US09650879B2
A system for hydraulically fracturing an underground formation in an oil or gas well, including a pump for pumping hydraulic fracturing fluid into the wellbore, the pump having a pump shaft, and an electric motor with a motor shaft mechanically attached to the pump to drive the pump. The system further includes a torsional coupling connecting the motor shaft to the pump shaft. The torsional coupling includes a motor component fixedly attached to the motor shaft and having motor coupling claws extending outwardly away from the motor shaft, and a pump component fixedly attached to the pump shaft of the pump and having pump coupling claws extending outwardly away from the pump shaft. The motor coupling claws engage with the pump coupling claws so that when the motor shaft and motor component rotate, such rotation causes the pump component and the pump shaft to rotate, thereby driving the pump.
US09650867B2
A mechanism for selectively activating a plurality of downhole pathways. The method includes a casing segment which includes a plurality of casing ribs, a valve which includes a sleeve coupled for movement between an open and normally closed position, a rocker member mounted to the sleeve, a dart for pumping in hole including a dart profile matched to the rocker member profile such that the dart profile couples to the rocker member profile when in close proximity and, in turn, the sleeve moves using hydraulic force from the closed position to the open position.
US09650861B2
A bridge plug tool for use in a well, comprising: a tool body; a mandrel (3) extending through the tool body; a setting sleeve (2) positioned on the tool body; a packer module (4,5,6) located below the setting sleeve, the packer module having an expanded position in which its outer surface is expanded radially with respect to the tool body and a contracted position in which its outer surface is substantially the same as that of the tool body; and an anchor module (9,10,11) located below the packer module, the anchoring module comprising anchor elements moveable between an expanded position in which the anchor elements extend radially from the tool body and a contracted position in which the anchor elements are substantially aligned with the surface of the tool body; wherein the mandrel extends through the sleeve, packer module and anchor module; the mandrel and setting sleeve are relatively moveable between an axially extended position and an axially contracted position; and wherein the mandrel and setting sleeve engage the anchor module and packer module such that relative movement of the mandrel and setting sleeve between the axially extended and axially contracted positions correspondingly moves the anchor module and packer module between the respective contracted and expanded positions. The use of the sleeve and mandrel arrangement allows setting and release mechanisms to be protected from the external environment of the tool.
US09650846B2
A production string for use in a wellbore is disclosed. The production string includes an expansion joint having a first tubular that slides along a second tubular, and a control line extending from a location above the expansion joint to a location below the expansion joint. The control line is placed around the first tubular in a helical fashion that includes a plurality of coils. At least some of the coils in the plurality of coils are connected to each other by a flexible member to limit stretch between the connected coils when the control line is stretched.
US09650845B2
The connector includes a sleeve (4) which is screwed on to a thread (18) provided on an upper axial end of the lower riser section (1). The sleeve (4) encloses a lower end of an upper riser section (2) and is retained thereto. Once the sleeve (4) is secured to the lower riser section, this loosely secures the upper riser section (2) to the lower riser section (1). A tensioning tool then stretches the sleeve (4) upwardly and a retaining collar (5) is then maneuvered in order to retain the sleeve (5) in this tensioned state after the release of the tensioning tool. This creates a preloaded connection between the upper riser section (2) and the lower riser section (1).
US09650837B2
A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a substrate and volume of superabrasive material positioned on the substrate. The volume of superabrasive material includes a cutting face having at least one recess extending into the volume of superabrasive material and/or at least one protrusion extending outward from the volume of superabrasive material. The volume of superabrasive material includes a first chamfer surface having a peripheral edge and a radially innermost edge. The peripheral edge of the first chamfer surface is located proximate a cutting edge of the volume of superabrasive material. A radial width of the first chamfer surface is between about 0.002 inch and about 0.045 inch. The volume of superabrasive material also includes a second chamfer surface having a peripheral edge and a radially innermost edge. The peripheral edge of the second chamfer surface is located adjacent the radially innermost edge of the first chamfer surface.
US09650815B2
A method of fitting a power closure member to a vehicle includes the steps of: (a) detecting, by current sensor, current drawn by a closure member actuator when the closure member is closed and a latch contacts a striker of a lock assembly for the closure member and (b) comparing, by computing device, a detected current to a predetermined current range representative of desired mechanical interference between the latch and the striker.
US09650807B2
The present disclosure includes a tool operated channel latch used to secure a panel against a structure. The latch includes a bracket which mounts to a movable panel and includes an actuating mechanism to open and close the latch. A bolt is pivotably retained relative to the bracket for engaging against the structure closed by the panel. A lock assembly is carried on the actuator to engage a link which is movably coupled with both the bolt and the actuator. The lock assembly includes extending portions to engage at least one corresponding opening of the link. The link provides an over center toggle condition to retain the latch in a locked position until intentionally actuated by an operator.
US09650803B1
A tubular insert sleeve system comprises a tubular insert sleeve for insertion into an excavated hole and a snug fitting and removable safety cover adapted to extend over the upper end of the tubular insert sleeve in order to cover the excavated hole. One or more sleeve fastening apertures are defined through the tubular insert sleeve adjacent the upper end thereof, and are adapted to receive one or more vermiform fasteners for fastening the safety cover to the tubular insert sleeve. Preferably, the sleeve fastening apertures are in the form of handles. In some embodiments, one or more cover fastening apertures are defined through the safety cover and the cover fastening aperture(s) cooperate with the sleeve fastening aperture(s) to receive the vermiform fastener(s) to fasten the safety cover to the tubular insert sleeve.
US09650801B2
A portable and collapsible barrier that is lightweight and can be easily transported and erected. The barrier includes a base, a top and an enclosed volume such as a diaphragm that can be expanded with a medium such as a gas or liquid to a desired shape. The expanded volume will act as a barrier. When a series of expanded barriers are connected, they will form a wall that can contain bulk materials or liquids.
US09650800B2
A curb system for a concrete container is disclosed. The curb system includes a base slab having a planar mounting surface and a wall positioned on the planar mounting surface. An inner curb is positioned on the planar mounting surface adjacent to an inner surface of the wall, and an outer curb is positioned on the planar mounting surface adjacent to an outer surface of the wall. A first expandable waterstop is positioned between the inner curb and the inner surface of the wall. A first waterstop is positioned between the inner curb and the planar mounting surface.
US09650794B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of steering data radio bearer traffic to a wireless local area network link. For example, a User Equipment (UE) may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to communicate traffic of a plurality of Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) via a cellular link between the UE and an evolved Node B (eNB); and a controller to establish at least one Point-to-Point (P2P) link with the eNB via a WLAN link between the UE and a WLAN Access Point (AP), and to steer traffic of one or more of the DRBs from the cellular link to the P2P link.
US09650792B2
A floating floor system includes a plurality of interlocking floor panels, each including a base layer formed from a first material having a first hardness; a body formed from the base layer and having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first locking edge portion formed from the base layer and including a locking channel defined by a channel floor and first and second channel sidewalls extending upward from the channel floor toward the top surface; a second locking edge portion formed from the base layer and including a locking ridge protruding downward away from an upper surface of the second locking edge portion and defined by a ridge surface and first and second ridge sidewalls; wherein at least one of the sidewalls includes a portion formed from a second material having a second hardness that is less than the first hardness.
US09650791B2
An integrated fiber cement and foam cladding system is provided that incorporates foam or similar light weight material to improve the insulation capacity of the cladding system. The system includes at least a fiber cement layer and a foam layer disposed on the backside of the fiber cement layer. The system improves the R-value of the building, a measure of the building's resistance to transferring heat or thermal energy.
US09650790B2
An assembly for securing a panel to a wall surface, including an elongated rail adapted to being secured in extending fashion along the wall surface and a clip adapted to being secured to a rear surface of the panel. The rail and clip each exhibit a similar cross sectional profile, with each including at least one mating and inclined support surface for redirecting a weight of the panel inwards toward the wall surface.
US09650782B2
Disclosed are an exterior insulation mortar for cold weather which may prevent freezing and improve strength at temperatures below 0° C., and an exterior insulation system using the same.
US09650775B2
A bidet wand includes an arm and a nozzle. The arm includes one or more members, one or more connection tubes, and one or more inlet hoses. The one or more members are arranged in sequence from a first side to a second side and coupled to each other, the one or more members forming insertion portion at the first side. Each connection tube is coupled to and extends through the one or more members from the first side to the second side. Each inlet hose is coupled to one of the connection tubes at the second side and is configured to transfer water from a water source. The nozzle is configured to receive the insertion portion of the one or more members therein. The nozzle and the insertion portion include positive coupling features that are cooperatively configured to engage each other to couple the nozzle to the arm.
US09650772B2
A flush valve system may comprise a rail guide configured to extend between upper and lower portions of the flush valve system in a toilet tank. A float may be slidably coupled to the rail guide and be configured to be received by a reservoir associated with the float. The float may comprise a closed upper surface with a mating pocket and one or more circumferential walls extending from the closed upper surface. A lock mechanism may be slidably received by the mating pocket of the float. The lock mechanism may comprise one or more bias arms to fixedly engage the lock mechanism to the float and one or more locking members to fixedly engage the lock mechanism to the rail guide.
US09650767B2
A sink faucet assembly that includes a sink faucet and a filter faucet combined together into a single unit. The sink faucet is of the single-handle type for mixing hot and cold water and includes a body member, base, or escutcheon mount upon which the filter faucet is attached. The filter faucet includes a faucet body and spout that may dispense filtered water from an undersink filter and it may further include a water filter fluidly disposed between the faucet body and spout. A filter replacement kit is provided in an embodiment that includes a generally inline water filter, an optional water spout, and an elongated hollow tubular stem adapter attachable to the filter faucet body in a generally push-in manner.
US09650764B2
A wear assembly for excavating equipment which includes a wear member and a base each with upper and lower stabilizing surfaces that are offset and at overlapping depths to reduce the overall depth of the assembly while maintaining high strength and a stable coupling. The nose and socket each includes a generally triangular-shaped front stabilizing end to provide a highly stable front connection between the nose and wear member for both vertical and side loading. The lock is movable between hold and release positions to accommodate replacing of the wear member when needed, and secured to the wear member for shipping and storage purposes.
US09650762B2
A mining machine comprising a power monitor sensing power consumption of the mining machine during a select time period to generate power consumption data; a sensor sensing payload of the mining machine during the select time period to generate payload data; and a monitoring module. The monitoring module including computer readable media for comparing the power consumption data and the payload data to generate shovel efficiency data, and outputting the shovel efficiency data.
US09650757B2
A construction machine includes a substantially vertical firewall located in front of an engine, which is mounted to a main swing frame of the machine. The firewall may include a plurality of partition plates, and a plurality of elastically deformable protruding plates connected along lower ends of the partition plates. A lateral plate connected to a bottom plate of the swing frame may be fitted between the elastically deformable protruding plates and the lower ends of the partition plates to fix the lower ends of the partition plates to the main swing frame of the machine. The lateral plate may be located in front of a lower part of the engine.
US09650752B2
Apparatus for recovering spilled oil in water infested with floating ice or other debris comprises a fence having an upper rail and lower rail encircling an area to receive an oil skimmer. A plurality of buoyancy units maintain the fence at an appropriate water level. An ice-deflecting cone covers the bottom of the fence when the apparatus is deployed. A plurality of cables may be attached to the upper rail of the fence to raise and lower the apparatus into the water. The fence is preferably circular, with a diameter in the range of 10 to 50 feet. The fence preferably includes a plurality of spaced-apart vertical supports between the upper and lower rails to keep chunks of ice or other debris from entering into the encircled area, and the lower barrier structure is perforated, with openings in the range of less than an inch to several inches.
US09650733B2
A system and method for providing for the embroidery of articles which allows a user to select an article to be created from an article with one or more article pattern pieces, select or create and place a design to be embroidered on the selected pattern piece or pieces, render a two-dimensional image of the pattern with design thereon into a three-dimensional object depicting the design to be embroidered on the article, and generating a data file with instructions for embroidering the design or designs on the one or more article pattern pieces and/or with instructions for cutting the article pattern pieces from a fabric and embroidering the design on the article pattern pieces.
US09650729B2
The present invention is coated fabric for airbags which is obtained by applying a silicone resin to at least one surface of woven fabric constituted of synthetic fiber filaments, in an amount of 20 g/m2 or less. The coated fabric is characterized in that in the uncoated base fabric, the warp crimp ratio is less than the weft crimp ratio, the warp crimp ratio is 4% or less, and the difference between the warp crimp ratio and the weft crimp ratio is 0.8-3.0%, and that the coated fabric has a air permeability, measured at a differential pressure of 100 kPa, of 0.02 L/cm2/min or less. Although the amount of the resin applied is 20 g/m2 or less, extremely low air permeability is ensured.
US09650722B2
An nickel plating layer (5a) intended for corrosion current distribution is formed over a body (2), and a 0.05 to 2.5 micrometers thick surface chrome plating layer (6) made of trivalent chromium is formed on the surface thereof using basic chromium sulfate as a source of metal. Further on the same, a not less than 7 nm thick chromium compound film (7) is formed by cathode acidic electrolytic chromatin. The corrosion distribution nickel plating layer (5a) has a function of forming a microporous structure, a microcrack structure, or the both of the same in the surface chrome plating layer (6).
US09650693B2
A method for recovering lead from lead-containing discarded electronic waste cathode ray tube glass includes the steps of taking a sample of cathode ray tube lead-containing funnel glass, crushing to obtain CRT glass powder, then uniformly mixing zero-valent iron powder with the CRT glass powder according to the mass ratio of 0.1-1.5:1, performing heat preservation at a temperature of 610-960° C. for 3-180 min, and further cooling to extract the metallic lead from a SiO2 reticular glass structure of the CRT glass. This can be applied to pretreatment of the lead-containing waste CRT glass, and the metallic lead is extracted from the reticular silicate structure of the lead-containing waste CRT glass by adding the zero-valent iron in the thermal treatment process so that disposal rate of electronic wastes is improved and ecological safety is ensured. This method has important environmental, social and economic significance and broad application prospects.
US09650691B2
A quenching process for quenching a flowing first fluid with a flowing second fluid may involve a first hollow pipe for containing the flowing first fluid and a second hollow pipe for containing the flowing second fluid; dividing the flowing second fluid into a first baffle flow along a first side of a longitudinal baffle and a second baffle flow along a second side of the longitudinal baffle within the second hollow pipe; providing a transverse baffle protruding from the longitudinal baffle for directing the first baffle flow from a first baffle flow outlet and the second baffle flow from a second baffle flow outlet in the second hollow pipe and into the flowing first fluid in the first hollow pipe; and configuring an area of the first baffle flow outlet area to be greater than or equal to an area of the second baffle flow outlet area.
US09650684B2
The present invention is based on the discovery of a cell-based system to identify novel modulators of splicing or splicing dependent processes. The cell-based system of the present invention utilizes a fast and highly sensitive reporter, that responds to defects in the splicing machinery itself and is sensitive to changes in the signals that regulate splicing dependent processes such as those that modulate the EJC, splicing-dependent export, localization or translation efficiency. The present invention further uses the cell-based screen to identify several small molecules that modulate both constitutive and alternative splicing. Accordingly, the present invention includes general or alternative splicing inhibitors identified using the assay described herein. The present invention also provides methods of treating a subject having a condition associated with aberrant target RNA expression. The present invention further details a kit that may be directed to specifically detecting a general or alternative splicing inhibitor of the invention.
US09650677B2
Gene expression profiling in multiple myeloma patients identifies genes that distinguish between patients with subsequent early death or long survival after treatment. Poor survival is linked to over-expression of genes such as ASPM, OPN3 and CKS1B which are located in chromosome 1q. Given the frequent amplification of 1q in many cancers, it is possible that these genes can be used as powerful prognostic markers and therapeutic targets for multiple myeloma and other cancer.
US09650673B2
Random arrays of single molecules are provided for carrying out large scale analyzes, particularly of biomolecules, such as genomic DNA, cDNAs, proteins, and the like. In one aspect, arrays of the invention comprise concatemers of DNA fragments that are randomly disposed on a regular array of discrete spaced apart regions, such that substantially all such regions contain no more than a single concatemer. Preferably, such regions have areas substantially less than 1 μm2 and have nearest neighbor distances that permit optical resolution of on the order of 109 single molecules per cm2. Many analytical chemistries can be applied to random arrays of the invention, including sequencing by hybridization chemistries, sequencing by synthesis chemistries, SNP detection chemistries, and the like, to greatly expand the scale and potential applications of such techniques.
US09650671B2
Compositions, kits, methods and systems for single molecule nucleotide sequencing comprising producing polymerase reactions having lithium that control the median pulse width for incorporated nucleotides are disclosed. The levels of lithium are used to control pulse width while allowing other sequencing parameters to remain within a desirable range.
US09650668B2
Devices for detecting an analyte are provided. Devices for voltage sensing of analytes may comprise a plurality of fluidic channels defined in a substrate, each channel having a pair of sensing electrodes disposed in or adjacent to the fluidic channel and defining a detection volume for sensing voltage therein. At least one pair of electromotive electrodes for applying potential along at least one fluidic channel is provided as well.
US09650665B2
The present invention is generally drawn to a novel method and a kit for detecting nucleotide variations by a PTOCE (PTO Cleavage and Extension) assay with PTO-NV. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a novel method and a kit for detecting a nucleotide variation on a target nucleic acid sequence by a PTOCE assay with PTO-NV having a non-base paring moiety.
US09650660B2
Disclosed herein are a method and device for sensing avian influenza viruses, using terahertz electromagnetic waves. By the method, even a trace amount of avian influenza viruses in a liquid state can be accurately discriminated and sensed, with high sensitivity and selectivity, using a sensing chip that works in a terahertz electromagnetic wave band. Using the method, avian influenza viruses even at low concentrations can be accurately analyzed with high sensitivity and selectivity in which terahertz electromagnetic waves are irradiated onto avian influenza viruses through a sensing chip having a meta unit in which a pattern is formed to amplify a frequency corresponding to an absorption frequency of an avian influenza virus of interest.
US09650654B2
Methods of making C4+ hydrocarbon feedstocks using anaerobic microbes are described.
US09650647B2
The present invention provides nucleic acids and methods for conferring resistance to bacterial disease in plants. The present invention also provides promoters and promoter sequences useful for controlling expression in transgenic plants.
US09650635B2
This invention relates to a method of identifying a modulator of an NADPH oxidase, whereby said modulator is suitable as a lead compound and/or as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of hearing loss and/or phantom hearing, the method comprising the steps of (a) contacting a test compound with a protein, wherein said protein (i) comprises or consists of the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3 or 5, or (ii) is encoded by a nucleic acid comprising or consisting of the sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 23 or 24, or (iii) is a fragment of the protein according to (i) or (ii) and exhibits NADPH oxidase activity, or (iv) has a sequence at least 75% identical with the protein according to (i) or (ii) or with the fragment according to (iii) and exhibits NADPH oxidase activity, and optionally with one or more NADPH oxidase subunits, under conditions allowing binding of said test compound to said protein or, if present, said subunit(s); (b) optionally determining whether said test compound binds to said protein or, if present, said subunit(s); and (c) determining whether (ca) said test compound, upon contacting in step (a); or (cb) said test compound, upon binding in step (b) modulates the expression and/or activity of said protein or, if present, said subunit(s). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, medical uses and diagnostic uses of compounds of the invention.
US09650634B2
Compositions and methods of protecting aquatic invertebrates from disease is shown. In one embodiment, dsRNA or antisense RNA to a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is prepared and delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, the RNA or nucleic acid molecule is delivered to the animal by replicon particle. In a further embodiment, the protective molecule is delivered to the digestive tract of the animal. Protection from disease is obtained.
US09650632B2
Molecules are provided for inducing or facilitating exon skipping in forming spliced mRNA products from pre-mRNA molecules in cells. The molecules may be provided directly as oligonucleotides or expression products of vectors that are administered to a subject. High rates of skipping can be achieved. High rates of skipping reduce the severity of a disease like Duchene Muscular Dystrophy so that the disease is more like Becker Muscular Dystrophy. This is a severe reduction in symptom severity and mortality.
US09650629B2
Disclosed is a process for clonal pre-amplification of a nucleic acid involving the steps of (i) providing a plurality of different nucleic acid molecules (b) attaching adaptor sequences to the 3′ ends and 5′ ends of the nucleic acid molecules (c) preparing a water in oil emulsion wherein the majority of water droplets comprises one or none member of the plurality of different nucleic acid molecules (d) clonally amplifying the plurality of different nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the different nucleic acid molecules are mRNA molecules.
US09650624B2
Dihydroxy-acid dehydratase (DHAD) variants that display increased DHAD activity are disclosed. Such enzymes can result in increased production of compounds from DHAD requiring biosynthetic pathways. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acids encoding the DHAD variants, recombinant host cells comprising the isolated nucleic acid molecules, and methods of producing butanol.
US09650623B2
Providing an alkaline protease exhibiting an improved solubility in a liquid detergent. A mutant alkaline protease consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 2 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity therewith, in which at least one amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of the amino acid residues at predetermined positions of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 2 or corresponding positions thereto are substituted.
US09650622B2
The present invention relates to a transport protein which can be obtained by modifying the heavy chain of the neurotoxin formed by Clostridium botulinum wherein (i) the protein binds specifically to nerve cells with a higher or lower affinity as the native neurotoxin; (ii) the protein has an increased or reduced neurotoxicity compared to the native neurotoxin, the neurotoxicity being preferably determined in the hemidiaphragm assay; and/or (iii) the protein comprises a lower affinity against neutralizing antibodies compared to the native neurotoxin. The invention also relates to methods for producing the same and the use thereof in cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions.
US09650613B2
The present invention relates to a cell line having an increased ability to produce virus and a method for preparing thereof, and more particularly, to a cell line that has an increased ability to produce virus, due to the loss of the function of the Bst-2 (tetherin) gene, and to a production method thereof. According to the present invention, a cell line lacking the function of the Bst-2 gene has an excellent ability to produce virus, compared to a wild-type cell line. Thus, when the mutant cell line is used as a virus-producing cell line, the production yield of virus can be increased. In addition, the mutant cell line can be used for the production and research of vaccines for preventing and treating viral diseases.
US09650612B2
Described herein is a chemostat-like continuous cell culture system that combines certain advantages of perfusion open systems and chemostat open systems to improve the culturing of mammalian cells, e.g., genetically modified cells, particularly in serum-free or chemically-defined media. The continuous culture system described herein involves culturing mammalian cells in a continuous cell culture system, which comprises a cell retention device, wherein the cell culture system has a dilution rate (D) of less than about 2 d−1, and a cell density of less than about 2×107 cell/mL. Also described herein is a method for producing a polypeptide and/or virus of interest in a continuous cell culture, the method comprising culturing mammalian cells expressing the polypeptide and/or virus of interest in a continuous cell culture system, which comprises a cell retention device, wherein the cell culture system has a dilution rate (D) of less than about 2 d−1, and a cell density of less than about 2×107 cell/mL; and recovering the polypeptide and/or virus of interest from medium of the cell culture system.
US09650611B2
An isolated mammalian internal mammary artery-derived cell is disclosed. Furthermore, methods of isolating the mammalian internal mammary artery-derived cell are disclosed. The cell is useful in tissue engineering technologies, specifically in vascular tissue engineering.
US09650610B2
A human immature endocrine cell population and methods for making an immature endocrine cell population are provided. Specifically, immature beta cells and methods for production of immature beta cells are described. Immature beta cells co-express INS and NKX6.1 and are uni-potent and thereby develop into mature beta cells when implanted in vivo. The mature beta cells in vivo are capable of producing insulin in response to glucose stimulation.
US09650603B2
The present invention provides constructs including a tubular biodegradable polyglycolic acid scaffold, wherein the scaffold may be coated with extracellular matrix proteins and substantially acellular. The constructs can be utilized as an arteriovenous graft, a coronary graft, a peripheral artery bypass conduit, or a urinary conduit. The present invention also provides methods of producing such constructs.
US09650600B2
This invention provides an immunogenic composition including a soluble portion of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) whole cell preparation, wherein the soluble portion of the M.hyo preparation is substantially free of both (i) IgG and (ii) immunocomplexes comprised of antigen bound to immunoglobulin.
US09650597B2
The invention relates to a gel composition comprising 0.6 to 2.5 weight percent of guar gum, 0.01 to 0.05 weight percent of boric acid, 0.003 to 0.007 weight percent of a base, 2.5 to 4.5 weight percent of a short carbon chain alcohol, optionally 0.01 to 0.5 weight percent of additives and the necessary amount of water to reach 100% weight. The invention covers a method for producing the gel composition and the use thereof.
US09650592B2
The invention includes ware detergent compositions which prevent buildup of precipitates and also surprisingly provides significant metal protection of items exposed to alkaline detergent composition. According to the invention alkaline ware detergents may include an effective amount of amino carboxylate. Surprisingly, detergents which included amino carboxylate also provided significant metal protection against corrosion, even when traditional corrosion inhibiting components are reduced.
US09650584B2
Systems and methods for producing engineered fuels from solid waste material are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a waste stream at a multi-material processing platform and separating the waste stream to remove non-processable waste and marketable recyclables. The method further includes conveying processable materials to a material classification system and incorporating additives to produce an engineered fuel from the constituents of the waste stream.
US09650582B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for hydrogenating a biodiesel fuel for producing a biodiesel fuel having an excellent oxidation stability and cold flow property. The present invention serves to produce a biodiesel fuel excellent in oxidation stability, by hydrogenating a biodiesel fuel with oxygen present in the reaction system in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one type of noble metal selected from metals of Groups 8 to 10 in the periodic table.
US09650580B2
Treating a hydrocarbon feed having a sulphur content of at least 0.5% by weight, an asphaltenes content of at least 1% by weight, an initial boiling point of at least 340° C. and a final boiling point of at least 480° C., in order to obtain at least one deasphalted oil fraction with a sulphur content of 0.5% by weight or less and a sediment content of 0.1% by weight or less.
US09650579B2
The present invention relates to the FCC units processing heavy feedstocks enriched with hydrogen, such as for example a highly hydrotreated VGO, or the unconverted part at the end of hydrocracking this same type of VGO feedstock, feedstocks which have the characteristic of cracking to light olefins such as ethylene and propylene. The integration of an FCC with an aromatic complex allows the recovery by the aromatic complex of the BTX formed in the FCC, and the recovery by the FCC from the flow at the bottom of the column, of heavy aromatics from the aromatic complex.
US09650573B2
The present invention relates a liquid crystalline medium comprising one or more liquid crystalline compounds, one or more dichroic dyes, and one or more compounds capable of promoting or inducing homeotropic alignment to the adjacent liquid crystal medium at a given temperature selected from the group of compounds (A), having a three-dimensional structure, a molecular weight of greater than 450 Da, and one or more anchor groups, or the group of organic compounds (B) having one or more ring groups, and one or more anchor groups.The invention furthermore relates to a temperature-reactive device for the regulation of light transmission, containing such liquid crystalline medium, and a process for the temperature-dependent control of light transmission through the layer of such liquid-crystalline medium.
US09650569B1
Disclosed herein is a method including disposing in a mold a powder that has a composition for manufacturing a scintillator material and compressing the powder to form the scintillator material; where an exit surface of the scintillator material has a texture that comprises a plurality of projections that reduce total internal reflection at the exit surface and that increase the amount of photons exiting the exit surface by an amount of greater than or equal to 5% over a surface that does not have the projections.
US09650560B2
Cement compositions and methods of making the same are provided. The composition comprises cement or lime, water and Lassenite, a pozzolanic strength retrogression inhibitor.
US09650557B2
A drilling fluid composition for horizontal directional drilling is a flowable aqueous slurry of biodegradable, non-toxic, preferably edible plant particles. The particle size of the plant-derived particles depends on the drill bit used. The particles should be small enough not to clog the fluid jet orifices in normal use. The slurry is pumped through to the drill bit in a warm or preferably hot state, e.g. 80-100° C. After ejection, the slurry cools rapidly, causing solidification and creating a lining on the tunnel wall.
US09650549B2
The present invention relates to a sealing device (1) comprising a barrier layer (2) and an adhesive layer (3), and which is suitable for sealing bases in the building sector. The adhesive layer comprises a polymer P2, the polymer P2 being polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) or a copolymer of ethylene and propylene, and a polyolefin-based polymer P3, the polymer P3 having at least one functional group which is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, OH-groups, anhydrides, acetates and glycidyl methacrylate, and azo-dicarbonamide A. The invention further relates to a method for sealing the said bases. The method according to the invention allows structures of civil engineering to be sealed rapidly and efficiently and ensures good adhesion of the sealing device on the base.
US09650545B2
A decorative laminate includes a laminate substrate coated with an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is a layer of a physically setting, solvent-free adhesive material including an acrylic polymer. The adhesive layer is self-adhesive at room temperature. The adhesive-coated laminate substrate has a peeling-off force of at least 0.2 N/mm2, after application on a carrier. A method for the production of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate, its use as a coating material, and a composite of the adhesive-coated laminate substrate and a carrier material are also provided.
US09650543B2
There is provided a polyimide precursor composition, wherein a resin having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I), an organic amine compound, and a surfactant are dissolved in a water-based solvent including water: wherein in the general formula (I), A represents a tetravalent organic group, and B represents a divalent organic group, a method for manufacturing a polyimide molded body, wherein the polyimide precursor composition is molded by a heat treatment, and a polyimide molded body manufactured by the method for manufacturing a polyimide molded body.
US09650540B2
A coating comprising the reaction product of a natural oil derived polyol, a lactide and a radiation curable moiety, such as a (meth)acrylate, are disclosed.
US09650536B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing nanocomposite dispersions comprising composite particles of inorganic nanoparticles and organic polymers in a continuous phase, especially in a dispersion medium, as well as to the nanocomposite dispersions thus obtained and to the use thereof.
US09650524B2
The invention provides metal powder constituted from metal particles. Each of the metal particles comprises a base particle having a surface and a metal material constituting at least the surface of the base particle. The base particle is subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester. Further, the invention also provides an ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition to be ejected by using an ink jet method. The ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition comprises a polymerizable compound and metal powder constituted from metal particles. The metal particles of the metal powder are subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester.
US09650509B2
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition including both of silicone oil and olefin-based wax at a proper ratio and thus having improved dispersibility of titanium dioxide in the composition as well as high impact strength and melt index (moldability), and also relates to a polycarbonate molded article made of the polycarbonate resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention includes silicone oil and olefin-based wax at a proper ratio and thus improves dispersibility of titanium dioxide which is added to the composition to give whiteness, while preserving high impact strength and melt index (moldability), so that crawling which is generated on the surface of a final product of polycarbonate molded article is prevented and the appearance property of the molded article is improved. Therefore, the polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention has characteristics of high whiteness as well as high impact strength and melt index (moldability), and thus is easily applicable to industries in need of the polycarbonate resin.
US09650503B2
This invention relates to a tire with tread for promoting a combination of winter service at low temperatures and for promoting wet traction. The tread is of a rubber composition containing low Tg styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, along with high Tg liquid styrene/butadiene polymer, traction resin and vegetable triglyceride oil.
US09650502B2
Process for the preparation of a nitrile rubber comprising: —subjecting at least one α,β-unsaturated nitrile, at least one conjugated diene and, optionally, one or more further copolymerizable monomers, to emulsion polymerization, in the presence of at least one alkyl thiol containing from 12 to 16 carbon atoms and at least three tertiary carbon atoms and having the sulfur bound to one of said tertiary carbon atoms, at a pH ranging from 7 to 10, preferably from 8 to 9, obtaining a latex; —subjecting said latex to coagulation, in the presence of at least one metal sulfate selected from magnesium, sodium, potassium, preferably magnesium, at a temperature higher than or equal to 30° C., preferably ranging from 40° C. to 60° C., obtaining a coagulated nitrile rubber: —subjecting said coagulated nitrile rubber to washing with water, in the presence of at least one inorganic base, selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, preferably potassium hydroxide, at a pH higher than or equal to 10, preferably ranging from 11 to 12. The nitrile rubber thus obtained is capable of giving vulcanizable elastomeric compositions having a high vulcanization rate and a good vulcanization yield. Furthermore, said elastomeric compositions cause a low fouling of the molds and can consequently be advantageously used in injection molding processes.
US09650485B2
A foam material made from a composition [composition (C)] comprising at least one high temperature poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAESHT) polymer characterized in that the PAES polymer comprises from 1 to 99% by weight amount of at least one recurring unit (RPAES) [(RPAES−1)]) based on the total amount of recurring units, and from 1 to 99% by weight amount of at least one recurring unit (RPAES) [(RPAES−2)], based on the total amount of recurring units, and wherein said (RPAES−2) recurring unit is different from the (RPAES−1) recurring unit.
US09650484B2
The invention relates to a fire-resistant polyurethane material comprising a foamed polyurethane main body, a fire-resistant inorganic powder and a hollow structure. The density of the hollow structure is lower than about 0.1 g/cm3 and the material of the hollow structure is selected from the group consisting of polymer, glass and ceramic. The fire-resistant polyurethane material according to the invention has excellent fire-resistant effects. The invention also provides a fire-resistant structure.
US09650483B2
A carrier plate for a decorative panel comprising a partly foamed plastic plate on the basis of a filler-admixed polyolefin as a carrier plate for the production of a decorative panel, a method for producing such a plate and its use as a support plate in a decorative panel.
US09650482B2
A method of producing a laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes applying an application liquid containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to one side of a resin substrate, followed by drying of the application liquid to form a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer. The method includes: passing the application liquid before the application through a depth-type filter having a filtration accuracy of from 50 μm to 100 μm; and fluctuating a pressure applied to the application liquid supplied to the depth-type filter to remove air bubbles in the filter.
US09650478B2
A molded body may comprise a thermoplastic matrix comprising a first polymeric material, a second polymeric material distributed in the thermoplastic matrix, and a third polymeric material enveloped by the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material, the second polymeric material, and the third polymeric material are compounded together. The first polymeric material may have a first molecular weight and a first polarity. The second polymeric material may have a second molecular weight different from the first molecular weight and a second polarity different from the first polarity. The third polymeric material may comprise a recycled material.
US09650474B2
The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (3) are satisfied: 0.03≦P<0.32 (1) 2.2≦M≦26.1 (2) 5
US09650471B2
Low dielectric constant (low-k) polyhemiaminal (PHA) and polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) materials with cyclic aliphatic ring structures are described. The materials are formed by a method that includes heating a mixture comprising amines and paraformaldehyde. The reaction mixtures may be used to form low-k PHT prepregs, composites and dielectrics used in integrated circuits.
US09650470B2
Ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed.
US09650468B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming microcapsules. The method may include combining an active agent in a first solvent S1 and forming a dispersed phase of the active agent in the first solvent, wherein the dispersed phase of active agent has a surface. A reactant may be added to the first solvent, wherein the reactant reacts with the surface of the active agent dispersed phase and encapsulates the active agent wherein at least a portion of the active agent remains unreacted.
US09650461B2
Disclosed herein are new semiconductor materials prepared from dithienylvinylene copolymers with aromatic or heteroaromatic π-conjugated systems. Such copolymers, with little or no post-deposition heat treatment, can exhibit high charge carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. In addition, the polymers of the present disclosure can possess certain processing advantages such as improved solution-processability and low annealing temperature.
US09650459B2
Methods for controlling the die swell of an olefin polymer produced using a dual catalyst system are disclosed. The die swell of the olefin polymer can be increased or decreased as a function of the catalyst weight ratio and the reactant molar ratio used during the olefin polymerization process.
US09650456B2
A method for producing a polydiene, the method comprising the steps of (i) forming an active catalyst by combining a lanthanide-containing compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen source in the substantial absence of an organosulfide; and (ii) polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in the presence of the active catalyst and an organosulfide.
US09650455B2
The present invention provides a highly water-soluble and easy-to-handle dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization that meets the following requirements: even if the amount of the dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization used for suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound is small, the resulting vinyl resin has high plasticizer absorptivity and is easy to work with; it is easy to remove residual monomer components from the resulting vinyl resin; and the resulting vinyl resin contains fewer coarse particles. The present invention relates to a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization of a vinyl compound. This dispersion stabilizer contains a vinyl alcohol polymer (A) having a degree of saponification of 20 mol % or more and less than 65 mol %, a viscosity average degree of polymerization (P) of 100 or more and less than 600, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms at its terminal, and an anionic group in its side chain.
US09650453B2
Methods for integrating aluminoxane production into catalyst production are disclosed.
US09650446B2
The invention provides novel heterodimeric proteins including heterodimeric antibodies.
US09650436B2
The invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize oligomeric tau but do not bind to monomelic tau, fibrillar tau or non-disease associated forms of tau.
US09650433B2
Sulfated glycoproteins, and methods of making and using such sulfated glycoproteins, are described.
US09650429B2
The present invention provides for a therapeutic cancer treatment using a soluble CD80 fusion protein that binds to PDL1 and inhibits PDL1-PD1 interactions thereby overcoming PDL1-induced immune suppression and restoring T cell activation.
US09650426B2
Disclosed are variant RTEF-1 polypeptides having an RTEF-1 amino acid sequence with one or more internal deletions, wherein the polypeptides reduce VEGF promoter activity. Some of the RTEF-1 polypeptides include an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to the contiguous amino acids of 1) amino acids 24 to 47 of SEQ ID NO:15 and 2) each of SEQ ID NOs:16 and 17, but does not comprise the contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NOs:8, 9, 11, or 12. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the variant RTEF-1 polypeptides of the present invention. Pharmaceutical compositions that include the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the present invention are also disclosed. Methods of inducing cell contact inhibition, regulating organ size, and reducing intracellular YAP activity are also set forth, as well as methods of treating hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
US09650407B2
Disclosed are membrane-anchored polynucleotides, and compositions comprising the membrane-anchored polynucleotides. Also disclosed are the processes for the synthesis of these compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions in research and therapeutic applications.
US09650403B2
Disclosed are a platinum (II) compound, a preparation method therefor, and a pharmaceutical composition and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: enabling dihydrate diammine platinum nitrate (4) to react with the carboxylate ligand derivative (5) in water, to produce a platinum (II) compound. Also provided are an application of the platinum (II) compound in preparation of an antitumor drug, and a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition contains an active component and a medicinal carrier, the active component containing the platinum (II) compound, and the mass percentage of the active component being 0.1%-95%. The platinum (II) compound of the present invention is well water-soluble, low toxic, easily prepared, and efficient in antitumor activity.
US09650401B2
The invention relates to a universally usable process for reducing the chlorine content of organobisphosphites.
US09650400B2
The present invention relates to a voriconazole sodium phosphate hydrate, polymorphs thereof, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof, wherein the voriconazole phosphate salt hydrate prepared by using an isopropanol-water system, ethanol-water system, or an ethanol system comprises different crystal forms. And these kinds of crystal forms have favorable water solubility and stability and feature a simple manufacturing process. The voriconazole phosphate salt hydrate is principally used for treatment of fungal infections.
US09650393B2
Described herein are benzoxazepin oxazolidinone compounds with phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such PI3K modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon PI3K dysregulation.
US09650385B2
The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of alcaftadine, processes of preparing novel polymorphic forms of alcaftadine and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US09650382B2
The invention relates to novel heteroarylamide derivatives having formula (I) and N-oxides, stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where RA, RB, R1 1, R′, R″, z and X are as defined in the claims. The arylamide derivatives of formula (I) have antiandrogenic properties. The invention also relates to compounds of formula (I) for use as a medicament and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their preparation.
US09650371B2
The following compound is provided as an agent for treating a disease induced by production, secretion and/or deposition of amyloid β protein, for example, a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein ring A in an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, R1 is optionally substituted lower alkyl or the like, R2a and R2b are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl or the like, R3a and R3c are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl or the like, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.
US09650368B2
The present invention is directed to an improved process for the preparation of compounds of Formula (II) and Formula (III), which are useful in the inhibition of PDE10. In particular, the present invention is directed to an improved process for the preparation of 1-(5-(4-chloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)furan-2-yl)-2-ethoxy-2-(4-(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)phenyl)ethanone, which is useful in the inhibition of PDE10.
US09650365B2
Disclosed herein are analogs of itraconazole that are both angiogenesis and hedgehog signaling pathway inhibitors. The compounds are expected to be useful in the treatment of cancer, particularly cancers that are dependent upon the hedgehog signaling pathway such as basal cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma.
US09650362B2
The invention relates to novel pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, as inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5). QC catalyzes the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamine residues into pyroglutamic acid (5-oxo-prolyl, pGlu*) under liberation of ammonia and the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamate residues into pyroglutamic acid under liberation of water.
US09650361B2
The present invention relates to disubstituted N-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-4-amine derivatives containing a sulfoximine group of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders, in particular of hyper-proliferative disorders and/or virally induced infectious diseases and/or of cardiovascular diseases. The invention further relates to intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of said compounds of general formula (I).
US09650358B2
Disclosed are compound of Formula (Ia), wherein R2, R12, R16, J, Q, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be used as agents in the treatment of diseases, including cancer. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula (Ia).
US09650355B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel method for preparing an arylnaphthalene lignan compound. In synthesis of arylnaphthalene lignan compounds and derivatives according to the present disclosure, a naphthalene backbone may be constructed first and an aryl group may be introduced at the final stage. Through this, various kinds of derivatives that could not be prepared from the existing methods can be synthesized effectively. Further, the synthesis method according to the present disclosure is appropriate for large-scale production.
US09650338B1
The present invention is aimed at providing an opioid antagonist compound and preparation method thereof, and its medical use. The medical use for opioid antagonists such as the compound of formula (I) (shown below) include complete or partial reversal of narcotic depression, including respiratory depression, induced by opioids including natural and synthetic narcotics, such as heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, propoxyphene, methadone and certain narcotic-antagonist analgesics, such as nalbuphine, pentazocine and butorphanol. An opioid antagonist may also be useful as an adjunctive agent to increase blood pressure in the management of septic shock. Further, opioid antagonists also have been shown to reduce the craving for alcohol.
US09650337B2
A method is described for the synthesis of 4-piperidin-4-yl-benzene-1,3-diol of the following formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also described, is tert-butyl 4-(2,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-4-hydroxy-piperidine-1-carboxylate as a novel intermediate compound
US09650333B2
Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
US09650328B2
Provided herein are compounds of the formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R1, R3, and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein compositions comprising the compounds are characterized by particular combinations of values for estolide number, kinematic viscosity, and pour point. Also provided are compositions containing the compounds and methods of making both the compounds and compositions thereof.
US09650327B2
This invention relates to a process for the selective hydrogenation of vegetable oils. In particular the invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation of vegetable oils which is capable of selectively converting polyunsaturated fatty acids into mono-unsaturated fatty acids and products obtained therefrom. The vegetable oils obtained from the process according to the invention have in particular a high mono-unsaturated fatty acids content and are particularly suitable for use as raw materials for the synthesis of chemical intermediates.
US09650325B2
Provided are a novel compound, preparing method thereof, and use thereof as inhibitor of histone demethylase. The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 has activity which inhibits histone demethylase and thus is capable of specifically and effectively inhibit activity of histone demethylase.
US09650324B2
A novel method for synthesis of khusimone, by bringing zizanal into contact with an oxidizing reagent in the presence of a base and an organic solvent.
US09650323B2
Disclosed are novel tri-substituted aromatic-alkoxylated surface active compounds. Also provided is a method of preparing an aqueous coating composition such as a latex paint including the above components.
US09650314B1
A method for producing high density fuels from isoprene which can be produced via biosynthetic routes using biomass sugars as feedstock. This allows for the production of isoprene and isoprene-derived fuels from abundant waste materials with the potential to significantly reduce DoD carbon emissions. Embodiments of the invention describe a method for conversion of isoprene to full performance jet and diesel fuels. Isoprene can be selectively oligomerized to generate a distribution of branched chain hydrocarbons. Combination of an oligomerization catalyst with a metathesis catalyst allows for the synthesis of high density cyclic fuels with performance advantages (increased density and volumetric net heat of combustion) over conventional petroleum-based fuels.
US09650312B2
A process for upgrading residuum hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a first hydroconversion catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; solvent deasphalting a vacuum residuum fraction to produce a deasphalted oil fraction and an asphalt fraction; contacting the deasphalted oil fraction and hydrogen with a second hydroconversion catalyst in a second hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system; and fractionating the first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system and the second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system to recover one or more hydrocarbon fractions and the vacuum residuum fraction in a common fractionation system.
US09650311B2
Process for the production of ethylene from an ethanol feedstock that comprises these stages: a) dehydration to produce at least ethylene and water effluents, b) partial condensation of said ethylene effluent, c) separating phases of said partially condensed ethylene effluent to produce gas and liquid effluents, d) compression of said gas effluent to produce compressed gas effluent, e) washing said compressed gas effluent by contact with the recycled washing water of stage h) to produce washed gas and waste water effluents, f) absorption of said washed gas effluent by contact with at least an absorbent solution to produce purified gas effluent, g) distilling said waste water effluent and, jointly, said water effluent from said dehydration stage to produce at least gas distillate, liquid distillate, purified water effluent, and distillation residue, h) recycling, as washing water, at least a portion of said purified water effluent upstream from the washing stage e).
US09650308B1
A reduced toxicity baseline screening smoke composition and method includes a mixture of lithium perchlorate and boron. The mixture may further include a burn rate modifier and any of an inorganic chloride coolant and a carbonate coolant. The lithium perchlorate may be in the range of 75% to 95% parts by weight. The boron may be in the range of 5% to 25% parts by weight. The any of an inorganic chloride coolant and a carbonate coolant may be in the range of 5% to 25% parts by weight. The mixture may include boron oxide.
US09650301B1
The present disclosure relates to a method for synthesis of a porous solid oxide matrix. The method includes synthesizing a composite by co-precipitating a porous ceramic material with a sacrificial material. The composite is sintered and the sacrificial material of the sintered composite is reduced. A porous solid oxide matrix is formed from the reduced and sintered composite. Porosity of the solid oxide matrix is controlled by a volume fraction of the sacrificial material or sintering temperature and a volume fraction of the sacrificial material. Pore size of the solid oxide matrix is controlled by sintering temperature and a volume fraction of the sacrificial material.
US09650291B2
The present invention relates to a pane with thermal radiation reflecting coating, comprising at least one substrate (1) and at least one thermal radiation reflecting coating (2) at least on the interior-side surface of the substrate (1), wherein the pane has transmittance in the visible spectral range of less than 5%, and the coating (2), proceeding from the substrate (1), comprises at least: one adhesive layer (3) that contains at least one material with a refractive index of less than 1.8, one functional layer (4) that contains at least one transparent, electrically conductive oxide, one optically high-refractive-index layer (5) that contains at least one material with a refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8, and one optically low-refractive-index layer (6) that contains at least one material with a refractive index of less than 1.8.
US09650290B2
This invention relates to a window designed to prevent or reduce bird collisions therewith. In certain example embodiments, the window may include an insulating glass (IG) window unit having first and second substrates spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one of the substrates supports an ultraviolet (UV) reflecting coating for reflecting UV radiation so that birds are capable of more easily seeing the window. By making the window more visible to birds, bird collisions and thus bird deaths can be reduced.
US09650288B2
The present invention relates to an aqua blue glass composition having a base composition of a soda-lime-silica glass having as main coloring agents total iron, expressed as Fe2O3 in the range of 0.30 to 0.60% by weight with a ratio of ferrous (redox) in the range of 20 to 30; FeO in the range of 0.06 to 0.18% by weight; TiO2 in the range of 0.025 to 1.0% by weight; Co3O4 expressed in the range of 5 to 30% ppm; Se expressed in the range of 0.1 to 10 ppm; CuO in the range of 0 to 400 ppm; and Cr2O3 in the range of 10 to 20 ppm. The glass provides light transmittance, illuminant “A”, greater than 50%, a dominant wavelength (λ) of 487 nm to 498 nm; a solar energy transmittance of less than or equal to 64.4%; an ultraviolet solar transmittance no more than 51.6%; and an excitation purity less than 12 for glass thicknesses from 4 to 12 mm.
US09650275B2
Integrated process for the production of bio-oil from sludge coming from a wastewater purification plant comprising the following steps: (a) sending wastewater to said purification plant obtaining sludge; (b) subjecting the sludge obtained in said step (a) to liquefaction, obtaining a mixture Including an oily phase consisting of bio-oil, a solid phase and an aqueous phase; (c) sending the aqueous phase obtained in said step (b) to said purification plant. The bio-oil (or “bio-crude”) thus obtained can be advantageously used in the production of bio-fuels which can be used as such, or in a mixture with other automotive fuels. Otherwise, said bio-oil (or “bio-crude”) can be used as such (bio-fuel), or in a mixture with fossil fuels (combustible oil, coal, etc.), for the generation of electric energy or heat.
US09650271B2
Processes and systems for treatment of wastewater are provided. Some of these systems and processes flow wastewater from an upright infiltrative surface into sand or other soil between opposing infiltrative surfaces and provide for aerobic treatment of the wastewater in the sand or other soil between the opposing infiltrative surfaces. Some of these systems and processes may employ spacing connectors positioned and configured to connect neighboring infiltrative channels.
US09650266B2
A method of treating suspended solids and heavy metal ions in sewage includes (step 1) adding an iron sulfate reagent to a portion of sewage to be treated such that suspended solids therein undergo preliminary precipitation, and then separating the portion of sewage into primarily treated sewage with low turbidity and low density sludge (LDS); (step 2) filling a tank with the LDS, wherein the tank comprises a first inlet and a first outlet above the first inlet; and (step 3) conveying the other portion of sewage to be treated or the preliminarily treated sewage to the tank through the first inlet such that the sewage percolates though the LDS in the tank to fluidize the LDS and bind the suspended solid to the LDS, and in consequence, after percolating through the sludge, the treated sewage exits the tank through the outlet effluent.
US09650261B2
A treatment media, system, and method are disclosed which combines adsorptive capacity of a carbon media (e.g., biochar) with chemical treatment characteristics of a red mud substance, e.g., to remove metals and/or other contaminants from waters. The treatment media may also improve biological conditions of affected soils. In an example treatment method, a lignin based material is thermo-chemically decomposed to have a large weight fraction of carbon (e.g., the biochar), and an ore is processed to yield aluminum oxide comprising a variety of iron oxides and having high alkalinity in slurry (e.g., the red mud). The thermo-chemically decomposed lignin based material is combined with the mud material.
US09650260B2
The invention relates to a desalination method and system that uses freeze crystallization technology that incorporates the use of compressed air energy as the source for freezing temperatures. When compressed air is released by a turbo expander, chilled air is produced as a by-product, wherein the chilled air is introduced into a chamber, wherein a spray cloud of seawater droplets, which has been pre-chilled by heat exchange with the cold chamber walls, is then circulated and exposed to the chilled air in the chamber. The droplets then settle at the bottom of the chamber, wherein they are deposited at slightly above the eutectic temperature, to form an ice/brine slush mixture. A slush removal mechanism with a screw-like helical blade is provided to continuously remove the ice particles from the chamber.
US09650257B2
A process for producing a VET-type zeolite is provided in which the use of a structure-directing agent is minimized and the environmental burden can be minimized. This process for producing a VET-type zeolite comprises (1) mixing a zinc source, an element M1 source, an alkali source, and water so as to result in a reaction mixture having a specific composition in terms of molar ratio, (2) using, as seed crystals, a VET-type zeolite which has an M1O2/ZnO ratio of 5-30 and adding the zeolite to the reaction mixture in an amount of 0.1-30 wt % relative to the M1O2 contained in the reaction mixture, and (3) heating the reaction mixture to which the seed crystals have been added, at 80-200° C. in a hermetically closed state. M1 represents silicon or a mixture of silicon and germanium.
US09650251B2
A reactor for producing a solid carbon material comprising at least one reaction chamber configured to produce a solid carbon material and water vapor through a reduction reaction between at least one carbon oxide and at least one gaseous reducing material in the presence of at least one catalyst material. Additional reactors, and related methods of producing a solid carbon material, and of forming a reactor for producing a solid carbon material are also described.
US09650247B2
A method for efficiently producing a high-purity metal hydride without contamination of other metals while initiating reaction rapidly is provided.A method for producing a metal hydride from a metal selected from the group consisting of Group 2 metals and Group 3 metals comprising: (A) charging the pressure resistant container with the metal, introducing hydrogen into the container, and heating the container to initiate reaction, wherein a gauge pressure (a) is set to 0.1 to 1.5 MPa, a heating temperature (b) is set to 50 to 250° C., and a product of the gauge pressure and the heating temperature, a×b, is set in the range of 20 to 100; (B) stopping the introduction of hydrogen to allow the reaction to proceed when the temperature in the reaction container is increased to a temperature higher by 10 to 100° C. than the heating temperature; (C) introducing hydrogen of 0.1 to 1.5 MPa to allow the reaction to proceed when the temperature in the reaction container is decreased to the temperature at which the introduction of the hydrogen has been stopped; and (D) repeating the steps (B) and (C) until an increase in temperature does not occur in the reaction container after the introduction of the hydrogen.
US09650246B2
In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process. The molten carbonate fuel cells can be integrated with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process in various manners, including providing synthesis gas for use in producing hydrocarbonaceous carbons. Additionally, integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process can facilitate further processing of vent streams or secondary product streams generated during the synthesis process.
US09650241B2
A method for forming a MEMS device includes coupling a MEMS substrate and a base substrate. The MEMS substrate and the base substrate contain at least two enclosures. One enclosures has a first vertical gap between the bonding surface of the MEMS substrate and the bonding surface of the base substrate that is less than a second vertical gap between the bonding surface of the MEMS substrate and the bonding surface of the base substrate than another of the enclosures to provide a height difference between the first vertical gap and the second vertical gap. The method includes bonding the bonding surfaces of the one of the two enclosures at a first pressure to provide a first sealed enclosure. The method includes bonding the bonding surfaces of other of the two enclosures at a second pressure to provide a second sealed enclosure.
US09650236B2
A micromechanical sensor device includes: a MEMS element; an ASIC element; a bonding structure provided between the MEMS element and the ASIC element; a layer assemblage having insulating layers and functional layers disposed alternatingly on one another; a sensing element movable in a sensing direction provided in at least one of the functional layers; a spacing element for providing a defined spacing between the MEMS element and the ASIC element being provided by way of a further functional layer; an abutment element having the spacing element and a first bonding layer being disposed on the sensing element; and an insulating layer being disposed on the ASIC element in an abutment region of the abutment element.
US09650225B2
A method for allocating elevators including reading, via one or more reading devices, identification data from one or more access cards associated with passengers until a desired termination condition is fulfilled; forming a passenger group based on the identification data such that the passenger group is formed only if the reading reads the identification data associated with two or more of the passengers, the passenger group containing the passengers therein; registering one or more destination calls to the passenger group, the one or more destination calls having at least one or more destination floors associated therewith; and allocating one or more of a plurality of elevators to the passenger group to transport the passengers belonging to the passenger group from a departure floor to the one or more destination floors.
US09650222B2
An image forming apparatus includes a motor, a first conveyer and a second conveyer to nip and convey a recordable medium, an urging member to urge one of the first and second conveyers toward the other, a cam member driven by a driving force from the motor to change intensities of pressure in a nipping area, a first gear system to transmit the driving force to the first conveyer, a second gear system to transmit the driving force to the cam member, an engaging member being engaged with a cam gear to rotate integrally and being one of a worm gear and a one-way gear, and a swing gear swingable between a first position, in which the swing gear transmits the driving force to the first gear system, and a second position, in which the swing gear transmits the driving force to the second gear system.
US09650219B2
A paper conveying device includes a conveying guide, a bearing, a conveying-guide facing surface, and a separation restrictor. The conveying guide includes a conveyance surface for conveying paper and a pivot shaft and is swingable about the pivot shaft. The bearing includes a support surface facing at least an upper semiperimeter of the pivot shaft. The conveying-guide facing surface is provided to face an end of the conveying guide when the conveying guide swings. The end is opposite to the conveyance surface. The separation restrictor is provided to the conveying guide to restrict separation of the pivot shaft from the bearing at least in a given swing range of the conveying guide by contacting the conveying-guide facing surface.
US09650214B2
A system, apparatus and method (i.e., utility) is provided for increasing the resource utilization of a pneumatic tube system (PTS). This utility allows for moving two or more carriers during a single air source cycle. That is, air pressure or vacuum during a single cycle of an air source may be utilized to move multiple carriers and thereby reduce the total number of cycles required to complete two or more transactions. Accordingly, the throughput of the PTS may be increased.
US09650209B2
A conveying device includes annular continuous bodies each extending in a conveying direction of an object to be conveyed and each being rotationally driven, and a plate-like member extending in a conveying lateral direction and mounted on each of the annular continuous bodies. The conveying device conveys the object by placing the object on a conveying surface formed by the plate-like member, in which the plate-like member mounted on one of the annular continuous bodies. The plate-like member mounted on another of the annular continuous bodies, which is adjacent to the one of the annular continuous bodies, are arranged in a staggered manner without overlapping with each other when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the conveying surface. Adjacent two of the annular continuous bodies have an interval therebetween in the conveying lateral direction. The interval is expandable and contractable.
US09650206B2
A conveying system for conveying a conveyable material from a hopper where the system includes a fluid port located below the hopper outlet and in a vertical flow path into hopper outlet that can be momentarily opened for an on the go release of a charge of compressed air directly upward into the hopper outlet and into the underside of the bridge in the hopper to either disintegrate or unlock the bridged particles from each other thereby causing the bridged material to fall into the hopper outlet and into the conveying system where the material can be transported to a remote location or to remove any material that may be adhering to the wall during an emptying phase.
US09650203B2
The replacement of chlorofluorohydrocarbon propellants in medical aerosols is of the utmost importance to the pharmaceutical industry. A number of formulations have been investigated.The present invention provides a medical aerosol formulation comprising a particular medicament, a fluorocarbon propellant and 6 to 25% w/w of the total formulation of a polar co-solvent, such formulation being substantially free of surfactant. Canisters suitable for delivering such a pharmaceutical formulation are also provided.
US09650200B2
An aerosol container (1) is disclosed herein that can include a reservoir (2) containing a propellant and a foodproduct, operable discharge means (3) to discharge the foodproduct, a dispensing head (10) defining a foodproduct receiving space (11) to receive the foodproduct from the discharge means (3), a distal part (15) of the head (10) having foodproduct shaping projections (12), wherein the foodproduct receiving space comprises an upstream foodproduct receiving space (11A, 11B) that widens, viewed in a foodproduct discharge direction, wherein a maximum diameter (D1) of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is larger than about 2 cm.
US09650196B2
A vacuum sealable container for baked or cooked food, the container comprising a tray and a cover correspondingly fitting onto the tray, the tray and the cover including one or more curved-shaped load bearing units. The load bearing units resist deformation when an interior of the container is at a pressure associated with a package sealing vacuum and when an exterior of the container is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
US09650192B2
A method of constructing a carrier for bottles (such as two or four craft beer bottles), wherein the layout fits through a digital printer, is disclosed. A flat of beverage board is printed upon (on one side or both, though all exterior surfaces are derived from one side of the board) with individualized and/or short-run graphics. The flat is die-cut and folded into a square or rectangle closed by a tab that is glued on the back of one of side panels, and bottom flaps are folded and glued into place. A riser extends up from each of a pair of opposite sides to support a handle flap, and the handle flaps are glued together across the top of the rectangle.
US09650191B2
Such a vapor-deposited barrier film is provided that has a vapor-deposited layer having uniform film quality, a high film density and high barrier performance in the initial stage. The vapor-deposited barrier film contains a substrate having on at least one surface thereof at least one layer of a vapor-deposited layer (a). The vapor-deposited layer (a) contains a metal oxide, has a thickness of from 10 to 500 nm, and has an average value of an elemental ratio of oxygen (O) and the metal (oxygen (O)/metal) of 1.20 or more and 1.90 or less and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the (oxygen (O)/metal) of 0.35 or less on analysis of the vapor-deposited layer in the depth direction thereof by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) method.
US09650190B2
Provided is an accommodating device for different materials, which includes a fixed part fixed around a container neck and an operating part disposed around the fixed part and coupled thereto. An accommodating part having a storage space extends downward within the operating part, and a lower end part and an outer ring-shaped part of the accommodating part are sealed by a sealing support part and a sealing part of the fixed part disposed around the container neck and coupled thereto. In the accommodating part, a tab for breaking perforations, which is formed on a lower end of the accommodating part of the operating part, breaks the perforations formed between the sealing support part and the sealing part when a consumer rotates the operating part. During this process, a protrusion part protruding from the upper side of the sealing part is pushed downward by a side protrusion piece of the operating part so that the different type of material stored in the storage space of the accommodating device falls into the container and undergoes a mixing process. The sealing support part disposed around the outer ring-shaped part of the accommodating part and coupled thereto and the sealing part formed inside the sealing support part are configured such that an inner ring-shaped part of the sealing part tightly contacts an inner wall part of the lower end of the accommodating part so as to maintain sealing force thereof.
US09650186B2
A portable beverage container (e.g., an insulated, double-walled bottle) is disclosed. The container includes a lid pivotably connected to it by a hinge. The lid is arranged to be automatically pivoted open by the spring assembly when a catch on the lid is released so that the lid opens in a controlled, non-jarring manner. The spring assembly comprises an elastomeric member and a contact surface (e.g., a recess in a cap of the bottle). The elastomeric member is arranged to cooperate with the contact surface whereupon the elastomeric member operates bi-modally to effect the automatic opening of the lid.
US09650183B2
A lid assembly for a drink container includes a cap, a wall and a valve member. The cap fits onto a drink container and includes a spout defining a drink passage and a vent opening offset from the drink passage. The wall depends downwardly from a lower surface of the cap and surrounds the drink passage and the vent opening. The valve member is selectively receivable within a cavity defined by the wall. With the valve member received in the cavity and the cap fit onto the drink container, a first seal isolates the vent opening from the drink passage, a second seal is movable with respect to the wall and selectively contacts the wall to selectively isolate the vent opening from liquid in the drink container, and a third seal selectively isolates the drink passage from liquid in the drink container.
US09650178B2
A watermelon pouch designed with a gusseted floor to accommodate a large watermelon slice. The pouch provides an upwardly concave interior volume to orient and stabilize a watermelon for best presentation and least damage, and sturdy sidewalls to support the pouch and contained watermelon on a flat surface. The pouch is re-closable by a zip-lock seal and includes a handle for easy carrying. The watermelon pouch includes a transparent window to allow the consumer to view the watermelon slice inside the pouch, and the transparent window is framed by a graphical element to enhance the product's visual appeal.
US09650174B2
The fillable closure is used to trigger the emptying of a capsule that can be inserted in the closure and filled separately. The closure consists of a closing cap which can be attached to the neck of a container and in which a separately fillable capsule can be inserted in the closed state from beneath. The region above the inserted capsule on the closing cap forms a push button. A downwardly projecting protuberance is molded on the lower face. The protuberance abuts against the inserted capsule. Using pressure from above, the push button can be pressed to deform an initially convex shape as seen from above into a concave shape, the protuberance pushing the upper face of the capsule and the content thereof downward. A film, which forms the lower face of the capsule, is thus placed under tensile stress such that it breaks or bursts along weakened lines.
US09650171B2
A pouring package for a fluid and a pouring element therefor, including a container provided with a pouring opening which is closed by a seal in an unopened condition of the container. The pouring package is provided with a pouring element at the location of the pouring opening, the pouring element including a breaking element configured to act on and break the seal when a pressure is exerted thereon so as to thus effect an opened condition of the container. The pouring element is provided with two pivot arms extending on either side of the breaking element. Each pivot arm is pivotally connected to the breaking element with a first end and to the pouring element with the opposite, second end. The pouring element is provided with a flexible wall portion on a side remote from the pouring opening, wherein the flexible wall portion covers only part of the pouring opening.
US09650165B2
The invention relates to a tray sealer with a gripper system comprising a pivot mechanism with vertically disposed pivot axles to move gripper arms relative to each other and parallel to a transport plane.
US09650153B2
A method of transferring aircraft data from an aircraft to a portable electronic device entails receiving at the portable electronic device the aircraft data from a data connection with an aircraft data source without writing data back to the aircraft or from a user interface while being capable of receiving aircraft data via the data connection and executing an application on the portable electronic device using the aircraft data to present new information about the aircraft or its operating environment that is not available for display on a cockpit display but which is displayable on the portable electronic device based on the aircraft data received by the portable electronic device.
US09650148B2
Some embodiments include a kit for supplying solar power in a battery-powered or fuel cell powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by incorporating flexible solar cells into a component of a UAV, affixing flexible solar cells to a surface of a UAV, or affixing flexible solar cells to a surface of a component of a UAV. The kit also includes a power conditioning system configured to operate the solar cells within a desired power range and configured to provide power having a voltage compatible with an electrical system of the UAV. Another embodiments include a solar sheet configured for installation on a surface of a UAV or on a surface of a component of a UAV. The solar sheet includes a plurality of solar cells and a polymer layer to which the plurality of solar cells are attached.
US09650147B2
Device for exhaust air cooling of aircraft air-conditioning systems comprising a bypass channel that bypasses an aircraft air-conditioning system arranged downstream of a ram air channel with a ram air inlet channel portion, and merges into an outlet channel, arranged downstream of the aircraft air-conditioning system, before a discharge opening for exhaust air, a common inlet being provided for the ram air channel and the bypass channel.
US09650146B2
A cabin attendant seat comprises a seat element and a backrest. The backrest is movable relative to the seat element between an upright position, wherein a backrest surface of the backrest extends at an angle of approximately 80 to 100° relative to a seat surface of the seat element, and a folded-back position, wherein the backrest surface of the backrest extends substantially co-planar with the seat surface of the seat element.
US09650139B2
A freight loading system may include: freight transport devices each with at least one roller for transporting freight items in a transport direction and each sensor for detecting the presence of a freight item, wherein the rollers of at least a first freight transport device are mounted rotationally mobile such that the transport direction of the first freight transport device is adjustable, and a control unit which receives signals from sensors of at least two freight transport devices in order to detect a movement, of a freight item, wherein the control unit is designed to calculate from the signals a relative movement of part of the freight item relative to the first freight transport device and align the at least one roller of the first freight transport device taking into account the relative movement of the part of the freight item.
US09650137B2
Embodiments described herein provide for detecting an angle of a cable attached to a rotorcraft for transporting a hanging payload using a pair of linear displacement sensors that are coupled to both the rotorcraft and the cable. One embodiment is a cable angle detector mounted to an underside of a rotorcraft. A cable has one end coupled to the rotorcraft and another end coupled to a payload. A pair of linear displacement sensors has one end coupled to the underside of the rotorcraft and another end coupled to the cable. The detector measures the displacement of the sensors and calculates an angle of the cable relative to the rotorcraft based on the measurements.
US09650136B1
Techniques for using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a payload may be provided. For example, upon arrival to a delivery location, the UAV may release the payload and lower a tether coupling the payload to the UAV. Based on a distance associated with the lowering of the payload, the UAV may release the cable. This release may decouple the payload and at a least a portion of the cable from the UAV, thereby delivering the payload at the delivery location.
US09650131B2
A method for rotationally driving an aircraft wheel, the wheel being equipped with a rim comprising two half-rims assembled by bolts (5). According to the method, a drive member for generating a torque for driving the wheel is controlled. The transfer of the drive torque to the wheel is accomplished via the rim assembly bolts.
US09650112B1
A shot gun flotation device includes an inflatable arrangement comprising a water sensitive mechanism; an inflatable bladder; and a source of gas for inflating the inflatable element. Housing has a first tubular section attached to the shot gun, a tubular transition section, and a second tubular section for housing the inflatable arrangement. A further embodiment comprises an attachment adapter, a frame, and a sheath. The attachment adapter includes a first end section with threads for attachment to the shot gun, a middle section for mounting a ring, and a second end section with external threads for engaging the frame. The frame supports an inflatable arrangement and a sheath houses the inflatable arrangement and the frame when in an inoperative state. Further embodiments include an inflatable arrangement with a bladder stored in housing and a CO2 cartridge for inflating the bladder when the inflatable arrangement is activated.
US09650110B1
A disconnectable rigid mooring system for attaching a ship to a tower structure includes a yoke releasably connected to a yoke head. The yoke head is pivotally attached to the tower structure and the yoke is arranged and designed to attach to the ship. The yoke and the yoke head each have a mating connector portion arranged and designed to connect the yoke to the yoke head. When the connector portions are engaged and locked, the yoke is securely attached to the yoke head, allowing a rigid interconnection between the ship and the tower structure. During normal operations and in normal sea states, the yoke remains connected to the yoke head pivotally attached to the tower structure. In the event of predicted abnormally high sea states, the yoke may be disconnected from the yoke head by the ship and be secured to the ship and removed prior to the abnormally high sea state event. The yoke and yoke head are provided with alignment guides and mechanisms which permit the yoke and yoke head to be properly aligned during the connect and disconnect procedures.
US09650106B1
A multi-wheel-drive bicycle that includes a dual chain-and-sprocket drive mechanism mated with a two-opposite-sided paddle-main-sprocket system is provided. The multi-wheel-drive bicycle comprises a frame having first and second opposing sides and having front, rear and lower ends. A front wheel is rotatably mounted on the front end of the frame and a rear wheel is rotatably mounted on the rear end of the frame. The multi-wheel-drive bicycle further comprises a chain-driven rear-drive mechanism configured for transmitting rotational power to the rear wheel. The chain-driven rear-drive mechanism includes a rear main-drive sprocket disposed on the first side of the frame and located at the lower end of the frame. The multi-wheel-drive bicycle further comprises a chain-driven front-drive mechanism configured for transmitting rotational power to the front wheel. The chain-driven front-drive mechanism includes a front main-drive sprocket disposed on the second side of the frame being opposite of the first side of the frame and located at the lower end of the frame.
US09650105B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a hydraulic unit and a changing unit. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, and a reservoir. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reserve chamber and a connecting hole. The connecting hole is configured to connect the cylinder bore to the reserve chamber. The changing unit is separately provided from the piston and configured to change a communication state defined between the cylinder bore and the reserve chamber via the connecting hole.
US09650102B1
A collapsible control lever comprises an assembling member, a rotation seat, a first torsion spring, an handle, and a pivoting rod. One end of the rotation seat is pivoted to the assembling member. The first torsion spring is assembled between the assembling member and the rotation seat. One end of the handle has a ball socket. One end of the pivoting rod has a ball head which is passing through and pivoted to the ball socket and the other end thereof is passing through and assembled to the rotation seat to provide to be folded and rotated in multiple angles with an external force. It provides a multi-angle collapsible control lever to increase the ranges of bending and rotation. A single element is provided a three-dimension range to achieve the effects of collapsing and rotating and the structure is simplified.
US09650097B2
A wind resistance apparatus removably attachable to a bicycle is provided. The apparatus includes a disc oriented to provide wind resistance as the bicycle moves; and a connecting piece coupled to the disc at one end of the connecting piece and including a mounting portion at another end of the connecting piece arranged to mount the connecting piece onto a the bicycle in an orientation where a periphery of the disc is substantially included within a plane that is substantially perpendicular to a plane passing through a rear wheel of the bicycle.
US09650091B2
A crawler track includes a link and is driven in a direction of travel by a sprocket having a plurality of teeth. The link includes a pad, a first grouser, and a second grouser. The pad defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first end, and a second end spaced apart from the first end along the direction of travel. The pad defines at least one opening extending through the pad between the first surface and the second surface, and the opening is operable to receive a sprocket tooth. The first grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the first end of the pad, while the second grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the second end of the pad. The first grouser and the second grouser extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the track.
US09650088B2
A work vehicle includes a frame having opposed compartments to receive a lubricating liquid for providing lubrication to a corresponding motor-powered chain drive. The chain drive is usable to drivingly move a continuous track or a set of wheels for moving the work vehicle. The continuous track and the set of wheels are interchangeably receivable by the frame, the frame remaining virtually identical whether receiving the continuous track or the set of wheels.
US09650085B2
A modular truck bed storage system is disclosed which may be readily assembled and unassembled in a bed of a truck. An example of the truck bed storage system includes a removable end panel. A header assembly is configured to insert between a truck cab and a truck bed. The example truck bed storage system further includes a lid assembly having a top portion connected to a frame to operate between an open position and a closed position. A plurality of latches secure the header assembly and the lid assembly under an inner edge of the truck bed.
US09650080B2
Vehicle structures for dissipating energy associated with a collision are described herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a first side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a second side support extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and spaced apart from the first side support in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross-vehicle stabilizing structure extending between the first side support and the second side support, the cross-vehicle stabilizing structure including a first joint portion coupled to the first side support, the first joint portion including a stiffness-reducing portion positioned within a perimeter of the first joint portion, a second joint portion coupled to the second side support, and a cross-vehicle stabilizer portion coupled to the first joint portion and the second joint portion.
US09650072B2
Provided are a method for controlling a steering wheel and an apparatus therefore; for example, a method using an AVM composite image and a distance sensing sensor based parking support system. For example, a method for controlling a steering wheel, includes: detecting a parking line and at least two intersecting points intersecting the parking line from a first image obtained by composing images input from a plurality of cameras equipped in a vehicle; detecting a rotating amount and a moving amount of the vehicle from the first image and a second image continued to the first image; compensating for a rotating angle error and a moving error of the vehicle from the detected rotating amount and moving amount; constructing an obstacle map by reflecting the compensated rotating angle error and moving error; and controlling the steering wheel based on the constructed obstacle map.
US09650062B2
A system for controlling operation of a ground treatment machine includes a hand-held device that wirelessly communicates with the ground treatment machine. The system includes a radio frequency and an infrared frequency wireless communications that are established between the hand-held device and the ground treatment machine. Instructions associated with operation of the machine are communicated to the machine from the hand-held device via the radio frequency communications. A status of the infrared wireless communication is utilized to assess the proximity of the ground working machine relative to the operator and the operating environment such that operation of the machine in accordance with the operational instructions can be interrupted if necessary.
US09650057B2
A warning device in a motor vehicle is provided for warning a vehicle driver as a function of a triggering signal of a driver assistance system in response to a certain event requiring a driver take-over. In this case, a mobile terminal is present in the vehicle, which can be connected with the driver assistance system and has a corresponding program module, by which the unrestricted use of the mobile terminal is basically permitted, but which, interrupts the unrestricted use and outputs a warning signal, prompting the driver to take over when the triggering signal is received.
US09650051B2
A system for autonomous driving comparison and evaluation comprises an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive trip information generated during a driver controlled trip and receive information from an autonomous driving system related to actions that the autonomous driving system would have taken had it been in control during the trip. The processor is configured to compare a trip factor of the driver controlled trip with a simulated trip factor that would have occurred had the autonomous driving system been in control.
US09650050B2
A driving support system includes a detector, a memory and a controller. The detector detects a present position of the vehicle. The memory stores lane information of a travelling lane and traffic light information in a state of being associated with each other. The traffic light information includes existing position information of a traffic light. The traffic light informs whether the vehicle travelling along the travelling lane is allowed to pass through the traffic light. The controller specifies the travelling lane on which the vehicle is travelling based on the lane information and the present position and supports the driving of the vehicle in accordance with the traffic light information and the traffic light associated with the travelling lane.
US09650048B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle controller (1) for activating a vehicle glide mode. The controller (1) receives vehicle operating data including torque request data representative of a torque request; acceleration data representative of vehicle acceleration; and output torque data representative of an output torque. The controller (1) is configured to analyze the vehicle operating data to identify a vehicle glide opportunity. The controller (1) is operative to generate an activation signal (4) for activating the vehicle glide mode when said vehicle glide opportunity has been identified and the torque request is positive. The controller is thereby operative to implement a vehicle glide strategy. The controller (1) can also operate to deactivate the vehicle glide mode. The present invention also relates to a method of activating a vehicle glide mode.
US09650042B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a recommended route reference for a vehicle based on simulations of a model of the vehicle including load information, route information, and a cost strategy, and providing commands to an output device based on the recommended route reference to provide an operator of the vehicle with feedback on the recommended route reference and/or to control the vehicle.
US09650026B2
A rear cross traffic avoidance system includes an object detection device sensing remote objects rearward of a host vehicle. An object classifier distinguishes a remote dynamic object from remote static objects. The object classifier identifies a shape of the dynamic object. A tracking system tracks the remote dynamic object. A processor determines the remote object being on an intersecting path to the remote vehicle. The processor determines a warning threat assessment as a function of a time to intersect between the host vehicle and the remote dynamic object. The processor determines a brake threat assessment in response to an actuated warning of a collision. A brake actuation system actuates a braking operation for mitigating the collision.
US09650020B1
A wash water reclaim system comprising a platform, the platform comprising a left peripheral edge and a right peripheral edge; a separation chamber, the separation chamber approximately located at the center of the platform; a recycled water storage chamber, the recycled water storage chamber located at either the left peripheral edge or the right peripheral edge of the platform; at least one pipe, the at least one pipe connecting the separation chamber to the recycled water storage chamber; at least one loading deck; the at least one loading deck located between the separation chamber and the recycled water storage chamber, the at least one loading deck angled downward toward the separation chamber; and at least one grating, the at least one grating covering at least a portion of the separation chamber and/or at least a portion of the recycled water storage chamber.
US09650017B2
An adapter for a windshield wiper assembly is provided. The adapter includes a hooking portion adapted to selectively receive a left hand drive hook or a right hand drive hook of a wiper arm, the hooking portion including a body formed of side plates that are parallel to each other and a connector extending between the side plates such that the side plates extend above and below the connector, the connector extending parallel to the side plates, an attaching portion adapted to be connected to a wiper and a connection portion attached to the hooking portion and the attaching portion at opposite ends. The hooking portion and the attaching portion are positioned in a side-by-side configuration and are parallel to each other. The hooking portion is symmetrical about a central portion so to be capable of selectively receiving the left hand drive hook or the right hand drive hook of the wiper arm.
US09650013B2
A pedestrian protection system for a vehicle, having at least one impact-detecting sensor and a deformable element that are arranged between a cross-member and a bumper cover of the vehicle, and a control unit that analyzes the signals of the at least one sensor. In order to reduce the amount of space required, the deformable element is designed as a deformable member that it has a cavity in which the at least one sensor is arranged and detects changes in an electromagnetic field in the cavity.
US09650007B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not a crash involving a vehicle has occurred. The acceleration of the vehicle may be measured using, for example, an accelerometer of a mobile device, which may be located inside the vehicle. The system may determine the magnitude of each accelerometer measurement and whether the magnitude exceeds one or more acceleration magnitude thresholds. The system may also determine the number of accelerometer events within a time window and whether the number exceeds one or more count thresholds. The system may determine whether a crash involving the vehicle has occurred based on the magnitudes of acceleration, number of acceleration events, and various thresholds. In some examples, the system may confirm that a crash has occurred based on, for example, the location of the mobile device.
US09650004B2
The invention relates to an outer panel component of a motor vehicle, particularly a bumper for connection to sheet metal of the outer panel of a motor vehicle, the body shell of which has a mounting surface for connecting the outer panel component. The mounting surface runs from the outer side (A) of the motor vehicle to the inner side (I) and a leg, likewise running to the inner side (I), of the outer panel component run approximately in a parallel direction to the mounting surface. From the outside (A) at least to the inner end of the first region, the adjacent surface is free of burrs, caused by tool parting (W) for example, and following the first region, the adjacent surface assuming an increasing distance from the mounting surface in a second region, and runs downwards with clearance to a separation region.
US09650003B2
Provided is a load-carrying or non-load carrying structural component for a vehicle having improved impact resistance, such as a gas tank protection shield, an underbody shield, a structural panel, an interior floor, a floor pan, a roof, an exterior surface, a storage area, a glove box, a console box, a trunk, a trunk floor, a truck bed, and combinations thereof. The component has a support structure with ridges, each spaced apart from one another at predetermined intervals, to form a corrugated surface capable of load-carrying. The ridges are longitudinally extending, raised ridges. The corrugated designs provide support structures that are impact resistant.
US09649994B2
A molding includes: a long molding body; and an endcap closing an end surface of the molding body. Also, the molding body includes: a base part composed of a plurality of dividing parts that are separated from one another and arranged in an extending direction of the molding body; and an edge part having higher elasticity than the elasticity of the base part and connected to an edge of the base part over the plurality of the dividing parts.
US09649992B2
The present invention relates to a method for assembling a trim part (10) to a sup-porting part (12) of a vehicle, wherein the trim part (10) has an outer surface (16) and an inner surface (18) and is fixable to the supporting part (12) by fixing means (14) provided on the inner surface (18), a fixing connection being established by engaging the fixing means (14) with counter means (20) provided on the supporting part (12), the method comprising following steps of aligning the trim part (10) and the supporting part (12) such that the fixing means (14) and the counter means (20) can be engaged to each other, engaging the fixing means (14) with the counter means (20) by applying force to the outer surface (16) of trim part (10), and fastening an indicator (30) on the outer surface (16) for indicating the position of the fixing means (14).
US09649988B2
A ski carrier clamp mountable on a cross bar of a vehicle roof carrier is provided. The ski carrier clamp includes an elongate base part carrying a first flexible clamp member extending in the longitudinal direction of the elongate base part, and an elongate top part having a second flexible clamp member extending in the longitudinal direction of the elongate top part. The elongate top part is movably coupled to the elongate base part so that the second flexible clamp member is movable with respect to the first flexible clamp member. The first flexible clamp member and the second flexible clamp member are arranged such that at least portions thereof are able to laterally pass each other upon moving the elongate base part and the elongate top part towards each other.
US09649985B2
Trunk mountable bicycle carrier racks and various improved aspects thereof such as retractable spool mechanism, cable end-hooks, anti-sway device, improved rotatable hubs, and improved frame supports.
US09649980B2
Captured images obtained beforehand by imaging ranges corresponding to peripheries of a vehicle, or processed images generated to correspond to the captured images are stored to be associated with stored road information of a preset area. A superimposed area having a clarity lower than a preset clarity threshold is set in a captured image of a periphery of the vehicle. A superimposition image is extracted among the stored images, the superimposition image being an image of a range corresponding to the captured image. A superimposed image is generated by superimposing an image in an area in the extracted superimposition image corresponding to the superimposed area on the captured mage. A video generated from the superimposed image is displayed at a position visible from a driver.
US09649977B2
A vehicle display illumination system includes a controller controlling a constant current source. The constant current source receives a variable voltage input and outputs multiple constant current channels to one or more light sources for the vehicle display. The controller is further operable to alter a color or brightness of the light sources in response to a change in status of another vehicle system, thereby providing an indication to the user of the change in status.
US09649970B2
A portable loading and transporting apparatus includes a containment pen having a floor, a pair of side panels extending upwardly therefrom, and a front panel extending between the side panels. Centering plates are mounted to the opposed side panels, respective centering plates being pivotally coupled to ends of loading arms such that the containment pen is operatively moved between a loaded configuration atop the bed of a truck and an unloaded configuration on the ground rearwardly proximate the bed of the truck when the loading arms are actuated. A stabilizer bar includes a first end selectively coupled to a first position on the containment pen and a second end selectively coupled to a first position on the bed of the truck, the stabilizer bar configured to maintain the containment pen in a level configuration when the containment pen is moved between the loaded and the unloaded configurations.
US09649956B2
A vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, has a seat cushion and a backrest, and a seat mechanism connecting the seat cushion and/or the backrest to at least one seat rail pair. The seat rail pair has two seat rails that can be displaced relatively to one another and which can be locked together by a rail locking mechanism. The vehicle seat can be shifted by the seat mechanism from a use position to a non-use position. A coupler couples the seat mechanism and the seat locking mechanism together in such a way that a least one seat rail pair is locked in the use position and the non-use position of the vehicle seat and is unlocked in an intermediate position of the vehicle seat located between the use position and the non-use position.
US09649948B2
Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles include a rechargeable traction battery. An automated vehicle charging system is configured to charge the traction battery with minimal operator intervention. The vehicle charging system includes a carousel, including a plurality of transmit coils, configured to move in a longitudinal direction and rotate about an axis. The vehicle charging system further includes at least one controller programmed to move the carousel in the longitudinal direction and rotate the carousel about the axis to align a selected transmit coil from the plurality of transmit coils with a vehicle receive coil. The vehicle charging system may receive positioning data from a vehicle and may move and rotate the carousel according to the positioning data to align the selected transmit coil with the vehicle receive coil.
US09649947B2
A charging station includes a plurality of electric power transmission portions and a power supply ECU. When a second vehicle is parked at a position where it can receive electric power from a first electric power transmission portion and when the second vehicle receives weak electric power from the first electric power transmission portion, the second vehicle transmits to the power supply ECU, an occupation signal which allows determination that the parking position corresponds to the first electric power transmission portion. When the power supply ECU receives the occupation signal of the first electric power transmission portion from the second vehicle, the power supply ECU stops transmission of weak electric power from the first electric power transmission portion and guides a first vehicle to a second electric power transmission portion.
US09649943B2
A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.
US09649940B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for controlling an electric vehicle that enables a user to easily control a predicted distance that can be travelled by displaying the predicted distance that can be travelled in response to the power consumption of electric loads on the electric vehicle. The device for controlling the electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a power consumption detector that detects a first power consumption of main electric loads associated with the operation of the electric vehicle and a second power consumption of optional electric loads on the electric vehicle; a control unit that determines a first predicted distance that can be travelled corresponding to the first power consumption detected and a second predicted distance that can be travelled corresponding to the second power consumption detected; and a display that displays the first and second predicted distances that can be travelled.
US09649932B2
A clamp assembly for a vehicle shift mechanism includes a steering column having a stationary portion and a moveable portion. The clamp assembly also includes a shifter operatively coupled to the moveable portion of the steering column and slidably engaged with the stationary portion of the steering column. The clamp assembly further includes a primary rake lever configured to translationally adjust the moveable portion of the steering column. The clamp assembly yet further includes a secondary rake lever operatively coupled to the primary rake lever and operative to exert a clamping force on a portion of the shifter during translational adjustment of the moveable portion.
US09649931B2
A vehicle differential assembly is provided. The differential assembly including a differential case rotationally coupled to a differential housing. A differential gear set is rotationally coupled to the differential case. A ring gear rotationally coupled to the differential case. A disconnect member operably coupled between the ring gear and the differential case. The disconnect member having a torque transmitting member movable between a coupled and an uncoupled position, wherein the ring gear is rotationally coupled to the differential case when the torque transmitting member is in the coupled position.
US09649930B2
A fuel inlet includes: an inlet pipe to form a path to guide fuel to a fuel tank; a breather tube to form a path to guide vapor in the fuel tank toward a distal end portion of the inlet pipe; and a retainer provided at a distal end portion of the inlet pipe and including: an attachment and detachment mechanism to attach and detach a fuel filler cap; a restriction mechanism to restrict a distal end position of a fuel filling gun; and an air vent hole to allow passage of the vapor supplied from the breather tube toward the distal end portion of the inlet pipe. The retainer includes a first component including the attachment and detachment mechanism and a second component secured to the first component and including the restriction mechanism. The air vent hole is a gap formed between the first component and the second component.
US09649929B2
A fuel tank having two opposite wall portions and at least one reinforcing element connecting these two wall portions, such reinforcing element comprising at least two parts linked by at least one rotating link.
US09649926B2
A power transmission device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a transmission device that includes a carrier to which an engine rotation shaft is connected; a differential device that includes a plurality of rotation components individually connected to a drive wheel, an MG2 rotation shaft, an MG1 rotation shaft, and a ring gear of the transmission device; a gear shift adjustment device that is able to control the transmission device to a neutral state where the transmission of power between the carrier and the ring gear is not allowed or to a state where the transmission of power is allowed; and an HVECU that includes a first step of controlling the transmission device to the neutral state in a state where the transmission of power between the carrier and the ring gear is allowed.
US09649925B2
A heavy road vehicle provided with a hybrid propulsion system includes a mechanical propulsion system and a hydraulic propulsion system. The mechanical propulsion system is connected to at least one traction wheel which is powered by an internal combustion engine via a mechanical drive train and a gearbox. The hydraulic propulsion system is connected to at least one other traction wheel including a hydraulic motor powered by a hydraulic pump unit. The hybrid propulsion unit further includes a control unit for at least controlling the hybrid propulsion unit, optionally also controlling the mechanical propulsion system. The hydraulic propulsion system further includes a pressure accumulator which is connected to the hydraulic motor in order to maintain a pressure in the hydraulic motor even if the hydraulic pump unit is switched off.
US09649920B2
A roof assembly for a vehicle comprises a stationary part for attaching the roof assembly to the vehicle's fixed roof. At least one closing element is movably supported by the stationary part and is capable of moving between a closed position within the roof opening and an open position in which the rear of the closing element is raised and the closing element is moved rearwardly. The closing element is provided with at least a retaining hook configured to hook behind a locking device on the stationary part in the closed position of the closing element to provide a mechanical lock for the closing element in upward direction.The locking device is movable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The closing element is configured to actuate the locking device to move from the unlocked to the locked position when the closing element is moved to the closed position.
US09649919B2
Technologies and implementations related to open bed vehicle cover and storage systems are generally disclosed.
US09649907B2
A vehicle air conditioner includes a first passage and a second passage and is capable of operating in such a manner that outside air introduced in the first passage is conditioned by an evaporator and a heater core and subsequently blown, as a conditioned air, from a defrost outlet, side defrost outlet and side vent outlet toward windowpanes and, at the same time, inside air introduced in the second passage is conditioned by the evaporator and the heater core and subsequently blown, as a conditioned air, from a center vent outlet and front and rear heat outlets into a passenger compartment.
US09649902B2
A link assembly for coupling a longitudinal arm to a mounting location of a vehicle is provided. The link assembly includes a link body, a first attachment member, a second attachment member, a first bushing assembly, and a second bushing assembly. The first attachment member is disposed in the link body and defines a first axis. The second attachment member is disposed in the link body and defines a second axis. The first bushing assembly is disposed in the link body and supports the first attachment member in the link body. The second bushing assembly is disposed in the link body and supports the second attachment member in the link body. The first axis of the first attachment member is spaced from the second axis of the second attachment member by an off-set distance and the first axis and second axis extend in different, non-parallel directions.
US09649901B2
An amphibious vehicle (1), which may be a military amphibious vehicle, having a hull (2) which accommodates the crew of the vehicle, and a flow duct (10) extending through the hull (2) and having a water jet drive (12) arranged therein for driving the vehicle (1) on water, wherein at least one end (11) of the flow duct (10) can be closed off by an anti-mine element (14) when the vehicle is travelling on land. A method for operating an amphibious vehicle (1), which may be a military amphibious vehicle, having a hull (2) which accommodates the crew of the vehicle, a flow duct (10) which extends through the hull (2), and a water jet drive (12) arranged therein for driving the vehicle (1) on water, includes closing off at least one end (11) of the flow duct (10) by an anti-mine element (14) when the vehicle is travelling on land.
US09649897B2
A tool for seating a tubeless tire on a rim using pressurized gas includes a cylindrical pressure vessel with a pistol grip extending radially from the tank. The tool includes a rapid opening gas valve positioned between the cylindrical pressure vessel and a nozzle. In some embodiments the nozzle includes a jet configured to receive pressurized gas from the cylindrical pressure vessel into a chamber of the nozzle so that as the stream of gas enters the chamber, the Venturi effect causes air to enter the chamber through air intake ports and the stream of gas and air from the air intake ports is blown out of the outlet of the nozzle. The tire is seated on the rim by positioning the system so that the air from the nozzle rapidly blows into the tire between the bead of the tire and the rim upon the valve being opened.
US09649884B2
The invention relates to a tire having four treads distributed equidistantly on the external part of the body or carcass, which allow the tire to be deflated and rotated in order for a new tread to be placed in contact with the ground when the current tread has been subjected to heavy wear, without the tire having to be replaced. The invention is advantageous for the tire owner since with just a small increase in outlay the owner is guaranteed a tire that will last longer and that can be used for an increased number of kilometers of cycling.
US09649882B2
An axle assembly having an axle housing, a wheel end cover and an axle shaft. The axle housing has a tubular member with an end flange coupled thereto. A pair of axle bearings are mounted to the axle shaft and the end flange and support the axle shaft for rotation relative to the axle housing. The wheel end cover is mounted to the end flange and carries a seal that is engaged to the axle shaft. A method for assembling an axle assembly is also provided.
US09649880B2
A bicycle hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub shell, a sprocket support body, a first ratchet member, a second ratchet member, and a holding member. The sprocket support body includes a first helical spline. The first ratchet member includes at least one first ratchet tooth, and a second helical spline configured to mate with the first helical spline. The second ratchet member includes at least one second ratchet tooth configured to mate with the at least one first ratchet tooth, and a hub shell engagement portion configured to engage with the hub shell. The holding member is configured to hold an assembled state where the sprocket support body. The first ratchet member and the second ratchet member are assembled as a single unit.
US09649877B2
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a photoluminescent portion disposed on a surface of a first component of a vehicle wheel assembly. The illumination apparatus further includes a light source located proximate the first component. The light source is configured to emit light at a first wavelength directed toward the photoluminescent portion. The photoluminescent portion is configured to convert the first wavelength to at least a second wavelength to illuminate the wheel assembly.
US09649872B2
The present invention is a chuck body (13) provided with: a hollow, substantially cylindrical fastener (11) having a tapered inner surface (13) in which the diameter of the hole gradually changes along the axial direction; and a chuck (21) having a divided end part (23) divided into two or three, the divided end part (23) having a tapered outer surface (24) that can enter or exit from the fastener (11) and that comes into contact with the tapered inner surface (13) of the fastener (11) when entering the fastener (11). When the divided end part (23) of the chuck (21) closes in the fastener (11) and holds the core (10), the angle of the tapered outer surface (24) of the chuck (21) relative to the center axis line of the chuck (21) is substantially identical to the angle of the tapered inner surface (13) of the fastener (11).
US09649871B2
An apparatus is provided for magnetically imprinting indicia into a layer on an article, the layer comprising a composition in which magnetic or magnetisable particles are suspended. The apparatus comprises: a soft magnetisable sheet, having an outer surface arranged to face the article in use, and an opposing interior surface; and a permanent magnet, shaped such that its magnetic field contains perturbations giving rise to indicia. The permanent magnet is disposed adjacent the interior surface of the soft magnetisable sheet. The soft magnetisable sheet enhances the perturbations of the magnetic field of the permanent magnet such that when the layer to be imprinted is located adjacent the outer surface of the soft magnetisable sheet, the magnetic or magnetisable particles are oriented by the magnetic field to display the indicia.
US09649860B2
A printer is provided for forming a phase change inkjet image on a print substrate. The printer includes a sheet transport unit for advancing the sheet along a print station. The sheet transport unit includes a sheet support platen, a sheet attraction mechanism and a feed mechanism. The sheet support platen includes a print surface for supporting a contact side of the print substrate. The sheet attraction mechanism is arranged for attracting the print substrate to the print surface. The feed mechanism is arranged for advancing the print substrate in a transport direction over the print surface, wherein the feed mechanism is arranged upstream of the print surface. The print station includes a print head assembly, the print head assembly being arranged for providing ink droplets for forming the phase change inkjet image on a process side of the print substrate, the print substrate being arranged on a print area of the print surface, the process side being opposite to the contact side. The print surface has an average surface roughness Ra being in the range of 1 micron to 4 micron.
US09649853B2
Multi-valued data is corrected using different correction values depending on an attribute of an image.
US09649852B2
The ink jet recording method is an ink jet recording method used in a recording apparatus including a white ink containing a white color material, a resin ink containing a resin, and a glitter ink containing a glitter pigment, and a head for recording using the white ink, the resin ink, and the glitter ink, the method including firstly forming a white ink layer on a recording medium, secondly forming a resin ink layer on the white ink layer, and thirdly forming the glitter ink layer on the white ink layer.
US09649850B2
An ink jetting digital printing apparatus supporting double-side printing is provided. The ink jetting digital printing apparatus comprises: a first sprayer module and a corresponding first group of color plane control servers, a second sprayer module and a corresponding second group of color plane control servers, a rasterization image processing server, and a system control server. The first and second sprayer modules comprise a group of sprayers of the same two or more colors; the first group comprises color plane control servers in one-to-one correspondence with sprayers in the first sprayer module; the second group comprises color plane control servers in one-to-one correspondence with sprayers in the second sprayer module; the first group color plane control servers parallel with the second group color plane control servers.
US09649844B2
A tank includes: a wall separating a liquid storage chamber, which stores a liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming part, from an outside; an inlet penetrating the wall; and a liquid outflow part which allows the liquid to flow to the outside of the liquid storage chamber. The wall includes a view wall, which extends upward and downward and allows a user to visually check a liquid level in the liquid storage chamber, and a bottom wall, which defines an inner bottom surface of the liquid storage chamber by being connected to the view wall. The inner bottom surface of the bottom wall includes an inclined part which extends from at least a part of the view wall to incline downward in a direction away from the view wall.
US09649843B2
There is provide an ink-jet recording apparatus including: an ink containing a resin dispersion type pigment; an ink-jet head configured to discharge the ink; an absorber which is arranged in an area facing a discharge surface of the ink-jet head, and which is configured to absorb the ink discharged from the ink-jet head; and a liquid agent which contains a water-soluble organic solvent, and which is absorbed in the absorber, wherein a surface tension of an aqueous solution containing the liquid agent at concentration of 5% by weight is not more than 50 mN/m; and a blending percentage by weight of the water-soluble organic solvent in the liquid agent is not less than seven times a blending percentage by weight of the resin dispersion type pigment in the ink.
US09649841B2
Provided are an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device that can effectively heat an ink near nozzles of a nozzle board or an ink inside a head chip. The inkjet head includes the head chip in which a nozzle board, an intermediate plate, a pressure chamber board, a spacer board, and a wiring board are joined in order, a common ink chamber forming member provided at a side of the wiring board of the head chip to form at least a part of a common ink chamber, and a heater provided to the common ink chamber forming member. The nozzle board is smaller than the intermediate plate when the head chip is viewed from the side of the nozzle board in plan view. A thermal conductive member being in contact with the heater and joined with the nozzle board and the wiring board across the head chip is provided. At least a part of the wiring board and a part of the common ink chamber forming member are joined through the thermal conductive member. The thermal conductive member is joined with a side surface of the nozzle board and a nozzle board-side surface of the intermediate plate, the nozzle board-side surface being larger than the nozzle board.
US09649838B2
Inspection processing is performed. The inspection processing includes a first driving step of driving a piezoelectric element corresponding to an inspection target nozzle, a first detection step of detecting vibration that is generated in ink in a pressure chamber corresponding to the inspection target nozzle by the driving in the first driving step, a second driving step of driving together the piezoelectric element corresponding to the inspection target nozzle and a piezoelectric element corresponding to at least one nozzle of nozzles adjacent to the inspection target nozzle, and a second detection step of detecting vibration that is generated in the ink in the pressure chamber corresponding to the inspection target nozzle by the driving in the second driving step.
US09649833B2
A differential printing device includes a first print drum including a first ring gear defined on an outside surface of the first print drum. The device also includes a second print drum including a second ring gear defined on an outside surface of the second print drum. A drive shaft that rotates the first print drum and the second print drum has a number of pinion gears to engage the first ring gear and the second ring gear. The number of pinion gears rotate the first print drum and the second print drum at different angular velocities.
US09649832B2
A polymerizable composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and a phosphor capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.
US09649827B2
A molding packaging material includes an outer substrate layer made of a heat-resistant resin, an inner sealant layer made of a thermoplastic resin, a metallic foil layer provided between the outer substrate layer and the inner sealant layer, and a protection coat layer formed on a side opposite to the metallic foil layer side of the outer substrate layer. The protection coat layer is made of a resin composition including a main resin containing a phenoxy resin and a urethane resin, and a curing agent, and has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 10 μm.
US09649826B2
An adhesive system for preparing lignocellulosic composites comprising a) an aqueous primer composition and, b) a polyurethane adhesive composition, wherein said aqueous primer composition comprises: from 0 to 25 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of polyol selected from the group consisting of water soluble polyols, water dispersible polyols, water emulsifiable polyols and mixtures thereof, wherein said polyols have a molecular weight less than 5000 daltons; and, up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of surfactant selected from the group consisting of water soluble surfactants, water emulsifiable surfactants and mixtures thereof, with the proviso that the aqueous primer composition must comprise at least one of said polyol or a surfactant having hydroxyl functionality and a molecular weight of less than 5000 daltons.
US09649808B2
A thermoforming machine is provided having a frame, a first platen, a second platen, a platen load shaft, and a load shaft latch. The first platen supports a first mold. The second platen supports a complementary second mold and is carried by the frame for movement toward and away from the first platen to engage and disengage with the first mold. The platen load shaft has a lock ledge with an engagement surface transverse to the load shaft. The load shaft is supported by the frame and extends between the first platen and the second platen. The load shaft latch has an engagement surface transverse to a central axis of the load shaft and is movable to engage and disengage the lock ledge transverse engagement surface. A method is also provided.
US09649806B2
A device (20) for gripping a container (16) made of a thermoplastic material, includes: a nose (30) having a main shaft (B) which is suitable for axially inserting into the neck (24) of the container (16); a plurality of jaws (46) which are mounted in the nose (30) in a radially mobile manner between a retracted position allowing the free axial sliding of the nose (30) in the neck (24) and an expanded position allowing the immobilization of the neck (24) in relation to the nose (30) by pressing against the inner part of the neck (24); and elements (54) for elastically returning the jaws to their expanded position, wherein the jaw assembly (46) is maintained circumferentially in a determined circumferential position in relation to the nose (30).
US09649798B2
A lining part, in particular for the interior of a motor vehicle, has a base body which is formed of a wood material. Slip-prevention elements which have a higher adhesion force than the surface of the base body are located on the surface of the base body.
US09649792B2
A method of forming a continuous sheet of pleated, hook-form, fastener product includes training a substrate about a pressure roll having an outer surface defining circumferential grooves. As the substrate approaches a nip between the pressure roll and a mold roll calendered with the pressure roll, a portion of the substrate is disposed within a corresponding one of the grooves between the pressure roll and a stationary horn extending into the groove whereby a longitudinally-extending pleat is formed in the substrate. The pleated substrate is then passed through the nip where resin regions are laminated to a side of the substrate opposed to the pleat.
US09649787B2
A sheet-shaped mold position detection device 183 for conveying and positioning a sheet-shaped mold M on which a fine transfer pattern M1 is formed. The sheet-shaped mold position dejection device 183 includes a sheet-shaped mold position detector 191 that detects a predetermined region of the sheet-shaped mold M by detecting transmittance of light in the sheet-shaped mold M.
US09649784B2
A mold for manufacturing products made of composite materials, which comprises at least one functional portion made of a composite material joined to at least one interface made of a composite material which projects at least partially around the functional portion, said mold being provided with one or more mechanic fastening devices for the coupling with at least another mold.
US09649783B2
A method and apparatus for producing paving blocks having ornamented surface, and the apparatus includes a starting table, a filling carriage movable along a guide rail towards and above a forming having at least one mold cavity, and connected to the starting table is arranged, and in an interior space of the filling carriage a first chamber for receiving base material, and at least one second chamber for receiving ornamenting material are formed and separated by a septum, and a feeding device, for dispensing a mixture of ornamenting material is arranged in the second chamber and wherein the feeding device is formed by a metering plate provided with holes and a metering member fitted to and movable along the metering plate and further provided by an actuator for moving the metering member.
US09649774B2
A method and machine for cutting woven wood blinds is disclosed. The disclosed machine can include a cutting mechanism, a support surface adjacent at least one opening in the cutting mechanism housing, a spring loaded clamp which engages the woven wood blind to hold the blind securely for cutting without damaging the blind. The clamp is preferably operated by a hand screw. An indicator such as a collar attached to the hand screw is provided to tell the user when the clamp is positioned to provide the desired pressure. The disclosed method can include positioning a window covering into a cutting machine, positioning a first cutting support member on the window covering, moving a clamp to engage the first cutting support member and cutting the window covering.
US09649772B2
In a rotary electric shaver according to the present invention, a plurality of blade units that include an outer blade having an annular shaving surface on an upper surface and an inner blade rotating in sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade are arranged in a head unit held by a main body so as to be tiltable. A main drive shaft outputting drive force of a motor accommodated in the main body and a rotary shaft of any one blade unit out of the plurality of blade units are connected by a movable joint, and a position of the movable joint serves as a tilting fulcrum for tilting the head unit.
US09649771B2
A parallel robot includes a base casing, a plurality of arms, and an end unit. The base casing contains a plurality of actuators. Each of the arms is coupled to one of the actuators. The end unit is coupled to the plurality of arms. A communication hole for allowing piping and/or wiring to continue is formed in the base casing at its side facing the end unit.
US09649757B2
A hammer mechanism has a clamping chuck and a snap die provided for the direct striking of an inserted tool. The snap die includes a coupling element for transmitting a rotary motion to the clamping chuck.
US09649756B1
The present invention is directed to a nail gun outrigger for stabilizing the roll, pitch, and yaw of a nail gun. The outrigger is connected to the distal end of the magazine away from the driving head. For the preferred embodiment, the outrigger includes one or more outriggers that extend perpendicular to the axis of the magazine with feet contacting the nailing surface to control the pitch, roll, and yaw of the nail gun position to obtain consistent perpendicular installation of elastomer sealing pneumatic nails into preformed roofing panels installed on a wooden frame or substrate.
US09649745B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing CO2 pellets from CO2 snow, in particular, for a cleaning device for spraying surfaces to be treated with a mixed stream of a pressurized gas and CO2 pellets, includes a compressor device for compressing CO2 snow to form CO2 pellets. The compressor device includes a gear compressor. The gear compressor includes at least one compressor wheel which is mounted rotatable about a first rotation axis and has a plurality of compressing elements, and includes at least one intake wheel which has a plurality of snow intakes for accepting CO2 snow. The snow intakes are configured corresponding to the compressing elements. The intake wheel is mounted rotatable about a second rotation axis and cooperates with the at least one compressor wheel. The intake wheel includes an intake wheel sleeve with an intake wheel sleeve wall.
US09649742B2
Polishing pads having a polishing surface with continuous protrusions are described. Methods of fabricating polishing pads having a polishing surface with continuous protrusions are also described.
US09649741B2
Polishing materials suitable for polishing hard surfaces, media including the polishing material, and methods of forming and using the polishing materials and media are disclosed. Exemplary polishing materials have a relatively high hard segments:soft segments ratio and exhibit relatively high removal rates and/or relatively high process yields.
US09649737B2
Machines for fitting cable bushings on a cable have a hollow mandrel (11) for receiving cable bushing (12) and a cable in a fitting region (A). Rotatably mounted stripping jaws (8a, 8b) arranged in the fitting region (A) fit the cable bushing (12) on the cable. A camera (9a, 9b) is directed towards the fitting region (A). A rotation axis of at least one of the stripping jaws (8a, 8b) is at a lateral distance from ray-of-view (D) originating from the camera (9a,9b) and running through the fitting region (A). The stripping jaws (8a, 8b) may be opened to an extent that makes it possible for the camera (9a, 9b) to have an unimpeded view of the fitted cable bushing (12). Related methods for operating such machines (1) are also disclosed.
US09649735B2
A machine tool includes a slide table supported by an upper portion of a main body of the machine tool so as to be horizontally slidable, a rotary table provided on the slide table so as to be rotationally indexable about a vertical axis extending in the direction that is orthogonal to the direction of horizontal slide movement of the slide table, and a motor provided in the slide table to rotate the rotary table. A housing space is formed in the main body to house a lower portion of the slide table. At least a part of the motor provided in the slide table is placed in the housing space.
US09649733B2
A housing for an electronic device as well as methods for forming the housing are disclosed. The housing can be formed from a substrate having perforations to assist in adhering components internal to the housing. The substrate is typically a multi-layer substrate having at least two layers. In one embodiment, an inner layer of the multi-layer substrate can be provided with perforations. The perforations can them be used to adhere internal features to the multi-layer substrate. The internal features can be used for attaching parts or components to the multi-layer substrate, thereby securing the parts or components to the multi-layer substrate and thus the housing.
US09649728B2
A method of shaping a metallic honeycomb panel using a continuous drive sheet. The metallic honeycomb panel may have a perforated upper sheet, a non-perforated lower sheet, and a metal honeycomb core fixed between the upper and lower sheets. The method may include the steps of designing and manufacturing the drive sheet using finite element analysis (FEA) and criteria regarding shaping of the metallic honeycomb panel, then welding the drive sheet to the lower face of the lower sheet. The drive sheet may cover all of the lower face of the lower sheet and may have varying thicknesses determined based on the criteria and the FEA. The method may also include the steps of heating the drive sheet and metallic honeycomb panel to a creep forming or hot-stretch forming temperature and urging the metallic honeycomb panel and drive sheet into a male or female die mold to be shaped.
US09649725B2
At a plurality of welding positions in an overlap portion of a plurality of members including a high-tensile steel sheet whose carbon content is 0.07 weight % or more, first beads (31 to 36) in a closed loop shape or a closed loop-like shape and second beads (41 to 46) in a closed loop shape or a closed loop-like shape on inner sides of the first bead (31 to 36) are formed by remote laser welding for joining. At this time, there are a procedure for successively forming the plural first beads (31 to 36) and a procedure for successively forming the plural second beads (41 to 46) for the plural formed first beads (31 to 36), and in both of the cases, the beads are each formed at a position except the closest welding position among the plural welding positions. Consequently, it is possible to enhance strength of a weld zone and to suppress welding deformation.
US09649722B2
Systems and processes for improved laser machining, such as micro machining, of a workpiece. Systems and processes involve directing at a first surface of the workpiece a laser beam and wherein at least the laser-irradiated region of the first surface of the workpiece is immersed in a liquid, and delivering to the liquid-immersed and laser-irradiated workpiece surface region at least a first ultrasound output from a first ultrasound device. The ultrasound output and the laser beam desirably impact the workpiece first surface substantially simultaneously.
US09649720B2
A method of making a bracket assembly for a brake assembly. The method may include friction welding a brake wing to a camshaft tube that may receive a camshaft for actuating a brake pad assembly. Rotation of the brake wing and/or the camshaft tube about an axis may be controlled to fix an angular position of the brake wing with respect to the camshaft tube within a predetermined tolerance.
US09649719B2
A method of operating a linear friction welding apparatus includes holding a first work piece with a first fixture, holding a second work piece with a second fixture, pressing the first work piece toward the second work piece along a press axis with a press assembly, establishing a selective load between the first work piece and the second work piece with the press assembly while the first fixture and the second fixture are in a fixed position relative to one another, and simultaneously vibrating, with a vibrating assembly spaced apart from the press axis, the first fixture and the second fixture along a single weld axis so that both the first work piece and the second work piece are moved with respect to one another along the single weld axis after establishing the selective load.
US09649713B2
A surface treating composition for copper or a copper alloy comprising an imidazole compound and means for using the composition in the soldering of electronic parts to printed wiring boards are disclosed.
US09649709B2
When a Z axis is moved while interrupting or continuing taper machining, a wire electric discharge machining control apparatus controls position of a UV axis by re-creating a taper deviation vector, based on a distance between upper and lower guides, such that a wire tilt angle does not change.
US09649705B2
A saw blade or a cut-off wheel for an oscillating tool machine includes a base body, wherein the base body has a cutting area and the cutting area is coated with a granulated carbide, wherein the base body is formed in one piece and includes martensitic stainless steel and/or martensitic steel.
US09649704B2
A saw assembly and saw blade housing are disclosed. The housing includes a pocket portion configured to expose a portion of the saw blade for cutting of material. The housing includes an enclosure portion configured to enclose a portion of the saw blade that is not exposed by the pocket portion. The housing includes an entrance region through which the saw teeth pass during operation of the saw blade in order to enter the enclosure portion from the pocket portion. The housing includes an exhaust vent located within the enclosure portion of the housing and downstream of the entrance region, from the perspective of the operational rotation of the saw blade. The exhaust vent is configured to redirect debris material entering the enclosure portion of the housing via the entrance region, the debris material being redirected in a forward direction from the perspective of a cutting operation utilizing the saw blade.
US09649697B2
A drilling apparatus has a housing, a motor in the housing, a drive spindle rotatable about an axis on the housing, a chuck body, and a plurality of jaws shiftable in the chuck body. First and second elements interconnected by a screw thread and engaged between the body and the jaws for shifting the jaws on the housing. A drive sleeve rotationally fixed to the first element is drivable by the motor.
US09649695B1
An automated cross slide system having a cross slide with a back plate, a front plate and a saddle. The back plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a first ball screw, a first gear box, a first servo motor, a first drive, and a first manual feed knob and the front plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a second ball screw, a second gear box, a second servo motor, a second drive, and a second manual feed knob. The system can have a power supply, a communications hub with a processor and data storage connected to a network. The system can have a library of specification profiles and a human machine interface for accessing the library and controlling the first and second drives to cut a target piece in accordance with a selected specification profile.
US09649691B2
When a ribbon is cast by heating raw materials to prepare a molten R-T-B-based alloy and supplying the molten alloy to a chill roll to solidify the molten alloy, the temperature of the molten alloy is adjusted in accordance with at least one of the arithmetic mean roughness Ra and the mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm of the surface of the chill roll, thereby controlling the spacing between adjacent R-rich phases in a crystal structure of resulting alloy flakes to a desired value. This makes it possible to inhibit variations in the crystal structure of the resulting alloy flakes that may occur due to wear of the chill roll. In adjusting the temperature of the molten alloy in accordance with at least one of the arithmetic mean roughness Ra and the mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm, it is preferred that the molten alloy temperature be adjusted using the equation: Δt=−7×(|ΔRa|×|ΔSm|)0.5/α where Δt is an amount of adjustment of the molten alloy temperature (° C.); ΔRa is an amount of change (μm) in the arithmetic mean roughness Ra; ΔSm is an amount of change (μm) in the mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm; and α is a correlation coefficient.
US09649689B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material including a first table, a second table rotatably mounted on the first table about a first axis and a third table rotatably mounted on the second table about a second axis. A hollow canister is supported by the third table. A vibrator is arranged to vibrate the canister. A first device is arranged to rotate the second table about the first axis and a second device is arranged to rotate the third table about the second axis. A hopper is arranged to supply powder material into the canister and a valve controls the flow of powder material from the hopper into the canister. A processor is arranged to control the valve, the vibrator, the first device and the second device to control the filling and packing density of the canister.
US09649683B2
In the invention, a joining means having a ram tool, a countertool and a holder with an opening to accommodate the ram tool or the countertool, is described. The two tools are arranged coaxial with each other at different ends of a C-bracket. The holder comprises at least one plane contact surface arranged on the outer surface of the holder, resting in contact with at least one plane face of the corresponding end of the C-bracket and detachably fastened thereto. Between the contact surface and the face, at least one interlay is arranged, determining the information and/or the distance of the contact surface from the face.
US09649681B1
A ceramic die for a hot press is provided, along with a method of constructing a ceramic die. The ceramic die includes a ceramic die body defining a mold surface configured to shape a part during a superplastic forming process. The mold surface defines at least one curved surface and at least one non-curved surface, spaced apart from the at least one curved surface. The ceramic die also includes a plurality of fibers disposed within the ceramic die body. The plurality of fibers may be preferentially located proximate the at least one curved surface such that a first portion of the ceramic die body proximate the at least one curved surface has a greater percentage of fibers than a second portion of the ceramic die body proximate the at least one non-curved surface.
US09649680B2
The invention relates to extrusion and pipe presses (1), comprising a press frame consisting of a cylindrical spar (2) and a counter spar (4) connected thereto, in which a mobile billet container holder (7) supporting a billet container (8), which puts a billet (18) to be pressed, which was introduced by a loading device, into a press position in front of the counter spar (4) with the associated tool (38), and a mobile punch crosshead (6) are provided. In the cylindrical spar (2), a main cylinder, or press cylinder, is arranged, which in the cylinder housing (9) thereof receives a press piston (11), which at the front end thereof that is supported by the punch crosshead (6) is connected to a press punch (19). A compensation tank (15), which delivers hydraulic oil to the press piston (11) by way of a slider plate (28), is assigned to a main cylinder housing (9) connected to a tank line. With an extrusion press such as this, the considerable hydraulic expenditure, and in particular the non-productive time, are to be substantially reduced, while making the structural design more compact and simple at the same time. To accomplish this, the advancing and feed motions of the billet container holder (7) and punch crosshead (6) with press piston (11) are carried out by electromotive force, and both the precompression of the billet (18) loaded into the billet container (8) and the subsequent compression of the billet (18) are done by hydraulic loading of the press piston (11). Electric motors (12, 13) are assigned to the punch crosshead (6) and the billet container holder (7) as adjustment drives. A large-scale filling valve (20) is integrated in the cylinder housing (9) of the main cylinder for loading the press piston (11).
US09649676B2
Method for producing an aluminum foil with integrated security features. An aluminum foil is rolled down to a thickness of less than 150 μm in a plurality of cold rolling passes, texturing that runs in the direction of rolling being induced simultaneously on both surface sides of the foil. In a final cold rolling pass, the foil is fed to a working roller pair, in which, on at least one roller surface, the relief-like surface structuring generated in the rolling direction by grinding was reduced on the basis of contrast and motif in a region of 10 to 50% relative to the average surface roughness to form a motif for a security feature that is transferred to the surface side of the foil facing the roller surface. The generated aluminum foil has a glossy appearance on both sides such that the security feature rises clearly due to its dull appearance.
US09649672B1
A siphon is adapted for thoroughly cleaning fluid vessels. The siphon is capable of elevating discharge waste fluid through a transfer of kinetic energy provided by a pressurized fluid source, thereby obviating any need for undesirable electrical, chemical, or other mechanical power sources. An inlet couples pressurized fluid to a divider that splits the pressurized fluid between a jet port outlet and a tank flush source conduit. A siphon return conduit is operative to carry waste fluid from the fluid vessel, with the cleaning attachment protruding from the siphon return conduit. By slightly protruding, the cleaning attachment operatively blocks the siphon return conduit from being held by siphon vacuum against a surface of the fluid vessel while developing a beneficial eddy current flow path. A drain conduit is provided, as is a mixing chamber at a junction between the jet port outlet and an outlet from the siphon return conduit.
US09649670B2
A pipe conditioning tool comprising a drive unit to move the tool along a pipe and a work head rotatable about an axis of the pipe to condition a surface of the pipe, the drive unit includes a frame extending to opposite sides of the pipe, the frame having legs extending radially beyond the work head to provide support for the tool upon removal from said pipe.
US09649662B2
A structural insulated panel includes a core of thermally insulating material having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first skin coupled to the first side of the core, and a second skin coupled to the second side of the core. The first skin, the second skin, or both the first and second skins may include a sheet of reinforced concrete material. Each sheet of reinforced concrete material may include calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement and a reinforcing material disposed in at least a portion of the CSA cement.
US09649660B2
A substrate treatment method includes a rinsing step of supplying a rinse liquid to a front surface of a substrate while rotating the substrate at a first rotation speed, a liquid mixture film forming step of forming a liquid film of a liquid mixture of water and an organic solvent having a smaller surface tension than the water on the front surface after the rinsing step by supplying the water and the organic solvent to the front surface while reducing the rotation speed of the substrate from the first rotation speed to a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed, and an organic solvent replacing step of replacing the liquid mixture supplied to the front surface with the organic solvent after the liquid mixture film forming step by supplying the organic solvent to the front surface.
US09649653B2
A fixture assembly for securing a spray gun to a shaking device includes a body securable to the shaking device. The body includes an open receptacle for at least partially receiving a reservoir of the spray gun. A support member is secured to the body and is configured to support the spray gun on the body while the reservoir is positioned in the open receptacle and shaken by the shaking device.
US09649652B2
Some examples include a paint shield having an arcuate portion terminating in a first edge and an elongated portion comprising a first section and a second section. The first section is disposed at an angle from the second section. The first section is positioned between the arcuate portion and the second section. The second section terminates in a second edge.
US09649651B2
Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun includes display that is disposed on the spray gun and that provides information to an operator about one or more coating operation parameters. An auxiliary trigger may be used that enables an operator to makes selections of one or more coating operation parameters. The display and auxiliary trigger together permit an operator to make selections without having to divert attention or field of view away from the spray gun or the coating area, especially during a coating operation.
US09649649B2
The invention discloses a cap of spray mineral water bottle, including cap body, spray means and water locking means. This cap of spray mineral water is used with resilient mineral water bottle body to form a multifunctional spray mineral water bottle, which can ensure normal drinking of mineral water as well as carry out spray drinking of water by means of squeezing the bottle body to transform bottle body and increase the pressure inside the bottle, thus making water to enter inlet from the outlet of water locking means on the cap, and to enter the atomizing channel through the water channel, finally to be sprayed from the spray aperture. Furthermore, in the open air or in the dusty and hot environment, you can place the mineral water bottle upside down, put the nozzle to face your body or surrounding, and squeeze the bottle body to spray, thus reducing surrounding temperature, as well as subsiding dust by combining dust and spray to make you feel cool, fresh and comfortable.
US09649647B2
A color changer is provided that includes a base module having at least two input channels and at least one output channel for paint material connectable to each of the at least two input channels. The color changer further includes at least two paint valves, each of the at least two paint valves corresponding to one of the at least two input channels and configured to close the corresponding input channel and to be opened by the application of air pressure, and at least two pilot air channels, each of the at least two pilot air channels corresponding to one of the at least two paint valves and configured to convey air pressure to the corresponding paint valve to open the corresponding paint valve. Each pilot air channel includes a blow hole and a closing device for closing the blow hole.
US09649646B1
A spreader with a material divider that is adjustable from side to side so as to change a percentage of a stream of material which flows through portions of the material divider and also supports and moves laterally with a spinner while the spinner is adjustable longitudinally. The geometry of spread patterns can be adjusted by laterally manipulating the location of the material divider.
US09649642B2
An apparatus and process is disclosed for mitigating coking in an FCC reactor plenum. The apparatus and process utilize a baffle to create a inner volume for the product vapors to prevent contact with a relatively cool plenum. The baffle also limits the amount of the time the product vapors spend in the plenum minimizing time for coke formation and limit product vapors from entering low fluidization zones.
US09649640B2
A system for the continuous monitoring of wear is disclosed. The system comprises a flotation cell having at least one flotation component. At least one detector is provided to the at least one flotation component, and at least one sensor is provided to the flotation cell which is configured to communicate with the at least one detector during operation of the flotation cell. In use, the at least one flotation component wears away and ultimately affects a function of the least one detector. The at least one sensor is configured to monitor said function of the least one detector. When the at least one sensor detects a change in the signal of the at least one detector, an operator is notified that maintenance or flotation component replacement may be necessary.
US09649638B2
A continuous online process for rejuvenating whole stream of contaminated lean sulfolane in an extraction system is provided. A rejuvenator is installed in the solvent: circulation loop to remove the contaminants continuously to keep the solvent clean, effective and less corrosive. The rejuvenator includes a high pressure vessel with a removable cover and a round rack with vertical stainless steel tubes fitted in the high pressure vessel. A magnetic bar is placed in each stainless steel tube. A screen cylinder is installed outside the ring of stainless steel tubes. As the contaminated sulfolane is passed through the rejuvenator, the rejuvenator picks up contaminants. The rejuvenator can be dissembled to remove the contaminants periodically. The rejuvenator is simple in construction, reliable in operation, and low in operation and maintenance costs. With this rejuvenator, the extraction system operates at high efficiency and high capacity without the dreaded corrosion.
US09649634B2
Provided is a mechanism for connecting columns and needles, including: a base member 60 on which needles 61a and 61b with their tips directed upward are provided; and a column rack 10 having column holders for holding columns 10a and 10b in an upright position while allowing all upward shift of the columns, with an opening provided below each column holder. With the needles 61a and 61b positioned directly below the openings, the base member 60 is elevated until its upper surface comes in contact with the bottom of the column rack 10, whereby the needles 61a and 61b are inserted through the openings into the columns 20a and 20b. When the base member 60 is in contact with the column rack 10, the columns 20a and 20b are pushed by the needles 61a and 61b to a higher position within the column rack 10 than their original position.
US09649633B2
A device for fractionation of a fluid containing particles and extraction of a particle-lean volume and a particle-rich volume, including: a cylindrical reservoir including an inlet orifice to supply the reservoir with fluid in a pumping direction from first to second ends of the reservoir; a fractionation body extending along a central axis of the reservoir, an upstream end positioned in vertical alignment above the inlet orifice, a cross section of the fractionation body reducing sharply at its downstream end; the fractionation body defining, with the reservoir, a first passage opening at the downstream end onto a recirculation zone with a geometric singularity; and an extraction mechanism downstream of the fractionation body to separate and extract the lean and rich volumes, including a partition delimiting an extraction volume configured, as fluid circulates in the pumping direction, to receive the particle-lean phase formed in the recirculation zone.
US09649626B2
A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-1-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be converted to biolubricants useful in the transporation sector and other areas requiring high purity/thermally stable lubricants.
US09649625B1
Use of a unique supramolecular assembly of a tris-pyridylphosphine ligand and a metal centered porphyrin complex modified with a lactone functional group was shown to have improved selectivities to branched aldehydes via rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of unsubstituted linear alpha olefins such as propylene and 1-octene. The addition of potassium salts was also shown to increase the activity of the lactone modified porphyrin-based catalyst while maintaining similar branched aldehyde selectivities for propylene hydroformylation.
US09649624B2
Catalyst compositions comprising a phosphorous-promoted ZSM-5 component and a silica-containing binder, and methods for making and using same, are disclosed. More, specifically, processes for making a catalyst for biomass conversion are provided. The process includes: treating a ZSM-5 zeolite with a phosphorous-containing compound to form a phosphorous-promoted ZSM-5 component; preparing a slurry comprising the phosphorous-promoted ZSM-5 component and a silica-containing binder; and shaping the slurry into shaped bodes. Such catalysts can be used for the Thermocatalytic conversion of particulate biomass to liquid products such as bio-oil, resulting in higher bio-oil yields and lower coke than conventional catalysts.
US09649620B2
A process for the preparation from a partially decomposed organic material like peat a granulated or pelletized sorption medium using low-temperature, thermal activation of the sorption medium to produce a high degree of granule or pellet hardness balanced against an efficacious level of ion-exchange and adsorption capacity, followed by chemical treatment of the thermally-activated sorption material via an acid solution and a salt solution to increase its ion-exchange and adsorption performance while minimizing the transfer of natural impurities found in the sorption medium to an aqueous solution is provided by this invention. The sorption medium of this invention can be used in a variety of aqueous solution treatment processes, such as wastewater treatment.
US09649613B2
A controllable, continuous-feed system and process for the reduction or depolymerization of organic materials using microwave energy in a reducing, substantially oxygen-reduced atmosphere. The microwave energy is generated by a plurality of magnetrons in a microwave tunnel. Gaseous products may be extracted from the microwave tunnel for recycling and/or analysis. A collector such as a liquid trap may be used to separately collect floating and sinking constituents of the solid products while preventing the escape of the reducing atmosphere from the system.
US09649609B2
Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.
US09649606B2
A liquid aeration apparatus is a vessel with a neck and an opening that is interconnected to a body. The opening receives a quantity of liquid that is thinned as the liquid is transferred from the neck to the body. The liquid is then collected in the body of the vessel. The body includes at least one tripping mechanism that induces turbulence to the liquid.
US09649602B2
A method of sewage treatment includes: immersing a separation membrane module into sewage, wherein the separation membrane module has a plurality of separation membrane elements, each having a supporting plate, a separation membrane and a filtered water outlet; separating water into filtered water and suspended solids by having the water permeated through the separation membrane; and having the filtered water flow toward the exterior from the filtered water outlet; wherein the separation membrane has a nonwoven fabric and a porous resin layer on at least one surface of the nonwoven fabric; and a part of the resin permeates into the nonwoven fabric to form a composite layer with the nonwoven fabric.
US09649597B2
A water-treatment separation membrane with good antifouling properties includes a support having pores, a polyamide layer formed on the support, and a passivation layer comprising specific materials formed on the polyamide layer.
US09649592B2
A plasma abatement process for abating effluent containing compounds from a processing chamber is described. A plasma abatement process takes gaseous foreline effluent from a processing chamber, such as a deposition chamber, and reacts the effluent within a plasma chamber placed in the foreline path. The plasma dissociates the compounds within the effluent, converting the effluent into more benign compounds. Abating reagents may assist in the abating of the compounds. The abatement process may be a volatizing or a condensing abatement process. Representative volatilizing abating reagents include, for example, CH4, H2O, H2, NF3, SF6, F2, HCl, HF, Cl2, and HBr. Representative condensing abating reagents include, for example, H2, H2O, O2, N2, O3, CO, CO2, NH3, N2O, CH4, and combinations thereof.
US09649591B2
A method and system for recovering natural gas liquids (NGLs) from hydrocarbon mixtures and for producing a pipeline quality natural gas (NG) stream from a NG stream with a BTU content greater than about 1100 BTU per standard cubic foot. An NG or petroleum gas stream containing NGLs is delivered to a crossflow semipermeable membrane filtration apparatus wherein the semipermeable membrane is wetted with an organic liquid to render the membrane oleophilic. The NG stream is delivered at a pressure of at least about 150 psig. NGLs permeate through the wetted oleophilic membrane at a backpressure of at least 120 psig and maintain the desirable membrane characteristics; they are collected as liquids at a pressure of at least about 15 psig. A pipeline quality, primarily methane retentate stream of not greater than about 1050 BTU/scf is produced.
US09649576B2
A gas-liquid separator is provided having a chamber extending in an axial direction (z) and having at least a flow chamber portion extending into a collecting chamber portion. A deflector is arranged in the flow chamber portion and the deflector has a deflector panel extending radially outwardly (r) and in axial direction (z) to form a narrowing flow channel between the deflector and a side wall of the chamber, wherein the deflector panel has a free edge. There is at least one gas outlet shielded by the deflector panel and being arranged axially offset from the free edge.
US09649573B2
A Toy assembly includes a flexible joint element and a construction member. The flexible joint element comprises two spherical components and a flexible string. The two spherical components are coupled to the flexible string at the two ends of the flexible string. The construction member comprises two slots and two holes which can receive the flexible joint element. Multiple construction members can be assembled, utilizing flexible joint elements, to construct toys or other structures with members having six (6) degrees of freedom.
US09649569B2
Examples of a wave simulator for board sports and other uses are disclosed. An example wave simulator includes means for forming a wave, the means having at least one inclined side wall and a bottom corresponding to a desired wave shape. The wave simulator includes means for flowing water along at least partially along the inclined side wall and bottom of the flume to form a simulated wave. The wave simulator includes means for restraining a board rider in the means for forming a wave. Streamlines of the simulated wave are substantially parallel to a crest line of the simulated wave, and an inclined water flow ends in a downward arc.
US09649562B2
An order of calling sub-functions called from a main function for drawing a vector image is obtained, a group of all of sub-functions having a common combination of call sources and being called in succession, is extracted as a group, and a cache function for caching a vector part image drawn with the sub-functions included in the group, as a raster image, is added to the main function to newly generate an improved main function.
US09649552B2
Systems and methods for solving and generating a mathematical puzzle are presented. A puzzle may comprise areas comprising mystery number regions, pair clue regions interposing pairs of mystery value numbers, and a central clue region located centrally to the mystery number region. Solving a puzzle may comprise deterministic search methods coupled with heuristic approaches. Puzzle generation may comprise adding conforming clues until a puzzle has only one possible solution, the clues chosen based on heuristics for adding clues while minimizing incremental change in puzzle difficulty; or reducing the number of solutions/partial solutions to the puzzle.
US09649551B2
A system, device and method for determining the position of objects comprising one or more furniture items and/or building structures having one or more sensors and a controller coupled to the sensors. The sensors detect when one or more objects having at least one sensor tag are positioned proximate one of the sensors and transmit a signal to the controller including an identifier of the object and the sensor that detected the objects. As a result, the controller is able to track the position of the objects in relation to the furniture and/or building structures preventing the items from being lost and increasing efficiency when looking for misplaced objects.
US09649545B2
A golf simulation system includes imaging devices capturing images of a projectile tracking region in front of a display surface from different vantages to detect a launched projectile traveling through the projectile tracking region towards the display surface. A projectile spin sensing unit captures images of a region at least partially overlapping with the projectile tracking region, and each captured image includes a projectile trail representing a travel path of the projectile. A processing stage receives data from the imaging devices and the projectile spin sensing unit and determines the three-dimensional positions, velocity, acceleration and spin of the projectile, and the three-dimensional positions, velocity, acceleration and spin are used by the processing stage to calculate a trajectory of the launched projectile into a presented golf scene.
US09649543B2
A golf club head and method of manufacturing are disclosed. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09649533B2
A muscular strength enhancing robot to be driven by an intention of a user and a method of driving the robot are disclosed. The robot includes an actuator attached to a portion of a body of the user and configured to be actuated by enhancing a muscular strength, an encoder connected to the actuator and configured to measure an actual velocity at which the actuator moves, a force or torque sensor configured to measure an intensity of a force to be applied, an admittance modeling module configured to calculate a target velocity using the intensity of the force, and a proportional integral derivative (PID) control module configured to control actuation of the actuator in proportion to a velocity difference between the target velocity and the actual velocity, control the actuation by a cumulative value of the velocity difference, and control the actuation by a difference between a previous and a current velocity difference.
US09649532B2
Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment, and particularly golf clubs, include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection.
US09649531B2
A practice dummy comprising a remotely controlled, self-propelled base unit supporting a detachable upper body enables athletes to practice football skills against a dummy that can simulate the speed and mobility of a human player.
US09649530B2
A full-body exercise system is described. The full-body exercise system includes a frame, and plurality of appendicular members extending from the frame. Each of the plurality of appendicular members is configured for engagement with a respective limb of a user. Further, each of the plurality of appendicular members is movable in a degree of freedom independent of other ones of the plurality of appendicular members. The full-body exercise system also includes a resistive system configured to provide a resistive force on each of the plurality of appendicular members with respect to movement in its respective degree of freedom. The resistive force provided by the resistive system on each of the plurality of appendicular members is adjustable in a generally continuous manner independent of resistive forces on other ones of the plurality of appendicular members.
US09649526B2
A multi-axis adjustable exercise machine which is pivotable about both a pitch axis and a roll axis with respect to a base for allowing an exerciser to perform a wide range of exercises on a pitched or rolled exercise machine. The multi-axis adjustable exercise machine generally includes an exercise machine which is adjustable with respect to a base. The exercise machine may be pivoted about a roll axis to adjust the roll angle of the exercise machine or may be pivoted about a pitch axis to adjust the pitch angle of the exercise machine. One or more actuators may be connected between the base and the exercise machine to effectuate the pivoting of the exercise machine about either or both axes with respect to the base.
US09649517B2
Fall arrester (1) for a cable holding device (2) which can be installed without a roof penetration, which cable holding device has at least one post (2a), wherein the fall arrester (1) has multiple layers at least in one section of the fall arrester and a post stabilizer (4) and/or a post anchorage (5) is integrated into the multi-layer section (3), wherein the post stabilizer (4) and/or the post anchorage (5) has multiple layers at least in one section thereof, and wherein the multi-layer section (3) of the fall arrester (1) has at least one layer (3a) made of composite material reinforced with glass fibers and/or with carbon fibers (FRP layer), and said FRP layer (3a) also forms a layer of the multi-layer post stabilizer (4) and/or of the multi-layer post anchorage (5). Furthermore, an at least partially multi-layer post stabilizer (4) which comprises at least one layer (3a) made of a composite material (FRP layer) which is reinforced by glass fibers and/or by carbon fibers and a fall protection device which is constructed of several cable holding devices and a fall protection system constructed of several fall protection devices respectively.
US09649510B2
The invention comprises a multi-axis charged particle irradiation method and apparatus. The multi-axis controls includes separate or independent control of one or more of horizontal position, vertical position, energy control, and intensity control of the charged particle irradiation beam. Optionally, the charged particle beam is additionally controlled in terms of timing. Timing is coordinated with patient respiration and/or patient rotational positioning. Combined, the system allows multi-axis and multi-field charged particle irradiation of tumors yielding precise and accurate irradiation dosages to a tumor with distribution of harmful proximal distal energy about the tumor.
US09649509B2
Described herein are systems and methods for positioning a radiation source with respect to one or more regions of interest in a coordinate system. Such systems and methods may be used in emission guided radiation therapy (EGRT) for the localized delivery of radiation to one or more patient tumor regions. These systems comprise a gantry movable about a patient area, where a plurality of positron emission detectors, a radiation source are arranged movably on the gantry, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coincident positron annihilation emission path and to position the radiation source to apply a radiation beam along the identified emission path. The systems and methods described herein can be used alone or in conjunction with surgery, chemotherapy, and/or brachytherapy for the treatment of tumors.
US09649504B2
A light-based therapy device is provided that includes a controller mechanism that produces power and control signals to enable operation of one or more medical devices. An implantable light delivery device (IM-LDD) is coupled to the controller mechanism that receives the power and the control signals to enable a light source to emit sufficient illumination. The light source is implanted within body cavities enabling energy at one or more wavelengths to reach and provide therapy treatment to a selected region.
US09649495B2
A system for use during revascularization includes a catheter having an adjustable balloon for delivery a stent, one or more pacing electrodes for delivering one or more pacing pulses to a patient's heart, and a pacemaker configured to generate the one or more pacing pulses to be delivered to the heart via the one or more pacing electrodes. The one or more pacing pulses are delivered at a rate substantially higher than the patient's intrinsic heart rate without being synchronized to the patient's intrinsic cardiac contractions, and are delivered before, during, or after an ischemic event to prevent or reduce cardiac injury.
US09649493B2
An implant unit configured for implantation into a body of a subject may include an antenna configured to receive a signal. The implant unit may also include at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured to be implanted into the body of the subject in the vicinity of at least one nerve to be modulated, the at least one pair of modulation electrodes being configured to receive an applied electric signal in response to the signal received by the antenna and generate an electrical field to modulate the at least one nerve from a position where the at least one pair of modulation electrodes does not contact the at least one nerve.
US09649492B2
The disclosure relates to an electrical stimulation therapy method. The method includes applying a variable frequency stimulation pulse to target nerve tissue of the patient, wherein the variable frequency stimulation pulse comprises at least two kinds of electrical stimulation pulse trains at different frequencies; the at least two kinds of electrical stimulation pulse trains alternately stimulate target nerve tissue and form a plurality of pulse train periods; and each of the at least two kinds of alternate electrical stimulation pulse trains in each of the plurality of pulse train periods has a duration in a range from about 0.1 seconds to about 60 minutes. An implantable medical device for generating the variable frequency stimulation pulse is also related.
US09649489B2
An anchoring unit is disposed on a lead body of an electrical stimulation lead. The anchoring unit has a first end and a second end and includes a first attachment ring disposed at the first end, a second attachment ring disposed at the second end, and longitudinal struts extending linearly between, and coupled to, the first and second attachment rings. At least a portion of each longitudinal strut rests against the lead body in a retracted position, and each anchoring unit has a deployed position in which the first and second attachment rings are positioned closer together with the longitudinal struts extending away from the lead body to contact patient tissue and anchor the lead within the patient tissue.
US09649486B2
There is disclosed a system of electrodes used for transdermal conduction of electrical signals and a method of use thereof, the system comprising a plurality of electrode parts connected by means of electrical conductors to electric impedance tomography apparatuses, as well as other devices, the parts being secured to an outer side of a flexible and porous blade coated on both sides thereof by layers of electrically conductive and adhesive materials, such electrically conductive and adhesive materials being in mutual contact through the pores of the blade, the inner face of the latter being removably secured, by means of adhesion, to the patient. The invention comprises means for positioning the electrode parts, as well as means for external protection thereof and of their respective conductors.
US09649482B2
One aspect of the invention is a method of treating a wound to clot blood. A sponge material is applied to the wound. The sponge comprises a starch having hemostatic properties and at least one binding agent. The sponge may further comprise a porous, flexible material.
US09649480B2
The present teachings provide a device and methods of making and use thereof. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a device for restricting blood flow entering the lung after each right bean systole. Certain embodiments of the present teachings provide a device that prevents a complete closure of the pulmonary valve leaflets so that a certain amount of blood is allowed to flow from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle at the end of a right ventricle systole. Other embodiments of the present teachings provide a device that restricts the amount of blood outflowing from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. In addition, the present teachings also provide a delivery system for implanting such a device approximately to or at the pulmonary valve.
US09649479B2
Devices and methods for balloon delivery of rapamycin and other hydrophobic compounds to the wall of blood vessels. Balloon catheters, such as those used for balloon angioplasty, are modified with the addition of a reservoir of dry micelles, disposed at a suitable location within the balloon or catheter. The reservoir may be installed within the angioplasty balloon, within a lumen in communication with the angioplasty balloon, either as a loose or packed powder or as a film coating. The micelle preparation is reconstituted and the micelles are mobilized when the aqueous solution used to inflate the balloons is injected into the catheter. The micelles are infused into tissue surrounding the balloon when pressurized fluid within the balloon leaks through the wall of the balloon.
US09649478B2
Devices and methods for balloon delivery of rapamycin and other hydrophobic compounds to the wall of blood vessels. Balloon catheters, such as those used for balloon angioplasty, are modified with the addition of a reservoir of dry micelles, disposed at a suitable location within the balloon or catheter. The reservoir may be installed within the angioplasty balloon, within a lumen in communication with the angioplasty balloon, either as a loose or packed powder or as a film coating. The micelle preparation is reconstituted and the micelles are mobilized when the aqueous solution used to inflate the balloons is injected into the catheter. The micelles are infused into tissue surrounding the balloon when pressurized fluid within the balloon leaks through the wall of the balloon.
US09649472B2
A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.
US09649461B2
A medical system includes a tube (102) configured to pass internally into a body and an index (108) disposed on the tube and configured to be visible internally within the tube. An outermost nested cannula (110) component is affixed within the tube with a geometric relationship with the tube as indicated by the index. An imaging device (106) is configured to image an anatomic reference relative to the index such that alignment of the outermost nested cannula component is provided by aligning the at least one index with the anatomic reference.
US09649460B2
A breathing assistance apparatus includes an inner volumetric member pressurizable from a first pressure to a second pressure and an outer volumetric member surrounding at least a portion of the inner expandable volumetric member. The inner volumetric member pressurizes the outer volumetric member as the inner volumetric member is pressurized from the first pressure to the second pressure. In another embodiment, a breathing assistance apparatus includes exhalation and inhalation chambers with respective biasing members providing for the exhalation chamber to apply a pressure to the inhalation chamber and thereby provide assisted inhalation. Methods for assisting breathing are also provided.
US09649458B2
A method for managing pressure in a breathing assistance system configured to provide breathing assistance to a patient via a patient connection system is provided. The method may include receiving one or more first pressure sensor signals from a first pressure sensor, and analyzing the one or more first pressure sensor signals. Based at least on the analysis of the one or more first pressure sensor signals, either the first pressure sensor or the second pressure sensor may be selected for use in controlling the breathing assistance provided to the patient, and the breathing assistance provided to the patient may be controlled based at least on signals from the selected pressure sensor.
US09649449B2
A syringe or carpule includes a cylinder that surrounds a cavity and comprises an end that has an access to the cavity, membrane seals the access and has a puncture area that can be punctured by a needle. A two-part cap has a predetermined breaking line and spans the membrane. A cover device covers the puncture area of the membrane in a sterile manner and comprises a sealing area spanning the puncture area. The sealing area covers the puncture area in a sterile manner regardless of axial forces to be applied in the area of the predetermined breaking line.
US09649446B2
A medicament delivery device includes a housing having proximal and distal ends; a hollow piston plunger within the housing; a telescopic dose drum concentric between the housing and the plunger; and a plunger driver to drive the plunger toward the proximal end having a hollow drive drum sleeve movable within and coupleable to the piston plunger and fixed to the dose drum; an actuator operably connected to the drive drum sleeve; and a stop body for inhibiting rotation of the dose drum and drive drum sleeve when a set dose equals a remaining dose in a medicament container. The drive drum sleeve and piston plunger are operatively coupled such that axial movement of the actuator toward the proximal end forces the drive drum sleeve and piston plunger to couple, whereby the piston plunger and dose drum are displaced toward the proximal end for delivering the set dose.
US09649437B2
Interventional catheter assemblies and components providing improved operational control of interventional catheters and/or operating heads of interventional catheters are provided. In general, controllers incorporate at least two operator selectable control features for controlling operation of the interventional catheter and/or an operating head, and are housed independently of the interventional catheter operating systems and other control systems, which may be provided in a housing located or locatable at a proximal region of the interventional catheter. The controller may be both dockable in and removable from the housing, and is operable in both a docked condition and a removed condition, providing flexibility and mobility in operational control during an interventional procedure.
US09649428B2
An apparatus and method for preparing a pharmaceutical for transient application includes a tray having a sealed compartment, a vial of an ophthalmic formulation of mitomycin-C, a diluent carrier containing sterilized water, and a syringe that are all contained together in a single package. The component parts of the apparatus are used together to reconstitute the contents of the vial with the water in the diluent carrier, and then draw the reconstituted drug into the scaled compartment of the tray by a suction force produced by the syringe. In the tray compartment, the reconstituted drug is absorbed in at least one absorbent pad. The absorbent pads may come in multiple shapes and or/sizes. The tray is opened to remove the pad and the absorbed drug from the tray compartment for use of the pad in transient application of the drug.
US09649427B2
A system for filtering or treating blood of a subject is provided herein. The system includes a bone port for establishing fluid communication with a bone marrow of the bone and a return port for returning blood from the bone marrow to a circulation of the subject. The system further includes a blood treatment or filtering device interposed between the bone and return ports thereby establishing a mini-circulatory system.
US09649425B2
Devices, systems, or methods are disclosed herein for treatment of disease in a vertebrate subject. The device can include a quasi-planar substrate; and one or more laterally-mobile effector molecule types at least partially embedded within the quasi-planar substrate, wherein the one or more laterally-mobile effector molecule types is configured to interact with one or more cell types. The device can further include one or more sensors configured to detect at least one aspect of an interaction between the at least one of the one or more laterally-mobile effector molecule types and the one or more cell types; and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the controller is configured to responsively initiate modification of at least one of the one or more laterally-mobile effector molecule types, the quasi-planar substrate, and the one or more cell types.
US09649422B2
Systems and methods for determining when a fluid supply container of a blood processing apparatus becomes empty. The system uses a scale to monitor and detect when a fluid supply container is empty based on the rate of change of the container weight, and a controller receives a signal from the scale and controls the operation of a pump to stop pumping when the fluid supply container is empty.
US09649421B2
A method for controlling or regulating the pressure, which prevails within a heating bag of a tubing system used for the treatment, wherein the method encompasses the steps: Determining the pressure; comparing the determined pressure with a reference pressure or detecting its state with respect to a reference pressure range and changing a treatment parameter of the treatment of the patient or suggesting a correction of the treatment parameter in case the determined pressure is below or above, respectively, the reference pressure or outside the reference pressure range.
US09649414B2
The invention relates to a collection member (10) for a nasal aspirator (100), the collection member (10) having a shell (12) defining a cavity (14), which shell (12) is provided with a nasal insertion end (16) and a hose connection end (18), characterised by comprising: —a first tubular element (20) protruding from the nasal insertion end (16) into the cavity (14) such that a first inner end (21) of the first tubular element (20) is located in the cavity (14), and —a second tubular element (22) protruding from the hose connection end (18) into the cavity (14) such that a second inner end (23) of the second tubular element (22) is located in the cavity (14), and a collar (24) is provided around the second tubular element (22), and the first and second tubular elements (20, 22) are arranged such that the collar (24) is interposed between the first inner end (21) and the second inner end (23). The invention further relates to a nasal aspirator (100) comprising such a collection member (10).
US09649401B2
An ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; electrodes disposed directly or indirectly on the first substrate; a dielectric layer covering the electrodes; a sealant joining together the first and second substrates; a light-emitting layer that is disposed directly or indirectly on the dielectric layer and/or a surface of the second substrate; and a reaction vessel disposed directly or indirectly on a surface of the second substrate. The reaction vessel includes a tubular structure, an inlet channel and an outlet channel. The tubular structure has a ratio ha/hc of 5 to 10, where ha is a diameter of a circle inscribed in an inner bottom surface of the tubular structure, and hc is an inner height of the tubular structure.
US09649398B1
An apparatus including a first apparatus for producing light, which may include a first device for detecting movement of a door, and a first set of one or more light sources. The first set of one or more light sources may be configured to turn on when the first device for detecting movement of the door detects movement of the door. The first set of one or more light sources are configured to produce short wavelength ultraviolet light. The first device for detecting movement of the door may include an accelerometer. The first apparatus for producing light may include a computer processor; a computer memory; having a stored threshold value. The computer processor may compare a value of a detected signal produced with the threshold value and to cause the first set of one or more light sources to be turned on if the detected signal exceeds the threshold value.
US09649395B2
There is disclosed a system for cleaning and disinfecting allograft material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sterile bag and a motorized paddle blender. The sterile bag having an outer wall configured to withstand blending forces, at least one paddle contact section, and an allograft retaining section separate from the at least one paddle contact section. The motorized paddle blender having at least one paddle configured to apply blending forces on the sterile bag on the at least one paddle contact area, a motorized portion to actuate the at least one paddle, and a door component configured to hold the sterile bag adjacent the at least one paddle. The at least one paddle and the allograft retaining section are configured to prevent the paddle from contacting the allograft material when the blending forces are applied on the sterile bag on the at least one paddle contact area.
US09649391B2
This disclosure relates to particles (e.g., nanoparticles and microparticles) that display multiple functionalized surface domains in a controlled mosaic pattern. The disclosure also provides simple methods to create various particles that have multiple functionalized surface domains while allowing the use of a wide variety of diverse core structures. The multiple functionalized domains provide controllable particle binding and orientation, and controlled and sustained drug release profiles.
US09649385B2
Hydrogels that degrade under appropriate conditions of pH and temperature by virtue of crosslinking compounds that cleave through an elimination reaction are described. The hydrogels may be used for delivery of various agents, such as pharmaceuticals. This invention provides hydrogels that degrade to smaller, soluble components in a non-enzymatic process upon exposure to physiological conditions and to methods to prepare them. The hydrogels are prepared from crosslinking agents that undergo elimination reactions under physiological conditions, thus cleaving the crosslinking agent from the backbone of the hydrogel. The invention also relates to the crosslinking agents themselves and intermediates in forming the hydro gels of the invention. The biodegradable hydro gels prepared according to the methods of the invention may be of use in diverse fields, including biomedical engineering, absorbent materials, and as carriers for drug delivery.
US09649380B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising probiotic and prebiotic components, mineral salts, lactoferrin, and possibly saccharomycetes, which perform correct, effective colonisation of the probiotic components administered, with enteric consequences which involve maintaining and/or restoring intestinal health and preventing the consequences of common dysbioses of the digestive tract caused by stress, incorrect dietary habits and antibiotic treatments. Said compositions also have a concomitant anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating action.
US09649378B2
A method of treating a patient having a cancer in which HER2, HER4, FGFR1, EPHA2 and/or FGFR3 is upregulated and/or in which HER2, HER4, FGFR1, EPHA2 and/or FGFR3 mediated-signaling is upregulated, the method comprising administering to the patient a compound comprising or consisting of an OPCML polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a fragment thereof which comprises at least one Ig domain of OPCML, or a variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with the OPCML polypeptide or the fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule which encodes the OPCML polypeptide or fragment or variant thereof.
US09649373B2
A MD-2:TLR4 complex agonist compound is disclosed whose structure corresponds to Formula (I), as defined within. Also disclosed are a method of its preparation and use, as well as a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.
US09649366B2
Manufacturing and purification processes of complex protein found in Fraction IV to make a separated Apo, Transferrin, and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) or a combined Transferrin/Apo/Human Albumin/A1AT and all new found proteins. A complex of all proteins found currently in plasma, cryoprecipitate, Fraction III and many newly found proteins now being identified or any substances which are known proteins or unknown proteins which contain healthy cells and the combination of any of these known or unknown proteins which contain any one of these healthy cells: neutrophil, lymphocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and macrophage, and their potential applications for treating a wide variety of diseases and other physical conditions and disorders, and for maintaining health.
US09649351B2
Disclosed herein are an anti-obesity agent from natural products based on angiogenesis inhibitory actions, and an angiogenesis inhibitor or a composition for inhibiting obesity, containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Psoraleae Semen extract, Siegesbeckiae Herba extract, and Corni Fructus extract. Because the Psoraleae Semen extract, Siegesbeckiae Herba extract, and Corni Fructus extract of the present invention exhibit angiogenesis inhibitory effects and obesity inhibitory effects, they may be usefully used as an agent for prevention and treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases or obesity.
US09649349B1
A system and method of producing a blended extract of cannabinoids and terpenes, which extracts terpenes using supercritical CO2, and extracts a cannabinoid concentrate from the residual material using a cold ethanol flush followed by distillation; the CO2-extracted terpenes are then added back to the cannabinoid concentrate in a final blending step. Blending terpenes at the end of extraction may enhance the flavor and effectiveness of the cannabinoid concentrate. By separately extracting terpenes and cannabinoids, optimal processes and parameters may be used for each step. Blending may combine terpenes and cannabinoids in any desired ratio; for example, a terpene-to-cannabinoid ratio of approximately 1:10 may be used. The ethanol used in the cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids may be recovered and reused for subsequent batches. Cannabinoid concentrates may be redistilled multiple times to enhance their concentration, followed by terpene blending.
US09649337B2
A method of treating or preventing neurological injury in a subject who has suffered a stroke is described. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to the subject. Methods for prophylaxis against neurological injury from stroke, and methods for treating or preventing cardiovascular disease by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles are also described.
US09649336B2
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of actinic keratosis and/or for countering the effects of skin aging and/or damage to blood vessels and fine wrinkling The present invention provides for a composition comprising aluminum fluoride or chemical compounds which releases aluminum fluoride to be used to treat or reduce the negative effects of actinic keratosis or sun-induced skin aging and associated conditions, for example, damaged blood vessels and fine wrinkling
US09649335B1
A method of treating a condition of a mammal, including a human individual and an animal, by intravenously administering a therapeutically effective amount of a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide. In some embodiments, the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide is an aluminum poly-oxygenated hydroxide, such as Ox66™. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may have particles having a diameter of less than or equal to 1 um, and specifically having a diameter of less than or equal to 100 nm. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may be 75-90% colloid or crystalline solution with 10-25% addition of poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide particles.
US09649318B2
Unit dosage forms of meloxicam containing either 5 mg or 10 mg of meloxicam that provide effective pain relief and have desirable pharmacokinetic properties are described. The unit dosage forms can provide pain relief when a single unit dose is administered to a patient and useful for treating pain such as osteoarthritis pain at a relatively low systemic exposure to meloxicam.
US09649314B2
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.
US09649308B2
The present invention is directed to benzamide-containing compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which inhibit the P2X7 receptor, and their use in the treatment of pain.
US09649307B2
Herein are disclosed indoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer.
US09649303B2
Methods of the prophylaxis of the development of allergy in a patient at risk of sensitization to an antigen(s) or allergen(s) due to impaired gastrointestinal functions include administering a mast cell inhibitor, e.g., ketotifen, e.g., ketotifen fumarate. Methods for prophylactically treating, reducing, delaying or controlling gastrointestinal disorders include administering a mast cell stabilizer, e.g., ketotifen to a patient in need thereof. Pharmaceutical preparation, composition for use in methods described, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of prophylaxis or treating gastrointestinal and esophageal inflammation, and methods for the prophylaxis of the development of additional allergies to a newly introduced substance in a patient with a preexisting allergy. Such methods include delivery of a mast cell stabilizer, e.g., ketotifen. Oral and topical administration are contemplated within the scope of the methods.
US09649299B2
Described herein are transdermal parasiticidal formulations and methods of treatment and use, wherein the formulation is not only able to deliver an agent or agents through the skin layer, but is able to do so through wool, dirt and/or a sebum layer on the skin if such layers are present. The transdermal parasiticidal formulation may be a solution including a therapeutically effective amount of levamisole anthelmintic agent dissolved in a solution including isopropyl myristate and D-limonene. This base formulation is highly compatible with other compounds and various other actives may be added to this formulation.
US09649292B2
Gold(III) complexes having mixed ligands as anticancer agents. The gold(III) complexes are coordinated to bidentate ligands having diamino functional groups: a diaminocyclohexane ligand and an ethylenediamine ligand. These complexes can exist in both cis- and trans-configurations. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions incorporating the gold(I) complexes, methods of synthesis, methods of treating cancer and methods of inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and inducing cancer cell apoptosis.
US09649291B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating or preventing obesity in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of certain carbamate compounds. The invention further relates to methods for reducing body weight and/or reducing food intake in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of certain carbamate compounds.
US09649288B2
An inhibitor of visceral fat loss is capable of suppressing body weight loss peculiarly found in Parkinson's disease patients. The inhibitor of visceral fat loss in Parkinson's disease patients of the present invention contains a lipid obtained by subjecting a medium-chain triglyceride that includes as a constitutive fatty acid at least one of a saturated fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a saturated fatty acid having 10 carbon atoms to a transesterification reaction with a vegetable oil. The lipid is preferably obtained by subjecting the medium-chain triglyceride to a transesterification reaction with the vegetable oil at a ratio of 10:90 to 20:80.
US09649287B2
The invention is directed to microbial oils containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids comprising docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and optionally docosapentaenoic acid and dosage forms containing such oils.
US09649285B2
The present invention provides for methods and compositions for treating medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that phenylbutyrate can serve as a substrate for medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. In non-limiting embodiments, phenylbutyrate and/or another source of phenylacetate is administered as a chaperone treatment to patients suffering from medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
US09649278B2
An injection-molded shell of a dosage form of good quality is producible by a) providing a composition comprising i) from 25 to 90 weight percent of ethylcellulose, ii) from 7.5 to 60 weight percent of a polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative being different from ethylcellulose, and iii) from 2.5 to 50 weight percent of at least one component being different from polysaccharides and polysaccharide derivatives, based on the total weight of the composition, with the proviso that the composition comprises zero or not more than 10 weight percent of gelatin and zero or not more than 10 weight percent of a polymer comprising homo- or copolymerized acrylic acid, homo- or copolymerized methacrylic acid, a homo- or copolymerized acrylate or a homo- or copolymerized methacrylate, and b) subjecting the composition to shearing and heat to plasticize the composition and injection-molding the plasticized composition into a three-dimensional shell of a dosage form.
US09649276B2
The present invention is directed to metal supplementation of beverages. More particularly, it is directed to a metal containing complex coacervate core micelle comprising a negatively charged chelating agent, a low molecular weight natural food-grade polymeric cation, and water. It is also directed to a process to produce said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle, and to the use of said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle to supplement beverages with a source of highly bioavailable metal. It is also related to a beverage comprising said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle.
US09649273B2
Oral compositions containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane particle, preferably polymethylsilsesquioxane particles, an oxidizing agent and an orally-acceptable carrier. Method of using such compositions for the cleaning and polishing of dental enamel, such methods including the step of applying such oral care compositions to the teeth of a user.
US09649272B2
A nail compositions comprising at least one photo-curable polymer dispersed in water (latex), at least one polyurethane non-photo-curable polymer dispersed in water (latex), at least one photo-initiator, optionally at least one plasticizer, optionally a colorant, and water are provided. Also provided are nail composition systems and kits comprising the nail compositions of the invention together with a base coat composition and/or a top coat composition.
US09649268B2
The invention relates to the use of specific glucuronolactone derivatives as self-tanning substances, as tanning enhancers for dihydroxyacetone or for a mixture of self-tanning substances comprising dihydroxyacetone, for modulation of the color shade achieved in the case of tanning with dihydroxyacetone or by the mixture or preparation comprising dihydroxyacetone, as contrast-reduction agents or for coloring keratin-containing fibers, and to preparations or compositions for coloring keratin-containing fibers comprising these specific glucuronolactone derivatives.
US09649266B2
The present invention provides antagonists of acetylcholine receptors for the treatment of skin conditions. The present invention achieves treatment of skin conditions without causing the severe damage to the skin associated with antagonism of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
US09649265B2
An aqueous composition includes: (a) surfactants comprising a salt of a C10-16 alcohol ethoxylate sulfate, a betaine surfactant, and an alkyl polyglucoside, wherein the salt of the C10-16 alcohol ethoxylate sulfate is present in a quantity that is greater than any other surfactant; (b) at least 15 weight % of the composition of a C12-18 fatty acid. A cleansing method includes applying the composition to skin or hair and washing, and optionally rinsing with water.
US09649263B2
A water-releasing sunscreen composition in the form of an emulsion and process for using the composition are provided. The composition includes an aqueous phase containing at least one water-soluble ingredient. The composition further includes an oil phase containing a first emulsifier and a liquid organic liposoluble UV filter. The liquid organic liposoluble UV filter is at a concentration from about 10% to about 25%. The composition includes a phase ratio of the aqueous phase to the oil phase of about 1.0 to about 12.0. The sunscreen composition is stable, has a sun protection factor (SPF) of greater than or equal to 15 and converts from an emulsion to a plurality of droplets upon application of shear.
US09649262B2
A composition including an effective amount of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene component combined with an effective amount of an alcohol selected from the group of methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, tert-butanol, isobutanol, 2-ethyl hexanol and any combination thereof, where the composition has azeotropic properties.
US09649258B2
The present invention is directed toward a food storage container comprising a body with a mechanism for denoting a time in which a food item was placed in the storage container for storage. In one embodiment, the time designation mechanism comprises a plurality of rings where each ring comprises at least one marker. Time is denoted by aligning the marker with a label located proximate to said ring.
US09649255B2
A hermetically-sealed plastics container for blood derivative products is provided. The container may have an internal surface and an external surface, characterized in that it comprises an RFID inlay between the internal surface and the external surface.
US09649252B2
A variable capsule-shaped hot-air bath apparatus, includes: a first hot-air bath including a first cover covering and protecting an upper part thereof, a first film heater attached to a lower part of the first cover, a first frame attached and fixed to a circumference of one side of the lower part of the first cover and formed in a U-shape, legs coupled to the lower part of one side of the first frame, and wheels coupled to lower parts of the legs; and a second hot-air bath including a second cover covering and protecting an upper part thereof, a second film heater attached to a lower part of the second cover, a second frame attached and fixed to a circumference of one side of the lower part of the second cover, rail parts mounted on and fixed to inner sides of both sides of the second frame for smooth movement.
US09649251B2
This invention relates to a system for monitoring the position of a measuring unit when placed on a person, especially on the chest of a person, the system comprising a drive unit generating a magnetic field oscillating at a predetermined frequency adapted to be positioned on the opposite side of the person, e.g. chest to back dimensions, and the measuring unit being adapted to measure the magnetic field strength, the system including calculating means for calculating the distance between the measuring unit and the drive unit.
US09649246B1
A massage device mounting system may include two mounting elements, each with a slot for receiving a removable massage bar with a cylindrical shaft and two opposing bar ends mounted within the slots. A massage device is pivotally coupled to the cylindrical shaft and includes a bore through the central axis of the massage device. A massage device mounting system may also include an adjustable support for mounting the massage device within a doorway or for supporting the massage device adjacent to a surface, such as a wall or a floor.
US09649245B2
An apparatus 40 for enhancing venous blood flow through a limb of a subject includes a detachable compression sleeve 41 extendable around the subject's limb and having a plurality of compressors 43-48 situated next to one another along the sleeve 41. In use, the compressors 43-48 substantially encircle the limb and compress the limb in a continuous cyclical compression sequence to move blood within the limb from the distal end of the sleeve 41 to the proximal end to replicate venous blood flow and to prevent backflow. In particular, as a said first compressor begins to compress the limb, a said second compressor preceding the first compressor in sequence already compresses the limb and continues to compress the limb at least until the first compressor compresses the limb to substantially the same extent as the second compressor, and a said third compressor which precedes the second compressor in sequence ceases to compress the limb.
US09649239B2
A support chair has a base with wheels, a support post with a translation mechanism, a power system with controls, an upper seat portion having a downward-extending post engaging the support post and engaging the translation mechanism such that the chair portion raises and lowers, a back-support portion hinged to the seat portion, a leg-support portion hinged to the seat portion, a plurality of attachment interfaces implemented to frame elements of the support chair, and at least one multiply-articulated peripheral support assembly having a padded surface at one end and a support interface at an opposite end, the support interface enabled to join to any one of the attachment interfaces implemented to the frame elements.
US09649227B2
The invention relates to a textile bandage with a bandage body (20) which has an inner face, directed towards a bandage wearer, and an outer face, wherein the surface of the inner face has zones (30, 40, 50) with different marking orientations (33, 44, 55).
US09649225B2
An electronic hearing protector includes an ear cup assembly comprising a front exterior microphone that provides a front microphone signal and a rear exterior microphone that provides a rear microphone signal. A processor receives and digitizes the front microphone signal and the rear microphone signal, and provides a front channel signal and a rear channel signal indicative thereof respectively. A filter receives the rear channel signal and has a cut-off frequency value that provides a high-frequency roll-off and a notch at a notch filter frequency value that is less than the cut-off frequency value, where the filter provides a filtered signal. A first signal indicative of the front channel signal and a second signal indicative of the filtered signal are summed, and a signal indicative of the summed signal is provided to a speaker within the ear cup that provides an audio signal within the first ear cup indicative of the summed signal.
US09649222B2
In one aspect of the invention, a multi-purpose phacoemulsification needle comprises a needle body disposed about a centerline and has a lumen disposed therein. The lumen has a first cross-sectional area that is normal to the centerline. The needle further comprises a distal tip comprising an arcuate surface and a face with a port therein. The port has a second cross-sectional area in a plane generally parallel to the face and is in fluid communication with an internal cavity that has a third cross-sectional area normal to the centerline, the internal cavity being in fluid communication with the lumen. The needle is configured such that the third cross-sectional area is greater than either the first cross-sectional area or the second cross-sectional area. In another aspect of the invention, the needle comprises a plurality of fins projecting inwardly from the lumen.
US09649221B2
A housing for soaking a hand with arthritis, trauma, or skin conditions. The housing may include an outside container and an inside container. The outside container may house the components. There may be a channel between the inside container and the outside container. The present invention may include a heating element and an impeller within the channel. In certain embodiments, the heating element and impeller housing may be attached to the bottom of a lid that covers the housing.
US09649215B2
The invention relates to a connecting clement (5) between two orthopedic components, in particular prosthesis or orthosis components, which are rigidly coupled to one another and comprise a top part (2) and a bottom part (8). The connecting element (5) has a laminar structure, and at least one sensor (20) is arranged in the connecting element (5) in order to determine an effective moment or an effective force.
US09649206B2
A motorized prosthetic device includes a joint member, a limb member, a pressure sensor, and a kinematic sensor. The pressure sensor indicates interaction between the motorized prosthetic device and the ground and the kinematic sensor measures torque at the joint member. A controller receives data from the pressure sensor and kinematic sensor and calculates a control signal based at least on the received data. An electrical motor receives the control signal and operates an actuator in accordance with the received control signal.
US09649201B2
This disclosure provides an anatomic socket alignment guide set, for total hip replacement arthroplasty. The guide set is created from patient-specific medical images, allowing the guide set components to recreate the native center of rotation of a patient's hip joint, thereby permitting accurate placement of the hip replacement prosthesis.
US09649200B2
A spinal implant comprises a body including a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. At least one of the surfaces includes at least one tissue penetrating member. The at least one member includes a cutting surface and a guide surface that defines a cavity configured for disposal of tissue. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US09649196B2
A shock-absorbing system for use in joint replacement arthroscopy has a bearing surface, a mounting base affixed to or formed with the bearing surface, a convex element extending outwardly of the mounting base opposite the bearing surface, a receptacle positioned so as to slidably or pivotably receive a portion of the convex element therein, a housing receiving at least a portion of the receptacle therein, and a resilient element received in the housing and bearing against a surface of the housing and against a surface of the receptacle.
US09649183B2
A delivery apparatus for introducing an intravascular filter into a body vessel of a patient includes a sheath defining a lumen, an intravascular filter positioned in the lumen, an ultrasound transducer positioned to the application side of the intravascular filter, a guide wire cannula and a tip located at an application side end of the delivery apparatus.
US09649181B2
A vibrating toothbrush is provided with vibration-isolating zones that substantially isolate vibrations in the head and reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle without sacrificing structural integrity around the vibration-isolation zones. Such zones may generally comprise neck material that is reduced in cross-section, thinned, replaced by dampening material, or removed altogether to create transmission-inhibiting voids. The vibration-isolating zones may be further supported by the housing of the vibratory element to maintain the structural integrity around the zones and to thereby alleviating weakness conditions that might subject the toothbrush to fatigue and breakage conditions.
US09649180B2
A dental device is described that comprises a monolithic support structure for use in implant-supported dental restoration applications for partially or fully edentulous patients. The monolithic support structure comprises a unitary support body with one or more teeth projections projecting from the support body, and at least one support region providing a framework for integrating discrete artificial teeth adjacent the teeth projections. An implant-supported dental device is also provided that comprises the monolithic support structure, one or more artificial teeth, and a gingival region comprised of a formable material that secures artificial teeth within the framework of the monolithic support structure.
US09649163B2
In an introduction assembly for an articulated probe, a feeding mechanism has actuators for controlling the articulated probe. The introduction device is fixed in a positional relationship to the feeding mechanism. The introduction device includes a support member configured to support an articulated probe. A proximal end of the support member has an entrance configured to guide the articulated probe into contact with the support member. A distal end of the support member has an exit configured to guide the articulated probe from the support member into a region of interest.
US09649159B2
Various embodiments of an eccentric balloon catheter are disclosed. In some embodiments, an eccentric balloon catheter includes an eccentrically positioned guidewire tube, with an interior lumen, that extends at least a portion of the length of the catheter body. Optical fibers may extend the length of the catheter body and may also be eccentrically positioned within the catheter body. An inflatable balloon may be positioned within a window within the catheter body near the distal end of the catheter. When inflated, the balloon and catheter may slide relative to one another. When used within a vessel, an inflated balloon may press against a vessel wall and bias the catheter toward an opposite vessel wall.
US09649155B2
A medical device is provided comprising a shaft comprising a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is configured to buckle upon application of a first critical force. The second segment includes an outer surface and an inner surface and is configured to buckle upon application of a second critical force. The second critical force is lower than the first critical force. The medical device further comprises a coil disposed radially inwardly of the inner surface of the second segment.
US09649149B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing power to an electrosurgical instrument. A method of providing power to an electrosurgical instrument includes generating a non-sinusoidal driving voltage having a substantially constant driving frequency; providing the non-sinusoidal driving voltage to a series LC circuit having a resonant frequency of substantially twice the substantially constant driving frequency and configured to present an impedance that limits current spikes and voltage transient spikes during load fluctuations; generating a quasi-sinusoidal current in the series LC circuit from the non-sinusoidal driving voltage; and providing the quasi-sinusoidal current to an electrical output, wherein the electrical output is configured for coupling to an electrical input of a bipolar tissue-sealing surgical instrument.
US09649147B2
A tissue segmentation device, controller, and methods therefore are disclosed. The device has an active electrode, a return electrode, a mechanical force application mechanism, voltage and current sensors, and a controller. The controller is configured to control a power output of the segmentation device. The controller has a processing component, responsive to the sensors, configured to execute the following: (a) derive a power factor of power applied to the at least one electrode; and (b) responsive to the deriving a power factor, assign a circuit status to a circuit comprising the at least one electrode. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)≧T), THEN the circuit status is “open”. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)
US09649140B1
This application describes surgical instruments and implants for building a posterior fixation construct across one or more segments of the spinal column. Extension guides are provided that attach to bone anchors implanted within the spine. The extension guides have a guide channel that align with a rod channel in the anchor to help direct the rod to the anchor. Instruments are provided to aid in insertion and positioning or the rod.
US09649139B2
A polyaxial screwdriver for inserting a bone screw in a vertebra. A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a coupling element. When a screw engaging end of the polyaxial screwdriver is lowered on the head of the bone screw, the complimentary surfaces of the screw engaging end of the screwdriver and the head of the screw self-align. A ratchet mechanism formed in the screwdriver provides progressive and automatic locking of the polyaxial screwdriver to the coupling element and prevents the accidental unthreading from the coupling element. In another embodiment of the polyaxial screwdriver, a collet slides over the outside surface of the upper end of the coupling element and locks on to the coupling element. In yet another embodiment of a polyaxial screwdriver, the outer sleeve of the polyaxial screwdriver has a split end that securely engages the coupling element.
US09649135B2
A low profile orthopedic device is used to fix and stabilize bones to correct anomalies in skeletal structure occurring naturally or by trauma. Bone screws are screwed into bones by application of torque. Connectors are attached to the anchored bone screws. Each connector includes a clamp and a compression ring. A connecting rod connects several connectors together. The clamps are tightened to hold the rod to the bone screws in a pre-selected position by linear movement of the compression ring.
US09649134B2
The screw assembly includes a screw, an insert, and a body member. The screw includes a longitudinal axis and a proximal end with a head portion and a distal end with a threaded portion. The insert operably couples with the head portion and is configured to rotate relative to the head portion about the longitudinal axis. The body member operably couples with the insert and is configured to pivot relative to the insert in a single plane parallel to the longitudinal axis. In other features, the body member operably couples with the insert and is configured to pivot relative to the insert about a transverse axis normal to a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US09649131B2
The present application relates to a microdermabrasion device (1). The device has a suction path (11) along which skin fragments removed by the device are drawn, and a detection unit (3) configured to determine one or more characteristics of skin fragments drawn along the suction path. The detection unit is configured to determine the depth of abrasion performed by the device based on the one or more characteristics of skin fragments drawn along the suction path. The present application also relates to a method of determining the operating depth of abrasion of a microdermabrasion device.
US09649125B2
A medical instrument includes a tubular cutter extending along an axis and having a windowed outer sleeve and a moveable inner cutting sleeve. An ultrasound transducer is operatively coupled to the inner cutting sleeve in order to induce motion in the inner cutting sleeve to enhance cutting or resection of tissue by the inner cutting sleeve as it is reciprocated or otherwise moved past the cutting window. The instrument typically will include a motor drive configured to reciprocate and/or rotate the inner cutting sleeve relative to the windowed outer sleeve, usually at a reciprocation rate between 1 and 10 Hz.
US09649120B1
An apparatus for the insertion, placement, attachment, and removal of a surgical device includes a handle and an elongate shaft. Opposing spring fingers that open and close relative to one another are partially and slidably disposed within the distal end of the elongate shaft opposite the handle. The opposing spring fingers are adapted to grasp a surgical device and power the surgical device via physical conductors on the spring fingers or graspers attached thereto, resulting in the surgical device being fully functional. A first trigger mechanism opens and closes the spring fingers via a piston disposed within the elongate shaft. A second trigger mechanism rotates the surgical device grasped by the spring fingers.
US09649115B2
Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device coupled to a delivery catheter includes a fluid flow path that facilitates contrast fluid to pass through the delivery catheter and the medical device to a distal side thereof to provide imaging information as to the position of the medical device positioned in the opening, such as the left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a medical device is coupled to a delivery catheter, the medical device including flaps adjacent a hub of the medical device that close-off a bore of the hub upon the catheter being detached from the medical device.
US09649112B2
A system is described for performing vascular anastomosis without the use of sutures. The system includes a connector comprised of memory material and an incision seal. The connector has one end configured to securely engage a graft vessel and another end with wings and barbs. The wings are configured to securely engage an inner wall of a main vessel and the barbs are configured to lock with the incision seal. Once locked, the incision seal and the connector apply a clamping force that secures the graft vessel with the main vessel.
US09649106B2
Suturing apparatuses configured to suture biological tissue, such as an anatomical valve, can include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, one or more arms, and one or more needles. A protective member may be used to inhibit contact between a distal end of a needle and surrounding tissue. Methods for suturing bodily tissue such as an anatomical valve may be performed with the suturing apparatuses. The suturing apparatuses may be used to suture adjacent valve leaflets or the base of a valve in order to treat or repair the valve.
US09649105B2
A surgical incision suturing device particularly suited for minimally invasive surgical procedures comprising a suturing mechanism built into a trocar stem that enables a surgeon to stitch a patient by utilizing controls on the exposed top portion of the trocar.
US09649102B2
An incrementally adjustable wound retractor, which provides access to a body cavity, includes a flexible retraction sheath, an inner ring having a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision attached to the distal end of the retraction sheath, and at least two rows of a plurality of loops disposed around the proximal end of the retraction sheath, each row of loops sized and configured to receive a noncompliant split hoop. The two split hoops may be rolled over each other and around the annular axis to retract the sheath with sufficient force to stretch the incision to the desired diameter.
US09649096B2
A motorized surgical instrument that may be held by the surgeon or be attached to the surgeon's limb via a special adapter that includes an interface between the surgeon and the surgical tool is provided. The motorized surgical instrument includes mechanism, motors, gears, interface and power source that enable the surgeon to easily control the motorized surgical tools in order perform the surgical procedure.
US09649087B2
Disclosed herein is a method and device for apnea and hypopnea detection. In one embodiment, a method is provided for detecting apneas and hypopneas from a digitized breath sound recording acquired from a candidate suspected of sleep apnea. The method comprises scanning an amplitude profile of the digitized breath sound recording to identify a prospect event segment; evaluating characteristics of the prospect event segment for consistency with one or more preset apnea-specific criteria; classifying the prospect event segment as representative of an apnea upon it satisfying each of the one or more apnea-specific criteria; evaluating the prospect event characteristics for consistency with one or more preset hypopnea-specific criteria distinct from the apnea-specific criteria; and classifying the prospect event segment as representative of a hypopnea upon it satisfying each of the one or more hypopnea-specific criteria.
US09649084B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray source for irradiating X-rays to a subject; a sensor mounted on the source; and a controller for obtaining a volume of the subject based on an output value of the sensor, determining a degree of obesity of the subject based on the volume, and controlling an irradiation level of the X-rays based on the degree of obesity of the subject, wherein the output value of the sensor comprises, if the sensor comprises multiple image sensors, tilting angles of the multiple image sensors while the X-ray source is being shifted. An X-ray imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same where characteristics, e.g., a degree of obesity, of a subject may be automatically detected. Based on the detected characteristics of the subject, an intensity of X-rays may be automatically controlled, thereby improving the quality of the X-ray image.
US09649077B2
A medical imaging system comprising a C-arm supporting a radiation source and a radiation detector, an external protection cover of said C-arm, wherein said C-arm and said cover are separable from each other and are respectively supported by two different vehicles when separated from each other.
US09649068B2
The table for performing breast biopsies is characterized by features that enhance patient comfort and facilitate performance of the biopsy. An opening in the table allowing the breast to extend below the table top is formed in a removable insert. An area of the insert includes padding. An alternate insert having a different diameter opening may be selected based on patient breast size. Another insert having an asymmetrical opening may accommodate the patient's arm when it is desirable to position both the arm and breast of the patient below the table top. The table top is contoured such that symmetrical distal end sections are elevated relative to a central section to support the patient in multiple positions. A removable pad may be placed over the insert. An end portion for padding the hip of the patient is thicker than an end portion for padding the head/neck of the patient.
US09649066B2
The system of the present invention includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, a voltage potential is created and the power source is completed, which activates the system. The electronic component controls the conductance between the dissimilar materials to produce a unique current signature. The system can be used in a variety of different applications, including as components of ingestible identifiers, such as may be found in ingestible event markers, e.g., pharma-informatics enabled pharmaceutical compositions.
US09649060B2
A puncture needle cartridge (1) includes: a lancet body (5) mounted with a puncture needle (3) on a front end side and having a mount (4) on a rear end side; and a plate-like first case (6) and second case (7) covering the lancet body (5) from above and below and arranged slidably back and forth along each other. The puncture needle cartridge (1) is configured such that the first case (6) is slid forward of the second case (7), and in this slid state, the first case (6) and the second case (7) are secured to each other when ejected from the puncture instrument (10). This can make the puncture needle cartridge (1) impossible to mount again on the puncture instrument (10).
US09649049B2
An interactive implantable medical device system includes an implantable medical device and a network-enabled external device capable of bi-directional communication and interaction with the implantable medical device. The external device is programmed to interact with other similarly-enabled devices. The system facilitates improved patient care by eliminating unnecessary geographic limitations on implantable medical device interrogation and programming, and by allowing patients, physicians, and other users to access medical records, history, and information and to receive status and care-related alerts and messages anywhere there is access to a communications network.
US09649048B2
An integrated catheter placement system for accurately placing a catheter within a patient's vasculature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated system comprises a system console, a tip location sensor for temporary placement on the patient's chest, and an ultrasound probe. The tip location sensor senses a magnetic field of a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when the catheter is disposed in the vasculature. The ultrasound probe ultrasonically images a portion of the vasculature prior to introduction of the catheter. ECG signal-based catheter tip guidance is included in the integrated system to enable guidance of the catheter tip to a desired position with respect to a node of the patient's heart. Various means for establishing a conductive pathway between a sterile field of the patient and a non-sterile field to enable passage of ECG signals from the catheter to the tip location sensor are also disclosed.
US09649046B2
Cardiac catheterization is performed by recording electrograms from a multi-electrode probe at respective locations in the heart, determining slopes and annotations in the electrograms within time windows, establishing relationships among the slopes and annotations of the electrograms, and determining lines of conduction block in the heart from the relationships.
US09649041B2
According to one embodiment, a blood flow perfusion analyzing apparatus includes tissue and arterial TCC calculation units, first and second making units, a deconvolution unit and a blood flow information calculation unit. The tissue TCC calculation unit obtains tissue TCCs. The arterial TCC calculation unit calculates an arterial TCC. The first making unit makes first sets, starting from a first time in which elements corresponding to the tissue are arrayed one-dimensionally, based on the tissue TCCs. The second making unit makes a second set, starting from a second time after the first time, in which elements corresponding to the artery are arrayed two-dimensionally, based on the arterial TCC. The deconvolution unit calculates transfer functions of the tissue based on the first and second sets. The blood flow information calculation unit calculates information on a blood flow perfusion based on the transfer functions.
US09649031B2
A method of determining a geometrical measurement of a retina of an eye, comprising obtaining a two dimensional representation of at least a portion of the retina of the eye (34), deriving a geometrical remapping which converts the two dimensional representation of the retinal portion to a three dimensional representation of the retinal portion (36), using one or more coordinates of the two dimensional representation of the retinal portion to define the geometrical measurement to be taken of the retina on the two dimensional representation (38), using the geometrical remapping to convert the or each coordinate of the two dimensional representation of the retinal portion to an equivalent coordinate of the three dimensional representation of the retinal portion (40), and using the or each equivalent coordinate of the three dimensional representation of the retinal portion to determine the geometrical measurement of the retina of the eye (42).
US09649026B2
Systems and techniques for reconstructing one or more surfaces of an object including one or more opaque surfaces behind one or more refractive surfaces are provided. The systems and techniques may include obtaining one or more images of the object including an opaque surface located behind a refractive surface and determining one or more refractive surface constraints using the one or more images. The one or more refractive surface constraints constrain one or more characteristics of the refractive surface. The systems and techniques may further include reconstructing an opaque surface representation or a refractive surface representation using the one or more refractive surface constraints, the opaque surface representation representing the opaque surface of the object, and the refractive surface representation representing the refractive surface of the object.
US09649025B2
In an embodiment, a scanning optical system comprises first and second optical sources and a deflector device. The first and second optical sources provide first and second beams, respectively, of optical radiation. The deflector device is disposed to receive and deflect the first and second beams, and is configured for a scanning operation on a beam of radiation traversing the deflector device. The first beam is incident on the deflector device with a first orientation and the second beam is incident on the deflector device with a second orientation that is different from the first orientation.
US09649023B2
In certain embodiments, determining biometric properties of an eye includes emitting a measuring light beam. The measuring light beam is guided towards the eye for a plurality of scans. For each scan, the measuring light beam enters the cornea in a first lateral region and reaches the retina of the eye in a second lateral region along a corresponding beam path. The beam paths are different from each other. The measuring light beam back-reflected from the eye for each scan is interferometrically analyzed to provide corresponding OCT data. At least one of the following is determined according to the OCT data: at least one distance from a surface of the retina to a surface of the cornea or to a surface of the lens of the eye.
US09649022B2
A control method of a fundus examination apparatus constructed as a perimeter for examining a fundus of an examinee's eye, includes: controlling a monitor provided in the fundus examination apparatus as the perimeter to display a two-dimensional map pertinent to a two-dimensional analysis result of the fundus based on a tomographic image of the examinee's eye obtained by an optical coherence tomography device; setting an examination position in the fundus examination apparatus as the perimeter on the two-dimensional map displayed on the monitor; and controlling the fundus examination apparatus as the perimeter based on the set examination position to examine the fundus.
US09649019B2
A method for rinsing endoscope channels of an endoscope with a rinsing agent from a rinsing agent supply. The method including: connecting a first endoscope channel to the rinsing agent supply via a first rinsing agent distributor, which has a testing device for checking an endoscope channel for a blockage; connecting at least one other endoscope channel to the rinsing agent supply via a second rinsing agent distributor; and checking the first endoscope channel for a blockage using a testing device and simultaneously rinsing the at least one other endoscope channel with rinsing agent from the rinsing agent supply. A device is also provided for rinsing endoscope channels of an endoscope with rinsing agent from a rinsing supply.
US09649011B2
An apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing an interior of a shoe which generates ultrasonic wind of a whirlwind type in the interior of the shoe to remove foreign substances from the interior of the shoe and which injects ultra fine particles of solution into the interior of the shoe to sterilize the interior of the shoe. The apparatus includes a housing opened or closed with a door; a shoe supporting member mounted on a top end of a support pillar having a predetermined length and vertically installed in an inner space of the housing, wherein the show supporting member is configured to be inside the shoe and support the shoe by hanging the shoe thereto; a vibration guide pipe fixed to an inside of the shoe supporting member; and a nozzle tube movably installed in the vibration guide pipe.
US09649010B2
The present invention relates to a dish rack that includes: a lower rack that has a drain hole formed in the bottom thereof and receives a dish therein; an upper rack that is provided above the lower rack at a different height and receives a dish therein; and a support frame coupled to the lower and upper racks to maintain the lower and upper racks spaced apart from each other, wherein the lower and upper racks and the support frame are assembled to each other through coupling bosses and coupling holes that are formed therein to correspond to each other. In the present invention, the upper and lower racks and the support frame of the dish rack can be assembled to each other in an easy and simple manner through the coupling bosses and the coupling holes without a separate fastener, thereby enhancing assembly efficiency of the dish rack.
US09649006B2
Fluid circulation systems for dishwasher appliances are provided. A fluid circulation system includes a sump and a pump. The fluid circulation system further includes a filter at least partially disposed within a chamber of the sump and surrounding an impeller of the pump, and an outlet conduit for flowing fluid from the sump to a wash chamber. The fluid circulation system further includes a manifold disposed proximate an outer surface of a sidewall of the filter, the manifold defining a plurality of apertures for flowing fluid therethrough and towards the outer surface of the sidewall of the filter, and a valve disposed within the outlet conduit, the valve movable between a first position wherein fluid flowed through the valve is exhausted from the valve into the outlet conduit and towards the wash chamber and a second position wherein fluid flowed through the valve is diverted to the manifold.
US09649004B2
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a steam cleaning device, the device comprising a supply of water for generating steam, and a steam cleaning head for ejecting steam generated from said supply of water in proximity to a surface to be cleaned, wherein the steam cleaning head comprises a portion for receiving a composition adapted to be used in conjunction with such a steam cleaning device, the portion being perfused by steam during ejection by said steam cleaning head of steam generated from said supply of water. This has the advantage that the composition may be changed by a user dependent only on the user's requirements and the rate of consumption of the composition, and independently of both the rate of consumption of water by the steam cleaning device and any need to remove, clean or replace a cleaning cloth mounted on the steam cleaning head. In a second aspect, the present invention also provides an encapsulated composition adapted to be used in conjunction with a steam cleaning device comprising a supply of water for generating steam, wherein the encapsulated composition has a shape adapted to fit a portion of a steam cleaning head of the steam cleaning device, which portion is perfused by steam during ejection by said steam cleaning head of steam generated from said supply of water. Such a “must-fit” adaptation of the encapsulated composition provides the possibility that only encapsulated compositions suitable for use in a particular steam cleaning device can be charged into that device, in order to ensure correct dosage by the composition of the steam generated by the device.
US09648972B2
A seaming apparatus is formed from an elongated plate that is inextendible in both longitudinal and lateral directions. An upper surface of the plate is divided into multiple, transversely spaced and longitudinally extending zones. In the preferred embodiment, three such zones, including two edge zones spaced by a central zone, are provided. Numerous elongated upstanding sharp projections are provided in each of the edge zones and an adhesive layer is provided in the central zone. A peelable protective cover is arranged atop the adhesive layer. A thin adhesive layer with a peelable protective cover may be placed on a lower surface to secure the seaming apparatus to a supporting surface.
US09648971B2
A wine glass having a separate top portion and a bottom portion that can be joined together to form a single wine glass. The top portion has a drinking rim opposite a lower rim and the top portion has an enclosed bottom opposite and upper rim. The lower rim of the top portion and the upper rim of the bottom portion join together to form a leak-proof drinking vessel or cup of the wine glass. When separated, the top portion and bottom portion can be nested together. Additionally, a plurality of such wine glasses can be nested together, so that a large number of wine glasses can be packaged together for economical storage and shipping. The wine glass can be disposable and biodegradable or compostable, as examples.
US09648966B2
A nail polish display system includes a case, which may take the form of a shelving system or platform, sized to hold and display multiple bottles of nail polish. The bottles are attached to coupling devices, such as clamps, sleeves, magnetic couplers, etc. to an agitator, which preferably takes the form of a rotatable rod. A motor operates the agitator to move, rotate or otherwise agitate the bottles and therefore sufficiently and continuously mix the nail polish within the bottles. The system may include one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of a patron, configured to detect a position of the motor or agitator, and/or configured to detect when a door to the case is being opened. Further, the motor may be programmable and receive instructions from either a controller or control logic using input from one or more of the sensors.
US09648962B1
A transformable baby walker includes an upper frame unit, a support unit, two front retaining members, two rear retaining members, two shell units, four latch members, four actuators, and a plurality of casters. A shell member of each of the shell units has a rocking surface and a mounting surface. Each of the casters is mounted on the mounting surface of a corresponding one of the shell units. Each of the shell units is angularly displaceable between a walker position, where the casters are in contact with a floor surface, and a rocker position, where the rocking surface is in contact with the floor surface.
US09648961B1
A translocatable child care changing station having a horizontally disposed laying surface bounded by a plurality of guardrails, each of said plurality of guardrails positional between a raised, vertical orientation relative the laying surface and a horizontal orientation relative said laying surface, said laying surface securable upon a frame member disposed erectable upon a plurality of voluble leg members, each of said leg members moveable wherein the height of the laying surface is selectable at a desired position relative a user by action of a handle member, said handle member usable to effect securable positioning of each of said leg members.
US09648959B2
A single clasp leg pillow having a removably detachable extension. The single clasp leg pillow includes two bolsters, each having an outer surface and an inwardly directed terminal end, the terminal ends opposing one another to form a single leg clasp. A single thigh channel is defined by the two opposing bolsters and the leg clasp. A bridge having a bottom surface extends between the bolsters. The extension pillow includes an outer surface having a top portion arcuate in shape. The extension pillow further includes a sling configured to envelop the bridge to secure to bottom surface of the bridge to the top portion of the extension.
US09648951B2
A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the fitted device the furniture part under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, and wherein the device has a locking assembly for locking a tensioned position of the force accumulator, in which the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part, wherein the tensioned position is unlockable. A locking member of the locking assembly, and a movable lever of the device, which is coupled to the force accumulator, are present in an interacting manner such that in the locked tensioned position of the force accumulator, the locking member assumes a locking position, and the lever assumes a standby position in which cancelling of the standby position of the lever is blocked by the locking member.
US09648943B2
A fluid dispensing oral care implement with fluid delivery system. The implement includes a storage member containing a fluid. A channel formed of one or more wicking or capillary members extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver fluid(s) through one or more fluid outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, the fluid outlet is comprised of a wicking or capillary material and is disposed in the head of the implement. A variety of fluids can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits, such as fresh breath, tooth whitening, tooth sensitivity, plaque and/or tartar control, or producing sensations of heat, cool, or tingling.
US09648942B2
An improved toothbrush is provided. The improved toothbrush includes first and second flexible anchor portions; a plurality of bristles coupled to each of the first and second flexible anchor portions; and a soft pivot bar operably coupled to the flexible anchor portions. A chewing force applied to the pivot bar causes the pivot bar and the first and second flexible anchor portions to compress against a tooth surface to cause a cleaning action.
US09648938B2
This application aims at providing a retainer of a cosmetic material and a method of manufacturing a cosmetic tool, which are capable of easily treating the cosmetic material even when decreasing a concentration of skin care ingredients of the cosmetic material produced by freeze-drying. A cosmetic tool (1) includes: a retainer (3) to include an annular frame (2) and a handle (5) for holding the frame (2); and a cosmetic material (4) to be produced by freeze-drying an aqueous solution of skin care ingredients and fixed in a way that covers an aperture of the frame (2).
US09648925B2
Footwear devices having various shock absorbing configurations situated in the heal of the footwear and a plurality of regions on the bottom of the footwear defined by a plurality of compressibilities.
US09648921B2
A shoe having a hinge member incorporated between a footbed toe plate and footbed arch plate allowing the shoe to be configured as a flat or heeled shoe. The footbed toe plate and footbed arch plate are rotatably joined via one or more hinge pins inserted through interlaced teeth of each plate. A spring-biased hinge lock extending between the plates is controlled by a spring-biased pin having a notch for selectively receiving the hinge lock such that the hinge lock disengages the footbed arch plate allowing the footbed arch plate to rotate relative to the footbed toe plate. The heel block includes a spring-biased heel lock extending into a removable heel and is controlled by a spring-biased pin having a notch for selectively receiving the hinge lock such that the hinge lock disengages the heel allowing the heel to be removed from the heel block.
US09648916B2
An article, garment and method protect a user's coccyx. Articles include: a core member constructed of an elastic composite, the core member including a upper lobe and a lower lobe, the core member further having an outer face, an inner face and a thickness between the outer face and the inner face; an arched outer shell attached to the outer face of the core member, the outer shell having a thickness less than the thickness of the core member, the outer shell biasing the core member toward an arched configuration; and a layer of resilient material attached to the inner face of the core member.
US09648911B2
A shapewear or activewear garment that includes stays carried by the back fabric panel of the garment. In this regard, the stays act as anchors to keep the garment in place. Further, the stays provide tension that pulls the front fabric panel of the garment such that the front panel shapes and smoothes the wearer's midsection and or provides support and also provides resistance to shift when the garment is worn such that the garment does not ride up or down on the wearer.
US09648897B2
The invention relates to healthy food compositions with a gel or foam texture that have antioxidant properties, are rich in proteins, low-fat, lactose- and casein-free and easy-to-chew, comprising a neutral-flavored egg hydrolysate as a basic ingredient.These compositions are presented as an alternative to sweet and salty dishes using dairy products as a base because they have similar flavor, appearance and texture characteristics. These compositions are also presented as new foods that are particularly indicated for being consumed by people who are lactose intolerant or who have obesity issues.
US09648896B2
A machine for producing and dispensing products such as ice cream, iced beverages or granita comprises a removable product-containing tank which is provided at its front end with a tap for dispensing the product and which, via its rear opening, sealingly houses a cooling element with a substantially horizontal axis and a motor-driven mixer element. The tank is removable from the machine by means of extraction from its operating position in a disassembly direction which is substantially parallel to the axis of the cooling element, and snap-engaging means for locking the movement of the tank are provided between the tank and its seat on the base of the machine, said means being able to be manually released by means of operation of at least one operating lever.
US09648892B2
Cooking and frying oils comprising estolide compounds are described. Also described are methods of making food products comprising cooking or otherwise preparing at least one article of food with a composition comprising at least one estolide compound.
US09648885B2
A heat-treatment device in particular for sausages of the co-extruded sausage type, has pipework extending between an introduction orifice and a discharge orifice through which the sausages emerge from the pipework a collecting device that is disposed above the introduction orifice, which emerges in the pipework at the introduction orifice and is intended to enable the sausages to be introduced into the pipework a pump intended to propel hot water into the pipework upstream of the introduction orifice or in the collecting device the water level in the collecting device being higher than the level of the discharge orifice and the level of the introduction orifice the level of the introduction orifice is lower than the level of the top part of the coil, and the pipework has between the introduction orifice and the discharge orifice, a part taking the form of a coil in a descending spiral, and between the introduction orifice and the coil an ascending portion.
US09648879B2
A co-crystal composed of a diamide-based insecticidal-active ingredient and a neonicotinoid-based insecticidal-active ingredient is provided as a co-crystal which exhibits excellent insecticidal effects over a long period of time while reducing the occurrence of chemical damage on useful plants. The co-crystal is obtained by a method including heating and stirring of a suspension obtained by suspending the diamide-based insecticidal-active ingredient and the neonicotinoid-based insecticidal-active ingredient in a solvent such as water.
US09648874B2
The present invention relates to a wipe suitable for multiple re-use comprising a biopolymer matrix composition, said biopolymer matrix comprising from about 0.1% to about 40% of an essential oil, about 30% to about 95% of a biopolymer, and about 1% to about 50% of a carrier fluid wherein a limited amount of said essential oil can be released from said matrix composition when exposed to a liquid solution; and wherein an additional limited amount of said essential oil can be re-released repetitiously thereafter upon re-use with an additional exposure of a liquid solution to said wipe.
US09648871B2
The present invention provides a composition including a polymer nanoparticle and at least one agricultural active compound incorporated with the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle are less than 100 nm in diameter, and the polymer includes a polyelectrolyte.
US09648867B1
A portable pit-type hunting blind of thermoplastic exterior which can be carried and placed into a dug hole, providing a securable preserved cavity of variable depth, and rotatable seat proximate to the earth's surface.
US09648861B2
A system for killing bed bugs located on the exterior crevices of an item includes a housing divided into an upper housing area and a lower housing area, front and rear flap covering apertures located in the front and rear, respectively, of the upper housing area, a horizontally disposed motorized conveyor that is located within the upper housing area, at least one heating element located in the upper housing area, two or more UV lamps located in the upper housing area, and a fan located in the upper housing area. The heating elements, one of the UV lamps, and the fan are located below the conveyor.
US09648843B2
A method for operating a robotic arm, comprises determining a speed of rotation of a rotary milking platform, the rotary milking platform having a stall for a dairy livestock. The method continues by moving a carriage along a track positioned adjacent to the rotary milking platform at a rate that is based at least in part upon the determined speed of rotation of the rotary milking platform, wherein the carriage moves independently of the rotary milking platform and in a direction corresponding to a direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform. The method continues by extending a robotic arm that is coupled to the carriage between the legs of the dairy livestock, wherein the robotic arm remains extended between the legs of the dairy livestock for a period of time as the stall rotates adjacent to the robotic arm. The method concludes by retracting the robotic arm from between the legs of the dairy livestock as the stall rotates adjacent to the robotic arm.
US09648839B2
A system comprises a robotic arm operable to extend between the legs of a dairy livestock located in a milking stall of a rotary milking platform, a camera operable to generate an image signal corresponding to a rear of the dairy livestock, and a controller communicatively coupled to the robotic arm and the camera. The controller determines whether a milking claw is attached to the teats of the dairy livestock by receiving the image signal generated by the camera and processing the image signal. If it is determined based on the image signal that the milking claw is not attached, the controller controls the robotic arm to extend between the legs of the dairy livestock. If it is determined based on the image signal that the milking claw is attached, the controller controls the robotic arm not to extend between the legs of the dairy livestock.
US09648830B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ908-582. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ908-582. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ908-582 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ908-582 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US09648826B2
Disclosed are alfalfa varieties with low or reduced lignin content, including an alfalfa seed designated CW 096043 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122473, an alfalfa seed designated CW 103009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122475, an alfalfa seed designated CW 099079 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122474, an alfalfa seed designated CW 090075 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122471, an alfalfa seed designated CW 054004 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122470, an alfalfa seed designated CW 093009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122472, and an alfalfa seed designated CW 104015 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122476. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of these alfalfa varieties, such as CW 096043, CW 103009, CW 099079, CW 090075, CW 054004, CW 093009, or CW 104015 and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in alfalfa breeding and alfalfa transformation.
US09648818B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XB37X14R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XB37X14R2. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XB37X14R2 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XB37X14R2 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09648815B2
The present invention is directed to an improved poppy straw, concentrate of poppy straw and opium of Papaver somniferum for the production of codeine containing little or no oripavine, morphine or thebaine. The present invention also provides plants, stands and seeds of Papaver somniferum and methods for the production of codeine.
US09648811B2
Embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for aeroponic plant growth involving closed loops of growing units linked by plumbing sections. The system comprises N growing units, where N is an integer greater than 1; and N−1 supply plumbing sections that each connects one of the growing units to another, such that a linear array of N growing units linked by supply plumbing sections is formed. The system further comprises one drain plumbing section connecting the Nth growing unit to the first growing unit, so forming a closed loop of N growing units linked by N−1 supply plumbing sections and the drain plumbing section; and an electronic cyclic sequencer. Each of the growing units comprises an enclosure containing a submersible pump and a spray manifold, the electronic cyclic sequencer being operatively connected to each of the N submersible pumps.
US09648800B2
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a frame and first and second seed meters. The first seed meter has a first metering member for singulating seeds, and the second seed meter has a second metering member for singulating seeds. A conveyor having a conduit defining a path for receiving seeds from the first and second seed meters is configured to discharge the seeds from the seeding machine. A wall is movably mounted with respect to the frame between a first position and a second position. In the first position the wall intersects the path of the conduit for guiding a seed into the conduit, and in the second position the wall is spaced from the path of the conduit.
US09655293B2
An electronic device comprising a cover plate is disclosed. The cover plate comprises one or more glass layers and one or more sapphire layers, wherein the layers are refractive index matched. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the electronic device.
US09655287B1
A heat exchanger includes a flat metal tube that has flat top and bottom surfaces and an inner passage. The surfaces remove heat from a liquid passing through the passage from an inlet and toward an outlet of the heat exchanger. A first plurality of solid metal posts are mounted perpendicularly upon the top surface. Each fin of a first plurality of fins has holes fitted about the first plurality of posts such that the fins are mounted on the posts in vertically-spaced, parallel alignment relative to each other and the top surface. A second plurality of solid metal posts are mounted perpendicularly upon the bottom surface. Each fin of a second plurality of fins has holes fitted about the second plurality of posts such that the fins are mounted on the posts in vertically-spaced, parallel alignment relative to each other and the bottom surface.
US09655283B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a submerged datacenter, which may be made up of modules, into a body of water such as the ocean. The submersion facilitates cooling of the datacenter as well as providing protection of the datacenter from environmental conditions that exist at or near the surface. Power may be generated from the datacenter heat, and power generated by or near the body of water (e.g., via waves, tides, wind, currents, temperature differences) may be used to help power the datacenter.
US09655280B1
A system for selectively engaging a plurality of electronics modules with a respective heat sink is provided. The system includes a spring element and a force generation system for selectively applying a force on the spring element. The spring element, in response to the force, is configured to generate a first resultant force on a first electronics module in a first direction generally parallel to the direction of said force applied by the force generation system, a second resultant force on a second electronics module in a second direction, the second direction different from the first direction, and a third resultant force on a third electronics module in a third direction, the third direction generally opposite that of the second direction.
US09655278B2
A slim fan structure includes a fan frame, a top cover closed to a top of the fan frame to define a receiving space in the fan frame, a stator assembly mounted in the receiving space, and a hub fitted around the stator assembly. The fan frame has opposite first and third sides forming an air inlet and an air outlet, respectively, and opposite second and fourth sides having a first and a second side wall formed thereon, respectively. The first side wall includes a protruded portion laterally extended toward the air inlet, and the second side wall includes a stop portion located adjacent to the air outlet. With the air inlet and the air outlet formed on two lateral sides of the fan frame, the slim fan structure has an effectively reduced overall thickness and does not produce noise during operation to largely upgrade the operational performance thereof.
US09655277B2
A display device includes a casing, a display panel, a transparent plate, a fixing pillar, at least one flow-guiding component, and a fan. The casing has front, back and side surfaces. The back surface has a first airflow passage. The display panel is disposed in the casing. The transparent plate is disposed on the front surface. A second airflow passage is foamed between the display panel and the transparent plate. The fixing pillar is disposed between the first and second airflow passages for fixing the display panel. The flow-guiding component is disposed in the second airflow passage and adjacent to the side surface. The fan is disposed on the back surface and provides a heat-dissipation airflow. The heat-dissipation airflow flows through the first airflow passage and the fixing pillar and arrives at the flow-guiding component, and flows in the second airflow passage after being guided by the flow-guiding component.
US09655273B2
A server case includes a shell defining an opening, a door, and a connection member. The connection member includes a sliding portion and a rotation portion. The sliding portion is slidable and connected to the door. The rotation portion is slidably engaged with the shell. The sliding portion slides on the door to drive the rotation portion to slide in the shell to make the door move from a position where an angle between the door and the opening is greater than 90 degrees to shield the opening.
US09655264B2
A lightweight, weatherproof, protective enclosure for flat panel displays comprising a containing element in the form of an open, shallow rectangular prism with a regular network of shallow reinforcing depressions formed in its outer surface and a substantially transparent planar viewing element hingedly connected to the containing element such that when the viewing element is closed over, and sealed to, the containing element the protective enclosure forms a lightweight, monocoque structure with enhanced structural rigidity.
US09655260B2
A housing for an electronic device includes a double-walled frame, wherein the double-walled frame substantially includes a first wall and a second wall, where the first wall forms an outer wall here, where the first wall is formed in two parts, where a first wall part of the first wall and a second wall part of the first wall are arranged relative to one another such that with a force acting on the frame from the outside, the first wall part can be shifted over the second wall part by overcoming a frictional force that is present between the two wall parts.
US09655256B2
An electronic circuit, comprising at least three circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) fastened at a frame (1) and electrically connected via contact pins (7) arranged therein, and an electric connection (11), connected to a third of the circuit boards (2.1). The circuit shall show a low structural space and here be cost-effective in its production and assembly. The circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) are arranged in levels parallel in reference to each other and are fastened at a predetermined mutual distance at the frame (1), with bases (4, 5, 6) being embodied at the faces of the frame (1), with the ends being parallel to the faces of at least two of the bases (4, 5, 6) in one level, arranged in groups, and with the embodiment of the frame (1) and the circuit boards (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) being adjusted to each other.
US09655254B2
A manufacturing method of a circuit substrate includes the following steps. The peripheries of two metal layers are bonded to form a sealed area. Two insulating layers are formed on the two metal layers. Two including upper and bottom conductive layers are formed on the two insulating layers. Then, the two insulating layers and the two conductive layers are laminated so that the two metal layers bonded to each other are embedded between the two insulating layers. A part of the two insulating layers and a part of the two conductive layers are removed to form a plurality of blind holes exposing the two metal layers. A conductive material is formed in the blind holes and on the remained two conductive layers. The sealed area of the two metal layers is separated to form two separated circuit substrates.
US09655247B1
A coil component includes a main substrate; a first coil pattern disposed on a first surface of the main substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on one surface of the first coil pattern; a third coil pattern disposed on one surface of the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the first coil pattern; a second coil pattern disposed on a second surface of the main substrate opposing the first surface; a second insulating layer disposed on one surface of the second coil pattern; a fourth coil pattern disposed on one surface of the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the second coil pattern; and a magnetic body in which the first to fourth coil patterns are embedded, and a board having the same.
US09655240B2
A substrate includes an insulating substrate, a metal layer formed on one surface of the insulating substrate, and an electronic component soldered to the surface of the metal layer. The metal layer is formed of a metal plate. The surface of the metal layer has a soldering area, and a groove portion positioned on the outer periphery of the soldering area.
US09655236B2
A method for making a multilayer circuit board from circuit board layers, each including a dielectric layer and conductive traces thereon including a first metal. The method includes forming a through-via in a first circuit board layer, plating the through-via with the first metal, and coating a second metal onto the first metal of the first circuit board layer, the plated through-via, and the first metal. The method also includes aligning the first and second circuit board layers together so that the plated through-via of the first circuit board layer is adjacent a feature on the second circuit board layer, and heating and pressing the aligned first and second circuit board layers so as to laminate the dielectric layers together and form an intermetallic compound of the first and second metals bonding adjacent metal portions.
US09655235B2
A foldable display device having an excellent folding characteristic without image quality deterioration on a folding portion is provided. The foldable display device includes a flexible display panel and a cover window positioned outside the flexible display panel and protecting the flexible display panel from an external impact, wherein the cover window includes a folding region where concave grooves are formed.
US09655227B2
A slot-coupled CW standing wave multi-cell accelerating cavity. To achieve high efficiency graded beta acceleration, each cell in the multi-cell cavity may include different cell lengths. Alternatively, to achieve high efficiency with acceleration for particles with beta equal to 1, each cell in the multi-cell cavity may include the same cell design. Coupling between the cells is achieved with a plurality of axially aligned kidney-shaped slots on the wall between cells. The slot-coupling method makes the design very compact. The shape of the cell, including the slots and the cone, are optimized to maximize the power efficiency and minimize the peak power density on the surface. The slots are non-resonant, thereby enabling shorter slots and less power loss.
US09655224B2
A plasma generation electrode module includes: a plasma generation electrode module includes: first and second electrodes formed to be spaced apart from one another; and a dielectric disposed between the first and second electrodes to insulate the first and second electrodes, wherein the first electrode has a shaft shape, a first cylindrical dielectric is formed to be in concentric with the first electrode so as to be in contact with an outer circumference of the first electrode and cover the first electrode, and the second electrode is formed to be in concentric with the first dielectric so as to be in contact with an outer circumference of the first dielectric and cover the first dielectric, wherein a plurality of through holes are disposed on the second electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes are formed to be woven.
US09655202B2
A system and method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a magnetic transformer driven at its primary winding by a trailing-edge dimmer may include determining from a magnetic transformer secondary signal a period of a half-line cycle of an output signal of the dimmer, determining from the magnetic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of an end of a phase-cut angle of the dimmer, and generating a driving signal to the load based on the period and the estimated occurrence of the end of the phase-cut angle. A lamp assembly may include a lamp for generating light and a controller for controlling operation of the lamp, the controller comprising a timing control circuit for determining a period of a periodic signal received by the lamp assembly.
US09655200B2
There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
US09655199B2
A light emitting system is provided including a first organic light emitting device. The first organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, a first organic emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a second organic emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The first organic emitting layer and the second organic emitting layer each include an emissive dopant having a peak wavelength of between 400 to 500 nanometers, but one of the peak wavelength of one of the dopants is at least 4 nm less than the peak wavelength of the other dopant. The first organic emitting layer and the second organic emitting layer may overlap each other, such as being disposed one over the other. The device may be used in white light or multi-color systems.
US09655197B1
A system and method for controlling lighting systems and predicting a life expectancy of a plurality of lighting devices are disclosed. The system may include at least one gateway that controls dimming levels of the lighting devices, and at least one of a plurality of luminaires and LEDs that communicates with the gateway via a dimming control interface. The system may further include a sensor subsystem that senses color channels and monitors at least one change in environment in real time, and at least one power meter that measures power in real time, each of which is connected to the gateway. At least one server may be connected to the gateway, and may calculate and predict lumen depreciation of the luminaires and LEDs, and reporting and changing display information associated with the luminaires and LEDs.
US09655191B2
A lighting device comprising a first light source issuing a first beam and a second light source issuing a second beam. Said first and said second light source are dimmable and together issue light with a total light flux. At a mutually equal light flux of the first and the second beam, the glare level of the second beam is lower than the glare level of the first beam. The lighting device further comprises at least one (programmed) controller which, during operation, moderates said dim levels such that in at least a range of the illumination level a ratio of the dim level of the second beam to the dim level of the first beam increases in a gradual manner with increasing total light flux.
US09655186B2
An emergency lighting system for an aircraft includes an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor. The emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands.
US09655183B2
A LED circuit comprises an array of LEDs is arranged in a matrix. The matrix is connected to at least three power rail lines. The LEDs are formed as a first LED arrangement (34) between a first power rail line (30) and a second power rail line (32) and a second LED arrangement (36) between the second power rail line (32) and a third power rail line (30) of the same voltage as the first power rail line. This means there are alternating power rail lines interspersed with the matrix of LEDs. This enables the driving voltages to be kept low and it improves scalability of the design.
US09655181B2
Techniques are described for controlling an amount of current flowing through one or more light-emitting-diodes (LEDs), without sensing input and/or output voltage, so that the amount of current flowing through the one or more LEDs is approximately equal to a target current level. The techniques provide for coarse and fine tuning of the amount of time a transistor, through which the current flows, is turned on to control the amount of current flowing through the one or more LEDs.
US09655180B2
A load control device for an electrical load may operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device may comprise a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a minimum rated current. During the normal mode, the control circuit may control the operating period of a load regulation circuit between a high-end operating period and a low-end operating period. The control circuit may operate in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit may adjust the low-end operating period to be less than or equal to a minimum on time of the load regulation circuit.
US09655179B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for an LED driver circuit capable of responding to dimmer signals from three different types of dimmers: a phase cut dimmer, a dedicated dimmer (e.g., 0-10V dimmer), and a button dimmer. The processor can include inputs for each of these dimmer types, and can be configured to determine which of the three types of dimmers is controlling the LED driver circuit, and determine which dimming signals to respond to when more than one dimmer type is trying to control the LED.
US09655175B2
A switched mode power supply may include circuitry configured to output a bias signal that turns off and on switching circuitry of the switched mode power supply. The circuitry may wait for a first time period determined by the bias signal, and output the bias signal to turn off the switching circuitry when the time period expires. In addition or alternatively, the circuitry may begin waiting for a second time period when the bias signal turns off the switching circuitry. The circuitry may turn on the switching circuitry either when energy in inductive storage circuitry is depleted or when the second time period expires.
US09655167B2
A wireless peripheral interconnect bus capable of providing a high rate data transfer between peripheral devices and a host bridge of a computing device over a wireless medium comprises a first wireless pair for transferring data between a first peripheral component and a second peripheral component, wherein the first wireless pair implements at least at a layered protocol; and a second wireless pair for transferring data between a second peripheral component and the first peripheral component, wherein the second wireless pair implements at least a layered protocol.
US09655160B2
The invention relates to methods for avoiding in-device coexistence (IDC) interference in a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, apparatus for performing these methods, and computer readable media instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the methods. In order to avoid IDC interference, an IDC interference indication is reported for at least one of a first cell and a second cell on which an interference condition is detected. In response, an activation/deactivation pattern is received for at least one of the first and second cells for which the interference condition is detected. The activation/deactivation pattern indicates an off-duration and an offset specifying a time-period during which communication via the at least one of the first and second cells is to be deactivated. According to the activation/deactivation pattern, first and second subframes are determined, at which the communication via the at least one of the first and second cells is to be deactivated and re-activated, respectively.
US09655152B2
There are provided a code reading unit 12 for reading a code in a smartphone 10, an operating environment setting unit 13 for analyzing the read code, thereby acquiring first operating environment setting information required for setting to perform connection through Bluetooth to a relay device 20 to set the information to the smartphone 10, a setting information transmitting unit 14 for reading second operating environment setting information required for setting to perform wireless connection through Wi-Fi from a setting information storing unit 11 and transmitting the information to the relay device 20, and a second operating environment setting unit 23 for setting the received second operating environment setting information to the relay device 20. Even if the relay device 20 does not include a code reading device, it is possible to automatically set the connection through the Bluetooth, and furthermore, to automatically set the wireless connection through the Wi-Fi to the relay device 20 by reading the code in the smartphone 10.
US09655150B2
In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.
US09655144B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, to a method and apparatus for controlling a channel access in a wireless LAN system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the objective of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling a channel access in a station (STA) of the wireless communication system comprising the steps of: receiving a frame which includes a response frame indication field in a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header of the frame; and deferring the channel access of the STA during a predetermined period of time which is determined on the basis of the response frame indication field.
US09655142B2
A mobile station apparatus receives, on a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), information used for initiating a random access procedure. The mobile station apparatus also transmits a random access preamble on a physical random access channel resource based on or in response to the information. Furthermore, the mobile station apparatus receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble on one specific downlink component carrier among a plurality of downlink component carriers where the one specific downlink component carrier linked to an uplink component carrier on which the random access preamble is transmitted on the physical random access channel resource.
US09655128B2
A scheduling process handles a plurality of communication services in a collective manner, thus making a radio communications system more operable. A pilot signal sender sends pilot signals with carrier frequencies each corresponding to an N (N≧1) different communication services. A scheduler collects N×n instances of propagation environment data from n (n≧1) terminal devices and selects terminal devices and communication services therefor by assigning terminal devices having a better propagation environment to the plurality of different communication services in a collective manner. The pilot signals are used by a propagation environment data sender to measure and report a propagation environment of each carrier frequency. A communication function configurer automatically sets up a communication function to adapt to the communication service that the base station has assigned.
US09655119B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques and apparatus for determining a primary channel for wireless communication. According to certain aspects, a method is provided for wireless communications by an apparatus. The method generally includes obtaining an information element (IE) with one or more parameters and computing a primary channel location to be used for the wireless communication, as a function of the one or more parameters, wherein the function is independent of a geographical area in which the apparatus is located.
US09655116B2
The present invention provides a method for switching an operating channel of a device in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) system, and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method includes the steps of: setting an association with a first frequency band coordinator; receiving channel switching information from the first frequency band coordinator; channel switching to a second frequency-band channel using the received channel switching information; and setting an association with a second frequency band coordinator, wherein the channel switching information includes a residual time with a time limit which channel switches from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, an operating channel in the second frequency band, and a prearranged transmission time of a beacon frame in the operating channel in the second frequency band.
US09655112B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wireless communication frame. For example, a wireless station may generate a frame including a header portion, the header portion including a legacy header, followed by a first non-legacy header, the header portion including a first indication to indicate whether or not the header portion is to include a second non-legacy header following the first non-legacy header, the header portion including a second indication to indicate whether or not channel bonding is to be used; and process transmission of the frame to at least one second wireless station over a directional wireless communication band.
US09655111B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting data, a method for receiving data and a device. The transmitting method includes: transmitting, by an STA, characterizing information to an AP, the characterizing information is used to characterize a maximum transmission delay allowed by uplink data to be transmitted by the STA; receiving, by the STA, transmission time that is specified for the STA and returned by the AP within the maximum transmission delay allowed by the uplink data to be transmitted by the STA, wherein the transmission time is within a range of the maximum transmission delay allowed by the uplink data to be transmitted by the STA; and transmitting, by the STA, the uplink data to the AP within the transmission time. Technical solutions of the present invention solve a problem of data transmission in an emergency application scenario, and guarantee requirements placed by emergency data upon transmission delay.
US09655110B2
A method is provided for receiving, at a receiving device, a control information message from a transmitting device. The method includes monitoring a first plurality of reception resources contained in a first frequency range in a first subframe and a second plurality of reception resources contained in a second frequency range in a second subframe. The method also includes receiving a control information message in at least one of the monitored reception resources. The first frequency range is at least partly non-overlapping with the second frequency range.
US09655103B2
A method for increasing coverage in a wireless communication system is described. The method comprises, at the network element: transmitting a first portion of subframes comprising a number of resource blocks to a first wireless communication unit in a first mode of operation, wherein the number of resource blocks are transmitted at a first power level per resource block; and transmitting, a second portion of subframes to a second wireless communication unit in a second mode of operation at a second power level, wherein the second portion of subframes comprise a lower number of resource blocks than the first portion of subframes and the lower number of resource blocks is transmitted at a second power level per resource block that is higher than the first power level per resource block.
US09655100B2
Disclosed is wireless communication base station equipment in which CCE allocation can be flexibly performed without collision of ACK/NACK signals between a plurality of unit bands, even when wideband transmission is performed exclusively on a downlink circuit. In this equipment, an allocation unit (105) sets up mutually different search spaces for each of a plurality of downlink unit bands, with respect to wireless communication terminal devices that communicate using a plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates resource allocation information of downlink circuit data destined for the wireless communication terminal devices to CCEs in mutually different search spaces for each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and an ACK/NACK reception unit (119); extracts a response signal in respect of the downlink circuit data from the uplink control channel associated with the CCE to which the resource allocation information of this downlink circuit data was allocated.
US09655090B2
Techniques and apparatus for efficiently determining the radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and flexible RLC PDU creation for multi carrier operation are disclosed. An example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) calculates a maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted for a current transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of carriers, and selects an RLC PDU data field size such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control (MAC) PDU matches a minimum of the maximum amount of data calculated for the carriers. The maximum amount of data may, for example, be calculated based on an applicable current grant for each carrier for the current TTI. The RLC PDU may be generated for the later TTI on a condition that an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a particular logical channel is less than or equal to 4N times the minimum of the maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by the applicable current grant for the carriers for the current TTI, where N is a number of activated carriers. The maximum amount of data may be calculated based on a remaining power on each carrier.
US09655087B2
The disclosure is related to configuration and mapping of uplink control channel resources. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to configuring and mapping uplink control channel resources for user equipment receiving downlink control information through a downlink control channel newly defined in a data region. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to configuring and mapping uplink control channel resources for uplink HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback of user equipment. Herein, the uplink HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback may be performed by the user equipment in response to a downlink data channel assigned according to downlink scheduling information transmitted through such new downlink control channel.
US09655077B1
A device and method for determining the location of a cellular device, such as a mobile cell phone, utilizing a Timing Advance (TA) issued by one or more cellular base stations, such as an LTE or LTE-A enhanced NodeB (eNB), to the cellular device.
US09655074B2
Services based on radio frequencies like GPS, RFID, GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth triangulation allows us to know, with some level of confidence, the position of a mobile device. However, those methods rely on special software and/or hardware. They also fail inside buildings since they cannot provide fine granulated values with a high level of accuracy. Each radio frequency device (mobile or not) emits a signal with a given strength and identification (Mac address or similar) to the air. The signal is captured by our nodes (at least 2 of the nodes), that measures the strength of the signal and therefore calculate the distance estimation. Since the signal is affected by electromagnetic noise, number of people in the building, or even temperature, the suggested system self corrects the values by knowing the distance between the nodes and measuring the signal strength. This gives to the system a very low error margin of about 1%. Some applications rely on real time tracking solutions, that traditional tracking systems cannot provide or need to provide tags to follow devices. The system here presented is distributed to be able to process the signal in real time (connected via a high speed network), with low latency and also stores the location estimation, device identification and time collected for analytics and reporting.
US09655070B2
A method of managing TA functionality for a communication device of a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation that multiple component carriers are aggregated to support wider transmission bandwidth is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a RRC message indicating a usage of a timing advance command for each of a plurality of component carriers configured to the communication device, from a cell in a network of the wireless communication system, when the timing advance command has been received from the cell for each of the plurality of component carriers, applying the timing advance functionality corresponding to each of the plurality of component carriers, for updating a timing advance value for each of the plurality of component carriers, and when updating the timing advance value for each of the plurality of component carriers, starting or restarting a time alignment timer for each of the plurality of component carriers.
US09655067B2
A method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium and an apparatus for receiving a data packet that is transmitted from a first sensor node are disclosed. For example, the method performs a channel scan of a particular burst of channel scans. When the preamble packet is detected, the method determines whether the preamble packet is addressed to the second sensor node. When the preamble packet is addressed to the second sensor node, the method sends an acknowledgement packet to the first sensor node. The method then receives the data packet that is transmitted from the first sensor node. The method then sleeps for a duration of time, when there is no packet transmission that is ongoing that is destined to the second sensor node.
US09655060B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling power in a wireless communication system. The method includes a transmitter transmits a signal to multiple receivers. The method also includes receiving a feedback signal including channel state information from each of the multiple receivers. The method also includes calculating a sum of received signal strengths of the feedback signal received from each of the multiple receivers. The method also includes determining a power control value by using the channel state information for each of the multiple receivers and the sum of the received signal strengths. The method also includes controlling a transmission power based on the determined power control value.
US09655059B2
A communication terminal is described comprising a receiver configured to receive first signals on a first set of communication resources and to receive a plurality of second signals on a second set of communication resources and an interference control unit configured to determine a level of interference of one or more interferers included in the plurality of second signals and to determine a power scaling factor of signal components of the first signals based on the level of interference by the one or more interferers.
US09655058B2
A system using multiple communication technologies for concurrent communication is disclosed. The system includes a transmitting subunit, a receiving subunit and a control unit. The transmitting subunit is configured to generate a transmit signal. The receiving subunit is configured to receive a receive signal. The control unit is coupled to the transmitting subunit and the receiving subunit and is configured to determine a presence or potential of crosstalk between the transmit signal and the receive signal. Additionally, the control unit is configured to reduce power of the transmitting subunit to mitigate the crosstalk.
US09655055B2
A wireless communication system includes a first base station (3), a plurality of second base stations (1-1 and 1-2) and a control apparatus (10). The first base station forms a first cell (6). The plurality of second base stations (1-1 and 1-2) forms a plurality of second cells (5-1 and 5-2) each including a portion thereof partially overlapping with the first cell. The control apparatus (10) executes uplink transmission power control for a target second cell (5-1) by using a resource parameter (R1) which increases and decreases in accordance with a sum of usage amounts or sum of usage rates of uplink resources in the plurality of second cells (5-1 and 5-2).
US09655047B2
A wireless terminal is provided, including a main control unit, a radio frequency power amplifier, and an antenna, where: the main control unit is coupled to the radio frequency power amplifier, and an output end of the radio frequency power amplifier is coupled to the antenna; the main control unit is configured to initiate a procedure for establishing a physical channel, and send a first gain control instruction to the radio frequency power amplifier, where when there is no uplink data to be transmitted through the physical channel link within a first preset time, the first gain control instruction is an instruction for reducing a gain; the radio frequency power amplifier determines its gain level according to the first gain control instruction; and the antenna is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal amplified by the radio frequency power amplifier.
US09655036B2
A method for operating a station during a discovery process includes transmitting a first Layer 2 frame to an access point (AP), the first Layer 2 frame including a first version number associated with first higher layer information and an identifier of a protocol associated with both the first higher layer information and the first version number, receiving a second Layer 2 frame from the AP including an indication that a second version number associated with a second higher layer information is the same as the first version number, and deciding whether to perform a network selection process in accordance with the first higher layer information.
US09655035B2
Systems and methods that utilize femtocell access points (FAP) to perform radio frequency (RF) network sweeps are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: predicting an availability of an access point (AP) to perform an RF network sweep; and determining that the access point is available to perform the RF network sweep based, at least, on a prediction that a mobile device on a white list for the access point is not likely to access the access point during a time interval associated with performing the RF network sweep. In another embodiment, a method includes: comparing a network quality characteristic for a wireless channel associated with a FAP with a network quality characteristic for a wired network communicatively coupled to the FAP. The network quality characteristics can be the same. The method can then include employing the comparison to determine to which network an impairment is attributable.
US09655032B2
An electronic device that communicates with a plurality of base stations by Coordinated Multiple Point transmission and reception (CoMP), the base stations including at least a first base station and a second base station. The electronic device receives configuration information from the first base station, the configuration information indicating a first period of a first reference resource; and receives a second reference resource from the second base station during the first period. The first reference resource corresponds to a muted power Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) and the second reference resource corresponds to a non-muted power CSI-RS.
