US09670236B2
Compounds and compositions are provided that inhibit histone deacylase activity and which expand renal progenitor cell populations and improve kidney function in a damaged kidney. Methods of use of the compounds and compositions are provided.
US09670206B2
The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein which may be used for the treatment of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, major depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, normal aging, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction (“chemobrain”), Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, and disturbances due to radiation therapy, chronic stress, optic neuropathy or macular degeneration, or abuse of neuro-active drugs, selected from alcohol, opiates, methamphetamine, phencyclidine and cocaine.
US09670205B2
The present disclosure relates generally to toll like receptor modulator compounds, such as diamino pyrido[3,2 D]pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which, among other things, modulate toll-like receptors (e.g. TLR-8), and methods of making and using them.
US09670199B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and salts thereof. The compounds are useful as dopamine receptor modulators for the treatment of diseases where modulation of dopamine receptors is implicated (e.g. sexual dysfunction, prolactinoma, Parkinson's disease, and Cushings disease).
US09670195B2
The invention provides compounds for inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
US09670192B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein the substituents are defined in the claims and the specification.
US09670188B2
The present invention relates to an improved large scale process for the preparation of posaconazole form IV.
US09670178B2
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
US09670172B2
This disclosure provides compounds and methods of using those compounds to treat metabolic disorders and hyperproliferative disorders, including administration of the compounds in conjunction with hormone receptor antagonists.
US09670167B2
Novel UV absorbers of benzotriazine type having a plurality of (meth)acryloxy groups have a UV absorbing capacity and a high solubility in multifunctional (meth)acrylate. By combing the (meth)acrylic functional UV absorber with various binder precursors such as photo-curable multifunctional (meth)acrylate, there are obtained coating compositions having improved crosslinking density, UV absorbing capacity, anti-bleeding property, and shelf stability.
US09670165B2
The present invention relates to the discovery that salt inducible kinases (SIKs) suppress the formation of anti-inflammatory molecules such as IL-10, which are important for the resolution of inflammation and identifies SIK inhibitors that may be used to treat disorders associated with undesirable inflammation, such as inflammatory bowel disease and/or autoimmune disorders.
US09670164B2
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
US09670161B2
The present invention relates to 5-fluoro-N-(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine derivatives containing a sulfone 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).
US09670157B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): compositions comprising such compounds; the use of such compounds in therapy (for example in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated); and methods of treating patients with such compounds; wherein R1 to R3, R5 to R9, A, P, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
US09670153B2
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I and formula II or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I or formula II; and methods for treating or preventing inflammation and lipid disorders may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, steatohepatitis, cystinosis and inflammatory diseases.
US09670151B2
Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, p, q, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula I.
US09670148B2
A method for producing meta-xylylenediisocyanates includes a reaction step in which monohalogenated benzenes, formaldehydes, and an amide compound represented by general formula (1) below are allowed to react in the presence of an acidic liquid to produce a bisamide compound; a dehalogenation step in which in the bisamide compound, the halogen atom derived from the monohalogenated benzenes is replaced with a hydrogen atom; and a thermal decomposition step in which the bisamide compound from which the halogen atom is eliminated is subjected to thermal decomposition. In the reaction step, the acidic liquid contains inorganic acid, the equivalent ratio of the hydrogen atom of the inorganic acid relative to the monohalogenated benzenes is more than 14, the acidic liquid has an inorganic acid concentration of more than 90 mass %, and the reaction temperature is more than 10° C.General formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkoxy group or an amino group.
US09670147B2
This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
US09670141B2
Cyclopentene carboxylic acid-related compounds as GABA-AT inhibitors for treatment of various addictions, disorders and disease states.
US09670138B2
The present invention is directed to use of a series of compounds and compositions comprising the same for activating telomerase and treating diseases, disorders and/or conditions related thereto.
US09670128B2
A method for preparing an aromatic di-ester includes combining an aromatic di-acid and a linear or branched C4-C13 alcohol to form a mixture. The method also includes heating the mixture from a first temperature (T1) to a second temperature (T2) without a catalyst present in the mixture. The method further includes combining a titanium catalyst with the mixture after the mixture is at the second temperature (T2). The method further includes increasing pressure from a first pressure (P1) to a second pressure (P2) after the mixture is at the second temperature (T2). The method further includes increasing the temperature of the mixture from the second temperature (T2) to a third temperature (T3) while maintaining the second pressure (P2).
US09670127B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel porous coordination polymer having superhydrophobicity. The present invention relates to a porous coordination polymer comprising: a divalent or trivalent metal ion; and an organic ligand represented by the following formula (1): wherein X1, X2, and X3 are the same or different, and each represent CO2−, CS2−, PO32−, PO42−, AsO32−, AsO42−, SO3−, SO4−, SeO3−, SeO4−, TeO3−, or TeO4−; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, and R12 are the same or different, and each represent hydrogen or C1-20 alkyl; the metal ion and the organic ligand being alternately linked by a coordinate bond.
US09670121B2
The present invention aims to provide a compound superior in broad utility and stability, which is useful as a protecting reagent (anchor) of amino acid and/or peptide in liquid phase synthesis and the like of a peptide having a C-terminal etc., which are of a carboxamide (—CONHR)-type, an organic synthesis reaction method (particularly peptide liquid phase synthesis method) using the compound, and a kit for peptide liquid phase synthesis containing the compound, and has found that the object can be achieved by a particular compound having a diphenylmethane skeleton.
US09670118B2
Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an α,ω-Cn-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Cn oxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising Pt, Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, Ru, or Fe on a WO3 or WOx support. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal M1 and a metal M2 or an oxide of M2, and optionally a support. In one embodiment, M1 is Pd, Pt, or Ir; and M2 is Mo, W, V, Mn, Re, Zr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ge, Sn, Ti, Au, or Co. The Cn oxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.
US09670116B2
A process for inhibiting the polymerization of cyclopentadiene compounds (B) by contacting the cyclopentadiene compound with a quinone methide compound (A) of structure (I), Compositions (AB) comprising (A) and (B) are also provided.
US09670111B2
Provided are a catalyst whereby isobutylene can be produced at high yield in a lower-temperature environment, and a method for producing isobutylene using the catalyst. The catalyst for producing isobutylene is an oxide including at least one element selected from molybdenum and tungsten, and at least one element selected from tantalum, niobium, and titanium.
US09670110B2
A method for producing propylene, the method contains: producing a silica composite by preparing a raw material mixture containing silica and zeolite; drying the raw material mixture to obtain a dried product; and calcining the dried product; wherein the method contains the step of bringing a solution of phosphate into contact with the zeolite and/or the dried product to thereby adjust a phosphorus content in the silica composite to 0.01 to 1.0% by mass based on the total mass of the silica composite, a source of the phosphorus is phosphate, and the zeolite is of MFI type and has a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (by mol) of 20 or more; and bringing the silica composite into contact with a hydrocarbon source containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of ethylene, ethanol, methanol, and dimethyl ether in the presence of steam.
US09670105B2
Disclosed is a process of stabilizing spent filter material that comprises mixing the filter media with a dry media to produce a composition having a moisture content that is sufficiently low to retard microbial growth. The composition comprises spent filter media and a dry material, and preferably comprises diatomaceous earth. Soil is treated by adding the composition as a top dressing, soil amendment, or the like.
US09670102B2
Described is a method for restoring a cementitious system, the method having the following steps: a) securing a filling body provided with holes at a distance from the cementitious system to be restored, b) applying mortar to the cementitious system to be restored and to the filling body provided with openings, and c) introducing a cement containing an alkali storage system into the filling body provided with openings so that the cement containing an alkali storage system is in contact with the mortar. A corresponding cementitious system is also described.
US09670092B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
US09670091B2
The present disclosure provides a retroreflective glass bead that includes at least one high refractive oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, BaO, La2O and Bi2O3; and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, ZnO, ZrO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, Li2O and SrO. The glass bead according to the present invention have excellent retroreflectivity according to optical properties and excellent durability and productivity due to a simple structure, and also can be produced in various colors due to high chemical stability. Thus, the retroreflective aggregate including the glass bead according to the present invention exhibits very high visibility under various circumstances such as rainy or dry conditions. In addition, the method of producing a glass bead according to the present invention can reduce manufacturing costs while ensuring excellent productivity.
US09670089B2
A glass sheet has a thickness of 2 mm or less and has a refractive index nd of 1.60 or more. The glass sheet allows light emitted from an organic light-emitting layer to be efficiently extracted to the outside and has high gas-barrier properties. The glass sheet comprises 15-40 mass % of BaO.
US09670075B1
A system and process for nitrate reduction from a water source. The process includes the steps of passing nitrate contaminated water through a strong acid cation exchange resin to reduce cations. The effluent is thereafter passed through a weak base anion exchange resin in order to reduce nitrate content. The strong acid cation exchange resin is regenerated, and the weak base anion exchange resin is also regenerated.
US09670074B2
Silica polyamine composites (SPC) made from silanized amorphous nano-porous silica gel and poly(allylamine) (BP-1) were functionalized with phosphorus acid using the Mannich reaction, resulting in a phosphonic acid modified composite (BPAP). Zirconium (IV) was immobilized on BPAP. Arsenate anions strongly adsorbed on the ZrBPAP composite in the pH range 2 to 8, while arsenite only adsorbed well at pH 10. Regeneration of the resin was carried out successfully for As(V) and As(III) using 2M-H2SO4. Four adsorption/desorption cycles were performed for As(V) at pH 4 without significant decrease in the uptake performance. ZrBPAP capture capacity and kinetics for arsenate were tested for longevity over 1000 cycles with only a marginal loss of performance.
US09670071B2
A portable waste water treatment apparatus can be used to treat a flow of waste water in an industrial setting. The apparatus includes a waste water reservoir, a pump within the apparatus transferring a flow of waste water from the waste water reservoir to a filter, the filter which is configured to treat the flow of waste water, a treated water reservoir receiving and holding the treated water, and a shell encapsulating and permitting unitary transport of the waste water reservoir, the pump, the filter, and the treated water reservoir. The filter of the apparatus is further configured to remove oil from the flow of waste water. The treated water can be dispensed from the treated water reservoir upon demand.
US09670061B1
Aspects include a method of manufacturing a flexible electronic structure that includes a metal or doped silicon substrate. Aspects include depositing an insulating layer on a silicon substrate. Aspects also include patterning a metal on a silicon substrate. Aspects also include selectively masking the structure to expose the metal and a portion of the silicon substrate. Aspects also include depositing a conductive layer including a conductive metal on the structure. Aspects also include plating the conductive material on the structure. Aspects also include spalling the structure.
US09670060B2
This is provided a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic surface configuration and method of forming a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic material on a metallic substrate. The surface configuration comprises a metallic substrate having a carbon nanotube/carbon fibers configuration grown thereon, with the carbon nanotubes/carbon fibers configuration having a heirarchial structure formed to have a predetermined roughness in association with the surface. The method comprises providing a metallic substrate having a predetermined configuration, and growing a plurality of carbon nanotubes/fibers or other nanostructures formed into a predetermined architecture supported on the substrate.
US09670055B2
A method for manufacturing a micromechanical sensor unit, the micromechanical sensor unit including a substrate and a sealing cap, in the first method step the substrate and the sealing cap being configured and joined in such a way that, as a result of bonding the sealing cap and the substrate, a first cavity, which has a first pressure and in which a first sensor element is situated, and a second cavity, which has a second pressure and in which a second sensor element is situated, are manufactured, in a second method step a sealable channel leading into the first cavity being created, in a third method step the first pressure in the first cavity being established via the sealable channel.
US09670042B2
A multifunctional tool includes a tool head including first, second, third jaws, and first and second engaging spaces. The first engaging space extends between the first and second jaws. The second engaging space extends between the third jaw and a surface facing the third jaw. The first engaging space has first, second, and third lengths defining a maximum space between first sections, a minimum space between second sections, and a minimum space between third sections of the first and second jaws, respectively. The second length is shorter than the first length. The third length is longer than the second length but shorter than the first length. The second engaging space has a fourth length defining a space between the third jaw and the surface. The fourth length is not shorter than the third length.
US09670028B1
A handheld dispenser of pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a handle and a rotating spool holder including a brake plate and holding a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape on the tape spool holder, and a cutting blade, an idler pulley, and a finger activated trigger stopping the motion of the tape supply reel by engaging the brake plate through actuating a lever coupling the brake plate and the trigger, thus stopping the dispensing of tape when the trigger is pressed by a finger.
US09670015B2
A medium feeding device includes a device body, a tray that regulates and contains a plurality of kinds of media of different sizes in a loading area according to the sizes of the media, and a detection lever that detects whether or not the media are properly loaded in the tray. In a state in which the tray is contained in the device body, when the media are not properly loaded in the tray, the detection lever moves to a non-load detection position. When the media are properly loaded in the tray, the detection lever moves to a load detection position with a front end part being oriented toward the tray containing side, and when a pressing force is applied to the detection lever at the non-load detection position from the tray containing side, the detection lever retreats toward the tray pulling out side.
US09670014B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet receiving plate configured to receive a sheet and pivot in an up-down direction; a feed roller configured to pivot between a contact position where the feed roller contacts the sheet on the sheet receiving plate and a withdrawal position where the feed roller withdraws from the sheet; an urging member configured to urge the sheet receiving plate upward; an abutting portion configured to, when the sheet receiving plate pivots upward, abut the sheet and stop the sheet receiving plate; a moving member configured to, after the sheet abuts the abutting portion, move the sheet receiving plate to a sheet feed position; and a feed roller pivoting mechanism configured to, when the sheet receiving plate pivots upward, withdraw the feed roller to the withdrawal position and to, after the sheet contacts the abutting portion, move the feed roller to the sheet receiving plate.
US09669995B2
A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system may utilize pedals that can be replaced with a hand actuator.
US09669991B1
A secondary containment system used to transport and store a tank containing fluid. The secondary containment system having a containment body comprising an end wall, a back wall, two side walls, a bottom, and a top, wherein the walls are integral to the bottom, and wherein the top can be displaced from the containment body. The containment body is constructed of a three-layer configuration comprising an inner layer, an outer layer, and a central layer sandwiched therebetween. The inner layer defines a chamber in which the tank containing the fluid is stored. The chamber is sized and shaped so that the tank is positioned in the chamber and defines a void between walls of the inner layer and the tank.
US09669987B2
A cup made of a paper material or a material which can be processed in a similar manner to paper and which has a fillable interior, wherein the cup has a casing and an outer casing between which an insulating space is formed. The insulating space contains an insulating material which is prevented from escaping from the insulating space by at least one lower seal.
US09669983B2
A woven laminated plastic bag having features that further prevent leakage of contents out of the bag, or infestation of organisms into the contents of the bag is provided. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.
US09669982B2
A method of packaging a CMP brush having a cylindrical brush portion and a pair of end connection portions. The method includes saturating the brush with a liquid; covering the cylindrical brush portion with a flexible sheet that extends around and engages the surface of the cylindrical portion; engaging each of the end connection portions with a respective end support; inserting the dampened brush into a rigid polymer tubular shipping container and supporting the end connection portions within the polymer tube; and providing an additional exterior self-supporting packaging.
US09669979B2
A pack including at least two articles or PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by means of a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping and said strapping being stretched around an outer surface of the articles or PET containers in a horizontal manner. The strapping is made of one, two or more similar or different plastic strapping band or bands made of a composite material with overlapping ends each whereby a single part or multi part contact point is formed by gluing and/or welding. The strapping forms a relief loop at the contact site or apart from the contact site.
US09669969B2
An openable securing ring for holding a lid or similar closure on a container has a latch mechanism arranged to secure ends of the ring releasably together at a circumferential break. A circumferentially extending recess is provided at a radially inner portion of the latch mechanism so that the radially inner portion is of reduced axial external thickness and provides relief for stable stacking of a first container on top of a second container when the securing ring is attached to the second container. A radially inner edge of a locking lever side wall may lie radially outward of the inner diameter of one ring end to define at least part of the reduced thickness radially inner portion.
US09669968B2
A replaceable latch and a container including the same are disclosed. The latch can include a latch plate; at least one clip, at least one projection for engaging a rod in the at least one clip; and a locking protrusion extending from the latch plate. Each clip can include a rod seat for rotatably engaging a rod. The container can include a first portion, comprising a mounting rod; a replaceable latch for rotatably coupling to the mounting rod; and a second portion, comprising a latch catch.
US09669964B2
A container for storing dispensable contents includes a tub. The tub includes a body having one or more walls extending from a base, an opening, a neck formed around the opening and extending out from the body to form a lip, and a shelf disposed on an inner perimeter of the neck and below the lip. The container also includes a removable insert disposed below the lip and above the contents. The removable insert includes a scoop implement for dispensing the contents, and an outer frame removably coupled to the scoop implement, the outer frame configured to rest on the shelf and support the scoop implement above the contents. The container also includes a closure configured to removably cover the opening.
US09669963B2
A cap for a receptacle such as a bottle, the cap comprising: a sealing portion for forming a substantially fluid-tight seal with an open end of the receptacle; a bracket formed on or with the cap, the bracket having an aperture therethrough; and at least one tab element received in or through said aperture, at least one of said tab element or elements forming a handle to be grasped by a user.
US09669957B2
A technical problem is to fully make up for a restricted upper limit to the preform body wall thickness. An object is to provide a bottle which is narrow-mouthed and yet has a substantially expanded body. In principle, the bottle may include a mouth opening portion with a bore diameter of 10 mm or less and a maximum diameter of the body is 2.5 times or more than the bore diameter of the mouth opening portion, and wherein a maximum diameter portion of the body has a minimum wall thickness of 0.45 mm or more.
US09669955B2
A sonotrode and anvil are adapted for ultrasonic welding of work pieces, to produce a narrower weld region that exhibits greater durability, permitting use of less material per package. The horn-to-anvil contact is through a plurality of energy directors arranged into a three-dimensional grid pattern to be capable of distributed vibration-transmissive contact. The energy directors include a series of plateau surfaces regularly spaced apart in a first direction, and in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, to form the grid pattern. The energy directors of the horn are configured to interlock with the energy directors of the anvil. The rectangular-shaped plateaus are spaced apart by angled side-surfaces that form valleys. A stepped transition to a corresponding region of reduced height for the energy directors of the sonotrode and anvil may form a cosmetic seal region with a lesser integrity, in addition to the main barrier seal.
US09669951B2
A method for operating a packaging device and a packaging device are provided. Guide units which are fastened to transporter of a transport unit are moved along a plurality of supply and dispensing units. The transporter is driven by a drive axle coupled to a motor and returned via a deflection axle, the motor being coupled to a control unit. The transporter and/or the deflection axle have a plurality of markings spaced at predefined intervals, and at least one travel difference or time difference between two markings is determined. The determined difference is compared to a setpoint value and the drive axle is stopped when a deviation between the setpoint value and the determined difference exceeds a threshold value.
US09669950B2
The present invention provides a capture mechanism for capturing and locking onto the Marman flange located on the exterior surfaces of spacecraft/satellites. The capture mechanism achieves its goal of quickly capturing a client spacecraft by splitting the two basic actions involved into two separate mechanisms. One mechanism performs the quick grasp of the target while the other mechanism rigidises that grasp to ensure that the target is held as firmly as desired.
US09669936B1
There are provided aircraft air conditioning systems and methods. The aircraft air conditioning system has a duct in an aircraft connected to an aircraft cabin and configured to flow pressurized cabin outflow air from the aircraft cabin. The aircraft air conditioning system further has a turbine connected to the duct and configured to reduce a temperature of the pressurized cabin outflow air and to generate power, and further has a compressor configured to generate a compressed inlet air stream, and further has an air conditioning pack configured to receive a reduced temperature cabin outflow air from the turbine and configured to receive the compressed inlet air stream from the compressor. The air conditioning pack has a cooling cycle system, a humidity control system, and one or more heat exchangers configured to use the reduced temperature cabin outflow air as a heat sink.
US09669919B2
Highly integrated infused box made of composite material with two skins (3), several ribs (4), several stringers (5), a front spar and a rear spar, comprising a first semibox (1) and a second semibox (2) joined by connecting means, in which the first semibox (1) comprises one skin (3) and the ribs (4), and the second semibox (2) comprises one skin (3), the front spar, the rear spar and the stringers (5). A manufacturing method is also provided, which comprises forming processes for the first semibox (1), the second semibox (2) and an assembly process of the first semibox (1) with the second semibox (2).
US09669916B2
In a ship steering system for an out-drive device including: an out-drive device; a hydraulic actuator configured to turn the out-drive device; a hydraulic controller configured to control the hydraulic actuator; a ship steering device configured to instruct a traveling direction to the hydraulic controller; and an emergency ship steering device capable of at least instructing the out-drive device to turn, the emergency ship steering device is capable of controlling the hydraulic actuator without involving the hydraulic controller.
US09669908B2
A skiing accessory comprises a support structure, a mounting arrangement and a lift member. The support structure is configured to support a user relative to a body of water. The mounting arrangement is configured to connect the support structure to a ski boom. The lift member is arranged on the support structure and configured to engage the body of water such that the support structure is raised or lifted, relative to the body of water, by the lift member as the accessory is towed. The mounting arrangement permits the support structure to be pivotally connected to the ski boom about an axis that is generally parallel to the ski boom.
US09669906B2
An adapter for mounting a mounting structure on a flush mount receptacle base. The adapter includes a mounting base and an anchor. The mounting base includes a rotatable drive member with an interface surface configured and arranged for placement on a mounting surface, the rotatable member also has a bore extending thereinto and aligned with the interface surface, and the bore is at least partially threaded.The anchor extends into the bore of the drive member, the anchor has a shaft with first and second end portions and defining a center axis, the first end portion of the shaft is threaded to mate with the threaded bore of the drive member and configured and arranged to rotate relative to the drive member, the anchor also has at least one hook coupled to the second end portion of the shaft and laterally offset from the center axis of the shaft.
US09669896B2
The present invention provides a sensor arrangement. The signal from the sensor is used to control an auxiliary motor of a vehicle propelled by muscular strength. The auxiliary motor is there integrated into a wheel hub unit of the vehicle. The wheel hub unit comprises a stationary axle and a hub rotatably mounted to the axle. According to the invention, the assembly comprises the sensor and a freewheel of the drive train, which is propelled by muscular strength, mounted rotatable relative to the axle, where the sensor is arranged such that it detects a rotational motion of the freewheel relative to the axle.
US09669894B2
A vehicle includes a suspended assembly that supports a main body and a suspension system for connecting the suspended assembly to the main vehicle body. The suspended assembly assists in providing directional control of the vehicle and stability in a lateral direction relative to a normal straight-ahead direction of travel of the vehicle. The suspension system including first and second suspension arrangements that control movement of the suspended assembly relative to the main vehicle body through a range of motion along first and second paths that are primarily perpendicular to the lateral direction. The second path differs from the first path such that the combination of the range of motion of the first suspension arrangement along the first path and the second path result in an overall range of motion for the suspended assembly relative to the main body that is defined by a surface area.
US09669887B2
A multi-parts autotransferring apparatus for transferring parts to be mounted in a car body includes: a body configured to be mounted spaced apart from a ground by a plurality of supports; a vertical moving part configured to be mounted at the lower portion of the body to descend; a horizontal moving part configured to be mounted at a lower portion of the vertical moving part to be advanced and retreated in a front and rear direction; front jig parts configured to be each mounted at opposing sides of a front of the horizontal moving part; and rear jig parts configured to be each mounted at opposing sides of a rear of the horizontal moving part.
US09669886B2
A wear sensing device is disclosed. The wear sensing device may be used in conjunction with a carrier roller assembly of a track assembly. The wear sensing device may have a wear sensor roller mounted to an axle of the carrier roller assembly. The sensor roller may be configured to contact a track pin assembly connected to one or more track links of the track assembly. The wear sensing device may further have a wear sensor mounted to the wear sensor roller and configured to generate a signal indicative of a wear parameter of the one or more track links.
US09669885B1
A system is disclosed for controlling an incident ambient airflow in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle body with a first vehicle body end configured to face the incident ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion relative to a road surface. The system includes a duct providing a conduit for the incident airflow into the vehicle body. The system also includes a shutter assembly configured to control the airflow through the duct and thereby regulate a downforce acting on the first vehicle body end. The shutter assembly may include an adjustable louver, a mechanism configured to select the position for the louver between and inclusive of fully opened and fully closed, and a controller configured to regulate the mechanism. The vehicle may also have a heat-absorbing subassembly, and the duct can provide a conduit for the incident airflow to the heat-absorbing subassembly for cooling thereof.
US09669882B2
A method of assembling a panel sealing apparatus and the panel sealing apparatus includes a panel. The panel defines an aperture and a sealing assembly. The assembly includes a first component and a second component, with the second component at least partially surrounding the first component and is secured to the first component to form a unit. In certain embodiments, the assembly includes a plurality of clips disconnected from each other, each configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from each other and attached to the panel separately from the unit. In other embodiments, the assembly includes a band and a plurality of clips each independently attachable to and detachable from the band, each of the clips configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from the unit and the clips attached to the band before placement of the clips in the aperture.
US09669872B2
A system and method assists a driver of a host vehicle in potential lane change situations. The method includes producing sensor data by a sensor physically sensing the environment of the host vehicle, predicting future movement behavior of at least one sensed vehicle, and determining whether a gap on a neighboring lane of the host vehicle exists. If the neighboring lane of the host vehicle would fit better for the predicted future movement behavior, a recommendation information signal is generated. Feasibility is determined by combining the determination result of the existence of a gap and the predicted future behavior. A notification for the host vehicle is output or, if lane change is feasible, signals for performing autonomous lane change based upon the recommendation information signal by the host vehicle are output.
US09669871B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance device of a motor vehicle (1), wherein the driver assistance device is switched between an automatic drive mode, in which control signals are output at least to a steering device of the motor vehicle (1) by means of the driver assistance device and hereby a steering angle of the motor vehicle (1) is autonomously controlled by the driver assistance device, and a manual drive mode, in which the steering angle is manually controlled by a driver by operating a steering wheel (7) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein with the switching the driver assistance device at least in one switching direction from one of the drive modes into the other drive mode, a moving light is generated along a predetermined lighting path (20) in a movement direction (21, 22) associated with the switching direction by means of a lighting device (4).
US09669866B2
A steering intention determination device includes a calculation unit that calculates a value based on the product of a steering angular velocity and a steering torque and the product of a steering angle and the time differential value of the steering torque, and a determination unit that determines that the driver has a turn-and-steer steering intention in a case where the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determine that the driver has a steering holding intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is less than a predetermined angular velocity, and determine that the driver has a switchback steering intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is equal to or greater than the predetermined angular velocity.
US09669862B1
A portion of a steering column assembly includes an energy absorption assembly. The energy absorption assembly includes an energy absorption strap and a breakaway member. The energy absorption strap has a first strap portion coupled to an upper jacket assembly and a second strap portion coupled to a lower jacket assembly. The breakaway member has a first breakaway member, a second breakaway member, and a frangible area. The first breakaway member defines a first opening that receives the first strap portion. The second breakaway member defines a second opening that receives the second strap portion. The frangible area joins the first breakaway member to the second breakaway member.
US09669840B2
The present invention relates to a method and system of controlling the output of information to a driver. It provides to monitor at least one operating parameter of a vehicle and to estimate driver workload is estimated based on said at least one operating parameter, using a plurality of thresholds (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) defining driver workload ratings. Output of information to the driver is controlled based on the estimated driver workload rating. To ensure that also low priority information is outputted, the invention provides to periodically cycling through some or all of those defined driver workload ratings having a lower rating than the current estimated workload rating.
US09669837B2
An ECU executes control processing including the step of extracting amplitudes f1, f2 of a resonant zone when a traveling mode is in a hybrid traveling mode, the step of executing count processing, the step of starting a first resonance avoidance control when a first count value Nf1 is greater than a threshold value n(1), the step of starting a second resonance avoidance control when a second count value Nf2 is greater than a threshold value n(2), the step of releasing a clutch K2 when resonance continues even after elapse of a predetermined time period Tb from starting of the second resonance avoidance control, and the step of terminating the resonance avoidance control when predetermined time period Ta has elapsed from determination of occurrence of resonance.
US09669831B2
An automatic driving controlling system includes: a speed sensor; and a yaw rate sensor that detects a vehicle yaw rate. A controller is configured: to calculate a target yaw rate required to drive the vehicle to a target point and calculates a real-time target yaw rate by comparing a yaw rate detected in real time with the target yaw rate; to calculate a target lateral acceleration by using a vehicle speed and the target yaw rate, and calculates a real-time target lateral acceleration; and to determine whether the real-time target lateral acceleration-is out of a range between an upper limit threshold value and a lower limit threshold value of the target lateral acceleration while an automatic driving mode is in progress. The controller terminates the automatic driving mode so that the driver takes control of the vehicle to drive.
US09669827B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and responding to objects in a vehicle's environment. For example, an object may be identified in a vehicle's environment, the object having a heading and location. A set of possible actions for the object may be generated using map information describing the vehicle's environment and the heading and location of the object. A set of possible future trajectories of the object may be generated based on the set of possible actions. A likelihood value of each trajectory of the set of possible future trajectories may be determined based on contextual information including a status of the detected object. A final future trajectory is determined based on the determined likelihood value for each trajectory of the set of possible future trajectories. The vehicle is then maneuvered in order to avoid the final future trajectory and the object.
US09669825B1
Methods and systems are provided for periodically activating a vehicle engine such that issues that may occur responsive to engine inactivity, such as rust and the sticking of components of the valve train, may be prevented. In one example, a vehicle engine increment off timer is used to monitor a duration wherein the vehicle engine has not been active, and responsive to expiration of the timer, spinning the engine unfueled in reverse while concurrently activating an onboard pump to direct air and fuel vapor to be stored in a fuel vapor canister. In this way, periodic engine lubrication operations may be conducted that do not require the use of fueled engine operation, thereby improving fuel economy and reducing undesired evaporative emissions.
US09669822B2
A multi-mode powertrain system is described, and includes an internal combustion engine and electric machines operative to transfer mechanical power through a gear train to an output member coupled to a driveline, wherein the electric machines electrically connect to a battery. The method includes determining an audible noise-based maximum engine speed, wherein the internal combustion engine generates an audible noise that is less than a threshold noise level when operating at a speed that is less than the audible noise-based maximum engine speed. The electric machines and the internal combustion engine are controlled responsive to an operator torque request including controlling the engine speed to be less than the audible noise-based maximum engine speed when battery power is greater than a minimum threshold.
US09669821B1
Embodiments of the invention provide a controller for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) having an engine and an electric machine, the controller being configured upon start-up to control an electric machine to provide torque to drive a vehicle with an engine off if a state of charge (SoC) of an energy storage device is above an EV-start SoC threshold and to start an engine if a SoC of an energy storage device is below the EV-start SoC threshold, wherein the EV-start SoC threshold is determined to be one selected from amongst a value sufficient to allow a vehicle to travel a prescribed distance before a SoC falls below a SoC minimum level at which an engine is started and a value sufficient to allow a vehicle to operate for a prescribed time period before a SoC falls below the SoC minimum level.
US09669814B2
A sub master cylinder includes a body formed with a chamber in which oil is stored; a first sub piston having one end which is secured to one end of the body and the other end which extends toward the other end of the body and is disposed to cross the chamber; and a second sub piston disposed between an inner surface of the body and an outer surface of the first sub piston to be moved in the chamber.
US09669807B2
A motor vehicle with a wheel, a wheel case enveloping the wheel, and an air duct leading to the wheel case, wherein the air duct incorporates an adjustable element, which in a first position steers the air entering into the wheel case through the air duct into a gap between an inner flank of the wheel and an inner wall of the wheel case, and in a second position diverts the air by an outer flank of the wheel.
US09669805B2
The invention relates to a hydraulic connector, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen wiper system. The connector is designed to be mounted on a wiper blade fitted with a perforated pipe carrying cleaning and de-icing fluid, and comprises at least one inlet coupling suitable for connection to a fluid feed, and at least one distributor provided with at least one outlet coupling designed to be connected to the perforated pipe. The connector also includes at least one internal path for carrying the fluid from the inlet coupling to the distributor. Thus, by means of the presence of the internal path through the connector, the inlet coupling can be positioned at various locations on the connector, without feeding directly into the distributor.
US09669800B2
A control method for vehicle anti-theft is provided. The control method includes: identifying whether a smart key matches with a vehicle when a trigger of the vehicle is activated; generating a vehicle location data when the smart key matches with the vehicle; receiving a smart key location data; calculating a distance between the smart key and the vehicle according to the vehicle location data and the smart key location data; determining whether the distance between the smart key and the vehicle is within a predefined distance; and unlocking the vehicle when the distance between the smart key and the vehicle is within the predefined distance.
US09669792B2
An air bag case includes: a bottom wall portion including a bottom wall configuring portion; a side wall portion including a side wall configuring portion, wherein: the side wall configuring portion is bent so as to rise from an outer circumferential edge of the bottom wall configuring portion of the single metallic sheet material; a plurality of joining piece portions, provided on the side wall configuring portion, are superposed on corresponding joined portions to be crimped together to thereby maintain a rising shape of the side wall portion from the bottom wall portion; and the joining piece portions are disposed substantially parallel to the bottom wall portion together with the joined portions and are superposed on the joined portions so that the joining pieces portions and the joined portions are partially crimped together in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the bottom wall portion.
US09669789B2
A side airbag of a far side airbag device includes a rear inflation section that inflates and deploys on being supplied with gas and restrains at least rear portions of the chest and abdominal regions of a seated occupant, and a front inflation section that inflates and deploys by being supplied with gas through a through hole formed at a boundary between the rear inflation section and the front inflation section to restrain at least front portions of the chest and abdominal regions of the seated occupant. The far side airbag device includes a tension member that, on receiving tension and adopting a deployed state accompanying inflation and deployment of the side airbag, has a front end side connected to the rear inflation section, and a rear end side connected to a seatback frame.
US09669788B2
A number of variations may include a knee airbag mounted on a dash panel.
US09669773B2
A rack and tray device formed from a pair of side panels mountable on the floor of an area and attached to the sides of the area, such as the inside of a van. Guide members are on the side panels and include a channel shape extending inward to accept a tray member carried by the channel shape and maintained in a substantially horizontal orientation when objects are placed on the at least one tray member. The guide members are slidably mounted to further support the tray and prevent it from tipping.
US09669771B1
An apparatus structured for installation in a component of a vehicle is provided. The component is rotatable to any of a plurality of angular orientations relative to a remainder of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a sensing element and mounting means structured for coupling to the component so as to move with the component. The mounting means is also structured for operative coupling to the sensing element so as to enable free rotation of the sensing element with respect to the mounting means. Retention means is provided and is structured for coupling to the component. The retention means is operable to prevent rotation of the sensing element with respect to the mounting means.
US09669770B1
A fastener-holder apparatus is provided. The fastener-holder apparatus includes a fastening member; and a holder member movably connected to the fastening member. The fastener-holder apparatus may be attachable to a vehicle.
US09669762B2
An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes first and second loading surfaces for engaging a mounting member of a side view mirror assembly, wherein the first and second loading surfaces are disposed within an interior of a vehicle door, such that, in assembly, a mounting member of the mirror assembly is substantially or fully disposed within the interior of a vehicle door, thereby minimizing the overall mirror footprint by eliminating the need for an external base for attachment of a mirror assembly to a vehicle door.
US09669756B2
A vehicle is constructed to include an upper body and an underbody underlying the upper body. The upper body includes a longitudinal first side section and an opposing longitudinal second side section, and the underbody has a first perimeter portion underlying the upper body's first side section and a second perimeter portion underlying the upper body's second side section. The vehicle further includes a lighting system for illuminating the ground beneath the vehicle. The lighting system includes one or more first side lighting elements mounted at the underbody's first side perimeter portion. At least one of the one or more first side lighting elements is oriented to emit light across the vehicle's underbody and illuminate the ground beneath the upper body's second side section.
US09669746B2
A storage compartment assembly is moveable between an uninstalled orientation and an installed orientation in which the storage compartment assembly is directly fastened to a side wall of a cargo area. The storage compartment assembly defines an opening along an upper end thereof providing access to the storage compartment. A lid is pivotally supported to the storage compartment assembly by a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism extends in a direction parallel to the side wall with the storage compartment assembly in the installed orientation. The lid is movable between a closed orientation covering the opening and concealing the storage compartment, and an open orientation uncovering the opening and exposing the storage compartment. The lid contacts the elongated support projection in the open orientation such that the lid is supported by the elongated support projection.
US09669743B2
A seat frame of a vehicle seat comprises a first frame part, a second frame part, a fitting which pivotally connects the first frame part with the second frame part about a swivel axis, a first fitting part of the fitting, which is connected with the first frame part, and a second fitting part of the fitting, which is connected with the second frame part, which for pivoting the first frame part and the second frame part relative to each other is adjustable with respect to the first fitting part. At least one of the first fitting part and the second fitting part has an annular collar surface extending around the swivel axis and pointing radially to the outside, via which the associated fitting part is connected with an annular bearing portion of the associated frame part, which delimits an opening.
US09669742B1
An apparatus for covering a bench seat may have a seat cover with an installed configuration in which the seat cover is secured to the bench seat via a plurality of anchoring elements. The seat cover may have a support portion securable to a support member of the bench seat, and a backrest portion securable to a backrest member of the bench seat. The support portion may define a support recess, and the backrest portion may define a backrest recess. The backrest portion may have two rear backrest panels that define an intermediate backrest gap that is spanned by a rear flexible strap. Other anchoring elements may include one or more flexible connectors secured to a rigid feature of the vehicle, blocking member connectors extending between adjoining portions of the support portion and the backrest portion, and/or draw string elements that tighten the seat cover around the bench seat.
US09669740B2
The vehicle includes a passenger compartment, a seat assembly, a folding seat, and a center console. The passenger compartment includes a storage space. The storage space is provided in an interior side wall of the passenger compartment. The seat assembly is provided in the passenger compartment. The seat assembly includes a mounting base. The folding seat has a seat mounting structure. The folding seat is movable between a folded position and a seated position. The center console has a console mounting structure. The folding seat and the center console are each configured to be stored within the storage space of the passenger compartment. The seat mounting structure of the folding seat and the console mounting structure of the center console are each configured to be mounted to the mounting structure of the seat assembly.
US09669739B1
An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in lateral or side impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian access making it possible to both install multi-element contoured surround seats for passengers and the driver, and also a safety device for head-on collision protection that obviates the need for conventional seat belts and front impact airbags. An indo-skeletal structural arrangement proposed for the vehicle, provides further benefits by targeting the strength of the vehicle to protect passengers while minimizing other massive elements in the vehicle. Side impact protection for the head and neck are proposed with airbags and aircushions.
US09669736B2
A vehicle includes vehicle body-side steps having a plurality of abutment surfaces on which seat-side protrusions abut from above. Each abutment surface has a height different from each other, with the seat being adjustable in height by selectively abutting the seat-side protrusions on the abutment surfaces. A rider's seat has a covering portion formed at a front portion thereof and extending substantially in parallel with an inclined upper surface of a fuel tank. When abutment positions of the seat-side protrusions are changed from either first ones of the abutment surfaces to second ones, the covering portion changes a position thereof so as to slide substantially in parallel with the inclined upper surface of the fuel tank.
US09669734B2
A monopost for a free-standing seat of a vehicle comprises: an inner subassembly of first clamshell components attached to each other; an outer subassembly of second clamshell components attached to each other around the inner subassembly, the outer subassembly forming a wing portion at one end; and a wing clamshell attached to the first clamshell components and to the wing portion.
US09669728B2
A system and a method for controlling a low voltage DC/DC converter (LDC) of a hybrid vehicle is provided in which a fuel efficiency mode for artificially turning off pulse width modulation (PWM) control of the LDC is added, thereby improving fuel efficiency. Accordingly, the fuel efficiency mode for artificially turning off the PWM control of the LDC is added, so that when the fuel efficiency mode is performed, power of an auxiliary battery is temporarily supplied to an electric field load, thereby reducing power consumption of a main battery and improving fuel efficiency. Further, when the auxiliary battery is separated, power of the main battery is temporarily supplied to the electric field load by performing the PWM control of the LDC, to prevent a phenomenon that power is not supplied to the electric field load when the auxiliary battery is separated.
US09669727B2
An electrical source control apparatus controls a vehicle which travels by using an electrical source system including a first electrical source and a second electrical source. The electrical source control apparatus has: a controlling device for controlling the first and second electrical sources to set a residual power level of the first electrical source equal to first target amount and to set a residual power level of the second electrical source equal to second target amount, and a setting device for setting the first and second target amounts such that each of the first and second target amounts becomes smaller as a speed of the vehicle becomes larger. The setting device sets the first and second target amounts such that a rate of change of the second target amount to the speed is larger than a rate of change of the first target amount to the speed.
US09669721B2
A method is provided for dynamically providing up-to-date information about charging stations for electric vehicles. Charging station information including at least one charging station identification assigned to a respective charging station and location information assigned to the respective charging station is stored for multiple charging stations. A charge request containing identification of the mobile station and geographical information for the mobile station is received from a mobile station. A tuple of charging station information from the plurality of items of stored charging station information dependent on at least the received charge request is selected such that the received geographical information is compared with the respective location information of the charging stations and when the result of a comparison is positive the corresponding charging station information is added to the tuple and the tuple is sent to the mobile station using the identification of the mobile station.
US09669720B2
A V2X system includes an electrical power distribution system configured to draw electrical power from a grid, support the supply of the drawn electrical power to one or more primary electrical systems and support the exchange of electrical power with a battery bank including at least one rechargeable vehicle battery. A controller manages the exchange of electrical power between the electrical power distribution system and the battery bank by identifying a change rate in electrical power drawn by the electrical power distribution system from the grid, selecting an amount of electrical power for the electrical power distribution system to exchange with the battery bank based on the change rate, and signaling for the exchange of the selected amount of electrical power.
US09669708B2
A system for automatically retracting a vehicle fueling receptacle lid, storing the lid within the body of the vehicle, and automatically returning the lid to its original protective position, such that the vehicle fueling receptacle lid will retract automatically upon instruction from the vehicle's onboard electronic control system and, further, will return to its original position, wherein it serves to protect the fueling inlet (whether such inlet allows for the storage of liquid fuel or for electrical charging), upon completion of a fueling or charging session, as instructed by the vehicle's onboard electronic control system.
US09669706B2
The present invention discloses a filling device (1) for a motor vehicle operating fluid container (3). The filling device (1) comprises a mouth hole connection piece (11), into which a dispensing valve (40) can be introduced in order to fill the operating fluid container (3). The filling device (1) further comprises a compensation chamber (24) to which the mouth hole connection piece (11) is connected in fluid terms. A connection piece (21) of the filling device (1) is arranged between the operating fluid container (3) and the compensation chamber (24) and is connected in fluid terms to the operating fluid container (3) and the compensation chamber (24). The filling device (1) is distinguished in that the connection piece (21) protrudes into the compensation chamber (24), the connection piece (21) is arranged so as to face the mouth hole connection piece (11) and to be spaced apart therefrom, the connection piece (21) is surrounded by the compensation chamber (24), and a dispensing valve (40) can be introduced through the mouth hole connection piece (11) into the connection piece (21).
US09669705B2
A method, comprising: indicating leakage on a canister side of a fuel system based on a first fuel system pressure following applying a vacuum to the fuel system with a fuel tank isolation valve closed; and indicating leakage on a fuel tank side of the fuel system based on the first fuel system pressure and a second fuel system pressure following applying a vacuum to the fuel system with the fuel tank isolation valve open. In this way, an ELCM with a single reference orifice may be used to perform a leak test with two different thresholds for leak detection. This may allow vehicles currently in production to meet future emissions standards without costly upgrades to the ELCM.
US09669702B2
A fuel saving system includes a vehicle. A housing is coupled to the vehicle and the housing captures air when the vehicle is driven. A baffling unit is coupled to the housing and the baffling unit selectively inhibits the air from entering the housing. A turbo is rotatably positioned within the housing and the turbo is rotated by the air passing through the housing. Thus, the turbo produces rotational torque. A drive is coupled between the vehicle and the turbo. The drive transfers the rotational torque to the vehicle thereby increasing a fuel efficiency of the vehicle when the vehicle is driven.
US09669701B2
Compact integrated motor-gear drive unit with cycloidal reduction and device incorporating this unit
An integrated motor-gear drive unit, for example an in-wheel motor, for transmitting rotational movement from a motor output shaft with cycloidal reduction to an outer rotatable body includes a mounting carrier body (3) and a secondary carrier body (2) structurally connected by at least two carrier pin devices (4, 11) forming a combined carrier body (2, 3, 4, 11); an outer rotatable body (1) rotatably supported on the mounting carrier body (3) and on the secondary carrier body (2); a motor (5) and a rotatable motor output shaft (6m), at least one cycloidal gear disc (10) and an eccentric body (8), wherein the eccentric body (8) is rotatably supporting the cycloidal gear disc (10) and wherein the motor output shaft (6m) is arranged for rotating the eccentric body (8) within the cycloidal gear disc (10), and a device to which such a unit is connected.
US09669700B2
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. One method for controlling a device of the electrically motorized wheel includes calculating a set of parameters associated with a fitness level of the user for use in determining an amount of assistance a user will receive from the electrically motorized wheel.
US09669695B2
An assembly mount for the movable fastening of a motor vehicle assembly (such as an engine) having a housing which is connectable to a motor vehicle body, a fastening bolt which is connectable to the motor vehicle assembly and which projects into the housing via a housing opening, a load-bearing spring which is connected to the housing and to the fastening bolt, wherein the load-bearing spring permits at least a relative movement of the fastening bolt in an opening plane of the housing opening within the housing opening, and a compensation element which is movable relative to the housing and relative to the fastening bolt and which serves for the variation of a movement clearance of the fastening bolt in the housing opening in the opening plane.
US09669691B2
A covering device for a storage area of a motor vehicle having a storage area cover which is at least partly flexible and can be drawn from a storage device against a spring force into a use position. The covering device also has a guiding device that has two guiding rails, which run substantially parallel to each other and in which the guiding elements can be guided, and at least one locking device for releasably locking the guiding elements in the guiding rails. The locking device has a latching protrusion in each guiding rail, a latching lug of the respective guiding element being latchable to the latching protrusion against the spring force, and each latching lug can be lifted over the respective latching protrusion in order to release the lock by tilting the bearing rod in a first direction using an actuating element.
US09669690B2
A surveillance module may be deployed from a vehicle. The vehicle to deploy the surveillance module includes a first portion configured to accommodate a user to operate the vehicle. A second portion includes a module configured to accommodate the user and comprising a roof and an entrance accessible through an interior of the vehicle from the first portion. The second portion also includes a lifting mechanism coupled to the module and operable to move the module vertically from a retracted position to an extended position. A third portion defines an opening to accommodate the module, wherein the roof of the module couples to a periphery of the opening in the retracted position.
US09669687B2
A vehicle body structure (10) including a tailgate opening (13) provided in a vehicle body rear part (12) and a tailgate (15) supported by the vehicle body rear part (12) for opening/closing the tailgate opening (13) is disclosed. The tailgate (15) includes a tailgate body (26) supported by the vehicle body rear part (12), a door opening (31) formed in the tailgate body (26), a sub-door (35) supported by the tailgate body (26) for opening/closing the door opening (31), and a high-mount stop lamp (39) disposed so as to avoid the sub-door (35).
US09669683B2
The invention is about a vehicle air conditioning system wherein an air stream can flow axially along a stream direction. The system has a filter held in a compartment in a substantially transversal plane. The filter compartment has an inlet opening and an outlet opening and is delimited by peripheral walls comprising a back wall, two lateral walls and a front wall. The filter compartment is provided with a removable service drawer comprising a front panel, and an adjacent floor portion extending backwards from the front panel. When the service drawer is closed the front panel is adjacent the front wall and, when opening the service drawer, a service opening opens in place of the front panel and in place of the floor portion leaving for the filter a passage allowing removal of the filter along a removal direction inclined relative to the transversal plane.
US09669679B2
A damper assembly for a vehicle suspension system includes a damper and a manifold. The damper includes a tubular sidewall that defines an inner damper volume and a plunger separating the inner damper volume into a first chamber and a second chamber. The damper defines a first opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second opening in fluid communication with the second chamber. The manifold includes a housing having a pilot and defining a flow path between an inlet port and an outlet port, a flow controller coupled to the housing and positioned along the flow path, and a piston including a pilot end coupled to the pilot and an interface end that engages the flow controller with a pilot force. The inlet port is in fluid communication with at least one of the first opening and the second opening of the damper.
US09669675B2
An assembly for supporting a vehicle chassis on a wheel of the vehicle includes a frame pivotably connected to the vehicle chassis at a connection location and a wheel attachment component slidingly coupled with the frame. The wheel attachment component is positioned on a first side of the connection location and is configured to pivot in unison with the frame and to move between a plurality of operating positions relative to the frame. A suspension component regulates motion transfer between the frame and the attachment component and is positioned on a second side of the connection location opposite the attachment component. An adjustment actuator is configured to shift the attachment component between any of the plurality of operating positions relative to the frame. The adjustment actuator is functionally independent of the suspension component.
US09669670B2
A manually operated pump for supplying air to a bicycle comprises an outer tube with one end closed and the other end open. A core tube slides in the outer tube and has a piston assembly on one end and an end socket on the other. There is a hose which slides in the core tube. One end of the hose is connects with an air needle, and the other end connects with an air nozzle assembly. The piston assembly comprises a piston, a piston ring, and a one-way valve communicating with the core tube and the outer tube. A narrowing port is formed in the end socket of the core tube. A foot stand is hinged on an outer side of the end socket of the core tube. The air needle has a head matching the narrowing port.
US09669669B2
A structurally simple tire monitoring system for a vehicle, for establishing tire-specific parameters, includes a valve stem with an attachment section, a fastening element and a tire air pressure sensor with a housing that has a mounting region. When the fastening element is in a locking position, the attachment section and the mounting region are releasably connected to one another using the fastening element. This is achieved in that the mounting region of the fastening element is movably supported between the locking position and an unlocking position, in which the mounting region and the attachment section can be released from one another. An elastic latching element is provided, which allows a movement of the fastening element relative to the housing toward the unlocking position, counter to a pressure exerted by the latching element. The latching element presses the fastening element into the locking position.
US09669667B2
A low-frequency emission electronic unit (20′) includes two low-frequency antennas (B1, B2). The second antenna (B2) is passive and resonant, oriented along the main axis (Y) of the first low-frequency antenna (B1) and is adapted to generate two low-frequency fields (D2, D2′) at right angles to the field (D1) emitted by the first antenna (B1). The low-frequency emission electronic unit (20′) makes it possible to reduce the zones of rupture of reception of the low-frequency signals by the wheel unit (13) situated in proximity in which the low-frequency signals emitted by the low-frequency emission electronic unit are not received by the closest wheel unit (13). A low-frequency signal transmission method alternating the emissions of waves by the two antennas (B1, B2) is also described.
US09669663B2
Tyre comprising a tread, this tread including a rolling surface (12) intended to come into contact with the ground, at least one circumferential row of upstanding elements (11), these upstanding elements (11) being separated from one another in the circumferential direction by incisions (20) of transverse or substantially transverse orientation, each incision (20) of transverse or substantially transverse orientation leading onto the rolling surface (12) and having a depth P, each incision (20) forming, on the rolling surface of the tyre when new, two facing edges (21, 22), these edges (21, 22) delimiting at least one narrow portion (30) of the incision, i.e. a portion having a mean width LE less than or equal to 2 mm, and at least one wide portion (40) of the incision, i.e. a portion having a mean width LL greater than 2 mm, these wide and narrow portions being disposed alternately, each narrow portion (30) and each wide portion (40) extending the full depth P of the incision (20), each narrow portion (30) having a volume uniformly distributed over the full depth P of the incision, each wide portion (40) having a volume for the most part between half the depth P of the cut-out and the depth P, this tread being characterized in that the following condition is satisfied: 0.90×E/R<(sum LE)/Pr<1.10×E/R, in which: (sum LE) is the sum of the mean widths LE of the narrow portions of all the incisions separating the upstanding elements of the same row on a circle centred on the rotation axis of the tyre, R is the mean radius of the circle centred on the rotation axis on the rolling surface of the row concerned when new and Pr is the mean perimeter of the circle centred on the rotation axis and passing through a circumferential series of incisions in accordance with the invention, E is the mean thickness of the tread at the level of the row concerned.
US09669662B2
A pneumatic tire comprises shoulder land zones and middle land zones divided by shoulder main grooves and a crown main groove. The shoulder land zone is divided by shoulder lateral grooves into shoulder blocks. The middle land zone is formed as a circumferential rib in substance. The middle land zone is provided with first and second middle outward slots which extend from the shoulder main groove toward the axially inside beyond the widthwise center line of the middle land zone, while gradually decreasing the width and inclining with respect to the tire axial direction at an angle θ1 and an angle θ2 (θ2>θ1), respectively, and terminate within the middle land zone. The open ends of the first and second middle outward slots respectively face the open ends of the shoulder lateral grooves at the shoulder main groove.
US09669658B1
A hollow twin-wheel caster structure of a luggage includes a wheel seat for coupling to the bottom of the luggage, the wheel seat having a horizontal inner annular hole; a hollow shaft unit inserted in the inner annular hole, two ends of the hollow shaft unit extending out of two sides of the inner annular hole to form a pair of coupling portions, the center of the hollow shaft unit being formed with a hollow portion communicating with the two ends of the hollow shaft unit; two plastic wheels fitted on the coupling portions; at least one bearing fitted on the hollow shaft unit; and a support member plugged into the hollow portion of the hollow shaft unit, the support member leaning against an inner wall of the hollow portion to prevent the hollow shaft unit from being compressed and deformed.
US09669657B2
A bidirectional hub assembly includes an axle unit, a hub shell mounted on the axle unit, a driving unit mounted on the axle unit, and a plurality of right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive units that are mounted to the hub shell. Each of the right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive units has a pawl engageable with the driving unit. The bidirectional hub assembly serves as a right-hand-drive hub when the pawl of at least one of the right-hand-drive units is in an enabled state and the pawl of each of the left-hand-drive units is in a disabled state, and serves as a left-hand-drive hub when the pawl of at least one of the left-hand-drive units is in an enabled state and the pawl of each of the right-hand-drive units is in a disabled state.
US09669651B2
A fully-automatic pencil sharpener is provided according to embodiments of the present application, which may avoid the problem of the pencil being overly sharpened in the conventional electric pencil sharpener, and realize a maximized utilization of the length of the pencil, thus is more economical and environmental friendly compared to the conventional electric pencil sharpener. The fully-automatic pencil sharpener according to embodiments of the present application includes a pencil-pushing module, a pencil-sharpening module, a power module, a detection module, a control module and a housing. The pencil-pushing module is adapted to push a pencil to a preset position, for example pushing the pencil to the pencil-sharpening module when the pencil is placed in the pencil sharpener, and pushing the pencil out of the fully-automatic pencil sharpener when the pencil has been sharpened.
US09669648B1
A loose-leaf binder device comprises a back, two end plugs that can selectively close two ends of the back, and a loose-leaf coil for binding inner pages and selectively disposed below the back. The back is formed with an insert slot. A retaining hole communicating with the insert slot is formed on a portion of the back abutting upon an end edge. The end plug is integrally formed with a resilient member to be inserted into the insert slot. A top surface of the resilient member is formed with one post corresponding to the retaining hole of the back. A free end of the resilient member is formed with an upward compressing edge. Thus, the post on the resilient member can be actuated through a compressing edge according to the resilient member of the end plug so that the post is selectively engaged with or disengaged from the back.
US09669644B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a sheet binding apparatus comprises a pasting section and a control section. The pasting section is capable of selectively carrying out pasting processing on at least one of a plurality of different given pasting target areas on sheets to be pasted. The control section controls the execution of the pasting processing based on the pasting section so that pasting target areas of a first sheet and a second sheet other than the first sheet within a plurality of sheets to be subjected to binding processing are different.
US09669642B2
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head ejecting ink; a buffer tank temporarily storing the ink; a mounting unit to which a main tank that stores the ink is capable of being mounted, the main tank having a first supply port from which the ink is supplied to the recording head and a second supply port from which the ink is supplied to the buffer tank; a first detecting unit detecting an ink volume in the main tank; and a control unit performing a discharge operation to discharge the ink in the buffer tank from the recording head via the main tank in a pre-transportation process in the ink jet recording apparatus. The control unit prompts a user to replace the main tank without performing the discharge operation if the ink volume detected by the first detecting unit is smaller than a threshold value.
US09669610B2
The use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is described for the lamination of moldings, where the polyurethane comprises units derived from at least one amorphous polyester polyol and comprises units derived from at least one polycarbonate.
US09669609B2
A single axis application unit for processing a glass workpiece includes a workpiece supporting table, an applicator movable on a traveler shiftable along a first linear axis and a central suction unit that is activateable to grip the glass workpiece that travels along a second linear axis oriented generally perpendicular to the first linear axis. A central suction unit brake selectively secures the central suction unit both rotationally and translationally. The central suction unit is freely moveable both translationally and rotationally when the central suction unit brake is released. A mid-peripheral suction unit is located at a fixed location remote from the central suction unit and selectively activateable to grip the glass workpiece to hold the glass workpiece in a fixed orientation. A corner suction gripper is movable with the applicator parallel to the first linear axis, and is selectively activateable to grip the glass workpiece.
US09669601B2
Multilayer polymeric films which may be useful for protecting the leading edges of aircraft from rain and sand erosion are presented. Typical surface protection films comprising two or more layers of a first material alternating with one or more layers of a second material, wherein the first and second materials are different materials, wherein the first and second materials comprise first and second polymers, wherein the first and second materials have a first and second Shore hardness, and wherein the first Shore hardness is greater than the second Shore hardness by more than 5 A or more typically more than 10 A.
US09669591B2
A monoaxially oriented film including an ethylene-propylene copolymer elastomer, a non-elastomeric propylene-based random copolymer, and a low density polyethylene, which is oriented at least about 2.5 times in one direction and exhibits excellent linear directional tear properties parallel to the orientation direction, excellent heat seal performance in terms of high heat seal strengths and low seal initiation temperature, and is less than 50 μm in thickness after orientation. This “thin” film formulation and orientation is suitable for pouch applications requiring an “easy-tear” linear tear feature and excellent hermetic seal properties.
US09669589B2
A mandrel (20, 30) defines a void geometry in a layup for a blade shell (73) via a rigid mandrel core (22, 32) and a plurality of expandable bladders (24A-F, 34A-F) attached adjacently to each other in sequence around a periphery of the core, forming an expandable outer cover on the mandrel. The bladders are controllably expandable (50, 50B, 60) individually or in proper subsets of all the bladders to adjust pressure distribution and mandrel position within the layup after closing a blade shell mold over the layup. The bladders may be transversely partitioned (104) at multiple spanwise (S) positions along the mandrel in order to define additional sets of adjustable bladders along the span of the mandrel.
US09669581B2
Method for manufacturing a base structure (8) of an aeronautical torsion box (1) for an aircraft (11) characterized in that it comprises the steps of: a.—providing at least a fresh skin (3), at least one fresh stringer (4), at least a fresh front spar (5) and fresh rear spar (6), b.—positioning the fresh skin (3), the at least one fresh stringer, the fresh spars (5, 6) in a curing tool in a configuration corresponding to that of a base structure (8), c.—subjecting the structure (8) to a single curing cycle, obtaining a cured base structure (8).
US09669576B2
A method for controlling the temperature of a polymer melt in an extrusion tool includes flowing the polymer melt via at least one flow channel from an input to an output and around at least one temperature-control element in the at least one flow channel. The temperature control element includes a plurality of temperature control units. The temperature of the polymer melt flowing around the temperature-control element is controlled by individually controlling each of the temperature-control units so as to vary a degree of temperature control of the temperature-control element such that a degree of temperature control is controllable to be the same or different at locations throughout the temperature control-element.
US09669563B2
A chain saw includes a wheel and a chain plate exposed to a saw casing, a chain trained over the wheel and the plate, and a driving device for driving the wheel. The plate is formed with an elongated slot. A chain tension adjustment mechanism includes a shielding cover disposed between the casing and the plate; a slide element disposed movably between the plate and the shielding cover, has a protrusion extending through the slot in the plate; and a biasing member biasing against the slide element and the shielding cover so as to push the slide element away from the wheel, wherein, movement of the plate toward the wheel against biasing action of the biasing member results in retraction of the biasing member from its initial shape and pressing the slide element toward the wheel, thereby releasing the chain from the plate and the wheel and vice versa.
US09669561B2
A web slitter assembly comprising a mechanism connected to a support structure and to a blade housing for holding the blade housing adjacent a band so that the side of a blade contacts the side of the band with an appropriate amount of force. The mechanism comprises a body connected to the support structure, and a pair of flexible walls spaced apart and on opposite sides of a portion of the body. The upper ends of the flexible walls are attached to the support structure, and the lower ends of the flexible walls are attached to the blade housing.
US09669557B2
Exemplary systems and methods for storing a food item prior to cutting, for cutting the food item, and for supporting the food item for serving to a user after it has been cut are described herein. The exemplary system may include a cutting apparatus removably couplable to an open end of a collapsible apparatus having a collapsible region between the open end and a base. The system may be configured to store the food item until cut. Upon application of a sufficient compressive force, the collapsible apparatus collapses and causes the food item to be cut and moved out of the collapsible apparatus through the cutting apparatus. The system is configured to operate while maintaining the coupling between the cutting apparatus and the collapsible apparatus in all of a food storage configuration, a food cutting configuration and a food serving configuration, and transitions therebetween.
US09669551B1
Technologies pertaining to a robotic hand are described herein. The robotic hand includes one or more fingers releasably attached to a robotic hand frame. The fingers can abduct and adduct as well as flex and tense. The fingers are releasably attached to the frame by magnets that allow for the fingers to detach from the frame when excess force is applied to the fingers.
US09669537B2
An adjustable tool extender comprising an elongated body, where the elongated body is divided between a handle and an extendable drive; an engaging end at a far end of the extendable drive, where the engaging end fits into a tool bit; a receiving end at a far end of the handle, where the receiving end receives a drive on a tool; and a means for locking along the handle, where the means for locking extends the extendable drive a distance from the handle.
US09669534B2
An electric tool may include a tubular housing, a motor disposed within the housing, and a tool holder rotatably driven by the motor and capable of holding an end tool. A shoe may be supported by the housing and may determine a protruding length of the end tool from one end of the housing. A battery mount portion may be disposed at the other end of the housing. The battery may be mounted to the battery mount portion as the battery is slid relative to the battery mount portion along a direction intersecting the extending direction of the housing.
US09669530B2
A staple gun includes: a casing having a front blocking surface; a magazine disposed in the casing; and a staple delivery element and a resilient element disposed at the magazine. The magazine includes at least a staple cutting portion each having a top surface, a front end surface, and a guiding surface connected between the top surface and the front end surface. The front end surface and the guiding surface face the front blocking surface. A clearance for passing staples is disposed between the front end surface and the front blocking surface. The staple delivery element pushes staples in the magazine in a staple delivering direction. The resilient element enables staples to push the front end surface and the guiding surface of the staple cutting portion of the magazine, such that the magazine moves relative to the casing in a clearance adjustment direction opposite to the staple delivering direction.
US09669527B2
A digital torque wrench mainly comprises a transmission rod of wrench body provided in a handle, and a tool head provided at the exterior of the handle. An abutment surface on the other end of the transmission rod is to abut with one end of a lever arm. A roller is provided on the other end of the lever arm, and a rolling member opposite to the roller is also provided. A latch member on an actuator is inserted between the roller and the rolling member. Further, a controller is coupled with the actuator and a torque sensing element.
US09669525B2
A palm wrench includes a C-shaped body and a driving head. The driving head is pivotably and rotatably located within the body. The body has an opening, and the driving head has two function ends on two sides thereof. The driving head is pivotably connected to the body by two pivots which extend through the body and are connected to the driving head. The driving head can be rotated with respect to the body, and the user can grapes the body to rotate the driving head to output torque.
US09669522B2
The screw bolt dismantling tool includes a shaft. The shaft has a handle and a working portion at two opposite ends thereof The working portion includes a seat and at least one abutting piece. The seat has a magnet on a central portion of a face of the seat opposite to the handle. The abutting piece is located at a periphery of the face of the seat opposite to the handle and extends toward a direction opposite to the handle. The abutting piece is non-magnetic.
US09669518B2
The present invention relates to a polishing pad and a method for making the same. The polishing pad has a grinding layer. The grinding layer includes a plurality of fibers and a main body. The fineness of the fibers is 0.001 den to 6 den. The main body is a foam and encloses the fibers. The main body has a plurality of first pores and a plurality of second pores, wherein the first pores are communicated with each other, and the second pores are independent from each other. The size of the first pores is at least 5 times greater than the size of the second pores. The hardness of the grinding layer is 30 to 90 shore D, and the compression ratio thereof is 1% to 10%.
US09669517B2
A high temperature bonded abrasive includes alumina abrasive grits, and a vitreous bond matrix in which the alumina abrasive grits are distributed, the vitreous bond matrix having a cure temperature not less than 1000° C. The alumina abrasive grits include polycrystalline alpha alumina having a fine crystalline microstructure characterized by an alpha alumina average domain size not greater than 500 nm, and the alumina abrasive grits further include a pinning agent that is a dispersed phase in the polycrystalline alpha alumina.
US09669506B2
A machine tool has a multiplicity of stationary tool spindles that are optionally displaceable from a retracted rest position into an extended working position are positioned at various positions in a frame-like stand which defines and comprises machining space, and has a workpiece manipulator by way of which a workpiece support is movable multi-axially in translation and preferably also in rotation. In order to create advantageous loading conditions, it proposed that a loading door is associated with at least one of the leg walls defining the machining space, and that a workpiece support holder, which is equipped with a coupling for the workpiece support, is arranged on at least one, preferably on both, loading door panel fronts.
US09669501B1
A spindle repair kit including a pair of alignment mandrels positionable in a respective spindle bore of a steering spindle. An alignment rod is operative to retain the mandrels in their respective spindle bores. The kit can also include a first clamp member and a second clamp member, each being positionable between the spindle bores. The kit includes a drill fixture including a drill mounting surface and a bearing fixture including a bearing aperture sized to receive the alignment rod. Fasteners clamp the drill fixture and first clamp member to the first spindle bore and clamp the bearing holder and second clamp member to the second spindle bore. The kit includes an arbor connectable to a drill and a reamer, wherein the arbor is sized to position the reamer in the first spindle bore.
US09669500B2
A cooking device may be for a solid-fuel cooker that includes a firebox, a cooking plate carried adjacent an open upper end of the firebox and defining a cooking surface, and a lid to be carried by a sidewall of the firebox over the cooking surface. The cooking device may include a fuel container for carrying the solid-fuel therein and to be carried within the firebox spaced inwardly from the sidewall. The fuel container may include a tubular lower body having opposing open ends and a lower body sidewall having a plurality of air openings therein, and a tapered upper body having a larger open end open toward and spaced below the cooking surface and a smaller open end coupled to an open end of the tubular lower body. A solid cover may be carried by the larger open end of the tapered upper body.
US09669499B2
A double-wall pipe includes an outer pipe, and an inner pipe disposed inside the outer pipe. An outer wall of the inner pipe has thereon a ridge portion, which defines a groove portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner pipe. The outer pipe and the inner pipe are bent to have a straight portion extending straightly, and a bend portion bent from the straight portion. In the straight portion, the outer pipe has an inside diameter that is larger than an outside diameter of an imaginary cylinder defined by an outer surface of the ridge portion of the inner pipe. Furthermore, the ridge portion of the inner pipe contacts an inside surface of the outer pipe to be radially squeezed and held by the outer pipe, in the bend portion. The double-wall pipe can be suitably used for a refrigerant cycle device.
US09669498B2
A method is provided that includes installing a compressor in a refrigeration system and determining a condenser temperature difference using processing circuitry. The method also includes checking for an overcharge condition or a condenser fan blockage condition when the condenser temperature difference is greater than a high condenser temperature difference value. The method also includes determining a discharge superheat temperature using the processing circuitry and checking for the overcharge condition or the condenser fan blockage condition when the condenser temperature difference is less than the high condenser temperature difference value and the discharge superheat temperature is less than a low discharge superheat temperature value. The method also includes checking for an undercharge condition or an evaporator fan blockage condition when the condenser temperature difference is less than the high condenser temperature difference value and the discharge superheat temperature is greater than a high discharge superheat temperature value. The method also includes completing installation of the compressor when the condenser temperature difference is between the high condenser temperature difference value and the low condenser temperature difference value and the discharge superheat is between the high discharge superheat temperature value and the low discharge superheat temperature value.
US09669495B2
A gas turbine nozzle can be refurbished to reduce downstream deflection. The outer shroud of the gas turbine nozzle is held in a fixture, and then the nozzle is heated. The heated nozzle is then reshaped by a force exerted upon the inner shroud of the gas turbine, reducing the downstream deflection of the nozzle. After the deformation of the nozzle, an aft hook of the nozzle that has been adjusted by previous refurbishment efforts can be rebuilt to remove the previous adjustments.
US09669490B2
A method of fabricating a precoated steel plate, the method including coating a steel plate by dipping the steel plate in a molten bath to obtain a precoat upon the steel plate, wherein the precoat includes an intermetallic alloy layer and a metal alloy layer. The intermetallic alloy layer is topped by the metal alloy layer. On at least one face of the plate, the metal alloy layer is removed in an area at a periphery of the plate using a laser beam, while leaving at least part of the intermetallic alloy layer in the area. The at least part of the intermetallic layer in the area has a thickness between 3 and 10 micrometers thick.
US09669485B2
A method for producing a welded part from two components, where at least one of the components has a hardened surface. The method can include case hardening the surface of one of the components using a salt bath nitriding process and then welding the case hardened first component to the second component by gas metal arc welding (GMAW).
US09669484B2
A system for detecting welding, and cutting parameters is provided. One embodiment of the system includes an input terminal configured to receive signals corresponding to welding or cutting parameters from a first welding or cutting device. None of the signals carry welding power. The system also includes an output terminal configured to provide the signals to a second welding or cutting device. The system includes conductors coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal and configured to carry the signals between the input terminal and the output terminal. The system also includes control circuitry configured to detect the welding or cutting parameters from the signals.
US09669464B1
A method of deoxygenating metal can include forming a mixture of: a metal having oxygen dissolved therein in a solid solution, at least one of metallic magnesium and magnesium hydride, and a magnesium-containing salt. The mixture can be heated at a deoxygenation temperature for a period of time under a hydrogen-containing atmosphere to form a deoxygenated metal. The deoxygenated metal can then be cooled. The deoxygenated metal can optionally be subjected to leaching to remove by-products, followed by washing and drying to produce a final deoxygenated metal.
US09669461B2
Seizure resistance and wear resistance of Cu—Bi—In copper-alloy sliding material are enhanced by forming a soft phase of as pure as possible Bi. Mixed powder of Cu—In cuprous alloy powder and Cu—Bi containing Cu-based alloy powder is used. A sintering condition is set such that Bi moves outside particles of said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder and forms a Bi grain-boundary phase free of In, and In diffuses from said Cu—In containing Cu-based powder to said Cu—Bi containing Cu-based powder.
US09669455B2
A method is disclosed for producing a heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, a method whereby fluid circulation tubes (3) are inserted into through holes in heat exchange fins (4) and the fluid circulation tubes (3) are subjected to expansion in such a way as to expand a contour (22) of the tubes (3) to ensure contact with the fins (4) at the through holes and, additionally, for at least one of the tubes (3), to deform a concave portion (24) of the contour (22) of the tube or tubes (3), in such a way as to correspondingly deform the through holes. A device for implementing the method and an exchanger obtained by the method are also disclosed.
US09669454B2
A holding device for a flanging tool includes two clamping parts movable towards one another to respective clamping positions. A stop is configured to abut, in an abutment position, an end of a pipe to be flanged. An actuating mechanism is configured to move the clamping parts into the respective clamping positions so as to clamp the pipe to be flanged. The actuating mechanism is coupled to the stop such that actuation of the actuating mechanism moves the stop out of the abutment position.
US09669451B2
A hemming device is provided including a lower die, an exterior panel disposed at the lower die, and an interior panel disposed on the exterior panel and bending an edge flange portion of the exterior panel to be adjacent to the interior panel. The hemming device further includes a hemming multi-cam formed with a first hemming surface primarily bending the flange portion of the exterior panel and formed with a second hemming surface secondarily bending the flange part at one side of the first hemming surface. Additionally, a seesaw cam having a tip end portion formed with a cam tip end surface bonds the interior panel to the exterior panel and bends the flange portion secondarily bent by the second hemming surface to be adjacent to the exterior surface of the interior panel.
US09669441B2
A breaker roll apparatus assembly for minimizing coil breaks in strips has a frame, a center roll extending from a rail mounted to the frame and actuated by a hydraulic cylinder, and a plurality of side rolls positioned on opposite sides of the center roll. The plurality of rolls extend from rails mounted to the frame and are also actuated by hydraulic cylinders. A coil mounting member uncoils a coil of strip through the assembly into contact with the center roll and at least one of the side rolls. Each of the rolls can be raised and lowered to accommodate various diameters and widths of coil.
US09669440B2
A formed material is manufactured by performing forming including at least one drawing-out process and at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process. A punch 31 used in the drawing-out process is formed to be wider on a rear end side than on a tip end side. By pushing a raw material metal plate into a pushing hole 30a together with the punch 31, ironing is performed on a region of the raw material metal plate corresponding to a flange portion.
US09669436B2
A cleaning apparatus for microsurgical instruments has a flush chamber closed off at one end by a first plug adapted to liquid-tightly grip one end of the instrument, allowing a portion of the instrument to extend past the first plug and out of the flush chamber. The other end of the flush chamber is closed off by a second plug having an inlet port. Liquid injected through the inlet port on the second plug passes through an internal passageway formed in the instrument and exits the instrument through the portion that extends past the first plug. In another embodiment the instrument has an internal passageway and an end cap through which flushing ports are formed which communicate with the passageway. A first plug having an inlet port is liquid-tightly attached to the end cap and liquid injected into the first plug passes through the plug, through the flushing ports and through the passageway to clean detritus from the instrument.
US09669429B2
A method and a device for transporting and processing a number of objects, especially mail items, include transporting the objects in a number of transport processes to a respective processing system. At least one processing attribute as well as a feature is measured at the object before the transport processes. A data record with the processing attribute value and the feature value are stored. After the transport processes, the feature is measured again for each object, and the stored data record is determined. A search area restriction which is based on a sequence of feature values is undertaken for the determination. The processing system processes the object depending on the processing attribute value of the determined data record.
US09669426B2
A method for manufacturing a heat conductive adhesive film includes: forming a non-solid heat conductive adhesive layer with cured particles on a substrate; forming several bumps on the non-solid heat conductive adhesive layer while performing curing, so as to yield the heat conductive adhesive film with several bumps. A heat conductive adhesive film and an OLED panel are provided. Several bumps are formed on a flat surface of the heat conductive adhesive film, thus increasing the surface area of the heat conductive adhesive film such that heat from the heat generating unit can be duly discharged.
US09669414B2
A magnetic filtration device (105) configured to entrap magnetically susceptible material and non-magnetically susceptible material. An array of magnetic columns (703, 704) of alternating north and south polarity are positioned within a plurality of chambers (308, 309) that direct the fluid flow in an extended flowpath through a magnetic field circuit created by the columns of magnets (703, 704). A separator flange (305) acts to entrap nonferrous particles for subsequent removal and isolation from a fluid network in which the device (105) maybe installed.
US09669404B2
A valve assembly for use with a flexible container, in which the valve assembly is anchored to the flexible container. The valve assembly provides for the egress of fluid from the flexible container such that the interior surfaces flexible container do not block or otherwise prevent fluid flow or fluidic communication between the interior of the flexible container and the valve assembly. The portion of the valve assembly within the interior of the flexible container includes a support structure that prevents the walls of the flexible container from collapsing down on, and blocking either completely or in part, fluid flow through the opening of the valve inside of the flexible container.
US09669403B2
Provided is a microparticle measurement device that can deliver a liquid that is used in the analysis of microparticles in a stable manner. The microparticle measurement device includes a plurality of first tank units to which a liquid is supplied from the outside, and which are respectively arranged in parallel, and a bulb unit that is connected to the plurality of first tank units, and which switches to a state in which it is possible to deliver the liquid to a flow channel through which microparticles flow. According to this microparticle measurement device, in addition to performing liquid delivery from a portion of first tank units, in which the replenishment of liquid has been completed, to a flow channel, it is possible to supply liquid from the outside to first tank units other than the first tank units that are delivering liquid.
US09669397B2
A metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed, wherein the doping metal is present in the zeolite in the form of individual atoms i.e. as monomeric and/or dimeric species. Further, a process for the preparation of such a metal-doped or metal-exchanged zeolite is disclosed. The metal-doped zeolites are useful, in particular, as catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen oxides.
US09669393B2
The present disclosures and inventions relate to a catalyst composition for the selective conversion of a hydrogen/carbon monoxide mixture (syngas) to C1-C5 hydrocarbons, wherein the catalyst composition, which can be optionally dispersed on a support material, has the formula COaMObScMdOf, wherein a is 1; wherein b is from 0.8 to 1.2; wherein c is from 1 to 2; wherein M comprises Zn, Ti, Zr, or Ni, or a mixture thereof, wherein d is from 0.000001 to 0.2; and wherein f is a number determined by the valence requirements of the other elements present in the catalyst.
US09669391B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising cobalt molybdenum and optionally one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals on a carbon support wherein said cobalt and molybdenum are in their metallic form. It was surprisingly found that the selectivity for alcohols can be increased by using the carbon supported cobalt molybdenum catalyst as described herein in a process for producing alcohols from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Furthermore, it was found that the catalyst of the present invention has a decreased selectivity for CO2 and can be operated at relatively low temperature when compared to conventional catalysts. Moreover, a method for preparing the carbon supported cobalt molybdenum catalyst composition and a process for producing alcohols using said carbon supported cobalt molybdenum catalyst composition is provided.
US09669390B2
A method for controllably producing a hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by combining an iron nitrate solution with a precipitating agent solution at a precipitating temperature and over a precipitation time to form a precipitate comprising iron phases; holding the precipitate from at a hold temperature for a hold time to provide a hematite containing precipitate; and washing the hematite containing precipitate via contact with a wash solution and filtering, to provide a washed hematite containing catalyst. The method may further comprise promoting the washed hematite containing catalyst with a chemical promoter; spray drying the promoted hematite containing catalyst; and calcining the spray dried hematite containing catalyst to provide a calcined hematite-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.
US09669387B2
The present invention concerns spheroidal alumina particles, catalysts comprising such particles as a support and a process for the production of spheroidal alumina particles, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a suspension comprising water, an acid and at least one boehmite powder for which the ratio of the crystallite dimensions in the [020] and [120] directions obtained using the Scherrer X-ray diffraction formula is in the range 0.7 to 1; b) adding a pore-forming agent, a surfactant and optionally water, or an emulsion comprising at least one pore-forming agent, a surfactant and water to the suspension of step a); c) mixing the suspension obtained in step b); d) shaping the spheroidal particles by the oil-drop method using the suspension obtained in step c); e) drying the particles obtained in step d); f) calcining the particles obtained in step e).
US09669378B2
The present invention relates, in general, to the purification of boron trichloride (BCl3). More particularly, the invention relates to a process for minimizing silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) formation in BCl3 production and/or the removal of SiCl4 in BCl3 product stream by preventing/minimizing the silicon source in the reaction chambers. In addition, a hydride material may be used to convert any SiCl4 present to SiH4 which is easier to remove. Lastly freeze separation would replace fractional distillation to remove SiCl4 from BCl3 that has been partially purified to remove light boilers.
US09669368B2
A device for stirring a liquid or a granular material comprising a stirring agitator, a rotating drive shaft for rotating the stirring agitator, a rotating drive shaft for rotating the stirring agitator, a stationary axle extending in an essentially vertical direction about which the stirring agitator is adapted to rotate, and a transfer arrangement for contactless transfer of rotation of the drive shaft to the stirring agitator. The device has a center axis around which the stirring agitator and the drive shaft are adapted to rotate, and means for generating a magnetic force exerting an upwardly directed force component on the stirring agitator. The means for generating a magnetic force comprises a first element arranged in a stirring agitator and a second element associated with the stationary axle. At least one of the first element and the second element comprises a permanent magnet. At least one of the first element and the second element is arranged such that the center axis extends through the first element and/or the second element.
US09669364B2
A bubble atomizer includes a cartridge having an open end, a liquid absorbing member provided inside the cartridge, a firing chamber covering the open end and formed with liquid outlets and liquid inlets through which liquid enters the firing chamber from the cartridge, and heaters mounted inside the firing chamber. The heaters are connected with a power electronics unit through a cable. Each heater has a thickness in micron to sub-micron scale. When a pulse signal generated is applied to the heaters, current generated heats up the heaters and vapor bubbles are formed on the heaters that generate pressure and push the liquid out of the firing chamber through the liquid outlets to thereby form droplets.
US09669357B2
A method for oxidizing carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide is provided which utilizes specific supported catalyst particles. The supported catalyst comprises catalyst particles that are supported on particles of an electrically conductive support selected from the group consisting of graphitic carbon and a partially reduced oxide of a transition metal of the Magnéli phase selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, and mixtures thereof.
US09669351B2
A method for more efficiently removing pollutant gases from flue gases of a solid-fueled steam generator includes storing a silo a carbonaceous sorbent in a powdered form; extracting a superheated steam from a superheated steam source; and reducing a temperature, pressure and moisture content of the superheated steam to provide a processed steam of a desired pressure, temperature and moisture content. The method further includes providing a sorbent mill receiving the carbonaceous sorbent and the processed steam, wherein the sorbent mill is operable to de-agglomerate and comminute the carbonaceous sorbent using the processed steam to provide a processed sorbent. Further the method includes injecting the processed sorbent into the flue gases at a desired location in the solid-fueled steam generator thereby adsorbing the pollutants therefrom; and collecting and thereby remove the carbonaceous sorbent from the flue gas fluidly downstream from the desired location.
US09669348B2
Pressure shift adsorption (PSA) process for producing a gas stream enriched with compound X from a feed gas stream, using N adsorbers with N≧5, each adsorber being subjected to a pressure cycle having a phase time corresponding to the duration of the pressure cycle divided by the number of adsorbers, and a series of active steps, characterized in that each adsorber n follows the pressure cycle with an offset of one phase time with respect to the pressure cycle of the adsorber n−1 with n≦N, and during each phase time, only one active step or a part of active step takes place.
US09669346B2
A unique compressor system includes a compressor and an oil separation system. The oil separation system may include an oil separator element in fluid communication with a compressor discharge; an oil reservoir in fluid communication with the oil separator element that receives and accumulates separated oil; an oil-level controlled valve to control the flow of the oil from the oil reservoir to the compressor; and a check valve in fluid communication with the oil reservoir, the check valve being structured to prevent a reverse oil flow into the oil reservoir. A unique oil separation system, includes an oil separator element; an oil reservoir to accumulate separated oil; an oil-level controlled valve to control the flow of the from the oil reservoir; and a check valve to prevent a reverse oil flow into the oil reservoir.
US09669342B2
An oil mist collector contains a casing unit, a first filtering unit, a second filtering unit, and a ventilation unit. The casing unit includes an inlet, a first air chamber, a second air chamber, an air guiding orifice corresponding to the second air chamber and communicating with an exterior, and a first recycling orifice arranged on a bottom end thereof and communicating with the first air chamber. The first filtering unit is disposed in the first air chamber and corresponds to the inlet. The second filtering unit is fixed above the air guiding orifice and includes an open rear end, a first lip with a noncircular cross section, a second lip, and a first filtration assembly defined between the first lip and the second lip. The ventilation unit includes a motor and a rotary fan rotatably connected with the motor and secured in the second air chamber.
US09669339B2
A magnetic particle filter for a hydraulic control line is disclosed. A filter array is positioned to surround a portion of the hydraulic control line and includes alternating magnets and spacers having different interior diameters forming a ribbed interior surface. The corners between the spacers and magnets trap particles, magnetic and non-magnetic, thus removing them from the hydraulic control line.
US09669336B2
In a water purifier, a flow system includes a first channel in which liquid is filtrated in at least one of a first filter tank and a second filter tank, a second channel in which the liquid is filtrated in the second filter tank and the first filter tank is washed, and a third channel in which the liquid is filtrated in the first filter tank and the second filter tank is washed. A switching lever actuates valve mechanisms to perform switching among the first, second, and third channels such that the channels are selected cyclically in order of the first channel, the second channel, the first channel, the third channel and the first channel. The valve mechanisms work with operation of the switching lever.
US09669334B2
A filter is used in a target material supply apparatus and includes a sheet having a first flat surface and a second opposing flat surface, and a plurality of through holes. The first flat surface is in fluid communication with a reservoir that holds a target mixture that includes a target material and non-target particles. The through holes extend from the second flat surface and are fluidly coupled at the second flat surface to an orifice of a nozzle. The sheet has a surface area that is exposed to the target mixture, the exposed surface area being at least a factor of one hundred less than an exposed surface area of a sintered filter having an equivalent transverse extent to that of the sheet.
US09669328B2
Extraction devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. Example devices have a solvent chamber, a plant material chamber, a collection chamber, and a solvent return that create an active, passive, or combination extraction and/or solvent purification process. Any extractable plant material can be used in the disclosed devices, methods, and systems although in some examples some form of the cannabis plant is used.
US09669315B1
An approach to facilitate providing leaderboards based upon in-game events within a game space. The leaderboards based on user progress to achieving one or more administrator defined objectives within the game space, where each objective requires the completion of one or more activities. An objective metric for the first user, indicating the first user's progress toward achieving the objective may be determined, based upon one or more activity metric values for the first user. The activity metric values providing an indication of the first user's progress toward completing activities required to be completed to achieve the objective, as defined by an administrator.
US09669308B2
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions to be executed on by a game server, the game server and corresponding method which cause the game server to perform the steps of: provide a networked multiplayer battle game over a network, storing a battle history including an identifier of an opponent with whom a user has battled in the multiplayer battle game; determining, based on the battle history and an identifier of an opponent with whom a battle begins, a procedure for conducting the battle in the battle game to be one of a first mode for conducting the battle based on user operations and a second mode for conducting the battle with fewer user operations than in the first mode, and conducting the battle with the determined procedure.
US09669303B2
A computer game interface is disclosed, having controller inputs configured to receive an input signal from a user interface controller and to enable the user to control a user controllable element of a game on a computer. The computer game interface also has a controller output that sends an output signal to the computer, the output signal having information to control the user controllable element of the game. Another element of the computer game interface is a switching module in communication with the controller inputs and the controller output. The switching module selects an input signal from the input signals received by the controller inputs and communicates the input signal to the controller output. An additional element of the computer game interface is a timer controlling the switching module to switch the input signal communicated to the controller output based on a time period.
US09669281B2
A protective system (1) for protecting a user during a contact sport includes an undershirt (3) and an outer shell (7). The undershirt (3) is configured to be worn by the user, and is provided with a plurality of shock-absorbing pads (5) each being shaped and sized to protect different body parts of the user, each shock-absorbing pad (5) providing a close-to-the-body protection for a corresponding body part of the user. The outer shell (7) is configured to be worn by the user, over the undershirt (3), and is provided with a plurality of impact-dispersion pads (9) each being shaped and sized to protect different body parts of the user, each impact-dispersion pad (9) providing a floating protection for a corresponding body part of the user. Shock-absorbing pads (5) of the undershirt (3) are disposed so as to be complementary to impact-dispersion pads (9) of the outer shell (7), and pads (5,9) of either one of the undershirt (3) and the outer shell (7) are selectively customizable by the user, so as to provide the user with a complementary and adjustable protective system (1).
US09669269B2
A game ball feeder for delivering balls to a game ball throwing machine. The game ball feeder includes a base, a support frame attached to the base, a drive mechanism attached to the support frame, and a support rod attached to the support frame. A rotatable ball housing operatively engages the support rod, is mounted in a substantially horizontal configuration, and includes a plurality of cylindrical shaped ball holding sections. Each ball holding section can include a wall defining an entry opening and an exit opening with the entry opening positioned vertically higher than the exit opening. A transfer path can be operatively attached to a support frame and aligned to accept a ball from one of the exit openings. Further, a ball indexing element can be shaped and positioned to control the movement of the balls within at least one of the ball holding sections.
US09669265B2
A golf ball includes a core and a three-layer cover disposed adjacent the core. The three-layer cover includes an inner cover, an intermediate cover, and an outer cover. The inner cover includes a non-ionomeric E/Y copolymer where E is an olefin and Y is a carboxylic acid. The inner cover has a hardness of about 45 to 68 Shore D. The outer cover includes a castable thermoset polyurethane and has a hardness of about 40 to 62 Shore D. The intermediate cover layer, disposed between the inner and outer cover layers, is formed from a polyamide composition, where the polyamide composition includes a transparent polyamide having a light transmission of about 50% or greater.
US09669263B2
A golf ball includes a single core having an outer surface and a geometric center. The core is formed from a substantially homogenous rubber composition. An inner cover layer is disposed about the core, the inner cover including a high-acid ionomer and having a material hardness of about 66 to 75 Shore D. The high-acid ionomer has an acid content of about 16% or greater. An outer cover layer is disposed about the inner cover layer, the outer cover including a polyurethane and having a material hardness of about 38 Shore D to about 56 Shore D. The core surface hardness is from 0 Shore C to 15 Shore C lower than the geometric center hardness to define a hardness gradient.
US09669259B1
Methods and apparatuses for athletic performance and technique monitoring are disclosed. In one example, a sensor output is received associated with a movement of a user torso during a running motion. The sensor output is analyzed to identify an undesirable torso motion.
US09669253B2
A yoga mat comprising a folding hinge, said yoga mat designed to be folded and then rolled up while it is folded.
US09669244B2
A portable personal descending escape system that includes a flexible, folding body sack designed to hold a small child or animal that can be gradually lowered to the ground by a single individual. The body sack is designed to fold into a small storage bag. The body sack includes a closable top opening and at least one side panel partially made of mesh material. A slide connector is disposed around the joining edges of the top opening that allows the top opening to be selectively opened or closed. Attached to the opposite sidewalls on the body sack near the top opening are two handles. Attached to the body sack is an elongated strap with a plurality of strap handles attached thereto. The strap handles are evenly spaced apart so that one individual may gradually release the handle to safely lower the child or animal to the ground.
US09669238B2
We provide a radiotherapeutic apparatus comprising a patient support, magnetic coils disposed around the patient support for creating a magnetic field therewithin, a radiation source producing a beam of radiation directed toward the patient support and mounted on a rotatable support thereby to rotate the radiation source around the patient support, a slip ring for conveying electrical power to the radiation source and located around the patient support, including at least one electrical interruption therein. This creates a slip ring in which there is no continuous circumferential path, and one in which the current is therefore forced to take a route via one side or the other.
US09669236B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for targeting diseased tissue with a radiation beam. Functional models can be used to accurately obtain a location of specific tissue using sensors at identifiable locations of the patient's body. Using the relative distances between the identifiable sensor locations can allow a patient to be in various positions. The functional models can be prepared using accurate pre-treatment scans, which can be taken at various body positions (e.g., rotations and/or translations). The trajectory of the beam can be measured efficiently and accurately using beam sensors attached to a beam assembly, where a model maps the beam sensor locations to a trajectory of the beam. Further, a motion model can use measurements made during treatment to obtain a time-dependent functions of the movement of the specific tissue, the change of an optimal beam trajectory over time, or the change in input commands to a beam positioner.
US09669226B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing stimulation interference between two stimulation modules positioned on a user's body, which may be used in stimulation systems without a central treatment controller. Systems and methods are also provided for stimulation treatment using multiple independent stimulators wirelessly managed by a remote management device.
US09669219B2
Therapy systems for treating a patient are disclosed. Representative therapy systems include an implantable pulse generator, a signal delivery device electrically coupled to the pulse generator, and a remote control in electrical communication with the implantable pulse generator. The pulse generator can have a computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a process that comprises collecting the patient status and stimulation parameter; analyzing the collected patient status and stimulation parameter; and establishing a preference baseline containing a preferred stimulation parameter corresponding to a particular patient status.
US09669218B2
Various system embodiments comprise a stimulator adapted to deliver a stimulation signal for a heart failure therapy, a number of sensors adapted to provide at least a first measurement of a heart failure status and a second measurement of the heart failure status, and a controller. The controller is connected to the stimulator and to the number of sensors. The controller is adapted to use the first and second measurements to create a heart failure status index, and control the stimulator to modulate the signal using the index. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US09669217B2
A pulse generator is configured to generate electrical pulses of an electrical stimulation therapy. The pulse generator includes an N number of output channels and a microcontroller configured to generate instructions. The pulse generator is configured to generate different stimulation waveforms simultaneously for the output channels. The different waveforms have different waveform characteristics. A mesh electrode array includes an M number of electrodes. Each of the electrodes is configured to deliver the electrical pulses of the electrical stimulation therapy. M is at least several times greater than N. A solid state relay contains a plurality of controllable switches that is each configured to be turned on or off in response to the instructions received from the microcontroller, such that the solid state relay routes the output channels of the pulse generator to different subset of the electrodes of the mesh electrode array at different points in time.
US09669216B2
Disclosed are methods for regulating neurotrophin levels within a human body. The invention utilizes an implantable signal generator to deliver stimulation to neural tissue elements. Alternatively, an implantable pump may be utilized to delivery one or more drugs. The implanted device delivers treatment therapy to the neural tissue to thereby alter the level of neurotrophic factors such as BDNF expressed by the influenced neural tissue. A sensor may be used to detect various symptoms of a nervous system disorder. A microprocessor algorithm may then analyze the output from the sensor to regulate the treatment therapy delivered to the body. The invention describes a novel method to regulate the intrinsic levels of neurotrophins and may be used to treat patients with neurological and cognitive disorders.
US09669213B2
A method of neural stimulation is described for maintaining the responsiveness of electrically excitable cells to repeated electrical stimulation. A stimulating signal (23) is applied to the electrically excitable cells. The stimulating signal is repeatedly applied (26, 29, 32, 35) with a progressively increasing signal strength. A quiescent period (44) may be interleaved between bursts (43, 45) of stimulation. The electrically excitable cells may be retinal cells.
US09669188B2
A noncircular inner lumen guiding catheter with assisted variable support has an inner wall defining a noncircular cross-sectional shaped lumen for use in delivery of multiple microcatheters or other devices for treatment of neurovascular defects, such as for treatment of aneurysms. The noncircular inner lumen guiding catheter with assisted variable support includes torque transmittal guidance walls that are flexible linearly but not circumferentially, and that are neither collapsible nor kinkable. The noncircular shaped cross-section of the inner lumen may extend along the entire length of the catheter or a portion thereof, including distal or proximal.
US09669187B2
Package (10) for holding an intermittent, male urinary catheter (1). The package (10) has a vessel (5) which is tubular in shape allowing the urinary catheter (1) to be movably arranged in an inner volume of the vessel (5). An enveloping housing of the package entirely encloses the urinary catheter (1) when packaged. The enveloping housing has three tubular parts (2, 3, 6) of which a first and second straight part (2, 3) are of a hard plastic material, and a third part (6) is of a flexible material. The first straight (2) part is closed off at a bottom end thereof and the second straight part (3) is closeable by the cap (4) and comprises the vessel (5).
US09669184B2
A float tent can include: a frame having a pool frame portion with a tent frame portion thereof over the pool frame portion; a tent having the tent frame portion, the tent having a closable opening; and a pool having the pool frame portion, the pool having pool sides dimensioned to hold at least 8 inches of water and having a pool base dimension sufficient for a person to lay in the pool without touching pool sides. The tent can include tent walls having an angle that inhibits condensation drip, the angle being with respect to the pool base, such as at least 4.5 degrees. The tent can include a material that is opaque. The float tent can include a heater configured to heat the water to skin temperature of the person. The float tent can include a water circulation pump and filter.
US09669180B2
A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame having a front surface and a rear surface adapted in use to face the patient. The frame includes a main body providing an aperture therethrough for the introduction of breathable gas into a nasal breathing cavity. An elbow assembly is swivelably coupled to the front surface of the frame. The elbow assembly includes a swivel elbow that defines an intake port and an exhaust port separated from the intake port using a baffle. The elbow assembly includes an end portion that interfaces with the aperture of the frame.
US09669176B2
A mask for supplying gas under pressure to the nasal airway of an infant human includes a manifold for supplying air to an aperture in the mask. A shaped membrane structure formed from a thin walled membrane defines an enclosure for receiving at least the nares of an infant human nose and a generally trapezoidal aperture adapted to fit around the nasal area of the infant human. Part of the membrane around the aperture is sufficiently flexible to mold to the shape of the infant human's nasal area or is contoured to generally match the contours around that nasal area while the membrane structure itself has sufficient rigidity to support the weight of the backing plate without collapsing. The provision of a generally trapezoidal rather than the generally triangular apertures for fitting around the nares provides a substantially improved fit when the mask is used with infants. The molding or contouring of the membrane structure around the aperture to match the shape of the infant's facial contours around the nasal area including the provision of a generally planar portion surrounding the aperture is also important in ensuring a comfortable fit and an effective seal. The mask is entirely formed from a flexible elastomeric material for reason of comfort and function.
US09669173B2
Adapting a patient to an airway pressure support therapy is disclosed. An initial prescription pressure level is derived from a respiratory disturbance index diagnosis. A pressure ramping slope is generated from the initial prescription pressure level and a received initial pressure level. Increasing levels of pressure are delivered to the patient as defined by the pressure ramping slope. The pressure ramping slope is adjusted based upon derived usage duration trends, and the prescription pressure level is adjusted based upon measured apnea/hypopnea index variations resulting from the delivered increasing levels of pressure to the patient.
US09669170B2
A safety device suitable for a pre-filled syringe containing a medicament includes a chassis adapted to be affixed to the pre-filled syringe, a deformable flexible outer structure made from a material with a shape memory, and a substantially cylindrical needle shield affixed or integral to the outer structure. The deformed flexible outer structure is capable of advancing the needle shield with respect to the chassis in a distal direction into a position in which the needle shield projects from the chassis in the distal direction. A biasing force for advancing the needle shield originates from a shape memory effect that causes the deformed flexible outer structure to substantially return to its unstressed shape.
US09669162B2
Method and system for providing basal profile modification in insulin therapy for use with infusion devices includes periodically monitoring the analyte levels of a patient for a predetermined period of time in order to determine, based on the monitored analyte levels, an appropriate modification factor to be incorporated into the underlying basal profile which was running at the time the periodic monitoring of the analyte levels were performed.
US09669161B2
A system for pairing a controller and an infusion pump is disclosed. The system includes an infusion pump, a controller device and a user interface residing on both the infusion pump and the controller. The user interface includes a pairing mode for enabling wireless communication between the infusion pump and the controller device, wherein the user interface requires both the infusion pump and the controller to be in the pairing mode simultaneously. Also, a method of changing a power source in an infusion pump is disclosed. The method includes placing the infusion pump in idle mode wherein the infusion pump stops delivery. Removing the first power source from the infusion pump. Replacing the first power source with a second power source in the infusion pump, and maintaining the insulin on board during the changing of the first power source with the second power source.
US09669159B2
Example devices and methods of tongue stimulation for communication of information to a user are disclosed herein. In an example, a tongue stimulation device may include a body configured to be placed entirely within a mouth of the user and atop the tongue of the user. An array of electro-tactile elements may be distributed on the body, wherein each of the electro-tactile elements is configured to stimulate an area of the tongue adjacent the electro-tactile element. A wireless receiver coupled to the body may be configured to receive stimulation information wirelessly from outside the mouth of the user. At least one processing unit coupled to the body may be configured to transform the received stimulation information into a stimulation signal for each of the electro-tactile elements, and to provide the stimulation signals to the electro-tactile elements.
US09669146B2
A gas/fluid mass exchange apparatus includes a gas permeable membrane which is arranged to separate a first region for receiving a gas flow, from a second region for receiving a fluid flow. The apparatus further a support element which is arranged to maintain the shape and orientation of the membrane.
US09669138B2
A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid collector for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid collector. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid collector by a liquid barrier.
US09669137B2
It is provided herein modified polylactide (PLA) polymers comprising biocompatibile functional group(s) on the polymers and methods of making and using the modified PLA polymers.
US09669136B2
The present invention relates to a membrane comprising at least one positively charged, synthetic, hydrophobic polymer, at least one hydrophilic polymer and at least one plasticizer; wherein said membrane is flexible and is capable of supporting at least one of cell adherence, cell proliferation or cell differentiation. The invention further relates to use of a membrane of the invention in the preparation of an implantable devices including cell delivery systems, cell growing surfaces and scaffolds. The invention further provides methods for promoting tissue regeneration in a defected tissue region applying membranes of the invention.
US09669128B2
A water soluble photocatalytic material capable of being adhered to an article by a conventional coating process is described. The photocatalytic material includes a doped metal oxide substrate capable of exhibiting photocatalytic behavior on being exposed to visible light, wherein particle size of doped metal oxide substrate ranges from about 18 nanometer (nm) to about 35 nm. Further, the photocatalytic material includes a polymeric adhesive for improving the adhering property of the doped metal oxide substrate on the article. In addition, a process for producing the water soluble photocatalytic material is described. Further, an air purifying article, such as a sheet, on which the said photocatalytic material is applied to is also described.
US09669125B2
A method of emitting two or more volatile materials from a diffuser includes the step of emitting a first volatile material using a first diffusion element for a first randomly determined period of time. The method further includes the step of emitting a second volatile material using a second diffusion element for a section randomly determined period of time.
US09669122B1
The ultraviolet light based disinfecting cabinet is designed to be used by hair styling salons and barbershops as a replacement for dry cabinet disinfection. The ultraviolet light based disinfecting cabinet operates in a manner similar to dry cabinet disinfection but instead of the heat used in the dry cabinet disinfection method ultraviolet light is used for disinfecting the grooming tools typically used in hair styling salons and barbershops. The ultraviolet light based disinfecting cabinet comprises a cabinet and an ultraviolet disinfection system.
US09669121B2
A method for a hand-held device comprising illuminating, with a first UV LED associated with the hand-held device, a surface of an object with UV light, acquiring with a visible-light image sensor on the hand-held device, a first image of the surface of the object while the surface of the object is illuminated by the first UV LED, performing with the processor in the hand-held device, a function upon the first image to determine a type of contaminant disposed upon the surface of the object, determining with the processor in the hand-held device, sanitation techniques to perform in response to the type of contaminant that is determined, and displaying with a touch-screen display on the hand-held device, the sanitation techniques to the user.
US09669107B2
The invention provides protein-active agent conjugates having an amino acid motif that can be recognized by an isoprenoid transferase. The invention also provides compositions containing the conjugates. The invention further provides methods for using the conjugates to deliver the active agent to a target cell, as well as methods for using the conjugates to treat a subject in need thereof (e.g., a subject in need of the active agent).
US09669102B2
The invention relates to novel benzodiazepine derivatives with antiproliferative activity and more specifically to novel benzodiazepine compounds of formula (I)-(VI). The invention also provides conjugates of the benzodiazepine compounds linked to a cell-binding agent. The invention further provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a proliferative disorder in a mammal using the compounds or conjugates of the invention.
US09669099B2
A gel for topical application, comprising of: about 37.0 percent by weight of deionized water; about 0.3 percent by weight of acrylate crosspolymer; about 0.05 percent by weight of glycerin; about 0.2 percent by weight of tocopherol acetate; about 0.15 percent by weight of pine bark extract; about 2.0 percent by weight of black pepper essential oil; about 60.0 percent by weight of isopropyl alcohol SDA; about 0.1 percent by weight of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid; and, about 2.0 percent by weight of a preservative mixture solution comprising 3 percent by weight of propylparaben, 11 percent by weight of methylparaben and 30 percent by weight of diazolinyl urea.
US09669097B2
The instant invention provides for novel cationic lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. It is an object of the instant invention to provide a cationic lipid scaffold that demonstrates enhanced efficacy along with lower liver toxicity as a result of lower lipid levels in the liver. The present invention employs low molecular weight cationic lipids with one short lipid chain to enhance the efficiency and tolerability of in vivo delivery of siRNA.
US09669092B2
Inhibition of the VIP signaling pathway using VIP antagonists is contemplated. Methods of treating or preventing a viral infection comprising administering a VIP antagonist to a subject in need thereof are also contemplated.
US09669089B2
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence, comprising or coding for a coding region, encoding at least one peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, at least one histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. Furthermore the present invention provides the use of the nucleic acid for increasing the expression of said encoded peptide or protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, e.g. for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. The present invention further describes a method for increasing the expression of a peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal.
US09669087B2
The present invention relates to the use of an immunogenic composition that comprises a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen for treatment of several clinical manifestations (diseases). Preferably, the clinical manifestations are associated with a PCV2 infection. Preferably, they include lymphadenopathy, lymphoid depletion and/or multinucleated/giant histiocytes. Moreover, the clinical symptoms include lymphadenopathy in combination with one or a multiple of the following symptoms in pigs: (1) interstitial pneumonia with interlobular edema, (2) cutaneous pallor or icterus, (3) mottled atrophic livers, (4) gastric ulcers, (5) nephritis and (6) reproductive disorders, e.g. abortion, stillbirths, mummies, etc. Furthermore the clinical symptoms include Pia like lesions, normally known to be associated with Lawsonia intracellularis infections.
US09669084B2
Methods of immunizing older adult subjects against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection are provided. Provided methods comprise immunization of naïve adult subjects with a conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Optionally, initial immunization may be followed by additional immunization doses comprising conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine or unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine composition.
US09669080B2
The invention relates to a peptide of 15 to 20 amino acids deriving from TERT protein, which peptide is capable of (i) binding to HLA class II and (ii) stimulating a CD4 Th response. These universal cancer peptides are especially useful in anti-tumor immunotherapy and immunomonitoring.
US09669078B2
The present invention relates to the field of prophylaxis and therapy of clinical conditions including cancer, autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases. In particular there is provided vaccine compositions comprising PD-L1 or peptide fragments thereof that are capable of eliciting immune responses useful in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases or infectious diseases.
US09669071B2
The present invention relates to novel therapies for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a use of low dose interleukin-2 for the treatment of type I diabetes and other autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases.
US09669057B2
The present invention relates to a phenotypically distinct CD1dhighCD5+ B cell subset that regulates T cell mediated inflammatory responses through the secretion of interleukin-10 (IL-IO). The invention also relates to the use of these IL-IO producing regulatory B cells in the manipulation of immune and inflammatory responses, and in the treatment of disease. Therapeutic approaches involving adoptive transfer of these regulatory B cells, or expansion of their endogenous levels for controlling autoimmune or inflammatory diseases and conditions are described. Ablation of this subset of regulatory B cells, or inhibition of their IL-IO production can be used to upregulate immunodeficient conditions, and/or to treat tumors/cancer. Diagnostic applications also are encompassed.
US09669055B1
Methods for treating sepsis are provided and include the administration an effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to a subject in need thereof. The sepsis being treated can include polymicrobial sepsis and can include the administration of about 0.1 mg/kg to about 1.0 mg/kg of the cerium oxide nanoparticles. The administration of the cerium oxide nanoparticles further allows one or more of the symptoms of sepsis to be treated. Methods of treating an inflammatory disorder that make use of cerium oxide nanoparticles are further provided.
US09669052B2
The invention especially relates to multivalent vaccine compositions that can treat or prevent at least 60, preferably 75% of infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis especially of serogroup B. To this end, the invention in particular provides a lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of N. meningitidis in particular constituted by a lipid A, an inner core, an α chain of L6 or L8 type, in which the heptose II residue of the inner core bears in position O-3 and in position O-6 or O-7 a phosphoethanolamine (PEA) substituent, and also to the construction of the strain of N. meningitidis that is capable of expressing such an LOS. The invention also relates to a strain of N. meningitidis of serogroup A that bears a lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in particular constituted by a lipid A, an inner core, an α chain of L6 type, in which the heptose II residue of the inner core bears in position O-3 a phosphoethanolamine (PEA) substituent and does not bear a PEA substituent in positions O-6 and O-7. The LOSs cited or originating from the mentioned strains may be used as vaccine antigens, especially in multivalent, e.g. divalent compositions, so as to offer protection against the major epidemiological complexes of N. meningitidis, especially of serogroup B.
US09669050B2
Disclosed is a composition for prophylaxis or treatment of hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, cardiovascular disease, or obesity including a compound represented by General Formula I as an effective ingredient: General Formula I S-(MS)p-(MS)q wherein S represents sialic acid, and (MS)p and (MS)q independently represent a monosaccharide residue.
US09669046B2
Use of macrolide and ketolide antibiotics for the treatment of acute exposure and diseases caused by biodefense pathogens is described.
US09669039B2
Biocompatible intraocular implants, such as microparticles, include a prostamide component and a biodegradable polymer that is effective in facilitating release of the prostamide component into an eye for an extended period of time. The prostamide component may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. Or, the prostamide component may be encapsulated by the polymeric component. The present implants include oil-in-oil emulsified implants or microparticles. Methods of producing the present implants are also described. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat or reduce at least one symptom of an ocular condition, such as glaucoma.
US09669031B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, R7, R8, W1, W2, Y and n are as defined herein. Also described are pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of Formula I compounds as well as methods for utilizing the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of Formula I compounds as inhibitors of Mnk as well as therapeutics for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US09669030B2
The present invention relates to the prophylaxis of acute noise-induced hearing loss by administering a compound of formula (I): wherein: W is group (Wa), group (Wb) or group (Wc):
US09669027B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US09669025B2
The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating vasculitis. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
US09669021B2
Disclosed are methods of treating Parkinson's disease by (i) providing a pharmaceutical composition in unit dosage form that is a film having a first portion including apomorphine particles containing an acid addition salt of apomorphine and a second portion containing a pH neutralizing agent, where the film contains the acid addition salt of apomorphine in an amount effective to treat Parkinson's disease, and (ii) administering the film by placing the film sublingually in the mouth of the subject and contacting sublingual mucosal tissue with the film.
US09669020B2
The invention features mucoadhesive sublingual films containing a pH neutralizing agent and apomorphine particles containing an acid addition salt of apomorphine. The pH neutralizing agent in these films can be sodium phosphate monobasic, sodium phosphate dibasic, sodium phosphate tribasic, potassium phosphate monobasic, potassium phosphate dibasic, potassium phosphate tribasic, or a mixture thereof.
US09669008B1
Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
US09668988B2
Disclosed herein are controlled-release oral pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising MGBG, and their application for the improved treatment of diseases with reduced side effects and/or longer time at maximum concentration.
US09668985B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic preparation and method for diseases associated with cartilage loss, cartilage degeneration and/or cartilage thinning. The present invention provides a therapeutic preparation comprising a pterosin derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for diseases associated with cartilage loss, cartilage degeneration and/or cartilage thinning; and a therapeutic method for the diseases.
US09668980B2
The present invention provides an improved process for lipid nanoparticle formulation and mRNA encapsulation. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a process of encapsulating messenger RNA (mRNA) in lipid nanoparticles comprising a step of mixing a mRNA solution and a lipid solution, wherein the mRNA solution and/or the lipid solution are at a pre-determined temperature greater than ambient temperature.
US09668976B2
A matrix formulation for a soft chewable capsule is provided which includes a gel-forming composition, a plasticizer, a polymer modifier, and water. The polymer modifier may be a carboxylic acid or other organic compound that alters the physical and/or chemical properties of the capsule formulation. A chewable soft capsule is also provided, having enhanced organo-leptic and processing properties. An active material may be delivered to a user using this dosage form. A method of forming the chewable soft capsule is also provided.
US09668975B2
A method of preparing drug agglomerates includes adding a drug powder to a first solvent to form a first solution, adding a second solvent to the first solution to form a second solution. The drug powder undergoes nucleation to form drug agglomerates. The drug agglomerates are isolated from the second solution.
US09668960B2
The invention relates to methods useful in studying or modulating skin or hair pigmentation and to the use of plant extracts in compositions as well as to methods comprising the topical use of such compositions to reduce or to enhance skin or hair pigmentation.
US09668958B2
To provide a composition for preventing periodontal diseases (prophylactic agent of periodontal diseases), the composition having an excellent cariostatic property, being safe and stable for prolonged use and having less effects on flavor. A non-cariogenic material prepared by blending a rare sugar in the D form as selected from the group consisting of D-psicose, D-sorbose and D-tagatose, a rare sugar in the L form as selected from L-fructose, L-psicose and L-tagatose, or allitol as a rare sugar derivative, singly or in combination. A cariostatic agent comprising D-psicose, D-sorbose, D-tagatose, L-fructose, L-psicose and/or L-tagatose. A cariostatic agent in combination with catechins.
US09668956B2
Low viscous, sulfate-free, cold-dispersible, aqueous pearlescent concentrates are prepared. The pearlizing concentrates of the instant invention are stable and remain pumpable and flowable during storage for longer duration.
US09668955B2
Disclosed are petrolatum-like compositions that include metathesized unsaturated polyol esters. Also disclosed are emulsions that include metathesized unsaturated polyol esters. The petrolatum-like compositions may be used as substitutes for petroleum-based petrolatum. The emulsions may be water-in-oil or oil-in-water emulsions and may be suitable for a variety of end uses.
US09668953B2
A liquid anti-aging antioxidant nutritional supplement comprising collagen, carnosine, CoEnzyme Q10 and Resveratrol particularly suitable for reducing oxidative damage to the integumentary system.
US09668951B2
Biodegradable pharmaceutical compositions comprising 1,3-propanediol and its esters are provided. The 1,3-propanediol and its esters in the pharmaceutical composition are biologically derived, and as such, the pharmaceutical compositions exhibit a low anthropogenic CO2 emission profile.
US09668949B2
A changing color composition for caring for and/or making up keratin materials on the form of an O/W emulsion comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least a) microcapsules containing releasable colorant(s), said microcapsules comprising: —a core comprising one organic material, —at least one layered coating surrounding said core, the layered coating comprising at least one polymer, at least one colorant, and advantageously at least one lipid-based material, b) at least 5% by weight, more preferably at least 8% by weight and advantageously at least 10% by weight relative to the weight of the composition of an aqueous phase comprising water and at least one compound chosen from polyols, glycols C2-C8 monoalcohols and mixtures thereof, c) non entrapped Ti02, and d) an O/W emulsifier.
US09668942B2
Nutritional formulas comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are provided, along with methods and devices for preparing and/or administering nutritional formulas. In some embodiments, a percentage of the LC-PUFAs in the nutritional formula are in the form of monoglycerides and/or free fatty acids. In some embodiments, the nutritional formulas do not comprise added lipase. Also provided are methods for providing nutrition to a subject, methods for improving fat absorption, methods for improving cognitive ability, methods for preventing chronic lung disease, and methods for reducing the length of time a patient requires total parenteral nutrition.
US09668937B2
A package includes a container having an open end and a closed end, and a slider slidably mounted within the container. A releasable locking feature is provided at a side of the package, which comprises a pair of locking edges, one associated with a sidewall of each of the slider and container respectively, and a release area for releasing a locking abutment between the locking edges. The release area is provided in the sidewall of the container having the locking edge, and the locking edge of the slider comprises two or more plies of a material used to provide the slider.
US09668932B2
A portable micro air pump includes a body, an air output port and a quick-disconnect air tube connector. The body is hand-sized, and has a user control and information panel with a power on/off button switch and a button switch for choosing which type of therapy garment is to be utilized, limb or foot. Status lights within the information panel show on/off and battery status, the therapy garment selected and alarm states of which the user needs to be aware. Within the body are an air compressor with an air output tube, a battery power source, and an electronic circuit board. The electronic circuit board has functional subunits including: a controller, a timer, a memory, an input/output interface, a pressure sensor, a status light driver and a power control driver.
US09668928B2
A chair includes a backrest that pivots with respect to the seat in a manner that improves the occupant's experience during the transition from an upright position to a reclined position. During pivoting of the backrest with respect to the seat, the backrest moves in a manner having an instantaneous center of rotation that does not remain stationary during the pivoting of the backrest. In some embodiments, the instantaneous center of rotation begins at a location lower than a height of the seat and moves backward as the backrest pivots from the upright position to the reclined position. The movement of the instantaneous center of rotation follows a smoothly curved path that has a continuous first derivative and, in some embodiments, continuous higher order derivatives as well. The movement may be effectuated via pins coupled to the backrest that ride in smoothly curved channels defined in a seat frame.
US09668926B2
A method and apparatus for making specific absorbent structures with an absorbent layer with absorbent material with therein substantially longitudinally extending strips that are free of absorbent material, using or having thereto a moving endless surface with receptacle(s) with specific longitudinally extending rods; and specific absorbent structures obtained therewith, suitable for absorbent articles, such as diapers and sanitary napkins.
US09668925B2
A disposable diaper having: an absorbent main body having an absorber; and an exterior body including an exterior body sheet which is disposed in an outward direction than the absorbent main body. On a face of an outer direction's side of the disposable diaper, an opening unit into which a finger can be inserted is formed. The exterior body has an overlap region which overlaps with an absorber, and the opening unit is provided in the overlap region.
US09668924B2
A method of securing a conductive thread in an absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes: passing a thread through a first surface of the absorbent article; and anchoring a first length of the thread on the first surface by applying adhesive at a position on the first length of the thread between a point at which the thread passes through the surface and a first end of the thread to cover at least a portion of the thread and a portion of the surface.
US09668918B2
An apparatus for cutting and aspirating tissue from the human body or animal body, particularly for application in vitrectomies, for retinal detachment, etc., having an outer tube (1) and an inner tube (5) which can slide back and forth concentrically in the outer tube (1) with minimal play, wherein the outer tube (1) is closed on the free end (2) thereof, and has a lateral opening (3) near the free end (2), with at least one inner cutting edge (4), wherein the inner tube (5) is open on the free end and has an outer cutting edge (6) at that position, and wherein the cutting edges (4, 6) work together in a cutting manner when the inner tube (5) is displaced, characterized in that the inner tube (5) has at least one lateral opening (7) with at least one further outer cutting edge (8) near the free end.
US09668915B2
Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders requiring targeted and controlled administration of a drug to an interior portion of the eye for reduction or prevention of symptoms of the disorder. The devices are capable of controlled release of one or more drugs and may also include structures which allow for treatment of increased intraocular pressure by permitting aqueous humor to flow out of the anterior chamber of the eye through the device.
US09668914B2
An ophthalmic dispenser and method of filling and dispensing fluid stored therein. The dispenser includes a rigid housing defining a fluid-receiving chamber, a flexible bladder receivable within the fluid-receiving chamber, a pump coupled in fluid communication with the fluid-receiving chamber, and a nozzle having a valve defining an annular, axially-extending valve seat, an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication between the valve seat and the pump, and a flexible valve cover extending about the valve seat and forming an annular, axially-extending interface therebetween. The valve interface is connectable in fluid communication with the outlet aperture, and at least part of the valve cover is movable between (i) a normally closed position with the valve cover engaging the valve seat to close the interface and form a fluid-tight seal therebetween, and (ii) an open position with at least part of the valve cover spaced away from the valve seat in response to pumped fluid flowing through the outlet aperture at a pressure greater than a valve opening pressure to allow the passage of pressurized fluid therebetween. The rigid housing is mountable within a cartridge which, in turn, is mountable within a dispenser housing including an eyelid depressor and a trigger for simultaneously actuating the eyelid depressor and pump.
US09668906B2
A cervical collar including an anterior portion having a rigid or semi-rigid shell anterior main support piece. The anterior portion defines resilient or flexible edges formed along the periphery of the main support piece. The flexible edges form a three-dimensional anatomically configured proximal support portion defined along a proximal area of the anterior portion. The anterior main support piece defines a supporting spring portion centrally located along the proximal area of the anterior portion. The proximal support portion is formed around and encompasses the supporting spring portion.
US09668904B2
A segmented lumbosacral orthosis with two side members conjoined by a cord threaded through an array of seamless tubes that are independently mounted and swivel from an axis point proximal to the end points of each tube. Each tube array is housed in a mounting bracket made from a continuous piece of material folded over to form a gap in between two sides. Each mounting bracket is attached to a side member by sliding a pin along the folded edge of the bracket through knuckles (or loops) attached to the side member similar to a hinge. A removable posterior member is connected to each posterior end of the side members using an elastic material that expands and contracts in parity with the mechanical advantage closure system. The removable posterior panel is designed to hold a rigid or semi-rigid insert stored in three separate sections: one in a center compartment juxtaposed by one on each side that sway along a vertical axis.
US09668896B2
Methods to expand polymer tubing with desirable or optimum morphology and mechanical properties for stent manufacture and fabrication of a stent therefrom are disclosed.
US09668894B2
Bioabsorbable scaffolds having high crush recoverability, high fracture resistance, and reduced or no recoil due to self expanding properties at physiological conditions are disclosed. The scaffolds are made from a random copolymer of PLLA and a rubbery polymer such as polycaprolactone.
US09668892B2
A generally tubular stent-graft (24) has distal and proximal stent-graft ends (36, 38) and includes a generally tubular support element (30) and a covering element (32). When the stent-graft (24) is unconstrained in a radially-expanded state: (1) the covering and support elements (32, 30) are shaped so as to together define a lateral fenestration (34) having distal and proximal fenestration ends (35, 37), (2) a perimeter (P1) of the distal stent-graft end (36) equals at least 200% of a perimeter (P2) of the proximal stent-graft end (38), and (3) the stent-graft (24) includes a dissection-reinforcement axial portion (48), which (a) has a proximal dissection-reinforcement end (52) that is disposed no more than 20 mm proximal to the proximal fenestration end (37), (b) extends along the stent-graft for a distance equal to between 5% and 32% of a greatest perimeter of the stent-graft (24) distally to the distal fenestration end (35), and (c) has a radial strength that is at least 10% greater than an average radial strength of the entire stent-graft (24). Other embodiments are also described.
US09668881B1
A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube and a handle having a trigger and a ratcheting mechanism. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The bone graft delivery system can further include a distal tip at a distal end of the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location.
US09668875B2
An implant for use in spinal surgery comprises a resilient element having an inflatable cavity. It is formed of a biologically compatible material and is arranged for placement between end plates of adjacent vertebra. The implant may also include a wound disc replacement element. A method of performing spinal surgery on a patient comprises securely mounting a patient onto a patient support table; imaging a spinal region of the patient; building up a three-dimensional image file of the spinal region of the patient; storing the image file; and utilizing the image file for planning and carrying out computer controlled spinal surgery on the patient utilizing the implant. A computer-controlled surgical implant system comprises a steerable endosurgical implanting assembly operative to install the implant at a desired location in a patient; and a computerized controlled, which operates the steerable endosurgical implanting assembly.
US09668874B2
A prosthesis for the replacement of at least a portion of the bone of a facet located on a mammalian vertebra, comprising: an articulating surface that articulates with another facet; a bone contacting surface that contacts a surface of the vertebra, the articulating surface being connected to the bone contacting surface; and a fixation element that attaches the bone contacting surface to the vertebra, the fixation element being adapted for implantation into an interior bone space of a pedicle of the vertebra; wherein the prosthesis is configured so that no portion of the prosthesis contacts the posterior arch of the vertebra.
US09668873B2
An implant assembly comprising a bone augment and an articulating member. The bone augment includes a bone-engaging surface and a coupling surface. The articulating member is configured to couple with the bone augment.
US09668871B2
A tibial prosthesis comprises a medial base portion configured to engage a medial surface of a tibia and a lateral base portion configured to engage a lateral surface of the tibia. At least a portion of the medial and lateral base portions are separated by a passage interposed therebetween. The tibial prosthesis also comprises a bridge coupling the medial base portion and the lateral base portion, wherein at least a portion of the bridge is elevated above a portion of the passage between the medial base portion and the lateral base portion. The bridge may define an underlying area that receives at least a portion of a tibial eminence when the tibial prosthesis is engaged with the tibia, wherein the height of the bridge varies in a superior direction across the passage.
US09668865B2
Implant devices, and method of using the same, are provided. The implant devices have an articular end and a stem, the stem having an oval-shaped cross-section. The articular end has an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface. The upper surface and lower surface each intersect the side surface. The upper surface has a first surface curvature, a central surface curvature, and a second surface curvature. The stem extends from the lower surface in a direction away from the upper surface of the articular end.
US09668857B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent body with a generally tubular annulus section, which may include one or more circumferential rows of cells. One or more prosthetic valve elements mounted to the stent body operate to allow blood flow in an antegrade direction but to substantially block flow in a retrograde direction. A cuff is attached to the stent body and positioned on a luminal surface of the stent body. At least one sealing member is attached to the cuff. The sealing member may be patch with an open side facing in a first axial direction and a closed side facing in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction. Flow of blood in the second axial direction will tend to force blood into the sealing member and cause the sealing member to billow outwardly relative to the stent body.
US09668856B2
A heart valve assembly includes a heart valve, a self-expandable and collapsible stent, and a sealing member. The stent includes an inflow end and an outflow end and is configured to support the heart valve internally. The sealing member is connected to and extends circumferentially around the stent. The sealing member includes a plurality of radially outward extending protrusions comprising a fold of material of the sealing member.
US09668852B2
Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of the graft. The implantable graft is preferably fabricated by vacuum deposition of metallic and/or pseudometallic materials into either single or multi-layered structures with the plurality of microperforations either being formed during deposition or after deposition by selective removal of sections of the deposited film. The implantable medical grafts are suitable for use as endoluminal or surgical grafts and may be used as vascular grafts, stent-grafts, skin grafts, shunts, bone grafts, surgical patches, non-vascular conduits, valvular leaflets, filters, occlusion membranes, artificial sphincters, tendons and ligaments.
US09668850B2
A removable intravascular filter having a filtering configuration for capturing thrombi in a blood vessel and a retrieval configuration for removal from the blood vessel. The filter may be implanted in a patient's vena cava and may be removed from the vena cava through the patient's jugular or femoral vein. A method of removing an intravascular filter from a patient's vena cava through the patient's femoral vein is also provided.
US09668844B2
A reshapable retention device for insertion at a dental site and contact with adjacent dental surfaces, for the controlled delivery to the dental site of at least one material having a predetermined intraoral activity. The retention device comprises at least one matrix containing the material. The retention device is adapted for physically affixing at the dental site for at least a predetermined time period correlated to the delivery of a predetermined portion of the at least one matrix to the dental site in a controlled single, bi or multiphase pattern. The retention device comprises a first configuration in which the overall dimensions of the retention device are larger than at least one dimension of the dental site. The first configuration is reshapable to a second configuration in which at least one dimension of the retention device is reduced to enable physically affixing the retention device at the dental site. In the second configuration the retention device comprises a predetermined shape having contours for affixing at the dental surfaces.
US09668838B2
A system, method and composition for making a dental ceramics block. The system, method, and composition resulting in natural color matching without drying time between color layers. The system, method and composition also resulting in good color preparation on restorations of about 0.001 mm-1.000 mm thickness.
US09668814B2
A catheter rotation drive apparatus includes first and second drives that are engageable to an output shaft. When the first drive is engaged to the output shaft and rotated, the output shaft rotates in an output rotation direction, and when the second drive is engaged to the output shaft and rotated, the output shaft rotates in the output rotation direction.
US09668801B2
A method and device for operating an RF surgical assembly for the RF surgical removal of pathological tissue in hollow organs of a patient wherein the RF surgical assembly includes an RF surgical device having an RF generator for generating an RF current and a bipolar loop having two mutually insulated loop sections which can be brought electrically in contact with the tissue and wherein the RF generator has a first and an antipolar second output.
US09668800B2
A system for alleviating spasticity of a skeletal muscle having an associated motor nerve. The system may include a needle probe having at least one needle. The at least one needle has a proximal end, a distal end, and a needle lumen therebetween. The needle is configured for insertion proximate to the nerve. A cooling fluid supply lumen can extend distally within the needle lumen to a distal portion of the needle lumen. A cooling fluid source is couplable to the cooling fluid supply lumen to direct cooling fluid flow into the needle lumen. A controller having at least one processor configured to implement a spasticity treatment algorithm for controlling the cooling fluid source so that liquid from the cooling flow vaporizes within the needle lumen to provide a treatment phase to the motor nerve such spasticity of the skeletal muscle is mitigated.
US09668795B1
Bone plate systems and methods for implanting. A bone plate system includes a bone plate having a first surface, a second, bone contacting surface opposed to the first surface, and at least one aperture extending through the first and second surfaces. The system includes a bone screw having a threaded shank along a distal end portion thereof, the threaded shank configured to pass through the aperture. A dynamic member is configured to fit between portions of the screw and the bone plate and allow movement of the dynamic member and the screw relative to the bone plate in a first direction, while preventing movement of the dynamic member relative to the bone plate in a direction opposite to the first direction.
US09668791B2
A surgical implant device comprising: a nail, a first locking screw and a second locking screw, each of the first locking screw and the second locking screw are secured near one end of the nail to form an architecture having a substantial triangular shape, a first reinforcing screws being releasably mounted along the length of the nail.
US09668785B2
An interspinous process implant for insertion between adjacent spinous processes, the implant having a flexible body having i) an upper posterior portion having an upper surface adapted to bear upon an upper spinous process, ii) a lower posterior portion having a lower surface adapted to bear upon a lower spinous process, and iii) an arcuate, flexible anterior wall connecting the upper and lower portions, wherein the anterior wall has a narrowed portion.
US09668783B2
A device for treatment of spondylotic disease includes a distractor for distracting vertebral facets of first and second vertebrae located adjacent each other. The distractor includes a first abutment surface for interfacing with an inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The distractor also includes a second abutment surface for interfacing with the superior articular facet of the second vertebra corresponding to the inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The first and second abutment surfaces of the distractor engage with each other and are separated by a predetermined distance.
US09668779B2
Devices are adapted for interconnecting first and second longitudinal members extending along a spinal column of a patient. The devices are particularly suited for use in the cervical region of the spine.
US09668774B2
This disclosure provides a system for securing a bone to a rod, the system comprising a ligature, a body, and two fasteners. The ligature has two free ends and an intermediate portion therebetween, the intermediate portion being configured to engage a bone. A portion of a rod can be fastened to the body using one of the fasteners. The ligature can be fastened to the body using another one of the fasteners. The two fasteners are distinct from one another and are adapted to fasten two free end portions of the ligature to the body independently from fastening the portion of the rod to the body.
US09668771B2
A spinal longitudinal connecting member includes a soft stabilization assembly segment having a tensioned cord and a hard rod segment. A connector in fixed engagement with the hard rod also captures the tensioned cord of the soft segment, the connector being in fixed or sliding relation with the tensioned cord. The connector places the soft assembly segment in lateral or off-set and staggered relation to the hard rod segment. The connector may be integral to a bone anchor.
US09668764B2
A system to treat a patient comprises a user interface that allows a physician to view an image of tissue to be treated in order to develop a treatment plan to resect tissue with a predefined removal profile. The image may comprise a plurality of images, and the planned treatment is shown on the images. The treatment probe may comprise an anchor, and the image shown on the screen may have a reference image marker shown on the screen corresponding to the anchor. The planned tissue removal profile can be displayed and scaled to the image of the target tissue of an organ such as the prostate, and the physician can adjust the treatment profile based on the scaled images to provide a treatment profile in three dimensions. The images shown on the display may comprise segmented images of the patient with treatment plan overlaid on the images.
US09668760B2
Methods and devices for preparing an acetabulum for receiving an acetabular component in a hip replacement procedure. The methods may include aligning a first guide in an acetabular notch of the acetabulum and determining a reference point in the acetabulum. The first guide is removed from the acetabulum and then a second guide is positioned in the acetabulum and oriented with the reference point. While the second guide is positioned in the acetabulum, the acetabular margin is reamed with a reamer. During reaming, the reamer is contacted against a rim of the second guide which prevents additional reaming of the acetabular notch below the rim of the second guide.
US09668754B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods may be adapted for grafting tissue at a tissue site that may include an elongate housing and a plurality of elongate cutting members. The plurality of elongate cutting members may define a cutting surface at a distal end of the elongate housing. The cutting surface may be adapted to contract from a first diameter to a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The contraction of the cutting surface from the first diameter to the second diameter may define a tapered profile between the first diameter and the second diameter suitable for obtaining a tapered graft.
US09668751B2
A reaming instrument, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a rotatable cutting head and a cutting face on a distal end of the cutting head. At least one radially displaceable cutting element has a cutting edge projecting in a distal direction from the cutting face. An adjustment element is operable to displace the cutting element toward a fully retracted state, or toward a fully expanded state. In another embodiment, a method of modifying a bone surface includes displacing at least one cutting element on a reamer instrument to a fully retracted state, inserting the instrument into a human or animal, operating an adjustment element to displace the cutting element toward an expanded state, and activating the cutting head to begin cutting the bone.
US09668745B2
Devices and methods for identifying and maintaining the concentric spherical centers of a femur and acetabulum during revision or joint replacement surgery so that post surgery the anatomical spherical centers are maintained. Also disclosed are novel techniques and devices to project images onto an anatomical feature, such as exposed bone, to virtually fit trial prosthetic components, establish bone cut markings, and establishing the anatomical spherical center of a joint.
US09668744B2
A hemostatic device is provided to stop bleeding at a puncture site on the wrist of a patient, the device comprising a transparent flexible band to be wrapped at the site where the bleeding is to be stopped, a curved frame having an inner peripheral side and possessing a first curved portion in its first half and a second curved portion in its second half, a first balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the first half of the curved frame and a second balloon provided on the inner peripheral side in the second half of the curved frame. The bleeding from a first artery is stopped by compressing the first artery at the puncture site using inflation of the first balloon and the blood flow in the first artery is increased by compression of a second artery using inflation of the second balloon.
US09668736B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
US09668730B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an endoscopic surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes a handle assembly including a drive mechanism actuatable by a trigger; and an endoscopic assembly including a proximal end portion extending from the handle assembly; a distal end portion pivotably connected to the proximal end portion of the endoscopic assembly; and a rotatable inner actuation shaft extending from the handle assembly and into the distal end portion of the endoscopic assembly, the inner actuation shaft including a flexible portion extending across the pivot connection. The surgical device includes an end effector selectively connectable to the distal end portion of the endoscopic assembly and to a distal portion of the rotatable inner actuation shaft. The end effector includes a splined inner tube rotatably supported in an outer tube; and a plurality of surgical anchors loaded in the inner tube of the end effector. A timing system allows removal of the end effector at a defined trigger position.
US09668717B2
A biopsy device and method are provided for obtaining a tissue sample, such as a breast tissue biopsy sample. The biopsy device may include an outer cannula having a distal piercing tip, a cutter lumen, a side tissue port communicating with the cutter lumen, and at least one fluid passageway disposed distally of the side tissue port. The inner cutter may be advanced in the cutter lumen past the side tissue port to sever a tissue sample. After the tissue sample is severed, and before the inner cutter is retracted proximally of the side tissue port, the cutter may be used to alternately cover and uncover the fluid passageway disposed distally of the side tissue.
US09668713B2
A cardiac rhythm management system provides for the trending of a third heart sound (S3) index. The S3 index is a ratio, or an estimate of the ratio, of the number of S3 beats to the number of all heart beats, where the S3 beats are each a heart beat during which an occurrence of S3 is detected. An implantable sensor such as an accelerometer or a microphone senses an acoustic signal indicative heart sounds including S3. An S3 detector detects occurrences of S3 from the acoustic signal. A heart sound processing system trends the S3 index on a periodic basis to allow continuous monitoring of the S3 activity level, which is indicative of conditions related to heart failure.
US09668708B2
When an X-ray detector is removed from a storage part, a sensor senses this, and transmits to an up and down control part a signal indicating that the X-ray detector has been taken out of the storage part. Upon receipt of the signal, the up and down control part releases braking force by electro permanent magnets. In doing so, sticking force of the electro permanent magnet on a fixing part, and sticking force of the electro permanent magnet on a stopper plate are released. The weight of a counter weight is larger than the total value of the weights of the arm, X-ray tube, collimator, and the like, and therefore in a state where the arm is released from being fixed by the electro permanent magnets, the arm starts to move up together with the X-ray tube and the collimator.
US09668706B2
The X-ray imaging apparatus may include at least one X-ray detector including a storage unit configured to store ID information and a mounting position detecting unit; at least one mounting unit in which the X-ray detector is mounted; and a control unit configured to determine which X-ray detector among the at least one X-ray detector is mounted in which mounting unit among the at least one mounting unit based on the ID information and an output value of the mounting position detecting unit.
US09668702B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying when a subject is likely to be affected by a medical condition. For example, at least one processor may be configured to receive information reflective of an external soft tissue image of the subject. The processor may also be configured to perform an evaluation of the external soft tissue image information and to generate evaluation result information based, at least in part, on the evaluation. The processor may also be configured to predict a likelihood that the subject is affected by the medical condition based, at least in part, on the evaluation result information.
US09668697B2
A catheter comprising an elongated and axially rigid catheter body which has a distal end and a proximal end in respect of an operating position, wherein a movable and/or deformable protection element or a corresponding protection section of the catheter body, which is provided with predetermined motion or deformation resistance, is disposed on the distal end, and transducer elements of a converter device for converting displacement into a non-mechanical quantity are provided in a stationary manner on the protection element or protection section, and corresponding pick-up elements of the converter device are provided on the catheter body, or vice versa, and wherein the catheter body comprises a lead for transmitting a measurement signal generated by the converter device to the proximal end, and a measuring connector on the proximal end.
US09668696B2
The present embodiments provide systems and methods for, among others, tracking sensor insertion locations in a continuous analyte monitoring system. Data gathered from sensor sessions can be used in different ways, such as providing a user with a suggested rotation of insertion locations, correlating data from a given sensor session with sensor accuracy and/or sensor session length, and providing a user with a suggested next insertion location based upon past sensor accuracy and/or sensor session length at that location.
US09668693B2
A method of improving psychophysiological function of a subject performing a stress-inducing activity using a computer includes, after a plurality of sensors that monitor stress-indicating physiological parameters have been coupled to the subject and to the computer, providing, by the computer to the subject, a set of training segments that each present the subject with one or more visual, audible, or tactile prompts, wherein in at least one of the training segments, the prompts induce the subject to simultaneously perform both the stress-inducing activity and a relaxation-inducing protocol. The computer provides the set of training segments until a value of at least one physiological parameter that indicates stress in the subject is within a pre-defined range of a baseline value of the parameter, thereby indicating that the subject has successfully performed the stress-inducing activity while maintaining alertness with a relative minimum of stress.
US09668690B1
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A submucosal gastric implant device is placed within the submucosal layer of a patient's stomach wall. The device in one embodiment provides electrical stimulation of the stomach wall and may use multiple electrode pairs for sequential stimulation. The device may also have other functional aspects such as a sensor for sensing various parameters of the stomach or stomach environment, or a therapeutic delivery device. The implant may be programmed to respond to sensed information or signals. The device may be modular with a portion of the device accessible outside the stomach wall for removal and replacement. An endoscopic delivery system prepares and delivers the functional device through the esophagus and into the stomach where it is placed through an opening in the mucosa into the submucosal layer of the stomach wall. The endoscopic instruments may be used to prepare a cavity in the submucosal layer of the stomach wall and deliver the device to the prepared cavity and if appropriate close the opening in the mucosa.
US09668687B2
The invention relates to a device for storing and supplying lancets for obtaining bodily fluids, the device comprising a lancet magazine having a lancet storage unit for a plurality of needle-shaped lancets and a drive unit for carrying out a piercing process of a lancet, and there being a retraction unit which moves the lancet back from the piercing position to the rest position thereof after the piercing process is carried out.
US09668685B2
Generally, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have improved signal response and stability by inclusion of a coating including a hydrogel, a crosslinker, and a swelling modulator, where the coating is disposed proximate to a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring.
US09668683B2
An electrochemical sensor system is adapted to assist in determining an analyte concentration of a fluid. The electrochemical sensor system comprises a substrate, conductive material and a hydrogel or liquid. The substrate having porosity therethrough. The conductive material includes at least one electrode. The at least one electrode is coupled to the substrate. The at least one electrode has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The hydrogel or liquid is adapted to assist in carrying the analyte of the fluid to the first and second surfaces of the at least one electrode.
US09668681B2
The invention relates to a measuring device and to a method for measuring parameters of a body tissue using an elongate probe (1) for insertion into the body tissue, comprising at least one optical waveguide (2) for transmitting light beams that runs along the longitudinal axis of the probe within the probe, an exit region (5) from which light beams emitted from the optical waveguide exit into the body tissue, and at least one receiving region (6) through which light beams reflected and/or scattered in the body tissue enter the probe as input light beams on a photodetector or in an optical waveguide (2; 3). The exit region (5) is provided at the distal end of the probe (1) and is oriented at least partially in the longitudinal direction of the probe (1). At least some of the emitted light beams exit the probe in the longitudinal direction of the probe. The at least one receiving region (6) is located at a distance from the distal end of the probe on a lateral circumferential region of the probe. The input light beams entering a receiving region (6) are subject to a deflection of more than 90° relative to the light beams emitted from the exit region (5).
US09668679B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for estimating blood analyte levels using a noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) based physiological monitor. An algorithm correlates OCT-based estimated blood analyte data with actual blood analyte data determined by other methods, such as invasively. OCT-based data is fit to the obtained blood analyte measurements to achieve the best correlation. Once the algorithm has generated sets of estimated blood analyte levels, it may refine the number of sets by applying one or more mathematical filters. The OCT-based physiological monitor can be calibrated using an Intensity Difference plot or the Pearson Product Moment Correlation method.
US09668677B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US09668671B2
Navigation and tissue capture systems and methods for navigation to and/or capture of selected tissue using the innate electrical activity of the selected tissue and/or other tissue are described. In the context of left atrial appendage closure, the systems and methods can be used to navigate to the left atrial appendage and capture/control the appendage while a closure instrument (suture, clip, ring) is placed over the appendage and tightened down or a closure method (ablation, cryogenic procedures, stapling, etc.) is performed to close the left atrial appendage. The use of innate electrical activity for navigating devices may be used in connection with other tissues and/or areas of the body.
US09668667B2
A device to measure tissue impedance comprises drive circuitry coupled to calibration circuitry, such that a calibration signal from the calibration circuitry corresponds to the current delivered through the tissue. Measurement circuitry can be coupled to measurement electrodes and the calibration circuitry, such that the tissue impedance can be determined in response to the measured calibration signal from the calibration circuitry and the measured tissue impedance signal from the measurement electrodes. Processor circuitry comprising a tangible medium can be configured to determine a complex tissue impedance in response to the calibration signal and the tissue impedance signal. The processor can be configured to select a frequency for the drive current, and the amount of drive current at increased frequencies may exceed a safety threshold for the drive current at lower frequencies.
US09668657B2
A biological information processing system includes a pulse wave information acquisition unit that acquires pulse wave information of a user; and a processing unit that instructs an alarm control unit to perform alarm cancellation when it is determined that the user has transitioned from a sleep state to an awakened state, on the basis of the pulse wave information.
US09668656B2
The present invention provides a technique for continuous measurement of blood pressure based on pulse transit time and which does not require any external calibration. This technique, referred to herein as the ‘Composite Method’, is carried out with a body-worn monitor that measures blood pressure and other vital signs, and wirelessly transmits them to a remote monitor. A network of body-worn sensors, typically placed on the patient's right arm and chest, connect to the body-worn monitor and measure time-dependent ECG, PPG, accelerometer, and pressure waveforms. The disposable sensors can include a cuff that features an inflatable bladder coupled to a pressure sensor, three or more electrical sensors (e.g. electrodes), three or more accelerometers, a temperature sensor, and an optical sensor (e.g., a light source and photodiode) attached to the patient's thumb.
US09668653B2
Methods for quantitative measurement of under eye dark circles and other color related phenomena in eye area skin are described. The methods can be used to quantify the clinical efficacy of skin care products.
US09668652B2
An apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement which can be configured to provide a laser radiation, and can include an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical first arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation. Such cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The optical cavity can further include a dispersive optical third arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. For example, actions by the first, second and third arrangements can cause a spectral filtering of the fourth electro-magnetic radiation(s) relative to the first electro-magnetic radiation(s). The laser radiation can be associated with the fourth radiation(s), and a wavelength of the laser radiation can be controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions by the first, second and third arrangements.
US09668651B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractive power application unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The refractive power application unit is configured to be capable of changing refractive power applied to a subject's eye. The storage unit stores at least a measurement value of eye refractive power obtained by a measurement performed for the subject's eye in the past. The control unit controls the refractive power application unit to selectively apply the measurement value and one or more refractive values different from the measurement value to the subject's eye in response to the input of an instruction to change refractive power applied to the subject's eye.
US09668645B2
Devices, systems, and methods that utilize at least one charged electrode to impart motion to an optical fiber positioned within an imaging probe by an electrostatic force are provided. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic imaging probe can include a handle; a cannula coupled to the handle; an optical fiber positioned at least partially within the handle and the cannula, the optical fiber configured to receive an imaging light from an imaging light source and guide the imaging light to an optical element positioned within the cannula; and an actuator system configured to impart motion to the optical fiber, the actuator system including an electrode positioned within the cannula and configured to impart motion to the optical fiber by selectively imparting an electric charge to the electrode and/or the electrically conductive layer of the optical fiber.
US09668632B2
To provide a cleaning tool exhibiting excellent cleaning effectiveness. The present invention relates to a cleaning tool comprising a cleaning sheet, and a holding tool for holding said cleaning sheet. The cleaning sheet is provided with: a brush part configured so as to be capable of cleaning an object to be cleaned; a base part; and insertion parts through which holding parts of the holding tool are inserted. The brush part is configured so as to be provided with: a first cleaning region; a second cleaning region; and a bent region which is sandwiched therebetween, and which is formed by being bent by an end of the base part.
US09668631B2
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a floor cleaning head having a dirty air inlet and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The surface cleaning apparatus also includes an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. The air flow passage includes a conduit section. The surface cleaning apparatus also includes a suction motor and an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage, provided in one of the floor cleaning head and the upright section. The conduit section has an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is rotatably connected to the air flow passage about an axis parallel to air flow through the inlet end, and the outlet end is rotatably connected to the air flow passage about an axis parallel to air flow through the outlet end.
US09668626B2
A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner and a vacuum cleaner are provided. The nozzle may include a main nozzle; at least one movable nozzle rotatably coupled to the main nozzle; and a rotary cleaner provided inside of the main nozzle and the movable nozzle that cleans a floor surface using a rotary motion. The rotary cleaner may include a main shaft rotatably provided inside of the main nozzle, and at least one auxiliary shaft provided inside of the movable nozzle and connected to the main shaft. The at least one auxiliary shaft may rotate using a rotational force transmitted from the main shaft.
US09668621B2
A stack of folded web material for hygiene products, such as paper or nonwoven products, said stack including: at least two webs, the webs including: a first web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; and a second web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; said first and second webs being interfolded with one another so as to form said stack; and wherein the first web and the second web are arranged in said stack such that the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to one another along the webs; each line of weakness having a separation strength, being the force required to separate an individual sheet from the web along said line of weakness.
US09668617B1
Means attachable to any serving vessel, such as a pan, chafing dish or the like for holding utensils adjacent the particular serving vessel to keep the utensils immediately and safely available for use, while discouraging the utensils from one serving vessel from being used to serve food from a different serving vessel.
US09668615B2
The invention pertains to an accessory for adapting cooking grills, especially kettle and kamado style grills for better cooking of pizzas and other foods not typically thought of as appropriate for grilling. The accessory is an insert that is adapted to sit between the bottom and the top of the grill and is generally shaped with a horizontal cross-section substantially similar to the horizontal cross section at the junction of the bottom and the top of the grill with which it is adapted to work. The insert increases the height of the cooking chamber. The insert includes a side opening or window through which food may be inserted and removed from the expanded cooking chamber without the need to open or remove the top of the grill.
US09668611B2
A collapsible trivet comprises a first support section, a second support section, and a connecting member, the first support section being mounted to one end of the connecting member by a first axle and the second support section being mounted to the other end of the connecting member by a second axle, the first and second support sections being pivotable relative to the connecting member and the first support section including two support arms.
US09668609B2
An individual frozen drink dispenser includes a bottom shelf configured to support a blender cup. The bottom shelf has a blender drive to drive the operation of blades provided in the blender cup. The dispenser further includes a dispensing chamber including a cartridge receptacle configured to receive a frozen beverage cartridge, and a dispense plunger. The dispenser further includes a water reservoir having a water pump to drive the movement of water from the water reservoir to the dispense plunger of the dispensing chamber and into the blender cup. A controller coupled to the blender drive, the dispenser plunger, and the water pump controls the operation of the individual frozen drink dispenser. Other embodiments of the dispenser and methods of dispensing frozen drinks are further disclosed.
US09668604B2
A capsule system for preparing beverages by centrifugation of a capsule in a centrifuging brewing device comprising: a set of different capsules (1A, 1B; 1C, 1D; 1E, 1F, 1G; 1H, 1I; 1J,1K, 1L); each one for selectively delivering a beverage having specific characteristics that differ from the other capsules of the set; each capsule of the set comprising a body (2) with a sidewall and a free rim (3), an upper wall (4) and an extractable or infusible ingredient; and an insertion diameter (D) of the body of the capsule for insertion in a rotary capsule holder (14) of the centrifuge brewing device (7) in a referential position, wherein the different capsules in the set having bodies (2) of different storage volumes obtained by a variable depth (d1, d2, d3) of the body in the set but the same insertion diameter (D) for all capsules of the set.
US09668602B2
A method of heating an item in a cavity of a cooking appliance including the steps of detecting the size of the item at a first time during a cooking cycle and detecting the size of the item at a second time during the cooking cycle. The cooking cycle is then controlled at least partially based on the size of the item at the second time during the cooking cycle. A cooking appliance for carrying out the method is also provided.
US09668592B1
A display fixture mounted on wheels and having a panel that can be pivoted between a horizontal and a vertical position may be easily position and configured for use as either a table or a gondola style store fixture to display merchandise by a single person in a store. Latch and stop assemblies may be provided to lock the panel in either the vertical or the horizontal position and to stabilize the fixture against tipping.
US09668583B2
A desk chair includes a seat with a back rest and a rigid frame joining the seat and backrest, and a pedestal base preferably with tilt and rotational capabilities. The chair is securely coupled to the base in the desk chair configuration but may be decoupled from the base and placed on the floor beside the base. To accomplish this arrangement, the chair is equipped with a set of four-and-aft extending rails that are integral with the frame which is attached to the seat. These rails rest on the floor only when the chair portion is decoupled from the pedestal base.
US09668581B1
A knockdown sofa that includes a pair of angled struts affixed at opposing sides to a wooden base and configured to engage different ones of a pair of angled slats, each of the slats attached to different ones of a pair of side arms. The base also defines a pair of apertures configured to receive different ones of a pair of downwardly depending lugs affixed to the bottom of a sofa back, such that the entire sofa can be assembled quickly and easily without the need of tools. An embodiment of the sofa includes hook and loop strips connecting both the side arms and the back to the base.
US09668579B2
A reclining chair includes a stationary frame having first and second sides, a seat, a seat back, and a foot rest mounted to the frame, a linkage mechanism mounted to the frame and configured to move the seat, the seat back, and the foot rest between a sitting position and a reclining position and having a driving arm adjacent to the first side and configured to drive the linkage mechanism, and a rotatable arm mounted to the first side of the stationary frame.
US09668578B2
The instant invention relates to a profile element for connecting plate-shaped elements, which are oriented orthogonally, parallel and in a line relative to one another, for constructing free-standing or wall-mounted, expandable storage furniture, in particular shelves.
US09668572B2
In one example, a height adjustable desktop system is described that can include a work surface, a foot assembly and a linkage assembly that adjustably connects the work surface to the foot assembly allowing vertical adjustment of the work surface. The linkage assembly can include a pair of adjustment assemblies, each having a transverse linkage that maintains the work surface in a horizontal orientation as the work surface is elevated or lowered. A biasing mechanism, such as an extension spring or a torsion spring, biases the work surface toward the elevated position.
US09668564B2
This applicator comprises a tip (22) with a central axis (A-A′) and a product application body (24), in a single piece with the tip (22). The body (24) includes a first curved segment (40) with a local axis moving away from the central axis (A-A′) seen in a plane parallel to an axial median plane of the applicator. The body (24) has a second curved intermediate segment (42) with a local axis approaching the central axis (A-A′), and defining, with the first segment (40), a first hollow area. The body (24) has a third end segment (44) defining, with the second intermediate segment (42), a second hollow area (58) opposite the first hollow area.
US09668549B2
This fabric fastener tape for a slide fastener is provided with an element mounting section and a tape main body section. The tape main body section is provided with a mesh section. The mesh section has a mesh structure having a framework formed by sets of warp yarns and weft yarns, and the mesh structure has openings formed among the sets of warp yarns and weft yarns. In the mesh section, the weave density of the outermost warp yarn and the outermost weft yarn of each of the sets of warp yarns and weft yarns is higher than the weave density of the warp and weft yarns which are on the inner side of the outermost warp and weft yarns. In the mesh structure of this fastener tape, mesh displacement can be prevented without thermally bonding the crossover points between the warp and weft yarns.
US09668538B2
A method and apparatus for coloring an article includes fastening an article to a container which at least partially encloses the article. The article fastens to the container in a fixed position. A portion of the container is inserted into a liquid by an actuator. The liquid enters the container through an open end. An air pocket is created in the container when it is inserted into the liquid. A first portion of the article is contained within the air pocket and a second portion of the article is dipped into the liquid and thereby is colored from a dye in the liquid. The actuator also removes the container and the article from the liquid. The process can be repeated with the article in an inverted position and with another liquid to color another portion of the article a second color.
US09668522B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV which is operable to re-fill the PV with e-liquid if the PV is inserted, fully or in part, into the case, while maintaining the PV whole and intact.
US09668521B2
There is provided a method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device, the device comprising: a heater comprising at least one heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and a power source for providing power to the heating element, comprising the steps of: controlling the power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element increases from an initial temperature to a first temperature, in a second phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element drops below the first temperature and in a third phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element increases again. Increasing the temperature of the heating element during a final phase of the heating process reduces or prevents the reduction in aerosol delivery over time.
US09668513B2
A leaf removal apparatus for removing one or more wrapper leaves of a harvested produce and its method of use is provided. The apparatus includes a framework, a conveyor comprising a set of parallel rods having a space therebetween, a stripping roller, and a plurality of flexible members. The methods of using the apparatus include feeding a harvested produce onto a conveyor comprising a set of parallel rods having a space therebetween; transporting the harvested produce on the conveyor towards a stripping roller connected to a framework of the leaf removal apparatus; contacting the harvested produce with a plurality of flexible members connected to the framework, and the stripping roller, and loosening or removing one or more wrapper leaves of the harvested produce, wherein one or more of the removed wrapper leaves fall through the space between the rods of the conveyor.
US09668507B2
The present technology may include a stabilized mass of egg composition having both yolk and albumin components whipped together and stabilized against separation by highly refined cellulose fiber material. The yolk and albumin components may be whipped into a foam in which at least 1% by volume of the foamed material comprises a gas, such as air, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen. The mass may flow as a liquid at 20 C and 760 mm Hg atmospheric pressure and 40% relative humidity. The mass may be in a frozen state. The mass may be in a dried powder state or dried solid mass.
US09668498B2
The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and devices for producing a shaved ice or snow cone products and providing toppings thereto. The system may comprise an ice shaving or snow cone machine, a mobile edifice, and a topping dispenser attached to the mobile edifice.
US09668497B2
The present invention has discovered that 7,8-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-4-one and a salt thereof have unexpected and advantageous cooling enhancement and modification properties. Thus, a composition comprising a cooling compound and an effective amount of 7,8-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-4-one can be used to enhance or modify the cooling sensation in the mouth, in the nasal cavity and/or on the skin, and can also augment, enhance or impart a cooling sensation to products such as foodstuff, chewing gums, dental or oral hygiene products, topical products, nasal care products and toilet articles.
US09668496B1
A method of brewing a beverage, such as freshly brewed coffee, in an electrical, automatic beverage brewer (10) with a rotatable mixing chamber (12) for mixing water (109) from a hot water tank (28) with dry beverage ingredient (108) having a closed top (7) and an open bottom (3, 66) to which is releasably mounted a brew basket (14) with an open top (19) for fluid communication with the mixing chamber (12) through the open bottom (3, 66). Before mounting, the brew basket (14) is loaded with a filter (105) and dry beverage ingredient (109). The mixing chamber (12) with the brew basket (14) attached is then automatically turned upside down (FIG. 6) to dump the dry beverage ingredient (109) out of the filter (105) and onto the closed top (7) of the rotatable mixing chamber (12). A preselected amount of water (109) is then infused into the mixing chamber (12) to a level beneath the open bottom (3) and filter (105) and onto the dry beverage ingredient (109) for mixing therewith. After a preselected mixing time period is passed the mixing chamber (12) and mounted brew basket (14) is automatically turned right side up to pass the beverage (110) through the filter (105) and out of the drain hole (90) of the brew basket (14). After the mixing chamber (12) has been returned to an upright position, pressurized air (44, 46, and 48) is automatically injected into the mixing chamber (12) to hasten the passage of beverage (110) through the filter (105) and out of the drain hole (90).
US09668488B2
A food product having in the range of about 1 to 3.25 calories per gram, on a dry weight basis, and comprising resistant starch with a maintained granular structure, preferably, with a chemically modification to obtain the maintained granular structure. With a type II resistant starch, the total dietary fiber within the food product arising from the resistant starch comprises 14-20% of the final food product by weight. With a type IV resistant starch, the total dietary fiber within the food product arising from the resistant starch constitutes 14-60% of the final food product by weight. The food product may be cookies, cakes, crisps, instant noodles, cheese crackers, pasta, and egg noodles.
US09668485B2
Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The improved, modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and the associated diseases thereby promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Disclosed compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or seed coating for plants and seeds.
US09668484B2
A herbicidal composition is provided, the composition comprising: (A) the crystalline modification I of 2-(4-mesyl-2-nitrobenzoyl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione (mesotrione); and (B) the crystalline modification I of 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(3-ethylsulfonyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl)urea (rimsulfuron). A method of controlling plant growth at a locus comprises applying to the locus herbicidally effective amounts of both (A) the crystalline modification I of 2-(4-mesyl-2-nitrobenzoyl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione (mesotrione); and (B) the crystalline modification I of 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(3-ethylsulfonyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl)urea (rimsulfuron).
US09668482B1
Provided are: a fused heterocyclic compound by formula (1) or an N-oxide thereof, having excellent control effects against pests: a pest control composition containing the abovementioned compound and an inert carrier; and a pest control method for applying an effective dose of the abovementioned compound to a pest or pest habitat.
US09668479B2
Materials and methods for stimulating or inhibiting germination of Paenibacillus larvae spores, including methods for inhibiting P. larvae germination to reduce foulbrood in honey bees.
US09668472B2
A sticker adjuvant that may be used in agrochemical compositions is disclosed. The sticker adjuvant is a polyether amide or a polyether imide formed by the reaction of a polyether polyamine with a polyfunctional monomer. The polyfunctional monomer may be a polyacid, a di-functional acyl halide, an acid anhydride, a poly(acid anhydride) and a mixture thereof.
US09668471B2
The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of pesticides or agricultural spray adjuvants that counteracts the effects of hard water cat ions on anionic pesticides when applied in water spray solutions.
US09668470B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid non-aqueous emulsifiable formulation comprising a pyripyropene pesticide of the formula (I) as defined below which is dissolved in an aromatic hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture containing surfactants, which stabilize the emulsion upon dilution with water, which method comprises the steps i) and ii) as described hereinafter: i) dissolving the at least one surfactant and the compound of formula (I) in the organic solvent or solvent mixture to obtain a clear solution of the at least one surfactant and the compound of the formula (I); ii) heating the solution to a temperature of at least 40° C.
US09668469B2
A system and method for providing floating decoys is described. The system includes a mechanism for moving tethered decoys in a motion that mimics the natural movement of floating waterfowl. The mechanism includes a motor that moves one end of the tether in a circular, or approximately circular motion along the surface of the water. The decoys then move back and forth on the surface of the water.
US09668463B2
Disclosed herein is the generation of a permissive murine strain (NSGW) that exhibits enhanced levels of human chimerism without pre-conditioning.
US09668449B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-504 RZ, which may exhibit a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew strains Bl:1 to Bl:31, CA-I to CA-VIII (Bremia lactucae), currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, and lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), as well as an extraordinary high number of substantially equally sized leaves, which leaves are medium green, slightly to moderately blistered, and have a slightly to moderately undulated apical leaf margin, which is shallowly dentate. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-504 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-504 RZ.
US09668440B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB21A14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB21A14, cells from soybean variety XB21A14, plants of soybean XB21A14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB21A14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB21A14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB21A14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB21A14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB21A14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB21A14 are further provided.
US09668434B2
A system for providing water to the roots of a plant being grown in an aeroponic growth system includes small reservoirs containing water and a mist generator, wherein the mist generator provides mist under low pressure to a channel which directs the mist to the roots of the plant.
US09668431B2
A fluid supply line is provided to reduce the labor and cost required for dripline system installations by providing predetermined fitting locations where driplines can be attached. The supply line consists of a conduit having a side wall, a connector extending through the side wall of the conduit, the connector having a conduit connecting segment extending outside the conduit and an inlet segment extending into the conduit, and the inlet segment being connected to the side wall of the conduit.
US09668414B2
One embodiment of a stalk roll to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header comprises a hybrid flute, a full flute positioned adjacent the hybrid flute, a reduced flute positioned adjacent the full flute, a second reduced flute positioned adjacent the reduced flute, and a short flute positioned adjacent the second reduced flute.
US09668411B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for monitoring yield while harvesting. In one embodiment a mass flow rate sensor measures the mass flow rate of the harvested grain. A weight sensor measures the weight of the harvested grain. The measured mass flow rate is correlated with the weight of the harvested grain. Processing circuitry calculates any error in the measured mass flow rate using the measured weight. The calculated error is used to correct any inaccuracy in the measured mass flow rate.
US09668408B2
A cutterbar knife drive cleaning apparatus for a header of an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The apparatus cleans the knife drives by discharging pressurized air from an apertured conduit toward the knife drive. Movement of a cutterbar supporting arm causes rotation of the conduit to produce a sweeping action of an air curtain over the knife drive in order to blow dirt and debris from the knife drive as the harvester traverses a field.
US09668404B2
A mower includes: a driver's seat provided to a vehicle frame. A transmission is arranged at least partially below the driver's seat. An engine arranged rearward of the transmission such that a bottom end of the engine is positioned higher than a bottom end of the transmission. An exhaust gas purification device is arranged rearward of the engine. An air cleaner is arranged forward of the exhaust gas purification device and above the engine. A radiator extends from an area between the transmission and the engine so as to project further upward than the air cleaner through an area between the driver's seat and the air cleaner.
US09668403B2
An apparatus and method to improve delivery of liquid anhydrous ammonia from a portable liquid NH3 tank in cold temperatures includes an air compressor coupled to the vapor port of a portable liquid NH3 tank used to supply liquid anhydrous ammonia to an anhydrous ammonia fertilizer applicator. The apparatus can include an actuator to relieve the tank of compressed air after the tank is empty of liquid anhydrous ammonia.
US09674991B2
A manufacturing method of electronic packaged device includes the following. A plurality of electronic components is disposed on a substrate carrier. An encapsulating member is disposed on the substrate carrier and covers the electronic components. The substrate carrier is separated from the encapsulating member. A plurality of first trenches is arranged on a first surface of the encapsulating member. Conductive material is disposed onto the first surface and into the first trenches to form a conductive layer. The conductive layer is patterned on the first surface to form a circuit layer. The circuit layer includes at least one grounding pad. A plurality of second trenches is arranged on a second surface of the encapsulating member. At least one shielding structure is formed in the first trenches and the second trenches. An electromagnetic shielding layer is connected to the grounding pad.
US09674986B2
A heat spreader including multiple layers of anisotropic material to conduct thermal energy. Multiple graphite sheet layers may be laminated and each sheet may be thermally connected to one or more thermal energy sources in a portable electronic device. Methods for making a heat spreader are also disclosed.
US09674980B2
A mounting ear is provided. The mounting ear includes a front plate and a side plate connected to the front plate. The side plate includes a tail section proximate to the rear of the side plate, a midsection between the front plate and the tail section, and at least a portion of the tail section has a height larger than the midsection to thereby define a gap above the midsection. A brush is mounted on at least the midsection. The brush includes plurality of bristles extending from the brush such that the end of the bristles are substantially collinear with a top of the at least of portion of the tail section, to thereby substantially cover the gap.
US09674977B2
An electric component box that accommodates therein an electric component, which includes: a control board that controls an air conditioner indoor unit; a power supply and indoor-outdoor wiring terminal block that is provided on the control board and is connected to a communication wire wired from the air conditioner indoor unit to an air conditioner outdoor unit and is connected to a power wire that supplies power; and a communication-wire terminal block that is provided on the control board and is connected to a communication wire for an external input.
US09674973B1
A coupling and fixing structure of a panel and a casing of a power supply is provided. The power supply further includes a frame. The casing has an opening and a plurality of raised studs. The casing, the frame and the panel have a plurality of penetrating holes and a plurality of through holes. The frame and the panel have a plurality of positioning holes corresponding to the raised studs. The frame and the panel are engaged with each other and positioned at the opening of the casing through the positioning holes and the raised studs and locked with screws so as to complete the assembly of the panel and the casing. The present invention can strengthen the connection of the panel and the casing, decrease the times of locking, lower the risk of damaging components, and improve the efficiency of disassembly and maintenance.
US09674970B2
In a method of manufacturing a module board, an electronic component is mounted on a first principal surface of a small board. A cavity defining a through hole is formed in a core board. The electronic component is housed in the cavity by mounting the small board on a surface electrode arranged around the cavity. Resin layers are formed on both principal surfaces of the core board, and resin flows through a gap between the core board and the small board. Hence, the inside of the cavity is filled with the resin, and the electronic component is sealed with the resin.
US09674962B2
Methods for applying fluid materials to a substrate, such as circuit board, while continuously moving the fluid dispenser. Some methods generally involve correcting the dispense location for each of the dispensed amounts of fluid material by executing a statistical comparison of either the predicted and actual landing locations on the substrate, or the predicted and actual positions of the dispenser at each of the dispense locations. Other methods generally involve initiating the dispensing of amounts of the fluid material at dispense locations corrected by a correction factor specified in terms of the servo cycle for the movement of the dispenser or by a correction factor specified in terms of partial servo cycles courtesy of a timer.
US09674961B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a driving circuit film, and a spacer. The flexible display panel includes a terminal part configured to receive a driving signal. The driving circuit film includes a base film and a driving chip on the base film. The driving chip being configured to generate the driving signal. The driving circuit film is coupled to the terminal part, is configured to apply the driving signal to the display panel, and bent toward a lower surface of the display panel. The spacer is on the driving circuit film and is configured to maintain a gap between the driving chip and the lower surface of the display panel.
US09674955B2
Provided are a tape carrier package and a method of manufacturing the same, the method, including: forming through holes by performing a drill process using a laser to an insulating film of a flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) film consisting of the insulating film and a copper layer; forming a circuit pattern layer by performing an etching process to the copper layer of the FCCL film; and selectively forming a plating layer on the circuit pattern layer. The method of manufacturing the tape carrier package according to the present invention is advantageous because a punching process, and processes for laminating and drying the copper layer which are necessary for the conventional method of manufacturing the tape carrier package can be omitted, a production cost of the tape carrier package is reduced, and the time required for the drying process is saved.
US09674954B2
This disclosure relates generally to a chip package assembly arranged to be electrically coupled to a circuit board including a plurality of circuit board contacts. The chip package assembly may include a chip package including a first side and a second side, the second side including a first plurality of contacts arranged to be electrically coupled to the plurality of circuit board contacts and a second plurality of contacts arranged to be electrically coupled to a remote device via a connector assembly.
US09674948B2
Rigid-flex-type circuit-board structure and manufacturing method, in which a flexible membrane and a sacrificial-material piece are attached to an insulator membrane in the location of the flexible zone. An insulator layer, which encloses within itself a sacrificial-material piece is manufactured on the surface of the conductor membrane. The flexible zone is formed in such a way that an opening is made in the insulator layer, through which the sacrificial-material piece is removed. The flexible zone comprises at least part of the flexible membrane as well as conductors, which are manufactured by patterning the insulator membrane at a suitable stage in the method.
US09674940B2
An electronic device and semiconductor package include a printed circuit board and a semiconductor device mounted thereon. The printed circuit board includes one or more thermally conductive vias for dissipating heat.
US09674926B2
Method for controlling street lighting over a plurality of interconnected road segments, in which a road class is dynamically assigned to each road segment on the basis of, at least, stored road type data associated to each road segment and traffic parameters determined for each road segment for a current time period. At least a corresponding maximum lighting level is associated to each road class. In this method, signals comprising speed and direction of travel data of road users, and an identification of the road user are propagated through series of adjacent road segments starting from each road user's road segment, and a new lighting level equal to said maximum lighting level is set at each road segment whose distance to the road user's road segment is not greater than a first distance. A control device for implementing the above method is also disclosed.
US09674925B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to an electrical interface design architecture to independently excite each of a network of light strings and/or light string controllers with any of a number of independent excitation signals. In an illustrative example, each of the light strings may receive a selected one of the excitation signals conducted via a wiring assembly to an interface formed as a plug or a corresponding socket. In some embodiments, the interface may galvanically connect one or more of the excitation signals to a corresponding load according to user-selection of a relative orientation between the plug and the socket. In some implementations the load may include a down-stream controller that draws operating power through a selected one of the conductors at the interface. In various implementations, the interface may supply a load such as a multi-channel cable or single channel light string, for example.
US09674918B2
An illumination system includes: a first light-emitting element column including one of a single first light-emitting element or a plurality of first light-emitting elements connected in series; a second light-emitting element column connected in parallel with the first light-emitting element column, and including one of a single second light-emitting element or a plurality of second light-emitting elements connected in series; a constant current supply that supplies a constant current to the first light-emitting element column and the second light-emitting element column which are connected in parallel; a resistor that is connected in series with the first light-emitting element column, and detects a magnitude of current flowing through the first light-emitting element column; and a current adjuster circuit that adjusts the magnitude of the current flowing through the first light-emitting element column, according to the magnitude of the current detected by the resistor.
US09674905B2
A display apparatus including: a display; a driver including an amplifier configured to detect a current of the display and to generate a constant current control signal, and a transistor configured to adjust the current supplied to the display in accordance an output voltage of the amplifier; and a controller configured to monitor the current of the display and a dropout voltage of the transistor, and control the amplifier so that a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty ratio is decreased in response to the dropout voltage being equal to or higher than a reference voltage.
US09674900B2
An induction heating apparatus heats content efficiently while measuring a temperature of the heated content accurately. The induction heating apparatus includes a can holder, a heating coil disposed around the can holder, and a temperature measuring unit. A resealable metal beverage can having a thread formed on a neck portion and a cap screwed onto the neck portion is held by the can holder. The can holder holds the metal beverage can in a manner such that the cap of the can inserted thereto is exposed on an axially upper side. The temperature measuring unit measures a surface temperature of the cap of the metal beverage can held in the can holder.
US09674897B1
A heated window covering device heats an area surrounding a window and ensures an escape through the window in the event of an emergency. The device includes a frame configured for coupling to an opening of a window well. A lid is coupled to the frame and is pivotable between an opened position and a closed position wherein the lid is configured for exposing the opening when the lid is in the opened position. A plurality of heating elements is positioned in the lid wherein the heating elements are configured to melt snow abutted against the lid such that the lid is freely pivotable between the opened and closed positions. A panic plate is operationally coupled to the lid. A lock assembly couples the panic plate and the lid wherein pressing on the panic plate is configured to retract the lock assembly and actuate the lid to the opened position.
US09674891B2
Architecture that allows a user to control the way a connection is made to a destination. A destination can be tagged with an attribute that defines how the connection to that destination should be routed. For example, a phone address book allows the user to not only enter the usual call recipient information such as name and telephone number, but also to add an attribute in the form of a network identifier associated with a network that should be used when connecting to the destination. Where multiple networks are associated with the destination, the phone subsystem, recognizing that the destination now has multiple network IDs for connecting the call, can prompt the user to select the desired network pathway. The user can also tag the destination with a protocol that should be employed. Thus, not only will the phone be connected according to the network, but according to the protocol.
US09674890B2
A method of link adaptation in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes requesting, by a requester, modulation and coding scheme (MCS) feedback to a plurality of responders, by transmitting a MCS request (MRQ) indicator, and, receiving, by the requester, feedback frames from each of the plurality of responders, wherein each of the feedback frame comprises MCS feedback (MFB) information.
US09674874B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a medium access control (MAC) entity in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method and apparatus includes the WTRU transmitting a MAC reconfiguration request, the WTRU receiving a MAC reconfiguration command including updated MAC parameter values and the WTRU reconfiguring a MAC entity based on the updated MAC parameter values in the MAC reconfiguration command.
US09674873B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for informing identification of a UE (User Equipment) in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information related to a size of data to be transmitted to or from the UE, determining whether the UE is considered as the MTC_UE (Machine Type Communication _UE) or not based on the information; and informing a network that the UE is the MTC_UE by performing the MTC_UE specific access.
US09674871B2
Method for executing random access procedure in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed is a method for a terminal to execute a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting a random access preamble message to one or more nodes; receiving a random access response message from a serving cell from among the one or more nodes; and transmitting an uplink signal to a different node from among the one or more nodes, wherein the random access response message comprises information for transmitting the uplink signal to the different node.
US09674868B2
Systems and method are provided that allow a mobile device to communicate over multiple access technologies at the same time, including a cellular access technology, such as LTE, and via an untrusted WLAN access. The untrusted access is initiated via internet key exchange. The mobile device uses the same IP address over both access technologies.
US09674861B1
Systems and methods are described for scheduling transmissions from an access node. A traffic distribution and usage pattern associated with an access node may be determined based on an inspection of packet transmission data. A scheduling algorithm may be assigned to a particular set of usage characteristics based on the determined traffic distribution and usage pattern. The traffic distribution and usage pattern associated with the access node may be monitored for a set of criteria. The scheduling algorithm may be selected based on the monitored traffic distribution and packet data for at least one wireless device may be transmitted using the selected scheduling algorithm.
US09674860B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for efficient aggregation scheduling in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the apparatus including a delay setting unit to set a required delay time for each access category (AC), a storing unit to store a traffic identification (TID) of a packet in a queue of a corresponding AC when the packet arrives, a delay time calculator to calculate a maximum delay time predicted when the packet arriving at the queue is configured to be an A-MPDU and the configured A-MPDU is transmitted, and an A-MPDU configuring unit to compare the calculated maximum delay time and the required delay time, and configure a corresponding A-MPDU when the calculated maximum delay time is greater than the required delay time.
US09674840B1
Methods and devices for improving performance on a wireless communication device having at least a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a radio frequency (RF) resource may include detecting, on a modem stack associated with the first SIM, an active communication in a first network that supports high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA). During the active communication in the first network, the wireless communication device may detect a signal disruption period, and determine whether an operational downlink mode for the modem stack associated with the first SIM does not match a corresponding downlink mode represented in the first network. Upon determining that the operational downlink mode for the modem stack associated with the first SIM does not match the corresponding downlink mode represented in the first network, the wireless communication device may trigger an internal instruction to transition to a new downlink mode.
US09674833B2
A method comprising: a Service Centralized and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS) receiving, from a first WTRU, a collaborative session request to replicate a media flow to a second WTRU; the SCC AS authorizing the request; the SCC AS allocating a media resource at a media resource function (MRF) for the media flow; the SCC AS establishing a second-WTRU access leg; the SCC AS updating a first-WTRU access leg for the first WTRU; and the SCC AS updating a remote leg to communicate the replicated media flow to the MRF, wherein, unless the remote party rejects the replication of the media flow, the media flow then flows from the remote party to the MRF, from the MRF to the first WTRU, and from the MRF to the second WTRU.
US09674832B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting data by a transmitting apparatus in a communication system. The transmitting apparatus segments a radio link control (RLC) packet data unit (PDU), if an amount of available resources is less than an amount of resources required for retransmitting the RLC PDU. The transmitting apparatus includes polling information in the segmented RLC PDU, if the segmented RLC PDU is a last segmented RLC PDU. The transmitting apparatus transmits the segmented RLC PDU to a receiving apparatus.
US09674822B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system are provided. A first Reed-Muller (RM) encoder encodes first uplink control information on the basis of a first RM basis, and a second RM encoder encoded second uplink control information on the basis of a second RM basis.
US09674818B2
In a wireless network an indication of High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) resources may be sent to user equipment (UE) by a Node B. A message on an indicator channel may be sent by the Node B to indicate that the HS-DSCH resources are to be used in a subsequent time interval to send control information.
US09674815B1
A light weight transmission device providing an identification signal is disclosed. In one aspect, the device comprises a gating device for controlling the transfer of information to the transmitter, a data retaining device, in communication with the gating device, receiving and storing the information for a known period of time, and a controller, in communication with the gating device, providing a signal to the gating device to enable transfer of the retained information to the transmitter at a known time and for a known period of time.
US09674807B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that may help a WiMAX base station function without a GPS signal by providing a high-stability reference signal via a subcarrier of a broadcast signal, such as an FM radio signal. An exemplary broadcast station may therefore be configured to phase-lock a subcarrier signal to a GPS signal, and include this subcarrier in its broadcast signal, thereby providing the subcarrier signal for use by a base station as a high-stability reference signal for local-oscillator stabilization at the base station. The broadcast station may further modulate a timing signal onto the subcarrier signal. An exemplary base station may therefore receive the broadcast signal, decode the broadcast signal to acquire the subcarrier signal, and use the subcarrier signal to stabilize its local oscillator, rather than using a GPS signal. The base station may further demodulate the subcarrier to acquire the timing signal, which the base station may use for frame-start synchronization, instead of a GPS signal.
US09674798B2
Methods of selecting a transport format combination are provided. For example, a method comprises calculating the transmission power of a first physical channel using each of first TFCs, and determines whether a mobile station is in a transmission capable state. The method also comprises calculating the sum of the transmission power of first and second physical channels using first and second TFCs, with respect to each of combinations of first and second TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in the transmission capable state. The method also comprises selecting first TFC from the first TFCs wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state and selecting a second TFC from the second TFCs which are included in combinations wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state among the combinations including the selected first TFC. The data is transmitted using the selected first and second TFCs, respectively.
US09674790B2
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting uplink control information (UCI), which is transmitted by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of receiving first offset information associated with uplink control information (UCI) transmission in uplink subframes according to uplink-downlink configuration of a serving cell and receiving a power control parameter configuring a first uplink power control subframe set and a second uplink power control subframe set for the uplink subframes. In this case, the first uplink power control subframe set and the second uplink power control subframe set are configured to be independently applied by an offset for transmitting the uplink control information.
US09674787B2
An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. In the method, when an event to be processed is received by an electronic device, a control instruction is generated. The electronic device generates prompting information and controls a display unit of the electronic device to be in a dark state in response to the control instruction. Finally the electronic device outputs the generated prompting information by a first prompting unit in the electronic device.
US09674786B2
Systems, methodologies, and devices are described that can facilitate reducing power consumption associated with mobile devices. A mobile device can utilize a sleep mode controller that can facilitate selecting and/or switching to a desired sleep mode based in part on predefined sleep mode criteria. The sleep modes can include a non-sleep mode, light sleep mode, and/or deep sleep mode. The mobile device can employ an analyzer to evaluate information related to explicit signals, implicit signals, and/or the current sleep mode to determine whether a condition is met based in part on the predefined sleep mode criteria such that a transition to a different sleep mode is to be performed. If such a condition is met, the sleep mode controller can facilitate transitioning from the current sleep mode to a different sleep mode to facilitate reducing power consumption by the mobile device.
US09674783B2
A method of transmitting a data frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes transmitting, by an access point (AP), a scheduling information element including information on a time period for data frame transmission to a first station (STA) and a second STA, wherein the scheduling information element includes an offset field indicating a start time point of the time period and transmitting, by the AP, the data frame to the first STA and the second STA by using a multi user-multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission scheme after the start time point indicated by the offset field.
US09674782B2
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for reducing battery consumption at a user equipment (UE). For example, the method may include configuring a 10 ms transmission mode on an uplink (UL) channel at the UE, indicating configuration of the 10 ms transmission mode to a base station in communication with the UE, compressing a 20 ms transmission associated with a 20 ms transmission time interval (TTI) into a 10 ms compressed transmission, transmitting the 10 ms compressed transmission during a first 10 ms of the 20 ms TTI, and performing a discontinuous transmission (DTX) of the UL channel during a second 10 ms of the 20 ms TTI. As such, reduced battery consumption at a UE may be achieved.
US09674777B1
An apparatus and method determine an instance quality set of an access system while the access system is used by an application package of a radio device. The access system comprises a radio system and an access network. The application package has communicated information using a networked service of the access network. The apparatus and method determine additional information that comprises at least one of a location of the device and an acquisition time, the instance quality set, and a radio system identifier of the radio system used. The apparatus and method perform at least one of storing within the radio device and transmitting from the radio device an application identifier of the application package in association with the additional information. The apparatus and method selects at least one of a preferred radio system and a preferred application package based on the instance quality set.
US09674773B2
Provided are a method and a wireless device for reporting proxy information in a wireless communication system. As the wireless device enters the proximity of a first target cell on a target frequency, the wireless device reports first proxy information indicating entering the proximity to a serving cell. Before the wireless device transmits proxy information indicating leaving the proximity after reporting the first proxy information, the wireless device does not report proxy information on entering the proximity of any other target cell on the target frequency.
US09674768B2
A method for enabling a first terminal to access a wireless network, includes: receiving an access request sent from the first terminal, the access request including a terminal identification of the first terminal; determining whether the first terminal meets a condition based on the terminal identification included in the access request; sending a connection invitation to the first terminal if it is determined that the first terminal meets the condition; receiving a connection request sent from the first terminal based on the connection invitation; and enabling the first terminal to access the wireless network based on the connection request.
US09674765B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a call routing application. Routes are evaluated according to aggregated call quality data with respect to a call endpoint. A route is selected according to the evaluation, call costs, or other criteria. A call is then routed via the route to the call endpoint.
US09674762B2
Disclosed are a transmission device, a reception device and a method for providing a simultaneous data transmission for a data session through a plurality of heterogeneous networks. The transmission device divides particular data to be transmitted into two or more partial data, transmits first partial data after inserting first tunneling information which induces the first partial data to pass through a first network of two or more networks into the first partial data, and transmits second partial data of the two or more partial data after inserting second tunneling information which induces the second partial data to pass through a second network of the two or more networks into the second partial data.
US09674754B2
A method for handover of a user equipment in cell based networks includes: Detecting a deterioration of a predetermined connection quality for an application on the network connection path between the user equipment and the core network device via the connected base station; Providing backhaul connection information about at least one alternative base station providing at least the predetermined connection quality on its backhaul connection for the application; Blacklisting the connected base station on the user equipment; Providing a removing condition when to remove the connected base station from the blacklist; Requesting a handover of the user equipment from the connected base station to the alternative base station; Handover of the user equipment to the alternative base station if the handover request is accepted; and Handing back the user equipment to the previously connected base station if the removing condition is fulfilled.
US09674749B2
Various communication techniques and related systems for a fusion between a 5th generation (5G) communication system and Internet of Things (IoT) technology are provided. A user equipment (UE) is required to select a dedicated core network so as to receive a suitable service. In a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, an enhanced Node B (eNB) of a mobile communication system transmits a first request message to a first mobile management entity (MME), receives a reroute command message based on the first request message from the first MME, and transmits a second message to a second MME based on the reroute command message. Herein, the reroute command message contains the first request message, at least one MME identifier, and a UE identifier.
US09674747B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method (150) is implemented by a base station (42, 700) that supports a 3GPP RAN (56) and has an associated Wi-Fi RAN (58) that is either supported by the base station (42, 700) or is supported by an access point (710) colocated with the base station (42, 700). The base station (42, 700) receives a request from a UE (54, 800). If the request is for a current Wi-Fi service capability of the base station (42, 700), the base station (42, 700) determines whether the Wi-Fi RAN has sufficient available resources to support QoS requirements of the UE (54, 800), and transmits a corresponding response to the UE (54, 800). If the response indicates that the Wi-Fi RAN (58) has sufficient available resources, the base station (42, 700) also transmits Wi-Fi credentials to the UE (54, 800) to enable the UE (54, 800) to access the Wi-Fi RAN (58). If sufficient available resources to support the QoS requirements are not available, Wi-Fi credentials are not sent to the UE (54, 800).
US09674744B2
Various aspects are provided for wireless communication channel management. For instance, aspects of an example method are provided, the method including detecting a trigger condition for changing an operating frequency of a wireless communication link between a first device and a second device. In addition, the example method may include obtaining a target operating frequency for the wireless communication link based on detecting the trigger condition. Moreover, the example method may include tuning a transceiver to the target operating frequency. In an example, the first device may be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the second device may be a controller associated with the UAV. Additionally, example apparatuses and computer-readable media are provided for wireless communication channel management, the example apparatuses and computer-readable media being configured to perform, or store computer-executable code to perform, the disclosed example methods.
US09674738B2
A maintenance method and device for neighbor information of a mobile relay are provided. The above-mentioned method includes: neighbor relation information is acquired when the MR resides in a designated station, wherein the neighbor relation information includes: information about a cell to which one or more user equipment (UE) dominated by the MR can be migrated; and a neighbor list of the MR is maintained according to the neighbor relation information. By using the above-mentioned technical solution provided in the disclosure, the technical problems that, in the related art, there is not yet a solution for the MR to achieve the automatic generation and optimization of neighbor cells in a mobile environment (such as high-speed rail environment) etc. are solved, thereby enabling the UE of the MR to be quickly migrated to an appropriate neighbor cell, optimizing the MR switching process and the network performance.
US09674729B2
A bandwidth estimation algorithm on shared links detects peaks and/or average per-user bandwidth. Estimating is performed at the transport or IP layer with no assistance from lower layer (PHY, MAC, etc.) and the techniques can be used for any of adjusting the level of video optimization to the available bandwidth; driving QoS decisions at the transmitter based on available bandwidth; improving QoS enforcement during transitions among hybrid technologies on a wireless links; and correcting estimates on devices delivering bursty payload.
US09674728B2
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for managing a degree of parallelism of streams are disclosed. For example, the method analyzes wireless traffic to determine a profile of the wireless traffic, determines an amount of available processing resources, and manages the degree of parallelism of streams based on the profile and the amount of available processing resources in a probe server.
US09674725B2
The present specification provides a method for performing measurements, by a terminal, in a coverage extension area of a small-scale cell in a wireless communication system in which macro cell and the small-scale cell coexist. The method for performing measurements can include the steps of: receiving information about a first subframe on which measurements for the small-scale cell can be performed and information about a second subframe on which measurements for the macro cell can be performed; when an interference cancellation function is set, measuring reference signal received power (RSRP) and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for the small-scale cell by driving the interference cancellation function on the first subframe; and measuring RSRP on the second subframe for the macro cell by driving the interference cancellation function and measuring the RSSI for the macro cell without driving the interference cancellation function.
US09674714B2
Systems and methods for providing services are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving data having a first format and transmitting the data to a first device. The method may also comprise detecting a second device, automatically recognizing a supported second format of the detected second device, converting the data to the second format, and transmitting the converted data to the second device via wireless communication.
US09674705B2
A system and method for secure peer-to-peer mobile communications using cryptographic mobile unlock tokens (“CK tokens”) in conjunction with mobile devices. Each CK token integrates an entire cryptosystem. Executing these cryptographic based functions entirely in the token have significant operational advantages over the typically memory-only tokens. A more secure, scalable, and lower overall system cost are just a few advantages of the CK token over executing these functions within the smartphone. Of the many uses discussed for the CK token, mobile phone enabling, stored value and medical applications, most have centered on the use of the card in conjunction with a smartphone as the touch point in the transaction.
US09674702B2
A method includes transmitting, by a station to an access point (AP), a fast initial link setup (FILS) authentication request and transmitting, by the station to the AP, an authorization request, where the authorization request includes an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) over local area network (LAN) (EAPOL) key. The method also includes receiving, by the station from the AP, an association response, where the association response includes the EAPOL key.
US09674700B2
One feature pertains to biometric authentication of a user between devices. In one aspect, an ad hoc personal wireless network may include a primary device and one or more secondary devices using grouping policies such proximity policies and other permissions. The primary device shares a biometric authentication value of a user with the one or more secondary devices. Each secondary device may then perform additional authentication of the same user using a relatively low reliability biometric sensor such as a digital camera for facial recognition, a microphone for voice recognition or an accelerometer for gesture recognition. The secondary authentication results may be combined with the biometric authentication score/level from the primary device to form a final authentication score/level of the secondary device, which is used to authenticate the user of the secondary device for one or more transactions such as consumer purchases, secure content access, or secure control.
US09674699B2
A system and a method for secure communication in a mobile computing device involve obtaining, by a first program installed on the mobile computing device, an access credential from an authentication server on behalf of a second program installed on the mobile computing device. The second program submits the access credential to a remote resource as proof that the second program has been authenticated by the authentication server. Upon successful verification of the access credential, the remote resource allows the second program to access data.
US09674689B2
System and method for mitigating the effects of interferers while performing conditional device scan
A method, a personal area network device operating as a slave, and a short range communications device operating as a slave are disclosed. A data storage 208 may store at least one protocol-specific channel criterion for a connection with a master short range communication device 104. A short range transceiver 108 may execute a preliminary device scan of a scanning set of communication channels for radio frequency energy. A processor 204 may decide to execute a full device scan based in part on the protocol-specific channel criterion.
US09674688B2
According to an aspect, a transceiver includes an antenna, a processing device, and a memory device. The memory device is in communication with the processing device. The memory device stores instructions that when executed by the processing device result in discovering wireless mobile devices within a proximity range of the transceiver; initiating communication between the transceiver and one or more of the wireless mobile devices; and exchanging data with the one or more of the wireless mobile devices.
US09674684B1
An infrastructure of Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi enabled RF tags or beacons deployed within a structure, an urban environment, a residence, buildings, real estate property, in a parking area, etc. The deployed beacons can be integrated with sensors to initiate or trigger an application. The infrastructure being used to recognize a presence of a user within the area to trigger activities, initiate Location Based Services (LBS), provide navigation, provide mapping, convey of information, initiate a link to a server or software, provide support during an emergency, provide assist to E-911 services, trigger an automation function, provide real estate information, and the like.
US09674675B2
The disclosure is directed to synchronizing media sharing in a communication group. An embodiment transmits one or more media files to one or more members of the communication group, receives, after the transmitting, a selection of one of the one or more media files, and transmits, in response to the receiving, a request to start a group call with the one or more members of the communication group or a request to acquire the floor of the group call. An embodiment receives, at a user device, one or more media files from a member of the communication group, receives, after the receiving the one or more media files, a talk spurt from the member and a reference to one of the one or more media files, and displays the one of the one or more media file during the talk spurt.
US09674674B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable the use of a broadcast bearer (such as a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (“MBMS”) bearer), unicast bearer, or both a unicast bearer and a broadcast bearer to deliver content to a receiver device. In various embodiments, network policy governing delivery of one or more service or one or more classes of services via a unicast bearer and a broadcast bearer may be provided to one or more devices in the network. In various embodiments, network policy may be applied to the unicast or broadcast delivery selections of a service to control use of a unicast bearer and/or the broadcast bearer to provision the service.
US09674673B2
A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed, which are robust to error when mobile service data are transmitted. To this end, additional encoding is performed for the mobile service data, whereby it is possible to strongly cope with fast channel change while giving robustness to the mobile service data.
US09674663B2
Online social networking and user posts may be associated with a user profile managed by a particular online application or website. One example method of operating may include identifying a digital gesture received from a user device, receiving a digital gesture confirmation based on at least one of current location and a previous location between the user device and a target location associated with the digital gesture, applying a weight to the digital gesture based on the digital gesture confirmation, and storing the digital gesture as a weighted function of the applied weight.
US09674659B2
A method of determining whether or not a subscriber is located within the vicinity of a Home Zone defined by a geographical coordinate set. The method comprises receiving from a mobile positioning system a shape specifying a location of the subscriber taking into account a degree of uncertainty, and scaling the received shape to account for an extent of the Home Zone vicinity. It is then determined whether or not the Home Zone lies within the scaled shape.
US09674651B2
A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices, protecting data on such devices, and for compensating owners of devices. A GPS mechanism of the invention provides real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to encrypt or destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
US09674650B2
In one embodiment, grouping, organization, or storage locations are defined for digital objects based on a user's familiarity with the geographic location where the digital objects were generated. For example, a mobile device generates the digital objects. The digital objects are received or collected at the mobile device or at a server. A first digital object is generated at a first time stamp and assigned a geographic location to the digital object according to a current location of the mobile device. Familiarity data is accessed according to the current geographic location, and a time period is set based on the familiarity data. The digital object is associated with at least one additional digital object generated within the time period to the first time stamp of the collected digital object. For example, photographs are grouped together in a digital photo album according to familiarity and collection times.
US09674645B2
A method and apparatus for unifying proximity services (ProSe) groups in a wireless communication system is provided. A first user equipment (UE), which is a group owner of a first proximity services (ProSe) group determines ProSe group unification of the first ProSe group and the second ProSe group based on at least one of the measurement results, priorities of the first UE and a second UE which is a group owner of a second ProSe group, or priorities of the first ProSe group and the second ProSe group. If it is determined to perform ProSe group unification, the first UE determining a new group owner of a unified ProSe group with the second UE, and transmits information on the ProSe group unification to members of the first ProSe group.
US09674642B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for real-time monitoring of operating condition at an infrastructure. The method comprises receiving data from one or more sensors wherein the data is associated with monitoring parameters of the infrastructure like environment condition, operator health condition and working condition of the infrastructure. The data is received by one or more mobile devices associated with one or more operators of the infrastructure. Based on the received data, the each of the mobile devices detects status of the operating condition of the infrastructure. The status is either safe or unsafe. The mobile device receives input from each of the one or more operators if there is any modification in the detected status. Based on the received input the detected status is updated. The mobile device provides one or more measures associated with the one or more monitoring parameters based on the updated status.
US09674637B2
Object marshaling techniques in a marshaling system for computer networks are disclosed. A gesture is provided to the object marshaling system that a reference object has expired on a sender side and a target side when the reference object is closed. Parent and child relationships are recognized in a descendent reference object to the reference object. The descendent reference object closes when the reference object closes.
US09674636B2
A method of providing interactive services to a mobile device, comprising: transmitting programming over-the-air to a mobile device by a first facility in communication with a service provider; and receiving by a second facility comprising a wireless access point in communication with the service provider first information based on the programming from the mobile device is provided. A method of providing interactive services to a mobile device, comprising: receiving programming over-the-air by a mobile device from a first facility in communication with a service provider; and transmitting by the mobile device to a second facility comprising a wireless access point in communication with the service provider first information based on the programming is provided.
US09674634B2
A user interface device includes: a display unit that displays a user interface screen associated with a first coordinate axis, the first coordinate axis corresponding to a first attribute of a sound field and being allocated with a plurality of parameters related to the first attribute; a first specification unit that specifies a coordinate value of the first coordinate axis corresponding to a position in the user interface screen specified by a user; and a second specification unit that specifies a value of each of the plurality of parameters, based on the specified coordinate value.
US09674628B1
A method executed by one or more electronic devices in an electronic system provides binaural sound of a voice of a person to localize at an image during a telephone call. During the telephone call, a wearable electronic device displays an image of a calling party, and a voice of the calling party externally localizes as the binaural sound to the image of the calling party.
US09674618B2
An acoustic sensor is provided for improving shock resistance performance, along with a method for manufacturing the acoustic sensor. In the acoustic sensor, a fixing plate is provided by a semiconductor manufacturing process, a frame wall has a curved shape in at least a portion of the periphery of the fixing plate, the frame wall being coupled to the semiconductor substrate. A sacrifice layer removed from the inner side of the fixing plate in the manufacturing process remains at least on a portion of the inner side of the frame wall. Roughness of the remaining sacrifice layer is smaller than roughness of a sound shape reflecting structure in which a shape similar to the external shape of sound holes is repeated. Roughness of the sound shape reflecting structure is formed when removing the sacrifice layer using etching liquid supplied from the plurality of sound holes in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
US09674615B2
A linear moving coil magnetic drive system includes a continuous loop coil of flat, thin, rigid construction which levitates inside a quadrupole permanent magnet assembly with minimum gap. The linear coil may be a flat, racetrack-shaped, continuous loop, which may be constructed with single or multilayers PCB, flex-circuit, or other membrane process. The linear coil may include a coating of permeable magnetic material along the insulated conductor traces. The linear coil may be sandwiched between carbon fiber fabrics and cured to create a long, flat, thin and perfectly straight, extremely stiff, light-weight, load-bearing tee-shaped structure. This structure is levitated inside a quadrupole permanent magnetic assembly with minimum air gap between the high gauss magnets. In additional to the bare conductor traces inside this coil, also integrated into this PCB structure, is simple second-order equalizer electronic circuitry, comprised of surface-mounted resistors, capacitors, and IC chips. Either a close loop or open loop control may be included to tune the voltage amplitude at the resonance frequency of this magnetic drive system.
US09674602B2
A speaker includes an electroacoustic driver, a first wall that includes an integral suspension element, and a mass suspended by the suspension element to form a passive radiator. Acoustic energy from the electroacoustic driver can cause the passive radiator to move.
US09674590B2
A method and a system for managing sensor information in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes collecting the sensor information through a sensor unit by a sub-controller, determining whether a main controller is in a sleep state, determining whether the collected sensor information is able to be stored in a sub-memory when the main controller is in the sleep state, storing the collected sensing information in the sub-memory, and waking-up the main controller to move the collected sensor information and sensor information stored in the sub-memory to a main memory to store therein when the collected sensor information is unable to be stored in the sub-memory.
US09674573B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gateway having a controller operable to receive media content from first and second service providers where the first and second service providers deliver the media content to the gateway using different transport protocols, provide the media content from the gateway to a plurality of display devices without utilizing a set top box, receive a request for a service associated with a third service provider where the request is received at the gateway, receive an application resource bundle at the gateway to implement the requested service where the application resource bundle is received from a server associated with one of the first, second and third service providers, and implement the service without identifying the third service provider. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09674572B2
An information processing device includes an extraction section for extracting, from program information, a genre feature word that is a keyword representing a genre feature. An identification section identifies a channel by genre based on the genre feature word extracted from the program information associated with a program to be broadcast on the channel. The processing device further includes a display processing section for providing control over the channel to be displayed after genre classification.
US09674569B2
A transponder-bonded receiver system with clock recovery may include memory an and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute one or more program modules to perform: receiving multiple data streams each including a number of data packets, and a number of marker packets with embedded bonding clock references (BCRs) and including marker packet information; adjusting arrival-time-stamps (ATSs) of the marker packets by using the BCRs and including capturing timing between the marker packets based on a local free running counter of the receiver; and determining an adjusted ATS corresponding to an ATS at the receiver for each of the plurality of packets using the ATS and a delta-ATS.
US09674542B2
In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to determine a first target reference index representing a reference picture to which a candidate motion vector predictor for a current motion vector refers, determine, for the candidate motion vector predictor and during temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) of the current motion vector, a value for an additional target reference index that is equal to a predetermined value, and code the current motion vector based at least in part on the value of the additional reference index.
US09674538B2
Methods are provided for reconstructing d-bit samples from coefficients, in an encoded video bit-stream, that had been encoded based on source samples having a bit-depth D, where D>d. A residual process, including inverse-quantization and inverse-transformation processes, is applied to the coefficients to compute (D+1)-bit residual samples. Then a prediction process, including (i) rounding and/or truncating intermediate samples and (ii) subsequently clipping intermediate samples, is applied to the residual samples to compute d-bit reconstructed samples.
US09674530B1
A block of video data can be encoded using intra prediction followed by transforming the generated residual block where the transform size is different from the prediction size. A plurality of transform modes for the residual block is provided whereby the transform subblocks of the residual block are transformed using horizontal and vertical one-dimensional transform types. The transform types may be selected such that their base function corresponds to a pattern in the data of the generated residual block resulting from the intra prediction mode. As a result, the position of each block relative to the peripheral pixels used to generate a prediction block for the block may be used to select the transform types.
US09674529B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an intra-frame decoding method and apparatus for a signal component sampling point of an image block. The method includes: obtaining prediction mode information about a first signal component of a current block from a video code stream; determining a prediction mode for the first signal component of the current block, where the prediction mode for the first signal component of the current block is one of a DM mode and an LM mode; obtaining a prediction value of a first signal component sampling point of the current block according to the prediction mode for the first signal component of the current block; and obtaining a reconstruction value of the first signal component sampling point of the current block. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention reduce complexity of implementing a decoding end.
US09674520B2
An apparatus for encoding images includes: a predictor to determine a prediction unit (PU) mode among a plurality of PU modes indicating types of partition of a current coding unit (CU) into one or more prediction units (PUs), and generate a predicted block of the current CU by performing an intra prediction or an inter prediction for each PU of the determined PU mode, wherein a size of the current CU is 2N×2N, and the plurality of PU modes includes 2N×hN or hN×2N PU mode in which the current CU is partitioned into PUs respectively having a size of 2N×hN or hN×2N, h being a fractional number smaller than 1; a subtractor to subtract the predicted block from the current CU to generate a residual block; a transformer to transform the residual block into a frequency domain to generate a frequency one or more transform blocks.
US09674514B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides a system and associated methods of calibration and use for an interactive imaging environment based on the optimization of parameters used in various segmentation algorithm techniques. These methods address the challenge of automatically calibrating an interactive imaging system, so that it is capable of aligning human body motion, or the like, to a visual display. As such the present invention provides a system and method of automatically and rapidly aligning the motion of an object to a visual display.
US09674507B2
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monocular visual simultaneous localization and mapping that handles general 6DOF and panorama camera movements. A 3D map of an environment containing features with finite or infinite depth observed in regular or panorama keyframes is received. The camera is tracked in 6DOF from finite, infinite, or mixed feature sets. Upon detection of a panorama camera movement towards unmapped scene regions, a reference panorama keyframe with infinite features is created and inserted into the 3D map. When panoramic camera movement extends toward unmapped scene regions, the reference keyframe is extended with further dependent panorama keyframes. Panorama keyframes are robustly localized in 6DOF with respect to finite 3D map features. Localized panorama keyframes contain 2D observations of infinite map features that are matched with 2D observations in other localized keyframes. 2D-2D correspondences are triangulated, resulting in new finite 3D map features.
US09674498B1
A suitability detector identifies a plurality of frames of an input video. The suitability detector determines, based on characteristics of the plurality of frames, whether the input video is suitable for conversion from monoscopic visual content to stereoscopic 3D. The characteristics may include a visual cue present in the plurality of frames and a visual quality of the plurality of frames. If the input video is suitable for conversion, an image converter converts the input video to stereoscopic 3D.
US09674497B1
Systems and methods for editing an MP4 multimedia container without transcoding are disclosed herein. Editing operations can be accomplished by transforming data included in the multimedia container rather than by transforming raw data streams and then reconverting to MP4 (or another) file format. In response to a target range that identifies a portion of the media content to maintain, a corresponding sample range in terms of the MP4 format can be constructed and data outside that range can be discarded, e.g., from the mdat atom and the sample tables atom(s).
US09674492B1
A system for calibrating the video camera of motion detection equipment based on movement of a lighter than air motion object within the camera view of the video camera, the lighter than air object including at least one balloon filled with helium or other lighter than air gas.
US09674483B2
A method for generating a motion-compensated video frame based on four successive frames of an original video sequence is presented, where the four successive frames comprise frame A, frame B, frame C and frame D. The method comprises obtaining three successive motion estimation pairs, wherein a first pair comprises a forward motion vector field A_FWD from A to B and a backward motion vector field B_BCK from B to A, wherein a second pair comprises a forward motion vector field B_FWD from B to C and a backward motion vector field C_BCK from C to B and wherein a third pair comprises a forward motion vector field C_FWD from C to D and a backward motion vector field D_BCK from D to the C; and generating the motion-compensated video frame based on interpolating between the frames B and C, using the three successive motion estimation pairs.
US09674481B2
A first video signal having a first frame rate optionally settable is generated by an image pickup device, and the first video signal is memorized in a memory and outputted from the memory. A write control device controls the write of the first video signal with respect to the memory, and a read control device controls the read of the video signal with respect to the memory. The write control device writes respective first frame data constituting the first video signal in the memory in each cycle determined by the first frame rate of the first video signal. The read control device reads the first frame data as a second video signal. The second video signal is formed from sequentially arranging the first frame data in a partially duplicating manner in a standard video signal having a standard frame rate based on a determined arrangement rule. The predetermined arrangement rule is an arrangement rule employed when respective frame data constituting a video signal having a second frame rate equal to or lower than the standard frame rate are arranged in a duplicating manner in the standard video signal. In the foregoing manner, an time elongation/contraction effect on an image can be speedily and inexpensively obtained.
US09674476B2
One embodiment may take the form of an apparatus for providing personalized multimedia content to a user of a television system based on the user's preferences. In one implementation, a television receiver of a television system may monitor the habits and usage of the users of the system. The information gathered concerning the usage of the system may be stored in a database and accessed by the television receiver to provide multimedia options to a user that may be of interest to the user. These options may be presented to the user through any number of on-screen guides accessible by the user on the television system. In other implementations, the multimedia options based on the user's preferences may be automatically presented to the user as part of a favorite channels list at least partially constructed by the user.
US09674466B2
A method to correct an image in a dual-aperture camera. Infrared noise may be subtracted from a pixel of an RGB image by the amount proportional to the distance from the corresponding edge to minimize imaging defects in a dual aperture camera. Such defect minimization may prevent edge information from being lost. A method reduces the effect of false color along the edges by converting inconsistent color edges to more consistent monochrome edges using the YCbCr color space.
US09674465B2
Embodiments of an apparatus and process are described. The process includes capturing a first image frame using an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and a color filter array optically coupled to the pixel array. A region of interest within the first image frame is determined, and the exposure time of the image sensor is adjusted to eliminate a substantial fraction of the visible light captured by the image sensor. A rolling shutter procedure is used with the pixel array to capture at least one subsequent frame using the adjusted exposure time, and a source of invisible radiation is activated while the rolling shutter enters the region of interest and deactivated when the rolling shutter exits the region of interest. Finally, an image of the region of interest is output. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09674460B1
Systems and methods are provided for generating high-dynamic range images. In particular, a signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio objective associated with an imaging platform configured to capture one or more images of a region of interest can be determined. The SNR objective can specify a desired signal-to-noise ratio behavior as a function of a brightness of the region of interest. An exposure profile associated with the imaging platform can then be determined based at least in part on the SNR objective. Data indicative of a plurality of image frames, each depicting at least a portion of the region of interest, can then be obtained. The plurality of image frames being captured by the imaging platform in accordance with the exposure profile.
US09674459B2
An image processing system includes a brightness polarization superimposing unit. The brightness polarization superimposing unit superimposes, on a brightness image, polarization information of an image IMP that includes the polarization information, as a change in brightness of each pixel. The image processing system has a function of outputting an image obtained by superimposition by the brightness polarization superimposing unit as an output image IMO.
US09674451B2
A high-speed and high-resolution pan-tilt device capable of changing a height comprises a pan unit, a tilt unit, a support bar, and a base frame. The pan unit includes a pan motor and a pan screw for rotating a camera leftward and rightward. The tilt unit includes a tilt motor and a tilt screw for rotating the camera upward and downward, and moves the entirety of the pan unit upward and downward. The support bar has a tip portion and a rear end portion. The camera is mounted on the tip portion, and is capable of being panned and tilted when an angle of the support bar is changed. The base frame supports the pan unit and the tilt unit.
US09674448B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal providing an image printed out through a photo printer and related information, and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a memory, a camera, a display; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a preview image of image data received via the camera and cause the display to display an indicator indicating that an image object included in the preview image corresponds to a specific image stored in the memory when the image object corresponds to the specific image, wherein the specific image has been previously printed out via a printer device.
US09674446B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
US09674444B2
An apparatus and a method for processing a plurality of images by using an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying at least a portion of a first image obtained by a first image sensor functionally connected to the electronic device as a first preview image in a display functionally connected to the electronic device and displaying at least a portion of a second image obtained by a second image sensor functionally connected to the electronic device as a second preview image together with the first preview image in the display. An area of the display for displaying the second preview image corresponds at least to a location of the second image sensor in the display.
US09674442B2
A behavioral recognition system may include both a computer vision engine and a machine learning engine configured to observe and learn patterns of behavior in video data. Certain embodiments may provide image stabilization of a video stream obtained from a camera. An image stabilization module in the behavioral recognition system obtains a reference image from the video stream. The image stabilization module identifies alignment regions within the reference image based on the regions of the image that are dense with features. Upon determining that the tracked features of a current image is out of alignment with the reference image, the image stabilization module uses the most feature dense alignment region to estimate an affine transformation matrix to apply to the entire current image to warp the image into proper alignment.
US09674439B1
Video stabilization is described using content-aware camera motion estimation. In some versions a luminance target frame and a luminance source frame of a sequence of video frames of a scene are received. Motion is extracted from the received luminance target and source frames and the motion is represented as a motion vector field and weights. The weights are divided into a first set of zeros weights for motion in the motion vector field that is near zero motion and a second set of peak weights for motion in the motion field that is not near zero. The zeros weights are compared to a threshold to determine whether there is motion in the scene and if the zeros weights exceed the threshold then selecting a zero motion motion model. A frame of the video sequence is adjusted corresponding to the target frame based on the selected motion model.
US09674438B2
Techniques to improve a digital image capture device's ability to stabilize a video stream in low light capture conditions are presented. In general, techniques are disclosed for stabilizing video images using an overscan region and a look-ahead technique enabled by buffering a number of video input frames before generating a first stabilized video output frame. More particularly, techniques are disclosed for buffering an initial number of input frames so that a “current” frame can use time stamped image capture device motion data from both “past” and “future” frames to adjust the strength of a stabilization metric value so as to keep the current frame within its overscan. The calculated adjustments to the strength of the stabilization metric value for a particular frame may be limited to a target max strength value that is determined based, at least in part, on an estimated amount of motion blur in the current frame.
US09674430B1
An imaging device for producing a high resolution image of a target with an imaging sensor and a method using the same is provided. The method is comprised of the steps of: determining, from the target size, resolution requirements of the image to be produced; capturing multiple individual low resolution images of the target, a minimum number of individual images captured being based upon the resolution requirements determined in the determining resolution requirements step; moving the OIS module to specific positions between the capturing of the individual low resolution images in the capturing multiple low resolution images step, the specific positions being based upon the resolution requirements in the determining resolution requirements step; and processing the multiple low resolution images to produce a high resolution image.
US09674426B2
An electronic device displays a representative image on a display. The representative image is one image in a sequence of images that includes images acquired by a camera before and after acquiring the representative image. While displaying the representative image, the device detects an input. In response to detecting the input, the device transitions from displaying the representative image to displaying a prior image in the sequence of images that was acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image. After transitioning to displaying the respective prior image, the device displays, in sequence starting with the prior image, at least some of the images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image and at least some of the images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image.
US09674419B2
In one example, an augmented reality aura having a selectable weblink is presented on web-linked camera device (WLCD). The WLCD is uniquely associated with a user.
US09674417B2
A mobile terminal including a camera module includes a case; a camera module housing, wherein at least a portion of the housing is exposed through an opening in the case; a first lens unit disposed in the housing and having a plurality of lenses configured to focus light received through the exposed portion of the housing; a second lens unit disposed in the housing and configured to magnify an image formed by light passing through the first lens unit as a function of a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit; and a moving unit connected to the first lens unit and the second lens unit and configured to move at least one of the first lens unit and the second lens unit in order to adjust the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit.
US09674416B2
The present invention discloses a method for controlling flash timing of an extension flash module cooperating with a mobile device to provide supplemental light. The method includes: detecting a specific event before a flashable time period, wherein the flashable time is a period from the time at which a last photo sensor row of a specific frame begins exposure to the time at which a first photo sensor row in the specific frame ends exposure, wherein the time period from when the specific event occurs to a flashable time in the flashable time period has a fixed length of time; and triggering a flash instruction after a delay time from when the specific event occurs, such that the flash timing of the extension flash module is in the flashable time period.
US09674413B1
An enhanced vision system can be used on a vehicle such as an aircraft. The vision system includes a lens, a sensor array and a chromic layer disposed between the lens and the sensor array. A method can protect a focal plane array associated with an enhanced vision or other sensor from solar exposure. The method includes providing a focal plane sensor array and providing at least one photochromic layer in front of the focal plane array.
US09674409B2
Image capturing systems and methods of capturing images, especially in contact prone environments are provided. The image capturing systems includes an optical sensor and output device adapted to receive the electrical signals from optical sensor and transmit a corresponding signal, and a housing retaining the optical sensor and the output device. The housing is adapted to mount to a surface, for example, inside or on top of a helmet, and includes a low profile above the surface and a footprint in contact with the surface. The size of the footprint is selected whereby and impact loads on the housing are minimized or attenuated before being transmitted to the surface to which the housing is mounted. The invention is uniquely applicable to head gear mounting, but may be used on a broad range of article and a broad range of fields.
US09674398B2
A processing apparatus which decompresses compressed data and outputs the decompressed data to a processing unit configured to perform conversion processing of converting the decompressed data into data for printing; the apparatus comprises: an input unit configured to input the compressed data; a calculation unit configured to perform calculation for decompressing the compressed data input by the input unit; and a correction unit configured to correct data generated by the calculation unit such that a value of the data becomes a specific value handled by the processing unit.
US09674396B1
Enhancing image quality of an initial full image of a document includes subdividing the initial full image of the document into a number of segments, directing a user to take photographs with a smartphone to provide a separate segment image for each of the segments by presenting on a screen of the smartphone a view of the document having lines superimposed thereon corresponding to the segments, and merging the separate segment images to provide an enhanced full image. The number of segments may depend upon a size of text in the initial full image and a desired height of text in the enhanced full image. The initial full image may be provided by a photograph taken by the user with the smartphone. The view of the document having lines superimposed thereon corresponding to the segments may provide a target to the user for photographing the segments.
US09674395B2
A method for generating a photograph is provided. The method includes: acquiring n frames of images, wherein n≧2; identifying a moving object and one or more background regions included in the n frames of images; and generating a target photograph based on the moving object and the one or more background regions, wherein the target photograph includes at least two images of the moving object located in a same background region, and the at least two images of the moving object include at least two different motion states of the moving object.
US09674393B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive image data obtained by reading the document by a first reading unit or a second reading unit, a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the reception unit, a determination unit configured to, while the reception unit is receiving the image data of the document obtained by the first reading unit, determine whether the second side is a blank page from the image data of the document read by the second reading unit, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the second side is a blank page, control the reception unit not to reserve a storage area for storing the image data of the document read by the second reading unit in the storage unit.
US09674389B2
A medium conveyance apparatus including a first unit on one side of a conveyance path of a sheet-shaped medium, a second unit on the other side of the conveyance path and facing the first unit, a guide unit that is provided at the second unit and that contacts the medium between the first and second unit to move the second unit in a direction of separating from the conveyance path, an imaging unit provided at one of the first and second unit, a reference plate whose image can be captured by the imaging unit and that is provided at the other of the first and second unit, and a detecting unit for detecting the medium in the conveyance path, the detecting unit being provided in the conveyance path at an upstream position of a reading position where the imaging unit reads the medium.
US09674383B2
An image processing apparatus includes a recording device, a reading device, a first sheet supporter, a second sheet supporter, and a connection device. A display displays first notification information when a switch of the first sheet supporter, the second sheet supporter, or the connection device from the OFF state to the ON state is detected. The first notification information has object identification information identifying a first object for which the switch is detected, and a second object different from the first object among the first sheet supporter, the second sheet supporter, and the connection device. The display displays an acceptance image for accepting an instruction of execution of a processing to be executed using the first object and the second object, when a switch of a state of the second object from the OFF state to the ON state is detected, with the first notification information being displayed.
US09674372B2
Methods and systems for the population and pre-population of toll-free call routing tables based on prior activities such as a crowd-sourced routing table provide for provisioning a toll-free texting services.
US09674369B2
Provided is a communication control apparatus including: a selection unit that uses information related to one or more terminal apparatuses operable as an access point for a small cell to select a protection target cell to be protected from interference caused by a new small cell newly configured, among one or more existing cells; and a control unit that gives an instruction of an operation of the new small cell to the at least one terminal apparatus existing at a position determined in a manner that interference to each of the protection target cells selected by the selection unit does not exceed an allowable level.
US09674368B2
An audio apparatus including a circuit for applying a dynamic range adjustment processing to an input signal to generate an output signal for rendering by a loudspeaker. The dynamic range adjustment processing is dependent on a set of dynamic range adjustment parameters. A first linear echo-cancellation filter generates a first compensated signal from the input signal and a first adapter determines a set of filter parameters for the first linear echo-cancellation filter in response to the first compensated signal and a microphone signal. An audio circuit generates a second compensated signal by applying the dynamic range adjustment processing and a second echo-cancellation filter to the input signal where the second echo-cancellation filter corresponding to the first echo-cancellation filter. A second adapter determines the set of dynamic range adjustment parameters in response to the second compensated signal and the microphone signal.
US09674354B2
A method for scheduling outbound communications to sales leads based, at least partly, on a model of customer behavior derived from (i) customer data gathered from a plurality of customers that initiated contact with an electronic communications interface, and (ii) time data recording for each of the customers a time or time period at which the customer interacted with the electronic communications interface. The model predicts, for one or more time periods and segments of a population, a likelihood of successfully engaging with a person from the segment of the population. The scheduling includes prioritizing the outbound communications to the sales leads during one or more defined time periods.
US09674353B1
A third party verification system, method, and computer readable medium comprising a response unit in communication with at least a first party, said response unit configured to automatically elicit information in the form of a dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) response from the at least first party providing evidence of consent granted by the at least first party to enter into at least one transaction with at least a second party, and a print server in communication with said response unit, said print server configured to receive and store said information to provide a record for third party verification that the at least first party consented to enter into the at least one transaction with the at least one second party.
US09674352B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media consistent with the present disclosure manage multiple telephone calls by managing a session record associated with the call, amending the session record according to a plurality of rules to reflect a plurality of instructed actions, evaluating an amended session record to derive at least one of the plurality of instructed actions, and implementing a derived instructed action on the call under the control of an automated apparatus.
US09674350B2
Embodiments of the invention include a system and a method for monitoring telephone calls on a plurality of inbound and outbound voice channels made to and originating from a private branch exchange (PBX) network to detect fraudulent activity. Audio data on two or more of the voice channels is monitored and detected. The detection comprises processing binary data streams on at least one inbound voice channel and at least one outbound voice channel, and modifying the bit sequence of the binary data stream of the at least one inbound voice channel by introducing a watermark therein. The streams are compared for determining whether the watermark is present in at least one outbound channel. If the watermark is found, the at least one outbound voice channel is blocked.
US09674348B2
The present invention concerns an interconnect device and process for connecting a first network to a second network, comprising first connecting means for connecting the interconnect device to the first network, second connecting means for connecting the interconnect device to the second network, the second connecting means being connected to the first connecting means. The first connecting means and second connecting means are intended to permit a communication between a first terminal located on the first network and a second terminal located on the second network. The interconnect device detects a voice communication termination by the second terminal. If the voice communication has been initialized by the first terminal, it starts a delaying period for delaying the sending of an indication of the termination to the first terminal for allowing a terminal located on the second network to resume the voice communication before the end of the delaying period.
US09674339B2
Agencies oftentimes desire to monitor personnel in the field during the course of their duties. To provide flexible monitoring capabilities to agencies, a common mobile device such as a mobile phone is converted for use as a radio-based listening system to collect and transmit audio data. Phone features and accessories are leveraged to collect additional data for transmission. Collected data is streamed or otherwise transmitted to monitoring devices at the agency or in the field for operational oversight and recordation.
US09674333B2
A device for performing a cooperative function with another device is provided. The device includes a communication unit; and a controller that determines whether the other device is in a surrounding area of the device based a signal received through the communication unit, selects one cooperative function from among a plurality of cooperative functions according to a relative position of the device with respect to the other device and performs the selected cooperative function with the other device.
US09674327B2
A first mobile terminal processes video data from a camera of the first mobile terminal to identify occurrence of a second mobile terminal being aligned to electronically image a display device of the first mobile terminal. Responsive to identifying occurrence of the second mobile terminal being aligned to electronically image the display device, the first mobile terminal controls operation of the display device of the first mobile terminal to interfere with an ability of the second mobile terminal to be operated to electronically image the display device. Related mobile terminals and computer program products are disclosed.
US09674321B2
A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes an antenna module including a parasitic coupling piece and a dynamic switch; a housing having an accommodation space, the housing including a metal rear cover serving as a radiator of the antenna module, the radiator including a first metal part, a second metal part and a third metal part isolated from each other; and a main board received in the accommodation space and having a grounding point disposed on a surface thereof. The parasitic coupling piece is affixed on a surface of the second metal part facing to the main board, the parasitic coupling piece couples the second metal part and connects with the grounding point through the dynamic switch.
US09674316B2
Methods and systems for identifying Internet Protocol (IP) data sessions at a VPN gateway. The VPN gateway receives encapsulating packets, wherein the encapsulating packets encapsulate IP packets. A corresponding VPN connection through which the encapsulating packets are received is identified. The VPN gateway decapsulates the encapsulating packets to retrieve the IP packets and performs deep packet inspection (DPI) on the IP packets in order to identify one or more data sessions that the IP packets belong to. A DPI database is updated accordingly, based on, at least in part, the one or more data sessions.
US09674312B2
Dynamic selection of a protocol for communication between devices is disclosed. A first device may be connected to a second device by one or more communication links, such as a first communication link and a second communication link. Because the first device and the second device may not have pre-existing knowledge of what protocols are supported by the other device, the first device and the second device may perform protocol discovery by attempting protocols on the communication links in a coordinated manner. In this way, if a communication link becomes active between the first device and the second device, then a protocol attempted on the communication link may be supported by the first device and the second device, and thus may be used across the communication links. If multiple protocols are supported, then a preferred protocol is used across the communication links.
US09674309B2
Embodiments of the present invention may share common data among multiple servers. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a code segment is obtained at a first server from a client in response to the client interacting with a first application hosted on the first server, where the code segment is associated with business logic in the first application. Then, the first application is executed based on the code segment.
