US09745384B2
We described peptides and peptide fragments that can be used to inhibit cyclin D1 and cyclin E1, function of both of which is involved in malignant growth. Methods of treatment of cancer by inhibiting interaction between NPAC and LSD2 are also provided.
US09745382B1
The present invention relates to humanized bispecific anti-HER2 antibodies that comprise one antigen binding site containing variable regions of heavy and light chain of trastuzumab, and another antigen binding site containing variable regions of heavy and light chain of pertuzumab. The bispecific anti-HER2 antibodies is effective for treating cancer, such as breast cancer, gastric cancer, or ovarian cancer. Preferred bispecific anti-HER antibodies of the present invention are afucosylated antibodies.
US09745376B2
Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to M.96. Also included are methods of using these antibodies to treat mammals having or at risk of having 006-mediated diseases, or to diagnose % Qmediated diseases.
US09745374B2
Recombinant immunotoxins containing a cytotoxic RNAse fused to an antibody or antibody fragment may be produced in mammalian cell culture. Surprisingly, immunotoxins containing a cytotoxic RNAse fused to the N-terminus of one antibody variable domain can be prepared and retain the ability to specifically bind antigen. The immunotoxins may be used in a variety of therapeutic methods for treating diseases or syndromes associated with unwanted or inappropriate cell proliferation or activation.
US09745373B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
US09745371B2
The present invention relates to anti-PHF-tau antibodies and methods of making and using them.
US09745370B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to a polypeptide at an epitope in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 (e.g., a sericin polypeptide). The invention also provides methods and kits using the antibodies of the invention. In some embodiments, the antibody binds to a polypeptide at an epitope in the amino add sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. In some embodiments, the antibody binds to a polypeptide at an epitope in the amino add sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3. In some embodiments, the polypeptide is a sericin polypeptide (e.g., a sericin isoform 1B polypeptide). In a related aspect, the invention features a method for selectively detecting sericin in a sample.
US09745362B2
A seed-specific expression vector and its construction methods and applications are disclosed. A fusion protein expression cassette consisting of Arachis hypogaea oleosin gene-apolipopoprotein A-IMilano (A-IM) gene driven by Brassica napus oleosin gene promoter is inserted between the HindIII and SacI sites of a plant binary expression vector pBI121, obtaining the plant expression vector pBINOA of the invention. In addition, a method for producing apolipoprotein A-IMilano is provided, in which the expression vector is used to transform oil sunflower which is used as a plant bioreactor. The method can not only improve the yield of apolipoprotein A-IMilano, but also greatly reduce production costs, and is suitable for industrial production.
US09745361B2
The present invention provides fusion proteins including an autoimmune antigen, an allergen antigen or an alloantigen, and an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Compositions and methods including the fusion proteins are also provided.
US09745357B2
The invention relates to the A1 peptide of the sequence RRKYGRDFLLRF, as well as to certain variants thereof, for treating cancers, in particular malignant hematopoietic diseases, and more particularly for treating chronic lymphoid leukaemia.
US09745356B2
A system, including methods and compositions, for treatment of ischemia.
US09745352B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods, reagents, and systems for the treatment, detection, analysis, and/or characterization of influenza infections.
US09745344B2
Disclosed are novel compounds having NPR-B agonistic activity. Preferred compounds are linear peptides containing 8-13 conventional or non-conventional L- or D-amino acid residues connected to one another via peptide bonds.
US09745340B2
The disclosure provides a method of separation of at least one ABD-containing molecule present in a liquid from other constituents in the liquid, comprising a step of affinity separation, in which step is used, as affinity ligand, an ABD binding polypeptide comprising an ABD binding motif BM, which motif consists of an amino acid sequence selected from (SEQ ID NO: 166) EX2X3X4AX6X7EIX10X11LPNLX16X17X18QX20X21AFIX25X26LX28D and amino acid sequences with at least 89% identity thereto.
US09745333B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for optimization of dilution of a viscous starting material to isolate and/or concentrate the product of interest from the starting source material such that the process minimizes the volume of diluent and the total volume of the waste stream generated during the process as well as maximizing the yield of desired product. The system employs cross-flow filtration modules with sub-channels that are equidistant to the inlet and outlet of said modules and such modules are characterized by optimal channel height, optimal transmembrane pressure, etc., which are selected in order to achieve the best combination of product quality and production yield.
US09745329B1
Provided is a method of preparing a silylative-reduced N-heterocyclic compound by reducing an N-heteraromatic compound including a sp2 hybridized nitrogen atom while simultaneously introducing a silyl group into a beta-position with respect to a nitrogen atom of the N-heteroaromatic compound, using a silane compound, in the presence of an organoboron catalyst.
US09745328B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof wherein ring A1, R1, R2, R3, R3′, L, W, and V are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
US09745326B2
A bridged alkaline earth metal alkylphenate having reduced monomeric alkylphenol is prepared by reacting (a) a 4-alkylphenol, unsubstituted at the ortho positions, (b) an alkaline earth metal oxide or hydroxide, (c) a bridging agent comprising sulfur or a carbonyl compound of 1 to about 6, or to 4 or to 2, carbon atoms, and (d) a 2,6-dialkylphenol. The amount of the 2,6-dialkylphenol is 0.05 to 3 moles per 1 mole of the 4-alkylphenol; if there is a molar excess of the 2,6-dialkylphenol, then the excess is added after initial reaction.
US09745325B2
The present invention provides a fused heterocyclic compound that has CDK 8 and/or CDK 19 inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) (wherein the symbols are as defined in the description) or a salt thereof.
US09745323B2
The present invention provides a compound and a pharmaceutical composition for neuropsychological disorders or malignant tumors, the use of the compound and the pharmaceutical composition, or a method for preventing, improving, inhibiting the development of, and/or treating neuropsychological disorders or malignant tumors with the use of the compound and the pharmaceutical composition. One or more embodiments disclose a compound expressed by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound:
US09745320B2
A five-and-six-membered heterocyclic compound as represented by general formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, metabolic precursors or drug precursors thereof, preparation method, pharmaceutical composition, and use thereof; the five-and-six-membered heterocyclic compound has activity as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, and can be used to prepare drugs for treating diseases caused by the abnormal activity of kinase, such as cell proliferation diseases like cancer.
US09745315B2
Crystals of a dispiropyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof which inhibits the action of Mdm2 are provided. The present invention provides crystals of (3′R,4'S,5′R)—N-[(3R,6S)-6-carbamoyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl]-6″-chloro-4′-(2-chloro-3-fluoropyridin-4-yl)-4,4-dimethyl-2″-oxo-1″,2″-dihydrodispiro[cyclohexane-1,2′-pyrrolidine-3′,3″-indole]-5′-carboxamide or a salt thereof which inhibits Mdm2 and has anti-tumor activity. The present invention also provides a medicament comprising the same.
US09745312B2
Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.
US09745306B2
The present invention relates inter alia to a compound of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and to compositions of the compounds in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making the said compounds.
US09745300B2
The invention relates to particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) and/or pathways involving dopamine D1/D2 receptor signaling systems, and/or the treatment of residual symptoms.
US09745298B2
The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, active on the receptor protein kinases c-Kit and/or c-Fms and/or Flt3. The disclosure also provides compounds and processes for the preparation of the compounds that are synthetic intermediates to the compound of formula I.
US09745293B2
The present invention includes compounds having structural formula (Ia): or salts or solvates thereof. These compounds are useful as sweet flavor modifiers. The present invention also includes compositions comprising the present compounds and methods of modulating the sweet taste of compositions.
US09745283B2
The present application provides compounds of Formula I or salt forms thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, D, W, R1a, R1b, R1c, Y, R3, X, E and G are as defined herein, compositions, methods of treatment and uses thereof.
US09745278B2
The present invention relates to the use of a novel class of cancer stem cell pathway (CSCP) inhibitors; to methods of using such compounds to treat refractory, recurrent, or metastatic cancers; to methods of selective killing cancer cells by using such compounds with specific administration regimen; to methods of targeting cancer stem cells by inhibiting Stat3 pathway; to methods of using novel compounds in the treatment of conditions or disorders in a mammal related to aberrant Stat3 pathway activity; and to processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereof, and to the pharmaceutical composition of relevant compounds, and to the specific methods of administration of these compounds.
US09745271B2
Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, fibrotic disorders, cartilage (chondral) defects, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases linked to overexpression of DYRK1A.
US09745261B2
Provided herein are compounds of the formula (IV) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful as MITF inhibitors, MITF pathway inhibitors and for the treatment of cancer.
US09745260B2
A method for purifying acrylamide alkyl sulfonic acid comprises: (1) making a material A evenly mixed and contacted with a solvent C, an amount of the material A exceeding a solubility of the material A in the solvent C under the condition where the material A is located, therefore the material A is not completely dissolved by the solvent C; (2) keeping the material A even mixed and contacted with the solvent C for at least 5 minutes; (3) performing a solid-liquid separation to obtain a solid, namely, a purified product B with impurities reduced. In the purifying method according to the invention, the material does not need to be completely dissolved, therefore less solvent is used, and the steps of dissolving the material by increasing temperature, separating out by decreasing temperature or removing the solvent are eliminated, so cost is reduced, efficiency is improved, and operations are simplified.
US09745256B2
A urea granulation process with a scrubbing system may involve at least one gaseous waste stream for removal of dust and ammonia whereby the waste stream may be processed through a combination of process steps. In some examples, the process steps may involve washing the dust and ammonia laden stream with water and/or an aqueous urea solution whereby a dust-laden liquid stream and a dust-reduced stream is generated. The process steps may further involve reacting the dust-reduced stream with formaldehyde to form a stream comprising hexamethylenetetramine and urea-formaldehyde and clean off-gas. In some cases, the gas stream may be directed first through the washing step and then through the reacting step.
US09745252B2
A cross-linking moiety having a general formula I: ArF-W, wherein ArF comprises a fluorinated phenyl azide group having at least one non-fluorine substituent that is bulkier than fluorine at a meta position relative to the azide group, and W comprises an electron-withdrawing group.
US09745251B2
The invention relates to novel compounds, to aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations containing the novel compounds and to the use of the novel compounds as thickening agents of aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations.
US09745247B1
A catalytic process for synthesizing an ester compound, and a catalytic process for synthesizing an amide compound, wherein a solid-supported palladium catalyst is used to catalyze an alkoxycarbonylation reaction of an aryl halide to form the ester compound, or to catalyze an aminocarbonylation reaction of an aryl halide to form the amide compound. Various embodiments of each of the processes are also provided.
US09745242B1
A method of producing thymoquinone and/or thymohydroquinone in Monarda by growing Monarda with elevated levels of carvacrol and/or thymol in the fresh plant tissue and vigorous growth, harvesting the Monarda, leaving the Monarda to senensce in the presence of oxygen and extracting the thymoquinone and/or thymohydroquinone from the senesced tissue.
US09745241B2
The present invention relates to a production method of hexachloroacetone, including performing a reaction between at least one kind of compound (A) selected from the group consisting of acetone and chloroacetones having a chlorine atom number of from 1 to 5, and a chlorine molecule (B) in a solvent in the presence of an activated carbon, to obtain the hexachloroacetone.
US09745236B2
Distillative process for obtaining ditrimethylolpropane from solutions includes separating ditrimethylolpropane from the solution in a first distillation unit into a first tops fraction comprising low-boiling compounds having a lower boiling point than ditrimethylolpropane and a first bottoms fraction; introducing the first bottoms fraction into a second distillation unit having at least 5 theoretical plates, said unit being configured as a thin-film evaporator with a column attachment and drawing off a second tops fraction comprising intermediate-boiling compounds having a lower boiling point than ditrimethylolpropane as well as withdrawing a second bottoms fraction from the second distillation unit and introducing the second bottoms fraction into a third distillation unit having at least 4 theoretical plates, said unit being configured as a thin-film evaporator with a column attachment, such that ditrimethylolpropane is obtained as a third tops fraction and high boilers are removed as a third bottoms fraction.
US09745227B2
A porous discriminating layer is formed on a ceramic support having at least one porous wall by (a) establishing a flow of a gas stream containing agglomerates of particles and (b) calcining said deposited layer to form the discriminating layer. At least a portion of the particles are of a sinter-resistant material or a sinter-resistant material precursor. The particles have a size from 0.01 to 5 microns and the agglomerates have a size of from 10 to 200 microns. This method is an inexpensive and effective route to forming a discriminating layer onto the porous wall.
US09745205B1
A method for configuring a non-lithium-intercalation electrode includes intercalating an insertion species between multiple layers of a stacked or layered electrode material. The method forms an electrode architecture with increased interlayer spacing for non-lithium metal ion migration. A laminate electrode material is constructed such that pillaring agents are intercalated between multiple layers of the stacked electrode material and installed in a battery.
US09745204B2
A method of producing barium titanate that includes making a slurry by dispersing barium titanate powder in a solvent such as ethanol. Then, in a high-pressure vessel, substituting supercritical fluid including carbon dioxide gas, for example, for the solvent in the slurry. Then, separating the barium titanate powder from the supercritical fluid by gasifying the supercritical fluid. Then, performing a heat treatment on the separated barium titanate powders to produce the barium titanate.
US09745196B2
In order to obtain a graphite film having an excellent thermal diffusivity, a high density, and excellent flatness without flaws, recesses and wrinkles on the surface, the process for producing a graphite film according to the present invention comprises the graphitization step for a raw material film made of a polymer film and/or a carbonized polymer film and/or the post-planar pressurization step for the film in this order to prepare a graphite film, wherein the graphitization step is a step of thermally treating two or more stacked raw material films at a highest temperature of 2,000° C. and includes a method of electrically heating the raw material films themselves and/or a method of thermally treating the films while applying pressure to the films planarly, and the post-planar pressurization step includes a method of planarly pressurizing the one raw material film or the multiple stacked raw material films after graphitization by single-plate press or vacuum press.
US09745194B2
The invention provides a method of producing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, whereby it is possible to configure a lithium secondary battery in which the discharge capacity is improved and elution of lithium ions from the lithium metal phosphate is suppressed when washing the lithium metal phosphate after the same was synthesized. The method of producing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes synthesizing a lithium metal phosphate represented by a composition formula LiMPO4, wherein the element M represents one or two or more of transition metals selected from among Fe, Mn, Co and Ni, and after the synthesis, washing the lithium metal phosphate with a washing liquid containing lithium ion.
US09745193B2
In the manufacture of phosphoric acid from ore, the typical ore comprises minerals containing phosphorus and calcium along with varied amounts of other elements. Certain ores have substantial iron content which needs to be removed in order to produce quality phosphoric acid product. An improved method and associated chemical processing plant are disclosed for removing this iron. The method involves both reducing and adding oxalic acid to wet process phosphoric acid produced using an otherwise conventional manufacturing process. Iron oxalate precipitate is created which can then conveniently be separated therefrom.
US09745185B2
The invention relates to a system for hygienically reconstituting and delivering food preparations, such as drinks, comprising a metering and mixing device connected to a container containing a base liquid, in the form of a package configured to be connected to a base station. The metering and mixing device comprises a pump for metering the liquid, a diluent intake and a mixing chamber. Coupling means are provided for providing the diluent supply and the means for driving the liquid pump.
US09745178B2
Provided is a working machine including a device to be maintained and a winch disposed thereover and enabling a maintenance operation. The working machine includes a base machine, at least one device to be maintained installed at the base machine, and a winch which is driven to wind an operation rope. The winch is attached to the base machine to be pivotable, about a winch support shaft, between a use position at which the winch is used while closing at least a part of a maintenance space over the device to be maintained and a maintenance position at which the winch opens the maintenance space upward to enable the maintenance operation to be performed.
US09745172B2
An elevator cab protection system is provided. The system includes first and second panels and three clips. Each of the clips includes a lower leg portion and an upper leg portion. The first clip is coupled to the first panel by a fastener. The lower leg portion of the first clip and the first panel define a first downwardly opening slot. The second clip is coupled to the first panel by a fastener with the upper leg portion of the second clip located above the upper end of the first panel. The third clip is coupled to the second panel by a fastener. The lower leg portion of the third clip is configured to be inserted into the upwardly opening slot defined by the upper leg portion of the second clip and the wall of the elevator cab to support the second panel relative to the first panel.
US09745171B2
In an elevator installation an elevator car is movable along at least two guide rails and the car is equipped with a pair of safety brakes and an actuator for actuating the safety brakes. Each safety brake includes at least one brake eccentric with a cylindrical bearing bore and a brake housing with a bearing axle for mounting the brake eccentric. The bearing axle is arranged in the brake housing together with the brake eccentric to be pivotable or displaceable so that the brake eccentric, which is arranged on the bearing axle, in a first position can be kept at a spacing from a brake web of the guide rail and in a second position can be brought into contact with the brake web.
US09745170B2
A method for operating an elevator control system for controlling and monitoring the movements of at least one elevator car when the elevator car approaches individual floors in a building, and in the process stops at a respective floor in a prescribed stopping position, the method including, in conjunction with a floor stop, determining an overall error in the form of a deviation between an actual position of the elevator car and a position of the elevator car assumed as the current position. The elevator control system generates service signals based on a statistical acquisition of several values for the overall error, and/or wherein the overall error is used to ascertain a derivative value, which is taken into account along with the current or stopping position during a comparison between the current position and stopping position performed by the elevator control system for approaching the respective stopping position.
US09745166B2
A bobbin for winding an optical fiber includes a main winding drum having a cylindrical shape, an auxiliary flange portion that is provided on at least one of a first end and a second end of the main winding drum in an axis direction of the main winding drum, a first main flange portion that has a larger diameter than the external diameter of the auxiliary flange portion and that is provided on the main winding drum to face the auxiliary flange portion, a second main flange portion that is provided on the main winding drum to face the first main flange portion, and an auxiliary winding drum that is provided between the first main flange portion and the auxiliary flange portion.
US09745165B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path group including at least a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path joining the first conveyance path; an image forming unit; and a path switcher, wherein: the path switcher includes: a guide unit configured to rotate about a guide supporting point and rotate between a first position and a second position; a protruding portion fixed to the guide unit; a drive lever having a first pressing surface and a second pressing surface; a first force applying unit; and a second force applying unit; the drive lever includes: a first lever; a second lever; a third force applying unit; and a restraining portion configured to set a moving end on the rotation of the second lever; and the restraining portion restricts the moving end of the second lever to a predetermined position.
US09745162B2
An apparatus (20) for steering a web (22), including a web path having at least one steering roller (24) and an exit roller (26), each having a mount; wherein the steering roller(s) (26) each have an axis of rotation and wherein the mounts for the steering roller(s) (26) can pivot those axes with a total of two degrees of freedom. An array (30) comprising a plurality of sensors (30a) for monitoring the position of the web (22) is present connected to a controller so as to determine the position and angular orientation of the web (22). The controller adjusts the pivot(s) of the mount(s) so as to control the angular orientation and the lateral position of the web (22) at a particular point along the web path.
US09745154B1
A removable media tray assembly for an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a media tray having a bottom surface and a front wall extending upward from the bottom surface. A bottom surface defines a media storage location for storing a stack of media sheets. The assembly includes a housing having an opening therein to receive the media tray. A magnet and a plate provide a latching force FL greater than a pick motor stall force keeping the media tray in a closed position during media picking. A handle assembly including a finger bar and a pivoting link is mounted to the front wall. With the media tray being held closed by the latching force, a user-supplied actuation force FA that is less than 22.2 N applied to the finger bar, pivots the link which acts as a force multiplier providing a release force exceeding the latching force.
US09745152B2
An impact buffer has a retaining part for fitting to a loading ramp, a stop part for a vehicle to be loaded at the loading ramp to strike, and a buffer part for cushioning the stop part against the retaining part. The stop part is supported on the retaining part with at least one pivot lever.
US09745121B2
A beverage filtering cartridge for obtaining beverages, such as coffee, tea or the like, is provided. The beverage filtering cartridge includes an impermeable cup-shaped container, a filtering element, an impermeable cover and a removable instrument. The container has a first opening and a second opening which is smaller than the first opening. The first opening is sealed with the impermeable cover and the second opening is blocked by the removable instrument. The filtering element is located in the container so as to divide the container into two chambers. The tea or coffee will be located between the filtering element and the impermeable cover. When the consumer uses the cartridge by a machine, the consumer must remove the removable instrument and then put the cartridge into the machine. The machine injects water into the cartridge so as to quickly brew the drink, i.e. tea or coffee.
US09745119B2
A dual containment pod having an outer pod and an inner pod that provides support structure and environmental control means. The inner pod includes a base having a flat, polished surface with protrusions upon which the reticle seats and providing a gap between the reticle and the polished surface. The gap separates the reticle from the flat, polished surface of the base and is dimensioned to inhibit migration of particles into the gap, thereby preventing contamination of sensitive surfaces of the wafer or reticle. The top cover of the inner pod seats on the polished surface proximate a periphery of the base. Moveable reticle engaging pins on the top cover of the inner pod are engaged by the top cover of the outer container when the inner pod is assembled inside the outer pod providing reticle restraint.
US09745117B2
The present invention relates to a dispenser container comprising safety button structure. The dispenser container comprising safety button structure according to the present invention is designed such that a button member goes up and down, thereby allowing the contents to be discharged by pumping of a pumping member only when a rotating body is rotated, and thus it is possible to fundamentally prevent a button member from being pressed by children with poor cognition. Therefore, it is possible to prevent children from taking in harmful substances into the body and prevent unnecessary waste of contents.
US09745115B2
A mixing container having a first housing with a first compartment in operative communication with a second compartment which may be configured as a cartridge. A concentrate in the second compartment may be mixed with a solution held in the first compartment by a compression of the first compartment which will either permanently open a valve to communicate with the second compartment or sequentially open the valve to allow a sequentially stronger mixture of concentrate with the fluid in the first compartment.
US09745108B2
The container (1) includes a body (2), a kinkable/unkinkable flexible sleeve (3) and an apertured maneuvering member (4) for maneuvering the sleeve (3). According to the invention: the body (2) and the member (4) have a globally square or rectangular shape in cross-section, giving the container (1) the appearance of a box; the member (4) is axially movable relative to the body (2), between a position in which it is freed from the wall of the body (2) and can therefore be pivoted relative to the latter, and a position in which it is engaged with the body (2); and the wall of the body (2) outwardly includes at least one part (5) made from a material having a high friction coefficient, and/or the apertured maneuvering member (4) includes, on its inner face, at least one part made from a material having a high friction coefficient.
US09745105B2
A portable, personal apparatus for transporting liquid having a bottle configured to contain liquid. The bottle has a longitudinal axis. A first opening open in a direction generally parallel with the longitudinal axis in a pour position. A first cover coupled to the bottle and configured to close the first opening in a closed position. A second opening open in a direction generally orthogonal with the longitudinal axis in a fill position. A second cover coupled to the bottle and configured to close the second opening in a storage position. The second cover remaining coupled to the bottle when the second cover is in the fill position.
US09745103B2
A reclosable gusseted bag is disclosed wherein a single web multiple alignment zipper is placed around the interior of the mouth of the bag, downwardly adjacent from the upper edge of the front panel, rear panel and side gussets thereby resulting in an increased size of opening as the mouth of the gusseted bag. The use of a single web multiple alignment zipper allows opposing portions of the web to engage each other within a range of alignments thereby allowing for simplified use by the consumer.
US09745095B2
Container made of plastic material includes a body and a petal-shaped bottom (3) extending the body, the bottom (3) having a bottom wall (4) of general convex shape toward the outside of the container, from which feet (7) formed by protrusions project, separated two by two by portions of the bottom wall (4) forming recessed valleys (12) that extend radially to a periphery (8) of the bottom (3), the bottom (3) also including, in each valley (12), in the vicinity of the periphery (8) of the bottom (3), at least one groove (17, 18) that extends transversely relative to the radial direction of extension of the valley (12).
US09745086B2
Apparatus for supplying multiple foam machines with foam precursor chemicals. The apparatus comprises first and second totes having a top opening and a bottom drain and containing first and second foam precursor chemicals, first and second supply lines connected to the bottom drains of the first and second totes and in fluid communication with first and second sets of batcher stands, and first and second sets of batcher pumps each of which is positioned in a respective one of the first and second sets of batcher stands. Each batcher pump is adapted to be in fluid communication with a respective one of the foam machines.
US09745071B1
An ejectable flight data recorder for robust retention of flight data and aiding in locating an aircraft after an emergency situation comprises: a buoyant housing comprising an internal cavity, a door for access to at least a portion of the internal cavity, and an aerodynamic outer shape having a longitudinal axis; an energy-dissipating nose cone for reducing an impact load on the housing when the flight data recorder impacts a water surface; a nonvolatile memory configured to store flight data; a position sensor for detecting a geographic position of the flight data recorder; a radio transmitter; an antenna electrically coupled to the radio transmitter; a sustainable power system; and a hydrophone for acoustically tracking a sinking trajectory of the aircraft in a body of water.
US09745065B2
A protection device having a set of inflatable protection members including a neck airbag, a left lower airbag, a left upper airbag, a right lower airbag, and a right upper airbag. The protection device has a lower pocket provided with a lower base forming the neck airbag and two lower lateral branches forming the left lower airbag and the right lower airbag. An upper pocket at least partially secured to the lower pocket is provided with an upper base forming a head airbag and two upper lateral branches forming the left upper airbag and the right upper airbag. At least one longitudinal internal wall provide at least two “tubes” in each upper airbag, the upper pocket being in fluid flow communication with the lower pocket.
US09745063B2
A system for air-launching a liquid fueled rocket launch vehicle using a tubular rocket support structure for holding the launch vehicle and for supplying the launch vehicle with make-up cryogenics, electrical power, and control signals, and for providing coupling to a launch-assist aircraft. The tubular rocket support structure contains cryogenic fluids, in addition to fuel and oxidizer, to cool the fuel and oxidizer during the pre-launch phase. The tubular rocket support structure has features that keep the liquid fuel and oxidizer from sloshing away from the tank outlet ports to the launch vehicle's rocket engine after release from the aircraft but before rocket launch. In operation, the aircraft controllably releases the tubular rocket support structure containing the launch vehicle, and the launch vehicle then launches from the rocket support structure.
US09745061B2
A personal propulsion device adapted to achieve flight by discharging a fluid, including a passenger assembly adapted to support an individual person; at least one fluid discharge nozzle coupled to the passenger assembly, where the nozzle is movable with respect to the passenger assembly to define a range of motion, and where the nozzle is biased towards at least one position in the range of motion.
US09745050B2
Aerial vehicles may be operated with discrete sets of propellers, which may be selected for a specific purpose or on a specific basis. The discrete sets of propellers may be operated separately or in tandem with one another, and at varying power levels. For example, a set of propellers may be selected to optimize the thrust, lift, maneuverability or efficiency of an aerial vehicle based on a position or other operational characteristic of the aerial vehicle, or an environmental condition encountered by the aerial vehicle. At least one of the propellers may be statically or dynamically imbalanced, such that the propeller emits a predetermined sound during operation. A balanced propeller may be specifically modified to cause the aerial vehicle to emit the predetermined sound by changing one or more parameters of the balanced propeller and causing the balanced propeller to be statically or dynamically imbalanced.
US09745046B2
An aircraft transparency assembly includes an aircraft transparency having at least one ply having an outer surface and an extended portion. The assembly also includes a pressure seal configured to engage the extended portion of the ply, wherein the pressure seal includes a pressure seal body and at least one integrated compression stop. The transparency assembly can also include an anti-static drain assembly including at least one flexible conductive element having a first end in electrical contact with the outer surface of the ply, for example with an optional conductive coating on the outer surface of the ply, and a second end configured to contact the pressure seal.
US09745044B2
An aircraft including a fuselage with a skin in which is made an opening, the skin delimiting the interior and the exterior of the fuselage. A closure panel is mobile between a closed position in which the panel covers the opening and an open position in which the closure panel uncovers the opening. A support including a base is fastened to the fuselage. At least one bar and an articulation between the bar and the base allow the bar to occupy a position retracted inside the fuselage and a deployed position outside the fuselage. The articulation is a pivoting connection.
US09745020B2
A system including a convex-shaped member, an actuator and a computer. The convex-shaped member includes a forward facing surface, a first end and a second end. While in a deployed state, the forward facing surface curves outward between the first end and the second end in a direction away from a point rearward of the forward facing surface, and the convex-shaped member (i) adjusts attitude or motion of a marine vessel, (ii) deflects oncoming water, and (iii) extends at least partially below a bottom surface of the marine vessel. The actuator (i) is coupled to the convex-shaped member, and (ii) while connected to the marine vessel, is configured to move the convex-shaped member. The computer is configured to control the actuator to transition the member between the deployed state and a retracted state.
US09745017B2
A handlebar fixing structure enabling a handlebar to be attached to a high position to provide high vibration absorbency. The handlebar fixing structure includes a handlebar, a handlebar post supported above a steering system, and a handlebar clamper for fixing the handlebar to the handlebar post. The handlebar clamper includes a first damper member and a second damper member disposed so as to sandwich a cylindrical portion of the handlebar post and the handlebar from a direction orthogonal to the vehicle widthwise direction. An elastic member is interposed between the first clamper member and the handlebar post and between the second damper member and the handlebar post. The first damper member and the second clamper member are coupled with each other by a bolt and include abutting faces for abutting with each other so as to receive an axial force of the bolt.
US09745016B1
A scooter includes an elongated foot rest base extending from a first end to a second end; a first wheel secured to the first end of the foot rest base; a second wheel secured to the second end of the foot rest base; a pivot joint extend through a thickness of the foot rest base, the pivot joint being positioned between the first end and the second end; a locking mechanism secured to the foot rest base and configured to lock the joint in a fixed position; a backrest pivotally secured to the second end of the foot rest base; and a storage compartment rigidly secured to the backrest.
US09745008B2
A motorcycle anti-theft device, for a motorcycle of the type having a pivotable kickstand; a chassis; and an electrical power source. The device includes a mechanism configured to lock the kickstand after being set to a lowered position; and an actuator unit including an electromechanical device connected to the power source configured to directly drive, when activated, an element to unlock said kickstand.
US09745002B2
A movable platform system for a cargo bed of a pickup truck includes left and right parallel rail assemblies mountable in the bed and left and right platform supports carrying a plurality of roller bearings that engage two surfaces on each rail. A platform suspended from both platform supports is slidable between a forward and rearward position on the rail assemblies. A locking mechanism connected to the platform support allows the platform to be secured in a forward and rearward position.
US09745001B2
A floor module is provided for installation in the rear area of a motor vehicle. A rear area of the floor module facing the tail of the vehicle includes a first plastic composition, and a front area facing away from the tail includes a second plastic composition, wherein the first plastic composition imparts a higher elastic deformability to the rear area than to the front area.
US09744998B2
A first reinforcing reinforcement that is formed of a fiber reinforced resin material is continuously superposed with and adhered to an inner wall surface of a front wall portion, an inner wall surface of an outer wall portion, and an inner wall surface of a rear wall portion of an outer reinforcement. A pair of superposed portions of a second reinforcing reinforcement are superposed, via the first reinforcing reinforcement, with the inner wall surface of the front wall portion and the inner wall surface of the rear wall portion of the outer reinforcement. The second reinforcing reinforcement is directly joined to the front wall portion and the rear wall portion of the outer reinforcement, and the pair of superposed portions are connected by a connecting portion.
US09744993B2
A steering mechanism intended for use in transport equipment, such as a truck, or a trailer, includes a steering knuckle on both sides of a body of the transport equipment. A king pin is fastened by articulation to the steering knuckles and a wheel of the transport equipment is fastened to each king pins. the steering knuckles being fastened by articulation to the body. The king pins are pivotable with respect to the steering knuckle to which they are fastened. The steering knuckles are pivotable so that when either of the steering knuckles pivots about the respective articulation arranged in the body, the king pin in the pivoting knuckle simultaneously remains un-pivoted with respect to the steering knuckle to which it is fastened. The other steering knuckle simultaneously remains un-pivoted and the king pin therein thus pivots with respect to the steering knuckle to which it is fastened.
US09744987B2
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention a worm shaft subassembly for supporting a worm shaft is provided. The worm shaft has a worm shaft radial load, a worm shaft axial load, and a worm shaft axial travel. The worm shaft subassembly includes at least one damping member to support the worm shaft axial load. The at least one damping member has at least one damping member axial load. The at least one damping member limits the worm shaft axial travel. The worm shaft subassembly also includes a bearing to support the worm shaft radial load and the at least one damping member axial load.
US09744984B2
A bush bearing 7 includes a synthetic resin-made bush 17 having a circumferential groove 16 on an outer peripheral surface 15 thereof; an endless annular elastic member 18 fitted in the circumferential groove 16 of the bush 17; and a positioning means 19 for determining the position of the bush 17 in a B direction with respect to an inner peripheral surface 12 of a gear housing 6.
US09744979B2
An access point for a communication network is disclosed. The access point may have a communications processor configured to receive signals from a different access point of the communication network, a cable connected to the communications processor, and at least one attenuator connected to the cable upstream of the communications processor. The at least one attenuator may be configured to selectively attenuate incoming signals received via the cable before the incoming signals are received by the communications process. The access point may also have a transmission amplifier connected to the cable downstream of the communications processor and configured to amplify outgoing signals generated by the communications processor by about 3:1.
US09744976B2
A railway vehicle and an axle box structure thereof are provided. The axle box structure includes an axle box body and a positioning joint mounting seat, and a bearing mounting cavity is provided inside the axle box body. The positioning joint mounting seat is provided with a mounting cavity configured to mount a positioning joint, a longitudinal center line of the axle box body is in parallel with a longitudinal center plane of the positioning joint mounting seat, and the longitudinal center plane of the positioning joint mounting seat is outwardly deviated with respect to a longitudinal center plane of the axle box body. In this way, a large space can be left for mounting the brake clamp, and the mounting and replacing of the brake clamp and the wheel set can be facilitated.
US09744975B1
An apparatus transforms vehicle operator intentions to wheel propulsion controls using an operator interface, sensors, a torque budgeting circuit, at least four motor controllers, and a vehicle/operator personality profile store. The store provides instructions and parameters which control dynamic vehicle responsiveness and reflect an operator's personality. The instructions and parameters are accessible by an application programming interface (API). Vehicle characteristics may be recorded by operating the vehicle through a prescribed route or evolution. A revised performance profile of a vehicle can be installed when the vehicle is reconfigured. Performance of a vehicle is modified to mimic a different vehicle by installing a new software dynamic performance profile. The API enables an open architecture for developers to customize vehicle dynamics without cutting metal.
US09744962B2
The hybrid construction machine includes an engine 11, an electric motor/generator 14, a hydraulic pump unit 17, an electricity storage device 16, an inverter 15, a temperature regulator (16D or 16E), and a hybrid control unit 22. The hybrid control unit 22 executes at least one of first control for controlling a warming-up battery temperature regulator 16D so that it increases a temperature of the electricity storage device 16, second control for controlling the inverter 15 so that it reduces the power output from the inverter 15, and third control for controlling a pump capacity control unit 21 so that it reduces the flow rate of a hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump unit 17, according to a charge/discharge history of the electricity storage device 16.
US09744952B2
A brake system includes a brake activator which reduces, when a slipping condition of a right front wheel is detected based on a signal which is detected by a right detector, both braking forces on the right front wheel and a left front wheel to a lower level than a level of a braking force which is obtained as a result of operation of an input member and which reduces, when a slipping condition of the left front wheel is detected based on a signal which is detected by a left detector, both braking forces on the left front wheel and the right front wheel to a lower level than a level of a braking force which is obtained as a result of operation of the input member.
US09744948B2
The present invention relates to a windscreen wiper (1) for a motor vehicle window (3), comprising: a longitudinally extending wiper blade (5), an aerodynamic deflector (9) extending longitudinally above said wiper blade (5), at least one longitudinally extending fluid circulation duct (31, 32) having at least one spraying orifice (35), characterized in that the wiper comprises at least one lower lateral skirt (43, 44) extending longitudinally on a lateral side of the wiper blade (5) and of the spraying orifice (35), the spraying orifice (35) being located between the wiper blade (5) and the lower lateral skirt (43, 44).
US09744941B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine (14) of a motor vehicle (10), in that the internal combustion engine (14) is started using a remote start unit (18) for wireless reception of a remote start signal (R) and afterwards is monitored by a shutdown unit (36) to determine whether a shutdown condition is fulfilled. When appropriate, the internal combustion engine (14) is shutdown again. A radio key device (26) of the motor vehicle (10) is designed to detect a radio key presence in a passenger compartment (28) of the motor vehicle (10) using a key scan and to signal a radio key presence by means of a key presence signal (A). The problem addressed by the invention is to adapt the subsequent shutdown of the internal combustion engine (14) more flexibly to the position of the driver following a remote start. The shutdown condition comprises for this purpose that the key presence signal (A) must have been inactive for a predefined minimum time period. A presence of a person in the passenger compartment (28) is detected by a monitoring device (32) by means of a sensor unit (24, 38, 40 42) and, upon detecting the presence of a person, at least one key scan is triggered at at least one predefined time by means of a control signal (P).
US09744928B1
An attachment structure of a front fender cover of a utility vehicle, the attachment structure includes: a front fender; a front fender cover attached to the front fender by being inserted to a first end of the front fender and locked at a second end of the front fender; and a retaining member attached to the front fender or the front fender cover and configured to retain the front fender cover at the second end of the front fender at a predetermined distance from the front fender in a state where the front fender cover is inserted to the front fender and is not locked.
US09744924B2
A wire harness includes a high voltage electrically conductive path which is an electrically conductive path, and a sheath member which is formed with a tubular member of a rectangular configuration and accommodates the high voltage electrically conductive path therein. In the sheath member, thick parts whose thicknesses are increasing toward inside at positions according to angular parts of an outer peripheral surface are set.
US09744915B2
A travel control device includes ultrasonic obstacle detection sensors detecting an obstacle entering a rear side of a vehicle and a distance to the obstacle, and an image obstacle detection unit detecting the obstacle entering the rear side of the vehicle by using an image of the rear side. If a distance to the obstacle detected by the sensors is equal to or less than an activation threshold for warning, the travel control device issues a warning, and sets the activation threshold larger as the vehicle speed of the vehicle becomes high. If the vehicle is detected preparing to move rearward and the image obstacle detection unit detects the obstacle, the travel control device sets the activation threshold to a constant value regardless of the vehicle speed.
US09744914B2
The invention relates to a device, particularly for a rear area of a vehicle, and a related method for operating the device, where the device includes a camera unit serving to record an image of the exterior area of the vehicle with the camera unit being protectively arranged via a support element at the vehicle, particularly protected in a housing, and a mobile closing element being provided for closing the housing opening, which by a drive unit can be moved into at least two end positions, namely a closed position and an open position.
US09744902B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling headlight systems of vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle comprises a headlight system, a processor, and a sensor unit. The processor is configured to at least facilitate transmitting one or more light images with an identifiable characteristic from the vehicle via the headlight system. The sensor unit is configured to receive one or more light images. The processor is further configured to at least facilitate determining whether one or more received light images have the identifiable characteristic, and taking an action based at least on part on whether the one or more received light images have the identifiable characteristic.
US09744894B2
Footrest assembly for a passenger seat having a saddle (22) and a post (16) pivotally coupled to a fastener (38) connected to the saddle. A ratcheting mechanism (86) with at least one tooth (88) is positioned on a first end (20) of the post and a pawl (90) is pivotally coupled to a pawl shaft (98) fixedly coupled to the saddle. A cam follower (96) is pivotally coupled to the fastener and positioned within a slot (106) formed in the end of the post in order to prevent the pawl from engaging with a tooth while pivoting in a direction of a fully deployed position of the assembly.
US09744887B2
A seat having a backrest and a seat cushion includes rows of adjusting elements, respectively, which adjusting elements are arranged above one another, on both sides of the longitudinal center plane of the seat. By alternately applying the adjusting elements mutually arranged in a vertically staggered manner in the two halves of the seat, a rotational movement can be actively applied to a seat user's back and possibly pelvis, which rotational movement corresponds to the rotational movement of the back, and possibly of the pelvis, when walking.
US09744885B2
A vehicle seat (1) includes a structural part (3) which has a lock connection plate (60) and a locking unit (10) which is fixed to the lock connection plate (60). The locking unit (10) has at least one bearing bolt (51) with a passage opening (55). The lock connection plate (60) also comprises at least one mating contour (62) which projects into the passage opening (55) in the at least one bearing bolt (51).
US09744884B2
Realized is a vehicle seat capable of improving the rigidity of a cushion frame with respect to a load input to a seat back while suppressing an increase in weight and size of the cushion frame. In a vehicle seat including a height adjustment mechanism which is driven to adjust the height of a seat cushion and a brake mechanism which maintains the height of the seat cushion when the height adjustment mechanism is not driven, the brake mechanism is connected to a second connection portion different from a first connection portion connected to the seat back in the cushion frame, and reinforcement portions and which extend in a direction from the first connection portion toward the second connection portion are provided between the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the cushion frame.
US09744883B2
A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; an operating member; a shield having an opening through which the operating member is passed; and a cover member provided in the opening so as to cover part of the opening while permitting the rotation operation of the operating member. The operating member has a protrusion projecting toward the shield, in a part opposed to the shield. Either one of the cover member and the shield is formed as a projecting portion projecting toward the protrusion. The operating member is configured such that the protrusion slides on the projecting portion while abutting with the projecting portion when the rotation operation is performed on the operating member.
US09744882B2
A movable seat for a motor vehicle includes a base fixedly attached to a frame of the motor vehicle, a seat frame having a top side and a bottom side, and a seat cushion fixedly attached to the top side of the seat frame. A U-shaped hinge connects the seat frame to the base, a first end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about a first lateral axis, and a second end of the U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about a second lateral axis. A wire that connects a first electrical appliance in the seat cushion to a second electrical appliance is included that is attached to the U-shaped hinge from the first end to the second end.
US09744881B2
In various embodiments, a drive system with a motor rotary actuator driven linkage and an override system is provided. The override system may be a manually actuated override system that, in response to a power loss or outage, is configured to disengage one or more links of drive system 100 from the electric motor rotary actuator, allowing the disengaged link to be moved and/or repositioned. Moreover, drive system 100 and, more specifically, the override system may be configured to restore normal operation to the disengaged link in response to power being restored (i.e., by reengaging the link).
US09744870B2
Technologies are generally described for a distributed system to provide wireless energy sharing between electrically powered vehicles. In some examples, two or more vehicles traveling on a roadway may be configured to share energy while in route to a destination. The vehicles may be equipped with wireless energy transfer units to enable the vehicles to exchange energy. At least one of the vehicles may be a mobile electric charging station configured to store a large amount of charge and to provide charge to vehicles. The electric charging station may be in communication with a controller, where the controller may be configured to identify vehicles in need of recharge and to identify at least one vehicle having sufficient charge to share. The controller may schedule a time and place for the two vehicles to meet in order to share charge. Additionally, the vehicles may be self-coordinated without a controller.
US09744855B2
A vehicle auxiliary power supply that is mounted on a railway vehicle, includes a three-phase inverter circuit that converts DC power or AC power input from an overhead line to desired AC power to supply the AC power to a load, and is connected in parallel with a VVVF inverter device that drives a propulsion motor, wherein a blocking diode that prevents backflow from a side of the three-phase inverter circuit to a side of the overhead line is provided between the overhead line and the three-phase inverter circuit, and a SiC Schottky barrier diode is applied to the blocking diode.
US09744854B2
A pedal operation amount display apparatus includes: a display device that is configured to display an accelerator operation amount of an accelerator pedal by an operating person by means of light emission of segments; and an assist reaction force calculation part that is configured to set a threshold operation amount as a target value of the accelerator operation amount; and a display control part that is configured to control the display device in a manner such that the accelerator operation amount corresponding to the threshold operation amount is constantly displayed by means of light emission of the segments. Even when the threshold operation amount is changed, the display control part keeps the light emission of the segments unchanged until the accelerator operation amount varies.
US09744846B2
The invention related to a roller blind module (1) for a cooling module (2) of a vehicle wherein the roller blind module (1) is assembled at the cooling module (2) comprising a roller blind element (10), at least a drive (15), by which the roller blind element (10) is uncoilable from a first position (11) in at least a second position (12) wherein in the first position (11) the roller blind element (10) is wound up and in the second position (12) the roller blind element is assembled in front of the cooling module (2) regarding to the driving direction (30) of the vehicle, and a cleaning device (20) with at least one cleaning element (21) wherein the roller blind element (10) is cleanable by the cleaning element (21).
US09744842B2
A method for learning a contact point of an engine clutch configured to control connection of power between an engine and a motor of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes performing a first learning of the contact point of the engine clutch by increasing a contact speed of the engine clutch and storing information of a first contact point learned by the first learning. A second learning of the contact point of the engine clutch is then performed by decreasing the contact speed of the engine clutch.
US09744837B2
An adjustable vehicle cover configured to fit a variety of vehicles. The adjustable vehicle cover includes a one-piece body and at least first and second engagement features. The one-piece body includes at least a top, oppositely disposed first and second sides adjacent to the top, and oppositely disposed first and second ends. The at least first and second engagement features are disposed intermediate the first and second ends and extend in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal direction. The at least first and second engagement features are operable to convert the one-piece body between at least a first configuration and a second configuration that is longer than the first configuration in the longitudinal direction. The at least first and second engagement features are joined in the first configuration and are spaced apart in the second configuration.
US09744830B2
A heating panel for a vehicle includes a plate-shaped heating layer and a heat insulation layer attached to the heating layer. The heating panel is spaced apart from an occupant in an interior space of the vehicle and positioned to face the occupant. The heat insulation layer is directed toward the panel in the interior space and the heating layer is directed toward the occupant.
US09744828B2
An apparatus for use in venting a compartment in a vehicle includes a housing which at least partially defines an air flow passage. A valve element moves from a closed condition to an open condition to enable air to flow through the air flow passage. The valve element has an inner surface facing the air flow passage when the valve element is in the closed condition. The valve element has an outer surface opposite the inner surface facing away from the air flow passage when the valve element is in the closed condition. A spring wire deflects as the valve element moves from the closed condition toward the open condition and is effective to urge the valve element toward the closed condition. The spring wire extends in a straight line from the housing to the inner surface of the valve element when the valve element is in the closed condition.
US09744827B2
A heat medium circulation equipment, a first pump, and a second pump are connected to a first switching valve and a second switching valve. A heater core is connected to at least one of the first switching valve and the second switching valve, and connected to a heat medium circuit. A state, in which the heat medium discharged by a third pump flows into the heater core, is selected by switching of a switching device.
US09744824B2
A damping air spring and shock absorber combination for heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension systems includes a damping air spring and a shock absorber both operatively attached to the axle/suspension system. The damping air spring primarily provides damping to the axle/suspension system over a first range of frequencies. The shock absorber primarily provides damping to the axle/suspension system over a second range of frequencies. The first range of frequencies is from about 0.0 Hz to about 6.0 Hz and the second range of frequencies is from about 0.0 Hz to about 13.0 Hz.
US09744820B1
A vehicle recovery hitch attachment device (100, 100′, 100″) includes a closed link (110) having opposed first and second radiused ends (112, 114) joined by a pair of side members (116), and a pair of eyelet members (122) respectively extending from the pair of side members (116). Each of the pair of eyelet members (122) has an opening (126) formed therethrough aligned one with the other. The first radiused end (112) is fitted over a vehicle hitch tow ball (14) and secured thereat by insertion of a locking pin (130) through the pair of openings (126) in the pair of eyelet members (122) to engage a neck portion (16) of a hitch ball (14) for subsequent coupling of the closed link to recovery equipment (30, 32). A coupling link (140) may be included and coupled to the second radiused end (114) of the closed link (110) for coupling to the recovery equipment (30, 32) or alternately inserted into a hitch receiver tube opening (22) and releasably secured therein by the locking pin (130).
US09744810B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a center main groove and a pair of shoulder main grooves. A pair of middle land sections in the tread is positioned between the shoulder and center grooves. Each of the shoulder and center grooves has a groove width set in range of 7 to 9% of width of the tread footprint. An outer middle land portion is divided into first and second middle land portions by a middle narrow groove. The first land portion forms rib. The second land portion has outer middle lateral grooves connected to the center groove and the narrow groove. Each lateral groove includes first portion, second portion having the opposite inclination to the first portion and connection portion between the first and second portions. The connection portion is positioned on the center groove side from the center of the outer land portion in the axial direction.
US09744809B2
The presence of an electrically-powered quiet vehicle is accomplished by determining a state of mind or physical state of the driver, determining the presence and proximity of humans and other objects, how the vehicle is being operated and generating a noise correlative to the threat posed by the vehicle to humans and other objects.
US09744807B2
A wheel float that articulates in multiple directions for efficiently and safely moving an object across a surface having a non-planar obstruction. The wheel float has a pair of walking beam assemblies, a crosstube assembly having a crosstube interconnecting the walking beam assemblies, a pedestal supported by the crosstube and a center pivot assembly that allows the crosstube assembly to pivot relative to the pedestal. The pedestal has a support surface that supports the object above the walking beam assemblies. Each walking beam assembly has a base plate, wheeled casters, a pair of spaced apart hangers and a bushing assembly associated with an articulation opening in each of the hangers. Pivot members at the ends of the crosstube assembly engage the hanger bushings to allow the respective walking beam assembly to pivot relative to the crosstube. Thrust blocks or locating plates position the walking beam assemblies on the crosstube assembly.
US09744803B2
A novelty communication object, such as a sign or printed object (book, brochure, greeting card or the like), and method of making, wherein at least one page, surface or sheet of the object has not only directly visible images, but also a plurality of cut-outs or other portions at least partially transparent or optically reactive to light, which can become visible when a user shines an illumination source such as a flashlight at the page and projects an image of the transparent or optically reactive portions onto a neighboring wall or other surface, or backlights the transparent or optically reactive portions for direct viewing. The plurality of transparent or optically reactive areas are preferably selected so that the illuminated image has a different visual appearance than the directly visible image, thereby enhancing the overall narrative content of the communication object.
US09744799B2
An erasable slate system includes a translucent layer adjacent a colored bottom layer, wherein application of a force to the translucent layer causes temporary adhesion of the translucent layer to the colored bottom layer in an area wherein the force is applied. The erasable slate system further includes an extending channel in fluid connection with the translucent layer and the colored bottom layer. The extending channel extends around at least 25% of the length of a perimeter of the bottom colored layer. The erasable slate system further includes an air pump in fluid connection with the extending channel via which pressurized air can be introduced into the extending channel to cause the translucent layer to be separated from adhesion to the colored bottom layer, thereby erasing markings, and via which air can exit the extending channel of the erasable slate system.
US09744794B2
A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
US09744792B2
An apparatus that is convertible between a social expression, such as a wedding invitation, and a decorative item, such as a votive candle holder. As a social expression, the apparatus is a flat, metal sheet which includes information pertaining to a social event that can be placed in an envelope and mailed to a recipient. Once the recipient receives the social expressions piece and the information regarding the social event is conveyed, the recipient can convert the social expression into a decorative item by folding along one or more folding lines. By converting the social expression into a decorative item, the apparatus has a greatly extended life.
US09744781B2
A printer includes a controller configured to execute a printing process including sequentially printing a plurality of page images on a print medium based on print data while conveying the print medium in a conveyance direction, execute a first interruption process including, when a next cut distance is equal to or less than a printable distance, interrupting the printing process and stopping the print medium such that the next cut position coincides with a cutter position, and cutting the print medium, and execute a second interruption process including, when the next cut distance is more than the printable distance, interrupting the printing process and stopping the print medium such that the next cut position coincides with a position that is located an offset upstream of the cutter position in the conveyance direction.
US09744777B2
The curing assembly of this invention has one or more fiber optic cables, each transmitting light to a head, which distributes the light onto a substrate in a desired geometric pattern and intensity. Little or none of the heat generated by a light source is transmitted to the vicinity of the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b).
US09744770B2
A cleaning pad for wiping an encoder strip in a printer has a body of absorbent material. The cleaning pad includes a hygroscopic lubricating liquid.
US09744768B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid path that connects a liquid storage portion for storing liquid and a liquid ejecting portion for ejecting liquid, a receiving tray that is provided on a gravity direction side of the liquid path and is capable of receiving the liquid, and a detector that has a detecting portion for detecting the liquid received on the receiving tray. In the liquid ejecting apparatus, the receiving tray includes a receiving region for receiving the liquid, a detection region in which the detecting portion is arranged so as to make contact with the liquid, and a groove portion formed in the receiving region, and a part of the groove portion makes contact with the detection region.
US09744767B2
A liquid discharge head includes a wiring portion; a print element board including an element for applying discharge energy to liquid; and an electric wiring board including a connecting portion connected to the wiring portion and electrically connecting the wiring portion and the print element board. The connecting portion is provided with a cut portion at a position between both end portions in a width direction of the connecting portion, and a length of the cut portion in the width direction is shorter than a length of the cut portion in a direction orthogonal to the width direction.
US09744760B2
Provided is a liquid ejection head including: a plurality of recording element substrates including energy generating elements that generate ejection energy for ejecting liquid from ejection orifices; a first support member that supports the plurality of recording element substrates such that the recording element substrates are arranged in one or more lines on a main surface of the first support member; and a second support member that supports the first support member on a surface opposite to the main surface. A first thermal resistance concerning an in-plane direction parallel to the main surface, of a region between the recording element substrates in the first support member is higher than a second thermal resistance concerning a thickness direction of the second support member, of a projection region that overlaps with each recording element substrate in the second support member.
US09744737B2
The invention relates to a press roller for a roller press, in particular for briquetting, compacting or grinding granular material, having a roller core (1) and a roller sleeve fastened to the exterior of the roller core (1), said sleeve being composed of a plurality of segments (2), distributed over the circumference, with mutually facing lateral faces (3). The segments (2) have clamping shoulders (5) which extend around the front faces, the segments (2) being releasably fastened at each front face to the roller core (1) by means of at least one fastening ring (6). Said fastening ring fits over the clamping shoulders (5) of the segments (2). The fastening ring (6) is or can be clamped against the segments (2) by means of axially parallel clamping bolts (7). Each segment has at least one axially parallel opening for the clamping bolts which, relative to the extension in the circumferential direction, is arranged between the two lateral faces (3) of the segment (2).
US09744730B2
A platen assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a platen plate that is preferably secured to a gantry mechanism of the additive manufacturing system, and having a top surface, and one or more magnets secured to the platen plate and configured to generate one or more magnetic fields at the top surface of the platen plate. The platen gantry is configured to magnetically couple interchangeable and replaceable build sheets to the top surface of the platen plate due to the one or more generated magnetic fields, and where the magnetically-coupled build sheets are configured to receive the printed layers from the printing mechanism.
US09744722B2
A consumable material for use in an additive manufacturing system, the consumable filament comprising a polyamide blend of at least one semi-crystalline polyamide, and at least one amorphous polyamide that is substantially miscible with the at least one semi-crystalline polyamide, and a physical geometry configured to be received by the additive manufacturing system for printing a three-dimensional part from the consumable material in a layer-by-layer manner using an additive manufacturing technique. The consumable material is preferably capable of printing three-dimensional parts having good part strengths and ductilities, and low curl.
US09744720B2
A method for the preparation of a composite material having a pre-designed structure and properties according to the intended use of said composite material is provided. The method includes generating data for dispensing two or more different interface materials having different properties into at least two different phases; selectively depositing said two or more different interface materials having different properties from two or more corresponding dispensers to form layers according to the data generated, each interface material being dispensed from a different dispenser to form at least two different phases of interface materials; and curing or solidifying the dispensed layers to obtain a composite material with pre-designed structure and properties.
US09744717B2
A custom-fitted handgun holster is made using a sleeve of heat-shrinkable polymeric material which has been size-reduced by heating into conformity with at least a portion of a particular handgun. The sleeve may be attached to a holder and decoratively covered if desired.
US09744713B2
The invention relates to thermoforming plant and their transport chains. Various aspects of the chain and chain rails are proposed. Overall the chain operates such that less wear occurs; it can also be cooled symmetrically and the film can be better heated up to the edges.
US09744711B2
The invention concerns an apparatus for blowing and filling a container (22) from a preform (16), said apparatus comprising: —a mold (12) for enclosing a preform (16), —stretching means for stretching the preform (16) placed within said mold (12), —a pressurized liquid injection circuit (18) able to inject a liquid under pressure inside said preform (16) when said preform is placed inside said mold, —injection means which are adapted to inject a predetermined volume of liquid through said liquid injection circuit (18) into the preform and to stop injection of the liquid through said circuit into the preform when a blown and filled container (22) has been obtained, stopping the injection of the liquid through the liquid injection circuit into the preform creating an overpressure of the liquid within the liquid injection circuit, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises releasing means for releasing said overpressure of the liquid within the liquid injection circuit.
US09744710B2
An assembly and process for forming a two stage extruded pipe having a central inner sleeve and a pair of outer attached lobes. The central sleeve shaped (also termed a grout receiving tube) is produced in an initial extrusion operation, following which it enters a cross head operation where a pair of outer lobes are attached to cross sectional exterior surface locations according to a second stage extrusion operation so as to be integrally formed therewith. Other steps include cooling of the dual stage extruded pipe, as well as sectioning and stacking the pipe. Additional steps include forming elongated slots or apertures into the central sleeve portion of the finished extrusion, such in non-interfering fashion with the individual passageway defining and lobes.
US09744695B2
This invention relates to a water-soluble film (WSF) system with embedded/entrapped water-soluble films (WSF). More particularly, the invention relates to a WSF system with actives embedded/entrapped therein such as to provide precise and desired release of actives there from and its method of manufacturing for diverse applications, in which a variety of substances such as detergents, enzymes, softeners, perfumes, pesticides, fungicides, active ingredients, dyes, pigments, hazardous chemicals, active agents for cleaning laundry, dishes, floorings, walls, furniture, fluffs, pulp, etc., and the like can be so embedded/entrapped for such purpose. The invention further discloses novel online and offline process for the manufacture of such multi-layered WSF with or without liners and of desired shapes to selectively entrap interacting/non-interacting materials and their combinations. The process also provides options for the use of a wide range of raw materials, liners such as paper, film, foil, fabric, etc.
US09744688B2
The present concept is a cutting surface and debris container in combination with a vacuum cleaner. The cutting surface and debris container includes a hollow container with a debris storage compartment, and a cutting surface for supporting a workpiece to be cut. The cutting surface has an opening to allow fresh air to be drawn into the container. The top section of the container has an outlet that can connect to a hose which couples the container to a vacuum cleaner. Debris generated from cutting the workpiece is drawn into the container. Large debris particles drop in the debris storage compartment while small particles are extracted by the vacuum cleaner.
US09744687B2
A process for forming an artificial reef includes forming a form having a geometric shape, applying at least one blockout onto a surface of the form such that the blockout extends outwardly of the surface of the form, applying a sprayable concrete over the form and over a portion of the blockout, curing the sprayable concrete on the form for a period of time such that the sprayable concrete adheres to the blockout, and removing the cured sprayable concrete and the blockout from the surface of the form. The blockout is of a cast concrete material such as a cinder block. The blockout has openings therein so as to open to an interior of the artificial reef.
US09744685B2
Electric chain saw with static cooling features a cutting chain fitted so as to turn around a drive sprocket and a guide bar of oblong shape, and an electric motor effecting the drive of this chain, through the intermediary of the sprocket. The electric drive motor drive of the cutting chain is a brushless direct current motor enclosed in a housing formed by at least two components and made of a light metallic alloy, with one surface of the housing being in contact with the drive motor drive, to provide static cooling.
US09744684B2
A machine tool separating device, in particular a handheld machine separating device, includes at least one cutting strand and at least one guide unit. The cutting strand, viewed along a direction running at least substantially perpendicular to a cutting plane of the cutting strand, has a maximum dimension less than 4 mm.
US09744683B2
A machine for forming insulating panels from pieces includes a moving device with pieces thereon, where every other piece is upside down from a position that is desired and a flipping zone comprising a flipping machine. The flipping machine rotates the upside down pieces 180 degrees and releases the now right side up pieces for further processing.
US09744670B2
Systems and methods for use of optical odometry sensor systems in a mobile robot. The optical odometry sensor system is positioned within a recessed structure on an underside of the mobile robot body and configured to output optical odometry data. The optical odometry sensor system includes an optical odometry camera that includes a telecentric lens configured to capture images of a tracking surface beneath the body and having a depth of field that provides a range of viewing distances at which a tracking surface is captured in focus from a first distance within the recessed structure to a second distance below the underside of the mobile robot body.
US09744669B2
Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for a computing device of a robotic carton unloader to identify items to be unloaded from an unloading area within imagery.
US09744660B2
A control line operating system includes a first piston having a first pressure face and a second pressure face, a first control line in operable communication with the first pressure face of the first piston, a second piston having a third pressure face and a fourth pressure face and a second control line in operable communication with the third pressure face of the second piston. Both the first piston and the second piston are in operable communication with a tool such that pressure increases in either the first control line or the second control line can cause actuation of the tool, the first control line is in operable communication with the fourth pressure face of the second piston and the second control line is in operable communication with the second pressure face of the first piston.
US09744659B2
An enhanced material-processing device and method are disclosed, having a processing tool of substantially circular circumference, which is operative with a power tool having a rotating spindle and jaws, which clamp the processing tool. The enhanced material-processing device has a central opening that is entered concentrically in the processing tool for receiving a clutch mechanism, and a hub structure. The hub structure is associated with the clutch mechanism to form a slip clutch that is integrally mounted in the enhanced material-processing device and is operative by application of an axial compression friction fit on the processing tool, which slips relative to the rotating spindle when a threshold torque limit is reached. The clutch mechanism is preloaded in axial compression through a predetermined elastic strain distance to provide a friction fit having a torque limit threshold, which torque limit of the slip clutch is controllably pre-adjustable.
US09744656B2
A clamping device for expanding a threaded bolt is provided with a support pipe supported against an underlay surrounding the threaded bolt. A cylindrical housing arranged in extension of the support pipe has a piston movable in longitudinal direction and connectable to a hydraulic supply. A changeable bushing is axially carried by the piston and is provided with an inner thread and a radially expanded portion. A resilient arrangement is arranged around the bushing and acts axially on the piston. A lid is secured to the housing. The other support of the resilient arrangement is provided on the lower side of the housing. The lid has a lid base member and a closure lid. The lid base member is provided with an opening closable by the closure lid. The radial extent of the opening is greater than the radial extent of the radially expanded portion of the bushing.
US09744650B2
A clamp assembly a fixed end support, a movable end support and a handle disposed in one end support or the other. The handle is rotated using an electric tool, such as a drill. A female receiver is disposed within a rearward end of the handle. A male driver is removably held within a chuck of the electric drill and is inserted into the receiver to rotate and then tighten or loosen the support end of the clamp. Alternatively, the clamp assembly has a male portion that is disposed at a rear portion of an end support and a female driver is used to rotate and then tighten or loosen the clamp from the wood pieces. The female receiver and male driver can be used with either a movable end support or a stationary end support of the clamp, as could the male portion and the female driver.
US09744649B2
The present invention provides a knife block apparatus in combination with different utilities, such as a speaker and/or a display device, resulting in a compact and portable apparatus that saves floor space and provides different utilities in a single apparatus. The knife block apparatus is comprised of a knife block that has at least one slot for at least one knife, at least one speaker that is integrated into the knife block, a music player receptacle that is built into the knife block for receiving and holding a music player, such as but not limited to an MP3, and a knife-sharpening unit that is coupled to the base of the knife block. The knife block apparatus may optionally contain a computing device and a display for playing videos and other culinary content, such as recipes. The apparatus is elegant and commercially advantageous through playing coded culinary content from sponsors.
US09744642B2
A slurry feed system includes a valve manifold, a mixing tank, a slurry feed pump, a surface tension meter and suction piping, discharge piping as well as slurry return piping. The valve manifold includes inlet piping, outlet piping fluidly coupled to the inlet piping, and a slurry discharge header for supplying slurry to CMP stations. The slurry feed pump is connected to the mixing tank by the suction piping. The discharge piping is routed from the slurry feed pump to the inlet piping of the valve manifold. The slurry return piping is routed from the outlet piping of the valve manifold to the mixing tank. The suction piping, the discharge piping, the inlet piping, the outlet piping and the slurry return piping define a first slurry supply loop. The surface tension meter is coupled to the first slurry supply loop.
US09744631B2
A clamp apparatus includes a mounting module, a clamp module, and an actuator. The clamp module includes two facing arms and a cam clamped between the two arms. Each arm is rotatably mounted to the mounting module and has a clamp end. The clamp module is configured to have a clamped configuration in which each clamp end is engaged with the object and an open configuration in which the object is free from each of the clamp ends, and further configured to operate between the clamped configuration and the open configuration. The actuator is configured to drive the cam thereby imparting motive force to the two arms during the operation between the clamped configuration and the open configuration.
US09744620B2
An operation of a processing machine with redundant actuators is controlled according to a reference trajectory by selecting, from a set of points forming a segment of the reference trajectory to be processed for a period of time, a subset of points corresponding to a fraction of the period of time. The subset of points is selected such that the redundant actuators are capable to position the worktool at each point in the subset within the period of time and are capable to maintain the worktool at the last point of the subset after the period of time while satisfying constraints on motion of the redundant actuators. The segment of the reference trajectory is modified in the time domain and the control inputs for controlling the motion of the redundant actuators are determined using the modified segment of the reference trajectory.
US09744615B2
A stud welding process may be performed by a power supply that is adapted for other welding processes, such as MIG, TIG, and so forth. A stud welding gun may receive studs preloaded in a magazine or other support. Studs are charged into the chuck of a stud welding gun and positioned where desired over a surface. An extension, such as a wire-type electrode may extend from the stud and aid in establishing the welding arc. The stud may be shielded by a nozzle or other shield to obviate the need for ceramic ferrules. Orientation of the stud welding gun may be detected, displayed and used as a basis for initiating and completing the stud welding process once the gun and/or stud is properly positioned.
US09744610B2
A clad material includes a core material, a first skin material covering one side of the core material, and a second skin material covering the other side of the core material. The clad material is brazed in a state in which the first and second skin materials overlap each other. The core material is made of an Al alloy containing Mn (0.6 to 1.5 mass %), Ti (0.05 to 0.25 mass %), Cu (less than 0.05 mass %), Zn (less than 0.05 mass %), Fe (0.2 mass % or less), and Si (0.45 mass % or less) (balance: Al and unavoidable impurities). The first skin material is made of an Al alloy containing Si (6.8 to 11.0 mass %) and Zn (0.05 mass % or less) (balance: Al and unavoidable impurities). The second skin material is made of an Al alloy containing Si (4.0 to 6.0 mass %) and Cu (0.5 to 1.0 mass %) (balance: Al and unavoidable impurities).
US09744600B2
An electrically-adjustable tool holder precisely movable in a straight line within a magnetic field under electrical stimulation includes a handle body, a connecting member, and a driving member. The connecting member has a first end securely coupled to an end of the handle body, a second end opposite to the first end, and defines a through hole passing through the first end and the second end. The driving member includes a magnet securely received in the through hole, and an electrical electric coil movably received in the magnet. The electric coil is configured to be securely coupled to the tool, and moves the tool up or down along the central axis of the handle body.
US09744596B2
The invention provides a machine tool eliminating the need of keeping the removed feed-mechanism-protection cover outside the machine. The machine tool comprises a headstock provided with a main spindle for gripping a workpiece; a driving unit provided with a feed mechanism extended along a main spindle axis to move the headstock in a main spindle axial direction; a supporting bed provided with a guide bush in a removable manner; a first cover mounted on the headstock to protect a portion of the feed mechanism with respect to the main spindle axial direction; and a second cover removably mounted on the headstock on the front side of the first cover to protect another portion of the feed mechanism. The second cover is detachably attached to the first cover when removed from the headstock.
US09744591B2
An iron-based sintered sliding member is provided in which solid lubricating agent is dispersed uniformly inside of powder particles in addition to inside of pores and particle interfaces of the powder, the agent is strongly fixed, and sliding properties and mechanical strength are superior. The iron-based sintered sliding member contains S: 3.24 to 8.10 mass %, remainder: Fe and inevitable impurities, as an overall composition; the metallic structure includes a ferrite base in which sulfide particles are dispersed, and pores; and the sulfide particles are dispersed at a ratio of 15 to 30 vol % versus the base.
US09744589B2
Apparatus and method for continuously casting metal strip includes a pair of casting rolls having casting surfaces with a center portion, edge portions each having average surface roughness between 3 and 7 micrometers Ra, and intermediate portion between each edge portion and the center portion, the center portion average surface roughness between 1.2 and 4.0 times the edge portion surface roughness, and the intermediate portions average surface roughness between that of the edge and center portions. The surface roughness of the center portion is tapered across its width, and may be tapered across its width is in stepped zones. The center portion may have surface roughness varied across the surface to correspond to a desired variation in metal shell thickness across the cast strip. The center portion may be at least 60% of the casting roll width, and each edge portion may be up to 7% of the casting roll width.
US09744586B2
The binder coated refractories comprises the refractory aggregates and the solid-form coating layer which comprises the sugar group as the binder and which is provided to the surface of the refractory aggregates. According to this, the sugar group is used as the binder for bonding the refractory aggregates. Further, even if the sugar group is thermally decomposed, the sugar group emits the carbon dioxide and the water. Therefore, there is little likelihood of emitting the harmful gas. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the environmental pollution. Further, the sugar group is thermally decomposed easily. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture the casting mold having the good breaking property.
US09744582B2
A stamping die includes an upper die member, a lower die member, and at least one guidance member operably disposed to guide relative movement between the upper and lower die members. The members are movable relative to one another in reciprocating motion along an axis to generate work-pieces. The guidance member has a guiding surface for guiding relative movement between the die members. The guidance member also has at least one wear indicator cavity recessed from the guiding surface. A depth of the wear indicator cavity corresponds to the extent of acceptable wear of the guiding surface. The cavity allows for visual inspection of the extent of wear of the at least one guidance member and thus obviates the requirement that the guidance member be removed from the stamping die for inspection.
US09744578B2
Roll forming is used for re-shaping an iridium crucible. The crucible is placed on a platen. The platen rotates the crucible while heat is applied by a plurality of torches. A plurality of rollers press on the rotating, heated crucible to re-shape. The roll forming allows for a greater number of repetitions of the re-shaping, increasing the number of uses per expensive re-fabrication of the crucible. The roll forming may provide more exact re-shaping.
US09744569B2
A method for cleaning piping including the steps of supplying an acid to a cleaning water to prepare a cleaning water having pH of 4 or lower, mixing ozone gas to the cleaning water, and passing the cleaning water through the piping to be cleaned, or a cleaning system for piping, the system including a reservoir which retains cleaning water, an acid providing means supplies an acid to the cleaning water, an ozone generation means which generates ozone gas, a circulation flow path including a circulation pump which connects the reservoir and the ozone generation means in the form of a closed circuit, and circulates the cleaning water between the reservoir and ozone generation means, a conduction flow path including a conveying pump which communicates the reservoir and the piping to be cleaned, and conveys the cleaning water retained in the reservoir through the piping to be cleaned.
US09744564B2
A vibratory separator includes a screen frame having an upper screen surface and a plurality of openings and a first screen insert disposed in a first opening of the plurality of openings of the screen frame, the screen insert having a screen surface positioned at a first height above the supper screen surface. The vibratory separator also includes a second screen insert disposed in a second opening of the plurality of openings of the second screen frame, wherein a screen surface of the second screen insert is positioned at a second height. The second height may be different from the first height. A method of processing fluid includes providing a flow of fluid to a vibratory separator, and flowing the fluid over a screen having a first screen insert positioned at a first height.
US09744562B2
A circuit for driving ultrasound transducers uses a sample-and-hold circuit to sample multiple sample periods of a transducer driving waveform, and uses the samples to modify drive parameters. Use of multiple sample periods enables independent measurement and adjustment of different portions of the transducer driving waveform to ensure mirror symmetry.
US09744561B2
Methods and systems for providing cleaning and providing barrier coatings to interior wall surfaces of small diameter metal and composite piping systems in buildings. An entire piping system can be cleaned in one single pass by dry particulates forced by air throughout the building piping system by an external generator, and the entire piping system can be coated in one single pass by a machine connected exterior to the piping system. Small pipes can be protected by the effects of water corrosion, erosion and electrolysis, extending the life of piping systems such as copper, steel, lead, brass, cast iron piping and composite materials. Coatings can be applied to pipes having diameters of approximately ⅜″ up to approximately 6″ so that entire piping systems such as potable water lines, natural gas lines, HVAC piping systems, drain lines, and fire sprinkler systems in single-family homes to apartments to high-rise hotel/resort facilities and office towers, apartment and condominium buildings and schools, can be cleaned and coated to pipes within existing walls. The coating forms an approximately 4 mils or greater covering inside of pipes. Buildings can return to service within approximately 24 to approximately 96 hours.
US09744546B2
A sample dispenser includes a dosing unit, a cradle assembly, and tubing connecting the dosing unit and the cradle assembly. The dosing unit is configured to dispense sampling amounts of a flowable substance and includes a nozzle and a mechanical pump communicating with the nozzle. The cradle assembly includes a priming cradle configured to hold a compressible container of the flowable substance and to force the flowable substance out of the compressible container by applying a compressive force to the compressible container. The tubing allows communication of the flowable substance between the compressible container and the pump.
US09744544B1
A plural component mixing system includes an automatic balance feature to balance the pressure of two or more components as they are mixed. The pressures or flow rates of the two components are monitored. If there is a difference in pressure or flow rate greater than a specified amount, a bleed valve is opened for a short period of time to balance the flows. A computer with a touch screen is used to set the pressure and flow rate differences that trigger the bleed, and to set the time period for the bleed.
US09744543B1
An apparatus includes an intake assembly, the intake assembly including a connector, the connector configured for coupling to a pressurized liquid source. The apparatus also includes a chemical storage assembly. The chemical storage assembly is coupled to at least one outlet of the intake assembly. The chemical storage assembly is configured for at least one of (a) storing a chemical or (b) mixing a chemical with a liquid from the pressurized liquid source. The apparatus further includes an outlet assembly. The outlet assembly includes a first outlet configured for expelling pressurized liquid from the pressurized liquid source in a first direction at a rate sufficient to induce approximately lateral movement of the apparatus. The outlet assembly also includes a second outlet configured for expelling at least one of the chemical or the chemical mixed with the liquid.
US09744536B2
A roller press (1) is described for grinding of particulate material such as cement raw materials, cement clinker and similar materials, which roller press (1) comprises two oppositely rotating rollers (2, 3) forming between them a roller gap (4) and a co-rotating annular disc (5), which in concentric manner is attached to an end surface (6, 7) of one of the rollers (2) by means of a number of resilient attachment elements (8) and being movable in the direction of the roller axis, where the outer diameter of said annular disc (5) is greater than the diameter of said one of the rollers (2), hence the annular disc (5) in the area of the roller gap (4) extends toward the other roller (3), thus covering at least part of the roller gap (4). The roller press (1) is peculiar in that the inner diameter of the annular disc (5) is smaller than the diameter of the roller (2), to which it is attached, thus overlapping the end surface (6, 7) of said roller (2), and that the resilient attachment elements (8) are evenly distributed over the circumference of the annular disc (5) and provided with spaces or openings (10) there between.It is hereby obtained that the annular disc (5) does not get stuck by material to be grinded or destructive forces damaging construction parts are not accumulated. This is due to the fact that material in the roller press (1) according to the invention is allowed to escape from the area between the annular disc (5) and the roller (2) to which it is attached.
US09744533B2
A microfluidic apparatus is provided having one or more sequestration pens configured to isolate one or more target micro-objects by changing the orientation of the microfluidic apparatus with respect to a globally active force, such as gravity. Methods of selectively directing the movements of micro-objects in such a microfluidic apparatus using gravitational forces are also provided. The micro-objects can be biological micro-objects, such as cells, or inanimate micro-objects, such as beads.
US09744530B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for treating a catalyst that is useful for producing mono-alkylaromatic compounds, the method comprises the steps of (a) contacting the untreated catalyst with water to produce water-contacted catalyst, and (b) drying the water-contacted catalyst with a drying gas without steam being formed at a temperature of less than 300° C. to produce a treated catalyst. The treatment is effective to improve the activity and catalyst selectivity. A process for producing a mono-alkylaromatic compound comprising such a catalyst treatment is also disclosed.
US09744523B2
Disclosed is a photocatalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a photoactive material comprising a photonic band gap and an electronic band gap, wherein the photonic band gap at least partially overlaps with the electronic band gap, and an electrically conductive material deposited on the photoactive material.
US09744519B2
The present invention relates to spherical agglomerates based on zeolite(s) and clay(s), having controlled size and morphology, in particular a size of less than or equal to 600 μm, very good sphericity, and a high content of zeolitic material, to the process for the production thereof. These agglomerates are particularly suitable for uses in gas-phase and/or liquid-phase adsorption processes.
US09744517B2
A reactor for forming a plasma in a flowing fluid that includes a central rod belonging to a first electrode, an insulator, a tubular body belonging to a second electrode and defining a cylindrical space for the flow of the fluid between the tubular body and the insulator. The reactor further includes control disk having a front face linked to a downstream end of the central rod, and a permanent magnet juxtaposed against a back face of the control disk. One or more ribs are on a front face of the control disk according to a pattern in relief defining successive starting points for an electric arc distributed around the central axis of the reactor so as to generate electric arcs situated on a reaction cone and appearing to turn around the central axis.
US09744516B2
A processing device and processing method that can perform processing of a starting material fluid while favorably controlling the processing temperature of same. The processing device includes: a processing member that leads in the starting material fluid and processes same therewithin; and a processing tank that houses the processing member and retains the processed processing products. The processing member includes: a minute duct provided therewithin and causes the flow-through of the starting material fluid; and a heat medium duct that causes the flow-through of a heat medium having a different temperature from that of the starting material fluid flowing through the minute duct. The minute duct and the heat medium duct are separated from each other so that heat exchange is possible between the starting material fluid and heat medium flowing through.
US09744505B2
A stirrer having a motor; a hollow shaft that is drivable via the motor and is provided with at least one additive outlet opening, via which an additive passed through the hollow shaft can be discharged; and a rotor arranged on the hollow shaft and having rotor blades, characterized in that a second rotor having rotor blades is provided on the hollow shaft at a distance from the first rotor, and in that the at least one additive outlet opening is provided between the two rotors, wherein the rotors are designed and drivable such that, during operation, a negative pressure and a centrifugal force are generated in the intermediate space defined between the rotors.
US09744501B1
A decorative humidifier is provided that utilizes the structural features of common houseplants in a new and advantageous ways by providing stalks or stems to form hollow water vapor conduits for humidifying vapor. A planter conceals a water source for the humidifier. Flowers at the end of the stems may serve as water vapor exits. Particular plants may be chosen for advantageous features, such as long and numerous stems and flowers that may serve as an inconspicuous vapor exits. A drying unit may be connected to the vapor tube in order to force dry air through vapor channels to prevent growth of microbes and accumulation of deposits. The natural features of a chosen plant are utilized to create a synergy between aesthetics and function in a decorative humidifier.
US09744498B2
Systems and methods for the washing and processsing of biological fluid/biological cells are disclosed. The systems and methods prevent inadvertent target cell loss by monitoring pressure and providing for the dilution of the cell feed.
US09744493B2
Air filtering devices are disclosed that contain a first filter cartridge having a cartridge inlet and a cartridge outlet and a curved filter bed having a concave surface disposed such that air to be filtered passes through the inlet, the curved filter bed, and the outlet. The air filtering devices also contain a blower assembly having a blower inlet in fluid communication with the cartridge outlet and a blower outlet, the blower assembly includes a motor proximate to the concave surface of the curved filter bed. The motor has a rotational axis such that the rotational axis is adjacent to the center of curvature of the curved filter bed. The air filtering device may be used in powered air purifying respirators.
US09744490B1
Apparatus and methods for selectively separating a volatile constituent of a particle from a gas stream for analysis. Particles are separated from bulk flow by inertia and impacted in a cavity containing a small but stable vortex or eddy. Heat is applied to volatilize constituents of the particles. The gas entrained within the vortex, which exchanges only slowly with the bulk flow, is withdrawn for analysis. In this way, a high volume flow containing particles of interest is reduced to a low volume flow containing a vapor concentrate. Advantageously, the apparatus may be operated at very low pressure drops in fully continuous, semi-continuous or batch mode according to the requirements of the downstream analytical unit. The apparatus finds use in active surveillance, such as in use of aerosols to detect explosives or chemical residues on persons, vehicles or luggage in real time.
US09744489B2
A separator for a gas stream has a horizontal tank with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a flow path along the inside of the horizontal tank. A flow barrier is disposed within the tank between the inlet and the outlet. One or more sets of liquid ports are in fluid communication with the tank and positioned at a bottom surface of the tank. Each set of liquid outlets has a first port and a second port. The first port is positioned upstream along the flow path relative to the second port. A fluid passage is in fluid communication with the first port and the second port. The fluid passage defines a secondary flow path adjacent to the horizontal tank, where the first port acts as a draft inlet to the secondary flow path and the second port acts as a draft outlet from the secondary flow path to the tank.
US09744488B2
The filtration system having a housing having an inlet, at least one outlet being axially spaced from the inlet and forming a helical purge path therebetween, and a filtrate outlet extending out along the axis, with a flow rate ratio being balanced by flow restriction between the filtrate outlet and the at least one purge outlet during regular operation; a filter element including a filtration membrane and a support membrane mounted concentrically around the axis, at least one of said filtration membrane and support membrane being rotatably mounted to the housing for rotation about the axis to impart a relative rotation speed between the filtration membrane and support membrane during operation; the system being operable to temporarily increase the flow rate ratio through the at least one outlet compared to said regular operation.
US09744487B2
The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first she (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shed (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
US09744483B2
Devices for separating a host fluid from a second fluid or particulate are disclosed. The devices include an acoustic chamber, a fluid outlet at a top end of the acoustic chamber, a concentrate outlet at a bottom end of the acoustic chamber, and an inlet on a first side end of the acoustic chamber. An ultrasonic transducer and reflector create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the acoustic chamber that traps and separates particulates (e.g. cells) from a host fluid. The host fluid is collected via the fluid outlet, and the particulates are collected via the concentrate outlet. The device is a large-scale device that is able to process liters/hour, and has a large interior volume.
US09744476B2
The present invention provides an annular centrifugal contactor, having a housing to receive a plurality of liquids; a rotor inside the housing; an annular mixing zone, with a plurality of fluid retention reservoirs; and an adjustable stem that can be raised to restrict the flow of a liquid into the rotor or lowered to increase the flow of liquid into the rotor. The invention also provides a method for transferring moieties from a first liquid to a second liquid, the method having the steps of combining the fluids in a housing whose interior has helically shaped first channels; subjecting the fluids to a spinning rotor to produce a mixture, whereby the channels simultaneously conduct the mixture downwardly and upwardly; and passing the mixture through the rotor to contact second channels, whereby the channels pump the second liquid through a first aperture while the first fluid exits a second aperture.
US09744475B2
A process for recovering 1,3-butadiene from a C4 fraction, where the butadiene extraction processes may be operated at an intermediate pressure using a liquid ring type compressor. The use of a liquid ring compressor, among other process options presented herein, may advantageously reduce capital and operating costs, similar to the compressorless option, while mitigating the risks associated with the higher operating temperatures and pressures associated with the compressorless option. Thus, the embodiments of the processes disclosed herein encompass the best features of the conventional design (low pressure, with a compressor) with the advantages of the compressorless design (low capital and operating cost), as well as other advantages unique to the systems disclosed herein.
US09744464B2
Technologies are generally described for a game item management scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of a game server may include receiving, from a player account, a request to play a game hosted on the game server; determining whether the player account has been dormant based at least in part on an amount of elapsed time between a most recent playing of the game and the receiving; and modifying at least one game item associated with the player account, when the determining indicates that the player account has been dormant.
US09744446B2
A system and method for varying the distribution probabilities of individual potential awards associated with probability item bundles depending on a purchase history of a user activating a probability item bundle.
US09744441B2
A compute device can receive a signal associated with a quantity of real-world activity (e.g., exercise) performed by a user. The compute device can define a quantity of virtual activity based, at least in part, on the quantity of real-world activity. The quantity of virtual activity can be different from the quantity of real-world activity. The compute device can send an indication of progress in a virtual world to an output device, for example, such that the user's progress is displayed.
US09744440B1
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating game configurations are presented. For example, a system may receive a game configuration request message from a client device being operated by a player playing a virtual game. The game configuration request message may be sent, for example, in response to the player initiating a new game of the virtual game. The system may then select a game configuration based at least in part on historical performance data associated with the selected game configuration. The historical performance data may accumulate performance data from a group of players that previously played the virtual game using the selected game configuration. The system then communicates the selected game configuration to the client device. The player may play the virtual game using the selected game configuration as the initial game configuration for the virtual game.
US09744438B2
A talent management portfolio game including a board representing an organization, whereby game pieces representing members of the organization having a potential value to the organization can be managed so as to maximize the value of the organization according to its members. Value pieces representing realized potential can be attached to the game pieces based on played talent action cards, thereby realizing some of the potential of the game piece. Game pieces can be promoted within the organization or exchanged in attempts to maximize the value of the organization.
US09744436B2
An apparatus is for shuffling a plurality of playing cards used in gaming. The apparatus includes a card support adapted to support the unshuffled cards on-edge. An exciter is also included, and is adapted to impart vibrational action to the supported cards. Cards drop in a random fashion such as by controlling the relative position of the cards and passage through one or more card slots in a card rest. In at least some of the apparatuses, a medial card receiver is adapted to receive at least one card dropped from the card support and to retain the at least one received card to substantially block the card slot to prevent further cards from dropping. A positioner is preferably included to change a relative position of the unshuffled deck and card slots though which the cards drop.
US09744432B2
A snowshoe (1) for mountain winter sports includes: a plate (2) for resting on the snow and distributing a user's weight, having an upper face (2′) and a lower face (2″); elements for fixing, at least partially, the user's foot to the upper face (2′) of the plate (2); and a plurality of spikes (3), where the plate (2) includes a mobile structure (4) adapted to make the plurality of spikes (3) alternately available below the lower face (2″) of the plate (2), so as to define an uphill and a downhill configuration.
US09744425B2
A swivel handle capable of rotating or swiveling is disclosed. The swivel handle comprises a handle that is capable of rotating relative to a base plate or an enclosure or other object to be pulled. The swivel handle may further comprise a rotatable plate wherein the handle is connected to the rotatable plate, a rotational locking assembly, and/or a braking assembly.
US09744424B1
The present disclosure relates to a novel scheduling system and in particular, a system for scheduling matches, practices, and related activities. The novel system includes a non-transitory machine readable storage medium containing instructions to cause a machine to generate a line-up for a match between at least two sports team; generate a food assignment for the match; generate a practice schedule for each sport team; and generate a series of line-ups for a season of play. Additionally, the non-transitory machine readable storage medium further contains instructions to cause a machine to generate a ranking of each sport team based on a record of each sports team.
US09744419B1
Devices, systems, and methods for training baseball and softball batters, to identify types of pitched balls (fast ball, curve ball, slider and changeup) and locations (strike or non-strike zone) of pitched balls in order to increase hitting accuracy A motion sensor can be triggered by the leading foot of a pitcher. The motion sensor can use cone or fan shaped sensor to detect the passage of a pitched ball from the pitcher. When the motion sensor is triggered, a signal can be sent to a black out lens that blocks the vision of a hitter being trained to identify the types and locations of the pitched balls. The training includes changing the lens from transparent to opaque at selected distances between the hitter and the pitcher. Batters can be trained to keep their eyes on the pitched balls until the ball reaches the batter. Golfers can be trained to not have to look up when their club hits the ball, where the black out lens are go opaque when the golf swing passes into the motion sensor.
US09744415B2
A golf club head, including a hosel, a striking face, a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of the ball striking face, a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of the ball striking face, a skirt extending between the sole and the crown, a plurality of weight mounts disposed on at least one of the sole, the crown, and the skirt, and a weight retainer configured to engage the weight mounts, wherein each of the plurality of weight mounts comprise a locking feature, wherein the weight retainer comprises an engagement feature configured to engage the locking feature, wherein the engagement feature and the locking feature are configured to releasably lock the weight retainer to the golf club head in less than one full rotation of the weight retainer relative to the golf club head around an axis of rotation.
US09744407B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a multi-layered solid core and multi-layered cover are provided.
US09744401B2
A multifunctional exercise machine is an exercise machine that combines a stepper assembly and a stationary bicycle assembly into a single machine. The stepper assembly is positioned on a frame member while the stationary bicycle assembly is positioned on a stand member. The frame member and the stand member are both hingedly connected to a bridge positioned in between the frame member and the stand member. A stepper resetting mechanism is utilized to regulate the movement of a first step pedal and a second step pedal of the stepper assembly. The first step pedal and the second step pedal are slidably engaged to a first rail and a second rail of the frame member. The machine may be utilized in a standing position or in a seated position via an adjustable seat. A handlebar assembly may be utilized for user stability while exercising.
US09744400B2
Exercise apparatus that provides increased functionality and utilization of space is disclosed. The exercise apparatus may include improved storage features and one or more exercise modules and storage modules that may be combined in an exercise apparatus for use in various environments, so as to provide more efficient use of floor space.
US09744384B2
Various embodiments provide a self contained breathing apparatus mask including a visor, a wireless communication device configured to receive information, and a display connected to the wireless communication device and configured to display the received information to a user wearing the mask. The display may be positioned on the breathing apparatus mask such that the user may simultaneously see the display and look through the visor.
US09744370B2
A method for using a defibrillator is described which executes a resuscitation protocol having a CPR pause period. The defibrillator prompts a rescuer to perform CPR during a CPR pause period. The CPR pause period may be interrupted for the acquisition of ECG signal data which is not contaminated by chest compression artifacts. Following the acquisition of ECG signal data, the CPR period resumes and continues for its full period. The ECG signal data acquired during the interruption of the CPR period is analyzed and, if a shockable rhythm is identified, a shock sequence is initiated immediately upon conclusion of the CPR period.
US09744369B2
Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
US09744360B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for targeted treatment of a variety of conditions, particularly conditions that are associated with or influenced by the nervous system, such as pain. Targeted treatment of such conditions is provided with minimal deleterious side effects, such as undesired motor responses or undesired stimulation of unaffected body regions. This is achieved by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies.
US09744353B2
A system is provided for testing whether an iontophoretic drug delivery device is in an appropriate state for administering a therapeutic agent into an animal body. An electrical characteristic of at least one electrical path associated with an electrode test point is used to determine whether the iontophoretic device is in an appropriate state. The measured electrical characteristic indicates that the iontophoretic device is in an appropriate state for administering the therapeutic agent into the animal body when the therapeutic agent is properly disposed with respect to the electrodes of the iontophoretic device.
US09744349B2
A lead for navigating small vessels and a catheter system for implantation of leads into small vessels. Veins that return blood to the heart against the force of gravity often have valves in them to prevent backflow of deoxygenated blood. Leads and catheter systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention allow cannulation and lead implantation in small, tortuous, obstructed, and difficult to access veins enabling a range of stimulation and sensing applications.
US09744346B2
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to a stimulating assembly of a cochlear implant that includes a perimodiolar flexure. The perimodiolar flexure is formed in a basal section of the stimulating assembly and has elastic properties and a shape so as to, after insertion into the cochlea, position the stimulating contacts disposed in the basal section of the stimulating assembly adjacent to a modiolar wall of the cochlea.
US09744343B2
An access portal is provided including a housing, a body defining a fluid reservoir, and a septum enclosing the fluid reservoir. A stem in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir extends from the fluid reservoir. The access portal also includes a reservoir insert disposed within the fluid reservoir, in which the reservoir insert decreases the fluid fill volume of the reservoir.
US09744339B2
An apparatus for mechanically manipulating hollow organs within the body of a subject, or an organ manipulation apparatus, includes a manipulation section. The manipulation section may include a substantially two-dimensional element, which may have a width that exceeds a distance across a portion of the interior of a hollow organ within which the manipulation section is to be positioned. The manipulation section is configured to manipulate at least a portion of a hollow organ from within, which may modify at least one of a shape, orientation, or location of at least part of the hollow organ. Methods for manipulating hollow organs are also disclosed, as are operating techniques, such as left atrial ablation, in which the shapes, orientations, and/or locations of hollow organs are manipulated to move the hollow organs away from the site of the medical procedure, reducing the potential for damage to the hollow organs.
US09744332B2
A medical tube having improved lubricity is disclosed. The medical tube is produced by extruding a polymer material blended with a lubricity enhancing additive through a resilient die. The polymer material can be medical-grade high-density polyethylene, and the lubricity enhancing additive can be a silicone-based or alloy-based material. The medical tube can include one or more internal elongated protuberances so as to reduce the internal surface area of the medical tube available to generate friction on a guide wire inserted or withdrawn through the medical tube.
US09744331B2
Ureteral and bladder catheters and methods of inducing negative pressure to increase renal perfusion
Ureteral catheters and assemblies are provided including: a drainage lumen including a proximal portion configured to be positioned in at least a portion of a patient's urethra and a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's ureter and/or kidney, the distal portion including a coiled retention portion including at least a first coil having a first diameter and a second coil having a second diameter, the first diameter being less than the second diameter; or wherein the retention portion extends radially outwardly from a portion of the distal end of the drainage lumen portion, the retention portion including a proximal end having a first diameter, a distal end having a second diameter, and a wall and/or surface extending therebetween, the retention portion having a second diameter is greater than the first diameter when deployed; or wherein the retention portion includes a plurality of drainage tubes.
US09744325B2
A portable patient interface system includes a frame, a cushion coupled to a first side of the frame, a collapsible faceplate coupled to a second side of the frame opposite the first side, and a longitudinally collapsible hose structured to be in fluid communication with the collapsible faceplate and the cushion.
US09744317B2
A seal anchor member defines a housing defining a longitudinal axis, the housing having leading and trailing ends, and including a plurality of lumens extending between the leading and trailing ends, each lumen being adapted for substantially sealed reception of an object therein and defining a longitudinal axis, wherein at least two of the lumens define longitudinal axes that are non-parallel to facilitate angled, at-rest placement of multiple instruments within the seal anchor member.
US09744315B1
An electrical skin treating appliance has an elongate hollow polymeric housing with front and rear portions. The front portion contains a reservoir for receiving and containing water. The rear portion has one or more controls. The housing contains an ultrasonic mist generator for converting the water into a fine mist and dispersing the mist from the housing. A sonically-vibratory spatula extends from the housing at a junction of the front and rear portions and is adapted to scrape the outermost surface of a user's skin. The housing contains an oscillation generator for selectively causing ultrasonic vibration of the spatula, and the one or more controls are adapted for selectively energizing, only one at a time, the mist generator and the oscillation generator.
US09744308B2
A dose setting mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a pinion mounted to a locking member where the axis of rotation of the pinion is offset and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing containing the dose setting components. Primary and secondary dose members are engaged with the pinion to indicate a set dose of medicament.
US09744297B2
A method is disclosed for state sensing and controlling of a multi-state drug delivery device. In some embodiments a power switch is reused as a state sensor. Optionally the state sensor may be toggled by user actions and/or the movements of parts of the device, for example needle and/or a protective element. Optionally, drug discharge and/or status indication is controlled in accordance with sensor output. In some embodiments control is by means of a processor. Alternatively or additionally, control is by means of simple physical circuits.
US09744291B2
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination.
US09744286B2
A connection system for creating a vascular cannula for connection to a blood vessel includes a flexible hose element in the form of a graft, a conduit element and, disposed therebetween, a connecting element establishing fluid-tight connections, wherein a retaining element is equipped with a radially outwardly elastically beadable snap ring, which, in the connected state, can be snapped in behind a detent surface of one of the parts of the connection system.
US09744283B2
A peritoneal dialysis system is provided that includes a hardware unit, a disposable unit received by the hardware unit, and a controller. The hardware unit includes a recessed area, a piston having a contact surface, a pneumatic source for supplying a negative pressure, and an actuator configured to move the contact surface of the piston into and out of at least a portion of the recessed area. The disposable unit includes an outer member fitted at least partially within the recessed area of the hardware unit and a moveable membrane positioned between the contact surface of the piston and the outer member when the disposable unit is received by the hardware unit. The controller is configured to cause the pneumatic source to apply the negative pressure to the moveable membrane so as to conform the moveable membrane to a shape of the contact surface of the piston and follow the contact surface when the piston is moved towards and away from the outer member fitted at least partially within the recessed area.
US09744261B2
Bioremodelable tissue prostheses having a vasculature that is infused with a biomaterial composition.
US09744254B2
A storage and sterilizing case shaped and dimensioned for storing a tattoo machine therein. The case has a cover and a base. The cover is connected to the base via a hinge securing the cover to the base along adjacent edges thereof. The base includes a tray for supporting the tattoo machine within the case. The interior of the case is provided with an electronic circuit board and at least one ultraviolet light.
US09744247B2
The invention relates to conjugates in which a sterol is functionalized by an ether bond with a water-soluble polymer to which a guiding ligand is bound. These conjugates improve the physico-chemical and delivery properties of their carrying vesicles, making these more stable, homogeneous and effective. A method for their preparation, a pharmaceutical composition containing said liposomes, and their therapeutic use are described as well.
US09744235B2
Methods for treating various cardiovascular disorders include targeted delivery of calcium ions for permanently impairing a portion of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Targeted delivery may be via magnetically-targetable nanoparticles.
US09744234B2
The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating an inflammatory arthritis, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, e.g., high risk RA patients, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., 1L-1 7 binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, e.g., secukinumab) or IL-17 receptor binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof).
US09744230B2
The present invention provides DNA vaccines for the treatment of allergies. The vaccines comprise the coding sequence for one or more allergenic epitopes, and preferably the full protein sequence, of the allergenic protein from which the epitope(s) is derived, fused inframe with the lumenal domain of the lysosomal associated membrane protein (LAMP) and the targeting sequence of LAMP. The vaccines allow for presentation of properly configured three dimensional epitopes for production of an immune response. The vaccines can be multivalent molecules, and/or can be provided as part of a multivalent vaccine containing two or more DNA constructs.
US09744227B2
The disclosure concerns compositions containing inactivated but therapeutically active biopharmaceuticals, and methods for formulation thereof. Biopharmaceuticals are encapsulated and immobilized in dry amorphous carbohydrate-glass and irradiated for inactivation while in the dry state. The resulting compositions provide ambient-temperature stable, therapeutically active but inactivated biopharmaceuticals for use in vaccines and other applications.
US09744219B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating disease and disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification by modulating the level or activity of NPP1 or a mutant thereof, or a mutant NPP4 modified to exhibit ATP hydrolase activity similar to the hydrolase activity of NPP1.
US09744217B2
The purpose of the present invention is to establish a novel therapy method for hyperbilirubinemia and therefore, to provide a bilirubin excretion enhancer. The present invention provides a bilirubin excretion enhancer comprising, as an active ingredient, a serum albumin domain II-like protein comprising a serum albumin subdomain IIA. In one embodiment, the serum albumin subdomain IIA has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. in one embodiment, the serum albumin domain II-like protein is a serum albumin domain II. In one embodiment, the serum albumin domain II comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
US09744215B2
The present invention relates to administering glial growth factor 2 (GGF2) to a patient in need thereof, to achieve serum levels of GGF2 within a desired therapeutic window determined based on the disease or disorder afflicting the patient. In a particular embodiment, the patient is suffering from a disease or disorder associated with reduced levels of myelination and the GGF2 is administered to promote myelination in the patient.
US09744214B2
The present invention discloses methods and compositions for treating or ameliorating a condition associated with increased or decreased myofibroblast activities and use thereof.
US09744208B2
The invention described herein provides for methods and systems for determining, selecting, and/or treating diseases and conditions caused by or associated with high quantities of methanogens in a subject, or diseases and conditions caused by or associated with low quantities of methanogens in a subject. In various embodiments, a therapy to inhibit the growth of methanogens or to promote the growth of methanogens are selected and/or administered to a subject in need thereof.
US09744206B2
A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cancer of reproductive system and preparation method therefor. The pharmaceutical composition is prepared using one or more of the following as raw material: pinellia tuber, bighead atractylodes rhizome, gastralia tuber, liquorice root, Indian bread, white peony root, fresh ginger.
US09744195B2
The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides an improved method for the formation of pancreatic endoderm, pancreatic hormone expressing cells and pancreatic hormone secreting cells. The present invention also provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells without the use of a feeder cell layer.
US09744194B2
The invention relates generally to methods of treating spasticity, rigidity, or muscular hyperactivity conditions by introducing a portion of an expanded population of neural stem cells into an area of a recipient spinal cord.
US09744190B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a gas at therapeutic levels to a subject by providing a pellet dispenser that delivers a predetermined amount of thermally labile compound to a furnace; controlling a rate of compound addition to allow controlled continuous evolution of the gas; and maintaining a predetermined concentration of the gas using temperature and dilution with an inert gas.
US09744177B2
Novel methods for prevention, reduction or elimination of the incidence of male androgen deficiency symptoms or diseases including male hypogonadism-associated symptoms and diseases associated with low serum testosterone and/or low DHEA or low total androgens in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of an amount of a sex steroid precursor, particularly dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) (particularly acolbifene), an antiestrogen or a prodrug of the two. The symptoms or diseases are loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, tiredness, loss of energy, depression, bone loss, muscle loss, muscle weakness, fat accumulation, memory loss, cognition loss, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, loss of body hair, fertility problems, insomnia, gynecomastia, anemia, hot flushes, sweats, decreased sense of well-being, obesity, osteoporosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
US09744172B2
Compound of Formula I: are described, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of cancer.
US09744170B2
The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
US09744169B2
The present invention relates to compounds as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathway, as well as a composition comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of fibrosis. Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process. Fibrosis is the end result of chronic inflammatory reactions induced by a variety of stimuli including persistent infections, autoimmune reactions, allergic responses, chemical insults, radiation, and tissue injury.
US09744160B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating or preventing bacterial infections are disclosed. The pharmaceutical compositions typically comprise pharmaceutically effective amount of: (a) sulbactam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (b) at least one beta-lactamase inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with the provision that the beta-lactamase inhibitor is not sulbactam.
US09744152B2
Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising vitamin C and chromium-free vitamin K, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). Also provided herein is a chromium-free pharmaceutical composition comprising vitamin C and vitamin K, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). Further provided herein is a method of treating, preventing, or managing an NFκB-mediated condition, disorder, or disease, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of vitamin C and chromium-free vitamin K. Provided herein are methods for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a polycystic disease in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of vitamins C and K.
US09744151B2
Methods for making trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and trans-(+)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol composition is prepared by allowing a composition comprising (±)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol to separate on a chiral stationary phase to provide a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol composition comprising at least about 99% by weight of trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol based on the total amount of trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and trans-(+)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol. The invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol having a purity of at least about 98% based on the total weight of cannabinoids.
US09744150B2
Powder containing benzoyl peroxide is readily wetted by contacting the powder with a liquid containing water and one or more water-soluble organic solvents in a concentration sufficient to reduce the surface tension of the liquid to 64 dynes/cm or less. The benzoyl peroxide can then be subjected to a micronization treatment to obtain a suspension containing micronized benzoyl peroxide.
US09744149B2
This invention relates to the treatment of breast cancer in a subject, for example a female subject. Including methods of: treating metastatic breast cancer; refractory breast cancer; AR-positive breast cancer; AR-positive refractory breast cancer; AR-positive metastatic breast cancer; AR-positive and ER-positive breast cancer; triple negative breast cancer; advanced breast cancer; breast cancer that has failed SERM (tamoxifen, toremifene), aromatase inhibitor, trastuzumab (Herceptin, ado-trastuzumab emtansine), pertuzumab (Perjeta), lapatinib, exemestane (Aromasin), bevacizumab (Avastin), and/or fulvestrant treatments; metastasis in a subject suffering from breast cancer; comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound.
US09744146B2
A method for alleviating at least one of the disturbance of bile acid metabolism, the disturbance of amino acid metabolism, and the disturbance of gut microbiota metabolism in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a composition or a health food comprising an active component selected from the group consisting of gallic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of gallic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of gallic acid, and combinations thereof.
US09744145B1
This invention provides a method of treating lung cancer including administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of 0089-0022 formula I to a subject in need thereof. The compound activates pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2) to treat the lung cancer. In one example, the lung cancer is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
US09744143B1
A dihydroxyacetone fortified honey composition, including a mixture of honey and dissolved dihydroxyacetone in a preferred honey to dissolved dihydroxyacetone ratio of 0.5 ml-20 ml of dissolved dihydroxyacetone to each kilogram of honey, wherein the mixture has a moisture content of between one and twenty percent, and wherein the mixture contains a preferred amount of methylglyoxal of between 83 milligrams of methylglyoxal per 1.0 kilogram of honey and 1500 milligrams of methylglyoxal per 1.0 kilogram of honey.
US09744134B2
Disclosed is a tablet containing anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate, granules (A) which contain sugars, and granules (B) which contain nuclear particles having a diameter of 10-500μm, medicine and a film coating, and which have a particle diameter of 700μm or less. The present invention enables tablet-making difficulties during the manufacture of the tablet to be suppressed. In addition, the tablet has an appropriate hardness, an excellent disintegration time, and feels very good to ingest.
US09744126B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of otic disorders with steroid, NSAID, and/or adenosine triphosphatase (“ATPase”) modulator agents. In these methods, the steroidal, NSAID, and/or ATPase compositions and formulations are administered locally to an individual afflicted with an otic disorder, through direct application of these compositions and formulations onto or via perfusion into the targeted auris structure(s).
US09744124B2
Flowable compositions and methods are provided for delivering a therapeutic agent at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin of a patient, the flowable composition comprising (i) a solvent and (ii) an effective amount of the therapeutic agent, the flowable composition being capable of hardening to form a drug depot at a physiological temperature or as solvent contacts bodily fluid at or near the target tissue site, wherein the drug depot is capable of releasing the therapeutic agent over a period of at least one day and the target tissue site comprises at least one muscle, ligament, tendon, cartilage, spinal disc, spinal foraminal space near the spinal nerve root, facet or synovial joint, or spinal canal. In some embodiments, an implantable drug depot for delivering a therapeutic agent is provided, the implantable drug depot comprising (i) a chamber; and (ii) a flowable composition comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic agent disposed within the chamber of the drug depot, the flowable composition capable of hardening when the drug depot is delivered at or near the target tissue site.
US09744122B2
Described herein are topical pain compositions comprising between 15 and 90% mannitol, for use in the treatment of pain, itch and other cutaneous nerve conditions. The resulting compositions may be in the form of creams, gels, lotions, ointments, foams, suppositories, and sprays.
US09744116B2
Disclosed are low wax mascara compositons comprising a liquid fatty substance, an emulsifying system including a sucrose fatty acid ester and a co-emulsifier, a viscosity increasing agent, a film forming system including a film forming polymer and a co-film former, and water. Also disclosed are methods for making up and/or enhancing the appearance of eyelashes by applying said compositions to the lashes.
US09744107B2
The present invention relates to carriers for the controlled release of active agents, comprising surface reacted natural or synthetic calcium carbonate, one or more active agents, wherein said one or more active agent is associated with said surface-reacted calcium carbonate, and wherein said surface-reacted natural or synthetic calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural or synthetic calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more acids, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the acid treatment and/or is supplied from an external source. It further relates to the preparation of loaded carriers, as well as their use in different applications.
US09744106B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for treating a protein-containing surface, including applying to the surface a microcapsule suspension including droplets of a dispersed water-immiscible core phase, an aqueous continuous phase, and a wall surrounding each core phase droplet, the wall including the salt formed from at least one amphiphilic Lewis acid reactant or amphiphilic Lewis base reactant, and at least one corresponding Lewis base reactant or Lewis acid reactant.
US09744102B2
In a connection device, when a cannula holding member is in a use state, a position of an end portion of an outer cylindrical portion on a retracted position side does not protrude to the retracted position side, with respect to a position of an end portion of an inner cylindrical portion on the retracted position side. Thereby, a connection device including a structure capable of holding a vial by holding means irrespective of the size of the vial can be provided.
US09744098B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling infrared radiation (IR) sources of a sauna including tuning IR wavelength-ranges and radiated power-levels of IR sources, and directing IR to locations on a user's body. In one illustrative embodiment, a sauna may be provided having adjustable heat sources to emit IR at any wavelength resulting in a desirable radiation treatment for the sauna user. In another illustrative embodiment, a method is provided for tuning IR sources in a sauna.
US09744095B1
An improved walker has a detachable propulsion unit, which is attached to the walker by a platform member which extends forwardly from the propulsion unit, with an upwardly extending walker structure partially attached to the platform member. The user steps onto the propulsion unit while support on either side by the handles of the walker. The platform member is so attached to the propulsion unit as to allow a left section and a right section of the propulsion unit to be independently movable with respect to one another, thereby allowing operation of the propulsion unit. The propulsion unit may be a hover board or power board.
US09744082B2
An absorbent article includes a body side liner, a back sheet, an absorbent body positioned between the body side liner and the back sheet, and a distribution layer positioned between the absorbent body and the back sheet. The absorbent body defines a first opening having an opening length that is at least 50% the absorbent body length. The first opening has a median anterior portion width that is greater than a median central portion width that is greater than a median posterior portion width. The first opening includes a well, a channel, and a taper. The well transitions into the channel via a first convex transition and a concave transition. The channel transitions into the taper via a second convex transition.
US09744075B2
An instrument and method for creating a precise capsulorhexis as a step in cataract surgery is described. The instrument has a curvilinear cutting band attached to a longitudinal support component and cutting band extending on two sides of the support. In an embodiment, the cutting band has a sinusoidal shape. The support is coupled to a supporting structure, and then to a handle, the supporting structure is shaped to permit it to pass through an incision at a side of a cornea of the eye while positioning the cutting band on an anterior surface of an anterior capsule of a lens of the eye. In an embodiment of the method, the incision in the anterior capsule is formed by pressing the cutting band into the anterior capsule, and capsulorhexis is extended by tearing away the two tabs formed and defined by curvature of the cutting band.
US09744070B2
A snoring prevention device is provided to be mounted in the mouth to prevent snoring during sleep, to reduce a volume of the device, and to improve a wearing feeling. The snoring prevention device includes an upper jaw mounting frame having an upper tooth insertion groove into which the upper teeth are inserted, and configured to be mounted on the upper jaw, a lower jaw mounting frame having a lower tooth insertion groove into which the lower teeth are inserted, and configured to be mounted on the lower jaw, and a lower jaw advance unit including a push rod provided at the upper jaw mounting frame at a portion of a center of the upper jaw corresponding to the front tooth side such that the lower jaw is advanced by pushing the lower jaw mounting frame forward when the upper jaw and the lower jaw are closed.
US09744064B2
A lower exoskeleton for a user including a pelvic element (1) with a mechanism for securing to an upper part of the user's body; two lower supports (2) with a mechanism for securing to the user's lower limbs and which rest on the ground during stance phases, each of the supports having a thigh segment and a tibia segment connected by a knee link to allow flexion and extension; and hip links for connecting the two lower supports to the pelvic element. The pelvic element has a an inner segment (30) extending symmetrically in relation to a central sagittal plane; and two outer segments (33) extending symmetrically and connected to respective distal ends of the inner segment by linking members (31, 32, 34; 31′), allowing flexion between the inner segment and each outer segment along two orthogonal axes.
US09744061B2
A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the duodenum and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for attaching the device to the duodenum and an unsupported flexible sleeve. The anchor can include a stent and/or a wave anchor and is collapsible for catheter-based delivery and removal.
US09744060B2
A personalized prosthesis for implantation at a treatment site of a patient includes a self-expanding mesh or membrane having collapsed and expanded configurations. The collapsed configuration is adapted to be delivered to the treatment site, and the expanded configuration engages the personalized prosthesis with the treatment site. The mesh or membrane is personalized to match the treatment site in the expanded configuration, and has an outer surface that substantially matches the treatment site shape and size. The self-expanding mesh or membrane forms a central lumen configured to allow blood or other body fluids to flow therethrough. Methods of manufacturing and delivery of the personalized prosthesis are also disclosed.
US09744056B2
A magnetic and electrical interface that may be used with an assistive device. The interface comprises a proximal connector and a distal connector. The proximal connector may be attached to a liner for a residual limb and the distal connector may be attached to a hard socket or other aspect of an assistive device. Other aspects of and uses for the connector interface are also disclosed.
US09744055B2
An antagonistically actuated shape memory alloy (SMA) manipulator utilizes a pair of SMA actuators. The SMA actuators are configured, such that one actuator is trained to have a substantially linear or extended shape in its austenite phase, while the other actuator is trained to have a curved or flexed shape in its austenite phase. As such, the manipulator is operated, such that when one SMA actuator is heated and takes on its “trained” shape in the austenite phase, the other SMA actuator is permitted to cool and allowed to return to its original “untrained” shape in the martensite phase, and vice versa. This antagonistic operation of the SMA actuators allows the manipulator to achieve rapid flexion and extension movements.
US09744050B1
A system includes tubular members removably positionable over a passageway device connected to a connecting element attached to a vertebra. The tubular members may each include a sidewall having an opening positionable adjacent a proximal end of the passageway device when the tubular member is positioned over the passageway device. The tubular members include channels therein to receive respective blades of the passageway devices. One of the tubular members may be a counter torque tube, and another two of the tubular members may be a hinge shaft and a ball shaft, respectively, of a compression and distraction system. The blades of each passageway device may be integrally formed with a cage of the connecting element to form a monolithic blade-screw. The blades of the monolithic blade-screw may be constructed by affixing distal ends of non-threaded blade extensions to proximal ends of threaded reduction portions integrally connected to the cage.
US09744048B2
A prosthesis includes a first and second plate; elements for mounting the plates to pivot about an axis, which include a flexible hinge including a cylindrical plane flexible strip with two cylindrical swellings respectively associated with two edges of the strip, the dimension of the cross-sections of the swellings, taken in a direction perpendicular to the plane containing the pivot axis and passing through the swellings, being greater than the thickness of the strip taken in the same direction, a hole in each plate of shape complementary to the swellings and opening out in a first face of the corresponding plate; a slot made in each plate and opening out into the hole of that plate, in a second of its faces, and in the first face, the hinge and plates being mounted to so that the swellings and the strip are situated respectively in the two holes and slots.
US09744046B2
An acetabular implant including an acetabular cup having a wall with a first elongated slot defining a passage through the wall, and an insert slidably received in the first elongated slot and movable relative to the slot in a first direction. The insert can include a second elongated slot that extends in a second direction different than the first direction. The second elongated slot can be configured to slidably receive a bone fastener and guide the bone fastener through the passage of the acetabular cup at a selected angle.
US09744044B2
An implant providing for both short and long term stability and fixation is disclosed. The implant includes a plurality of projections extending from a bone contacting surface, and a porous material covering at least portions of the surface and projections. The orientation of the projections and the porous material provide for the stability and fixation. Methods of forming and utilizing the implant are also disclosed.
US09744036B2
A valve prosthesis and methods for implanting the prosthesis are provided. The prosthesis generally includes a self-expanding frame and two or more engagement arms. A valve prosthesis is sutured to the self-expanding frame. Each engagement arm corresponds to a native mitral valve leaflet. At least one engagement arm immobilizes the native leaflets, and holds the native leaflets close to the main frame. The prosthetic mitral valve frame also includes two or more anchor attachment points. Each anchor attachment point is attached to one or more anchors that help attach the valve prosthesis to the heart.
US09744032B2
The present embodiments provide a prosthesis comprising first and second segments, and an axially extendable segment coupled to the first and second segments. A valve is coupled to at least one of the axially extendable segment or the second segment. The axially extendable segment comprises a first state in which the valve at least partially overlaps with the first segment, and the axially extendable segment comprises a second state in which the valve lacks an overlap with the first segment.
US09744031B2
The invention relates to a prosthetic heart valve (100) for an endoprosthesis (1) used in the treatment of a stenotic cardiac valve and/or a cardiac valve insufficiency. The prosthetic heart valve (100) comprises of a plurality of leaflets (102), which consist of a natural and/or synthetic material and have a first opened position for opening the heart chamber and a second closed position for closing the heart chamber, the leaflets (102) being able to switch between their first and second position in response to the blood flow through the heart. In addition, the prosthetic heart valve (100) comprises a leaflet support portion (103), consisting of biological and/or synthetic material for mounting of the prosthetic heart valve (100) to a stent (10), and a bendable transition area (104) which forms a junction between the leaflets (102) and the leaflet support portion (103), the transition area (104) progressing essentially in a U-shaped manner similar to a cusp shape of a natural aortic or pulmonary heart valve for reducing tissue stresses during opening and closing motion of the leaflets (102). The invention further relates to an endoprosthesis (1) comprising a prosthetic heart valve (100) and a stent (10).
US09744020B1
The present disclosure provides a deployment device that includes (a) an elongate shaft having a first end and a second end, (b) a grasping assembly coupled to the first end of the elongate shaft, where the grasping assembly includes a first jaw and a second jaw rotatable with respect to the elongate shaft, where the grasping assembly is configured to accept a wound closure device between the first jaw and the second jaw, where the wound closure device comprises at least two fixation components connected to and extending therethrough, where each of the first jaw and the second jaw include at least one coupling element configured to be removably coupled to a respective fixation component when the wound closure device is coupled to the grasping assembly, and (c) an actuator coupled to the second end of the elongate shaft, where the actuator is configured to move the grasping assembly between an open position and a closed position.
US09744017B2
An implantable medical device and surgical instrument for use during a procedure for treatment of vaginal vault prolapse. The invention also includes an instrument which allows the pieces of the suspension material to be attached to each other and enables the appropriate suspension of the vaginal apex from the anterior part of the sacrum. The device and method permit the performance of a sacrocolpopexy by accessing the sacrum and vaginal tissues via the vaginal orifice, thus avoiding the abdominal cavity completely.
US09744012B2
A power toothbrush includes a handle portion having a drive system therein for moving a set of bristles with a frequency and amplitude to produce clinically effective cleaning results. A modulation system modulates the drive signal by changing the frequency or duty cycle of the drive signal with a frequency varying modulation signal. The modulation frequency will increase from the start to the conclusion of a brushing event for cognitive stimulation while the modulation frequency will decrease between the start and conclusion of a brushing event for cognitive relaxation.
US09744003B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to devices and a method for orthodontic torquing. For the various embodiments, a pliers for crimping coils of an orthodontic torquing spring to an arch wire includes: a pair of plier halves, each of the plier halves including a handle, a jaw, and a pivot section, each of the jaws including a crimping face defined by a distal edge having a length in a range of 200 percent to 400 percent of a diameter of the orthodontic spring, a first lateral edge, and a second lateral edge, the edges defined by a radius of curvature in a range of 0.1 millimeters to 0.5 millimeters, a textured surface on at least one of the crimping faces to frictionally engage the coil of the orthodontic spring, and a pivot joint connecting the pivot sections of the pair of plier halves such that the handles can be manipulated to cause the crimping faces of the jaws to move together to crimp a coil of the orthodontic torquing spring to the arch wire.
US09743999B2
A dental prophylaxis and air appliance having a pressurized air source, a hand piece, and a manually actuated slurry container containing a mixture of dry or wetted abrasive and non-abrasive components. The compressed air is delivered to the hand piece by a line that combines the compressed air with the components and discharges the post-mixed water slurry of abrasive or non-abrasive components. The hand piece is configured to include a series of valves adapted to define one or more stages for containing components and encourage mixing thereof during operation.
US09743986B2
A microwave ablation system incorporates a microwave thermometer that couples to a microwave transmission network connecting a microwave generator to a microwave applicator to measure noise temperature. The noise temperature is processed to separate out components of the noise temperature including the noise temperature of the tissue being treated and the noise temperature of the microwave transmission network. The noise temperature may be measured by a radiometer while the microwave generator is generating the microwave signal or during a period when the microwave signal is turned off. The microwave ablation system may be configured as a modular system having one or more thermometry network modules that are connectable between a microwave applicator and a microwave generator. Alternatively, the modular system includes a microwave generator, a microwave applicator, and a microwave cable that incorporate a microwave thermometry network module.
US09743981B2
Methods, systems, and devices for providing treatment to a tissue in body lumens are described. The system may include a catheter, an expansion member coupled with a distal portion of the catheter, an ablation structure including one or more longitudinal electrode segments, and an ablation structure support coupled to the ablation structure configured to at least partially unfurl as the expansion member expands and furl as the expansion member contracts. The ablation structure may include multiple separately wired and/or separately controlled longitudinal electrodes, longitudinal electrode zones, or both, such that each longitudinal electrode or longitudinal electrode zone may be selectively enabled or selectively disabled. In some instances, one or more springs are coupled to the ablation structure configured to promote unfurl or furl around the expansion member. In some instances, one or more protection elements are be positioned along the catheter.
US09743979B2
A tissue resection device comprises inner and outer coaxial sleeves. The outer sleeve has a cutting window formed therein, and the inner sleeve has a distal cutting end that can be reciprocated past the cutting window. The sleeves comprise electrodes to provide electrosurgical cutting, and an edge portion of the window includes a dielectric material.
US09743978B2
An endocervical seal has a sleeve with a passageway for receiving an intrauterine interventional or diagnostic tool. The sleeve has a coaxially disposed outer balloon with a distal portion configured to inflate in a cervical os and a proximal portion configured to inflate in a cervical canal.
US09743976B2
A forceps includes a housing defining a window and having an outer shaft extending therefrom. An end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the outer shaft includes first and second jaw members including distal portions and proximal portions and movable between spaced-apart and approximated positions. An inner shaft is slidably disposed within the outer shaft such that, when the jaw members are disposed in the spaced-apart position, the inner shaft is disposed in a distal position. When the jaw members are moved to the approximated position, the proximal portions urge the inner shaft to a proximal position. An indicator member coupled to the inner shaft includes first and second indicators. The first indicator is visible through the window when the inner shaft is disposed in the distal position. The second indicator is visible through the window when the inner shaft is disposed in the proximal position.
US09743970B2
A tissue marker assembly which can be useful with an implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The tissue marker assembly can include a delivery sleeve with a tissue marker slidably disposed within a lumen therethrough. A proximal handle can be coupled to the tissue marker and delivery sleeve, having a first part and a second part. The second part of the proximal handle can be releasably attached to the tissue marker proximal end so that the second part can be removed to allow the delivery sleeve to be removed proximally over the tissue marker after it is affixed to tissue. The distal portion of the marker can include a plurality of longitudinally extending arms when unconstrained project outward from the shaft to retain the marker's position in tissue.
US09743969B2
A joint between two bone segments is fused by passing an elongated, rectilinear bone fusion device over a guide pin across the joint and into tight engagement within bores formed in the bone segments, to thereby restrict movement of the elongated bone fusion device across the joint. The elongated, rectilinear bone fusion device also provides bony in-growth within the bores along the exterior surface of the bone fusion device.
US09743968B2
A surgical implant may include a first implant member, a second implant member and a fastener. The first implant member may include a first aperture having first and second ends. The first aperture may include a female threaded portion and a barrier member disposed between the first and second ends and extending radially inward into the first aperture. The female threaded portion may be disposed between the first end and the barrier member. The second implant member may include a second aperture. The fastener may extend at least partially through the first and second apertures and may include a head portion and a shaft portion. The shaft portion may include a flexible tab and a male threaded portion engaging the female threaded portion. The male threaded portion may be disposed between the flexible tab and the head portion.
US09743958B2
An extender is removed from a spinal implant without using a separate device, and the loss of materials to be discarded is reduced. A head part of a spinal implant includes a base part, which is provided as a portion on a screw part side, and a pair of tab parts, which extend from the base part to an opposite side to the screw part side. The pair of tab parts have a tab part-side engagement part to be engaged by an extender-side engagement part that is formed on the extender. A weak part is formed between the base part and the pair of tab parts, the weak part being configured to be broken by an external force from the extender engaged with the pair of tab parts and separate the pair of tab parts from the base part.
US09743952B2
A device and method is provided to gain access to interior body regions. The system includes a safety needle assembly, a blade assembly, an obturator assembly, and a dilator assembly. The safety needle assembly accesses an interior body region, after which the blade assembly expands the pathway created by the safety needle assembly. The obturator then further expands the pathway and delivers the dilator assembly to the desired location. The safety needle assembly, obturator assembly, and blade assembly are removed, leaving the dilator assembly in place for future procedures.
US09743941B2
The device, tool, instrument and the like, for patellar resurfacing, according to the invention, comprises at least one bearing framework (IN), which incorporates a cutting slot (Tpg) and a lower support guide (G2) which may assume different positions with respect to the center of the patellar articular surface. The device is completed by an upper support guide (G1) of the patella for maintaining the shape-constraint coupling between the bearing framework and the patella. Advantageously the device uses the peripheral surface (and not the central one) of said patella, guaranteeing minimal invasiveness and perfect visibility.
US09743936B2
The invention relates to a surgical method of attachment of a first bony segment in relation with a second bony segment, both segments belonging to a same bone, which comprises the steps of: milling said bone and cutting it partially, to separate it in two bony segments linked together by a bony hinge distracting both bony segments around said hinge; fitting an osteotomy implant into the cavity thus obtained; attaching said implant to both bony segments; wherein it comprises the preoperative steps of: determining the position and the direction of the future partial cut, calculating its depth, calculating the relative three-dimensional positions of both bony segments to obtain the final desired alignment of the two bony segments, choosing among several osteotomy implants, one which is wider than the largest distance between the facing sides of said bony segments after distraction, determining the position and the shape of the future implant reception cavity and calculating its dimensions, deducing therefrom the shape of the two part cavities to be milled in the bone before the distraction step.
US09743934B2
A radial artery compression device configured to be secured to a wrist or other portion of a patient to provide adjustable and consistent compression pressure in the area of a radial artery access site or other physiological portion of a patient to achieve hemostasis either during or after a medical procedure such as a percutaneous coronary procedure. The radial artery compression device includes a rotatable member and a compression pad adapted such that rotation of the rotatable member does not affect the rotational orientation of the compression pad. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a single rotation of the rotatable member results in complete extension or retraction of the radial artery compression device. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the rotation of the rotatable member results in a compounding of the extension or retraction of the compression pad relative to the body of the radial artery compression device.
US09743932B2
Implantable occlusion devices that include one or more flanges extending from a tubular body are disclosed. The flange or flanges may assist in retention of the device within a vessel, cavity, appendage, etc. At least one flange on the occlusion device may include a concave surface proximate one end of a body. Because of the shape of the flange, e.g., its concavity, the occlusion device may resist dislocation due to e.g., the forces generated within the left atrial appendage during atrial fibrillation.
US09743921B2
A method for treating a spine includes disposing a body including vertebrae in a lateral orientation relative to a surgical fixed surface configured for supporting the body; creating an incision in tissue of the body along a substantially transverse plane of the body; spacing the tissue adjacent the incision along a sagittal plane of the body to define a surgical pathway to the vertebrae; and delivering at least one implant adjacent the vertebrae via the surgical pathway. Systems and implants are disclosed.
US09743918B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide medical devices and methods for occluding a target site are provided. For example, the medical device may include a tubular member having proximal and distal ends and at least one plane of occlusion. The at least one plane of occlusion may be configured to substantially occlude the patent ductus arteriosus in less than about 1 minute. In addition or alternatively, the tubular member may consist of a single layer of material and be configured to be constrained within a catheter having an outer diameter of less than about 4 French for percutaneous delivery to the patent ductus arteriosus.
US09743916B2
A surgical positioning instrument for supporting and holding organs includes a preferably concave bearing portion and a supporting portion substantially rearward with respect to the bearing portion. Via the bearing portion an organ which is to be positioned can be received and via the supporting portion the surgical positioning instrument can be supported at an environment of the organ. Further, at least the bearing portion partly simulates a surface of the organ to be supported and is designed to be dimensionally stable.
US09743912B2
An ultrasound calibration phantom comprises a portion including at least one fiducial structure having a selected geometric arrangement; a portion adapted for mechanical coupling of the ultrasound calibration phantom to a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) stepper; and a guide for at least one surgical instrument, the guide being mechanically coupled to the fiducial structure and/or to the TRUS stepper at a selected pose relative to the fiducial structure. A calibration method uses the calibration phantom and provides automatic, intraoperative calibration of ultrasound imaging systems. The invention is useful in ultrasound-guided clinical procedures.
US09743904B2
An embryo replacement catheter has a flexible extruded shaft of a transparent polyurethane with a bore extending along its length. Gas bubbles of a diameter in the range 5μ to 10μ are incorporated into the thickness of the wall of the shaft by adding gas during extrusion. The bubbles are selected to increase the visibility of the catheter under ultrasound imaging whilst still enabling material flowing along the catheter to be seen.
US09743902B2
A radiation imaging system including an X-ray sensor with a plurality of sensor chips disposed next to each other and an image processing apparatus which performs abnormality determination concerning a white image obtained by irradiating the X-ray sensor with X-rays without any object disposed between the X-ray sensor and an X-ray generator, the system includes: an area acquisition unit configured to acquire information of partial areas of the white image which respectively correspond to the plurality of sensor chips; a distribution acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution information representing variation in pixel value for each of the acquired partial areas; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the distribution information, whether abnormality is included in the white image.
US09743895B2
A mammography apparatus minimizes the displeasure experienced by a human during x-ray operations, the displeasure being generated by a low temperature of a portion of the mammography apparatus making contact with the human body. The displeasure is minimized by increasing and maintaining the temperature of the portion of the mammography apparatus. The mammography apparatus includes an x-ray generating unit to generate x-rays, and an x-ray detecting unit having a detector to obtain x-ray data by detecting the x-ray passing through a subject. The x-ray detecting unit includes a housing forming an outer appearance of the x-ray detecting unit, a thermoelectric element provided at an inside the housing, and is disposed such that a cooling unit faces a lower surface of the detector, and a heat pipe extends to an inner side surface of the housing from a heat generating unit of the thermoelectric element.
US09743891B2
Tomosynthesis imaging methods, systems, and apparatus include a source to emit penetrating particles toward an object, a detector to acquire a series of projection images responsive to the penetrating particles, and a positioning system to position the source with respect to the object and the detector. An imaging system controls the positioning apparatus, source, and detector to acquire images along a primary scan direction with offsets in a secondary scan direction. An oscillatory velocity may be applied to the source to reduce focal spot blur. Tomographic volumes are constructed that are capable of exhibiting super-resolution from data representing the acquired series of projection images taking the primary scan direction and the offsets into consideration.
US09743886B2
An initial set of parameters for operating one or more detection tools is automatically derived and subsequently adjusted so that each detection tool is more or less sensitive to signal characteristics in a region of interest. Detection tool(s) may be applied to physiological signals sensed from a patient (such as EEG signals) and may be configured to run in an implanted medical device that is programmable with the parameters to look for rhythmic activity, spiking, and power changes in the sensed signals, etc. A detection tool may be selected and parameter values derived in a logical sequence and/or in pairs based on a graphical representation of an activity type which may be selected by a user, for example, by clicking and dragging on the graphic via a GUI. Displayed simulations allow a user to assess what will be detected with a derived parameter set and then to adjust the sensitivity of the set or start over as desired.
US09743885B1
An example method involves: forming a first bio-compatible layer that defines a first side of a bio-compatible device; forming a conductive pattern over a portion of the first bio-compatible layer; mounting an electronic component to the electrical contacts; forming a second bio-compatible layer over the first bio-compatible layer, the electronic component, the conductive pattern, wherein the second bio-compatible layer defines a second side of the bio-compatible device; forming a first etch mask to partially cover the second bio-compatible layer, thereby exposing a first portion of the second bio-compatible layer; removing the first portion of the second bio-compatible layer; forming a second etch mask to partially cover the second bio-compatible layer, thereby exposing a second portion of the second bio-compatible layer; and removing the second portion of the second bio-compatible layer.
US09743877B2
The invention relates to a device (200) for taking a sample of a body fluid, such as blood, to be incorporated into a fluid circuit of a perfusion (100) of a patient who has a perfusion catheter (104), said device having a tubular structure (202) for connecting to the fluid circuit of the perfusion, provided with a zone for intubation, during use, of a sampling channel (300) comprising a distal end (301); and a means (203) for holding, during use, in the tubular structure, the part of the sampling channel (300) comprising a distal end (301) in such a way that the distal end (301) is oriented towards the perfusion catheter (104), in the direction of flow (F1) of the perfusion product (102), from a perfusion product reservoir (101) towards the perfusion catheter (104).
US09743875B2
The present invention is directed to an automated vessel puncture device, methods of mapping three-dimensional views of subcutaneous vessels and methods for providing simultaneous real-time diagnostic assay.
US09743869B2
An optical isolation element is provided on an optical sensor comprising a light source, at least one photodetector, and indicator material that emits light that is detected by the photodetector when optically excited by the light source. The optical isolation element limits the optical paths by which light may be transmitted by the light source, thereby limiting exposure of the excitation light source to regions of interest. The optical isolation element also limits the optical paths by which light may be transmitted to the photodetector, thereby limiting exposure of the photodetector to light from extraneous sources.
US09743868B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide a device capable of determining a blood property based at least in part on the measurement of the amount of light received by a receiver circuit with a limited current capacity by charging a capacitor with a low voltage power supply and intermittently discharging the capacitor through a light emitting diode. In some embodiments the device may be a pulse oximeter capable of taking blood oxygen readings. In some embodiments the device may be a heart rate monitor to determine a heart rate based on an amount of light passed through tissue. The various embodiments may enable pulse oximeters and/or heart rate monitors to be incorporated into small unobtrusive body patches, while enabling the pulse oximeters to operate from a power output equivalent to that of a small coin cell battery or printed cell battery.
US09743867B2
The present invention provides a pulse oximeter of the portable type, which is possible to carry around and to use widely regardless of the adult, the infant, the newborn baby, and which can keep the finger still for performing the precise measurement. The pulse oximeter 100 comprises a measurement cavity 110 for accepting the examined portion (for example finger) of the subject, a measurement device 120 including a light emitting part 121 and a photo detecting part 122 facing between the measurement cavity 110, a filling element 140 formed from a material that the light used for the measurement can penetrate. The height and the curvature of the inner surface of the filling element 140 is larger than that of the outer surface of the filling element 140. The filling element 140 converts the height and the curvature of the inner space. The filling element 140 fills the gap space between the examined portion of the subject and the inner space of the measurement cavity 110, wherein the examined portion of the subject is pressed by the filling element 140 so as not to move freely in the measurement cavity.
US09743866B2
Methods and apparatus for providing multi-stage signal amplification in a medical telemetry system are provided.
US09743855B2
A system including a sensor interface coupled to a processor. The sensor interface is configured to receive and process an analog electrocardiogram signal of a subject and provide a digitized electrocardiogram signal sampled over a first time period and a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period. The processor is configured to receive the digitized electrocardiogram signal, to analyze a frequency domain transform of the digitized electrocardiogram signal sampled over the first and second time periods and determine first and second metrics indicative of metabolic state of a myocardium of the subject during the first and second time periods, respectively, to compare the first and second metrics to determine whether the metabolic state of the myocardium of the subject is improving, and to indicate administration of an intervention to the subject in response to a determination that the metabolic state is not improving.
US09743850B2
A watch or other type of portable electronic console that employs a number of different functions in order to improve its usability. The watch may, for example, allow a user to connect the watch to one or more remote electronic devices, such as an electronic performance sensor or MP3 player. The watch then displays information related to the connected electronic devices. Still further, the watch may allow a user to control the operation of one or more connected remote electronic devices. Thus, if the watch is connected to a remote speed/distance monitor employing a calibration variable, then the watch may allow the user to adjust the calibration variable.
US09743846B2
A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.
US09743836B2
A system visually distinguishes diseased tissue from healthy tissue after a treatment is administered to a patient to provide different concentrations of a fluorescent marking substance between the diseased tissue and the healthy tissue. A light source illuminates the tissue with excitation light. A detector detects light returning from the tissue, and a controller characterizes the returning light according to a measured property indicative of the different concentrations. A light projector projects light having a predetermined cue in response to the characterization of the returning light.
US09743824B2
A method for detecting polyps in endoscopy images includes pruning a plurality of two dimensional digitized images received from an endoscopy apparatus to remove images that are unlikely to depict a polyp, where a plurality of candidate images remains that are likely to depict a polyp, pruning non-polyp pixels that are unlikely to be part of a polyp depiction from the candidate images, detecting polyp candidates in the pruned candidate images, extracting features from the polyp candidates, and performing a regression on the extracted features to determine whether the polyp candidate is likely to be an actual polyp.
US09743816B2
A suction apparatus and a glass-wiping device with the suction apparatus. The glass-wiping device sucks onto the surface of a glass via the suction apparatus. The suction apparatus comprises a suction cup unit (1). The suction cup unit (1) comprises an inner suction cup (11) and an outer suction cup (12). The inner suction cup (11) is arranged on the inside of the outer suction cup (12), where a chamber on the inside of the inner suction cup (11) forms an inner negative pressure chamber (13) via vacuum suction, and where a chamber between the inner and outer suction cups (11 and 12) forms an outer negative pressure chamber (14) via vacuum suction. The glass-wiping device sucks onto the surface of the glass via the inner negative pressure chamber (13) and/or the outer negative pressure chamber (14). The glass-wiping device sucks onto the surface of the glass via the suction apparatus, is capable of ensuring sufficient vacuum pressure, and prevents the phenomenon of the glass-wiping device falling from the surface of the glass.
US09743809B1
A shower door assembly for removable installation in a shower enclosure comprises a rail assembly including a rail and being adjustable along a longitudinal axis. The rail assembly defines at least one longitudinally aligned T-track in a bottom of said rail wherein the T-track is at least partially defined by two opposed shoulders. At least two carriage assemblies are received in the T-track and movable along the shoulders. A shower door is attached to and depends from the carriage assemblies.
US09743805B1
A toaster accessory including a heat resistant body, a recessed gripping area, and a corrugated wall integrated into the heat resistant body. The toaster accessory is useful for allowing a slice of bread to be toasted evenly on both the front surface and the back surface in a toaster having a plurality of toast slots.
US09743804B2
The invention relates to a device comprising: a support arranged to receive a capsule containing material to be infused, provided with a front face comprising a filter wall, a ring, a rear face and a solid casing; injection means arranged to introduce an infusion liquid into the capsule; an infusion chamber having a substantially vertical opening arranged to be in fluid communication with the filter wall, said ring comprising sealing means arranged to maintain the fluid communication sealed from the surrounding medium; and an outlet provided with closing/opening means.
US09743801B2
The invention proposes a device for preparing a beverage from a food substance contained in a capsule (24) by injection of a liquid into the capsule (24), wherein said liquid is provided by a pump (70) of the device, said device comprising an extraction head (20) having an aperture (22) for inserting a capsule-holder (30) providing the capsule (24) to a capsule-holder receiving chamber (25) of the device, a closing mechanism (21) to selectively enclose said capsule (24) in the capsule-holder receiving chamber (25), at least one injection member (11) to supply a liquid received from the pump (70) to the inside of the capsule (24), a control unit (80) for controlling at least the pump (70) of the device, and decoding means (1) connected to the control unit (80) and designed to read information from the capsule-holder (30).
US09743788B1
What is provided is an apparatus for use in a decorative or edible arrangement, including a multiplicity of stem portions each having an upper end and a lower end, and holders each attached to the appropriate stem. Some holders comprise of spirally shaped receptacle mounted to the appropriate stems. The spirally shaped receptacle includes multiple coils surrounding a cavity. The coils have a hook attached at the end furthest from the elongated stem. The coils hold decorative or edible articles.
US09743785B2
A wall-mounting brace for mirrors, artwork, and similar objects is a device that is utilized to secure an object such as a mirror to a surface such as a wall. The device features an elongated brace that is used to hold the top of the mirror to the wall while the bottom of the mirror is held in place with a fastener such as a J-channel. A plurality of fastener holes present on a mounting plate of the elongated brace is utilized to secure the elongated brace to the surface. The mirror is held in place on the surface by a retention plate and a connector plate of the elongated brace. A cover plate is utilized to selectively cover and uncover the plurality of fastener holes. The cover plate may be hingedly attached to the elongated brace or removable from the elongated brace altogether.
US09743779B2
An infant chair apparatus includes a support base, a seat frame, a support base and a motion driving module. The seat frame is pivotally supported on the support base by an upright column, the seat frame being rotatable relative to the support base about a pivot axis, and the upright column including a column portion affixed with an underside of the seat frame. The motion driving module is attached with the support base, and includes a driving part that is arranged below the seat frame at a location offset from the pivot axis, the motion driving module being operable to cause reciprocated rotation of the driving part that imparts a substantially horizontal oscillating motion to the column portion and the seat frame.
US09743777B2
A drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover includes a tape member having left and right surfaces and attachable to a cover, and a drawn portion provided at the end of the tape member and projected from the left and right surfaces of the tape member, the drawn portion extending along the end of the tape member. The drawn portion includes a plurality of attached portions for clip attachment that are separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and are recessed at both left and right sides, and a plurality of walls separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and projected at both left and right sides. At both left and right sides each wall is provided adjacent to the attached portion and positioned inwardly of the tape member relative to the attached portion.
US09743769B2
A mount assembly for dynamically positioning a display to a mounting surface. The assembly comprises a base support frame and a pivoting support frame pivotally coupled thereto and defining a pivot angle in between, with the pivoting support frame being transitional between first and second positions, the pivot angle increasing as the pivot support frame transitions from the first position toward the second position. A carriage frame adapted to be engaged with the display, and having a first attachment portion is pivotally and translatably coupled to the base support frame and defines a carriage angle therebetween, and a second attachment portion is pivotally coupled to the pivoting support frame. The carriage frame is transitional relative to the base support frame between stowed and deployed positions, the carriage angle increasing as the carriage transitions from the stowed position to the deployed position.
US09743765B2
A customizable modular storage unit organizer apparatus with a pair of slides, a pair of slide covers, a pair of cross bars, a pair of retainer clips, and a container for storing articles within the apparatus. The cross bars extend between, are affixed to the slide covers, and have two distal ends, top, bottom, first and second side portions, a slot extending longitudinally along the length of the exterior surface of cross bars for accommodating attachments. The retainer clips allow the slide covers to be selectively, repeatedly, and releasably retained to the slides. The size of the enclosure formed between the slide covers and cross bars may be modified by adjusting the positions of the cross bars on the slide covers.
US09743761B1
The present invention embodies an ergonomic locker system comprising a repositionable cross-member or bar for supporting a plurality of triangular clothes hangers suspended between two oppositely disposed tracks. The hanging bar is slideable along the tracks and may be adjusted from a lower, forward position to a higher, back position in order to enhance storage space and improve functionality.
US09743750B2
An oral care system including a toothbrush body having a cavity and a dispenser positioned within the cavity. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care system comprising: a toothbrush body comprising a handle and a head, the toothbrush body extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head; an opening in the proximal end of the toothbrush body that forms a passageway into an internal cavity of the handle; a first dispenser positioned within the internal cavity and comprising a first store of oral care material, the first dispenser resiliently coupled to the toothbrush body to be alterable between: (1) a first retracted state; and (2) a first extended state.
US09743738B2
The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having an axle arranged for driven movement around a center axle axis, an end plate arranged at a first end of the axle for rotation together with the axle, the end plate having at least a first functional surface, a first clamping element having a functional surface, the first functional surface of the end plate being arranged face-to-face with the functional surface of the first clamping element, and the first clamping element being arranged for repeatedly being moved towards and away from the end plate such that repeatedly a closed position is obtained in which the two functional surfaces abut on each other, wherein the end plate is an outer part of the epilator or the attachment for an epilator.
US09743726B1
An adjustable finger ring apparatus and associated method are described for forming at least a portion of a finger ring. A shank includes a thickness that extends between an opposing pair of side surfaces such that the thickness defines a cavity including a through opening for receiving the support member for movement in opposing directions to increase and decrease the size of a finger aperture. At least one of the side surfaces defines an access opening to adjoin the through opening for access to the support member for at least one of moving the support member and maintaining a selected position of the support member.
US09743715B1
An exemplary embodiment provides for a conversion kit for a shoe, changing the configuration from lace to strap configuration, wherein the kit contains a strap with hook and loop material attached to the shoe through a shoe lace aperture, a loop piece attached to the shoe through a shoe lace aperture where the strap passes through the loop piece and is pulled taught to secure the shoe to the wearers' foot.
US09743707B2
An innovated design for athletic footwear also known as a cleat is herein disclosed with soccer as the playing sport in mind. Primarily, it is the geometry and configuration of the individual cleats provided, as well as number of total cleat structures that engage a playing field, that are optimally designed to contact and transverse the field. In a preferred design, individual cleats are six-sided and therefore maximize a lateral surface area. An additional improved upper is also configured to the athletic footwear to provide increased power transfer to a ball in a kicking motion.
US09743706B2
The present invention relates to an outdoor shoe, in particular a climbing or hiking shoe, with an inside lining and an upper material. The invention is characterized in that the inside lining has a first material and a second material, wherein the second material is arranged at least in the area of a hallux basal joint position and wherein the second material has a greater extensibility than the first material.
US09743696B1
An illuminating undergarment carries a series of illuminating devices for emitting light and presenting a glow from underneath an outer garment. The undergarment can be tailored in any suitable form factor, such as a slip for placement under a skirt or skirt portion of a dress or other form factors for use under dresses, blouses, pants, etc. The undergarment comprises a series of illuminating device retention members affixed to a surface of the undergarment body. The undergarment body can be sectioned into segments, enabling changes in length and/or shape. The illuminating devices are removably attached to the undergarment by the retention members. The illuminating devices can be arranged in a random pattern, a pattern representing an object, a pattern representing text, etc. and any combination thereof. The illuminating devices can be powered by a portable power supply and controlled by a circuit and/or a switch.
US09743695B2
A wearable device comprises a body portion, a strap portion coupled with the body portion, the strap portion provided to allow the body portion to be worn on a human body, and a connection module provided in a portion of the strap portion and a portion of the body to couple the strap portion with the body portion. The connection module comprises a connection pin portion provided in the strap portion to detachably couple the strap portion with the body portion and a holder portion provided in an end of the strap portion, the connection pin portion inserted in the holder portion.
US09743677B2
A wheat flour for deep-fried food crusts is obtained by subjecting a mixture including a wheat flour and from 0.05 to 0.5 parts by mass of an emulsifier with respect to 100 parts by mass of the wheat flour to a heating treatment for 1 to 20 seconds under a condition where the temperature of the mixture is from 65 to 99° C. The emulsifier is at least one type of emulsifier selected from sucrose fatty acid esters and lecithin. The blending ratio of the emulsifier is preferably from 0.1 to 0.45 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the wheat flour. The wheat flour has an average grain size of preferably less than 100 μm. A crust material for deep-fried foods including the aforementioned wheat flour for deep-fried food crusts, and a tempura flour including the aforementioned wheat flour for deep-fried food crusts are also described.
US09743675B2
Antimicrobial compositions comprising a terpenoid in combination with an antimicrobial agent are provided. In addition, uses of such compositions in various applications involving preventing, combating or treating microbial infections, or preventing microbial growth or establishment are provided.
US09743670B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing chlorine dioxide (ClO2) from hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium chlorite (NaClO2) in the presence of water (H2O). The invention has for its object to further develop the method such that it is more economical to install and operate. The object is achieved when the hydrochloric acid is used in aqueous solution at a concentration of 27 to 33 wt %, the sodium chlorite is used in aqueous solution at a concentration of 22 to 27 wt % and the molar ratio of hydrochloric acid used to sodium chlorite used is between 2.14 and 4.2.
US09743665B2
The present invention provides 4-substituted-3-{phenyl[(heterocyclylmethoxy)imino]methyl}-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5(4H)-one derivatives of formula (I) Wherein A and X1 to X3 and Y1 to Y5 represent various substituents.
US09743658B1
A rodent bait station has a base with a hinged cover which is lockable to the base to define an interior volume which receives a ballast weight of three to twenty-four pounds which biases a floor of the base against a support surface. At least one rodent access opening in the bait station allows a rodent to pass in to the interior volume. A bait or a rodent trap is positioned within the interior volume such that a rodent can move freely within the interior volume so as to access the bait or rodent trap.
US09743652B2
A fishing line knot tying device includes a housing having a hollow upper portion and a contiguous lower portion. The upper portion includes a peripheral upper edge and a V-shaped notch formed therein. The lower portion includes a lower edge and a slot formed therein, an alignment of a gap of the slot being offset from a center of the V-shaped notch of the upper portion, a longitudinal groove formed in an outer surface of the slot, and a flat thumb surface being formed in an outer surface of the lower portion from an end of the gap of the slot and extending to an outer surface of the upper surface.
US09743650B2
An oscillating mechanism includes a traverse camshaft, an engaging unit, and a slider body. The traverse camshaft includes a spiral groove. The traverse camshaft rotates in conjunction with the winding operation of a handle attached to the reel main body. The engaging unit includes an engaging claw configured to engage the spiral groove. The slider body includes a supporting hole rotatably supporting the engaging unit. A groove extends in the penetration direction of the supporting hole, and is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the supporting hole of the slider body.
US09743642B2
An automatic animal watering apparatus includes a dish having an automatic watering valve disposed therein. When the valve is first closed, a water level in the dish is at a maximum level, and a hydraulic source pressure acts only across a smaller cross-sectional area of a valve seat which is closed by the valve, thus requiring only a first lower buoyancy force acting on a valve actuator float to maintain the valve closed. The water level can then drop from the maximum water level to a minimum water level before the hydraulic force action on the valve overcomes the first lower buoyancy force on the actuator float and reopens the valve. Then when the valve opens, the hydraulic source pressure acts against a larger cross-sectional area of the valve, thus requiring the buoyancy forces acting on the float to rise to a second higher buoyancy force to reclose the valve. The automatic watering device may be mounted on an external structure through the use of a mounting bracket, and removable mounting pins may connect the dish, the mounting bracket and a cover plate of the dish.
US09743638B2
A standardized nesting material for use in laboratory environments for rodents includes a latrining substrate, and at least one bale unit formed to include a fibrous scaffolding material, and an insulating material. The bale units are of standardized size and can be packaged and sterilized to provide improved wellbeing of the animals; reduced feed and labor costs; and improved scientific quality of the studies conducted on the animals.
US09743632B2
The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV4888VA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV4888VA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
US09743631B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058733. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058733. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058733 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058733 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743630B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058664. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058664. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058664 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058664 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743628B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01062055. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01062055. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01062055 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01062055 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743627B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064182. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064182. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064182 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064182 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743624B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01056994. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01056994. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01056994 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01056994 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743623B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01056977. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01056977. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01056977 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01056977 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09743616B1
An inbred corn line designated I10516 is disclosed. The invention relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line I10516 and methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred corn line I10516 with itself or with another corn plant. The invention also relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to corn cultivars and plant parts derived from inbred corn line I10516 and to methods for producing other corn cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from inbred corn line I10516, and to the corn plants and parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing inbred corn line I10516 with another corn cultivar.
US09743615B1
A novel maize variety designated PH251H and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH251H with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH251H through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH251H or a locus conversion of PH251H with another maize variety.
US09743606B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB57G15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB57G15R, cells from soybean variety XB57G15R, plants of soybean XB57G15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB57G15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB57G15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB57G15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB57G15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB57G15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB57G15R are further provided.
US09743605B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 14R950B2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 14R950B2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 14R950B2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 14R950B2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US09743604B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 14R949B2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 14R949B2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 14R949B2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 14R949B2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US09743594B2
A wheeled chassis to which a stump grinding unit is securely attached that includes a chip collector attached to either the stump grinder or the wheeled chassis and positioned adjacent the trailing edge of the stump grinding wheel. The wheeled chassis includes a duct in fluid communication with the chip collector, and a collection bin positioned adjacent the trailing end and in spaced relation below the duct. The wheeled chassis is adapted for hitched connection to a vehicle. A blower can be positioned within the duct to produce a rearwardly directed air flow to assist in the chip movement towards the collection bin. The collection bin can be positioned on the wheeled chassis or on a vehicle to which the wheeled chassis is attached.
US09743593B1
The flower arrangement support includes a floral saddle that is adapted to be bolted atop of a tombstone via a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes a pair of mounting clips that attach onto opposing sides of the floral saddle, and extend downwardly there from. The pair of mounting clips each affix to a threaded rod that is adapted to extend through a drill hole formed in the tombstone. The floral saddle is further defined with a perimeter wall that extends upwardly from a saddle surface. The perimeter wall includes mounting slots on opposing sides that enable the pair of mounting claps to clip there to in order to secure the floral saddle to the tombstone.
US09743584B1
The mower blade system provides one or more blades, preferably two, secured to a housing that is attached to the mower. The blades provide a cutting edge that is sharpened for mowing the yard, lawn, field, or other area. The blade attaches to an attachment arm via a locking body and retention body. A pivot aperture of the blade is placed upon a pivot finger of the attachment arm that secures the blade on the attachment arm. The locking body abuts the pivot finger to secure the blade on the pivot finger. The retention body then slides over the locking body to further secure the blade on the pivot finger.
US09743583B2
A method of securing a blade to an apparatus for cutting vegetation, wherein the apparatus includes a first and a second blade contacting structure. The method includes providing an elongated blade that is configured and arranged to be relatively flexible; and positioning the elongated blade between the first blade contacting structure and the second blade contacting structure such that the first blade contacting structure makes contact with a first surface of the elongated blade and the second blade contacting structure makes contact with a second surface of the elongated blade. The positioning step results in a plurality of bending forces being applied to the first and second surfaces of the elongated blade via the first and second blade contacting structures, thereby bending the elongated blade, and whereby the bending forces secure the elongated blade to the apparatus for cutting vegetation.
US09743582B2
An integrated string and trimmer blade system that allows a user to simultaneously employ one or more flexible lines and one or more blades during various types of cutting operations (e.g., grass, weeds, branches, etc.). The system may be implemented on any appropriate cutting apparatus such as walk-behind trimmers and/or mowers, hand-held trimmers, and the like. Broadly, the system includes a cutting member having a body that is rotatable about a pivot axis of the cutting apparatus. One or more cutting blades are pivotally attached to the body such that the blades can oscillate or otherwise pivot relative to the body as the body rotates about the central axis. At least one of the blades includes one or more line holders thereon for receipt and attachment of one or more flexible cutting lines or strings.
US09743581B1
Commercial walk behind mower operator controls include a rigid handlebar with a pair of hand grips, each hand grip having a non-horizontal axis. A pair of operator control levers are mounted adjacent the handlebar and hand grips. Both operator control levers are pivotable about a single pivot point having a pivot axis that is non-parallel to the axis of each hand grip. Each operator control lever is pivotable toward the hand grip to reduce the rotational speed of a drive wheel.
US09743574B1
A soil mapping system for collecting and mapping soil reflectance data in a field includes an implement having a furrow opener for creating a furrow and an optical module. The optical module is arranged to collect soil reflectance data at a predetermined depth within the furrow as the implement traverses a field. The optical module includes two monochromatic light sources, a window arranged to press against the soil, and a photodiode for receiving light reflected back from the soil through the window. The two light sources have different wavelengths and are modulated at different frequencies. The photodiode provides a modulated voltage output signal that contains reflectance data from both of the light sources. Additional measurement devices are carried by the implement for collecting additional soil property data, such as electrical conductivity, pH, and elevation, which can be used together with the optical data to determine variations in soil organic matter.
US09743573B2
An agricultural harvesting system including a chassis, a plurality of ground support devices carrying the chassis in a direction of travel, and a threshing section carried by the chassis. The threshing section produces residue that is sent to a spreader system. The spreader system has a first orientation and a second orientation. The spreader system includes a support device and a spreader. The support device is in ground contact and is positioned to a side of the chassis relative to the direction of travel when the spreader system is in the first orientation. The support device is positioned aft of the chassis relative to the direction of travel when the spreader system is in the second orientation. The spreader is carried by the support device and is configured to receive at least some of the residue.
US09750156B2
System for distributing cabling. In an embodiment, a unit comprises two levels. Each level comprises openings, on two opposing surfaces, arranged in a row parallel to a first axis, with each opening opposite to one opening on the opposing surface. Each level comprises parallel main conduits between the surfaces. Each main conduit is angled relative to a second axis, intersecting the surfaces and orthogonal to the first axis, such that each main conduit connects an opening on one surface to an opening on the other surface that is offset by one opening from its opposing opening on the other surface. A divergent conduit connects openings on one of the two surfaces to an opening on a third surface, and an articulated conduit, angled relative to a third axis that is orthogonal to the first and second axes, connects an opening on one level to an opening on the other level.
US09750144B2
A connecting system of a multi-section housing of an electronic device comprising: shafts between first and second housing sections and between third and fourth housing sections of superposed first to fourth housing sections to enable one section to be rotated 180 degrees with respect to another section after sliding superposed housing sections apart; first hinges which connect end faces of the second and third housing sections to be able to be rotated; and second hinges which connect opposite side end faces of the first and fourth housing sections, wherein the shafts enable the second and third housing sections to be slid with respect to the first and fourth housing sections and, in the finished slid state, the first and second hinges enable the second and third housing sections and first and fourth housing sections to be rotated about the shafts while being opened to thereby form a single flat surface.
US09750137B2
A control terminal of an intelligent power module has a structure in which it is possible to reduce the area used exclusively by the module. An insulating circuit substrate on which power semiconductor elements are mounted, and a printed substrate having a control circuit, are arranged in a tiered structure, and a structure is adopted in which control terminals through which input control signals into a control substrate, as well as being formed into a linear shape, are caused to stand upright by being inserted into control terminal insertion holes provided in a case bottom portion of a module and the through holes of the printed substrate.
US09750118B2
An electric light bulb type light source apparatus includes a light source unit with void area; a casing, with a conductive outer case and a translucent cover opposed thereto, which houses the light source unit; a circuit substrate, with at least an antenna mounted for receiving radio signals from outside the casing, housed in the casing; and a base, disposed on a side of the conductive outer case opposite to the translucent cover, for supplying power to the light source unit. The conductive outer case forms first area in the casing; the translucent cover forms second area opposed thereto. The circuit substrate penetrates through the void area so that the antenna is in the second area.
US09750115B2
An interface module is described for replacing a light switch assembly in an electrical switch box, the electrical switch box having an input wire coupled to a power source, an output wire coupled to a first lighting device, and at least one threaded bore. The interface module includes a housing, a first terminal mounted on the housing and connected to the input wire, a second terminal mounted on the housing and connected to the output wire, a first switch component configured to activate and deactivate the lighting device, a control configured to operate the first switch component, a user interface coupleable to the first terminal to receive operating power, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit signals indicative of inputs received through the user interface, the wireless transmitter being configured to receive power from the first terminal.
US09750112B2
A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, sensor circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to transmit sensor data obtained from the sensor circuitry via the communications circuitry for persistent storage of the sensor data. By transmitting sensor data from the lighting fixture for persistent storage thereof, the sensor data may be used to characterize a space in which the lighting fixture is located.
US09750111B2
An integrated control circuit (SE) and method for operating luminaries are provided. The integrated control circuit has at least one output for supplying a signal controlling a switch, such as a transistor, in an operating circuit (OM), in particular controlling directly or indirectly a dimming level of the luminaries, and a common input (Ts) arranged for being supplied with a combination of a temperature indicating signal and a presence indicating signal, the integrated control circuit (SE) being designed to adjust a switch control signal as a function of the electrical signal (ES) at the common input (Ts).
US09750107B2
Systems and methods for dimming control using TRIAC dimmers are provided. An example apparatus for a power conversion system includes: a process-and-drive component configured to receive an input signal and output a drive signal to a switch to affect a current that flows through a primary winding of a power conversion system. The input signal includes a first pulse associated with a first input period and a second pulse associated with a second input period. The drive signal is associated with a first modulation period for the first input period and a second modulation period for the second input period. The process-and-drive component is further configured to: determine the first modulation period for the first input period; change the drive signal between a first logic level and a second logic level at a modulation frequency during the first modulation period; determine the second modulation period for the second input period.
US09750106B2
A solid state lighting apparatus can include an electrical connector that is configured to releasably couple to a standardized electrical fixture having ac voltage provided thereat, where the electrical connector includes an opening that is configured to provide a recess in the electrical connector including an interior contact to provide the ac voltage in the recess when connected to the standardized electrical fixture. A protective circuit stage of a solid state lighting driver circuit can be in the recess to electrically coupled to the interior contact. An electrical wire can include a first portion that can be electrically coupled to the protective circuit stage in the recess and a second portion that is outside the recess. A solid state lighting housing can be configured to releasably couple to the second portion of the electrical wire.
US09750100B2
A light emitting diode based light configured for replacing a fluorescent light in a light fixture has a housing, at least one light emitting diode (LED), a power connector at a first end of the housing configured for connection to the light fixture and configured for receiving a power signal from a power source, a dimming control connector at a second end of the housing configured for receiving a dimming control signal and a power trace. The power trace is configured to carry the power signal from the power connector to the LED, and carry the dimming control signal from the dimming control connector to the power connector, such that the power signal is controlled in response to the dimming control signal.
US09750097B1
A controller for optical transducers uses stochastic signal density modulation to reduce electromagnetic interference.
US09750095B2
A control circuit is configured to convert a DC voltage that is outputted from a DC power supply to a square wave voltage by switching the switching element according to a PWM signal having a duty ratio that corresponds to a light modulation level of the light source unit, and cause the square wave voltage to be outputted to the light source unit. The control circuit includes a voltage controller configured to control an operating voltage for operating the switching element such that at least one of a rising time and a falling time of a current that flows through the switching element is 1 microsecond or more.
US09750089B2
A cooking device has at least one pre-set parameter for at least one predetermined program, such as a cooking program, and/or cleaning program, and/or for at least one predetermined mode of operation, such as a cooking mode of operation or a cleaning mode of operation. The preset parameter can be modified by means of at least one modification function element of a control element of the cooking device. During a particular time period, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored by means of at least one confirmation and/or storage function element of the control element of the cooking device, and after a particular time period has elapsed, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored automatically by the cooking device.
US09750088B2
An oven door for a microwave oven or an appliance with microwave heating function. The door includes a door frame enclosing the door and glass panels inside and/or in front of the frame. The frame includes a wave choke arranged between a support element and a cover element. The cover element is fixed or fixable at the support element and forms an outer portion of an inner side of the oven door. The cover element is made of a high temperature resistant non-metallic material and covers an outer portion of an inner side of an inner glass panel. The inner glass panel is clamped between the cover element and the support element and/or the wave choke. A sealing element made of a high temperature resistant textile material is arranged between the cover element and the inner glass panel. A corresponding chassis is provided for the oven or the appliance.
US09750087B2
A heat treatment apparatus configured to perform a heat treatment on a plurality of substrates, including: a processing vessel configured to accommodate the plurality of substrates on which the heat treatment is performed; an electromagnetic induction source configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field having a high frequency within the processing vessel; and a substrate holding element having a plurality of heating elements arranged in a vertical direction and spacers interposed between the adjacent heating elements, the heating element being made of a conductive material and allowing an induced current caused by the oscillating magnetic field to flow therein to generate heat, the substrate holding element supporting the substrates in a state where the substrates are mounted on the heating elements.
US09750073B2
Disclosed herein are a terminal device including: a state determining unit to determine a connection state of a voice call or a data call at a specific time prior to a transfer period of a keep-alive message designated to a specific application; and an application interworking unit to transfer the keep-alive message through the data call according to the determined connection state of the voice call or the data call to notify of a driving state of the specific application.
US09750064B2
Technologies are generally described for providing wireless communications. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile operating server may include determining whether there is an authenticated wireless access point around a mobile device, if there is no authenticated wireless access point, determining whether there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over a predetermined value around the mobile device and if there is a non-authenticated wireless access point whose capacity is over the predetermined value, instructing the mobile device to connect to a wireless local area network provided by the non-authenticated wireless access point.
US09750063B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a connection setup method, apparatus, and system. The method in the present invention includes: sending information about to-be-provided connection request resources to a user equipment UE set; receiving a connection request message that is sent on a selected connection request resource by one UE in the user equipment set; acquiring a first information segment of a radio resource control connection request of the UE according to the selected connection request resource and the mapping relationship; receiving a radio resource control connection request message that is sent, by the UE, on a radio resource that corresponds to the resource scheduling information; and determining radio resource control connection request information of the UE according to the first information segment of the radio resource control connection request and a second information segment of the radio resource control connection request.
US09750061B2
A system for communicating wireless signals between one or more sector controllers (SC) and one or more subscriber stations (SS) using different channels and different beams, wherein each of the one or more SS and the SC has a corresponding highly directional antenna; the one or more SC comprises a first SC; the one or more SS comprises a first SS; the first SS obtains network topology awareness (NTA) data from the first SC; the first SS selects a channel, a beam, and one of the one or more SC to establish an RF link based on the NTA data; and the first SS communicating with the selected SC using the established RF link.
US09750060B2
A method for notifying a network domain and an Access Point (AP) are disclosed to overcome the problem that User Equipment (UE) entering the AP cell is notified but a UE leaving the AP cell is not notified. The method includes: the AP receiving a service request message sent by UE; and inserting a preset voice data packet into a user plane before a conversation to indicate the user of the UE a network domain that covers the UE currently, if it is determined that a current signaling connection is a Circuit Switched (CS) connection according to the service request message.
US09750059B2
A process carried out by a first mobile radio for joining a sub-talkgroup of a first talkgroup includes receiving, via a provisioning process or via an infrastructure wireless communication interface from an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) while within wireless communication range of the RAN, a talkgroup-specific security token associated with and shared by all group mobile radios in a first talkgroup to which the first mobile radio is subscribed via the RAN. The first mobile radio then detects, via a short-range wireless communication interface, a second mobile radio, and authenticates, the second mobile radio using the talkgroup-specific security token. If the authentication is successful, the first mobile radio adds an identity of the second mobile radio to a sub-talkgroup set of mobile radios of the first talkgroup.
US09750058B2
A method for setting a direct mode communication channel of a group of terminals in a wide band radiocommunication system, the setting of the channel being assisted by at least one base station at which terminals of the group are recorded, the method including transmitting a setting request to the base station by a terminal of the group recorded at said base station, setting a direct mode communication channel by the base station by allocating free resource blocks, transmitting a setting message by the base station to the terminals, and accessing direct mode communication channel by each of said terminals for directly communicating with the other terminals of the group.
US09750056B2
A system and method includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism in a grant-free uplink transmission scheme having defined therein contention transmission unit (CTU) access regions and a plurality of CTUs. Implementing the reliable ultra-low latency transmission mechanism includes defining a reliable ultra-low latency CTU (RULL-CTU) access region from a portion of the CTU access regions of the grant-free transmission scheme, defining an RULL-CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least a portion of plurality of CTUs to the RULL-CTU access region to define a plurality of RULL-CTUs, defining a reliable ultra-low latency user equipment (RULL-UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of RULL-UEs to the plurality of RULL-CTUs in an initial pattern for initial transmissions in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and a regrouped pattern for redundant transmissions in a second TTI subsequent to the first TTI.
US09750053B2
Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers.
US09750051B2
A wireless communication system includes a sending device and a receiving device. The sending device includes a first control unit that sends the state of a buffer by using a first wireless carrier, and a first random access management unit that manages random access performed by the sending device. The receiving device includes a second control unit that receives the state of the buffer by using the first wireless carrier and that performs a data exchange by using a second wireless carrier on the basis of the state of the buffer, and a second random access management unit that manages random access performed by the receiving device. The second random access management unit sends control information that includes a dedicated preamble that is unique to a device. The first and the second random access management units perform non-contention based random access that uses the dedicated preamble.
US09750049B2
Described herein are apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for using a communication device for providing network access to network devices on a network. An exemplary communication device may provide voice communication to a network device or a device other than the network device, and also provide network access to the network device. In order to provide network access, the communication device may comprise a network communication unit. In order to provide voice communication, the communication device may comprise a telecommunication unit. Both the network communication unit and the telecommunication unit may be activated or deactivated by the communication device or by a network controller on the network.
US09750046B2
A method includes: determining a first set of radio resources by decoding a dynamic indicator channel, wherein the dynamic indicator channel indicates a location of the first set of radio resources detecting a physical control channel in the determined first set of radio resources; and obtaining scheduling information of a data channel that carries a message from the decoded physical control channel.
US09750043B2
A method for supporting communication using two or more heterogeneous radio access technologies (RAT) can include the steps of: receiving a first message requesting that notification be provided as to whether to support simultaneous access to two or more RATs from a base station in a first communication network supporting a first RAT; and transmitting, to the base station in the first communication network, a second message including an indicator indicating whether to support simultaneous access to the two or more RATs in response to the first message.
US09750038B2
System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.
US09750036B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a terminal receives downlink signals in a wireless communication system. The method for receiving downlink signals include the steps of: receiving information related to an interference signal from a serving cell; and removing interference from a pair of physical resource blocks (PRBs) used for transmitting the downlink signal, wherein the information related to the interference signal includes each use of the PRB pair in a neighboring cell of the serving cell and, when the use is an EPDCCH, an EPDCCH transmission type.
US09750033B2
A mobile station that communicates with a base station, including: means that determines whether to transmit, to the base station, quality information indicating radio quality when a predetermined time elapses based on a state, of the mobile station, which is an active state or not in discontinuous reception control; and means that, even when it is determined not to transmit the quality information based on the determination, transmits the quality information when the predetermined time elapses in a case where a scheduling request is transmitted to the base station before the predetermined time elapses.
US09750030B2
Downlink rate adaptation in wireless communication systems are disclosed in which a UE reports RIs for both interference-free and interference-limited subframes. In general, the RI for the interference-free subframes will be higher than the RI reported for the interference-limited subframes. However, an eNB selects an RI and a transmission rate for interference-limited subframes based on what the UE can sustain instead of based only on the RI reported by the UE.
US09750028B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to improving maximum transmit power in multi-carrier reverse-link transmission. In one aspect, a method of carrier management for a multi-carrier reverse link transmission is disclosed. A method can include transmitting a reverse link signal on a plurality of carriers, and the reverse link signal including payload data and overhead data. A method can funnel payload data onto a first carrier of the plurality of carriers, while maintaining transmission of the overhead data on all the carriers of the plurality of carriers. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09750020B2
A wireless device having a first tunable antenna tuned to a first frequency band; and a second tunable antenna tuned to a second frequency band that is different than the first frequency band, wherein the first and second antennas are configured to transmit, receive, or a combination of transmit and receive transmission signals by carrier aggregation at the respective first and second frequency bands simultaneously.
US09750015B2
A communication system including: a base station; and a terminal configured to: select a known signal from at least one first known signal included in a plurality of known signals that is divided into the at least one first known signal and at least one second known signal, each of the at least one first known signal indicating that the terminal transmits a following uplink signal including a specific data, each of the at least one second known signal indicating that the terminal transmits the following uplink signal not including the specific data, the following uplink signal being transmitted from the terminal to the base station in association with the selected known signal, and transmit the selected known signal to the base station.
US09750006B2
A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
US09749993B2
A method for controlling uplink transmit power for a plurality of basestations in a mobile communications network is disclosed. The basestations may form a second layer within the network, and the network may comprise another plurality of basestations forming a first layer. The method comprises clustering the plurality of second layer basestations according to association with first layer basestations, exchanging second layer basestation loading information between second layer basestations belonging to the same cluster, and dynamically setting uplink transmit power limits for individual second layer basestations based on the exchanged loading information. The method may further comprise updating the clustering of the second layer basestations according to dynamic variation in association of second layer basestations with first layer basestations. The method may also comprise dynamically controlling uplink resource allocation such that concurrent use of the same frequency resource by more than one second layer basestation is reduced.
US09749987B2
A mobile communication method comprises allocating, by the radio base station, the respectively different paging cycles, to a plurality of radio terminals that are present in an area covered by the radio base station.
US09749985B2
A beacon device is provided in proximity to a computing system within a computing center. A request to locate the computing system in the computing center is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate the computing system, the control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and the specification data to the beacon device, and provides the specification data to a portable device and stores the specification data on the portable device.
US09749983B2
A communication system is provided. The communication system includes a main electronic device and an auxiliary electronic device. The auxiliary electronic device would send a connection sound wave signal. When the main electronic device receives the connection sound wave signal, the main electronic device sends a positioning signal. When the auxiliary electronic device receives the positioning signal, the auxiliary electronic device sends a positioning sound wave signal to the main electronic device. Moreover, the main electronic device determines a relative position of the auxiliary electronic device and the main electronic device according to the positioning sound wave signal, and displays an operating icon on a display unit of the main electronic device according to the relative position.
US09749974B2
Logic to “loosely” manage synch frame transmissions in a synch network via the devices synced to the network that implement the logic. Logic may distributedly adjust the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions without estimating the size of the neighborhood. Logic in devices of a synch network to let each device maintain a Transmission Window (TW). Logic to determine the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions based upon the TW. Logic to increase TW if the device detects a synch frame transmission. Logic to decrease TW if the device successfully transmits a synch frame. Logic to balance power consumption and discovery timing by adjusting the decrease in TW responsive to a synch transmission in relation to the increase in TW responsive to detection of a synch transmitted by another device.
US09749963B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a power control method. The method may comprise a step of receiving an upper layer signal by a user equipment (UE) in which dual connectivity between a first cell and a second cell is configured. Here, the upper layer signal may comprise configuration information to be used for the dual connectivity. The configuration information may comprise one of a first configuration and a second configuration. The user equipment (UE) in which the dual connectivity is configured can be connected to a first cell group including the first cell and a second cell group including the second cell, respectively. Here, each cell group may belong to an individual base station (eNodeB). The method may comprise a step of performing power control with regard to an uplink transmission to one or more of the first cell and the second cell, on the basis of one of the first configuration and the second configuration.
US09749957B2
Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for optimizing the power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system comprises: a determination step of determining whether there is a need for changing a configuration for a discontinuous reception operation of the terminal; and a transmission step of transmitting, to a base station, a request message for a change in the discontinuous reception operation, if it is determined that the change is needed.
US09749955B2
Mobile platform power management is an important problem especially for battery-powered small form factor platforms such as smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, Internet of Things (IOT) devices, and the like. A low-power wake-up radio cooperates with a mobility manager which is configured to receive information from one or more sensors and determine a mobility management frame. The mobility management frame specifies transmitter operation, such as a number and time interval over which to transmit a number of wake-up packets, which are usable by the low-power wake-up radio to control main radio operation in the wireless communications device.
US09749948B2
A method for performing a handover by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes detecting signaling from at least one of active lower base stations, transmitting, to an upper base station as a serving base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) measurement report including information on the detected signaling, and performing the handover to a target active lower base station. The target active lower base station is a base station that remains active among the active lower base stations and the UE, the active lower base stations are included in the cell coverage of the upper base station. The upper base station has cell coverage including cell coverage of the active lower base stations.
US09749942B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that may adjust the likelihood and/or frequency with which a wireless device performs scanning operations to reduce power consumption without degrading the ability of the wireless device to identify the best available access point with which to associate. In some aspects, the wireless device may adjust the likelihood and/or frequency of performing scanning operations based on a motion state of the wireless device, a change in the motion state of the wireless device, a signal strength of an associated access point, and/or the connection status of the wireless device.
US09749939B2
An apparatus includes a memory configured to store a first program for executing a cell search process on data transmitted from another wireless device, and a second program for executing a demodulation process and/or a decoding process after the cell search process. The apparatus includes a first processor configured to execute the first program, and a second processor configured to execute the second program. The apparatus loads the first program stored in the memory in the first processor. When the first processor is requested to perform the cell search process by executing the first program, the apparatus loads the first program in the second processor, and executes the cell search process on the data in a parallel manner by causing the first and second processors to execute the first program.
US09749938B2
System and method embodiments are provided for network cell discovery. In an embodiment, a method in a mobile device includes receiving, at the mobile device, at least one parameter from a first network component, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with a discovery signal (DS) generated by and transmitted from a second network component, wherein the parameter specifies a time period between successive transmissions of the DS, an offset within the time period, and a duration of each transmission of the DS; receiving, at the mobile device, according to the time period and the offset, the DS from the second network component; and suspending reception on a first carrier radio resource during a gap in successive transmissions on the first carrier radio resource and receiving a signal on a second carrier radio resource during the gap, wherein the gap is determined according to the parameter.
US09749937B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, a method and a device for the scanning of a station (STA) in a WLAN system are disclosed. The whereby an STA performs scanning in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a first frame, including a BSSID-AP CCC pair, to one or more access points (AP); and receiving a second frame from an AP among the one or more ALs, wherein the system information of the AP, which is included in the second frame, includes dynamic information and can configure the second frame to be optimized according to the dynamic information.
US09749934B2
An information handling system is provided herein. The information handling system includes a controlling bridge having a plurality of bridge ports and at least one port extender coupled to one of the bridge ports of the controlling bridge to form an extended bridge. The port extender has a plurality of extension ports. The information handling system further includes an access point coupled to the port extender such that a wireless association between the access point and one or more stations appears as a logical bridge port to the controlling bridge and to an access controller system. The access point has a wireless transceiver to communication with the one or more stations. Associated methods are provided herein for providing wireless network access to a local area network.
US09749932B2
A wireless communication system 5 comprises a wireless communication device arranged to detect multiple wireless access networks available for connection to the wireless communication device for providing data services. The device is arranged to discover one or more access capabilities of at least one of the detected wireless access networks, and compares the discovered access capabilities with a mobility policy so as to select an available wireless access networks for connection. Access capabilities may include aspects such as IP protocols and ports allowed by an access network, and capacity constraints such as available uplink and downlink transmission rates.
US09749930B2
A method for receiving a trip path including a plurality of passage places calculated by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: enabling a terminal to send a request for a trip path including a plurality of passage places to the server, the request containing an indicator for representing the request for the path including the plurality of passage places from the server, wherein if the proposed trip path consists of a plurality of sub-paths, and thus the information of a proposed trip path contains the information indicating the sub-paths of the first sub-path is received through the link for the first sub-path, and the information of the first sub-path may include an indicator indicating whether there exists a second sub-path subsequent to the first sub-path, and a link for the second sub-path.
US09749916B2
An operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: applying de-prioritization to one or more frequencies in a de-prioritization frequency list; receiving a de-prioritization cancellation command from a network; and handling the applied de-prioritization on the basis of the de-prioritization cancellation command.
US09749915B2
In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements techniques for avoiding conflicts between UE-initiated and network-initiated handovers. In one embodiment, one or more first radios are configured to perform cellular communication using different first and second cellular radio access technologies (RATs) and a second radio is configured to perform wireless communication using a short-range RAT. In one embodiment, the mobile device is configured to, while communicating using the first cellular RAT, in response to determining that an inter-RAT handover to the short-range RAT is likely to be initiated or has been initiated by the at least one processor, delay sending a measurement report to the cellular base station. This delay may avoid conflict between handovers initiated by the network in response to the measurement report (e.g., from the first cellular RAT to the second cellular RAT) and the inter-RAT handover.
US09749913B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell handover method and a device. so that the target eNB uses a current serving small node as a user plane serving node after UE is handed over and uses the target eNB as a control plane serving node after the UE is handed over; receiving a handover request acknowledgment sent by the target eNB; and sending offloading configuration information of the current serving small node to the current serving small node, and sending RRC reconfiguration information of the UE to the UE, so that offloading configuration is performed separately by the current serving small node and the UE. This avoids a problem that in a cell handover process, a transmission resource required for transmission increases and a delay is relatively great because the current serving small node forwards a large amount of data to the target eNB.
US09749894B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing mobile network related tasks based on performance data acquired by an unmanned vehicle. In use, mobile device performance data associated with a geographical area is received, the mobile device performance data being acquired by one or more unmanned vehicles accessing the geographical area. Additionally, the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area is analyzed. Further, one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area are performed based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area.
US09749892B2
Wireless device, method, and computer readable media are disclosed for determining which channel status information (CSI) report of a user equipment (UE) to drop from a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) packet. The method may include determining that a first CSI report and a second CSI report are to be sent in the PUCCH, where the first CSI report has a first reporting type and a first CSI sub-frame set, and the second CSI report has a second reporting type and a second CSI sub-frame set. The method may include determining to drop the first CSI report if the first CSI sub-frame set has a second lower priority than the second CSI sub-frame set. The determination to drop may be further based on a CSI processor index, serving cell index, and the CSI report priority.
US09749890B2
A mobile terminal measures surrounding cell information on the basis of a direction from a base station and selects only cell information on an unknown cell detected from the surrounding cell information and notifies the base station of the cell information on the unknown cell when information on surrounding cells is acquired by the base station. A wireless communication system includes the base station and the mobile terminal The base station includes a cell information acquisition unit for acquiring cell information including cell quality information and cell identification information on surrounding cells located around the base station, and a transmission unit for transmitting, to the mobile terminal, known cell information and acquisition direction for cell information on unknown cells that do not have cell information corresponding to the known cell information.
US09749886B1
Described are techniques for determining metric data associated with a network by providing interrogatory data to the network in-line, using an existing connection. The interrogatory data may request metric data regarding one or more devices. Response data may be received responsive to the interrogatory data and may include at least a portion of the requested metric data and destination network element data indicative of one or more devices within the network. The metric data may be stored in association with the destination network element data and the communication type corresponding to the communication conducted over the existing connection. Stored metric data from previous communications may be used to determine a quality metric to facilitate selection of a network for the initiation of a subsequent communication.
US09749879B2
A method for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments is disclosed. A first parameter value set is selected from a library of two or more parameter value sets. Each of the parameter value sets includes a value for each of one or more communication-related parameters. The first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment. The action of selecting the first parameter value set is performed for a first set of one or more infrastructure radios that are to be operated in the first target radio operating environment. The first parameter value set is applied to the first set of one or more infrastructure radios so that the first set of one or more infrastructure radios will start using the first parameter value set to wirelessly communicate with user devices.
US09749877B2
A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released.
US09749873B1
A method for estimating communication quality of a wireless network applied to an estimation device having a storage device and a processor is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing coordinate information of a plurality of nodes and at least two kinds of map data; associating the coordinate information of the nodes with the map data to map the nodes to the corresponding positions of the maps; extracting spatial feature data between any two nodes from the associated map data, wherein the spatial feature data include spatial distribution data and spatial attribute data; selecting one of a plurality of path loss models according to the spatial feature data between the two nodes and estimating a pass loss using the selected path loss model, thereby estimating the communication quality between the two nodes.
US09749866B2
A vehicle safety system and method for controlling usage of mobile devices in a vehicle is disclosed that includes determining mobile device location in the vehicle; determining vehicle movement; determining whether device is being used by the driver based on device location; and monitoring or limiting usage of the device based on whether its being used by the driver while the vehicle is moving. An electronic beacon located in the vehicle can be used in determining device location. The method can include monitoring activation and usage of device functionality; maintaining an enforcement list of functionality to be limited when used by the driver; determining if any functionality on the enforcement list is attempting to activate, and if so limiting or disabling activation of that functionality. The method can include generating a device motion/usage profile for the driver while driving, and scoring the driver based on the device motion/usage profile.
US09749860B2
A peer-to-peer wireless connection is established between a mobile client computing device and a server computing device, and information is communicated between the mobile client computing device and the server computing device over this connection. The information is sufficient for the server computing device and/or the mobile client computing device to authenticate the mobile client computing device with the server computing device. After the mobile client computing device has been authenticated with the server computing device, a user of the mobile client computing device is permitted to perform management tasks on the server computing device using the mobile client computing device, such as over the peer-to-peer wireless connection. For example, license keys can be moved from the mobile client computing device to the server computing device to upgrade the server computing device, and from the server computing device to the mobile computing device to downgrade the server computing device.
US09749852B2
A mobile station (e.g., an MTC device), an access node (e.g., BSS) and various methods are described herein for implementing an accelerated system access procedure (ASAP) which improves the radio resource utilization efficiency by having: (1) the mobile station transmit a packet channel request to the access node, where the packet channel request includes a unique identifier associated with the mobile station, and (2) the access node after receiving the packet channel request transmits an Immediate Assignment (IA) message to the mobile station, where the IA message includes the unique identifier associated with the mobile station.
US09749851B2
A mobile architecture system includes a plurality of connection nodes each comprising an access interface and at least one network interface. A plurality of aggregation layer devices are each coupled to respective sets of connection nodes to form aggregation regions. A backhaul network is coupled to each of the aggregation layer devices, and a mobility entity is coupled to the backhaul network, wherein each of the connection nodes is configured to receive attachment requests from at least one user device. The aggregation layer devices are configured to assign IP addresses to user devices connected to connection nodes coupled to the respective aggregation layer devices. The aggregation layer devices are configured to determine IP routes from the backhaul network to the connection nodes based on the assigned IP addresses. The aggregation layer devices are further configured to notify respective connection nodes regarding the IP addresses assigned to connected user devices.
US09749848B2
A user apparatus in a mobile communication system including a base station and a user apparatus, including: a support status determination unit configured to receive, from the base station, support status information indicating whether the base station supports a predetermine notification method on category information of the user apparatus, and to determine whether the base station supports the predetermined notification method based on the support status information; and a category information notification control unit configured, when the support status determination unit determines that the base station supports the predetermined notification method, to notify the base station of a combination of first category information and second category information so as to notify the base station of category information of the user apparatus.
US09749839B2
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods to receive a transmission that is associated with an identification number and includes a number associated with a land line, determine a physical address based on the number associated with the land line, confirm the physical address that was determined, and associate the physical address with a user account, the user account being identified by the identification number.
US09749834B2
A communication control method used in a cellular mobile communication system that performs inter-terminal communication that is direct radio communication capable of being performed between user terminals in a state where a radio connection with a network is established, comprises a step of transmitting, by a first user terminal, to the network, communication request information indicating a desire to start the inter-terminal communication, a step of transmitting, by the network, to a second user terminal, start request information for starting waiting for a search signal, in a case where the second user terminal identified on the basis of the communication request information is stopping the waiting for the search signal for the inter-terminal communication, and a step of starting, by the second user terminal, waiting for the search signal upon receiving the start request information from the network.
US09749833B2
A device is configured to perform a method of wireless communication in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving, from a communications controller, a device-to-device (D2D) subframe configuration to communicate with one or more second wireless devices, the subframe configuration indicating one or more subframes in which to transmit a D2D signal or receive one or more D2D signals. The method also includes receiving, from the communications controller, scheduling information to transmit a first signal to the communications controller on a subframe indicated by the D2D subframe configuration. The method further includes prioritizing the transmission of the first signal over a transmission of the D2D signal or a reception of the one or more D2D signals, and transmitting the first signal.
US09749828B2
A system and related method are disclosed for sending SMS messages and phone calls via a Voice over Internet Protocol network. Disclosed embodiments permit the insertion of user identification data into the calls or SMS messages such that the recipient's phone displays that data as caller identification. Additional embodiments include geographical data such as GPS coordinates in the caller identification data to permit the immediate location of emergency calls.
US09749816B2
A method of Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH) decoding for Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) by a UE includes decoding a Transport Block (TB) in a first sub-frame of a Multicast Channel Scheduling Period (MSP) by a Physical (PHY) layer in the UE; providing the decoded TB to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer; performing blind decoding on all received MBSFN sub-frames, until the PHY layer receives PMCH scheduling configuration from the MAC layer; selecting at least one Logical Channel IDentifier (LCID) and Multicast Transport Channel (MTCH) scheduling information for each LCID by decoding a Multicast Channel Scheduling Information Protocol Data Unit (MSI PDU), the MSI PDU present in the decoded TB; building a PMCH scheduling configuration by the MAC layer based on the selected at least one LCID and the MTCH scheduling information; passing the PMCH scheduling configuration to the PHY layer by the MAC layer; and applying the PMCH scheduling configuration.
US09749811B2
An apparatus includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to obtain the vehicle information about a vehicle state of its own vehicle; a cloud communication unit 11 to transmit the vehicle information obtained by the vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to a cloud server 2, and to receive the communication establishment information transmitted from the cloud server 2; an intervehicle communication unit 13 to carry out intervehicle communication; and a controller 12 to instruct the intervehicle communication unit 13 to perform the intervehicle communication and to establish communication in accordance with the communication establishment information the cloud communication unit 11 receives.
US09749810B1
Performing user equipment (UE) assisted indoor small cell location determination is presented herein. A method can include in response to sending, by an access point device, a request directed to a mobile device to obtain mobile device location data representing a user equipment location of the mobile device, receiving, by the access point device, the mobile device location data from the mobile device; and based on the mobile device location data, determining, by the access point device, access point location data representing an access point location of the access point device. In an example, the mobile device location data can include coordinates of the mobile device comprising latitude of the mobile device and longitude of the mobile device, and a time stamp representing a time of generation of the coordinates. In another example, the mobile device location data can include an altitude of the mobile device.
US09749809B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for determining location and position for the effective use thereof in a location-based service by precisely determining information on the location and position of a user terminal, such as a smartphone, to provide the determined location and position to the user terminal using a georeferenced reference image DB preconstructed on a server on a network or on the user terminal, and images captured by a camera of the user terminal.
US09749808B2
An approach for rendering one or more graphical elements associated with one or more content items recommended for consumption during travel based on travel times associated with one or more travel routes is described. A content item recommendation platform determines travel times associated with travel routes. The content item recommendation platform determines content recommendations, content items, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a comparison of the travel times and duration times associated with the content recommendations, the one or more content items, or a combination thereof. The content item recommendation platform further causes, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface depicting one or more icons, one or more markers, one or more graphical elements, or a combination thereof associated with the content recommendations, the content items, or a combination thereof along the travel routes based, at least in part, on the comparison.
US09749807B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for displaying information which links to related information provided by user's friends at user's location. The method including the operations of: obtaining first user's information viewing operation performed on information associated with the first user; obtaining position information included in the information; obtaining at least one second user according to the position information, wherein the second user is within a first user's user relationship chain, and wherein the information published in the past by the second user includes the position information; and displaying the at least one second user to the first user. The present disclosure makes the first user learn of the friends who published at this position information, and therefore the amount of the information available at this position has increased, thus enriching the first user's knowledge of the need for detailed information.
US09749803B2
Techniques of determining a path using anonymous application usage data are described. A path determination system and method can determine a location and geometrical shape of a path based on anonymous application usage data received from one or more devices. The anonymous application usage data can include an identifier or a category of the application program executed by a device, and multiple locations of the device observed while the application program executes on the device. Based on the locations, the system and method can determine a path for associating with the application program. The system and method can use metadata of the application program for identifying the path in response to a query or a request. The system and method can provide the path to a device for display in an information layer on a virtual map.
US09749800B2
Described herein are methods and apparatus for controlling wireless scans used to determine the location of a portable electronic device. In described embodiments, the portable electronic device determines if user notifications are currently suppressed (i.e., if the device is operating in a “do not disturb” mode). In the case that user notifications are currently suppressed on the portable electronic device, the interval between the wireless scans used to determine the location of the portable electronic device is increased. Furthermore, in described embodiments, the portable electronic device determines its location. Then based on its location, it determines a travel time to a boundary (e.g., a geo-fence) and adjusts the frequency of wireless scans used to determine the location of the portable electronic device based on the travel time.
US09749797B2
A proximity fence can be a location-agnostic fence defined by signal sources having no geographic location information. The proximity fence can correspond to a group of signal sources instead of a point location fixed to latitude and longitude coordinates. A signal source can be a radio frequency (RF) transmitter broadcasting a beacon signal. The beacon signal can include a payload that includes an identifier indicating a category to which the signal source belongs, and one or more labels indicating one or more subcategories to which the signal source belongs. The proximity fence defined by the group of signal sources can trigger different functions of application programs associated with the proximity fence on a mobile device, when the mobile device moves within the proximity fence and enters and exits different parts of the proximity fence corresponding to the different subcategories.
US09749796B2
A method and apparatus for providing search results based at least in part on uncertainty.
US09749794B2
A computing device includes at least one processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions for causing the device to be configured to load a subset of geo-fences from secondary storage to primary storage for tracking by the computing device, the subset of geo-fences selected from a set of available geo-fences stored in the secondary storage, based on a selection criteria. The computing device further creates a boundary geo-fence with a radius corresponding to a distance between a current location of the computing device and an edge of a geo-fence in the subset of geo-fences that is furthest from the current location of the computing device. Upon detecting a geo-fence event associated with a new location of the computing device in relation to the boundary geo-fence, a new subset of geo-fences is re-loaded, and a new boundary geo-fence is created based on the new location of the computing device.
US09749787B2
The invention discloses a ZigBee-based article searching method, device and system. The method includes: receiving article label signal sent by an article label; generating article position information according to intensity of the article label signal and reference label signal intensity corresponding to at least one preset reference label; and sending the article position information to a terminal device of a user. In the technical solutions provided by the invention, article position information is generated according to the article label signal intensity and the reference label signal intensity corresponding to at least one preset reference label, and then the article position information is sent to the terminal device of the user, so that the position information of an article can be obtained in real time by adopting the solutions of the invention.
US09749775B2
A method by a near-field communication (NFC) device is described. The method includes receiving, at an NFC controller, an end of test response from a lower tester (LT) device that indicates completion by the LT device of an NFC Forum test case. The method also includes sending an end of test message from the NFC controller to a device host. The method further includes initiating, by the device host, a deactivation process for the LT device upon receiving the end of test message.
US09749772B2
The present invention relates to communication via a series of bidirectional frames. A communication device is configured to communicate according to a protocol in which data is communicated via a series of frames, and every frame comprises: a downlink portion for transmissions by the communication device, said downlink portion comprising a control portion; and an uplink portion for transmissions to the communication device; and the duration of each frame is greater than one second.
US09749767B2
Method and apparatus reproduce a stereophonic sound. The method includes obtaining sound depth information which denotes a distance between at least one object within a sound signal and a reference position, and providing sound perspective to the sound object output from a speaker, based on the sound depth information.
US09749763B2
Examples described herein involve calibration of a microphone of a network device. An example network device identifies, within a database of microphone acoustic characteristics, an acoustic characteristic of the microphone which corresponds to a particular characteristic of the network device. The network device calibrates a playback device based on at least the identified acoustic characteristic of the microphone.
US09749760B2
An example method includes receiving, from a first playback device of a playback system, a message indicating a first zone configuration, the first zone configuration including at least a first zone associated with at least the first playback device and a second zone associated with at least a second playback device of the playback system; displaying, based on the first zone configuration, at least a first representation corresponding to the first zone and a second representation corresponding to the second zone; receiving an input to form a zone group including each playback device of the playback system; based on the input, transmitting to a third playback device of the playback system, a message indicating a second zone configuration, the second zone configuration comprising a zone group associated with each playback device of the system; and displaying, based on the second zone configuration, a third representation corresponding to the zone group.
US09749759B2
The present invention proposes a sound tube (3) for an earpiece (1), wherein a first section (4) of an inner surface of the sound tube (3) has a structured surface, in particular a textural pattern forming a relief comprising convexities (13) and/or concavities (11). Alternatively or additionally, the sound tube (3) features a radially extending, circumferential flange (8), annular lip (8′) or collar at an outer surface of the sound tube (3). The present invention is further directed to a sound tube arrangement comprising two of the proposed sound tubes integrally formed in one piece and to an earpiece (1) with such a sound tube (3) or such a sound tube arrangement as well as to a hearing device with such an earpiece (1).
US09749753B2
The present invention regards a hearing device comprising a power source, a control unit, a power source charge state monitoring unit, a timing unit, and an output unit. The hearing device is configured to be worn on or at an ear of a user. The power source is configured to power the hearing device. The power source charge state monitoring unit is configured to monitor the charge state of the power source by determining a current output voltage value of the power source. The timing unit is configured to measure a duration between two points in time. The output unit is configured to generate output sounds corresponding to electrical sound signals. The control unit is configured to activate a low-energy warning mode, if the current output voltage value determined by the power source charge state monitoring unit is below a predetermined threshold output voltage value of the power source. The control unit is further configured to adjust the predetermined threshold output voltage value in dependence of a duration of the low-energy warning mode. The control unit operating in the low-energy warning mode is configured to generate electrical low-energy warning signals. The output unit is configured to generate output stimuli perceived by the user as sounds corresponding to the electrical low-energy warning signals and/or to transmit such output sounds and/or signals indicating low energy warning signals to another device.
US09749747B1
An audio emission device and an audio capture device that may respectively emit and capture sound within a listening area is described. The audio emission device may produce one or more primary audio beams in the listening area. Each of the primary audio beams may be formed by weighting a set of modal beam patterns. Separate orthogonal test signals may be injected into each modal beam pattern. Based on these separate orthogonal test signals, the individual modal beam patterns may be extracted from a detected sound signal, produced by the audio capture device, such that the contribution from each of these modal patterns in the detected sound signal may be determined. Utilizing the contributions from each modal beam pattern in the detected sound signal, the spatial relationship (e.g., distance and/or orientation/angle) between the audio emission device and the audio capture device may be determined.
US09749746B2
A noise-suppression device includes an input buffer, a spatial filter, a delay buffer, and a controller. The input buffer stores sound data. The spatial filter generates processed data by using an internal adaptive control according to a control signal. The delay buffer stores the processed data. The controller operates in either one of a training stage, a flushing stage, or a normal stage and generates the control signal. When the controller operates in the training stage, the spatial filter receives the sound data from the input buffer to generate the processed data which is continuously processed by the spatial filter and then stored in the delay buffer over and over again until the internal adaptive control is converged.
US09749740B2
A method and apparatus for operation of a remote speaker microphone over an expanded temperature range. By monitoring a temperature of the communication device, a temperature sensitive microprocessor can be disabled above a predetermined extreme temperature, thereby allowing control of an audio path of the communication device to be modified. Microphone and speaker signals of the communication device can be switched or rerouted to an electronic path capable of operating above the predetermined extreme temperature for expanded operation while previous microprocessor controlled digital and analog audio circuits are shut down.
US09749732B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for earphone sound effect compensation and an earphone. The method of the present invention comprises: obtaining monitored signal data in a current wearing state of an earphone user according to a signal collected by a monitoring microphone and an audio signal played by a loudspeaker of the earphone; computing error data of the monitored signal data in the current wearing state relative to standard signal data in a standard wearing state of the earphone; and performing sound effect compensation to the earphone according to the error data. The technical solution of the present invention adopts an adaptive digital signal processing manner, which can dynamically compensate for sound effects in different earphone wearing manners and enable an earphone user to appreciate an audible effect in a standard earphone wearing state.
US09749715B2
A circuit system includes: a receiver circuit which outputs a periodic voltage pulse via a bus line; and an ascertaining device configured to ascertain whether the voltage on the bus line has reached a specified threshold value. The circuit system is configured to start the reception of data signals a specified time period after an instant at which the voltage on the bus line has reached the specified threshold value.
US09749683B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processor that causes a STB to present an avatar. The processor can receive from the STB a response of the user, detect from the response a change in an emotional state of the user, adapt a search for media content according to the change in the emotional state of the user, and adapt a portion of the characteristics of the avatar relating to emotional feedback according to the change in the emotional state of the user. The processor can cause the STB to present the adapted avatar presenting content from a media content source identified from the adapted search for media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09749682B2
Techniques are described for tunneling high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) data over a wireless connection from an HDMI-capable source device to a client device that is physically connected to an HDMI-capable sink device via an HDMI connector. The techniques enable wireless transmission of HDMI data without video compression by using an encapsulation scheme that maps HDMI audio and video channels into a transport stream format and maps HDMI side channels into an IP datagram for transmission over the wireless connection. The source device may operate as an HDMI controller and perform HDMI-based data, control, and security processing required for HDMI connectivity with the sink device via the client device. The client device, therefore, may be a “dummy” client device that does not perform HDMI-based processing, but acts as a wireless HDMI bridge to pass the HDMI data between the source device and the sink device.
US09749680B2
An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, an apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, a method for transmitting broadcast signals, and a method for receiving broadcast signals are disclosed. A method for receiving a broadcast signal comprising receiving a broadcast signal, parsing a second packet at the received broadcast signal, parsing the first packet using the fixed header and/or the extended header and displaying broadcast contents by processing the parsed first packet is disclosed.
US09749679B2
A system is provided for providing a trickplay operation using a digital video recorder (DVR) when the video includes Broadcom Transport Packets (BTPs) designed for MPEG-2, but in an MPEG-4 video steam. In a first embodiment, to enable trickplay to function properly with MPEG-4 video, the BTP descriptors included with each group of data frames are disabled so that a single descriptor provided without BTPs that would otherwise be provided in MPEG-4 is all that remains. In a second embodiment, the 5 descriptors for MPEG-4 are combined into a single descriptor. In a third embodiment, the pace of decoding of the MPEG-4 descriptors is increased so that the speed of encoding all the 5 descriptors is comparable to the pace of decoding a single MPEG-2 descriptor.
US09749677B2
Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs, etc.)). The apparatus is adapted to convert content stored on a PMD to a format capable of being rendered on a home device which may then store or playback the content. Control of the presentation is also provided by the bridging apparatus. The apparatus may also be adapted to transfer content from the home device to the PMD for storage or playback. In another embodiment, the apparatus may function within a home network having a trusted domain to provide content between a plurality devices on the network (and in the domain) and the PMD.
US09749676B2
A multispeed playback system is described herein that allows for playback of smooth streaming media presentations at speeds other than the normal speed or direction, while still using an underlying platform that does not natively support multispeed. The system provides frames to the underlying platform so that the platform is still playing 1× content while the system manipulates video and/or audio samples being fed to the platform to make rendered data look appropriately for a selected speed and direction. The system may feed the underlying platform frames at a faster rate or skip every other frame for faster playback, or may feed each frame to the underlying platform multiple times for slower playback. Thus, the multispeed playback system allows a client application developer to provide users with expected multispeed playback at the client without encoding multiple different streams at the server.
US09749669B2
Method, system, and programs for assessing viewing quality of media objects (e.g., advertisements) are provided. In one example, information regarding one or more delivery conditions of an advertisement that is served at a user device is received. Viewing quality of the advertisement is estimated based on the one or more delivery conditions. Information regarding one or more advertising pricing parameters related to the advertisement is received. The viewing quality of the advertisement and the one or more advertising pricing parameters are provided.
US09749663B1
An apparatus including a tuner configured for receiving television signals; a CPU configured to cause the apparatus to perform operations including: receiving configuration data from a first server; receiving a broadcast data stream for the television content via the tuner; obtaining a first plurality of data chunks from the broadcast data stream, wherein each data chunk encodes a portion of audio and/or video included in the broadcast data stream; determining, based on the configuration data, which of the first plurality of data chunks are included in a second plurality of data chunks for uploading, wherein at least one of the first plurality of data chunks is not included in the second plurality of data chunks; and uploading the second plurality of data chunks to a second server.
US09749643B2
A method for reconstructing image information divided by a tree structure from a bitstream, includes: decoding the bitstream to reconstruct additional information, the additional information including first information on a minimum block size and second information on a difference between the minimum block size and a maximum block size, wherein the difference between the minimum block size and the maximum block size is a value of a log scale; reconstructing a partition flag indicating whether or not each node, starting from a node of an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into nodes of a lower layer, the node of the uppermost layer identified based on the first and second information; and reconstructing image information of a block corresponding to a node which is not further divided.
US09749638B1
A system and method for encoding a video signal having a sequence of frames including a reference frame and a current frame is disclosed. The method includes encoding at a least a portion of the reference frame using a low-quality encoding scheme and encoding the current frame using the reference frame so that the encoded current frame includes at least one pixel encoded using the low-quality encoding scheme. The method also includes identifying a portion of the encoded current frame that includes at least one pixel encoded using the low-quality encoding scheme. The method also includes encoding the identified portion of the current frame using a high-quality encoding scheme.
US09749637B2
If the number of frames in a GOP of an input stream is not less than 15, the GOP is determined as a control unit time. If the number of frames in the GOP is less than 15, the following GOP is connected thereto until the number of frames becomes not less than 15 and the connected GOPs are determined as a control unit time. After correcting the control unit time, the average input bit rate Sn in each control unit time is obtained, and by using information on the input stream including the average input bit rate Sn, a quantization step value of an output stream is calculated.
US09749635B2
A method and apparatus for clipping a transform coefficient are disclosed. In one implementation, a method is implemented in a video encoder for clipping a quantization level. The method operates by generating the quantization level for a transform coefficient of a transform unit by quantizing the transform coefficient according to a quantization matrix and quantization parameter, determining a clipping range in the video encoder for one or a combination of a fixed-range clipping condition and a dynamic-range clipping condition, and clipping the quantization level according to the clipping range to generate a clipping-processed quantization level. The quantization level is clipped within a fixed clipping range from −m to m−1 for the fixed-range clipping condition and m corresponds to 128, 32768, or 2147483648.
US09749630B2
An image decoding method which can improve both image quality and coding efficiency is an image decoding method for decoding a coded stream which includes a plurality of processing units and a header for the processing units, the coded stream being generated by coding a moving picture, the processing units including at least one processing unit layered to be split into a plurality of smaller processing units, the image decoding method including specifying a hierarchical layer having a processing unit in which a parameter necessary for decoding is stored, by parsing hierarchy depth information stored in the header, and decoding the processing unit using the parameter stored in the processing unit located at the specified hierarchical layer.
US09749629B2
Prediction directions for cost calculation are reduced by preferentially selecting a direction in which a prediction pixel is generated by direct copy without filtering from among intra prediction directions to perform intra prediction. In addition to the roughly selected prediction direction, an amount of processing is reduced while deterioration of coding efficiency is prevented through comparison with preferentially selected prediction, such as DC prediction and planar prediction, and selection of second-stage prediction direction focused on a vicinity of roughly selected prediction direction.
US09749610B2
A spatial image projection apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display unit configured to display an image acquired by processing the image signal; a projection unit configured to project a spatial image to a prescribed space by reflecting light corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit. Further, the projection unit includes a plate having a first surface facing the display unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protrusion arranged on the first surface or the second surface of the plate. In addition, the protrusion includes first and second slopes tilted at about 45 degrees relative to the surface of the plate, and an angle between the first and second slopes is about 90 degrees.
US09749609B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding a three-dimensional (3D) mesh. The method for encoding the 3D mesh includes determining a priority of a gate configuring a 3D mesh corresponding to a 3D object, removing vertices configuring the 3D mesh using the determined priority of the gate, and simplifying the 3D mesh.
US09749605B2
A projection apparatus is provided, which includes a projector body, a first ultrasonic sensor and a second ultrasonic sensor. The projection apparatus is configured to project an image onto a screen. The first ultrasonic sensor and the second ultrasonic sensor are disposed on the projector body. The first ultrasonic sensor and the second ultrasonic sensor are respectively configured to measure a distance between the projector body and the screen. The projector body corrects the image in a horizontal direction through the first ultrasonic sensor and the second ultrasonic according to the measured distances. The first ultrasonic sensor and the second ultrasonic sensor are disposed on a first reference line corresponding to the first direction. The projection apparatus of the invention may provide good image quality.
US09749600B2
Systems and methods for optical narrowcasting are provided for transmitting various types of content. Optical narrowcasting content indicative of the presence of additional information along with identifying information may be transmitted. The additional information (which may include meaningful amounts of advertising information, media, or any other content) may also be transmitted as optical narrowcasting content. Elements of an optical narrowcasting system may include optical transmitters and optical receivers which can be configured to be operative at distances ranging from, e.g., 400 meters to 1200 meters. Moreover, the elements can be implemented on a miniaturized scale in conjunction with small, user devices such as smartphones, thereby also realizing optical ad-hoc networking, as well as interoperability with other types of data networks. Optically narrowcast content can be used to augment a real-world experience, enhance and/or spawn new forms of social-media and media content.
US09749595B2
The security system comprises a monitoring sensor, a video camera, a cloud server and a wireless transceiver module coupling with the video camera through a DIDO terminal port. The monitoring sensor senses a triggering event to generate a status signal to transfer to the video camera through the wireless transceiver module. The status signal changes a logical state of the DIDO terminal port to trigger the video camera to perform a security process to generate a notification.
US09749592B2
Disclosed herein is a method for processing of successive digital image data, acquired by a camera immersed in a liquid comprising turbulence, such as water in a nuclear reactor core, this turbulence causing an effect of apparent displacement of pixels of the images. The processing comprises advantageously: a modelling of the effect of the turbulence on the pixels of the images, and a deconvolution by this modelling of a time-averaged image.
US09749587B2
An apparatus of generating a combined video stream of multiple images, includes: an image acquiring unit to acquire a plurality of individual video streams transmitted over multiple channels; an image information extracting unit to extract individual image codes and individual header information from each of the plurality of the individual video streams; and a bit stream generating unit to generate combined image codes by inserting individual image codes into corresponding respective positions corresponding to each of the plurality of individual video streams in a predetermined layout of a display picture, generate combined header information corresponding to the combined image codes based on respective individual header information, and generate a combined video stream including the combined image codes and the combined header information.
US09749580B2
A signal transmitting method, a signal transmitting apparatus, and a signal receiving method, and a signal receiving apparatus are discussed, The signal transmitting method according to an embodiment includes encoding ultra high definition (UHD) video data; and encoding signaling information. A service type indicates a UHD digital television service using high efficiency video coding (HEVC). The signaling information includes linkage information. When a linkage type has one of specific values, the linkage type indicates additional linkage information. The UHD digital television service is signaled based on a link type and the linkage type. When a first value of the linkage type is used, an existing service is linked to a target UHD digital television service. When a second value of the linkage type is used, a UHD digital television service is linked to an existing service including a high definition or 3D service.
US09749577B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods of recording video frames from a computing device by a management device. The management device may receive video frames from the computing device. In response to receiving the video frames, the management device may process the video frames in a first-in-first out (FIFO) order to generate processed video frames according to a recording method, store the processed video frames in the FIFO order in the memory of the management device, and then release the memory occupied by some of the processed video frames in the FIFO order based on a memory releasing condition defined by the recording method to store the processed video frame. The memory releasing condition is determined by multiple optimized parameters of the recording method. The recording method may be a sliding window recording method, a multiple-window fixed size recording method, or a multiple-window dynamic size recording method.
US09749567B2
An operating method of an image sensor includes the following steps. The image sensor includes at least one pixel unit. The pixel unit includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a first control unit, a capacitor unit, and a sensing unit. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a quantum film photoelectric conversion unit, and the first control unit includes an oxide semiconductor transistor. The capacitor unit is coupled to the first control unit, and the sensing unit is configured to sense signals at a sense point coupled between the first control unit and the sensing unit. The pixel unit is discharged before a readout operation. The capacitor unit is charged by electrons emitted from the photoelectric conversion unit when the photoelectric conversion unit is excited by light. Signals at the sense point are then sensed by the sensing unit.
US09749563B2
A focal point detection device comprising: an image sensor having a focal point detection pixel, a pixel data generation section to generate pixel data of a basis part and a reference part corresponding to a predetermined AF area using an output of the focal point detection pixel, a plurality of filter sections having different frequency characteristics to perform filter processing on the pixel data, a detection section to detect contrast of subject image data configured with a plurality of pieces of pixel data of the basis part and the reference part, and a calculation section to select a filter section from among the plurality of filter sections depending on the contrast output by the detection section, to perform correlation calculation using pixel data on which the filter processing is performed by the selected filter section to calculate a defocus amount.
US09749562B2
A novel head mounted display includes a display/image sensor. In a particular embodiment the display/image sensor is formed on a single silicon die, which includes display pixels and light sensor pixels. The display pixels and light sensor pixels are each arranged in rows and columns, and the arrays of light sensor pixels and display pixels are interlaced. The center of each light sensor pixel is located between adjacent rows and adjacent columns of display pixels.
US09749560B2
An image sensor may include a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel units are arranged in a matrix structure. Each of the pixel units may include a light receiver suitable for generating photocharge in response to incident light, a floating diffusion node electrically coupled to an end of the light receiver, and a reset transistor electrically isolated from the floating diffusion node, wherein a floating diffusion node of a first pixel unit among the plurality of pixel units is electrically coupled to a reset transistor of a second pixel unit adjacent to the first pixel unit among the plurality of pixel units.
US09749557B2
A CMOS image sensor has an image array as a matrix of unit pixels each including at least a photodiode, a memory for holding a charge stored in the photodiode, a floating diffusion region for converting the charge in the memory into a voltage, a first transfer gate for transferring the charge from the photodiode to the memory, a second transfer gate for transferring the charge from the memory to the floating diffusion region, and a resetting transistor for resetting the charge in the floating diffusion region. The unit pixels are driven to set the potential of a potential barrier at a boundary between the memory and the floating diffusion region to a potential such that a charge overflowing the memory is transferred to the floating diffusion region, when the first transfer gate is turned on. The CMOS image sensor operates in a global shutter mode for capturing moving images.
US09749550B2
An audiovisual signal processing device including a signal processing unit configured to receive a video signal comprising a plurality of images; identify at least first and second video components of the video signal, the first video component relating to motion of the first video component between at least a first portion of the plurality of images and the second video component relating to a substantial lack of motion of the second video component between at least a second portion of the plurality of images; select at least one image from the second portion of the plurality of images including the second video component; and insert the first video component into a plurality of the selected at least one image to create a temporally repeating sequence of the at least one image including the first video component.
US09749546B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image data selecting section that calculates a luminance equivalent value for each of regions of two or more images of different exposure amounts, compares a luminance equivalent value with a threshold value and selects an image to be used for each region; a white balance gain calculating section that calculates a white balance coefficient using an image that is selected for each region; and a basic image processing section that corrects a white balance of a combined image using the white balance coefficient calculated by the white balance gain calculating section.
US09749544B2
The present invention relates to a gimbal driving device comprising a holding arm, a first motor, a connecting frame for fixing an imaging device, a connector and a flexible wiring board. The first motor may comprise a shaft, a rotor holder connected with the shaft, and a shaft cover fixed to the holding arm, wherein the shaft may bring the rotor holder into swinging; the connecting frame may be fixed to the rotor holder to bring the imaging device into swinging; the connector may be connected between the shaft and the connecting frame; and the flexible wiring board may have one end connected to the holding arm and the other end thereof connected to the connecting frame, wherein a length of the flexible wiring board may remain unchanged while the imaging device is swinging. The invention also relates to a gimbal assembly using the gimbal driving device.
US09749535B1
An example method for stabilizing images involves obtaining an image of an environment from a perspective of the robot. The method also involves receiving one or more depth measurements. The depth measurements correspond to locations within the image. The method further involves determining first boundaries around a particular location within a section of the image. The particular location is approximately centered within the first boundaries. Additionally, the method involves determining an extent of deviation of a particular position of the image capture device from a reference position. The particular position is a position of the image capture device at a point in time at which the image was captured. Further, the method involves determining second boundaries by shifting the first boundaries by an amount proportional to the determined extent of deviation. The method additionally involves providing, to a display device, a portion of the image defined by the second boundaries.
US09749534B2
Devices, systems, and methods for estimating blur in an image obtain an image, identify pixels in the image that have intensity values that equal or exceed a first intensity threshold in a first color channel, and identify a trajectory based on the pixels in the image that have intensity values that exceed the first intensity threshold in the first color channel. Also, the devices, systems, and methods identify multiple instances of the trajectory in the image, identify an instance of the trajectory that includes pixels that have intensity values that do not equal or exceed a second intensity threshold in a second color channel, and generate a blur kernel based on the intensity values in the second color channel of the pixels in the instance of the trajectory.
US09749531B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device, image acquisition equipment, and image acquisition control method. The electronic device includes a main board, and an image acquisition equipment and a processor which are connected with the main board, wherein the image acquisition equipment has a first mode and a second mode, the image acquisition equipment including: a first imaging unit array for image acquisition in the first mode; and a second imaging unit array for image acquisition in the second mode; the first imaging unit array and the second imaging unit array are different; an image acquisition control module is set in the processor, and is used for controlling the image acquisition equipment to switch to the first mode or the second mode according to a mode switching instruction. The embodiments of the present invention can realize optimization of all applications, and provide optimal images for every application with a lower computational complexity, a lower power consumption caused by computation and a higher processing speed.
US09749529B2
An image pickup apparatus is provided that is capable of avoiding an image pickup device and control system devices thereof from being affected by heat generated by a wireless transmitter-receiver unit, whereby the control system devices can stably be operated, while avoiding the quality of photographed image from being deteriorated. In the image pickup apparatus, a power unit has an upper limit of guaranteed temperature higher than that of the image pickup device and higher than those of an image processing unit and a control unit which are the control system devices, and is mounted on a mounting surface of a board together with the image processing unit and the control unit. A wireless transmitter-receiver unit is disposed parallel to and facing the mounting surface of the board so as to cover the power unit mounted on the board.
US09749525B2
A method for correlating views of two or more video camera systems includes obtaining a plurality of data point coordinate sets to represent relative positioning between the camera systems and data point objects in the environment. The views may be correlated through Interpolation or extrapolation using the obtained data point coordinate sets. Devices such as lasers may also be used to correlate views of two or more video camera systems.
US09749516B2
In synchronous interval photographing by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, an imaging apparatus functioning as a master clocks a photographing interval in the interval photographing, sequentially generates photographing instruction signals at clocked photographing intervals, instructs its own imaging section to perform image photographing every time a photographing instruction signal is generated, and transmits the photographing instruction signal to the other imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus functioning as the slave instructs its own imaging section to perform image photographing every time a photographing instruction signal is received from the imaging apparatus functioning as the master.
US09749514B2
The present invention relates to a camera module, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing configured to protect the image sensor and mounted therein with camera constituent parts, and plural pieces of lenses mounted on the housing, wherein a surface of the housing is metalized.
US09749493B2
An image reading apparatus according to the present invention is an image reading apparatus including a reading unit that illuminates an original and reads an image of the original, wherein the apparatus can execute a first mode of reading the image of the moving original while the reading unit is kept stationary, and a second mode of reading the image of the stationary original while moving the reading unit, the apparatus further includes a light condensing unit that refracts a light flux from the reading unit and condenses the light flux on the original in the first mode, and the light flux from the reading unit incidents on the original without passing through the light condensing unit in the second mode.
US09749492B2
A housing of an optical scanning device includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion. In the optical scanning device, an optical axis adjustment and a focal position adjustment in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction are conducted in a state where a part of a holder that holds a light source unit for emitting multi-beam light abuts on the first abutting portion and in a state where a part of a peripheral edge of an optical element that has both a collimator lens function and a cylindrical lens function abuts on the second abutting portion. Furthermore, a beam pitch of the multi-beam light is adjusted by rotating the holder around an optical axis in a state where the holder abuts on the first abutting portion.
US09749489B2
A power control device receiving supply of power from a power source, the power control device including: a power accumulator accumulating a part of power from the power source; a first voltage converter receiving power from the power source and the power accumulator, performing voltage conversion to a first target voltage, and supplying power with the first target voltage to a first load; a second voltage converter receiving power from the first voltage converter, performing voltage conversion to a second target voltage, and supplying power with the second target voltage to a second load; a power source monitor monitoring power from the power source; and a power controller lowering the first target voltage to a level that the second voltage converter is capable of converting to the second target voltage when the power source monitor detects that the supply of power from the power source has stopped.
US09749488B2
An image reading apparatus includes a read size determination circuit. The read size determination circuit has a plurality of operation mode including a first mode and a second mode. The first mode determines the size of the document detected by the first document reading unit as a first read size and determines a read size of the document set in advance as a second read size. The first read size is the read size of the document when the first document reading unit reads the document. The second mode determines the size of the document detected by the first document reading unit as the first read size. If the second document reading unit reads the document, the second mode determines the read size of the document set in the setting screen as the second read size when a start instruction of a reading job is entered using the operation circuit.
US09749479B2
A state change of a status occurred during a communication interrupted state is stored as a state change status. Thus, a video controller 102 can recognize the change of the status during a period when communication between the video controller 102 and an engine control unit 103 is interrupted, based on the state change status.
US09749476B2
Toll-free application data network access is disclosed. In one aspect, there is a device for providing data connectivity. The device includes a connection detector configured to receive a data connectivity request from an application installed on the device. The device further includes an authorization transceiver. The authorization transceiver is configured to transmit an authorization request to a service provider associated with the application via a telecommunication connection, the authorization request including an application identifier for the application and an operator identifier for the service provider. The authorization transceiver is further configured to receive an authorization response indicative of operator specific billing for the application from the service provider. The device also includes a connection manager configured to establish data connectivity via the telecommunication connection based on the authorization response.
US09749474B2
A system and method of matching reverberation in teleconferencing environments. When the two ends of a conversation are in environments with differing reverberations, the method filters the reverberation so that when both signals are output at the near end (e.g., the audio signal from the far end and the sidetone from the near end), the reverberations match. In this manner, the user does not perceive an annoying difference in reverberations, and the user experience is improved.
US09749470B1
In one aspect, a system for receiving communications while a user operates a motor vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a BLUETOOTH interface configured to establish a connection to a BLUETOOTH device associated with the motor vehicle, (2) a wireless communication interface configured to receive a wireless communication from a remote device, and (3) a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface and the BLUETOOTH interface, and configured to: (a) determine the user is operating the motor vehicle based upon the connection to the BLUETOOTH device, and (b) suppress a notification of the user of receipt of the wireless communication while the user is operating the motor vehicle.
US09749467B1
A do not disturb (DND) mode for telephonic devices, in which the DND mode is automatically deactivated after a time increment has elapsed, the DND mode having been activated based on detecting, upon receiving a telephone call, a selection of the control.
US09749461B2
A method of management of a communication device in an aircraft may include transitioning the communication device from a normal mode to a disabled mode based on a calculated device sleep time based on data associated with transportation information of the device. One of these modes may be a state of the device in which a transceiver of the device is deactivated and the other mode may be a state of the device in which the transceiver is activated. Therefore, the device sleep time determines when the wireless device's transceiver may not be activated.
