispersedly arranged below the bottom of the support post, the bottom of the support post can be more uniformly stressed, and the support pillow can further provide a certain antiskid effect. Therefore, the post spacer of the present invention has a better supporting effect and can effectively avoid Mura faults.
US09625756B2
A liquid crystal display includes first and second insulating substrates facing to each other, and a plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and divided into a first pixel group comprising only the pixels on a first row and a second pixel group comprising each of the remaining pixels on second to last rows. The pixels of the first pixel group have a first opening ratio, and the pixels of the second pixel group have a second opening ratio different from the first opening ratio. The first opening ratio is smaller than the second opening ratio, and the first opening ratio is about 60% to about 80% of the second opening ratio; and the pixels of the first pixel group but not the pixels of the second pixel group have a light interception pattern in an opening portion.
US09625755B2
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a lower display electrode provided on the first substrate, an insulating layer provided on the lower display electrode, an upper display electrode provided on the insulating layer and having a mesh pattern including opening portions, a common electrode provided on the second substrate, and a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate in a state in which the upper display electrode and the common electrode face each other.
US09625747B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid-crystal display device in which at least an absorptive polarizing film is arranged on a viewing side of a rectangular liquid-crystal display panel and at least the absorptive polarizing film and a reflective polarizing film are arranged on a non-viewing side thereof, the liquid-crystal display panel having a long side and a short side and of VA mode or IPS mode is provided.
US09625746B2
Disclosed herein are methods, structures, and devices for a silicon carrier-depletion based modulator with enhanced doping in at least part of slab regions between waveguide core and contact areas. Compared to prior designs, this modulator exhibits lower optical absorption loss and better modulation bandwidth without sacrificing the modulation efficiency when operating at comparable bandwidth settings.
US09625743B2
A method of preparing an ophthalmic lens (20) for mounting in an eyeglass frame, the ophthalmic lens including a memory mark (28) that is situated on one of its ophthalmic faces (22) and that forms a code storing in digital form at least one item of information relating to a mechanical, geometrical, or optical characteristic of the ophthalmic lens. The method includes three steps: a) acquiring a raw image of at least a portion of the optical face of the ophthalmic lens on which an image of the memory mark appears; b) processing the raw image acquired in step a) in order to decode the information stored in the code; and c) centering and then shaping the ophthalmic lens as a function of the information decoded in step b).
US09625724B2
A head mounted device includes a helmet with a guide, a lens frame, at least one display surface mounted to the lens frame. The guide extends from a cavity of the helmet. The lens frame is moveably connected to the guide and moves along an axis of the guide between a first position within the cavity of the helmet and a second position outside the cavity of the helmet. The display surface is transparent and configured to display augmented reality content.
US09625710B2
The optical element is a long optical element obtained by detaching a long main body part connected to a runner part via a gate part including an optical part from the gate part and chipping the detached main body, the optical part including at least a first optical surface to allow light to pass there through or to reflect light. The first optical surface has a curved surface that is curved on the short direction at least at the longitudinal end, while the first edge of the first optical surface side on the end surface of gate part side in the main body part is curved according to the curved surface example of the first optical surface. The boundary surface between the main body part and the gate part is formed so as to be narrower than the end surface of the gate part side of the main body part. At least the distance between the site corresponding to the effective region on the first optical surface at the first edge and the site corresponding to the effective region on the first optical surface at the second edge of the first optical surface side on the boundary surface is uniformly formed.
US09625701B2
An ocular optical system comprising at least five lens elements, and including, in order from a display surface side to an exit side, a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit moves along an optical axis for adjustment of diopter scale, and a finder optical system comprising a display device having a display surface on which an image is displayed, and the above-mentioned ocular optical system.
US09625680B2
An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are aspheric.
US09625677B2
A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09625675B2
An image sensor includes a plurality of image forming pixels which receive light beams passing through an imaging pupil area of an imaging optical system, a plurality of first focus detecting pixels which receive light beams passing through a first pupil area smaller than the imaging pupil area, and a plurality of second focus detecting pixels which receive light beams passing through a second pupil area smaller than the imaging pupil area. The geometric center of the first pupil area differs from the geometric center of the second pupil area. The eccentricity of the microlens of the first focus detecting pixel relative to the center of the pixel differs from the eccentricity of the first focus detecting pixel relative to the center of the pixel of the microlens of the image forming pixel adjacent to the first focus detecting pixel.
US09625650B2
An optical circulator integrated into a transceiver for bi-directional communication may include a core configured to pass a transmission signal in a transmit direction and a received signal in a receive direction. The optical circulator may include an input port optically coupled to the core. The input port may be configured to deliver the transmission signal to the core. The optical circulator may include an output port optically coupled to the core. The output port may be configured to receive the received signal from the core. The optical circulator may additionally include a network port optically coupled to the core. The network port may be configured to receive the transmission signal from the core and deliver the transmission signal to a fiber optic cable. The network port may be configured to receive the received signal from the fiber optic cable and deliver the received signal to the core.
US09625641B2
This invention relates to light guide devices and methods of manufacture. The light guide device is suitable for use in a range of applications, particularly in connection with the backlighting of displays, for example, liquid crystal displays.
US09625629B2
A process for producing an optically anisotropic film having a high Δn and superior optical performance is provided. The process includes the following steps (A) and (B) carried out in order: (A) a step of applying a composition for forming an optically anisotropic film to a substrate, the composition containing a photopolymerization initiator, a solvent and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 250 nm to 370 nm, and (B) a step of applying light with wavelengths in the range of 200 nm to 500 nm that has an allowable variation range of less than 250 nm in wavelength.
US09625623B2
A beam focuser for focusing an entrance bundle of approximately collimated beams around an optical axis in a focus area around a focal point. Along the optical path from the light inlet to the light outlet, a first axicon with an axicon angle, and subsequently a second axicon with the same axicon angle are arranged on the inlet side, and an imaging optical system is arranged on the outlet side. The first and second axicon are disposed mirror-symmetrically along the optical axis. The imaging optical system has a focal point which faces the outlet side of the beam focuser.
US09625616B2
A method is provided for manufacturing ophthalmically-acceptable, distortion-free silicone hydrogel contact lenses without the use of volatile organic solvents in the manufacturing process. The contact lenses are extract with an extraction liquid comprising an aqueous solution of a non-volatile organic solvent, such as ethyl lactate.
US09625611B2
The present invention discloses a method for detecting, recognizing, and positioning a zonal underground target in a mountain land environment by detecting a ridge position in the mountain land environment and carrying out energy correction. The method belongs to the interdisciplinary field of pattern recognition, remote sensing technology and terrain analysis. The zonal underground target can cause energy abnormity when the heat field thereof is different from that of a mountain mass, and the heat island effect of the ridge can also cause the energy of the mountain mass to be abnormal. However, the energy abnormity caused by the heat island effect is essentially different from the energy abnormity caused by the zonal underground target in the aspect of mode. Therefore, the present invention aims to achieve an effect of reducing a false alarm rate of detecting and recognizing a zonal underground target in the mountain land environment by eliminating the influence of the heat body effect generated by the ridge in the terrain on the weak energy abnormity mode presented by the zonal underground target. The present invention comprises steps of acquiring digital elevation information of terrain, performing de-noising pretreatment on the digital elevation information, detecting a ridge line, correcting energy at the ridge position, and detecting the zonal underground target.
US09625607B2
The present invention consists of a method and a scanning system for the nonintrusive inspection of vehicles, container trucks and train carriages, realized without direct human intervention upon the inspected object, thus eliminating time wasting activities like physical control, unsealing, etc. The proposed method for nonintrusive inspection of vehicles and containers has a high inspection capacity (up to 200 vehicles per hour), by achieving a complete vehicle radiography (except the driver's cabin), while driving through a scanning portal, geometrically optimized to be transported rapidly in ISO standardized containers using conventional transport systems (airplane, ship, train, or terrestrial on public roads). The system which implements the method presented earlier is constituted from a mobile scanning unit and a mobile control center which is positioned outside the exclusion area “a” which remotely command all the processes involved in the nonintrusive inspection.
US09625601B2
The present invention relates to a constant gradient field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) rock sample analysis method and instrument. The method includes: in a constant gradient magnetic field, performing NMR measurement to acquire data; converting the measured NMR data into a two-dimensional NMR spectrum D-T2; performing measurement and inversion on a standard sample of a constant gradient field to obtain a standard sample two-dimensional NMR spectrum D-T2; measuring the sample to acquire a two-dimensional NMR spectrum D-T2 of a fluid in the sample; identifying fluid types according to the practically measured two-dimensional NMR spectrum D-T2; computing the fluid property and the petrophysical parameters according to the two-dimensional NMR spectrum D-T2 of the fluid in the sample; performing single slice scanning on the sample to acquire partial oil and water saturation; performing continuous slice scanning to obtain axial oil and water saturation distribution and movable fluid saturation distribution of the sample.
US09625597B2
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) records seismic signals during a marine seismic survey. The AUV includes a communication device configured to acoustically receive location information from plural transducers of a vessel, wherein each transducer of the vessel transmits its own geographical location; a navigation system configured to receive the location information from the communication device and to calculate current and target positions of the AUV; a propulsion system configured to drive the AUV from the current position to the target position; and a seismic sensor for recording seismic data after reaching a final target position.
US09625588B2
Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics.
US09625581B2
A three-dimensional (3D) emitting apparatus includes a table on which an object is to be disposed, a robot arm to perform a task on the object, an emitting member provided at an end portion of the robot arm, and a controller to control an operation of the robot arm or a position of the emitting member, wherein the table and the robot arm may move relatively in a vertical or horizontal direction, the emitting member may move along a trajectory of rotation of the robot arm, and the trajectory of rotation may be provided in a form of a concentric sphere having a center at which a target point is disposed.
US09625579B2
An interference system for a robot cleaner which generates a detection signal and receives a feedback signal corresponding to the detection signal is disclosed. The interference system includes a fixing module, for stably fixing the interference system onto the robot cleaner; a monitor module, for obtaining a real-time imaging information of the robot cleaner; a transmission module, for transmitting the real-time imaging information to a computer system and correspondingly receiving a control signal from the computer system; and an interference module, coupled to the fixing module, for reflecting the detection signal to be the feedback signal according to the control signal, so as to process an interference operation to change a moving direction of the robot cleaner.
US09625572B2
A scanning acoustic microscope includes a signal processor and one or more signal paths. In operation, each signal path couples an ultrasonic transducer to the signal processor that processes signals received from the signal paths to produce an ultrasonic scan image. Each signal path has a response characteristic that includes a response characteristic of the ultrasonic transducer. In order to compensate for variations between the signal paths or variations between different transducers in the same signal path, at least one of the signal paths includes a signal path equalizer. The equalizer may be responsive to a set of equalization coefficients. The coefficients are selected such that the response characteristic of the signal path including the equalizer more closely matches a reference characteristic response. The equalizer may operate on a transmitted or received signal or be used to generate an ultrasonic pulse.
US09625568B2
A wideband digital receiver includes an antenna, an amplifier, and a digital IFM device for measuring the frequency of the received signal or signals based on the result of discrete Fourier transforms DFT applied to said received signals. The receiver includes means for periodically estimating the phase jumps of said signals by combining the measurements of the phase of said signals produced by the transforms DFT.
US09625560B2
The present inventive concept includes a duct system and method for using same to map and locate ducts. A preferred embodiment of the duct system includes a duct, a plurality of electronic information modules and an oversheath at least partially covering the plurality of information modules and fixing the information modules to the duct. The plurality of information modules are configured to emit a positional signal to enable location of the information modules and associated duct(s) and/or mapping of the duct system.
US09625551B2
In magnetic resonance data acquisition, decoupling between the transmit and receive coils is achieved by using a transmit array system wherein induced currents from the transmit coils cancel each other, resulting in a total of zero current in the receive coil. Forward and reversed polarized transmit coil pairs are set to cancel the individual currents of each other, or of a receive coil. Linearly polarized fields can also be used to effect the decoupling. The decoupling allows the magnetic resonance data acquisition system to be operated for concurrent excitation of the nuclear spins and reception of the resulting magnetic resonance signals.
US09625550B2
Methods and systems for assessing pulmonary gas exchange and/or alveolar-capillary barrier status include obtaining at least one MRI image and/or image data of hyperpolarized 129Xe dissolved in the red blood cells (RBC) in the gas exchange region of the lungs of a patient. The image is sufficiently sensitive to allow a clinician or image recognition program to assess at least one of pulmonary gas exchange, barrier thickness or barrier function based on the 129Xe MRI image.
US09625549B2
A method for producing an image of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system, in which relative signal contributions from a plurality of different chemical species are separated, is provided. A plurality of different echo signals occurring at a respective plurality of different echo times are acquired with the MRI system and a signal model that accounts for relative signal components for each of a plurality of different chemical species is formed for each echo signal. Those echo signals containing errors, such as phase errors, magnitude errors, or errors indicative of a corrupted echo signal, are identified. The relative signal components for each of the plurality of different chemical species are then determined by fitting the echo signals with the signal model. Particularly, those echo signals identified as containing errors are fitted to the signal models in a manner that discards the error-containing information.
US09625546B2
In a method to acquire magnetic resonance (MR) data within a volume segment with a magnetic resonance system, the MR data are repeatedly acquired with a sequence that includes radiating a first resonant RF pulse, radiating a second resonant RF pulse, applying a dephasing first gradient after the first resonant RF pulse and before the second resonant RF pulse, radiating a third resonant RF pulse after the second resonant RF pulse, applying a second gradient after the third RF pulse in order to refocus a stimulated echo of a magnetization component prepared by the first gradient, and read out MR data. At least one of the first gradient and/or the second gradient is/are different in a respective repetition of the sequence and an additional repetition of the sequence that directly follows the respective repetition.
US09625543B2
According to some aspects, a method of suppressing noise in an environment of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method comprising estimating a transfer function based on multiple calibration measurements obtained from the environment by at least one primary coil and at least one auxiliary sensor, respectively, estimating noise present in a magnetic resonance signal received by the at least one primary coil based at least in part on the transfer function, and suppressing noise in the magnetic resonance signal using the noise estimate.
US09625539B2
A magnet evaluating device evaluates an evaluation magnet by passing the evaluation magnet, which is formed by connecting a plurality of magnetic sections with insulating material in between, and a master magnet of the same form through an alternating magnetic field generated by an excitation coil, measuring the eddy current occurring in the magnetic section as voltage or current occurring in a detection coil and comparing the measured value for the evaluation magnet and the measured value for the master magnet.
US09625536B2
An object is to achieve miniaturization and an increase in performance of a magnetic sensor device, and the magnetic sensor according to the present invention has a magnetic film and a metal electrode to be electrically coupled to the magnetic film, the magnetic film and the metal electrode constituting a magnetic sensor portion. The metal electrode is formed with level difference portions, and the magnetic film is formed on the level difference portions and sidewalls that connect the level difference portions.
US09625535B2
In embodiments, three magnetic field sensing elements are arranged equidistantly from each other to define a plane and a central axis perpendicular to the plane. The magnetic field sensing elements are configured to generate a respective output signal representing proximity of a magnetic target that is proximate to the central axis and capable of moving relative to the central axis. A processor circuit is coupled to receive output signals from each of the sensors and configured to calculate a position of the magnetic target relative to the plane.
US09625523B2
A test circuitry for testing an interconnection between interconnected dies includes a cell embedded within one of the dies. The cell includes a selection logic module that includes a first multiplexer configured to receive a first control signal and provide a first output test signal, and a second multiplexer configured to receive a second control signal and provide a second output test signal. The cell includes a scannable data storage module coupled to the first multiplexer; and a transition generation module configured to receive a third control signal; wherein the first and second output test signals are generated based on respective states of the first, second, and third control signals, and wherein the test circuitry is configured to use the first and second output test signals to perform at least two of: a DC test on the interconnection, an AC test on the interconnection, and a burn-in-test on the interconnection.
US09625520B2
Latch-up test device and method are provided, and the method includes following steps. A set operation is performed for setting a basic test value according to a test range and setting a trigger pulse and a predetermined error value by the basic test value. A test on a test chip in a wafer under test is performed by the trigger pulse, and whether the test chip is in a latch-up state is determined. Whether to update a test range and a latch-up threshold value and whether to return to the step of performing the set operation are determined according to a determination result, the latch-up threshold value and the basic test value. When the test chip is in the latch-up state and a difference between the latch-up threshold value and the basic test value is not greater than the predetermined error value, the test on the test chip is stopped.
US09625518B2
The operation of electrical appliances receiving electrical power from an electrical system may be indirectly monitored using monitoring units engaged with outlets on branch circuits of the electrical system. Electrical systems providing power to appliances to be monitored in accordance with the present invention may comprise split phase alternating current systems, tri-phase systems, or any other type of electrical system. Known loads may be applied to calibrate the monitoring system. The monitoring system may measure the power consumption of appliances operating on the electrical system and/or detect possible fault conditions. The application of a known load to each phase of the electrical system for calibration permits different portions of the electrical system to be isolated and, therefor, provides improved accuracy in monitoring power consumption and detection of potential fault conditions.
US09625513B2
A method for determining continuity in a PV panel string by calculating a discharge ratio includes operatively coupling a PV panel to a PV panel string; measuring a first voltage between points of coupling of the PV panel to the PV panel string; disconnecting the PV panel from the PV panel string; waiting for a discharge period to expire; measuring a second voltage at an expiration of the discharge period; calculating a discharge ratio of the second voltage to the first voltage; and comparing the discharge ratio to a predetermined threshold ratio. An apparatus for determining continuity in a PV panel string includes a discharge resistance serially connected in the PV panel string; a capacitance parallel connected to the discharge resistance; a voltage sensor parallel connected to the discharge resistance; and a first switch parallel connected to the discharge resistance.
US09625511B2
A power distribution unit including a base, at least one socket, at least one detecting unit and a management unit is provided. The socket is disposed at the base and has at least one power end and a ground end. The detecting unit is disposed at the base. When a plug is disposed at the socket, the detecting unit outputs an alarm signal if the plug is electrically connected to the power end of the socket but the plug is not electrically connected to the ground end of the socket. The management unit is electrically connected to the detecting unit and performs a predetermined operation in response to the alarm signal.
US09625506B2
A resistance is measured without physical contact/connection to the resistance. A resistive element to be measured is provided, physically connected as part of a passive electrical circuit. Without physically contacting the resistive element, an electromagnetic field is used to produce an excitation in the passive electrical circuit. The resistance of the resistive element is determined based on an effect of the excitation on the electromagnetic field.
US09625504B2
To determine a consumption in a group of branches of individual distribution of electrical energy, a method includes: a) detecting a change in electrical consumption in the branches, b) reading information relating to an electric current in a specific branch, then c) using the information, establishing an indication according to which the change took place in the specific branch, then d) determining, using measurements taken of an overall power supply of the group of branches before the change and measurements taken of the overall power supply after the change, in addition to the indication, an individual energy consumption of the specific branch.
US09625491B2
A scanning mechanism includes a movable portion to which a scanning target object is attached, and an X-Y actuator to scan the movable portion in an X direction and a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. The X-Y actuator is symmetrical with respect to a straight line parallel to the Y direction and asymmetrical with respect to a straight line parallel to the X direction.
US09625476B2
The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
US09625473B2
A method for treating a human subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or a single clinical attack consistent with multiple sclerosis with a pharmaceutical composition comprising glatiramer acetate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, comprising the steps of determining whether the human subject is a glatiramer acetate responder by evaluating a biomarker selected from the group consisting of IL-17 concentration, TNF-α concentration, IL-2 concentration and IFN-γ concentration, or a combination thereof, in the blood of the human subject and administering the pharmaceutical composition comprising glatiramer acetate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the human subject only if the human subject is identified as a glatiramer acetate responder.
US09625466B2
The present invention describes the synthesis of biological samples that can be used for the purpose of enhancing the signal-to-noise ratios achievable during the imaging of protein synthesis, amino acid transport and neurotransmitter transport, particularly in applications where single-molecule resolution is demanded. The present invention provides quencher-labeled elongation factor (EF-Tu) and fluorophore-labeled tRNA. When these molecules are present in a ternary complex with GTP, the fluorescently-labeled tRNA is quantitatively quenched. Once the tRNA is incorporated into an actively translating ribosome, however, a burst of fluorescence is released and can be detected by a variety of techniques, including smFRET imaging. The invention further provides novel EF-Tu constructs for achieving quencher labeling at high levels while retaining native or near native activity in the translation reactions, as well as methods for preparing stable ternary complexes, methods of protein sequencing, methods of detecting amino acid transport using a proteoliposome assay system and the proteoliposomes systems and methods of imaging translation events in single living cells. The present invention should have an immediate impact on next-generation sequencing technologies and the detection of neurotransmitter transporter activities in both in vitro and in vivo settings, a critical component of drug activity/screening assays targeting this important class of molecules.
US09625464B2
A method which can isolate plasma cells and plasmablasts efficiently and with high purity, from mammals and birds, without using a cell surface marker is provided.Further disclosed is a fluorescent probe wherein the staining selectivity for the endoplasmic reticulum of cells is higher than the staining selectivity for cell organelles other than the endoplasmic reticulum. Also disclosed is a method for identifying plasma cells and plasmablasts which includes staining cells derived from lymph node tissue or similar by using this probe, and identifying plasma cells and plasmablasts on the basis of the fluorescence intensity from the stained cells. Also disclosed is a fluorescent probe wherein the staining selectivity for cell nuclei is higher than the staining selectivity for cell organelles other than the cell nuclei. Also disclosed is a method for identifying plasma cells and plasmablasts in lymph node tissue or similar which includes staining cells derived from lymph node tissue or similar by using this probe, and identifying plasma cells and plasmablasts on the basis of the fluorescence intensity from the stained cells.
US09625462B2
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activity in a patient's bloodstream or other biological sample can serve as a diagnostic and prognostic index for cancer, diabetes, heart conditions, and other pathologies. Antibody-sandwich ELISA methods and kits for VEGF as an antigen are provided to detect types of VEGF levels in biological samples from animal models and human patients and can be used as a diagnostic/prognostic index.
US09625457B2
An assay device includes: a liquid sample zone; a reagent zone downstream and in fluid communication with the sample zone containing a reagent material; a detection zone in fluid communication with the reagent zone having capture elements bound thereto; and a wicking zone in fluid communication with the capture zone having a capacity to receive liquid sample flowing from the detection zone. The sample receiving zone, the reagent zone, the detection zone and the wicking zone define a fluid flow path and at least a part of the fluid flow path has a substrate and projections which extend substantially vertically from the substrate, wherein the projections have a height, cross-section and a distance between one another that defines a space between the projections capable of generating capillary flow parallel to the substrate surface. In addition, the fluid flow path having projections includes a corner section which changes the direction of the flow path. The projections in or around the corner section are modified to maintain the configuration of the flow front of the sample flowing through the flow path after the corner is substantially the same configuration as before the corner.
US09625455B2
A method for performing a chemical and/or a biological assay including the following successive steps of: a) providing an assay device with a microchannel having an inlet and an outlet and restricting means for restricting movement toward the outlet of microparticles introduced in the microchannel while letting a fluid to flow through the restricting means, b) introducing microparticles in the microchannel via the inlet, c) restricting the movement of said microparticles in the microchannel toward the outlet using the restricting means, d) flowing a fluid sample through the microchannel, and e) performing a biological and/or chemical read-out on each microparticle. The method also includes the steps of: f) moving the microparticles in the microchannel, and g) repeating successively the steps d) and e).
US09625451B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which comprises measuring the concentration of a periostin protein in blood or nasal secretion collected from a test subject. Thereby, a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which is capable of detecting chronic sinusitis more simply, more promptly and less invasively, is provided.
US09625435B2
A basic unit for a mobile water analyzing system includes a photometer, a test element receptacle, a photometric measuring track, and a pump actuator. The photometer comprises a light source configured to generate a measurement beam and a light detector configured to receive the measurement beam. The test element receptacle is configured so as to allow a separate test element comprising a measuring section and a pump port to be inserted into the test element receptacle. The photometric measuring track is defined by the measuring section when the separate test element is inserted into the test element receptacle. The measurement beam and the photometric measuring track are aligned during a photometric measurement so that a photometric measurement occurs along a longitudinal length of each of the photometric measuring track and the measuring section. The pump actuator is cooperatively connected with the pump port.
US09625433B2
Disclosed are an intake analysis system and a method thereof comprising an intake sensing device and a cloud computing device. The intake sensing device may be installed in a container containing an ingesta, providing for analyzing a component of the ingesta to generate a detecting signal, and sensing a weight variation of the container having the ingesta therein to generate a weight sensing signal; the cloud computing device receives the detecting signal and weight sensing signal transmitted and calculates a calorie value and an intake value to generate substance ingested information, and compares the calorie value and the intake value. When the calorie value or intake value is greater than a predetermined value respectively, the cloud computing device generates a noticing signal, and transmits the substance ingested information and noticing signal to the intake sensing device, and the intake sensing device displays the substance ingested information and noticing information.
US09625423B2
A method and apparatus for testing a composite structure. A pulsed laser beam having a number of properties is generated. Each of the number of properties is within a selected range. The pulsed laser beam generated by the generation laser system is directed towards a composite structure comprised of a number of composite materials. A number of ultrasonic waves are formed in the composite structure when the pulsed laser beam contacts the composite structure without causing any undesired inconsistencies in the composite structure outside of selected tolerances.
US09625422B2
During a marine seismic survey, shots are fired at a time interval shorter than an S-wave listening time during which seismic receivers within a predetermined distance from the shot location detect reflected S-waves caused by an earlier shot. In portion of data acquired during the survey, information related to the S-wave reflections caused by the earlier shot is blended with information related to P-wave and S-wave reflections from a later shot.
US09625401B2
Analysis instruments and sensors, particularly micro-electro mechanical sensor (MEMS) devices, for molecular analysis of chemicals and other materials, including, for example, polymers, drugs, nanomaterials, biological samples including proteins, and environmental samples including water suspected of contamination, and the like in vapor, liquid, and/or solid form.
US09625398B1
A method for generating cross-sectional profiles using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) includes scanning a sample with an electron beam to gather an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) spectrum for an energy level to determine element composition across an area of interest. A mesh is generated to locate positions where a depth profile will be taken. EDS spectra are gathered for energy levels at mesh locations. A number of layers of the sample are determined by distinguishing differences in chemical composition between depths as beam energies are stepped through. A depth profile is generated for the area of interest by compiling the number of layers and the element composition across the mesh.
US09625389B2
To measure a surface state, reflective CARS is suitable in terms of the signal intensity. However, with the reflective CARS, it has been difficult to identify the surface position because the shape information is not acquired. Thus, a reflective CARS microscope is combined with a high-resolution phase sensor. The surface position is identified with the phase sensor, and reflected CARS generated from the surface is detected, so that composition analysis is performed.
US09625387B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for analyzing tissue specimens. In one implementation the method involves obtaining a tissue sample and exposing the sample to one or more fluorophores as contrast agents to enhance contrast of subcellular compartments of the tissue sample. The tissue sample is illuminated by an ultraviolet (UV) light having a wavelength between about 200 nm to about 400 nm, with the wavelength being selected to result in penetration to only a specified depth below a surface of the tissue sample. Inter-image operations between images acquired under different imaging parameters allow for improvement of the image quality via removal of unwanted image components. A microscope may be used to image the tissue sample and provide the image to an image acquisition system that makes use of a camera. The image acquisition system may create a corresponding image that is transmitted to a display system for processing and display.
US09625383B2
A sensor arrangement for determining a concentration of a substance in an open sample in the presence of an interfering material is disclosed. The sensor arrangement comprises a first light source emitting pulsed light at a first wavelength being absorbed by said substance, a second light source emitting pulsed light at a second wavelength being transmitted through said substance, optical means for directing at least a part of the emitted pulsed light of said first and second wavelengths through the open sample along the same optical path, and a sample detector arranged at an end of the optical path for receiving the emitted light of said first and second wavelengths being transmitted through the sample. The interfering material is formed as deposits on at least one of said optical means being exposed to said substance, and said first wavelength and said second wavelength are absorbed by said interfering material.
US09625382B2
An apparatus of measuring a small scale property of a sheet, the apparatus includes: a first light source for illuminating the sheet moving with respect to the illumination; a detector for forming a total intensity of reflection of the light illuminating the moving sheet by each detection; a detected dimension of the reflection on the sheet in the direction of the movement being limited the same as or shorter than a lowest acceptable spatial resolution of the measurement; a duration of each detection being equal to or shorter than the lowest acceptable spatial resolution divided by a speed of the moving sheet; and a processing unit for forming information about a small scale variation of gloss of the sheet on the basis of the detections by the detector.
US09625376B2
A system (102) for determining properties of a sample (114) comprises a LIBS detector (104,106) and an infra-red absorption detector (108,110) for interrogating a sample (114) to generate LIBS spectral data and infra-red absorption spectral data respectively; and a data processor (112) adapted to apply at least one chemometric prediction model, each constructed to link, preferably quantitatively link, features of both LIBS and absorption spectral data to a different specific property of the sample, to a combined dataset derived from at least portions of both the LIBS and the absorption data to generate therefrom a determination, preferably a quantitative determination, of the specific property linked by that model.
US09625373B2
Apparatus for spectroscopic analysis which includes a tunable diode laser spectrometer having a digital output signal and a digital computer for receiving the digital output signal from the spectrometer, the digital computer programmed to process the digital output signal using a multivariate regression algorithm. In addition, a spectroscopic method of analysis using such apparatus. Finally, a method for controlling an ethylene cracker hydrogenator.
US09625372B2
A solution for evaluating a sample gas for a presence of a trace gas, such as ozone, is provided. The solution uses an ultraviolet source and an ultraviolet detector mounted in a chamber. The chamber can include reflecting walls and/or structures configured to guide ultraviolet light. A computer system can operate the ultraviolet source in a high power pulse mode and acquire data corresponding to an intensity of the ultraviolet radiation detected by the ultraviolet detector while a sample gas is present in the chamber. Using the data, the computer system can determine a presence and/or an amount of the trace gas in the sample gas.
US09625360B2
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for retrieving a target material from a sample. A fraction-density-altering solution may be added to a vessel that contains the sample to change the density of a first fraction of the sample without changing the density of the target material or the density of any other sample fraction. A collector may be inserted into the vessel to funnel the target material from the sample into the collector or into a processing receptacle included in the collector. In one implementation, the collector may include a cannula which extends from a funnel into a chamber to hold the processing receptacle. In another implementation, the processing receptacle may be inserted into a bore within the collector.
US09625353B2
A raised and depressed plate has a base surface, a raised surface, and a depressed surface. A mask processing section is configured to use mask data in which a given region and the remaining region in each of the base surface, the raised surface and the depressed surface are defined as a valid region and an invalid region, respectively, to extract measurement data of the valid regions from measurement data obtained from the sidewall surface of the master disk. A master data generation section is configured to generate master data representing a surface shape of the master disk, by using the measurement data of the valid regions. A user can check measurement accuracy of a shape inspection device by comparing shape values of the raised and depressed plate with the master data.
US09625333B2
A tactile sensor includes a pressure transducer encapsulated in an elastic material that defines a contact surface and provides a transmission path that transmits contact forces or pressure distributions applied to the contact surface to the pressure transducer. The pressure transducer can be enclosed in a protective housing that defines a chamber around the transducer. The housing can include one or more openings that expose the chamber to the exterior pressure. The tactile sensor can be made by applying the elastic material in liquid form and exposing the housing to a vacuum that removes air inside the chamber allowing the liquid elastic material to flow into the chamber. Once cured, the elastic material defines a contact surface of the tactile sensor and serves to transfer contact forces applied to the contact surface to the transducer.
US09625332B2
In order to implement a structure capable of improving the resolution of torque measurement while preventing the plastic deformation of a torsion bar (15), an input-side stopper (61) having an uneven shape (gear shape) in the circumferential direction is provided in a portion of an input-side rotating body (55) that includes an input shaft (13) and an input gear (7), and an output-side stopper (63) having an uneven shape (gear shape) in the circumferential direction is provided in a portion of an output-side rotating body (56) that includes an output shaft (14) and an output gear (8). The input-side stopper (61) and the output-side stopper (63) are combined so as to be engaged to be able to transmit torque only when the torsional angle within the elastic range of the torsion bar (15) reaches a predetermined amount.
US09625330B2
Various aspects as described herein are directed to electronic skin pressure sensors and methods of using the same. As consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes an electronic skin pressure sensor and sensor circuitry. The electronic skin device is configured and arranged for differentiating between different mechanical stimuli including lateral stress and at least one additional mechanical stimuli. The sensor circuitry is configured and arranged to respond to the electronic skin pressure sensor by sensing a change in impedance due to the lateral stress.
US09625314B2
A spectrometer comprises a package having a stem and a cap, an optical unit arranged on the stem, and a lead pin penetrating through the stem. The optical unit has a dispersive part for dispersing and reflecting light entering from a light entrance part of the cap, a light detection element for detecting the light dispersed and reflected by the dispersive part, a support for supporting the light detection element such as to form a space between the dispersive part and the light detection element, a projection projecting from the support, and a wiring electrically connected to the light detection element. The projection is arranged at such a position as to be in contact with the stem. The lead pin is electrically connected to a second terminal part of the wiring arranged in the projection.
US09625304B2
Systems and methods to initiate a verification test within a flow meter via a flow computer are disclosed. An example method includes communicating, via a flow computer, a request to a flow meter to initiate a verification test of the flow meter. The example method also includes retrieving diagnostic data from the flow meter. The example method further includes logging a result of the verification test in a log of the flow computer, the result based on the diagnostic data.
US09625291B1
In an embodiment, a method comprises: retrieving, without direct observation, one or more activity measures recorded within a particular time period and associated with activities performed by a group of analyzers in a specimen analysis laboratory; transforming the activity measures into a count of activities performed by the group of analyzers within the particular time period; determining whether the count of activities for the group of analyzers is less than a peak value for the group of analyzers; in response to determining that the count of activities for the group of analyzers is less than a peak value: determining a spare capacity value for the group of analyzers for the particular time period as a difference between the peak value and the count of activities for the group of analyzers; causing generating a first display of the spare capacity value for the group of analyzers on a computer display unit.
US09625289B2
This invention relates to a calibration method of modulation power for DVB-H test apparatus for reducing the calibration time for the power loss in the RF cable to half through calibration using the expected power loss of the modulated wave at an arbitrary frequency based on the measured power losses of the continuous wave over frequencies in the RF cable. The calibration method of modulation power for DVB-H test apparatus that is performed by the computer with installed calibration program therein and connected to the power meter of the DVB-H test apparatus, comprises and includes the steps of: commanding DVB-H test apparatus to output continuous waves having frequencies from the start frequency to the stop frequency with increment of frequency step in accordance with the preset power level; storing CW power offset, that is the difference between the actual power level and the preset power level, to the table after receiving actual power level of continuous waves having frequencies from the start frequency to the stop frequency with increment of frequency step from the power meter; commanding DVB-H test apparatus to output a modulated wave that carries data on a continuous wave having an arbitrary frequency between the start frequency and the stop frequency, thereafter receiving actual output power level from the power meter, and calculating the modulation power offset between the continuous wave and the modulated wave at the corresponding arbitrary frequency, thereafter commanding DVB-H test apparatus to output the preset power level added with the power offset of the continuous wave and the power offset of the modulated wave when transmitting the modulated wave.
US09625286B2
An adjustable probe holder assembly is disclosed for an inspection or measurement sensor, such as an ultrasound transducer, eddy current sensor, magnetic thickness sensor or optical image sensor, in order to position the sensor in a confined space using an extended arm with an adjustable curvature. The probe holder has at least two elongated holding arms, among which a first arm and a second arm, each having a probe end and a holding end, wherein the probe end of each of the holding arms are attached to the probe and the at least two arms remain substantially parallel and very close to each other when the probe holder is at a non-operational status. The two arms bulge open away from each other due to either a tension force or a compression force being exerted along the longitudinal direction of either one of the arms, holding the probe to be against the test surface of the test object.
US09625285B2
A multi-piece sonde configuration for use in troubleshooting a pipe and providing precise location of the problem includes a sonde carrier having a first end adapted to attach to a line and a second opposite end adapted to attach to a troubleshooting device. The multi-piece sonde can include a first carrier having a sonde housing with a central fluid passageway and a sonde transmitter operably positioned about the central fluid passageway. A second carrier can include a housing with a central fluid passageway and a power source carried by the second carrier. A flexible connector has a central fluid passageway and first and second opposing ends, and the first carrier is operably connected to the first end of the flexible connector and the second carrier is operably connected to the second end of the flexible connector. An electrical connection between the power source and the sonde transmitter can be carried by the flexible connector.
US09625279B2
A system for open circuit detection for inductive sensors includes coils coupled in a star configuration on a first side of each coil. The system further includes driving pins coupled to the coils on a second side of each coil and voltage sources coupled to the driving pins. The system further includes one or more comparators coupled to the driving pins that monitor the voltages of the driving pins to detect open circuits.
US09625275B2
A utility meter comprises a measurement circuit configured to measure consumption data, a memory configured to store meter data including the consumption data, and a receiver configured to receive a priority message from a source external to the utility meter. A meter display on the meter comprises a plurality of display segments. The meter display is configured to display the meter data according to a standard meter display routine. The meter display is further configured to display the priority message on at least a first portion of the plurality of display segments such that meter data normally displayed during the standard meter display routine is not displayed on the first portion of the plurality of display segments. A meter controller is configured to determine whether the standard meter display routine should be interrupted or overridden in order to display the remote message.
US09625259B2
A clinometer including a base plate and a compass which is mounted on the base plate and can measure a strike and a dip angle. The compass includes a first case which is rotationally provided on the base plate so as to move a strike scale indicated on the rim of the compass to a certain position and a second case which is provided in the first case, and which is fixed on the base plate so as to fix a dip scale indicated on the rim of the compass at a certain position.
US09625254B2
An integrated optical shape sensing system and method include an arrangement structure (132) configured to receive a fiber port or connector. A platform (130) is configured to provide a distance relationship with the arrangement structure such that the fiber port or connector is trackable to provide a location reference. The platform secures a patient in proximity to the arrangement structure. An optical shape sensing enabled interventional instrument (102) has a first optical fiber cable connectable to the fiber port or connector. An optical interrogation module (108) is configured to collect optical feedback from the instrument and has a second optical fiber cable connectable to the fiber port or connector such that a known reference position is provided for accurate shape reconstruction.
US09625253B2
A system for orientating scan cloud data of a surface relative to base reference data is provided. The orientating system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, a tilt-correction means for orientating the point cloud data relative to the base reference data, and a data editing means for filtering spurious point data from the accumulated point cloud data, wherein the base reference data represents at least geometrical parameters of a base reference, the base reference being substantially distinct from the target surface. A system for identifying features in scan could data of a surface is also provided. The identifying system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, and a partitioning means for partitioning the point cloud data into discrete segments corresponding to different geometric sections of the surface.
US09625245B2
Provided is a weighted anchor for a tape measure. The device includes a tubular housing with a defined interior volume for holding one or more magnetic weights therein. The weights are positioned around an elevator bolt disposed within the interior volume, then secured within the interior volume via a washer and a bolt. In this way, the weights are arranged in a stacked orientation. The housing can be secured to an end of a standard tape measure, thereby weighing down the same. In this way, the present invention can prevent the tape measure from swinging or otherwise oscillating when measuring long distances.
US09625237B2
The invention relates to a multilayered material sheet comprising a consolidated stack of unidirection monolayers of drawn ultra high molecular weight polyolefine. The draw direction of two subsequent monolayers in the stack differs. Moreover the thickness of at least one monolayer does not exceed 50 μm, and the strength of at least one monolayer is comprised between 1.2 GPa and 3 GPa. The invention also relates to a ballistic resistant article comprising the multilayered material sheet and to a process for the preparation of the ballistic resistant article.
US09625213B2
The invention relates to a shaped body comprising a substrate with a firmly adhering separating layer, wherein the separating layer comprises 92-98 wt. % silicon nitride (Si3N4) and 2-8 wt. % silicon dioxide (SiO2) and wherein the separating layer has a total oxygen content of ≦8 wt. % and a hardness of at least 10 HB 2.5/3 according to DIN EN ISO 6506-1.
US09625204B2
A refrigerator is discussed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet that includes a storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a first door hinged on a first edge of the cabinet and configured to open and close a first portion of the storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a first basket assembly supported by a first hinge mounted at a first inner wall of the storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a first locking device configured to selectively couple the first basket assembly to the first door. The refrigerator further includes a first release device configured to release the first locking device and accessible from a first inner surface of the door and a first outer surface of the door.
US09625200B2
A refrigerator including: a freezer compartment; a drawer door to open/close the freezer compartment and has a storage box; and an ice maker installed at an upper side of the freezer compartment, the ice maker includes: an ice maker supporter combined with an upper wall of the freezer compartment; an electronic device case supported by the ice maker supporter and in which a driving motor is embedded; an ice-making tray supported by the electronic device case and; a temperature sensor installed adjacent to the ice-making tray to detect temperature; and a protection cover combined with the ice maker supporter to cover at least portions of a lower part of the ice-making tray and prevents an article stacked in the lower part of the ice-making tray from interfering with at least one of the ice-making tray, the temperature sensor, and the electronic device case when the drawer door slides.
US09625197B2
An operation method of a constant-temperature liquid circulation apparatus includes: performing control such that the fan is not activated, or is activated to maintain a minimum rotation speed when a refrigerant pressure measured by the pressure sensor does not reach a reference pressure region after the compressor is activated; controlling the refrigerant pressure by performing inverter control on a rotation speed of the fan when the refrigerant pressure reaches the reference pressure region; and controlling a rotation speed of the compressor to be reduced from a high rotation speed which is a rotation speed during a steady operation while maintaining the rotation speed of the fan at a maximum rotation speed when the refrigerant pressure continues to further rise and exceeds an upper limit value even after the rotation speed of the fan reaches the maximum rotation speed.
US09625183B2
A system and method for a CO2 refrigeration system includes a compressor, a heat exchanger, a liquid receiver, a first valve, and a valve controller. The heat exchanger operates as a gas cooler when the CO2 refrigeration system is in a transcritical mode and as a condenser when the CO2 refrigeration system is in the subcritical mode. The first valve controls a flow of refrigerant from the heat exchanger to the liquid receiver. The valve controller monitors an outdoor ambient temperature and a pressure of refrigerant exiting the heat exchanger, determines whether the CO2 refrigeration system is in the subcritical mode or in the transcritical mode, determines a pressure setpoint based on the monitored outdoor ambient temperature, and controls the first valve based on a comparison of the determined pressure setpoint and the monitored pressure when the CO2 refrigeration system is in the transcritical mode.
US09625172B2
A motor control device according to the present invention is a device for controlling a motor driving an air blower. The motor control device includes: an air flow rate calculator configured to calculate an air flow rate supplied by the air blower; and a torque command generator configured to multiply a motor torque by a square of a ratio of a target air flow rate to the air flow rate or multiply a previously outputted torque command by the square of the ratio of the target air flow rate to the air flow rate, and generate a result of the multiplication as a torque command.
US09625171B2
A method includes aggregating multiple zones of an indoor structure, each zone having associated comfort limits, formulating an aggregated single zone model predictive control (MPC) problem representative of the multiple zones for a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, determining optimal aggregated actions as a function of the aggregated single zone model predictive control problem, simulating an optimal trajectory of indoor qualities, and determining zone temperature setpoints to comply with the comfort limits for each zone and pre-cool the indoor structure.
US09625166B2
An induction displacement unit is disclosed that includes an induction plenum having first nozzles communicating with a first discharge plenum and second nozzles communicating with a second discharge plenum, a return air plenum and a heating coil disposed between the return air plenum and the first discharge plenum. In addition, the induction displacement unit has a cooling coil disposed between the return air plenum and the second discharge plenum, where the induction plenum is vertically disposed between the heating coil and the cooling coil. The heating coil is disposed in an upper portion of the unit. The first discharge plenum is disposed to induce a substantially vertical discharge, and the second discharge plenum disposed to induce a substantially horizontal discharge.
US09625163B2
An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a common base member. The protrusions and base member can include an opening therethrough that allows for subsequent layers of material, such as adhesive, to interact and bond to each other. The protrusions are arranged in such a way to contain a wire, string, or heating element, within a receiving area. The arrangement of the protrusions allow for routing of the wire, string, or heating element in a variety of angles, bends, and other routing layouts.
US09625162B2
A cooker is equipped with a heating chamber having an open part in the front surface and holding an object to be cooked, an opening/closing door having a see-through window and opens and closes the open part, a suction intake opening opened in one of the side walls that faces the heating chamber, an air discharge outlet opened in the other side wall of the heating chamber, and a circulation duct having first and second side surface parts provided outside of the two side walls of the heating chamber and connecting the suction intake opening provided at the first side surface part and the air discharge outlet provided at the second side surface part. The cooker further includes a circulation fan provided inside the circulation duct and drawing in gas inside the heating chamber through the suction intake opening and blows it out through the air discharge outlet.
US09625157B2
A system includes a multi-tube fuel nozzle assembly. The multi-tube fuel nozzle assembly includes a support structure defining an interior volume configured to receive an air flow. The combustor cap assembly also includes multiple mixing tubes disposed within the interior volume. Each mixing tube of the multiple mixing tubes is configured to mix air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture. The multi-tube fuel nozzle assembly further includes a combustor cap coupled to the support structure. The combustor cap includes multiple furcating nozzles integrated within the combustor cap. Each furcating nozzle of the multiple furcating nozzles is coupled to a respective mixing tube of the multiple mixing tubes. Also, each furcating nozzle of the multiple furcating nozzles is configured to receive a flow of the air-fuel mixture and to partition the flow of the air-fuel mixture into multiple air-fuel mixture flows.
US09625156B2
A fuel injector assembly includes a fuel injector and a fuel injector shroud housing the fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a body and a nozzle coupled to the body. The fuel injector shroud includes a swirler device defining a center opening proximate to the nozzle of the fuel injector and a plurality of swirler holes surrounding the center opening, a body section with an air inlet configured to admit a flow of air into the fuel injector shroud and a dome section defining a mount for securing the swirler device to the body section, and at least one interior rib positioned on an interior surface of the dome section configured to direct the flow of air to the swirler holes of the swirler device such that the flow of air exiting through the swirler is mixed with the flow of fuel exiting the nozzle.
US09625153B2
A low calorific value fuel-fired can combustor for a gas turbine include a generally cylindrical housing, and a generally cylindrical liner disposed coaxially within the housing to define with the housing a radial outer flow passage for combustion air, the liner also defining inner primary and intermediate regions of a combustion zone and a dilution zone, the dilution zone being axially distant a closed housing end relative to the combustion zone. A nozzle assembly disposed at the closed housing end includes an air blast nozzle and surrounding swirl vanes. An impingement cooling sleeve coaxially disposed in the combustion air passage between the housing and the liner impingement cools the portion of the liner defining the combustion zone. A portion of the combustor air is introduced directly into the intermediate region.
US09625152B2
A heat shield for a combustor of a gas turbine engine has a heat shield adapted to be mounted to a combustor wall with a back face of the heat shield in spaced-apart facing relationship with an inner surface of the combustor wall to define an air gap. Rails extend from the back face of the heat shield across the air gap. Grooves are defined in at least one of the rails. The rail grooves are in fluid flow communication with the air gap when the heat shield is mounted to the combustor wall.
US09625149B2
Burner assemblies including panels (e.g., transparent panels) supported in a substantially parallel, closely-spaced relationship and gaskets and spacers sealing the space between the panels to form a perimeter seal and to define a plenum between the first and second panels with an inlet into the plenum and an outlet out of the plenum.
US09625147B2
A combustion heater includes an inner tube having a supply passage for combustion gas in an inner portion, and an outer tube disposed to provide a separated combustion space in an outer periphery of the inner tube. A hole part for ejecting the combustion gas is formed on a tube wall of the inner tube and combustion gas is ejected with ejection characteristics such that circulating flow is formed on the periphery of a stagnation point. According to this combustion heater, a stable flame can be formed without increasing costs and the heating efficiency can be improved.
US09625144B2
A memorial candle holder includes a generally hollow main body having a candle holder along the top end, and one or more transparent commemorative item holders located along a middle portion. The main body is constructed from a translucent material, and a removable base unit having an illumination device is removably secured to the bottom of the main body.
US09625138B2
A lighting decoration structure includes a decorating object and a functional object. The decorating object consists of a mask, which is in a hollow and transparent three-dimension form with an opening, and a power supply box, which is positioned at a side of the mask for sealing the opening and provided with a control circuit, an illuminator as electrically connected therewith and positioned inside the mask and a battery magazine at a side opposite to the illuminator. The functional object is securely positioned at a circumference of the decorating object. Thereby battery replacement is convenient because of the battery magazine positioned at a side of the mask while production yield rate is increased because of the functional object positioned at the decorating object.
US09625132B2
A light fixture mounting system including a nipple assembly configured to be secured relative to a structure. The nipple assembly includes a longitudinally extending nipple with at least one longitudinal channel and a series of outer threads. A fixture mount assembly includes a mount body, a prong assembly extending from the mount body and including at least one prong leg extending to a free end with an outwardly extending prong foot, and an adjusting nut positioned about the at least one prong leg between the mount body and the respective prong foot. The fixture mount assembly is positioned relative to the nipple assembly such that each prong leg is positioned in a longitudinal channel and the adjusting nut is positioned such that the adjusting nut contacts the at least one prong foot and the at least one prong leg is retained in the corresponding longitudinal channel.
US09625126B2
There is provided a luminaire apparatus for illuminating an object. The luminaire apparatus may also include a light module housing that is to be substantially parallel to the object and includes a light module recess. Further, the luminaire apparatus includes lighting module configured to be disposed within the light module recess and configured to be oriented substantially parallel to the object. Additionally, the luminaire apparatus includes a housing mounting member configured to be attached to the light module housing.
US09625112B2
An electronic flameless candle including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a sidewall between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a cavity defined by the top surface, the bottom surface and the sidewall, the body configured in shape and size to simulate a true flame candle. The candle may also include a light source operably connected to the body, the light source electrically operated to illuminate in a way that simulates a natural flicker of a real candle flame. The candle may also include a scent component, operably connected to the body, the scent component configured to emit a scent when heated and/or a sensor component, operably connected to the body, the sensor component configured to sense an environmental condition and affect a mode of the light source upon the sensing of the environmental condition.
US09625109B1
A lighting fixture structure for a recessed lighting fixture includes a housing and a junction box. The lighting fixture structure further includes an arm. The arm is attached to the housing and to the junction box. The arm is rotatably attached to the housing.
US09625101B2
A pressure controlled chamber arrangement comprising a chamber, one or more seals arranged in use to limit fluid flow between the inside and outside of the chamber and a vent system arranged in use to remove a vent flow of fluid from the inside of the chamber. The vent system at least contributes to the formation of a pressure drop across the one or more seals from the outside to the inside of the chamber. The vent system comprises a flow controller arranged in use to control the quantity of fluid removal via the vent system in accordance with the sealing performance provided by the one or more seals, the vent system giving increased quantity of fluid removal for decreased sealing performance.
US09625095B2
A sealed and insulating reservoir contains a pressurized cold fluid in a rigid, sealed enclosure. A fluidtight membrane is positioned to contact the cold fluid contained in the reservoir. An insulating barrier is placed between the fluidtight membrane and the internal surface of the rigid enclosure, with the insulating barrier forming a support surface to support the fluidtight membrane. A pressure balancing device is able to limit the pressure difference between a first sealed volume located inside the fluidtight membrane, and a second sealed volume located outside the fluidtight membrane. The pressure balancing device typically includes a fluid circuit having two chambers sealingly separated by a movable separator. The first chamber is linked to the first sealed volume, and the second chamber is linked to the second sealed volume. The movable separator exerts a loading force in the direction of the second chamber.
US09625092B2
A battery-powered, handheld grease gun for dispensing lubricant. A pump mechanism driven by a motor is in communication with the lubricant and has a supply port for dispensing the lubricant at a lubrication point. A sensor monitors the pump mechanism of the motor. A display displays information indicative of the monitored condition of the device, such as volume of lubricant dispensed. A processor responsive to operator input selectively energizes the motor to drive the pump mechanism to dispense lubricant.
US09625090B2
A mounting device for multiple screens includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and a third fixing member. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are coupled on the two opposite sides of the third fixing member. The third fixing member is fixed on an object. The screens are mounted on the first, the second, and the third fixing members. When the first fixing member is rotated with respect to the third fixing member, the second fixing member is simultaneously driven by the first fixing member to rotate with respect to the third fixing member.
US09625089B1
A hands free device holder for portable media electronic devices to be used in restrooms. The media device holder provides an articulated bendable support arm extending from an integrated toilet paper tissue roll holder. A universal portable media engagement clamp is adjustable on the support arm's free end, having a resilient engagement clamp fitting that will engage and hold a variety of portable media devices, such as cell phones and tablets, as well as related static items.
US09625087B2
A mount capable of rotating a body in multiple planes with a single handle. The handle can be disposed in a first position, where rotation of the handle causes the body to rotate in a horizontal plane; or a second position, where rotation of the handle causes the body to rotate in a vertical plane. The body can otherwise be locked and not rotatable.
US09625084B2
This disclosure describes a modular bridging structure and a system for using that structure. The bridging structure has a channel configured to receive a portion of an elongate rail, the channel being configured to receive the elongate rail substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the modular bridging structure, and a rail fastener securing the received rail within the channel. Additionally, the modular bridging structure has a leg receiver configured to receive an elongate leg section such that the leg section is attached through a bottom side of the modular bridging structure. There is a leg fastener that secures the received leg section to the modular bridging structure such that the securing point of the fastener is adjustable along a plurality of points along each leg section.
US09625083B2
The invention relates to a movement system that is associated with a wrapping machine for wrapping a load with a film including at least one operating unit for performing operations on the load or on the film. The system includes shuttles that are movable for supporting and moving the operating units along a path at least between an operating position in which the operating units can perform operations on the load or on the film or can interact with the wrapping machine, and a inactive position in which the operating units are outside a working zone of the wrapping machine in order not to interfere with the operation thereof.
US09625066B2
Plastic tubing including a thermoplastic ribbon helically wrapped and heat bonded to itself to form a tubing wall and a thermoplastic reinforcement located helically around and along the tubing wall. At least a thickness of the tubing wall or a size of the thermoplastic reinforcement is varied along the tubing wall.
US09625060B2
A railway car air brake hose support bracket has an upper portion with first and second attachment members, a lower portion and an air hose connector. The first attachment member enters into and engages a portion of an accessible compartment of an uncoupling mechanism housing below the coupler head, and the second attachment member is secured to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler. The air brake hose connector engages an air brake hose assembly and suspends this hose assembly from the railway coupler at a predetermined distance above the rail bed. A method of installing the hose support bracket includes positioning the first and second attachment members, securing them in place, and attaching one or more railway brake hose units to the air hose connector, either before or after this positioning and securing of the upper portion of the bracket.
US09625059B2
A clamping device for connecting a first profile to a second profile that is suspended from a ceiling and runs transversely to the first profile, including a clamp with two shanks that can be adjusted relative to one another, each having a recess for receiving and fixing the first profile and each with an end section for being fixed to a section of the second profile, and having a screw element for moving the shanks toward one another. The clamping device allows a closing sheet with stops, which closing sheet cooperates with the shanks of the clamp.
US09625058B2
Disclosed herein is a grip-type locking device for a terminal. The locking device includes a body. Two grips are connected to opposite sides of the body, respectively. An interval adjusting pin adjusts an interval between the two grips, thus locking or releasing the terminal interposed therebetween. A cable is connected at opposite ends thereof to a controller and the terminal, respectively. The cable is securely coupled to the body so that load applied to the cable on the controller is blocked by the body and thus is not transmitted to the cable on the terminal.
US09625056B2
An automated vehicle system for laying pipe includes a vehicle (e.g., a stringing trailer) with a bed for storing a plurality of pipes. Tilted gravity members extend across the bed of the vehicle to feed the pipes toward a chute with conveyor running toward the rear of the vehicle. A gate arm and rocker arm mechanism ensure that pipes are fed one at a time onto the conveyor to lay a series of pipes on the ground. Optionally, a joining trailer can be connected behind the vehicle for joining the pipes together before the pipe is placed on the ground.
US09625054B2
A shut-off flap with a flap-shaped shut-off element, which is supported within a housing in such a way that it can swivel around a rotation axis and which contains a flap disk staggered relative to the rotation axis and lateral hubs to hold two drive shafts which are supported in such a way that they can rotate in the housing. In order to make possible an improvement of the throughflow and a reduction of the actuation torque, flow deflection elements are located on the two hubs.
US09625047B2
A flow control valve for a flow controller includes a valve main body provided with an open-top valve chamber hole, a metal diaphragm valve element, a lower support cylinder having notches facing each other, an upper support cylinder attached to the lower support cylinder, a support frame horizontally disposed through the notches of the lower support cylinder, a disc spring placed between the support frame and a bottom of the lower support cylinder, a lower cradle placed on the support frame, a piezoelectric element inserted into the support cylinder above the lower cradle, a guide fixed to the valve main body together with the support frame with the support cylinder being inserted through the guide cylinder in a vertically movable manner. The support cylinder is pressed upward by the extension of the piezoelectric element, whereby the metal diaphragm valve element is separated from the valve seat by the elastic force.
US09625046B2
A valve for one-time opening a fluid line for venting a technical system includes an inlet for connecting to the fluid line, an outlet, and a controllable closure arranged between the inlet and the outlet. In the non-activated state the controllable closure closes a passage between the inlet and the outlet. The closure includes a material that changes its phase state in dependence on a control parameter, whereby the passage is irreversibly opened in the activated state.
US09625045B1
Described herein is an improved externally mounted pressure relief valve that is especially adapted for rail tank cars or other large closed containers that contain or transport fluids, including liquids and gases. The pressure relief valve comprises a plurality of spring assemblies, and each spring assembly contains a pre-determined number of spring leaves. Each spring assembly is coiled upon a corresponding spring drum, and each spring drum is penetrated by a corresponding spring drum bolt. The spring assemblies are preferably aligned in at least two horizontal planes that are parallel to each other and normal to the vertical length of a spring block. The spring block and sealing disk are mounted vertically over the valve seat and within the confines of vertically extending spring brackets.
US09625044B2
A rotary valve comprising a stator with an inner stator face, and a rotor with an inner rotor face arranged in sealing contact with the inner stator face, the rotor is rotatably movable to a plurality of rotor positions about a rotational axis relative to the inner stator face, the stator comprises a plurality of connection ports each being in fluidic contact with a corresponding valve orifice at the inner stator face and the rotor comprises two or more interconnection paths for selective fluidic interconnection of said valve orifices with respect to the rotor position, wherein the stator comprises, an inlet port, an outlet port, a component feed port, a component return port, and wherein the interconnection paths in the rotor are arranged to: —in a first rotor position interconnect the inlet port with the outlet port, —in a second rotor position interconnect the inlet port with the component feed port and the component return port with the outlet port, —in a third rotor position interconnect the inlet port with the component return port and the component feed port with the outlet port.
US09625031B2
A method and apparatus for modifying the shift map of an automatically controlled vehicle transmission having individually selectable speed ratios. A calibrator determines launch ratio from a plurality of speed ratios and is responsive to ambient pressure and/or ambient temperature. The calibrator may be further responsive to engine speed, engine temperature, transmission temperature, gradient and direction of gradient.
US09625030B2
An automatic transmission is provided with a frictional engagement member that is operated by hydraulic pressure for shifting the automatic transmission, and includes an air vent opening. An automatic transmission controller includes a pressure regulator and a control section. The pressure regulator regulates the hydraulic pressure in response to a hydraulic pressure control signal. The control section performs an air vent operation of venting air from the frictional engagement member through the air vent opening. The air vent operation includes: a preliminary operation of setting the hydraulic pressure control signal to a preliminary pulse indicative of a preliminary value of pressure, wherein the preliminary value is lower than a normal value of pressure; and a normal operation of setting the hydraulic pressure control signal to a normal pulse indicative of the normal value, wherein the normal pulse follows the preliminary pulse.
US09625025B2
The present disclosure relates to a differential including a differential case adapted to be rotated about an axis of rotation, and a cross-shaft operatively coupled to the differential case such that the cross-shaft and the differential case rotate together about the axis of rotation. The differential includes left and right clutch actuators having opposing inboard sides between which the cross-shaft is positioned and left and right axle hubs positioned on opposite sides of the cross-shaft. The differential includes a left clutch pack that prevents relative rotation between the left clutch actuator and the left axle hub about the axis of rotation when a left clutch engagement pressure is applied to the left clutch pack and a right clutch pack that prevents relative rotation between the right clutch actuator and the right axle hub about the axis of rotation when a right clutch engagement pressure is applied to the right clutch pack. A rotation limiting arrangement at the inboard sides of the left and right clutch actuators is provided for limiting relative rotation between the left and right clutch actuators about the axis of rotation. The rotation limiting arrangement includes a rotation limiter captured between first and second stop surfaces which cooperate to define a limited range of relative rotational movement between the left and right clutch actuators. The rotation limiter has a first location that makes line contact with the first stop surface. The rotation limiter also has a second location that makes line contact with the second stop surface.
US09625024B2
A torque coupling unit for use with a differential assembly is provided. The torque coupling unit comprises a first member, a second member, a clutching assembly, and a clutch actuator. The first member is in driving engagement with a side gear of the differential assembly. The second member is in driving engagement with an output shaft. The clutch actuator assembly is disposed adjacent the clutching assembly and comprises a roller and ramp assembly. In response to a rotation of a portion of the clutch actuator assembly a portion of the roller and ramp assembly is driven in an axial manner to apply a force to the clutching assembly, causing a first portion of the clutching assembly to be at least variably frictionally engaged with a second portion of the clutching assembly.
US09625017B2
A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for receiving ball bearing elements, a ball circulating member is engaged with the ball nut and includes a ball circulating channel communicative with the helical groove of the ball nut, and includes an intermediate segment and two end segments, a ball coupler includes two flexible coupling members for engaging with the ball bearing elements, and the ball circulating member includes two opposite helical guide pathways for receiving the flexible coupling members of the ball coupler, and curved relative to the ball circulating member for smoothly guiding the flexible coupling members to move through the ball circulating member.
US09625006B2
A transmission includes an input member, an output member, first and second interconnecting members, first and second countershaft members, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of synchronizer assemblies and a dual clutch assembly. The transmission is operable to provide at least one reverse speed ratio and a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member.
US09625002B2
A power transmission belt includes a transparent or semitransparent sheet material covering a portion of a surface of a belt body including a mark. At least a portion of the belt body covered with the sheet material is made of a rubber composition vulcanized with sulfur. The sheet material is made of a rubber material containing a diene rubber. The sheet material is vulcanized with sulfur together with the rubber composition forming the portion of the belt body covered with the sheet material such that the sheet material is connected to the belt body.
US09624980B2
A bearing device includes a bearing member provided with a circumferentially extending sliding surface and a housing holding the bearing member on an inner circumferential surface thereof. The bearing member is provided with a bearing outer peripheral surface on one side thereof facing the housing. The bearing outer peripheral surface is surface roughened. The housing is provided with a housing inner peripheral surface on one side thereof facing the bearing member. The housing inner peripheral surface is surface roughened. When a mean height Rc of a roughness curve element of either of the bearing outer peripheral surface and the housing inner peripheral surface is X μm, the remaining other of the bearing outer peripheral surface and the housing inner peripheral surface has a material ratio Rmr (X μm) of roughness curve being equal to or less than 10% in at least one measurement direction.
US09624973B2
A friction preventing apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The apparatus includes: a first object; a second object spaced apart from the first object and facing the first object; and a plurality of charged nanoparticles provided on a surface of one of the first and second objects, such that the nanoparticles are disposed between the first object and the second object. A potential difference is formed between the first and second objects. The nanoparticles may be positively charged and may adhere to the first object, and the first object has a potential lower than a potential of the second object. The nanoparticles may be negatively charged and may adhere to the second object, and the second object has a potential higher than a potential of the first object.
US09624965B2
Actuator stem and rod end bearings having locking mechanisms are described. An example apparatus for use with a control valve actuator includes a rod end bearing having a bearing retainer and a shaft portion extending from the bearing retainer, where the shaft portion defines a first face. An actuator stem has a first end to be operatively coupled to a diaphragm plate of the control valve actuator and a second end to be coupled to the rod end bearing, where the second end defines a second face. The first face engages the second face to provide a lock that prevents rotation of the actuator stem relative to the rod end bearing when the actuator stem is rotated in a first direction.
US09624961B2
A screw includes a shank having an insertion tip and a head end which has an upper portion with a cutting portion and a lower portion from which a plurality of anti-screw-out teeth protrude. Each anti-screw-out tooth includes a guide face and a stop face intersecting a circumferential surface of the lower portion for development of a recessed channel. A first thread on the shank includes a plurality of asymmetrical thread convolutions each having a first cutting face facing onto the insertion tip and a second cutting face backing onto the insertion tip. The first cutting face and a horizontal axis form an included angle between 25 and 45 degrees. The second cutting face and the horizontal axis form an included angle between 3 and 23 degrees. The screw is in favor of surface flatness of a to-be-connected plank and pull-out as well as anti-screw-out properties of the screw.
US09624960B2
A first member having a first lock groove and a second member having a connection hole for insertion of the first member and a second lock groove opened to an inner periphery of the hole, are connected via a lock ring having a circular section and engaging with the grooves. An outer diameter of the ring under a load-free condition is set not less than a diameter of a groove bottom surface of the second lock groove. A reduced-diameter guide hole portion for guiding the ring to the second lock groove while reducing a diameter of the ring, is adjacently disposed short of the second lock groove in an insertion direction of the first member. A depth from an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole portion to a groove bottom surface of the second lock groove is set less than a radius of the circular section of the ring.
US09624955B2
A multiple quick connector (MQC) assembly is described herein. The MQC assembly includes a male sub-assembly that includes a plurality of quick connectors coupled to a first circular plate, and an actuator coupled to the first circular plate. The actuator is configured to actuate a shaft having a draw nut attached to an axial end of the shaft. The MQC assembly also includes a female sub-assembly that includes a plurality of couplers coupled to a second circular plate. Each of the couplers is configured to couple to a respective quick connector of the male sub-assembly. The second circular plate comprises an aperture disposed therethrough. Actuation of the shaft causes the draw nut to extend axially through the aperture, and to rotate with respect to the aperture to lock the male sub-assembly axially with respect to the female sub-assembly.
US09624949B2
A tripod having legs which automatically open and close when the device is placed on a support surface and removed from the support surface, respectively. The device includes a telescopic center post, a plurality of downwardly extending support legs, a plurality of coupling links pivotally attached at one end to a bottom end of the center post and pivotally attached at the other end to the bottom end of the support legs. The attachment of the coupling links to the support legs is linked at the bottom of the support legs so that the coupling serves as a foot on the support surface when extended. Hinge-type mechanisms between the coupling links and support legs allows the support legs to close to a vertical position parallel and adjacent to the center post while allowing the legs to automatically open when the tripod is placed on the support surface.
US09624936B2
The proposed mechanical method of turbocompressor surge detection uses vibration signals from vibration monitoring equipment mounted on the compressor components to detect a surge event and provide antisurge control thereby. This method utilizes only mechanical information to identify surge, as compared to present day antisurge controllers that use compressor thermodynamic information such as flow, pressure, and temperature to locate a compressor's operating point on a compressor map compared to a surge region.
US09624934B2
A turbocharger arrangement comprises a turbocharger and a generator. The turbocharger comprises a turbine having a turbine wheel and a compressor having a compressor wheel. The turbine wheel and the compressor wheel are mounted to a shaft, the shaft being supported by a bearing assembly located in a bearing housing between the turbine and the compressor, such that the shaft may rotate about an axis; The compressor wheel is between the generator and the bearing assembly; and an inducer portion of the compressor wheel is between an exducer portion of the compressor wheel and the bearing assembly.
US09624930B2
A centrifugal pump has a gas accumulation reduction system to reduce the risk of gas locking caused by the accumulation of gas at the inlet of the impeller. The gas accumulation reduction system includes: (i) one or more diffuser ports extending through the hub of a diffuser; and (ii) one or more recirculation passages extending through the hub of an impeller. The recirculation passages are in fluid communication with the one or more diffuser ports to permit the recirculation of a portion of pumped fluid through the stage. Additionally, a centrifugal pump that includes at least one turbomachinery stage. The stage includes a rotatable impeller that has an impeller hub with a centrally disposed eye and a plurality of impeller vanes. The impeller is variously configured to encourage mixing of two-phase fluids at the eye of the impeller hub.
US09624922B2
A pressure monitoring device for use in an air system of a vehicle and for controlling a compressor comprises an input air connector for connection to an air tank and for receiving an input pressure from the air tank. A first signal air connector can output a pneumatic ON-load signal for adjusting the compressor to an operation mode. A second signal air connector can output a pneumatic OFF-load signal for adjusting the compressor to a non-operation mode.
US09624921B2
A roller assembly comprises a central section with a hub; a plurality of flexible arms coupled to the central section; a plurality of spring pins, one spring pin coupled to each of the plurality of flexible arms; a plurality of arms coupled to the central section such that each arm is capable of pivoting independently with respect to the central section; and a plurality of rollers, one roller coupled to each of the plurality of arms.
US09624920B2
Staged peristaltic pump systems and related methods are disclosed. A system may be configured such that the working fluid pressure differential across any individual stage of the system is smaller than the pressure across the entire system. In some embodiments certain components of each stage may be sealed from fluid communication with an external environment, though working fluid may be configured to cross the boundary of the seal. In some embodiments, stages may be pressurized with respect to an external environment.
US09624913B2
Provided is a consumer to industrial scale energy trigeneration process based microgrid combined cooling, heat and power. The present invention includes conversion, processing, extraction and/or storage systems for electrical, chemical and thermal energy. The invention provides a quintessential renewable energy ecosystem incorporating vital energy generation, thermal heating and cooling processes with integrated components installed to encompass a distributed renewable energy generation, energy storage and integrated automation system. The automation system of the invention provides the ability to view, monitor, analyze, control and interact with system components.
US09624906B2
System for stabilizing an offshore horizontal axis wind turbine having a tower, the system comprising sensors for generating signals representing detected movements of the tower, and gyroscopes. Each gyroscope has a spinning axis, an input axis and an output axis, and a flywheel rotatable about the spinning axis. The system further comprises an actuator for each gyroscope, said actuator being arranged with its related gyroscope in such a way that this actuator can apply a torque about the input axis of the gyroscope. The system also comprises a control unit for receiving the signals representing detected movements of the tower, and for providing the actuator with suitable control signals for said actuator to apply a torque about the related gyroscope input axis, said torque about the input axis producing a torque about the output axis of the same gyroscope that at least partly dampens the detected movements of the tower.
US09624904B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a number of passive and active defense designs and methods that enable a wind turbine to escape high wind events. The disclosure includes descriptions of multiple designs and methods for lowering the elevated portion of a wind turbine. Other embodiments of the invention concern ways to connect the elevated portion of a wind turbine to the tower. Numerous counterweight systems are also disclosed which enable the lowering of the elevated portion of the wind turbine.
US09624896B2
A starter assembly is provided and includes a shaft to transmit rotation to a ring gear via a pinion and including a first helical spline with angling directed reversely with respect to a direction of the rotation and an elastic element anchored on the first helical spline to bias the pinion in an axial direction. The ring gear and the pinion include complementary teeth and the pinion defines a bore with a second helical spline to register with the first helical spline such that the pinion teeth are forwardly rotated into ring gear teeth engagement positions as the shaft moves axially relative to the pinion in the axial direction.
US09624886B2
A hydraulic coupling is specified, particularly for fuel injectors, which has a housing pot having a pot bottom and a lateral pot surface, a piston guided axially displaceably in the housing pot, a fluid-filled coupling gap that is provided between the piston and the pot bottom, diaphragm situated on the outer side of the housing pot facing away from the piston, a compensation chamber that is bordered by the diaphragm and flow-connected to the coupling gap, and a spring element acting upon the diaphragm with an axially directed spring force. In order to achieve a low overall stiffness of the hydraulic coupling at the required specified coupling force, the spring element is developed as a spring bracket fixed to the housing pot, which lies against the diaphragm with axial prestressing in the region of the pot bottom.
US09624883B2
An apparatus for closed loop operation of a solenoid-activated actuator includes an external control module and a power source which are electrically and operatively coupled to an activation controller of the actuator. The external control module and the power source are located externally to the actuator. The apparatus further includes an activation controller which is integrated within the body of the actuator. The activation controller includes a control module and an actuator driver and is configured to communicate with the external control module and to receive electrical power from the power source. The apparatus additionally includes at least one sensor device which is integrated within the body of the actuator and is electrically and operatively coupled to the activation controller. The at least one sensor device is configured to measure one or more parameters during operation of the actuator and the measured parameters are provided as feedback to the activation controller.
US09624881B2
An airbox for an engine is provided. The airbox includes a first cylinder bank including a plurality of first cylinder sections. The airbox also includes a second cylinder bank including a plurality of second cylinder sections. The airbox further includes an isolation assembly provided in association with the first cylinder bank and the second cylinder bank. The isolation assembly is configured to isolate at least one first cylinder section of the plurality of first cylinder sections from another first cylinder section of the plurality of first cylinder sections, at least one second cylinder section of the plurality of second cylinder sections from another second cylinder section of the plurality of second cylinder sections, and the first cylinder bank from the second cylinder bank.
US09624873B2
A method is provided for detecting a leakage in a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine. The fuel supply system includes a fuel line system with fuel line sections and a pressure monitoring system with monitoring segments, a set of valves, and a pressure sensor. The method includes detecting a leakage between the fuel line sections and the pressure monitoring system when the set of valves are opened to fluidly connect the monitoring segments. The method also includes performing at least two pressure measurements for at least two selected sets of neighboring monitoring segments for providing pressure behavior information for the selected sets of neighboring monitoring segments. The method further includes comparing the pressure behavior information of the selected sets of neighboring monitoring segments, and identifying a leaking monitoring segment based on the comparison.
US09624863B1
A system for supplying fuel to an engine is disclosed. The system includes a first sensing unit for determining multiple operating parameters and multiple ambient conditions of the engine. The system includes an adaptive adjustment mechanism, a pressure regulator having a first valve and a second valve, and a controller communicating with the adaptive adjustment mechanism and the pressure regulator. The controller determines a first error and a second error associated with a pressure of a fuel supply to a pre-combustion chamber and a main combustion chamber, respectively, and receives an output signal indicative of an adjustment factor determined by the adaptive adjustment mechanism. The controller controls the first valve and the second valve based on the first error, the second error, and the output signal, to supply the fuel to the pre-combustion chamber and the main combustion chamber at a first pressure and a second pressure, respectively.
US09624862B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine in the present invention is provided with a fuel injection valve (12) which is capable of directly injecting fuel into a cylinder, and which includes: a needle valve (12b) that has a seat contact part (12b1) at its distal end part; and a nozzle body (12a) that has a seat part (12a1) with which the seat contact part (12b1) comes into contact, a fuel receiving part (12d) formed downstream of the seat part (12a1), and a plurality of nozzle holes (12e) formed downstream of the seat part (12a1). The control apparatus executes learning control of fuel injection amount to learn the fuel injection amount. Further, the control apparatus executes pre-learning injection of fuel prior to execution of learning-use injection of fuel for the learning control.
US09624860B2
Disclosed is a method for the control and regulation of a V-type internal combustion engine (1), comprising an independent common rail system on the A side and an independent common rail system on the B-side, in which the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine (1) is regulated in a speed control loop and a nominal torque as an adjusted variable of the rotational speed governor is limited during the starting procedure to a starting torque for representing a nominal injection null set.
US09624849B2
In a method for stopping an internal combustion engine, a quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via an air-metering device, e.g., a throttle valve, is reduced after a stop request has been determined, and the quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via the air-metering device is increased again when a detected speed of the internal combustion engine falls below a predefinable speed threshold value. The predefinable speed threshold value is increased when, after the metered quantity of air is increased up to stopping of the internal combustion engine, an intake cylinder no longer passes through a bottom dead center.
US09624847B2
A method for controlling operation of a multi-mode powertrain system includes periodically determining a power cost difference between a first power cost and a second power cost. This includes determining the first power cost associated with operating the powertrain system with the engine operating in a presently commanded engine state in response to an operator torque request and determining the second power cost associated with an expected powertrain operation with the engine operating in a non-commanded engine state in response to the operator torque request. The first power cost is compared with the second power cost, and successive iterations of the periodically determined power cost difference between the first power cost and the second power cost are integrated to determine an integrated power cost difference. A transition to the non-commanded engine state is commanded when the integrated power cost difference is greater than a threshold.
US09624846B2
In a vehicle having a manual transmission, various sensors such as pedal and gearshift position sensors and accelerometers provide data to a control module such as an engine control module. The control module includes a microprocessor which calculates derivatives, i.e., the rate of change (first derivative) or the rate of change of the rate of change (second derivative) of the data from the sensors. Based on these derivatives, the microprocessor classifies the current driving activity into one of two, three or more modes, for example, track, sport and touring. During a shift, from the data from the gearshift sensor, the microprocessor determines whether an upshift or downshift is imminent or in progress and decreases or increases the engine speed to achieve zero or negligible cross clutch speed differential upon clutch engagement, rapidly if in the first (track) mode, less rapidly in the second (sport) mode and less rapidly still in the third (touring) mode.
US09624842B2
A method and device for determining a value for a valve lift of a valve of an individual cylinder of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine are provided. The method includes determining a first exhaust-gas lambda value for fuel combustion in the individual cylinder in a first operating state of the engine by a cylinder-individual and time-resolved detection of lambda values without an artificial variation in an air/fuel ratio. The method also includes determining an air mass sucked in by all cylinders of the engine in the first operating state. The method also includes determining the value for the valve lift of the valve of the individual cylinder based on the first exhaust-gas lambda value, the determined air mass, and a correction value, wherein the correction value is based on a relationship between the valve lift and an associated air mass sucked in by all cylinders of the engine.
US09624841B2
A device for controlling the speed of an internal combustion engine comprising a control lever movably associated to a support element, which may be the engine casing or a portion thereof. The control lever is moveable at least between a first position, in which the engine is at a first rotation regime, and a second position, in which the engine is at a second rotation time. A selective locking mechanism is provided that prohibits the control lever from being stably positioned at any (and all) intermediate positions between the first and second positions. In one embodiment, a biasing force generated by the device automatically forces the control lever into one of the first or second positions when the control lever is located in any of the intermediate positions and an actuation force is ceased.
US09624834B2
A gas turbine engine has a fan and a turbine having a fan drive turbine rotor. The fan drive turbine rotor drives a compressor rotor. A gear reduction effects a reduction in the speed of the fan relative to an input speed from the fan drive turbine rotor that drives the compressor rotor. The compressor rotor has a number of compressor blades in at least one of a plurality of rows of the compressor rotor. The blades operate at least some of the time at a rotational speed. The number of compressor blades in at least one row and the rotational speed are such that the following formula holds true for at least one row of the compressor rotor turbine: (number of blades×rotational speed)/60 s≧5500 Hz, and the rotational speed is in revolutions per minute. A method of designing a gas turbine engine and a compressor module are also disclosed.
US09624833B2
A compressor having a stator vane assembly having an inner ring and a seal carrier secured thereto, the seal carrier having two opposite seal carrier end faces and the inner ring having two inner ring end faces which face said seal carrier end faces and are received between said seal carrier end faces with an axial gap therebetween, at least one clamping element bearing axially with a first clamping element end face against the inner ring and with a second clamping element end face against the seal carrier and being axially resiliently clamped between the inner ring and the seal carrier. A compressor with a clamping element for radial clamping is also provided.
US09624829B2
One example of a gas turbine engine may include a gas generator, a reheat combustor that is disposed downstream of the gas generator, and a power turbine that is disposed downstream of the reheat combustor and includes a plurality of nozzle guide vanes. The reheat combustor is configured to increase a fuel flow so as to increase a temperature of the reheat combustor and match a required exhaust temperature. The nozzle guide vanes are configured to increase a real capacity at a power turbine inlet in proportion with the required exhaust temperature. A constant apparent capacity at a gas generator exit upstream of the reheat combustor remains constant, in response to proportionately increasing the temperature and the real capacity with respect to one another.
US09624822B2
A relief valve for turbines of exhaust turbochargers. Hot exhaust gas flows against this type of relief valves and the relief valves heat up significantly. Sensitive components such as the springs or the membrane can be damaged as a result. The relief valves are normally designed so that the membrane and a radiation panel are adjacent to a first chamber. Air is continuously guided through the first chamber in order to specifically cool the membrane and protect the membrane from excessive heating.
US09624820B2
A control device for direct injection gasoline engines includes a fuel injection control part (engine control device) composed to control a fuel injection aspect of an injector. The fuel injection control part changes an injection mode of the injector by changing the lift amount of the injector and the injection interval of the fuel respectively. The fuel injection control part switches between a first injection mode, which includes multiple times of the fuel injection with the small lift amount of the injector and the small interval of the fuel injection, and a second injection mode, which includes multiple times of the fuel injection with the bigger lift amount of the injector and the larger interval of the fuel injection than those of the first injection mode, according to an operating state of the engine body.
US09624818B2
A cooling system for a bus may include a heat dissipating plate mounted on a roof panel of a top of a bus and cooling heated fluid with wind, and an actuator connected to an air tank, selectively actuating the heat dissipating plate and adjusting an inclination angle between the heat dissipating plate and the roof panel.
US09624815B2
A support structure for mounting an emissions cleaning module to an engine is provided. The support structure includes a lower section adapted to be mounted to the engine and an upper section, coupled to the lower section, and adapted to carry the emissions cleaning module. The support structure may include anti-vibration mounts to reduce movement, in use, of the emissions cleaning module due to movement of the engine.
US09624814B2
An engine is disposed below an operator's seat in such a manner that a flywheel housing is located at the front of a traveling machine body. An exhaust gas purification device is disposed behind the engine and below a radiator. The engine is connected, on the left side thereof, to an air cleaner for taking in fresh air, and is connected, on the right side thereof, to an exhaust pipe which is connected to the air inlet side of the exhaust gas purification device.
US09624811B2
A control device of an internal combustion engine which is provided with an exhaust purification catalyst is provided with a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor, a feed control means for controlling the fuel feed amount so that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas becomes a target air-fuel ratio, and an excess/deficiency estimating means which estimates an oxygen excess/deficiency in the exhaust gas. The target air-fuel ratio is switched to a lean air-fuel ratio when the output air-fuel ratio of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a rich air-fuel ratio and is switched to the rich air-fuel ratio when the stored amount of oxygen of the exhaust purification catalyst after this becomes a switching reference amount or more. An absolute value of cumulative oxygen excess/deficiency at a time period during which the target air-fuel ratio is made the lean air-fuel ratio and an absolute value of cumulative oxygen excess/deficiency at a time period during which the target air-fuel ratio is made the rich air-fuel ratio are used as the basis to correct the target air-fuel ratio etc. so that the difference of these absolute values becomes small.
US09624796B2
A valve-timing control apparatus includes an electric motor; a speed-reduction mechanism configured to reduce a rotational speed of the output shaft of the electric motor; a slip ring provided on a surface of a tip portion of the electric motor; a cover member provided to cover at least a part of the surface of the tip portion of the electric motor; a power-feeding brush disposed in the cover member and being in contact with the slip ring; and an angle sensing mechanism configured to sense a rotational angle of the output shaft of the electric motor. The angle sensing mechanism includes a detected portion attached to the output shaft of the electric motor, and a detecting portion attached to the cover member and opposed to the detected portion. The power-feeding brush is located so as not to overlap with the detected portion in a vertically-upper direction from the detected portion.
US09624792B2
The invention relates to a method for heating and cooling a working fluid (2) using at least one thermochemical heat accumulator medium (3), wherein the working fluid (2) is guided through at least one thermochemical heat accumulator (6) comprising the heat accumulator medium (3), wherein the working fluid (2) is guided without contact to the heat accumulator medium (3), wherein upon charging of the heat accumulator medium (3) a heat flow (Q) is transferred from the working fluid (2) to the heat accumulator medium (3) and at least one substance (15) is released from the heat accumulator medium (3) and discharged from the heat accumulator (6), and wherein upon discharging of the heat accumulator medium (3) the substance (15) is fed with release of heat to the heat accumulator medium (3) or at least to a reaction product of the heat accumulator medium (3) that was produced during charging of the heat accumulator medium (3), and a heat flow (Q) is transferred to the working fluid (2).
US09624789B2
A turbomachine casing assembly including a casing adapted to encase an aerofoil structure, the aerofoil structure having a tip, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the casing substantially surrounding the tip of the aerofoil structure, wherein the casing has a set-back portion extending from a position in the region of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the aerofoil structure part way towards a position in the region of the respective other edge and set back from the remainder of the casing away from the aerofoil structure, such that the set-back portion permits a flow over a corresponding portion of the tip of the aerofoil structure.
US09624780B2
A rotor wheel assembly includes a rotor wheel having a plurality of dovetail slots spaced circumferentially about a peripheral surface of the rotor wheel. The rotor wheel also has a plurality of notches formed in the peripheral surface. The rotor wheel assembly includes at least one bucket having an integral cover, an airfoil, a dovetail, and a platform having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface of the platform includes a keyway. The keyway has an opposing tapered surface oriented at a first angle relative to the first surface of the platform. Furthermore, the rotor wheel assembly includes a wedge key having first face that is oriented substantially parallel to the first surface of the platform and an opposite second face that is oriented at the first angle relative to the first face, such that the second face is substantially parallel to the taper surface.
US09624779B2
A thermal management article, a method for forming a thermal management article and a thermal management method are disclosed. Forming a thermal management article includes forming a duct adapted to be inserted into a groove on the surface of a substrate, and attaching the duct to the groove so that the top outer surface of the duct is substantially flush with the surface of the substrate. Thermal management of a substrate includes transporting a fluid through the duct of a thermal management article to alter the temperature of the substrate.
US09624776B2
Turbocharger turbine wheels are designed to accelerate rapidly and to rotate at very high RPM. A turbine wheel is provided with improved low cycle fatigue resistance. The wheel can be balanced by conventional methods.
US09624769B2
A disclosed measurement system includes a fluid system that circulates a sample fluid exhibiting one or more unknown characteristics and being configured to receive a standard fluid that exhibits a known characteristic corresponding to at least one of the one or more unknown characteristics, an isolation cell fluidly coupled to the fluid system such that the sample fluid and a mixture of the sample fluid and the standard fluid are able to enter the isolation cell, an analyte-sensitive measurement device having one or more sensors associated therewith and being configured to analyze the sample fluid and the mixture and generate response signals corresponding to the one or more unknown characteristics of the sample fluid, and a signal processor configured to receive and perform standard addition calculations on the response signals in order to determine a concentration of the one or more unknown characteristics.
US09624768B2
Methods of identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of method includes connecting a downhole sensor subassembly between a drill bit and a drill string, operably coupling acoustic sensors to a downhole processor, operably coupling a borehole telemetry system, downhole and surface data transmitting interfaces, and a surface computer to the downhole data transmitting interface. The method also includes receiving raw acoustic sensor data resulting from rotational contact of the drill bit with rock by the downhole processor, transforming the raw acoustic sensor data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, and deriving acoustic characteristics from the filtered data. The method also includes the surface computer receiving the acoustic characteristics and deriving petrophysical properties from the acoustic characteristics directly or by utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm.
US09624761B2
A method of producing petroleum from at least one open hole in at least one petroleum production zone of a hydrocarbon well comprising the steps of locating a plurality of sliding valves along at least one production tubing; inserting the plurality of sliding valves and the production tubing into the at least one open hole; cementing the plurality of sliding valves in the at least one open hole; opening at least one of the cemented sliding valves; removing at least some of the cement adjacent the opened sliding valves without using jetting tools or cutting tools to establish at least one communication path between the interior of the production tubing and the at least one petroleum production zone; directing a fracing material radially through the at least one sliding valve radially toward the at least one production zone; producing hydrocarbons from the at least one petroleum production zone through the plurality of the sliding valves the cement adjacent to which has been removed.
US09624752B2
A seal including a seal wall comprising a swelling polymer material having elastomeric properties so that the seal has a non-swollen state and an expanded state, the seal wall having a closed circumference that extends around a central longitudinal axis and that extends from a first end via an intermediate section to a second end along a length (L) in the direction of the central axis (A), wherein the first end of the seal sleeve wall is connected or connectable to the inner element and wherein the seal wall, apart from at and adjacent to the first end thereof, is freely radially expandable due to the fact that the second end and the intermediate section of the seal wall are not connected to any structural parts.
US09624751B2
A disintegrating plug uses a setting tool to push a swage into the plug body that has external ribs that contact the wall of the surrounding tubular. The ribs retain the body to the surrounding tubular wall with frictional contact. Some leakage may ensue but in fracturing some leakage does not matter if enough volume under the right pressure reaches the formation. The sheared member during the setting comes out with the mandrel that is part of the setting tool. In an alternative embodiment one or more o-rings are used to seal while anchoring is assisted by the hardened insert(s) that can be snap fitted in using rib flexing or that can be a c-ring that is expanded and snapped in. The o-ring(s) are axially spaced from the insert(s).
US09624748B2
A system includes a subsea chemical injection system configured to inject a chemical into a well, wherein the choke trim comprises a first cylinder comprising a first plurality of spiral flow paths, a second cylinder comprising a second plurality of spiral flow paths, wherein the first cylinder is disposed within the second cylinder, and an outer portion comprising a plurality of axial passages, wherein the second cylinder is disposed within the outer portion.
US09624747B2
A tubing hanger assembly includes a tubular outer tubing hanger member adapted to land in a bore of a wellhead. A tubular inner tubing hanger member is adapted to be secured to a string of production tubing and has an engaged position in a bore of the outer tubing hanger member. A retaining mechanism selectively allows the inner tubing hanger member to be lowered relative to the outer tubing hanger member, then selectively allowing the inner tubing hanger member to be returned back to the engaged position, to create tension in the string of production tubing. The retaining mechanism operates in response to rotational movement of the inner tubing hanger member while the outer tubing hanger member remains stationary with the wellhead.
US09624746B2
Protection at a hydrocarbon well is enhanced by placing a blowout preventer over a well head. An adapter is connected to the blowout preventer. The adapter includes a valve that when turned off prevents non-production flow from the blowout preventer to a riser pipe.
US09624742B2
An automatic rock debris catching and washing apparatus comprises an acquisition device, a filtration device and a collection device. The filtration device comprises a water collection tank, above which a driving motor is connected with a pendulum bar having an end connected with a filtering scoop for receiving rock debris from the screening cylinder. The water collection tank is provided with a helical conveying rod having one end located at the bottom of the water collection tank and the other end located outside the water collection tank. A delivery pump is provided at the bottom of the water collection tank. The apparatus has a full-automatic collection operation. During use, it is not necessary to real-time monitor working condition of the catching and washing apparatus by manpower. Collecting regularly rock debris collected into the sand storing cylinders is enough. It is adaptable to the harsh environment, accurate in operation and analysis.
US09624740B2
A pipe handling apparatus comprising an operator station, a hydraulic pipe pusher assembly, hydraulic bumper light bar, hydraulic pipe gates, hydraulic telescoping pipe table, hydraulic pipe racks, hydraulic leveling jacks, hydraulic pipe loader, main lift hydraulic cylinder, and the trailer base.
US09624738B1
A centralizer capable of self-locking onto a tubular. The centralizer being of the type used in production strings of tubulars in the oilfield. The centralizer relates to mechanisms such as stop rings for centralizers commonly used in downhole applications to prevent axial and rotational movement of centralizers mounted on the tubing or casing outer surface.
US09624714B2
A door includes a door frame, first and second door skins having rectangular outer peripheries and inner openings, and a frameless glazed unit received at the openings. The door skins include exterior surfaces facing away from the door frame and opposite interior surfaces facing and secured to opposite sides of the door frame. The exterior and interior surfaces of the first and second door skins establish integral lips and grooves of the first and second door skins. Opposite sides of the frameless glazed unit directly contact and are sealed by the integral lips and sealant and/or adhesive contained in the grooves of the first and second door skins.
US09624699B2
The invention regards a locking device for the closing door of a washing and drying machine, constituted of a body of containment that houses a locking wheel for the door latch, subject to the action of elastic means, a sliding bolt capable of preventing the rotation of said wheel and a time-delay mechanism fitted with a locking pawl for said sliding bolt. The wheel is fitted with a cavity that presents a surface tilted with respect to the plane of rotation, so as to resolve the force it exerts on the bolt, when a pulling is exerted on the door while the device is in a closed and locked position.
US09624696B2
An exemplary locking cartridge includes a generally cylindrical housing, first and second plates, and a sliding member. The plates are rotatable with respect to the housing, and at least one of the plates is movable in the axial direction of the housing. The housing and the movable plate include cam surfaces that interact to cause the movable plate to move toward the other plate when the movable plate is rotated. The sliding member is slidingly coupled to one of the plates and operable in a blocked state in which the sliding member resists axial motion of the movable plate, and an unblocked state in which the sliding member does not resist axial motion of the movable plate.
US09624686B2
A post reinforcement including a panel having a body portion and a stake portion. The post reinforcement further includes a first barb coupled to and extending away from the panel, wherein the first barb is generally positioned on a first side of the panel. The post reinforcement also includes a second barb coupled to and extending away from the panel, wherein the second barb is generally positioned on a second side of the panel opposite the first side.
US09624684B2
A structural tower for a wind turbine assembly, includes along at least a base section: a plurality of peripheral sections extending peripherally of a central section. Each includes a convex-shaped wall having two longitudinal side edges and an inner framework connected to a respective one of the convex-shaped walls and extending inwardly therein. The inner framework includes spaced-apart transversal structural members connecting the two longitudinal side edges of the convex-shaped walls together and pairs of connecting structural members extending inwardly towards the central section. Each connecting structural member of a pair has a peripheral end connected to a respective one of the longitudinal side edges and an inner end connected to an inner end of a respective one of the connecting structural members of an adjacent one of the peripheral sections to define a structural concavity in the structural tower between adjacent peripheral sections.
US09624682B2
A unified multiple-use stadium has multiple fields or other areas for putting on various types of sporting events or other performances sequentially or simultaneously. A racetrack surrounds the fields or other areas. A unifying structure in the center of the stadium allows for simultaneous viewing of different areas and sporting events. Walkways extend from the unifying structure and between bleachers for the different fields or other areas. A drag strip and return area extend in one direction from the unifying structure. Exterior bleachers surround the racetrack. The types of fields and areas can vary, but can include a grass field, a dirt field, a sand and water area, and a concrete pad. There may be additional areas for extending these areas. The interior bleachers are transforming bleachers that can be lowered into the ground or raised to tapered or fully extended positions to accommodate different types of sporting events.
US09624679B2
The invention comprises connector for a pair of opposed spaced concrete forming panels. The connector comprises an elongate spacer member having flanges formed thereon intermediate a central portion thereof and each opposite end thereof. A portion of at least one end of the spacer member is sized and shaped to selectively engage an elongate panel bracing member. A composite insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.
US09624671B1
The present invention is a method and system for detecting and locating leaks in a roofing membrane. The mean net voltage from an emitting electrode activated by and connected to the positive side of a power supply, when a conductive mesh disposed beneath the membrane is connected to the negative side of the power supply, is compared with the mean reference voltage from the emitting electrode when a reference electrode is connected to the negative side of the power supply in place of the conductive mesh. If the mean net voltage is greater than or equal to the mean reference voltage, then a leak is indicated.
US09624661B2
A covering system for insulation devices (2) on (load-bearing) structures has a connecting device (24) including a carrier surface (28) with touch-and-close fastener elements (30) that can be connected to correspondingly designed touch-and-close fastener elements (22). A reactive functional surface (36) is fitted, as a further component of the connecting device (24), on the side (34) of the carrier surface (28) directed away from the touch-and-close fastener elements (30). The reactive functional surface bonds permanently, under predeterminable shaping pressure and at a predeterminable reaction temperature, to a preferably closed-cell foam material (4; 26) of the insulation device (2).
US09624650B2
A system associated with an implement of a machine is provided. The system includes a ground speed detection module configured to generate a signal indicative of a ground speed of the machine. The system further includes an implement control module coupled to the ground speed detection module. The implement control module receives the signal indicative of the ground speed of the machine. The implement control module detects at least one of the ground speed of the machine being less than a predetermined speed threshold and a rate of change of the ground speed being above a limit. The implement control module determines a presence of an obstruction in a path of the machine based, at least in part, on the detection. The implement control module further select a movement from a plurality of movements associated with the implement and triggers the movement of the implement.
US09624643B2
A work vehicle may comprise a chassis, a ground-engaging blade, a sensor assembly, and a controller. The ground-engaging blade may be movably connected to the chassis via a linkage configured to allow the blade to be tilted relative to the chassis. The sensor assembly may be connected to the work vehicle and configured to provide a tilt signal indicative of an angle of the blade in a roll direction and a roll signal indicative of a rotational velocity of the blade in the roll direction. The controller may be configured to determine a target tilt angle, receive the tilt signal, receive the roll signal, and send a command to tilt the blade toward the target tilt angle, the command based on the tilt signal, the roll signal, and the target tilt angle.
US09624641B2
A work tool coupler for a work vehicle may include a rigid body, a retention pin, a four-bar linkage, and a lever. The retention pin may be configured to engage a work tool when the coupler is in an engaged position. The four-bar linkage may include a first member pivotally connected to the retention pin and at least one of a second member and a third member, the second member pivotally connected to at least one of the first member and the third member, the third member pivotally connected to at least one of the first member and the second member and a fourth member, and the fourth member pivotally connected to the third member. The lever may be attached to the fourth member.
US09624640B2
A precast pole foundation having an elongated concrete body having an upper surface and a lower surface. At least two parallel concrete bolts extend from the upper surface of the concrete body. At least one cavity is disposed along the body of the concrete body for receiving a conduit. The pole foundation is preferably cylindrical and can be used to support a light pole, a utility pole, a sign pole of any such structure. At least a portion of the concrete body is reinforced with at least one reinforcing bar embedded therein.
US09624637B2
According to one embodiment, a flood vent includes a frame forming a fluid passageway through an opening in a structure. The flood vent further includes a door pivotally mounted to the frame in the fluid passageway for allowing a fluid to flow through the fluid passageway. The door has two opposing faces that include a first face and a second face. The flood vent further includes a first float positioned within the door in a location in-between the first face and a second float. Additionally, the first float is configured to allow the door to pivot in a first direction. The flood vent further includes the second float positioned within the door in a location in-between the second face and the first float. Furthermore, the second float is configured to allow the door to pivot in a second direction.
US09624630B1
A pedestrian barricade segment is attachable to adjacent similar segments using a hinge construction to form a barricade of a desired configuration. A support leg is rotatable between a stowed and a deployed orientation. A recess is disposed in the segment for receiving the leg when it is stowed. A locking ramp secures the leg in the recess. A foot pocket is disposed in the rear vertical face above the recess so that a user may insert their foot into the foot pocket and use the foot to push the leg downwardly, thereby releasing the leg from the locking ramp for deploying the leg. The leg hinge structure includes a wedge and a wave washer disposed on a flat surface of the block, for securing one end of the leg. The leg hinge structure pre-loads the leg, with the wedge, creating a pivoting bushing surface for rotating the leg.
US09624628B2
A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame and a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum. A drive line includes a work motor and a transmission connecting the work motor to the work drum. The transmission includes a belt drive and a reduction gear. An auxiliary drive is mounted at a location on the construction machine and includes an auxiliary drive motor. The auxiliary drive has a first configuration in which the auxiliary drive motor is coupled to the work drum via at least a portion of the transmission to rotate the work drum. The auxiliary drive has a second configuration in which the auxiliary drive remains mounted at the location on the construction machine and the work drum can be rotated by the work motor.
US09624603B2
A vapor phase growth apparatus in an embodiment includes: a shower plate in an upper portion of the reaction chamber, the shower plate having first lateral gas flow passages in a first horizontal plane, first longitudinal gas flow passages being connected to the first lateral gas flow passages, the first longitudinal gas flow passages extending in a longitudinal direction, each of the first longitudinal gas flow passages having a first gas ejection hole, the shower plate having second lateral gas flow passages in a second horizontal plane upper than the first horizontal plane, second longitudinal gas flow passages being connected to the second lateral gas flow passages, the second longitudinal gas flow passages extending in the longitudinal direction through between the first lateral gas flow passages, each of the second longitudinal gas flow passages having a second gas ejection hole, and a support unit provided below the shower plate.
US09624601B2
Bulk single crystal of aluminum nitride (AlN) having an areal planar defect density≦100 cm−2. Methods for growing single crystal aluminum nitride include melting an aluminum foil to uniformly wet a foundation with a layer of aluminum, the foundation forming a portion of an AlN seed holder, for an AlN seed to be used for the AlN growth. The holder may consist essentially of a substantially impervious backing plate.
US09624598B2
The present invention includes a method of producing a segmented 1D nanostructure. The method includes providing a vessel containing a template wherein on one side of the template is a first metal reagent solution and on the other side of the template is a reducing agent solution, wherein the template comprises at least one pore; allowing a first segment of a 1D nanostructure to grow within a pore of the template until a desired length is reached; replacing the first metal reagent solution with a second metal reagent solution; allowing a second segment of a 1D nanostructure to grow from the first segment until a desired length is reached, wherein a segmented 1D nanostructure is produced.
US09624596B2
The present invention is to provide a substrate holder which can effect a more complete sealing with a sealing member and makes it possible to take a substrate out of the substrate holder easily and securely, and also a plating apparatus provided with the substrate holder. The substrate holder includes: a fixed holding member and a movable holding member for holding a substrate therebetween; a sealing member mounted to the fixed holding member or the movable holding member; and a suction pad for attracting a back surface of the substrate held between the fixed holding member and the movable holding member.
US09624590B2
A method recovers an electropositive metal from a metal carbonate. In the method, hydrogen and halogen are combusted to form hydrogen halide. The solid metal carbonate is converted into metal chloride by a gaseous hydrogen halide. In an electrolysis, the metal chloride is decomposed into metal and halogen. The halogen produced in the electrolysis is led out of the electrolysis for combusting. Preferably, the hydrogen halide is produced by combusting the hydrogen and the halogen and the metal carbonate is converted into metal chloride in a fluidized bed reactor. Preferably, lithium is used as the metal.
US09624582B2
A non-aqueous metal catalytic composition includes (a) a silver complex comprising reducible silver ions, (b) an oxyazinium salt silver ion photoreducing agent, (c) a hindered pyridine, (d) a photocurable component, a non-curable polymer, or combination of a photocurable component and a non-curable polymer, and (e) a photo sensitizer different from all components (a) through (d) in the non-aqueous metal catalytic composition, in an amount of at least 1 weight %. This non-aqueous metal catalytic composition can be used to form silver metal particles in situ during suitable reducing conditions. The silver metal can be provided in a suitable layer or pattern on a substrate, which can then be subsequently subjected to electroless plating to form electrically-conductive layers or patterns for use in various articles or as touch screen displays in electronic devices.
US09624581B2
A composition that includes a high-valent compound of copper, silver or indium; a linear, branched or cyclic C1-18 alcohol; and a Group VIII metal catalyst forms a metal film of copper, silver or indium on a substrate when the composition is coated on the substrate and heated to reduce the high-valent compound. The composition may alternatively include metal particles of silver, copper or indium in which the surface layer of the particle includes a high-valent compound of copper, silver or indium. A metal film of copper, silver or indium may also be formed on a substrate by coating a substrate with the composition including the metal particles, and heating to reduce the high-valent compound in the same manner as above.
US09624572B2
So as to control the operation of a sputter target (9) during lifetime of the target and under HIPIMS operation part (I) of a magnet arrangement associated to the target (9) is retracted from the target (9) whereas a second part II of the magnet arrangement is, if at all, retracted less from the addressed backside (7) during lifetime of the target (9). Thereby, part I is closer to the periphery of target (9) than part II, as both are eccentrically rotated about a rotational axis (A).
US09624564B2
An austenitic stainless steel composition having low nickel and molybdenum and exhibiting high corrosion resistance and good formability. The austenitic stainless steel includes, in weight %, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-6.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 16.0-23.0 Cr, 5.0-7.0 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.1-0.35 N, up to 4.0 W, up to 0.01 B, up to 1.0 Co, iron and impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a ferrite number less than 11 and an MD30 value less than −10° C.
US09624556B2
Described herein are novel polynucleotides associated with viral infections. The polynucleotides are miRNAs and miRNA precursors. Related methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of those medical conditions are disclosed. Also described herein are methods that can be used to identify modulators of viral infections.
US09624553B2
This disclosure relates to methods of identifying and/or selecting wheat plants or germplasm by detecting markers associated with flowering date, anther-extrusion, heading date and/or fusarium head blight resistance.
US09624546B2
Disclosed are screening methods and sequences related thereto. Disclosed are methods for detecting mutations in the MYH gene of an individual. Also disclosed are methods of genotyping and methods of predicting for an individual the likelihood of developing certain cancers, such as colorectal cancer.
US09624544B2
The present invention provides methods, kits, and compositions for detecting mutations in transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 4 (TRPV4). In particular, mutations are detected in TRPV4 to detect diseases such as scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy (SPSMA) and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type IIC (HMSN IIC) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C (CMT2C).
US09624542B2
Methods of reliably quantifying telomere length in cells or tissues that have been formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples by quantitative polymerase chain reaction protocol and kits for use with such various methods are provided. The methods of the present invention may be used to predetermine an individual's response to treatment with a telomerase inhibitor, a telomere damaging agent or a telomerase activator.
US09624540B2
Optical analytical devices and their methods of use are provided. The devices are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices include integrated illumination elements and optical waveguides for illumination of the optical reactions. The devices further provide for the efficient coupling of optical excitation energy from the waveguides to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The devices of the invention are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.
US09624535B2
The invention provides a method for converting non-methylated cytosine in a single-stranded DNA into uracil by a bisulfite reaction with a high conversion efficiency from non-methylated cytosine into uracil. The invention also provides a method for amplifying the single-stranded DNA in which non-methylated cytosine has been converted into uracil, as well as a method for detecting methylated cytosine in the single-stranded DNA.
US09624528B2
A method of determining the thrombogenicity of an implantable medical device is disclosed. The implanted device is exposed in vitro to platelet rich plasma, the activity of an indicator is assayed, and the thrombogenicity is determined.
US09624510B2
This disclosure provides replication-incompetent adenoviral vectors useful in vaccine development and gene therapy. The disclosed vectors comprise a selective deletion of E3 and are particularly useful for preparation of vaccines development and for gene therapy using toxic transgene products that result in vector instability that occurs when the entire E3 domain is deleted.
US09624508B2
The present invention discloses gene targets, constructs and methods for the genetic control of plant disease caused by nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne (root knot nematodes). The present invention relates to achieving a plant protective effect through the identification of target coding sequences and the use of recombinant DNA technologies for post-transcriptionally repressing or inhibiting expression of the target coding sequences in the cells of plant-parasitic nematodes. The disclosed gene targets show significant conservation at the nucleotide level between orthologs from different Meloidogyne species, facilitating genus-wide targeting by RNA interference.
US09624507B2
The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF11, which confers resistance against races 7 to 14 of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.
US09624502B2
This invention relates to the identification of a regulator protein (termed DA) which controls the size of plant seeds and organs in Arabidopsis and other plants. Manipulation of DA protein expression may useful, for example, in improving crop yield and increasing plant biomass.
US09624490B2
The present invention provides multiplexed sequential ligation-based analysis of genetic variants in a mixed sample, including copy number variations and single nucleotide polymorphisms. The invention employs the techniques of sequential ligation and amplification.
US09624477B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for polypeptides with ω-3-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and organisms comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence according to the invention, at least one vector comprising the nucleic acid sequence and/or the nucleic acid constructs, and transgenic organisms comprise the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, nucleic acid constructs and/or vectors.
US09624471B2
Described herein are methods and compositions useful for inducing maturation of a cardiomyocyte to a mature (e.g., adult) phenotype, such that the function and morphology of the mature cardiomyocyte matches or more closely mimics that of the adult heart. The methods and compositions use Let-7 miRNAs and modified forms thereof. Such methods and compositions permit the study and treatment of adult-onset cardiac diseases, disorders or injuries with mature cardiomyocytes that mimic the heart function of an adult. Methods of using cardiomyocytes matured in this manner for drug identification and drug cardiotoxicity testing are also provided.
US09624470B2
This invention relates to hematopoietic precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells. In the culture of differentiated cells from human ES cells, the fully committed hematopoietic precursors are CD34+ and CD43+ but not CD45+. If the cells are cultured until they express CD45, then the cells lose the ability to produce differentiated cells of the lymphoid lineages.
US09624467B2
The present invention is a method for preparing a biocontrol formulation by the following steps. A Streptomyces bacterium is selected simultaneously with superior sporulation ability, chitinase activity and antagonistic effectiveness against plant fungal pathogens by culturing with fungal pathogens, wherein the selected Streptomyces bacterium is cultured on a chitin-limited plate to assess the ability of sporulation and chitinase activity, and the Streptomyces bacterium with superior sporulation ability is the strain with producing powder-like and maturity form spore chains. Spores from the selected bacterium is collected. The obtained spores are taken as a seed inoculum. Then the seed inoculum is cultured to directly yield a broth medium containing at least 109 viable spores/ml which the spores contained in the broth medium are well suspended. The biocontrol formulation is obtained. The present invention further provided a biocontrol formulation containing a high concentration of Streptomyces spp. spores.
US09624464B2
A process for capturing or concentrating microorganisms for detection or assay comprises (a) providing a concentration agent that comprises an amorphous metal silicate and that has a surface composition having a metal atom to silicon atom ratio of less than or equal to about 0.5, as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); (b) providing a sample comprising at least one microorganism strain; and (c) contacting the concentration agent with the sample such that at least a portion of the at least one microorganism strain is bound to or captured by the concentration agent.
US09624459B2
A method for processing a crushed vegetal material, which has a solid part and liquid part and is placed inside a container, includes increasing the gas pressure inside the container so that the gas dissolves or diffuses in the liquid part; and decreasing the gas pressure inside the container.
US09624450B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a hydrogen generating fuel comprising grains comprising a promoter and AlH3, each grain having a size between 1 and 10 μm. In some embodiments, the grains can be pressed into a porous pellet.
US09624442B2
A method of treating tall oil pitch. In the present method, part of the fatty acids and the resin acids are released from their sterol esters and wood alcohol esters and converted into methanol esters or ethanol esters. The transesterified products are removed from the pitch by evaporation and then condensed, and by hydrogenating the generated condensate the acids are decarboxylated and the double bonds are satisfied. It is possible to use the present method to produce automotive fuel from tall oil pitch.
US09624437B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a plant material and methods for using the same. The methods include extracting or removing a substance from a substrate, or remediating a substrate from a substance. The substance can comprise a hydrocarbon-containing substance, a protein, lipid, wax, fatty acid or fatty alcohol, or a combination thereof.
US09624435B2
A liquid crystal composition is described, containing at least one compound selected from compounds of formula (1) and at least one compound selected from compounds of formula (2): wherein, for example, X is —OH or —COOH; Z1 is methylene; Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 are a single bond; L is —CH═CH—CH═CH—; R1 is straight alkyl; P1, P2 and P3 are a polymerizable group; ring A and ring B are 1,4-phenylene or naphthalene-2,6-diyl; and a, b, c and d are 0 or 1.
US09624431B2
The invention relates to an additive comprising at least 95 wt. % of a mixture consisting of at least one organic filter filtering UVA, at least one organic filter filtering UVB, and from 1 to 50 wt. % of at least one non-volatile oil that is a solvent for said filters. This composition is particularly useful as an agent for protecting the organoleptic properties of a transparent cosmetic composition, against UV radiation.
US09624422B2
A method of treating a carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formation is disclosed. The method includes contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a composition comprising solvent and a fluorinated amine oxide. Carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formations treated according to the method are also disclosed.
US09624419B2
Methods including providing a wellbore in a subterranean formation; providing a proposed cement slurry; calculating a fluid migration threshold; manipulating the proposed cement slurry based on the fluid migration threshold so as to produce a fluid migration resistant cement slurry; introducing the fluid migration resistant cement slurry into the wellbore in the subterranean formation; and curing the fluid migration resistant cement slurry in the wellbore in the subterranean formation.
US09624410B2
A polarizing plate including an adhesive film for polarizing plates and an optical display including the polarizing plate, the adhesive film being formed from an adhesive composition for polarizing plates, the adhesive composition including a tertiary amine group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer; a cellulose resin; an isocyanate compound; and a metal chelate compound.
US09624407B1
A water soluble adhesive for use in assembling toy interlocking plastic building blocks is disclosed which add strength to assembled structures yet enables easy disassembly and reuse.
US09624405B2
An optical laminate body including: a substrate; and an adhesive layer formed on substrate, wherein the optical laminate body is used such that a surface thereof on the adhesive layer side is attached to a glass-made light-emitting surface member, a relationship n3≧n2≧n1 is satisfied where n1 is a refractive index of the glass that constitutes light-emitting surface member, n2 is a refractive index of the adhesive layer, and n3 is a refractive index of the substrate, the adhesive layer is composed of an acrylic adhesive composition containing an acrylic resin (A), and the acrylic resin (A) is a copolymer of a copolymerizable component [I] containing 40% by weight to 93% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing monomer (a1), and 7% by weight to 60% by weight of a hydroxy group-containing monomer (a2), the weight average molecular weight of the acrylic resin (A) being 200,000 or less.
US09624387B2
The invention is directed to a one-component (1K) coating system comprising an aqueous polyacrylate polymer dispersion and one or more compounds of elements of sub-groups 5 and/or 6 of the periodic table in which the particular element has an oxidation state of at least +4.
US09624383B2
Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated articles and methods
Disclosed are coating compositions, such as primer compositions, suitable for providing corrosion protection to metal substrates, as well as related coated articles and methods.
US09624377B2
A composite is characterized by particulates of sand wherein at least a portion of the surface of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the particulates reduces the amount of dust generated during handling and use of the sand. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust generated during transport of the sand as well during manufacture, treatment or processing of the sand.
US09624376B2
Dyes of formula (1) their preparation and use are described.
US09624375B2
Boron-comprising perylene monoimides and a process for producing the boron-comprising perylene monoimides are provided. The boron-comprising perylene monoimides are useful as building blocks for producing perylene monoimide derivatives and monoimide derivatives. The boron-comprising perylene monoimides are also useful for preparing dye-sensitized solar cells.
US09624374B2
The present invention provides an addition-curable silicone composition comprising: (A) a linear organopolysiloxane having silicon atom-bonded aliphatic unsaturated groups and CF3—(CF2)y—(CH2)z— groups; (B) an organopolysiloxane having silicon atom-bonded aliphatic unsaturated groups and CF3—(CF2)y—(CH2)z— groups, and having a branched structure represented by SiO4/2 and RSiO3/2; (C) an organosilicon compound having silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms and represented by the following general formula (1); and (D) a platinum group metal-based catalyst. There can be provided an addition-curable silicone composition that provides a cured product having low refractive index, high transparency, excellent light extraction efficiency, good rubber properties and strength properties, and no tack after curing, and in particular, has good transmittance of light with a wavelength of 400 nm at 25° C.
US09624369B2
A liquid resin composition includes a liquid epoxy resin, a liquid curing agent, a curing accelerator and a ceramic filler. The liquid epoxy resin contains a first epoxy resin having a polyalkylene glycol framework. The liquid curing agent has a plurality of phenolic hydroxy groups per molecule. A content of the first epoxy resin in the liquid epoxy resin is in a range from 30% to 70% by mass, inclusive. The ceramic filler has an average particle diameter of 50 μm or less, and a content of the ceramic filler in the liquid resin composition is in a range from 50% to 90% by mass, inclusive. The liquid resin composition has a viscosity of 100 Pa·s or less at 25° C.
US09624365B2
A halogen-free crosslinkable resin composition includes a base polymer including a high density polyethylene, 30 to 50 parts by mass of an ethylene-acrylic ester-maleic anhydride terpolymer, 5 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer modified with maleic anhydride, and 10 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylene-acrylic ester copolymer, and a metal hydroxide of which content is 120 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the base polymer.
US09624356B2
The present invention provides an ultraviolet absorber containing a compound represented by the formula (A-1), wherein R represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or an allyl group, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a benzoyl group, a toluoyl group, a naphthoyl group, or an anthranoyl group. By adding the ultraviolet absorber to a composition for forming a resist under layer film, reflection can be suppressed particularly in lithography process by an ultraviolet laser, and a pattern profile can be improved without adverse effects on dry etching mask properties and adhesiveness to a resist pattern.
US09624351B2
The present invention relates to asphalt compositions. The present invention provides for a sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition that includes a base asphalt having a softening point, elemental sulfur, and a crumb rubber material. The crumb rubber material is combined with the base asphalt and the elemental sulfur to create the sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition. The crumb rubber material is present in the sulfur rubber asphalt binder in an amount effective to increase the softening point as compared to the softening point of the base asphalt.
US09624346B2
A resin composition, which can achieve the crystallization effect of pentaerythritol, is provided with good workability.The resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and pentaerythritol particles (B), wherein 70% or more of the pentaerythritol particles (B) have a particle diameter of 100 μm or less.
US09624336B2
The present invention relates to a polyurethane foam obtained from a polyurethane raw material containing polyol, isocyanate, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst and a foam-forming gas by a mechanical froth method, wherein the polyol contains a castor oil-based polyol having a viscosity at 25° C. of 2,000 mPa·s or less, and a polyether-based polyol, the castor oil-based polyol is contained in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polyol, the polyether-based polyol is contained in an amount of from 20 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polyol, the polyurethane foam has an apparent density of from 100 to 700 kg/m3, and compressive residual strain at 100° C. of 20% or less, and the polyurethane foam can be preferably used as a sealing material in a neighboring region of a heat source.
US09624333B2
The invention relates to thermoplastic molding materials based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, comprising a SAN-polymer matrix and a graft copolymer, structured from an agglomerated rubber-graft base and a SAN-graft envelope. The basis of the graft base is a diene rubber having a vinyl-aromatic ratio of 10.5 to 24.5 wt %. The agglomerated graft base has a bimodal particle size distribution of a fraction x) of non-agglomerated particles having a d50-value in the range from 80 to 120 nm and a fraction y) of agglomerated particles having a d50-value in the range of 350 to 550 nm and a polydispersity U of less than 0.28. The invention further relates to a method for producing the graft copolymer, wherein an acrylate copolymer having a polydispersity U of less than 0.27 and a d50-value of 100 to 150 nm is used for agglomeration. The invention further relates to the use of thermoplastic molding materials for producing molded parts.
US09624332B2
Disclosed is a graft monomer composition for thermoplastic transparent resins, a composition for thermoplastic transparent resins using the same and a thermoplastic transparent resin that exhibits superior transparency and color at low rubber contents. According to the graft monomer composition, the composition for thermoplastic transparent resins and the thermoplastic transparent resin, although the content of rubber in final products increases or the content of rubber in graft copolymers in the preparation of final products increases, the copolymer surrounds the surface of rubber well, thus reducing haze, considerably improving transparency and exhibiting excellent natural color.
US09624319B2
To provide a terminal group conversion method and a terminal stabilizing method, which are capable of converting unstable terminal groups in a fluorinated polymer to carboxylic acid fluoride groups at a high conversion rate. A fluorinated polymer is heated at from 200 to 400° C. for at least one hour in the presence of at least 50 mol of molecular oxygen per 1 mol of unstable terminal groups in the fluorinated polymer, to convert from 50 to 100 mol % of the unstable terminal groups to carboxylic acid fluoride groups.
US09624315B2
The present invention relates to a process of a chemically synthetic drug, and in particular, to a new intermediate of a heparin pentasaccharide and a preparation method thereof. The process has high reaction efficiency, and an easy reaction operation. The reaction intermediate is easy to be purified, and is appropriate for an industrialization production.
US09624311B2
Embodiments of the invention provide regioselectively substituted carbohydrate and polysaccharide derivatives, such as cellulose esters, and methods for preparing them. Particular methods of the invention include deacylation of esters using tetrabutylammonium fluoride to obtain selective substitution at desired hydroxyl position(s) of the ester. Preferred is deacylation of an ester, which shows selectivity for removal of acyl groups from the ester of the secondary alcohols at C-2 and C-3, and which affords cellulose-6-O-esters with high regioselectivity by a simple one-step process employing no protective groups. Inventive regioselectively substituted cellulose esters can be prepared by such methods to obtain esters with the following anhydroglucose repeating units: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently chosen from a hydrogen atom, and, whether substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched, an alkanoyl group, an aroyl group, and a heteroaroyl group. In embodiments, the alkanoyl, aroyl and heteroaroyl groups can comprise from 1-20 carbon atoms.
US09624310B2
A bispecific antibody format devoid of an active Fc moiety comprising a monovalent binding site for a death receptor and at least one binding site for a cell surface antigen expressed on B-cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of B cell mediated autoimmune diseases.
US09624298B2
The present application relates to anti-PD-L1 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use to enhance T-cell function to upregulate cell-mediated immune responses and for the treatment of T cell dysfunctional disorders, such as tumor immunity, for the treatment of and cancer.
US09624291B2
An antibody is provided. The antibody comprises an Fc region and a Fab region, wherein: (i) the Fc region comprises two non-identical heavy chains, wherein at least one of the two non-identical heavy chains comprises an amino acid modification so as to form complementation between the two non-identical heavy chains thereby increasing the probability of forming heterodimers of the non-identical heavy chains and decreasing the probability of forming homodimers of identical heavy chains; and (ii) the Fab region comprises a first covalent link between a first heavy chain and a first light chain of the Fab region and a second covalent link between a second heavy chain and a second light chain of said Fab region, wherein a position of the first covalent link relative to the first heavy chain is different to a position of the second covalent link relative to the second heavy chain.
US09624285B2
A composition of matter is disclosed which comprises isolated oligomers of human islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). Antibodies recognizing same are also disclosed. Use of the composition of matter and the antibodies are also disclosed.
US09624268B2
Peptide inhibitors of the interleukin-23 receptor, and related compositions and methods of using these peptide inhibitors to treat or prevent a variety of diseases and disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease are described.
US09624267B2
Inhibitor molecules for c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) are described. Furthermore, methods for raising antibodies against such inhibitor molecules as well as antibodies raised by such methods and cells producing the antibodies are also described.
US09624253B2
The present invention pertains to method for purifying at least a target nucleic acid from a sample, said method comprising at least the following steps: a) incubating the sample with at least one protein-degrading compound; b) binding the target nucleic acid to a solid phase; c) eluting the target nucleic acid from the solid phase; d) incubating the eluted target nucleic acid with at least one protein-degrading compound; e) binding the target nucleic acid again to a solid phase; f) optionally eluting the bound target nucleic acid from the solid phase. It was surprisingly found that performing a second protein digestion step after the target nucleic acid was bound and eluted from a solid phase before the nucleic acids are rebound to a solid phase is very efficient in reducing remaining protein contaminations in the isolated nucleic acid.
US09624237B2
The present invention relates to an oridonin functionalized selenium nanoparticle, method of preparing and use thereof for anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory treatments. The present invention provides oridonin functionalized selenium nanoparticle that is stable, water soluble and storable.
US09624235B2
A method for treating a neoplasm in a subject, comprising co-administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anticancer agent and a substituted 6,7-methylenedioxy-4-amino-quinoline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
US09624224B2
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.
US09624222B2
A process for preparation of (2S,5R)-7-oxo-6-sulphooxy-2-[((3R)-pyrrolidine-3-carbonyl)-hydrazino carbonyl]-1,6-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane is disclosed comprising reacting a compound of Formula (II) with a compound of Formula (III) to obtain a compound of Formula (IV). The crystalline end-product is als claimed.
US09624207B2
The present invention provides a novel amorphous Form of azilsartan acid, process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it. The present invention also provides novel crystalline Forms of azilsartan medoxomil, processes for their preparations and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The present invention further provides a novel amorphous Form of azilsartan medoxomil potassium, process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it. The present invention further provides a novel process for the preparation of azilsartan medoxomil potassium crystalline Form II.
US09624205B2
The present invention relates to substituted bicyclic heteroaryl compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
US09624199B2
The invention relates to novel substituted bipiperidinyl derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetic microangiopathies, diabetic ulcers on the extremities, in particular for promoting wound healing of diabetic foot ulcers, diabetic heart failure, diabetic coronary microvascular heart disorders, peripheral and cardial vascular disorders, thromboembolic disorders and ischaemias, peripheral circulatory disturbances, Raynaud's phenomenon, CREST syndrome, microcirculatory disturbances, intermittent claudication, and peripheral and autonomous neuropathies.
US09624197B2
The present invention is directed to 2-pyridylamino-4-nitrile-piperidinyl compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2-pyridylamino-4-nitrile-piperidinyl compounds described herein in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
US09624194B2
The invention relates to aryl substituted compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein Het, G, A, R, and n are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US09624192B2
The invention relates to compound of the formula I or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
US09624187B2
New oxathiazin-like compounds and their derivatives are useful as antineoplastic and antimicrobial agents. Compositions and methods of using oxathiazin-like compounds and their derivatives are disclosed.
US09624183B2
A novel process for the preparation of a fluorolactone derivative of the formula and of its acylated derivative of formula wherein R1 stands for a hydroxy protecting group is described. The acylated fluorolactones of formula V, particularly the benzoyl derivative with R1=benzyl are important precursors for the synthesis of prodrug compounds which have the potential to be potent inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase.
US09624164B2
A method for treatment or prevention epilepsy comprising administering a phenyl carbamate compound in a pharmaceutically effective amount to a subject in need of treatment or prevention of epilepsy is provided.
US09624151B2
Process for the treatment of an alcohol composition containing nitrogen-containing contaminants by contacting the alcohol composition in the vapor phase with an adsorbent in an adsorption zone.
US09624145B2
The present invention provides a process of catalytic fluorination in gas phase of product 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane or/and 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane into product 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene in presence of a catalyst.
US09624144B2
The invention separating material and separation method make it possible to separate and collect 1,3-butadiene selectively from a mixed gas containing 1,3-butadiene and a C4 hydrocarbon other than 1,3-butadiene. A separating material capable of adsorbing 1,3-butadiene selectively includes: a dicarboxylic acid compound (I) represented by formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like); a metal ion such as a zinc ion and a cobalt ion; and a metal complex having such a structure that multiple pseudo-diamondoid frameworks are intruded mutually, wherein each of the pseudo-diamondoid frameworks comprises an organic ligand (II) that is represented by formula (II) (wherein X represents —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —CH═CH— or the like; and R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like) and is capable of being bidentately coordinated with the metal ion.
US09624137B2
A method for the joining of ceramic pieces with a hermetically sealed joint comprising brazing a layer of joining material between the two pieces. The wetting and flow of the joining material is controlled by the selection of the joining material, the joining temperature, the joining atmosphere, and other factors. The ceramic pieces may be on a non-diffusable type, such as aluminum nitride, alumina, beryllium oxide, and zirconia, and the pieces may be brazed with an aluminum alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck.
US09624114B1
A method for preparing an adsorbent for removing organic dyes from water includes reacting egg white with hydrochloric acid. The reaction can include mixing egg white with water to form a solution, and adding the acid to the solution to form a precipitate. The precipitate can be filtered, washed, and dried to provide the adsorbent. The adsorbent can be contacted with wastewater contaminated with organic pollutants to remove the organic pollutants from the wastewater. The organic pollutants can include p-nitrophenol.
US09624111B2
The present invention pertains to new methods for generating energy and useful nitrogen compounds from captured carbon dioxide. It involves employing an osmotic engine, draw solution, and feed solution. An osmotic gradient between the solutions assists in generating energy and a solution of ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate or mixture thereof. This solution may be decomposed to form ammonia, carbon dioxide, a precipitate, or a mixture thereof.
US09624110B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for preparing high-purity crystalline silica particles by mixing colloidal silica with an organic base to form a mixed sol. The mixed sol is heated up to a reaction temperature of about 180 degrees Celsius or above, which is held for a reaction time of about 8 to about 168 hours for a hydrothermal synthesis process in the mixed sol. A gravitational setting or a centrifugation is performed on the mixed sol to provide precipitates from the mixed sol. The precipitates are washed with deionized water to remove residual organic base. The washed precipitates are dried at about 60 to about 80 degrees Celsius and are collected and packaged to obtain high-purity crystalline silica particles.
US09624107B2
Provided is a method for producing a difluorophosphate, which can easily and industrially advantageously produce a high-purity difluorophosphate. The method includes a step of producing a difluorophosphate in the fluorophosphoric acid solution by reacting hydrofluoric acid anhydride containing no solvent with an oxoacid and/or the like of phosphorous to produce a fluorophosphoric acid solution; a step of adding a hexafluorophosphate to the fluorophosphoric acid solution in the absence of respective halides, carbonates, borates, phosphates, hydroxides, and oxides of an alkali metal and the like; and a step of heating and drying the fluorophosphoric acid solution containing the difluorophosphate to distill away a fluorophosphoric acid, or a step of depositing the difluorophosphate in the fluorophosphoric acid solution by crystallization, subsequently separating the difluorophosphate by solid-liquid separation, and distilling away a fluorophosphoric acid contained in the difluorophosphate after the solid-liquid separation.
US09624104B2
A liquid fuel catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformer can include a plurality or an array of spaced-apart CPOX reactor units, each reactor unit including an elongate tube having a gas-permeable wall with internal and external surfaces, the wall enclosing an open gaseous flow passageway with at least a portion of the wall having CPOX catalyst disposed therein and/or comprising its structure. The catalyst-containing wall structure and open gaseous flow passageway enclosed thereby define a gaseous phase CPOX reaction zone, the catalyst-containing wall section being gas-permeable to allow gaseous CPOX reaction mixture to diffuse therein and hydrogen rich product reformate to diffuse therefrom. At least the exterior surface of the CPOX reaction zone can include a hydrogen barrier. The liquid fuel CPOX reformer can include a vaporizer, one or more igniters, and a source of liquid reformable fuel.
US09624090B2
The invention provides a micro-electro-mechanical system device including: a substrate; a proof mass, including an outer frame which inwardly defines an internal space, and at least one inner extension portion which is directly connected to the outer frame and inwardly extends from the outer frame; at least one compliant structure, located in the internal space, and directly connected to the corresponding inner extension portion; an anchor, located in the internal space and directly connected to the at least one compliant structure, the anchor being connected to the substrate; movable electrodes, located in the internal space and connected to the proof mass; and fixed electrodes, respectively located in correspondence to the movable electrodes, and being connected to the substrate through fixing portions.
US09624079B2
A forklift includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic motor that forms a closed circuit with the hydraulic pump therebetween and is driven by hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic pump, and driving wheels driven by the hydraulic motor. A control device of the forklift determines a rate of increase of an inching rate, based on at least one of an accelerator opening, a brake opening indicating an operation amount of a brake pedal, a change speed of the brake opening, and a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor.
US09624074B2
The invention relates to a drive unit which comprises a motor (6)-driven spindle (5), rollers (2, 3), and cables (11), and which has a favourable transmission ratio, specifically N:1 in which N=4+n, and n is an integer between −2 and 8 including 0. Said unit is used to move loads and people, is particularly suitable for lifts, is space-saving, environmentally friendly, low-maintenance, economical in terms of energy consumption, and call be used both in the construction of new lifts and in the renovation of older installations. It allows the installation to be operated securely, and people and loads to be transported at high speeds. It can, for example, be installed at the lower or upper end of a shaft, or also outside of the shaft. It can be used for movement in a vertical, horizontal and also inclined direction, and may be provided with a counter weight.
US09624071B2
An exemplary elevator passenger interface device includes a touch screen configured to allow a passenger to indicate a request for elevator service by touching the screen. An assistance button is positioned near the touch screen. A controller is configured to determine a destination requested by a passenger touching the screen. The controller is also configured to determine whether the assistance button has been manipulated and then to determine a destination requested by a passenger from a subsequent manipulation of the assistance button.
US09624069B2
An optical fiber winding reel of the invention includes: a cylindrical main winding body; main flanges provided at both respective ends of the main winding body in an axis direction thereof; and an auxiliary winding body provided outside at least one of the main flanges, wherein a slit that extends toward a central axis line of a reel is formed at part in a circumferential direction of the main flange at which the auxiliary winding body is provided, and both side portions of a position of the main flange at which the slit is formed are a low rigidity region, the low rigidity region has a rigidity locally lower than that of the other portions in a direction orthogonal to a plate surface of the main flange.
US09624065B2
A method of using a folding apparatus to form an outsert having product information printed thereon comprises making a plurality of folds in a first direction in a sheet of paper; making a plurality of folds in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction to form folded articles; making a fold in said second direction to form an outsert; and applying pressure to at least one of said folded articles or said outsert, said pressure being at least about 30 pounds per square inch, said pressure being applied by a pressing unit comprising a plurality of pressure rollers.
US09624061B2
A sheet processing device includes a sheet processing unit that is moved to perform sheet processing on a sheet; a sheet-processing moving unit that moves the sheet processing unit; a drive-mode determining unit that determines a drive mode of the sheet-processing moving unit; and a drive control unit that drives the sheet-processing moving unit in accordance with the drive mode. The drive-mode determining unit determines the drive mode such that the sheet processing unit is moved at combination acceleration that is a combination of first acceleration and second acceleration with a shift of time that is determined based on the cycle of the natural vibration that occurs during acceleration of the sheet processing unit.
US09624059B2
A dispenser for bags is disclosed. The dispenser is capable of storing a roll of bags and dispensing individual bags therefrom. In addition, a dispensing system for use in dispensing individual bags from a wound roll of continuously and detachably connected bags is disclosed.
US09624058B2
There is provided a sheet conveyance apparatus including: a loader unit loading sheets, a feeding unit feeding the sheets from the loader unit, a separating unit separating and conveying the sheets one by one, a detecting unit detecting the sheets, and a controller. The controller is configured to: measure a time from instructing the feeding unit for operation of feeding one of the sheets to the detecting unit detecting that sheet, and determine that there is a decrease in a capability of the feeding unit or the separating unit in a case that the measured time does not fit into a time needed to convey the sheet from a position of starting a normal operation of feeding the sheet to the position of the detecting unit.
US09624050B2
A system for profiling particulate material in an open top conveyance comprises a profiling structure supported above the open top conveyance and engaging the particulate matter in the open top conveyance as the open top conveyance moves in a forward direction therebelow so that the particulate matter forward of the profiling structure is given a generally uniform profile in at least a longitudinal middle portion of the open top conveyance. The open top conveyance normally is one of a sequential train of gondola cars moving on a pair of rails extending under the profiling structure, and the particulate material typically is or comprises coal.
US09624047B2
A container denester apparatus which overcomes, among other problems, the problems identified above. The denester apparatus positively controls the flanges of the container so as to individually denest a lowermost container from a stack of containers. The apparatus protects the container by spreading the force required to denest the container along much of the flange structure. In addition, the stack of containers above the lowermost container are retained, again along much of the flange structure of the immediately adjacent container.
US09624044B2
A rack for a heavy equipment bucket having a rectangular base and two vertical posts. Each vertical post has one or more upwardly angled extending protrusions. A series of double ended reverse hooks are provided with the rack for stacking heavy equipment buckets.
US09624041B2
A conveying device with a revolvingly led, extensively extended conveying element, which forms a conveying section with a conveying surface, and a return section, which is arranged below the conveying section. The conveying element is deflected in each case in two head-end regions, which are spaced from one another along the conveying direction. A wiper device for wiping foreign objects led along on the conveying surface of the conveying element is arranged in the front head-end region, in which the conveying element is deflected from the conveying section into the return section. The wiper device includes a wiper unit with a receiving blade, which runs transversely to the conveying direction, as well as a wiper blade, which is mounted on the wiper unit and forms a flexible wiper lip projecting toward the conveying element beyond the receiving blade.
US09624040B2
A substrate support includes a drum, a first surface carried by the drum, and a second surface carried by the drum opposite and oblique to the first surface and a wedging member. The wedging member is sandwiched between the first surface and the second surface and is resiliently biased in a wedging direction.
US09624036B2
A system and method for mitigating dust migration at a wellsite is described. An oilfield material reservoir is provided for receiving oilfield material, the oilfield material reservoir having an enclosure. A dust collector is provided for collecting dust generated at the oilfield material reservoir, and a duct in communication with the enclosure and the dust collector is provided for transferring dust generated at the oilfield material reservoir to the dust collector.
US09624035B1
An automatic closet system for inventorying, storing, retrieving, tracking and chronologically monitoring items of clothing to and from a closet storage area with the system including a track that extends around the inner perimeter of the storage area with the track having front and rear guides. A chain is positioned on the rear track guide and is driven by a motor. Hanger carriers are disposed in the track and receive hangars therein. The carrier includes sensors used to detect and track each hanger and the garment thereon.
US09624029B2
A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
US09624028B2
A dispensing device as well as a dispensing head and use thereof are proposed. Through depression of the dispensing head, an associated dispensing valve is opened and the product to be delivered can escape or be dispensed through an outlet space and via a downstream outlet valve. In order to prevent or at least minimize subsequent dripping or foaming, the volume of the outlet space is initially reduced upon actuation of the dispensing head and enlarged again upon completion of actuation, particularly after closing of the dispensing valve, whereby the product is suctioned away from the outlet or outlet valve back into the outlet space.
US09624021B2
The invention relates to a dispensing module for two liquid products, comprising: a first chamber (20) having a first wall, said first chamber having a first opening; a first piston (61) which can be displaced while resting on the wall of the first chamber; a second piston (64) which can be displaced while resting on a wall of the second chamber, and coupling means (62) for coupling both pistons while the product is being dispensed are provided. According to the invention, in order to prevent functional dysfunctions in the event of a distortion of the shape of container and to freely select the shape of the container, said dispensing module comprises a second chamber, the wall of which can be displaced while resting on the second piston, said second chamber comprising a second opening. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the distortion of the container no longer leads to functional dysfunctions of the dispensing module. Also, the outer shape of the container can be freely selected.
US09624020B2
A composite barrier film has a base layer of polyester or polyolefin with a barrier layer modified polyvinyl amine (mPVA). The mPVA is polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl amine copolymer crosslinked with citric acid and an optional additional crosslinking agent such as epichlorohydrin. The barrier layer can be applied by deposition of a reactive aqueous solution onto the base layer, heating and drying to remove water and crosslink the reactants. Excellent barrier properties of the film are obtained by applying and crosslinking the barrier layer during the transverse stretching steps of a biaxial oriented polymer film continuous fabrication process. Superior barrier properties are achieved with transverse stretching by a factor of about 3-4 for polyester and 4-10 for polyolefin.
US09624011B2
A lid includes: a brim sealing channel at a periphery of the lid; an outer sipping sidewall positioned within a circumference of the brim sealing channel and extending above the brim sealing channel; a sipping topwall adjacent to the outer sipping sidewall; a sipping port in the sipping topwall; and a central recess within the circumference of the brim sealing channel and proximate to the sipping topwall, wherein the central recess has an overhang and a bottomwall; and a rotatable closure tab includes: a central portion; a flanged-shaped structure at a first side of the central portion; a tab sidewall supported by the flanged-shaped structure; a tab topwall extending outwardly from the tab sidewall and away from the flanged-shaped structure; a sealing depression in the tab topwall; and a retention rim extending radially from the central portion and positioned between the overhang and bottomwall of the central recess.
US09624008B2
A holographic sealing member for a container comprises a heat actuated sealant or adhesive layer that secures the sealing member to a container, a metal foil sealing layer over and covering and adhesively bonded to the heat actuated sealant or adhesive layer, a holographic layer over and covering and adhesively bonding to the metal foil layer having an upper plastic layer and a lower embossed image layer, and a tab over and covering and adhesively bonded to the upper plastic layer that may be pulled to remove the tab and the plastic layer from a container, thereby exposing the lower embossed image layer which must then be perforated to gain access to the contents of the container.
US09623999B2
Container made of plastic material comprising a body and a petaloid bottom (3) extending the body from a periphery (7), the bottom (3) comprising a bottom wall (4) that is generally convex toward the exterior, from which feet (5) protrude that define vertices (8) jointly forming a seat inscribed within a seating circle having a diameter (B) whose ratio is less than 4:5 with respect to the diameter (A) of the periphery (7), the feet (5) being spaced apart by portions of the bottom wall (4) forming hollow valleys (12) that extend radially from a central zone (6) of the bottom to the periphery (7), each valley (12) comprising two adjacent sections, namely: a central section (17) that extends from the central zone (6) of the bottom (3) to a junction zone (18) situated directly below the seating circle, and which has, in a radial plane, a first radius of curvature (C); a peripheral section (19), which extends from the junction zone (18) to the periphery (7), and which has, in said radial plane, a second radius of curvature (D), said peripheral section (19) being offset toward the exterior of the container (1) with respect to the central section (17), the junction zone (18) forming a step (20).
US09623994B2
The present disclosure relates to a hold-down device for use in the packaging industry. For example, the hold-down may be used with an apparatus for manufacturing a package. The hold-down may be configured to retain a packaging structure during the evacuation and/or sealing steps of a packaging process. The hold-down may include an elongate member and an attachment assembly. The elongate member may be configured to pivot and/or rotate about its longitudinal axis in response to a force exerted on the packaging structure during an evacuation and/or sealing step of a packaging process.
US09623993B2
A taping apparatus includes a support arm movable in a first direction and a second direction. The first direction is opposite the second direction. The taping member is movably connected with the support arm. The taping member is movable in a third direction and a fourth direction. The third direction is opposite the fourth direction. The taping member includes a first guide member, a second guide member, and a cutting member positioned between the first guide member and the second guide member. The support arm is movably connected with a track that is rotatable from a first position to a second position. The taping apparatus is configured to tape containers of various dimensions and orientations.
US09623988B2
An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch.
US09623985B2
Apparatus and method for mounting an object are provided. The apparatus includes a clamp configured to attach to a strut, and a bracket coupled to the clamp. The bracket includes a first arm having a first end disposed proximal to the clamp and a second end disposed distal to the clamp, and a second arm having a first end disposed proximal to the clamp and coupled to the object, and a second end coupled to the second end of the first arm. The second arm is positioned between the first arm and the object.
US09623983B2
A system for monitoring an aircraft interior may include a multiplicity of sensors each placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior. Each sensor is configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior. The system may also include a server onboard the aircraft. The onboard server is configured to receive data from each of the multiplicity of sensors and to control operation of each of the multiplicity of sensors. The system may also include a router onboard the aircraft. The onboard router is configured to communicate with a router off-board the aircraft and to transfer data from the onboard server to the off-board router. The off-board router is associated with a ground monitoring facility that is configured to analyze data from each of the multiplicity of sensors, check or compare the data to reference data and depending upon any levels being exceeded an appropriate alert may be generated.
US09623976B2
Nacelle air management systems for a high bypass ratio engine are provided. The nacelles air management systems may include an outer cowl and an inner cowl that are configured to provide dual bypass flow channels around an engine core. These systems may be employed to accommodate larger engine fans. The nacelle air management system may also include one or more blocker doors are configured to at least partial obstruct and/or direct air from the dual bypass flow channels to create reverse thrust.
US09623973B2
A system is provided for cooling a heat-dissipating device in a vehicle with a fuselage, a passenger cabin, and a region pneumatically communicating with the previously mentioned, which region is situated outside the passenger cabin. At least one heat exchanger is provided for transferring heat of the heat-dissipating device to air, and at least one air conveying device for conveying air through the heat exchanger. The air conveying device is designed to convey air from the passenger cabin to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is designed to subject the inflowing air to heat of the heat-dissipating device and to dissipate it to the region situated outside the passenger cabin, thus inducing mixing of the air that has been subjected to heat with the air present in the outside region, and inducing a return flow from the outside region to the passenger cabin by way of their pneumatic connection.
US09623969B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can operate both as a conventional multicopter with no wing attached, or, it can operate as a winged multicopter. The detachable wing design used in the invention provides versatility without compromising performance; the wing attachment receptacles add no weight to the wingless multicopter configuration because they also function as the leg receptacles. In one embodiment, the base multicopter configuration is a quad-copter with four propeller drives. Four tubular receptacles, two forward and two aft, provide attachment points for the vertical struts of a detachable rectangular shaped wing, these vertical struts also function as the legs of the multicopter. The wing is fabricated using lightweight struts and rip stop nylon fabric which can be easily folded into a compact shape using quick release pins. In another embodiment, the wing is fabricated using a foam core. In both embodiments, the angle of the detachable wing can be adjusted to optimize lift and drag in the forward thrust, tilted position of the multicopter.
US09623968B2
An unmanned air-ground vehicle is provided. The unmanned air-ground vehicle includes a frame having a center portion connecting two substantially parallel transversely spaced apart track supports. Tracks that generally form loops are disposed about the track supports. Track drive motors are connected to the frame and configured to propel the tracks about the track supports. A plurality of propellers, each having propeller drive motors, are attached to the frame and disposed within the loops formed by the tracks. The tracks are configured to propel the vehicle in a ground mode while the propellers are configured to propel the vehicle in a flying mode.
US09623964B2
A rotor system includes a first rotor located at a rotor axis that imparts a first axial load and a first moment, and a first shaft connected to the first rotor at the axis. A first bearing connects a gearbox to the first shaft, transferring the first axial load from the first shaft to the gearbox. A second rotor located at the axis imparts a second axial load and a second moment. A second shaft is connected to the second rotor at the axis, the second shaft coaxial with the first rotor. A second bearing connects the gearbox to the second shaft, transferring the second axial load from the second shaft to the gearbox. A nonrotating standpipe is located at the axis radially between the first shaft and the second shaft. An intershaft bearing located at the standpipe reacts the first and second moments using the first and second bearings.
US09623959B2
An aircraft having an aircraft fuselage that has an outer skin includes an air sucking fuselage component with an outer surface that is perforated at least in some regions, and a suction profile body. The suction profile body is arranged on the outer skin, forms a local bulge in the outer skin, and further includes a suction opening that is arranged at a location at which there is the lowest pressure, for example at a position furthest away from the outer skin. The suction opening is connected to a suction connection of the air sucking fuselage component. In this way laminarization of the flow at the air sucking fuselage component may take place without the use of active air conveying devices.
US09623956B2
A high-lift device of a flight vehicle includes: a flap main body provided at a trailing edge portion of a main wing of the flight vehicle so as to be extracted from and be retracted in the trailing edge portion and extending in a wing span direction of the main wing; and a vortex suppressing portion provided at a tip end portion of the flap main body in a wing span direction of the flap main body and configured to suppress a vortex rolling up from a lower surface of a tip end portion of the flap main body to an upper surface of the tip end portion.
US09623954B2
The present invention is a variable geometry lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft that is adapted to morph its shape from a symmetric cross-section buoyant craft to an asymmetric lifting body and even to a symmetric zero lift configuration. The basic structure is a semi rigid airship with movable longerons. Movement of the longerons adjusts the camber of the upper and/or lower surfaces to achieve varying shapes of the lifting-body. This transformation changes both the lift and drag characteristics of the craft to alter the flight characteristics. The transformation may be accomplished while the craft is airborne and does not require any ground support equipment.
US09623942B2
A propulsion assembly of a ship or floating platform includes a housing within a hull or platform. The housing is watertight except for an opening external to the hull. A stationary motor is arranged in the hull external to the housing. A thruster is external to the hull to generate thrust on the ship or floating platform. A telescopic driving shaft passes sealingly through a housing wall to connect the motor and the thruster and to transmit movement from the motor to the thruster. The thruster retracts within the housing through the opening. A separate submersible movable hatch is disconnectable from the thruster and the housing and passes externally to the hull, and seals the opening to form a watertight closed chamber. A fluid evacuation device evacuates fluid within the closed chamber so the thruster, when retracted in the housing and closed by the hatch, forms the closed chamber.
US09623940B1
The present invention includes a folding and telescoping mounting stand apparatus for mounting a Global Positioning System (GPS)/sonar device on a boat, comprising a first outer tubing attached to a base plate which is secured to a deck of a boat, a first inner tubing having a bottom end and a top end, wherein the bottom end is placed in and attached to the first outer tubing by a pin and a first knob and the top end is placed in and attached to a second outer tubing by an intermediate tubing, a second inner tubing attached to a top tube by a second knob, wherein the combination of the second inner tubing and the top tube are placed in the second outer tubing and held in place with a spring plunger, a board connected to a rod and wherein the rod is secured to the top tube and the second inner tubing with the second knob, wherein the inner tubing is raised to a desired height when the spring plunger is pulled and the board is lifted upward; and the apparatus having an upper body above the first outer tubing that is folded down by releasing the first knob and pulling upward on the board until the upper body is 1″ above the first outer tubing and then folding the upper body forward to the deck.
US09623929B2
An engine supporting structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle is configured such that an engine is supported from above in substantially a center position between a head pipe and a pivot in a side view, on a pair of right and left main frames that are branched to right and left from the head pipe and that extend rearward. Only inner surfaces in a vehicle width direction of the right and left main frames are formed with a pair of left front mounting portions and a pair of right rear mounting portions, that project inward in the vehicle width direction, respectively, the front mounting portions and the rear mounting portions are mounted with engine hangers that extend downward, and the engine is supported through the engine hangers.
US09623921B2
Undercarriage assembly components of track-type machines having a metallurgically bonded wear-resistant coating and methods for forming such coated undercarriage assembly components is taught herein. The bodies of the undercarriage assembly components, formed of an iron-based alloy, have a hard metal alloy slurry disposed on a surface or into an undercut or channel and then fused to form a metallurgical bond with the iron-based alloy. The wear-resistant coating comprises a fused, metal alloy comprising at least 60% iron, cobalt, nickel, or alloys thereof. The portion of the outer surface of the undercarriage assembly components having the wear-resistant coating corresponds to a wear surface of the component during operation of the endless track of the track-type vehicle.
US09623919B2
A mobile crane includes a main body and extendable axles, which are selectively re-positioned relative to the main body through strategically positioned apertures. The axles may be automatically locked to the main body in a desired one of the multiple positions without operator intervention. The axles one or more tapered ends for connecting to side frames, which may support crawler tracks. The tapered ends of the axles extend through openings located in the frames such that they are removably connected to an outside or exterior portion of the frames relative to the main body.
US09623918B2
There is provided an industrial vehicle including a frame and a counterweight connected to a rear part of the frame. The frame includes a frame body and an upright wall that extends upward from the frame body. The counterweight is fastened to the upright wall by a bolt. The counterweight has an engaging portion to cover part of the upright wall and engage with the upright wall.
US09623912B2
In one embodiment, a utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members configured to contact a ground surface, and a powertrain assembly operably coupled to the ground-engaging members. The utility vehicle also includes a frame supported by the ground-engaging members and extending along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a tunnel member coupled to the frame and extending along the longitudinal axis. The tunnel member is positioned at a first height from the ground surface. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a cargo portion supported by the frame and positioned generally rearward of the tunnel member. The cargo portion has a cargo surface substantially aligned with the tunnel member and positioned at a second height from the ground surface. The first height is approximately equal to the second height.
US09623911B2
A rear part structure of a vehicle includes: a pair of right and left rear side members; a pair of side sills which are connected to the rear side members; a pair of sub frame side members respective one ends of which are connected to connecting parts between the rear side members and the side sills, the sub frame side members being extended to a rear side of the vehicle, in a manner inclined inward in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and a sub frame center member one end of which is connected to the other ends of the sub frame side members, the sub frame center member being extended to the rear side of the vehicle.
US09623910B2
There are provided a hinge pillar comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically, a hinge pillar reinforcement provided in the closed cross section, a front door attached to the hinge pillar via a pair of upper-and-lower door hinges, and a hinge bracket attaching the lower door hinge to the hinge pillar reinforcement, the hinge bracket being provided to face a front wheel in a longitudinal direction. Herein, the hinge bracket has a lower strength than a portion of the hinge pillar reinforcement where the hinge bracket is provided. Accordingly, when receiving a collision load from the front wheel, the hinge bracket changes a contact portion of the front wheel to the hinge pillar so as to guide the retreating front wheel outward in a vehicle width direction.
US09623898B2
A second tooth defining member includes a first portion rotatably supported around a support so as to be movable in the column axial direction and a second portion defining second teeth coming into meshing engagement with first teeth moving together with an upper jacket. A guide mechanism guides the second portion in an inclination direction inclined with respect to an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the column axial direction. The guide mechanism includes a guide shaft supported by the lower jacket, and a guide hole that is slot formed in the second portion and extending in the inclination direction. The guide hole has a first end and a second end. The second end of the guide hole is arranged farther from the second teeth than the first end and above the first end in the column axial direction.
US09623893B2
A stroller roller, configured to be attached to a stroller having a frame attached to a wheel. The stroller roller includes a wheel clamp assembly configured to grasp the wheel. An extendable arm assembly is attached to the wheel clamp assembly. A frame clamp assembly is attached to the extendable arm assembly and configured to grasp the frame. The frame clamp assembly pushes the extendable arm assembly causing the wheel clamp assembly to rotate the wheel both clockwise and counterclockwise.
US09623890B1
A combination including a folding wagon having pairs of front and back wheels, a frame, a fabric basket coupled to the frame, a cooler located within the basket to carry food and beverages to he kept cold, and a flexible table removably attached to the wagon at the frame thereof. The wagon is capable of being folded from an expanded configuration, at which the cooler is transported within the basket, to a compact collapsed configuration to facilitate storage or transport of the wagon. The flexible table is also detachably connected to the top of the cooler so that the table is held over the open top of the wagon basket by the cooler. The cooler is disconnected from the table to be lifted out of the wagon basket and removed from the wagon by way of a cooler access opening formed through the top of the table.
US09623887B1
A utility cart, preferably adapted for medical or food purposes, is provided with a shelf section and a cabinet section. Each section is adapted to store supplies, such as gloves and aprons, utilized in this endeavor. Each section is further adapted to provide a means to dispose of refuse and discharged equipment and supplies. The cart is preferably provided with a wheel assembly for ease of transport.
US09623884B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling movement of a train including a plurality of locomotives along a route. In one example, the method comprises, generating a first plan profile, the first plan profile including synchronous settings for the locomotives over a route, and generating a second plan profile based on the first plan profile, the second plan profile including independent settings for the locomotives over at least one region within the route. The method may further comprise, operating the locomotives based in the first and/or second plan profiles. In another example, the method comprises, generating a plan profile with fully independent settings for the locomotives over the entire route, the fully independent settings based on cost function coefficients of each locomotive.
US09623881B2
A valve interlock system for a railcar including a valve stem locking subsystem that includes a coupling device rotatably coupled to the valve stem. The coupling device is substantially stationary in the longitudinal direction and rotatably translatable about a longitudinal axis and defines an engagement slot thereon. The subsystem also includes a stationary support member extending toward the coupling device in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and includes a locking member that is transversely translatable and complimentary with the engagement slot. The subsystem also includes a biasing device coupled to the locking member that increases an engagement bias as the locking member is transversely translated away from the engagement slot. The subsystem further includes a valve operator assembly that includes a longitudinally and rotatably translatable body configured to regulate the slot engagement bias as a function of a longitudinal position of the body.
US09623877B2
A system for use at a vehicle to estimate vehicle pitch angle and road grade angle, in real time and generally simultaneously. The system includes a sensor configured to measure vehicle pitch rate, a processor, and a computer-readable medium. The medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising estimating, using an observer and the vehicle pitch rate measured by the sensor, an estimated vehicle pitch rate. The operations further comprise estimating, using an observer and the measured vehicle pitch rate, the vehicle pitch angle, and estimating, based on the estimated vehicle pitch rate and the vehicle pitch angle estimated, the road grade angle.
US09623876B1
One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and calculate driver scores based on driving data transmitted using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles. Driver scores may be calculated or adjusted based on the determined driving behaviors of vehicle drivers, and also may be calculated or adjusted based on other the driver scores of nearby vehicles.
US09623872B2
A controlling apparatus and method for an electric drive transmission used in a dual-motor electric vehicle are disclosed, wherein when the second motor is in the zero torque state, the synchronizer is shifted to a neutral position, the second motor the required torque being kept to be zero; after shifted to the neutral position, if the target gear position is the neutral position, gearshifting is completed, an if the target gear position is not the neutral position, speed control to the second motor is conducted to adjust its speed towards a target speed; once the second motor is adjusted to the target speed, the second motor is subjected to zero torque control, the second motor the required torque being zero; once the second motor comes into a zero torque state, the synchronizer is shifted to a target gear position, the required torque of the second motor being kept to be zero; once the synchronizer is located in the target gear position, the required torque of the second motor changes towards a target value at a proper changing rate; once the second motor real torque and is equal to or larger than target torque, gearshifting is judged as completed. Loss in wheel driving torque caused by the second motor in the whole gearshifting procedure is compensated by the first motor, so that gearshifting without power interruption can be achieved.
US09623863B2
A control device is provided for operating a road-coupled hybrid vehicle having a first drive unit assigned to a first axle, a second drive unit assigned to a second axle, and a selector device which can be operated by the driver for manually changing between a purely electric operating mode and an automatic operating mode. At least one electronic control unit controls the drive units at least partially as a function of the operator control of the selector device. The first drive unit has an electric motor and a two-speed transmission which can be shifted automatically and interacts with the electric motor, and the second drive unit has an internal combustion engine and a further transmission which interacts with the internal combustion engine.
US09623862B2
In a control device, a control unit controls at least one switching element of a converter to increase a voltage supplied from a battery, thus outputting the increased voltage to a rotating electrical machine. The rotating electrical machine is capable of driving, based on the increased voltage output from the converter, an internal combustion engine, and capable of charging the battery based on torque supplied from the internal combustion engine. A limit unit limits, based on a change of an available maximum output of the internal combustion engine, the increased voltage output from the converter to be equal to or lower than a predetermined upper limit.
US09623853B2
A brake device for a vehicle may include: a master cylinder generating hydraulic pressure; a pedal pressurizing the master cylinder; a pair of diverging line parts connected to the master cylinder so as to supply hydraulic pressure; a front wheel line part connected to each of the diverging line parts so as to guide hydraulic pressure; a combined brake connected to the front wheel line part, and generating hydraulic pressure while braking a front wheel according to an electrical signal; a rear wheel line part connected to the front wheel line part so as to guide hydraulic pressure; and a hydraulic brake connected to the rear wheel line part, and braking a rear wheel using hydraulic pressure.
US09623841B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a wiper motor for a wiper system. The wiper motor includes a double cam plate rotated by rotational force of a motor, and internal contact points formed by a P-terminal and an E-terminal disconnected/connected by the double cam plate. The double cam plate includes a first cam plate and a second cam plate for connecting the P-terminal and the E-terminal, and a center plate between the first and second cam plates. The apparatus includes a circuit line connecting the P-terminal with an off terminal of a low relay, and a control unit turning off the low relay simultaneously when the P-terminal and the E-terminal connected by the first cam plate are disconnected when a multifunctional switch is turned off. The apparatus decreases electromotive force applied to the wiper motor while the center plate is in contact with the P-terminal.
US09623838B1
A releasable vehicular boot coupled to a vehicle's tire is designed to immobilize the tire. The vehicular boot includes a triangular sheet having a hole situated proximate the first corner of the sheet, a first chain having a first end coupled to the second corner of the triangular sheet and a second end coupled to the third corner of the triangular sheet to create a loop in the first chain, and a second chain having a first end slidably mounted to the first chain. The loop in the first chain is disposed around the tire. The second chain is disposed through a suspension component of the vehicle and the hole in the triangular sheet. The second end of the second chain is coupled to a locking mechanism to prevent a detachment of the second chain from the hole in the triangular sheet.
US09623833B2
An airbag apparatus is provided with a shaped, out-of-position (OOP) flap configured to alter a trajectory of an inflatable air cushion during deployment. The apparatus includes an airbag module with an inflator assembly. The inflatable cushion is folded in a deflated arrangement with the airbag module, defining a major surface facing a direction of deployment. The OOP flap is shaped to cover only a partial region of the major surface. The OOP flap may include a first portion with a first end fixed to the airbag module or the inflatable cushion; and a second portion with a second end opposite the first end, remaining free from attachment. The second portion has at least one fold or cut-out at the second end and is positioned overlying the partial region of the major surface, thereby leaving at least a section of the major surface free from contact with the OOP flap.
US09623828B2
An apparatus (10) helps to protect an occupant (28) of a vehicle (12) that has a side structure (16) and a roof (18). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that has a stored condition for being positioned along the vehicle roof (18). The protection device (14) is inflatable away from the vehicle roof (18) to a deployed condition positioned between the side structure (16) and a vehicle occupant (28). The protection device (14) includes an upper edge portion (30) for being connected to the vehicle along the vehicle roof (18). A lower edge portion (38) of the protection device (14) is folded over onto itself at least once in the stored condition. The protection device (14), when in the stored condition, has a rolled-up configuration such that the folded over lower edge portion (38) occupies a central space (116) bounded by the rolled-up portion (114) of the protection device.
US09623822B2
A crash box for a vehicle may include a front connection portion that is connected to both ends of a back beam of the vehicle, a rear connection portion that is connected to a side member of the vehicle, an intermediate connection portion for connecting the front connection portion and the rear connection portion, which is formed as a hollow box shape and through which a cut cross-section of a heptangular shape is formed in a vehicle width direction, and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed at an inner space of the intermediate connection portion.
US09623821B2
A vehicle bumper structure is provided with a functional component having a function other than an impact absorbing function, and an absorber is provided between a bumper cover and reinforcement. The absorber includes a first impact absorbing member that has a hole near the functional component, and a second impact absorbing member that is inserted into the hole and is more rigid than the first impact absorbing member. The second impact absorbing member may also have a protruding portion that protrudes outward on a side surface with respect to an insertion direction into the hole.
US09623819B2
A method for controlling a lighting brightness of a lit motor vehicle instrument is described in which a viewing direction of a driver is ascertained. From the viewing direction of the driver, a direct field of vision and a peripheral field of vision are ascertained. The lighting brightness of the motor vehicle instrument is increased, if it lies in the direct field of vision of the driver. The method may be implemented in a motor vehicle.
US09623815B2
A wire harness includes one or more conducting paths, and a pipe-like exterior member which accommodates the one or more conducting paths. The exterior member is formed of a shrinkable tube having a bent part formed in conformity with a wiring path of the one or more conducting paths during a shrink of the shrinkable tube, and the bent part maintains a shape of the wiring path of the one or more conducting paths after the shrink of the shrinkable tube.
US09623801B2
An integrated inside mirror assembly for a vehicle may have a stay fixed to a windshield glass of the vehicle and an inside mirror coupled to the stay, in which the stay may include a sub stay coupled to a rear surface of the inside mirror, a base attached to an upper end of the windshield glass and to which a rain sensor is mounted, a mount slidably assembled at an outside of the base and coupled to the sub stay through a ball joint, a stay cover coupled to the mount while surrounding the mount and attached to the upper end of the windshield glass, and an antenna cover assembled at one side of the mount and to which an antenna member is mounted.
US09623798B2
An instrument cluster assembly having a biasable member for reducing noise produced by vibration, where the instrument cluster assembly includes a light housing, a perimeter sidewall formed as part of the light housing, and at least one biasable member integrally formed with the perimeter sidewall. A mask is selectively connected to the light housing, and an inner perimeter sidewall is formed as part of the mask. The biasable member includes a base portion formed with the perimeter sidewall, and a flange portion integrally formed with the base portion. At least a portion of the flange portion is in contact with the inner perimeter sidewall of the mask, such that the flange portion deflects to absorb vibration between the light housing and the mask.
US09623781B2
A truck gate for elevating objects to be manually urged from the truck gate onto a bed portion of a truck includes a pivoting base portion attached to truck gate lifting means (not depicted) for elevating the base portion from ground level to an elevated position that disposes the base portion into horizontal alignment with a bed of a truck. The truck gate further includes a plurality of gate fingers secured to the pivoting base portion such that a maximum number of objects can be disposed upon the gate fingers at ground level then elevated to a substantially horizontal position adjacent to and aligned with the bed of the truck.
US09623778B2
The apparatuses and methods disclosed herein may be pushed by hand or pulled by a motor vehicle. Thus, implementations of the transport device disclosed herein may have functions akin to a wheelbarrow or a dumping trailer, yet may provide easier and/or more efficient transportation and dumping functions over prior art wheelbarrows and dumping trailers. Implementation of the transport device disclosed herein also may be easier to push over an elevation or up a hill. Furthermore, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein includes four wheels and therefore can function like a cart. Still further, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein can have the functions of a wagon. In some implementations, the transport device includes a work bench.
US09623776B2
A portable armrest accessory includes a base adapted for attachment to an existing armrest. The base includes an upwardly extending member supporting a horizontal armrest. The upwardly extending member is pivotally secured to both the base and the horizontal armrest so as to allow for adjustment of the horizontal supporting surface of the horizontal armrest.
US09623764B2
A charging and discharging system of a vehicle storage device utilizes a buffer device adapted for voltage adjustment toward a charging voltage of a charging device on the vehicle, and also for adjusting the charging current, in such a way that the charging voltage and current from the charging device may be reduced in advance for charging the storage device. With the charging and discharging system, storage device using lithium ion battery cell may be adapted to various vehicle system.
US09623758B2
A power reception device includes a core unit having a plate-like shape, a plate-like fixing member having the core unit housed therein, a power reception coil, and a temperature measuring unit. Assuming that a side surface wound portion refers to a portion of a side surface of core unit around which the power reception coil is wound, and a center portion refers to a portion located at the center of the side surface wound portion in an extending direction of a coil winding axis and at the center of the core unit in a thickness direction, temperature measuring unit is provided in at least one of a high-temperature region including the center portion of the core unit and a portion around the center portion, and a position on a surface of the fixing member that faces the high-temperature region.
US09623752B2
A vehicle power supply system includes a power supply connector having a power supply port which is provided within a trunk room and electrically connected to a DC power source, and an inverter device which is provided separately from a fuel cell automobile (an electrically driven vehicle) and is disposed within the trunk room, wherein the trunk room is provided therein with an inverter installation space where the inverter device may be installed at a position which does not overlap with the power supply port when viewed from a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, and the invert device is provided with a connection cable which is drawn from a side surface thereof and of which a front end portion has a connector portion connected to the power supply port.
US09623749B2
A vehicle information gathering and control method includes determining a connection between a vehicle information device and a vehicle and turning on a power source when the vehicle information device is connected to the connector of the vehicle. Vehicle information is provided by a number of vehicle information providing devices of the vehicle and gathered when the vehicle information device is connected to the connector of the vehicle; and a projector is controlled to project the acquired vehicle information on a light adjusting film covering on a windshield of the vehicle to be viewed by a driver.
US09623748B2
A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle includes the steps: detecting at least one variable; quantifying and/or influencing a movement of the motor vehicle; depending on the variable, switching on an all-wheel drive of the motor vehicle; wherein it is estimated on the basis of the at least one variable whether a relevant driving situation is impending and in this case the all-wheel-drive is switched on before occurrence of the relevant driving situation. A system for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
US09623747B2
A cap for closing a fill tube of a fluid container that includes fewer part and requires just a quarter turn between opened and closed positions. The cap has a lower plate for engagement with a free end of a fill tube and an upper plate that connects to a cover. The upper and lower plates have cooperating pawl and detent portions that form a ratchet member. Rotation of the cap by approximately a quarter turn moves the cap form an opened position to a closed position against the neck of a filler tube.
US09623746B2
A tank bracket (23) is formed by a bottom surface part (24) having a first frame body (24A), a second frame body (24B), a third frame body (24C), and a fourth frame body (24D), a first side surface part (25) supported by the first frame body (24A) of the bottom surface part (24) and provided in a vertical direction, and a second side surface part (26) supported by the second frame body (24B) and provided in the vertical direction, and a female screw hole (24E) is provided in the bottom surface part (24). A fixing band (28) for fixing a reduction agent tank (22) is provided on the tank bracket (23). On this, the tank bracket (23) is fixed to an undercover (14) of a revolving frame (5) by using each of the female screw holes (24E) of the bottom surface part (24) in a state in which the reduction agent tank (22) is sandwiched between the second side surface part (26) and a right side frame (11) of the revolving frame (5).
US09623745B2
A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft to which power from an engine is input, an output shaft, a planetary gear set including a first rotation element being driven by electrical driving force, a second rotation element being externally engaged with the output shaft as an output element, and a third rotation element being driven by rotational power of an engine, a first motor/generator directly connected to the first rotation element of the planetary gear set, a second motor/generator selectively externally engaged with the output shaft, a first transfer gear, a second transfer gear, a variable connecting unit selectively connecting the first transfer gear to the input shaft or the output shaft, and a variable direct coupling unit selectively connecting two rotation elements among the three rotation elements, of the planetary gear set.
US09623739B2
The present disclosure may reduce the risk of a trim strip coming off a sealing member. A sealing member 30 includes a trim strip securing groove 38 opening toward an outside of a compartment so that a securing leg 47 of a trim strip 45 is inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38. The sealing member 30 is provided with a core 43 including an engagement protruding portion 43d protruding toward the inside of the trim strip securing groove 38. Inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38, the securing leg 47 of the trim strip 45 engages with the engagement protruding portion 43d.
US09623738B2
The present application discloses a vehicle body rear portion structure for an automobile configured so that the rear deck cover opens or closes above a wheelhouse. The vehicle body rear portion structure includes a rear fender including an upper perimeter extending on an inner side in a vehicle width direction above the wheelhouse; a deck member extending in the vehicle width direction; and a support structure which supports the rear deck cover. The upper perimeter of the rear fender is connected to the deck member. The support structure includes a link mechanism, which opens and closes the rear deck cover, and a bracket portion including a mounting seat situated on an inner side with respect to a top portion of the wheelhouse in the vehicle width direction, the bracket portion supporting the link mechanism. The link mechanism is supported on the wheelhouse via the bracket portion.
US09623733B2
A tailgate that is intended to be mounted onto motor vehicle body such as to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and is intended to be connected to the body by means that generate an axial thrust for assisting in the opening of the tailgate. The tailgate includes an abutment, referred to as an anti-deformation abutment, for engaging, when the tailgate is in the closed position, with a complementary bearing of the body such that the complementary bearing exerts a reactive force against the anti-deformation abutment, having a direction parallel to a direction of thrust of the assistance means, or angled at most 45° relative to the thrust direction, and having at least one component in the direction opposite the direction of thrust of the assistance means.
US09623731B2
A vehicular resin back door structure includes an inner panel that is made of resin and defines a frame of a resin back door configured to be supported by a vehicle body, and that is formed with an opening through which a vehicle driver can view rearwardly at an upper portion of the inner panel; an outer panel that is made of resin and disposed at a periphery of the opening, and that is joined to the inner panel by a first adhesive to form, together with the inner panel, a frame section including an internal chamber; a glass sheet that is joined to the inner panel by a second adhesive; and a contact wall portion that forms part of a portion of the inner panel, and that directly or indirectly contacts the vehicle body in a closed state of the vehicular resin back door.
US09623728B2
A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle comprising a variable transmission screen intended to be placed between a road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, control a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen. The device comprises a glare sensor and is furthermore configured to modify the coefficient of transparency of the variable transmission screen depending on the glare measured by the glare sensor. In addition, a method for assisting with driving the automotive vehicle is included.
US09623727B2
An accessory mounting system for a laminated glass windshield includes first and second mating plates securable in a scallop in the laminated glass windshield. Each of the mating plates includes an indentation on an inside surface thereof, where the indentations of the first and second mating plates define a pocket. A stiffening plate is disposed in the pocket, and a fastener secures the first and second mating plates and the stiffening plate together. The first and second mating plates and the stiffening plate include an opening for securing a windshield accessory.
US09623720B2
A vehicle heating system having a first viscous clutch and a pump and viscous clutch mechanism. The first viscous clutch has a first clutch input member. The pump and viscous clutch mechanism has a pump and a second viscous clutch. The pump includes a pump input member, while the second viscous clutch includes a second clutch input member. One of the pump input member and the second clutch input member is drivingly coupled to a portion of the first viscous clutch.
US09623713B2
A spring and damping device for a wheel suspension in motor vehicles includes an upper region, a lower region, and a damping element arranged between the upper region and the lower region. The device further includes a coil spring element and a rubber spring element. The coil spring element and the rubber spring element are arranged one behind the other along a center axis of the damping element such that the coil spring element is positioned to exert a force on the rubber spring element. The device allows a spring rate to be adjusted based either on sensed conditions, or by driver input. The spring rate may be adjustable between discrete settings or continuously variable.
US09623700B2
A frame for stretching a fabric material, having a plurality of outer frame members; a plurality of interlocking joints and a plurality of connector pieces. The plurality of outer frame members are adapted and configured to receive the fabric material in the plurality of interlocking joints. The plurality of connector pieces are adapted and configured to fit into the plurality of interlocking joints thereby connecting the plurality of interlocking cornered joints to the plurality of outer frame members. The plurality of connector pieces are adapted and configured such that the fabric material is stretched such that the plurality of connector pieces enables the fabric material to be taut across the frame.
US09623696B2
A composition for forming a visually discernible color, the use of this composition for producing a heat-sensitive recording material, the corresponding heat-sensitive recording material includes a substrate and this composition, and a process for producing the heat-sensitive recording material.
US09623694B2
Disclosed are a ribbon cartridge, a thermal transfer printer, and a method for installing the ribbon cartridge. The ribbon cartridge (2) comprises a bracket (23), a supply cylinder (21) arranged on the bracket and used for accommodating an unused ribbon, and a winding cylinder (22) arranged on the bracket and used for accommodating a used ribbon, where the supply cylinder and the winding cylinder are placed in parallel, and have an initial state in which the supply cylinder and the winding cylinder are close to each other and an open state in which the supply cylinder and the winding cylinder are away from each other under the action of an external force. Compared with a ribbon cartridge whose supply cylinder and winding cylinder are arranged at a fixed interval in the prior art, the ribbon cartridge as disclosed is more compact and needs less installation space.
US09623690B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are described herein. An example embodiment may include a cradle including a cradle body configured to support a printing device, the cradle body defining an extended battery cavity, first and second printer capture flanges extending from the cradle body and disposed proximate a first side of the extended battery cavity, first and second biased latches extending from the cradle body and disposed proximate a second side of the extended battery cavity, each of the first and second biased latches defining a printer drive surface and a lock surface, and a communication port extending from the cradle body proximate the second side of the extended battery cavity between the first and second biased latches.
US09623678B1
An apparatus includes a plurality of transport elements to cause a movement of a medium received at a media input in a movement direction towards a media output, wherein the plurality of transport elements are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction transverse to the movement direction of the medium, wherein the plurality of transport elements include a first transport element to be moved with a first velocity, a second transport element to be moved with a second velocity, and a third transport element to be moved with a third velocity, the second transport element arranged between the first and third transport elements, and wherein the first and third velocities are greater than the second velocity.
US09623675B2
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a discharge unit that is capable of discharging a liquid, a heating unit that is capable of heating a medium onto which the liquid is discharged, a detection unit that detects an energy that is emitted from a detection range, a control unit that is capable of changing an output of the heating unit on the basis of an energy that the detection unit detects, and a sensing target portion, which has a sensing target surface from which an energy is detected by the detection unit, and the sensing target surface is processed in order to reduce mirror reflection of input light.
US09623670B2
An image processing apparatus has: a setting unit configured to set a division way for dividing an image data; a processing unit configured to divide the image data in accordance with the division way, and perform a predetermined process on each of resulting division areas; and an extracting unit configured to extract a unique portion from the image data. The predetermined process includes an averaging process on each of division areas obtained by dividing the image data in accordance with the division way, a quantization process for quantizing values obtained by the averaging process, and an addition process for adding values obtained by differentiating the division way. The setting unit sets a first division way for the predetermined process for a first area that is associated with the device in occurrence position of the unique portion and a second division way for a second area other than the first area.
US09623668B2
The object is to provide a printing device with a superior gas barrier property in an ink supplying passage. As a solution therefor, an ink supplying unit (10) of an inkjet printing device (100) includes a pressure chamber (11) connected to a supplying passage (21). The pressure chamber (11) is formed of a resin material having a superior gas barrier property, and can be warped by a biasing force in a direction along which a distance between opposing inner walls thereof is increased so as to be able to set an inside of the ink supplying passage to a negative pressure.
US09623666B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit which can eject liquid; a connection unit to which a liquid container which can accommodate the liquid is connected; a housing which accommodates the liquid ejecting unit and the connection unit; a housing support unit which supports the housing; and a load transmission unit which supports a protruding portion which is a part of the liquid container, and protrudes from the housing in a state of being connected to the connection unit. The load transmission unit is connected to the housing support unit in a form capable of transmitting a load which is received by the protruding portion.
US09623665B2
A liquid container is configured to be placeable in a containing vessel having a pressurized space and a vessel-side liquid supply structure that is connected with a liquid consuming device. The liquid container comprises a liquid container body; a liquid supply structure that is configured to supply a liquid contained in the liquid container body to the vessel-side liquid supply structure; a container body holding assembly that is configured to hold the liquid container body; and a substrate holding structure that is provided in the container body holding assembly. The container body holding assembly is positioned relative to the containing vessel such that the liquid container body and the liquid supply structure are placed inside of the pressurized space and the substrate holding structure is placed outside of the pressurized space.
US09623656B2
A vibration layer is formed by the AD method on a cavity plate before forming pressure chambers, a common electrode is formed on the vibration layer, and a piezoelectric layer is formed on the common electrode by the AD method. Subsequently, the pressure chambers are formed in the cavity plate by the etching. After that, individual electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric layer. Subsequently, the stack of the cavity plate, the vibration layer, the common electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the individual electrodes is heated at about 850° C. to simultaneously perform the annealing of the piezoelectric layer and the sintering of the individual electrodes and the common electrode. Accordingly, the atoms of the cavity plate are suppressed from being diffused into the driving portions of the piezoelectric layer.
US09623653B2
A drive circuit for driving a capacitive load is provided. The drive circuit includes a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal through self-oscillation; a pair of transistors that include a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor and amplify the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; and a low-pass filter that includes a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal which is applied to the capacitive load, wherein the shortest distance between a low-side transistor and the capacitor is shorter than a shortest distance between the high-side transistor and the capacitor.
US09623647B2
A film stripping apparatus is provided, belongs to a material film-stripping technical field and can solve the problem that the current film stripping technologies are easy to lead to waste contamination, high cost and limited applicability. The film stripping apparatus includes: at least one film stripping roller of adhesiveness; a feeding mechanism for loading a material from which a film is to be stripped into a feeding side of the film stripping roller; and a driving mechanism for driving the film stripping roller to rotate. The film stripping apparatus is used for stripping off film layers, such as single-sided or double-sided protective films, release films or the like on materials of any raw material, size, thickness and shape, and the film stripping apparatus can be used for optical film materials, printing plates, display panels etc, and is suitable for ultra-thin materials, high precision printing plates and the like precision materials.
US09623636B2
A laminated body of rubber layers includes: a resin layer formed from a polyester resin or a polyamide resin; a rubber layer formed from a rubber composition containing a diene rubber; and an adhesive layer disposed between the resin layer and the rubber layer. The adhesive rubber composition contains a modified rubber composition (A) or a modified rubber composition (B) both having a number average molecular weight of 70,000 to 110,000. The modified rubber composition (A) is formed from a modified butyl rubber (1) formed by reacting, with a butyl rubber, a compound having in a molecule a nitroxide free radical that is stable at ambient temperature in the presence of oxygen, a radical initiator, and a co-crosslinking agent. The modified rubber composition (B) is formed by compounding the co-crosslinking agent with a modified butyl rubber (2) formed by reacting the compound and the radical initiator with the butyl rubber.
US09623633B2
A flexible display comprises a flexible substrate made of plastic material, a display element on a first surface of the flexible substrate, and a surface residual film containing at least one of a metal material or a metal oxide material. The surface residual film is bonded to at least a part of a second surface of the flexible substrate. The second surface is opposed to the first surface. A method for manufacturing a flexible display comprises preparing a glass substrate, forming adhesive material film on the glass substrate, the adhesive material film being made of at least one of a metal material or a metal oxide material, and forming a flexible substrate from plastic material on the adhesive material film.
US09623627B2
A sound absorbing material comprising a nonwoven fibrous acoustic insulation material and a flow resistive nonwoven facing, wherein the flow resistive nonwoven facing is bonded to the insulation material and has an air flow resistance of from about 600 to about 1800 Rayls and a surface mass of from about 20 to about 150 g/m2.
US09623626B2
The invention relates to a flexible composite material. This material comprises at least 2 layers comprising high strength fibers, said at least 2 layers comprise consolidated elements and unconsolidated elements, the unconsolidated elements being in contact with the consolidated elements. The flexible composite material shows a better anti-ballistic performance compared to materials known so far.
US09623625B2
A glass substrate protective pad which protects a glass substrate in close contact with the glass substrate. The glass substrate protective pad has multiple layers, the rear layer of the multiple layers which is to be in close contact with the glass substrate containing foamed polymer. A glass substrate packing container for packing a plurality of glass substrates loaded therein, in which the above-described glass substrate protective pad is in close contact with the front surface of the plurality of glass substrates.
US09623615B2
A linear Fresnel lens sheet includes: a lens layer having a first surface in which a linear Fresnel lens portion, having a number of lens surfaces arranged in a first direction d1, is formed, and a second surface opposite the first surface; and a diffusion layer disposed on the side of the second surface of the lens layer.
US09623608B2
In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for that desired object are processed, using a computer or computing device, to derive a mapping of locations for placement of portions of the plurality of base materials such that when the mapping is provided to an object generator, the generated object approximates the representing a desired object and set of characteristics. The characterization of a base material might include elasticity of the base material, the user input might be a desired shape and elasticity, the object generator might be a 3D multi-material printer and the generated object might at least approximate the desired shape and elasticity as a result of being constructed from the plurality of base materials used by the printer.
US09623598B2
An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of mold material to a mold cavity, the apparatus comprising: an injection molding machine and a manifold; an actuator interconnected to a valve pin having a tip end; a valve system in fluid communication with the actuator to drive the actuator at one or more rates of travel, the valve system having a start position, one or more intermediate drive rate positions and a high drive rate position, the start position holding the valve pin in a gate closed position; a controller that instructs the valve system to move from the start position to the one or more intermediate drive rate positions and to remain in the one or more intermediate drive rate positions for one or more corresponding predetermined amounts of time and further drives the valve system to move from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to the high drive rate position on expiration of the one or more predetermined amounts of time.
US09623597B2
A hot-runner mold gate structure includes a body having a path, and a room is defined in one end of the path. A guide member is inserted in a bushing, and both of which are located in the room. A locking member is connected to the room and has a reception area in one end of the locking member. The guide member has an axial guide slot and a guide hole. The guide member has a tip which protrudes through an outlet in the distal end of the bushing. Melted PET passes through the guide hole, the guide slot and the gap between the tip and the inside of the outlet to enter into the mold set. The contact area between the locking member and the bushing is minimized to maintain a certain temperature at the outlet of the bushing to avoid the PET from being cooled.
US09623587B2
A wall saw comprising:—a carriage (2);—a saw arm (11) pivotally mounted to the carriage;—a rotatable spindle (10) rotatably mounted to the saw arm and configured for connection to a saw blade; and—an electric drive motor (13) for rotating the spindle. The rotor (36) of the drive motor comprises a rotor hub (66) which is operatively connected to the output shaft (14) of the drive motor through a safety clutch (67) so as to allow torque to be transmitted from the rotor hub to the output shaft via the safety clutch, the safety clutch being configured to allow mutual rotation between the rotor hub (66) and the output shaft (14) when said torque reaches a given threshold value. The safety clutch (67) is accommodated in a space inside the rotor hub (66).
US09623577B2
A power operated rotary knife (100) including: an annular rotary knife blade (300) including a knife blade bearing surface (319); a blade housing (400) defining a blade housing bearing surface (459); and a blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) disposed between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459). The blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) includes a rolling bearing strip (502) having a plurality of rolling bearings (506), such as ball bearings, disposed in spaced apart relation in a flexible separator cage (508). The rolling bearing strip (502) traverses through an annular passageway (504) defined between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459) to secure the knife blade (300) to the blade housing (400) and support the knife blade for rotation about a central axis (R) with respect to the blade housing (400).
US09623569B2
An autonomous device for loading and unloading trucks comprises a mobile body, a robot arm and a body conveyor system to convey cartons during loading and unloading. A manipulator attaches to a moveable end of the robot arm and is maneuverable within the tight confines of the truck. The manipulator picks up a row of articles at a first location and places the row of articles down at a second location. The manipulator is reconfigurable to match to both locations.
US09623564B2
The target-seeking control method and system for mobile robots uses a raw, ultrasonic sensory signal. The present method carries-out reasoning and decision-making in a subjective environment (SE) on-board the robot. This environment has only two links to the objective environment (OE) in which the robot is operating. If the robot is at a safe place in a SE, then it is at a safe place in the corresponding OE. If the robot reaches the target in a SE, then it reaches the target in the corresponding OE, The present method uses relaxed potential fields to base enroute mobility on safety, only without having to accurately estimate the geometry of the surrounding environment, thereby significantly reducing structure complexity and increasing its reliability.
US09623555B2
A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first arm coupled to the frame at a shoulder axis having a first upper arm, a first forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, a second arm coupled to the frame at the shoulder axis where shoulder axes of rotation of the arms are substantially coincident, the second arm having a second upper arm, a second forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, and a drive section connected to the frame and coupled to the arms, the drive section being configured to independently extend and rotate each arm where an axis of extension of the first arm is angled relative to an axis of extension of the second arm substantially at each angular position of at least one of the first arm or the second arm.
US09623549B2
A rotary wrench includes a first wrench body, a second wrench body, and an elastic member. The first wrench body has a first grip whose one end has a pivot hole. The second wrench body has a second grip whose one end has a pivot axially extending outward. The pivot is rotatably received in the pivot hole of the first grip of the first wrench body, so that the first and second wrench bodies are allowed to rotate with respect to each other and provide adjustable working angles. The elastic member is mounted around the pivot of the second wrench body, and prop between the first grip of the first wrench body and the second grip of the second wrench body, for providing an elastic resistance that holds the first and second wrench bodies in position.
US09623545B2
A power tool that includes a motor configured to drive a working element, a power supply that is coupled to the motor to provide power to the motor, a shunt circuit that is coupled to the power supply and the motor, and a controller. The shunt circuit includes a shunt switch and a shunt element and is configured to hold a voltage of the power supply below a high voltage threshold. The shunt switch is switchable between a conducting state, in which the shunt switch conducts current through the shunt element, and a non-conducting state, in which the shunt switch does not conduct current through the shunt element. The controller is coupled to the motor, the power supply, and the shunt circuit and is configured to determine the voltage of the power supply, and control the shunt switch based on the voltage from the power supply.
US09623542B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) comprising a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table including a thermally-stable region having at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed interstitially between bonded diamond grains thereof, and methods of fabricating such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate, and a PCD table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table includes a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting diamond-to-diamond bonding therebetween and defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The at least one low-carbon-solubility material exhibits a melting temperature of about 1300° C. or less and a bulk modulus at 20° C. of less than about 150 GPa.
US09623536B2
A device for polishing metallic workpiece surfaces. The device includes a tool holder which can be exchangeably fitted into a rotationally driven working spindle of a program-controlled milling machine, and a polishing tool, which is fastened in the tool holder. The device also includes a tool shank and a polishing head at the free end thereof, and is coupled to a polishing agent supply which arrives at the effective surface of the polishing head. The tool shank contains a chamber, which can admit a pressure medium and is at least partially filled with the polishing agent, wherein this chamber is in connection with the polishing head by way of a channel and wherein the polishing head has polishing agent permeable material or it contains passages for the polishing agent that is forced out of the chamber.
US09623535B2
A finishing device includes a finishing tool having a grinding face and a finishing-tool holder configured to hold the finishing tool. The finishing-tool holder is movably guided on a pivot support which is pivotable about a pivot axis. A force-generating apparatus is configured to generate a pressing force, by means of which the grinding face of the finishing tool is pressed against a workpiece to be machined. The force-generating apparatus is arranged on a mounting apparatus for pivotally mounting the pivot support. A force-transmitting apparatus is configured to transmit the pressing force from the force-generating apparatus to the finishing-tool holder.
US09623532B2
A machine is provided, including at least one thermal cutting head, and at least one machining head with a coolant, wherein the machine includes a plate support table which is configured to allow coolant to fall through, a gantry located above the table and configured to travel along length of the table in an X axis, a carriage which is movably mounted to the gantry to travel in a Y axis which is at right angles to the X axis, a machining head with a coolant supply and a thermal cutting head both mounted to the carriage, at least one trolley is located below the table, wherein the trolley supports a fume chamber and a coolant tray and wherein the trolley is configured to be capable in use of moving independently or synchronously with the machinery head or thermal cutting head as required to capture coolant and fumes.
US09623531B2
Workpieces are unloaded from a workpiece support of a sheet metal workpiece processing apparatus by positioning a blank sheet metal workpiece over a processed workpiece supported on a workpiece support, with the blank workpiece releasably held by a workpiece loader, activating a workpiece fixing device to engage an edge of the processed workpiece, and performing a relative sweeping movement between the workpiece fixing device and the workpiece support whereby the engaged processed workpiece is prevented from remaining on the workpiece support and is thereby unloaded. The workpiece fixing device is moved relative to the processed workpiece while the blank sheet metal workpiece is positioned over the processed workpiece.
US09623523B2
An HVAC actuator coupleable to an HVAC component is disposed in or at an insulated duct. The HVAC actuator may include a housing and a taping flange. The taping flange may be spaced from the outer surface of the duct and adjacent to an outer surface of an insulated layer of the duct when the HVAC actuator is coupled to the HVAC component, and may be configured to facilitate taping of the HVAC actuator to the outer surface of the insulating layer. It may be shaped to provide a front-facing surface that is suitable for receiving tape to provide a seal between the taping flange and the outer surface of the insulating layer. In some cases, the taping flange may extend outward from the housing around the entire perimeter of the housing. The taping flange may be formed integrally with the housing, or it formed separately and coupled to the housing.
US09623516B2
An etching method using a bevel etching apparatus is provided. The bevel etching apparatus is configured to etch a substrate by emitting a laser beam and includes a laser generator and a power meter configured to measure the laser beam output from the laser generator. In the method, the power meter is irradiated with the laser beam for a predetermined period of time before etching the substrate by irradiating the substrate with the laser beam. An output value of the laser beam is measured by the power meter. It is determined whether the measured output value of the laser beam is in a range of predetermined thresholds with respect to an output setting value of the laser beam output from the laser generator.
US09623504B2
Systems and methods are provided for improved brazing. A system includes a gap filling compound (GFC). The GFC includes a brazing alloy. The system also includes a GFC retention screen. The GFC retention screen configured to be disposed over the GFC to retain the GFC within the gap during brazing. The GFC retention screen is also configured to enable gas to escape from the GFC during brazing.
US09623495B2
A cutting insert for a cutting tool is described. The cutting inserts generally square-shaped with two opposing surfaces and four peripheral side surfaces. Cutting edges are formed at the intersection between the first and second surfaces and the peripheral side surfaces. Each cutting edge is divided into a first portion, a second portion and a radius blend. The first portion has a length, L1, and the second portion has a length, L2, that is shorter than the first portion such that the radius blend is not located at a midpoint of the cutting edge, thereby increasing a height of the ninety-degree shoulder that can be cut by the cutting insert.
US09623493B2
A double-sided ball end mill includes a body having a generally hemispherical forward end portion and a rearward end portion. The forward end portion includes insert-receiving pockets and chip pockets. A cutting insert can be mounted within each insert-receiving pocket. The cutting insert includes a first substantially planar surface, a second substantially planar surface, a first curvilinear side surface, a second curvilinear side surface, a first pair of cutting edges formed at an intersection between the first substantially planar surface and the first and second curvilinear side surfaces, and a second pair of cutting edges formed at an intersection between the second substantially planar surface and the first and second curvilinear side surfaces. The first and second planar surfaces are substantially parallel to each other, and the cutting insert is mirror symmetric about all three axes.
US09623477B2
An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top die plate above an anvil on the center die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate.
US09623473B2
The invention relates to the use of a steel sheet provided with a protective layer for producing a ring-pull top or a can having a ring-pull top, where the steel sheet is made of an unalloyed or low-alloy steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1% by weight, and also an associated process. The problem proceeding from known steel sheets having a protective layer, namely to provide a steel sheet by means of which ring-pull tops which for a constant residual wall thickness of the notch line have a lower tear-off force can be produced by means of the ring-pull top, is solved by the steel sheet being recrystallizingly heat treated at a heating rate of more than 75 K/s and after the recrystallizing heat treatment cooled at a cooling rate of at least 100 K/s and then coated with the protective layer.
US09623463B2
The pump discharge volume of a bi-directional piston pump is set to a reference pump discharge volume Qa in condition where the actuation state of lift cylinders is a no-load state, and is set to a small-discharge pump discharge volume Qb smaller than the reference pump discharge volume Qa in condition where the actuation state of the lift cylinders is a high-load state. Qb·Pb which is the product of the pump discharge volume Qb and a pump discharge pressure Pb of the bi-directional piston pump in condition where the actuation state of the lift cylinders is the high-load state is set to be equal to or less than or approximately equal to a Qa·Pa which is the product of the pump discharge volume Qa and a pump discharge pressure Pa of the bi-directional piston pump in condition where the actuation state of the lift cylinders is the no-load state.
US09623448B2
A cleaning apparatus (100) for an ocean bottom cable (19) including a plurality of node casings (5), each containing at least one sensor capsule (9). During retrieval, an initial flushing device flushes the assembled cable with seawater before the capsules (9) are separated from the casings (5) in a loading/unloading apparatus (300). A washing tunnel (110) is configured to flush the sensor capsule (9) with water supplied from a freshwater tank (115) through a waterfeed pipe (117). Preferably, the cleaning apparatus also comprises a secondary flushing device for flushing the components with seawater after separation, and a drying tunnel (120). Separate conveyors convey the sensor capsules (9) and the node casings (5) to their respective destinations, such that each component may be flushed in seawater and/or freshwater and/or dried as required. The cleaning apparatus is optimized to use a minimum of freshwater and energy.
US09623447B2
The conventional washing apparatus has a double-cup washing tank that joins and separates to let work be placed therein, with nozzles set on the inner cup to allow a passage between it and the outer cup for spent liquid and/or air. The work is cleaned by washing detergent spirally flowing along the periphery of the inner cup by suction power within the passage, and then dried. Suction is not generated within the inner cup, so the spiral flow is too weak to make the tornado effect. This invention though resolves the above issues by an encased washing apparatus having a capsule-shaped washing chamber that joins and separates, has nozzles thereon, has a work table within that rotates by a drive device, has a drain at the bottom, and is characterized by washing detergent, cleaning water and/or air swirling by negative pressure within the washing chamber and then discharging into a drain.
US09623445B2
An apparatus suitable for separating particles and methods for using such apparatus are provided.
US09623440B2
A method for at least partially applying a hydrophilic polymer to a measurement channel of a sensor cartridge is provided, which sensor cartridge can be replaceably inserted in an analyzer. The measurement channel comprises at least one sensor element. The method comprises inserting the sensor cartridge into the analyzer, introducing an aqueous solution containing chitosan or a chitosan derivative into the measurement channel of the sensor cartridge, and following a residence time replacing the aqueous chitosan solution with a gaseous or liquid medium, wherein residues of the chitosan or chitosan derivatives remain on the inside surface of the measurement channel and hydrophilize the surface.
US09623438B2
A mask according to the invention includes a masking having a first side, a second side, and a perimeter opening. The second side is either tacky or has an adhesive applied and includes a backing, and the first side may include a cover. In use, the backing is removed to apply the mask to a hatch on a surface, with the perimeter of the hatch exposed through the perimeter opening. If used, the cover is then removed and liquid sealant is applied to the perimeter through the perimeter opening. Excess sealant collects on the masking rather than on the hatch or surface surrounding the perimeter. Once the sealant dries, the masking is removed.
US09623419B2
A wear tip holder for holding a wear tip adjacent to an outflow opening of a vertical rotor wall of a rotor of a VSI crusher includes a mounting plate for mounting the wear tip holder to the rotor wall. The mounting plate has a mounting face for facing a segment of the rotor wall to which it is to be mounted and a wear face, opposite the mounting face, for facing the interior of the rotor. A side wall extends between the mounting face and the wear face. The side wall includes a material retention surface facing, when in use, the rotor wall segment, thereby allowing material to be trapped under the material retention face.
US09623418B2
A wear tip holder for holding a wear tip adjacent to an outflow opening of a vertical rotor wall of a rotor of a VSI crusher includes a mounting plate for mounting the wear tip holder to the rotor wall. The mounting plate has a mounting face for facing the rotor wall to which it is to be mounted, and opposite the mounting face, a wear face for facing the interior of the rotor. A wear body is connected to the mounting plate and is provided with an elongate wear tip recess for holding the wear tip. At least one material retention groove extends along the wear tip recess at a position upstream, as seen in a direction of an intended flow of material to be crushed, of the wear tip recess. The material retention groove has an upstream groove wall and a downstream groove wall, the downstream groove wall forming an acute angle with the wear face for retaining material to be crushed.
US09623417B2
A water saving and energy saving process the continuous production of whole grain flour and whole gluten-free flour is provided. The process includes preconditioning whole-grain or seed with water and uses an energy efficient blanching treatment with saturated steam. The process also provides flour having a bimodal size mixture of material having improved viscosity. The whole grain and whole gluten-free flour can be used to prepare grain products and baked foods.
US09623415B2
A hand-held molecular diagnostic test device includes a housing, an amplification (or PCR) module, and a detection module. The amplification module is configured to receive an input sample, and defines a reaction volume. The amplification module includes a heater such that the amplification module can perform a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the input sample. The detection module is configured to receive an output from the amplification module and a reagent formulated to produce a signal that indicates a presence of a target amplicon within the input sample. The amplification module and the detection module are integrated within the housing.
US09623412B2
A system for diagnostic testing may include a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test media, the meter having a housing and an interface for receiving a signal representing coding information, and a container configured to contain test media compatible with the meter, the container having a coding element associated therewith. Additionally, the system may provide a mechanism for removing the meter from an interconnected test container and reattaching it to a new container using on-container coding methods that can recalibrate the meter for the new container of test strips.
US09623402B2
Provided is a denitration catalyst with an improved wear resistance capable of stably reducing and removing nitrogen oxides in flue gases for a long period of time and a production method therefor. A denitration catalyst obtained by having a honey comb molded body that contains at least titanium oxide and vanadium pentoxide support magnesium surface, and wherein the peak intensity ratio of the first peak of the magnesium sulfate to the first peak of the titanium oxide in X-ray diffraction is 0.05-0.15, the content of the magnesium sulfate increases by 6-22% by mass, the pore volume is 0.17-0.40 cc/g, and the specific surface area is 33-100 m2/g.
US09623401B2
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst has enhanced NOx purification performance in a lean atmosphere, and a production method for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes sputtering a target material containing Ta and Rh to form composite fine metal particles respectively containing Ta and Rh.
US09623399B2
A method of surface modification of an alumina carrier. The method includes: 1) dissolving a soluble kazoe in deionized water to yield a kazoe aqueous solution; 2) submerging an alumina carrier in the kazoe aqueous solution and drying the alumina carrier in a vacuum environment; 3) placing the dried alumina carrier in a reactor, adding silicon tetrachloride and Grignard reagent dropwise to the reactor, sealing the reactor and heating it to a constant temperature, and maintaining the constant temperature for between 3 and 18 hours, where a volume ratio of the added silicon tetrachloride and the alumina carrier is between 0.5:1 and 5:1, the constant temperature is controlled to be between 160 and 350° C.; and 4) cooling the reactor, filtering, washing, and drying the alumina carrier in the vacuum environment.
US09623397B2
A system for processing hydrocarbon materials, comprising a hydrocarbon feedstock source; a process gas source; a waveguide; and a reaction tube structure. The process gas source comprises one or more sources of gases selected from the group consisting of helium, argon, krypton, neon, xenon, methane, propane, butane, ethane, acetylene, propylene, butylene, ethylene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water vapor, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The waveguide comprises a lateral portion comprising housing having a first end portion configured to be connected to a microwave generator, a closed opposite end portion, a primary axis extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, and a central portion having an opening, wherein the central portion has a depth that is smaller than a corresponding depth of the first end portion and the second end portion, and a coaxial portion having a first end portion connected to the opening and a lateral dimension that is perpendicular to the primary axis. The reaction tube structure comprises an outer wall made of a dielectric material, and is configured such that when hydrocarbon feedstock from the feedstock source and process gas from the process gas source are fed into the reaction tube structure and microwaves are received in the waveguide, one or more surface waves are propagated in the reaction tube structure to form a plasma within the reaction tube structure and cause the feedstock and process gas to react and form into a product stream, and wherein the reaction tube structure has a lateral dimension that is perpendicular to the lateral portion and parallel to the coaxial portion, and the reaction tube structure is connected to a second end of the coaxial portion.
US09623388B2
A blending system is described for preparing a blended mixture. The blending system includes a control system having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for preparing a blended mixture using one or more blending materials and amounts recommended for the blended mixture using a scale. The blending system further includes management software stored in the computer-readable memory and executed by the control system, the software in communication with the control system to exchange information on customers and formulas blended mixtures associated with the customers. Additionally, the control system includes software configured to calculate information associated with the blended mixture when an input received by the control system indicates an amount that is different than an amount in the formula and displays the calculated information associated with the blended mixture on the display.
US09623384B2
System, including apparatus and methods, for performing droplet-based assays. The system may comprise a droplet transporter configured to pick up droplets from each emulsion of an array of reacted emulsions and to drive flow of the droplets through a detection region. The system also may comprise a detector configured to collect data related to one or more analytes from individual droplets of the reacted emulsions as such individual droplets travel through the detection region. The system further may comprise a controller programmed to determine, based on the data collected, an aspect of the one or more analytes in one or more samples included in droplets of the emulsions.
US09623383B1
A system and method to prepare and dispense a N2 or N2/CO2 gas infused chilled beverage is provided. The gas infused beverage is obtained by mixing a beverage concentrate with N2 or N2/CO2 gas infused water under positive pressure and dispensing the prepared beverage through a slow pour faucet. The beverage may be any non-carbonated liquid and in one embodiment the beverage is coffee. The dispensed N2 or N2/CO2 gas infused chilled coffee has a unique appearance and enhanced flavor and aroma. The system may be provided as a self-contained unit.
US09623378B2
A method for operating an exhaust gas treatment device having at least one reservoir for a reducing agent and at least one delivery device for a reducing agent, includes at least checking a filling level of the at least one reservoir, checking a current exhaust gas mass flow, and delivering reducing agent if the filling level of the at least one reservoir is below a minimum filling level and the exhaust gas mass flow is in a low-load range. A motor vehicle having the exhaust gas treatment device is also provided.
US09623370B2
The present invention relates a process and apparatus that recovers a helium rich stream from a mixed gas having low concentrations of helium therein. More specifically, the invention relates to an integrated process and apparatus for treating a mixed feed gas from an operating process that produces a fluid product from natural gas containing helium, such as processes that produce ammonia, methanol, or liquid hydrocarbons.
US09623366B2
A CO2 recovery system includes an absorption apparatus that brings a CO2 absorption liquid into contact with an exhaust gas treated by a pre-treatment apparatus so that CO2 in the exhaust gas is absorbed into the CO2 absorption liquid; a regeneration apparatus that separates CO2 from the CO2 absorption liquid; an absorption liquid circulation path that circulates the CO2 absorption liquid between the absorption apparatus and the regeneration apparatus; and an impurity removal unit that removes impurities having a high concentration in the absorption liquid circulation path, in the absorption liquid circulation path and/or in the pre-treatment apparatus in advance.
US09623365B2
An absorbent regenerator includes: a rich solution supply line; a lean solution supply line; a lean-rich solution heat exchanger that is provided at an intersection of the lean solution supply line and the rich solution supply line; a branch portion that branches some of the rich solution at a downstream side of the lean-rich solution heat exchanger on the rich solution supply line; and a first mixing portion that mixes the some of the rich solution branched at the branch portion with a semi-lean solution, wherein a front end of a branch line through which the some of the branched rich solution is supplied is connected to a solution storage portion of the semi-lean solution which is located at an upper stage side of the absorbent regenerator divided into parts, and the some of the branched rich solution is mixed with the semi-lean solution.
US09623364B1
Na+-SAPO-34 sorbents were ion-exchanged with several individual metal cations for CO2 absorption at different temperatures (273-348 K) and pressures (<1 atm). In general, the overall adsorption performance of the exchanged materials increased as follows: Ce3+
US09623363B2
A process for capturing sulphur impurities present in gas feeds containing H2 and/or CO: a. desulphurization with a retaining material containing an active phase, b. optionally, rendering the sulphurized retaining material inert, c. oxidative regeneration of the retaining material, d. optionally, rendering the regenerated retaining material inert, and e. desulphurization with the retaining material that has been regenerated and rendered inert, and regenerating the retaining material.
US09623359B2
A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, inlet and outlet side sealing portion 5b, and an inlet side sealing portion, wherein at least one outlet cell is a reinforced cell where a reinforcing part 6 for reinforcing the outlet cell 2b is formed at at least one corner portion 21a at which the walls on a cross-section vertical to an extending direction of the cell cross each other, wherein the inlet cell is a non-reinforced cell where the reinforcing part is not formed at all the corner portions at which the walls on the cross-section vertical to the extending direction of the cell cross each other, and wherein the reinforcing parts 6 of the reinforced cells 22 are formed at a section of the honeycomb structure from the end surface of the outlet side in the extending direction of the cell.
US09623358B2
A filter system has a housing with a housing wall and at least one cover. An inlet port is arranged on the housing and supplies a fluid to be filtered to the housing. An outlet port is arranged on the housing and discharges the fluid that has been filtered from the housing. A support tube is arranged in an interior of the housing and accommodates a filter element. The support tube extends along a housing axis of the housing and has a receiving side, wherein the support tube is connected to the housing by a first detent connection provided on the receiving side.
US09623355B2
The present disclosure relates to a filter element that includes a frame and bag-type filter pockets which are connected to the frame. The filter pockets have an inflow side and an outflow side, wherein at least one opening is present on the inflow side for the inlet of a fluid to be filtered by the filter pockets. The interior of each of the filter pockets tapers in the direction of their respective outflow side. Fluid-guiding elements are provided on the inflow and/or the outflow side of the filter pockets. An efficient filter element in which the fluid to be filtered is effectively cleaned is therefore provided.
US09623352B2
A method for removing retroviruses from liquid samples and a nanofiber containing liquid filtration medium that simultaneously exhibits high liquid permeability and high microorganism retention is disclosed. Retroviruses are removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous nanofiber containing filtration medium having a retrovirus LRV greater than about 6, and the nanofiber(s) has a diameter from about 10 nm to about 100 nm. The filtration medium can be in the form of a fibrous electrospun polymeric nanofiber liquid filtration medium mat.
US09623350B2
An oil management system to reduce and remove the amount of soot, rust or other contaminating particles in oil used in an engine, the oil management system comprising an oil filter assembly including a filter element and an additive cartridge, the additive cartridge configured to provide a means for continuously dispersing a small quantity of additive into the oil; an oxidation prevention means to prevent or diminish oxidation of metal in the oil management system; and an oil condition monitoring sensor to measure various aspects of the oil in the oil management system.
US09623347B2
Provided is a centrifuge that preferably performs processes such as dispersion of a material to be processed while enhancing convenience for users. A centrifuge 1 of the present invention includes an ultrasonic wave generation source 10 that generates ultrasonic waves and a storage container 20 that stores a material to be processed M. The centrifuge 1 of the present invention also includes a rotation mechanism 30. The rotation mechanism 30 rotates the storage container 20 around a rotation axis L tilted relative to a virtual line V extended in a vertical direction in such a manner that the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic wave generation source 10 are constantly applicable to the material to be processed M.
US09623346B2
The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising a blend of a) an emulsion; and b) a demulsifying-effective amount of a silicon containing co-polymer. The present invention also provides for a method for separating emulsions using the demulsifying composition discussed.
US09623344B2
A tent or covering with a pyramid-shaped structure, with an inner dark-colored sheet and an outer transparent sheet, installed on a supporting base anchored to the ground or on floats on the surface of the sea, wherein in the apex of the pyramid there are included vaporizers with micronebulizers for nebulizing the water to be treated, a device for capturing humid air through a continuous or sectioned condensation column and for subsoil distillation and heat dissipation in the smaller, water-collecting tank and recirculation of the air devoid of humidity into the enclosure. In addition, it includes a computerized control system of the processes includes controls of the air and nebulized water flow rates and of the working regime of the facility.
US09623330B2
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon an information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing device which presents information corresponding to a biological signal acquired from a user, is provided. The information processing program causes the computer to function as biological signal acquiring means, motion/attitude information acquiring means, and presentation means. The biological signal acquiring means acquires the biological signal from the user. The motion/attitude information acquiring means acquires information about a motion or an attitude of the user from detecting means, in association with the biological signal acquired by the biological signal acquiring means. The presentation means performs predetermined presentation based on both the biological signal acquired by the biological signal acquiring means and the information acquired by the motion/attitude information acquiring means.
US09623326B2
An apparatus comprising a server that generates a stream of streaming interactive video and/or audio. Means for multicasting the stream to a plurality of client devices accommodating different device video, audio and/or network characteristics, and means for allowing input from one or more of the client devices to control the streaming interactive video.
US09623323B2
Individual participants in a multi-participant collaborative computing application may be sent intermittent updates of actions taken by other participants. These updates need not be sent to a participant's device until the participant has interacted with a specified object in the application. The participant's device may then be sent an update including object interactions of the other participants occurring since the participant's previous object interaction. The update may be used to periodically inform the participant of the actions taken by the other participants during the period between the participant's interactions.
US09623315B2
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US09623307B1
A game kit, including an elongated rectangular box portion defining a recess, first and second elongated rectangular panel members hingedly connected to the box portion, a first central and a pair of ancillary pipes operationally connected to the first elongated rectangular panel portion, wherein each ancillary pipe is equidistant from the first pipe, a slot formed in the first elongated panel member opposite the first and ancillary pipes for receiving the proximal edge, and a plurality of bean bags. When the box portion placed on a generally flat surface, pivoting the first elongated rectangular panel member into a generally vertical orientation and pivoting the second elongated rectangular portion to engage the proximal edge with the slot deploys the first and ancillary pipes in a generally vertical orientation for receiving tossed bags.
US09623303B2
A system for providing loaner clubs to novice golfers includes a coding scheme for golf club holders, which can be provided at a golf range having targets, in order to facilitate play by people entirely new to the game of golf. In general, one innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can include a golf club stand including holders for golf clubs of different types, and visual indicators associated with the holders for the golf clubs of different types, where the visual indicators correspond to targets of different distances within a golf range.
US09623296B2
Embodiments of golf clubs head sets with varying characteristics are disclosed herein. Other examples and related methods are also generally described herein.
US09623294B1
A golf club head comprising a means for adjusting the location of the center of gravity is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head of the present invention comprises a first channel that includes a rail extending upwards from its floor and a second channel including a groove extending into its floor. The second channel intersects the first channel at a junction, and a slidable weight comprising a contoured body portion, one or more mechanical fasteners, and a clamping structure that engages the rail or the groove when the one or more fasteners are tightened is disposed within at least one of the channels. The slidable weight can be moved into either of the channels without being removed from the golf club head and indexed, thus saving a golfer time during adjustment.
US09623291B2
A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. In some embodiments, the crown includes a lattice-like structure having thin regions surrounded by a web of relatively thicker regions. In some embodiments, the club head includes one or more stiffening tubes attached between the sole and the crown to improve the acoustic performance of the golf club head.
US09623287B2
The present invention generally relates to golf balls and more particularly to golf balls having multi-layered cores comprising a thermoset rubber center, a thermoplastic intermediate core layer, and a thermoset rubber outer core layer. A cover layer is disposed about the multi-layered core. At least one of the center, intermediate core layer, and outer core layer comprises a polyalkenamer rubber. In one preferred embodiment, the center, intermediate core, and outer core layers have positive hardness gradients. The core layers preferably have different specific gravities. The polyalkenamer rubber may be blended with other rubbers such as polybutadiene, polyisoprene, ethylene propylene diene, and styrene-butadiene rubbers. The polyalkenamer rubber composition helps improve resiliency of the core and provides the ball with a comfortable and soft feel.
US09623282B2
A figure trimmer comprises a base, a pedal set, and a rotating assembly. The pedal set comprises a left pedal and a right pedal. The rotating assembly movably connects with the base. The rotating assembly is able to rotate about a shaft of the base. The rotating assembly comprises two ends, in which one end includes a first shaft and the other includes a second shaft. The left pedal can rotate about the first shaft, and the right pedal can rotate about the second shaft.
US09623275B2
A dumbbell caster assembly includes a first omnidirectional wheel assembly mechanically coupled to a grip. A second omnidirectional wheel assembly is mechanically coupled to the grip. The omnidirectional wheel assemblies can include a plurality of wheel sub-wheels. The dumbbell caster assembly allows a user to perform exercises, such as push-up exercises and abdominal exercises, that require omnidirectionality.
US09623273B1
An exercising device includes a housing member having one or more rollers, and having a handle device, the handle device is pivotally attached to the housing member with a pivot spindle for allowing the handle device to be rotated relative to the housing member between an upwardly extended working position and a folding position. The handle device includes two end portions pivotally attached to the housing member with the pivot spindle. The housing member includes two seats for engaging with the end portions of the handle device and for supporting the handle device at the upwardly extended working position.
US09623250B2
A neuromodulation system and method of providing sub-threshold therapy to a patient. An anodic perception threshold of super-threshold electrical energy and a cathodic perception threshold of super-threshold electrical energy are determined for a plurality of electrode sets. A ratio between the anodic perception threshold and the cathodic perception threshold is calculated for each of the electrode sets. An effective electrode set is selected based on the ratio between the anodic perception threshold and the cathodic perception threshold.
US09623248B2
At least one of a medical device, such as an implantable medical device, and a programming device determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient's sleep. Sleep efficiency, sleep latency, and time spent in deeper sleep states are example sleep quality metrics for which values may be determined. In some embodiments, determined sleep quality metric values are associated with a current therapy parameter set. In some embodiments, a programming device presents sleep quality information to a user based on determined sleep quality metric values. A clinician, for example, may use the sleep quality information presented by the programming device to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy delivered to the patient by the medical device, to adjust the therapy delivered by the medical device, or to prescribe a therapy not delivered by the medical device in order to improve the quality of the patient's sleep.
US09623247B2
One aspect of the present disclosure includes a method for treating chronic or refractory rhinitis in a subject. One step of the method includes implanting a therapy delivery system in the subject so that at least one therapy delivery component of the system is positioned substantially adjacent a target location where modulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is effective to treat chronic or refractory rhinitis. The therapy delivery component includes at least one electrode configured to deliver electric current to the target location. Next, electric current is delivered to the at least one electrode to effect a change in the ANS.
US09623246B2
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system having a recharging system with self alignment, a system for mapping current fields using a completely wireless system, multiple independent electrode stimulation outsource, and IPG control through software on Smartphone/mobile device and tablet hardware during trial and permanent implants. SCS system can include multiple electrodes, multiple, independently programmable, stimulation channels within an implantable pulse generator (IPG) providing concurrent, but unique stimulation fields. SCS system can include a replenishable power source, rechargeable using transcutaneous power transmissions between antenna coil pairs. An external charger unit, having its own rechargeable battery, can charge the IPG replenishable power source. A real-time clock can provide an auto-run schedule for daily stimulation. A bi-directional telemetry link informs the patient or clinician the status of the system, including the state of charge of the IPG battery. Other processing circuitry in current IPG allows electrode impedance measurements to be made.
US09623244B2
An electrical neuromodulation system configured for minimizing energy consumption of a neuromodulation device includes an external control device configured for receiving input from a user, the neuromodulation device in communication with the external control device, and control/processing circuitry. The control/processing circuitry is configured for automatically (a) adjusting a modulation parameter value (e.g., by a step size) to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value that decreases the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device, (b) instructing the neuromodulation device to deliver electrical energy to at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, (c) determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and (d) if the manual parameter adjustment was not made, deeming the currently adjusted modulation parameter value as a previously adjusted modulation parameter value and repeating steps (a)-(d).
US09623240B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating bronchial constriction related to asthma, anaphylaxis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exercise-induced bronchospasm and post-operative bronchospasm. The treatment comprises transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers that activate neural pathways to reduce the release of acetycholine from airway-related vagal preganglionic neurons within the brain of the patient. The transmitted energy impulses, comprising magnetic and/or electrical energy, stimulate the selected nerve fibers to produce the bronchodilation.
US09623237B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods comprising receiving a control signal at a control circuit of a surgical device. The control circuit may comprise a first circuit portion coupled to at least one switch operable between an open state and a closed state. The first circuit portion may be configured to communicate with a surgical generator over a conductor pair to receive the control signal and may comprise at least one resistor coupled to the at least one switch. Methods may also comprise determining the state of the at least one switch based on the value of the resistor.
US09623233B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for simultaneously stimulating the spinal anatomy at various locations, such as spinal levels, along the spinal cord. By stimulating multiple levels of the spinal column with the use of a single device, a single access path is created to an implantable pulse generator (IPG) rather than individual access paths for each lead at each spinal level to an IPG. By reducing the number of pathways, the procedure complexity, time and recovery are reduced. In addition, some embodiments provide additional specificity within each targeted level, such as selective stimulation of specific tissue, such as the dorsal root ganglion.
US09623229B2
A polymeric tubular conduit including a polymeric tubular conduit wall having an outer tubular layer coaxially overlaying an inner tubular layer which defines a continuous tubular passage along a polymeric tubular conduit length of the polymeric tubular conduit; whereby the outer tubular layer, the inner tubular layer, or combinations thereof, include an amount of antimicrobial agent. The amount of antimicrobial agent can be sufficient to kill or inhibit growth of microorganisms in contact with a corresponding polymeric tubular conduit wall external surface, polymeric tubular conduit wall internal surface, or combinations thereof, of the polymeric tubular conduit wall.
US09623210B2
Catheter assemblies are described having a catheter hub with a catheter tube and a needle hub with a needle projecting through the catheter tube. The catheter hub has a valve or a septum for stopping or slowing down the flow of fluid in or out of the catheter hub when the valve or septum is closed. The valve or septum has an exposed proximal wall that enables the valve to be wiped or cleaned with an antiseptic solution. The valve further has a cavity for receiving at least part of a needle guard, which is incorporated for preventing accidental needle stick with the needle tip.
US09623207B2
A guide catheter assembly includes an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed, at least partially, within the outer sheath. A tether tethers the inner catheter to the outer sheath. The guide catheter assembly has a first configuration where the tether is untensioned and distal ends of the outer sheath and inner catheter are pointing in a first direction. In a second configuration of the guide catheter assembly, the tether is tensioned, the distal end of the outer sheath is pointing in the first direction, the distal end of the inner catheter is pointing in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and the tether is oriented at an angle different from both the first direction and the second direction.
US09623205B2
The invention relates to an inhaler component for forming a vapor/air mixture or/and condensation aerosol by evaporation of a liquid material (18) and, if appropriate, condensation of the formed vapor, comprising: an electric heating element for evaporating a portion of the liquid material (18); a wick with a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite (10) with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with the liquid material (18); a carrier plate (11), preferably a printed circuit board, which carries the composite (10) and on which the heating element is electrically contacted; a capillary gap (16) formed at least partially by the carrier plate (11) and automatically supplying the composite (10) with the liquid material (18), by means of an end portion of the wick extending into the capillary gap (16); a liquid container (19) which contains the liquid material (18) and from which the capillary gap (16) draws the liquid material (18). In order to achieve a compact overall arrangement, it is proposed that the capillary gap (16) at least partially covers the liquid container (19) on the outside, in a view perpendicular to the carrier plate (11).
US09623201B2
The body has a fluid inlet port for receiving pressurized fluid and a fluid outlet port connected to the retention balloon. A first passage connects the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port. A second passage in the body is connected to the balloon fluid return path and is at the pressure of the retention balloon. A valve prevents fluid flow through the first passage when actuated. The valve includes a pressure-responsive member movable to a position to obstruct fluid flow in response to fluid pressure in the second passage exceeding the predetermined level. Flexible means such as a membrane defines a normally open portion of the first fluid passage, which is closed by the moveable means bearing on the membrane when pressure exceeding the predetermined level actuates the valve.
US09623195B2
A needle assembly for an injection pen (22) has a sleeve (21) supporting internally a double-ended needle having an injection end and a non-injection end (25). The end of the sleeve surrounding the non-injection end (25) of the needle is divided into deformable segments (28) and is internally threaded for interengagement with a threaded boss (23) of the injection pen (22). A collar (29) is mounted on the sleeve (21) for sliding movement between a first position where the collar (29) overlies the segmented end and maintains interengagement of the threads at that end with those of the injection pen boss (23) and a second position where the segments may expand radially to come free of the injection pen boss (23). The needle may be mounted on a carrier (68) slidable with respect to the sleeve (21), the carrier (68) being coupled to the sleeve (21) for movement thereby.
US09623181B2
The invention relates to an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament, comprising: an elongate tubular case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged inside the case, the carrier adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier, wherein the drive spring acts between the carrier and the plunger, wherein the plunger in an initial state is locked to the carrier by a ramped engagement to the carrier and by being prevented from rotating out of this ramped engagement depending on a relative longitudinal position of the carrier in the case, wherein the plunger is arranged to be released for rotating out of the ramped engagement upon the needle reaching at least nearly a predefined injection depth on translation of the carrier in the proximal direction for advancing the needle beyond a proximal end of the auto-injector.
