US09841473B2
A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) local coil includes at least two parts that may be moved relative to one another. At least one part of the at least two parts has elements that, in a closed state of the MRT local coil, presses directly or via pressure elements on at least one closed volume area in another part of the at least two parts. The at least one closed volume area is displaced by this in the closed state of the local coil into a coil interior space inside the local coil until the closed volume area rests against a patient.
US09841464B2
A life prediction apparatus for an electrical storage device, which has a life predictor, includes: an operation controller for life prediction that controls operation of the electrical storage device; a data collector that collects measurement data with respect to a plurality of operation conditions and calculates and successively accumulates evaluation characteristics; a data analyzer that creates a regression formula representing a relationship between the evaluation characteristic and an operation time by curve fitting, with an appropriate approximation function, the accumulated evaluation characteristic data; and a life prediction formula creator that creates a life prediction formula for calculating a predicted value of the evaluation characteristic under random operation conditions on the basis of the regression formula.
US09841459B2
A device for controlling IC temperature capable of bringing a device-under-test to a predetermined temperature includes a compressor, temperature controller element, thermal sensing element, heat insulating structure, input/output terminal and a temperature controller. The compressor has a base and a contact portion contacting the DUT directly. The thermal sensing element is attached to the temperature controlling element contacting the base. The heat insulation structure surrounds the temperature controlling element and a portion of the compressor. The input/output terminal, having a signal line and at least one power line, is disposed on the heat insulation structure. The power and signal lines connected to the temperature sensor are connected to the temperature controlling element and thermal sensing element respectively. The temperature sensor powers the temperature controlling element and controls temperature thereof. Temperature of the temperature controlling element is obtained by measuring electrical properties of thermal sensing element via signal line.
US09841456B2
Methods and arrangements for localizing an outage in a power grid. An outage is detected in a power grid, the power grid including interconnected nodes. At least one candidate network topology (in the power grid) with respect to the outage is determined, and power consumption information and measured voltages relative to the nodes in the power grid are received. Voltage at a plurality of the nodes in the power grid is estimated based on the received power consumption information and on the at least one candidate network topology, and a location of the outage is estimated, based on the estimated node voltages and measured voltages. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09841455B2
In one example, a driver circuit includes a differential transistor pair configured to be biased by a current source and including a differential input and a differential output. The driver circuit further includes a resistor pair coupled between a node pair and the differential output, a transistor pair coupled between a voltage supply and the node pair, and a bridge transistor coupled between the node pair. The driver circuit further includes a pair of three-state circuit elements having a respective pair of input ports, a respective pair of control ports, and a respective pair of output ports. The pair of output ports is respectively coupled to the node pair. The pair of control ports is coupled to a common node comprising each gate of the transistor pair and a gate of the bridge transistor.
US09841452B2
Earphone connection interface and method of operating earphone, and terminal for supporting the same
An earphone connection interface is provided. The earphone connection interface includes a first detector disposed at a first area to detect an electrical change according to a contact state of the first area, and a second detector disposed at a second area different from the first area to detect an electrical change according to a contact state of the second area.
US09841450B2
A static electricity distribution measuring apparatus (1) according to the present disclosure measures the static electricity distribution on a measurement surface of a measurement target (200), and is provided with: an array antenna (2) that receives electric fields generated from each of a plurality of areas (211) on the measurement surface through vibration; a vibrator (3) that vibrates the measurement target (200) or the array antenna (2); a measurer (4) that measures at least one from among intensity, frequency and phase of the electric fields in each of the plurality of areas (211) received by the array antenna (2); a calculator (5) that calculates an amount of static electricity for each of the plurality of areas (211) based on measurement results by the measurer (4); and a drawer (6) that draws the static electricity distribution on the measurement surface based on the amount of static electricity in each of the plurality of areas (211). The array antenna (2) has a plurality of antenna elements (21) respectively corresponding to the plurality of areas (211).
US09841449B2
A system and method corrects the phase of measurement signals obtained from remote heads during testing of a device. A first signal is transmitted along first and second transmission lines to respective remote heads. A shunt switch is connected between a remote end of the first transmission line and a first remote head, and another shunt switch is connected between a remote end of the second transmission line and a second remote head. The shunt switches in a first configuration respectively reflect the first signal back to a phase measurement apparatus as first and second reflected signals. The phase measurement apparatus determines a first reference phase and a second reference phase respectively based on the first and second reflected signals. A compensation unit compensates phase of the measurement signals based on the first and second reference phases.
US09841445B2
A power detector comprising a first and a second bipolar junction/FET transistor. The first transistor is arranged as a common base/gate transistor with its base/gate being biased by a bias voltage and the second transistor is arranged as a common emitter/source transistor with its emitter/source being grounded. The power detector also comprises a diode or current source connected to ground from the emitter/source of the first transistor, in which power detector an input port is connected to the emitter of the first transistor and to the base/gate of the second transistor, and an output port is connected to the collectors/drains of the first and second transistor, said collectors/drains also being connected to a DC supply via a first resistor.
US09841443B2
A detection circuit for detecting an external device with a specific resistance is provided. The detection circuit includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a first converter, a second converter, a device converter, a first current comparator, and a second current comparator. The first resistor has a first resistance. The second resistor has a second resistance. The first converter is configured to convert the first resistance into a first current. The second converter is configured to convert the second resistance into a second current. The device converter is configured to convert the specific resistance into a specific current. The first current comparator is configured to compare the specific current with the first current, and generate a first output signal. The second current comparator is configured to compare the specific current with the second current, and generate a second output signal.
US09841440B2
A current detection circuit includes a coil that is constituted by a metal wiring formed on a semiconductor substrate, a resistor that is provided in a position near the coil on the semiconductor substrate, constituted by a metal wiring formed on the semiconductor substrate, which is made of a metal material being same as that of the coil, and arranged so as to prevent any magnetic field from being generated due to a current flowing in the resistor, an output circuit that outputs currents in accordance with a resistance ratio between the coil and the resistor to the coil and the resistor correspondingly through a common terminal, and a detection circuit that detects the current flowing in the resistor to thereby detect the current flowing in the coil.
US09841433B2
A wind direction indicator for hunters includes a smoke generator, a housing, an electrical power source, an air pump and a switch all arranged such that the indicator may be actuated by a hunter using a single hand. The smoke generator may be a cartomizer as an example.
US09841429B2
The present invention relates to a method for real-time measurement of the secretion of at least one compound by at least one individual cell, comprising: the culturing, in a liquid medium, of at least one cell in a culture chamber, at least one wall of which comprises at least one sensitive area, a sensitive area comprising a plurality of ligands, attached to a solid support, each ligand being able to bind specifically to the compound, and an element for real-time transduction of a signal produced by the binding of the compound to one of the ligands; the identification, in a sensitive area, of at least one spot producing a signal; the real-time measurement of the signal produced by the spot identified, representing the amount of compound secreted by an individual cell.
US09841428B2
Disclosed viscosity-sensitive reporter compounds and methods allow tracing the changes in viscosity in a biological sample/environment (e.g., in medical, biochemical, biological, and/or pharmaceutical applications). Compounds and methods of the present disclosure can be used to identify the localization and the rheological state of hydrogels, their degradation products and other biostructural materials, including surgical implants, as well as the effectiveness of drug delivery by hydrogel carriers.
US09841426B2
This invention relates to substrates and methods for the visualization of intracellular organelles, such as the lysosome, peroxiosome, nucleus, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatus, based upon organelle enzyme activity. Such compounds represent a novel combination of chemically distinct enzyme substrates with targeting and detection substrates which are activated by enzyme activity inside target organelles to produce a detectable signal. The organelle targeted enzyme substrates of this invention are designed to provide high fluorescence at lower pH values found in some organelles and can be used for monitoring enzyme activity inside cells at very low concentrations.
US09841423B2
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing and treating Helicobacter pylori infection by using a monoclonal antibody to detect Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein (HP-NAP) and inhibit the activity thereof. The monoclonal antibody is an ANTI-FLAG antibody that binds to a specific epitope on HP-NAP for the detection of HP-NAP in its native form or denatured form. Furthermore, the present invention uses the ANTI-FLAG antibody to block HP-NAP-induced production of reactive oxygen species by human neutrophils. Thus, the present invention can be applied in clinical diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection as well as treatment of the infection via inhibiting Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammation.
US09841422B2
The present invention relates to moving microorganisms to a surface, where they are grown in the presence and absence of antimicrobials, and by monitoring the growth of the microorganisms over time in the two conditions, their susceptibility to the antimicrobials can be determined. The microorganisms can be moved to the surface through electrophoresis, centrifugation or filtration. When the movement involves electrophoresis, the presence of oxidizing and reducing reagents lowers the voltage at which electrophoretic force can be generated and allows a broader range of means by which the target can be detected. Monitoring can comprise optical detection, and most conveniently includes the detection of individual microorganisms. The microorganisms can be stained in order to give information about their response to antimicrobials.
US09841418B2
This method for detecting a target particle comprises (a) preparing a solution containing a target particle, a luminescent probe that binds to the target particle and a particle for separation and recovery, or containing the target particle bound to the luminescent probe, the luminescent probe and the particle for separation and recovery, and forming a complex composed of the target particle, the luminescent probe and the particle for separation and recovery in the solution, (b) recovering the particle for separation and recovery from the solution by solid-liquid separation treatment after the (a) and preparing a sample solution containing the particle for separation and recovery, and (c) calculating the number of the complex present in the sample solution according to a scanning molecule counting method, wherein the particles for separation and recovery bind to a complex composed of the target particles and the luminescent probe.
US09841417B2
Multi-directional microfluidic devices and methods for using the same are provided. Aspects of the present disclosure include microfluidic devices that include a chamber having a separation medium, a first binding medium, and a second binding medium. In addition, the devices include a flow field element configured to subject the chamber to two or more directionally distinct flow fields. Methods of using the devices, as well as systems and kits that include the devices are also provided. The devices, systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including diagnostic, research and validation assays.
US09841410B2
A liquid reagent composition for detecting phenol or phenol derivatives includes a reagent capable of generating a stained product by forming a bond with phenol, an oxidant compound or mixture of oxidant compounds, a basic compound or mixture of basic compounds. The ratio of [stained reagent]:[oxidant compound] is 1:2 to 50:1, having a pH greater than 7. Also disclosed is a kit for the use of the composition and liquid-phase method for analysing a fluid potentially containing phenol or a phenol derivatives.
US09841408B2
A system for analyzing a gas mixture, including at least one chromatography column, a mechanism injecting the mixture into the column, and a mechanism detecting compound(s) forming the gas mixture, the detection mechanism including at least one detector of nanosensor type of an outlet of the column and a detector of nanosensor type in the column, capable of detecting passage of the compounds. It is then possible to determine the velocity of each of the compounds within the system.
US09841406B2
A switching valve includes: (A) a rotor including: (1) a center pipe connection port, (2) a first in-valve flow path in communication with the center pipe connection port, and (3) an arc-like second in-valve flow path; (B) a stator including: (4) a first pipe connection port group which is brought into communication independently with the center pipe connection port via the first in-valve flow path when the rotor is turned, and (5) a second pipe connection port group which is brought into mutual communication via the second in-valve flow path when the rotor is turned; and (C) an arrangement of the rotor and the stator satisfying the following relationship: the state of communication or non-communication among the second pipe connection port group via the second in-valve flow path is switched in accordance with the state of communication between the first pipe connection port group and the center pipe connection port.
US09841405B2
A method for calibrating an ultrasonic sensor including a transducer, a reflector spaced a known distance from the transducer, and a memory. A water bath is heated to approximately fifty centigrade and the ultrasonic sensor is at least partially submerged in the water bath. When submerged, an ultrasonic wave is transmitted through a portion of the water bath from the transducer. The ultrasonic wave is transmitted toward the reflector and a reflected ultrasonic wave is received back at the transducer. A time of flight of the ultrasonic wave is measured. A calibration coefficient is determined based on the time of flight of the ultrasonic wave and an expected time of flight of the ultrasonic wave. The calibration coefficient is loaded into the memory of the ultrasonic sensor.
US09841398B2
In one implementation, a method for manufacturing a chemical detection device is described. The method includes forming a chemical sensor having a sensing surface. A dielectric material is deposited on the sensing surface. A first etch process is performed to partially etch the dielectric material to define an opening over the sensing surface and leave remaining dielectric material on the sensing surface. An etch protect material is formed on a sidewall of the opening. A second etch process is then performed to selectively etch the remaining dielectric material using the etch protect material as an etch mask, thereby exposing the sensing surface.
US09841390B2
A method of examination of an object comprising the steps of: applying a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technique to obtain a data item correlated to the relative nuclear susceptibility within the sample; obtaining a further data item correlated to another measure of the object under examination; determining therefrom a ratio.
US09841386B2
Systems and methods for detecting clandestine fissile or radioactive material on the basis of emitted radiation and particles (such as neutrons and alpha particles) arising from within the material. Emission by the fissile or radioactive material is detected in conjunction with a conventional x-ray imaging system that includes an external source of illuminating penetrating radiation, at least one detector configured to detect at least the penetrating radiation and to generate a detector signal, and a processor configured as a detector signal discriminator to generate an output indicating whether the detector signal is triggered by an origin other than illuminating penetrating radiation. Active and passive modes of detection are described by some embodiments. Other embodiments are directed toward neutron detection, gamma ray detection with energy resolution, and designs of detectors to enhance the detection of clandestine nuclear material.
US09841379B2
To detect a fluorescent light and a phosphorescent light emitted from a paper sheet with a high precision, a fluorescence and phosphorescence detecting apparatus includes two sensor units. Each sensor unit includes a light source that emits an ultraviolet light on the paper sheet, an image sensor that captures images of the fluorescent light and the phosphorescent light excited on the paper sheet by irradiation of the ultraviolet light, and a light receiving lens that guides the fluorescent light and the phosphorescent light excited on the paper sheet to the image sensor. The two sensor units are arranged above and below the transport path and opposing each other across the transport path, and the light receiving lenses and the image sensors in the two sensor units are off-set along a transport direction of the paper sheet.
US09841374B2
A system and method for measuring a concentration of a gas in a container having at least one flexible or variable side or wall. The system and method comprising creating a determinable optical path length through the container having a shape. Positioning a light source head and a detector head against at least one of the least one flexible or variable side or wall. Transmitting a light signal between the light source head and the detector head through the determinable optical path length. Determining the concentration of the gas in the container based on detected light and the determinable optical path length.
US09841373B2
A method and apparatus is provided for concentration determination of at least one component in an acid catalyst for hydrocarbon conversion containing an unknown concentration of an acid, an acid-soluble-oil (ASO), and water. An instrument configured for measuring a property of the acid catalyst, has responsivities to concentrations of one of the acid, ASO, and water, substantially independent of the concentrations of the others of the acid catalyst, ASO, and water. A temperature detector is configured to generate temperature data for the acid catalyst. A processor is configured to capture data generated by the temperature detector and the instrument, and to use the data in combination with a model to determine a temperature compensated concentration of the one of the acid, the ASO, and the water. Optionally, one or more other instruments configured for measuring other properties of the liquid mixture may also be used.
US09841371B2
Disclosed are apparatus, kits, methods, and systems that include a radiation source configured to direct radiation to a sample; a detector configured to measure radiation from the sample; an electronic processor configured to determine information about the sample based on the measured radiation; a housing enclosing the source, the detector, and the electronic processor, the housing having a hand-held form factor; an arm configured to maintain a separation between the sample and the housing, the arm including a first end configured to connect to the housing and a second end configured to contact the sample; and a layer positioned on the second end of the arm, the layer being configured to contact the sample and to transmit at least a portion of the radiation from the sample to the detector.
US09841370B2
Multi-layered targets, design files and design and production methods thereof are provided. The multi-layered targets comprise process layers arranged to have parallel segmentation features at specified regions, and target layer comprising target elements which are perpendicular to the parallel segmentation features of the process layers at the specified regions.
US09841365B2
A strain inspection device of a printed circuit board (PCB) which is easily cracked or damaged by external pressure (force) applied to the PCB while the PCB is being assembled, and an attaching method thereof. The strain inspection device of a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a fixing member; and a damage indicator fixed to the PCB by the fixing member, having a crack guide through hole, and cracked or damaged along a corner of the crack guide through hole due to deformation of the PCB.
US09841362B2
An apparatus for fatigue testing an article includes a base having a platform for receiving an article to be tested, a shaft extending toward said platform for applying a force to said article, a coupling assembly connected to said shaft, said coupling assembly comprising a joint that pivots about an axis, and flex pivots disposed to be aligned with said axis about which said joint pivots.
US09841355B2
A method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, in which via a rotating magnetic pole wheel a voltage signal with a number of positive and negative half-waves is produced in at least one coil arrangement that is located on a core leg of an iron core during each rotation of the magnetic pole wheel, wherein the voltage signal is used to determine the gap width of the air gap between the magnetic pole wheel and the core leg.
US09841353B2
In an engine test apparatus of a type to stop a carriage carrying an engine, by pressing a wheel of the carriage to a rail, the wheel and rail may be damaged if the wheel is pressed strongly. An engine test apparatus 1 is arranged to perform an engine performance test by moving a carriage 2 carrying an engine, along a rail 3, to the position of a dynamometer. Carriage 2 comprises a base 11 supporting the engine, casters 12˜45 attached to base 11, and a fixing portion 17 to position and fix base 11 on the rail. Casters 12˜15 include a spring 19 to be compressed when the base is fixed by the fixing portion.
US09841340B1
Pressure measurement apparatus, assemblies and methods are described. According to one aspect, a pressure sensor assembly includes a substrate, a first adhesive member adhered to the substrate, a sensor support adhered to the first adhesive member, a second adhesive member adhered to the sensor support, and a pressure sensor adhered to the second adhesive member and aligned with apertures of the substrate, first adhesive member, and second adhesive member, and the pressure sensor is configured to vary an output signal as a result of changes in pressure of a received air stream, and the output signal is indicative of the changes in pressure of the air stream.
US09841339B2
A pressure sensor includes a base having a bottom wall and a first sidewall enclosed with the bottom wall to form a first receiving space. A pressure sensitive film is located in the first receiving space and the peripheral portion of the pressure sensitive film is arranged on the first sidewall. An elastic cover has a top wall, a second sidewall, and a protrusion. The top wall and the second sidewall are enclosed to form a second receiving space. The second sidewall is located on the first sidewall of the base, the protrusion extends from the top wall to the second receiving space and makes contact with the pressure sensitive film, transferring an external pressure to the pressure sensitive film. The resistance of the pressure sensitive film is virtually linear corresponding to the external pressure.
US09841338B2
A process fluid pressure measurement probe includes a pressure sensor formed of a single-crystal material and mounted to a first metallic process fluid barrier and disposed for direct contact with a process fluid. The pressure sensor has an electrical characteristic that varies with process fluid pressure. A feedthrough is formed of a single-crystal material and has a plurality of conductors extending from a first end to a second end. The feedthrough is mounted to a second metallic process fluid barrier and is spaced from, but electrically coupled to, the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor and the feedthrough are mounted such that the secondary metallic process fluid barrier is isolated from process fluid by the first metallic process fluid barrier.
US09841327B2
A method of processing a liquid material. The method includes mixing a liquid material with a solvent, wherein the solvent has a constituent capable of coating the particles of the material. The liquid material mixed with the solvent is then particlized, deposited on a substrate and activated to form a pre-defined electrically conductive pattern. Particlization methods include sonication and the deposition methods include ink-jet printing. Activation methods include applying mechanical pressure. The method can be used to produce electronic devices. The electronic devices made by the method include strain gauges. The substrates utilized for making the electronic devices utilizing the method can be wearable or stretchable or both.
US09841325B2
Embodiments of a temperature sensing apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus may include a voltage generator and circuitry. The voltage generator may generate a first voltage level and a second voltage level dependent on an operating temperature. In response to a given change in the operating temperature, the first and second voltage levels may change, with the second voltage level changing by a different amount than the first voltage level. The voltage generator may generate a third voltage level. The circuitry may measure the first voltage level, the second voltage level, and the third voltage level, and may calculate the operating temperature dependent on a ratio of a difference between the first voltage level and the second voltage level and the third voltage level.
US09841324B2
A non-destructive method for chemical imaging with ˜1 nm to 10 μm spatial resolution (depending on the type of heat source) without sample preparation and in a non-contact manner. In one embodiment, a sample undergoes photo-thermal heating using an IR laser and the resulting increase in thermal emissions is measured with either an IR detector or a laser probe having a visible laser reflected from the sample. In another embodiment, the infrared laser is replaced with a focused electron or ion source while the thermal emission is collected in the same manner as with the infrared heating. The achievable spatial resolution of this embodiment is in the 1-50 nm range.
US09841314B2
System, methods, and computer program products are provided for enhanced freight tracking and monitoring. The system may track the location of a freight shipment within a carrier's transportation network from the time it is picked up by a carrier from a consignor until it is delivered to a consignee, provide for weight determinations and shipping re-classifications of the freight shipment during transport, and provide real-time status information and reports to the carrier, consignor, and/or consignee.
US09841312B2
A method for estimating a quantity of a payload within a bed of a wagon coupled to a machine is provided. The method includes raising the bed of the wagon to a predetermined height. The method includes receiving a pressure signal indicative of a pressure in a hoist cylinder coupled to the bed of the wagon. The method also includes receiving a load signal indicative of a load at a hitch of the wagon. The method further includes estimating the quantity of the payload in the bed of the wagon based, at least in part, on a predetermined relationship between the pressure signal and the load signal.
US09841310B2
A load suspension and weighing system for a removable reservoir unit of a portable dialysis machine includes a centrally located flexure assembly. The flexure assembly includes magnets and a number of flexure rings which allow for movement of the magnets about a fixed circuit board. Sensors in the circuit board sense changes in the magnetic field as the magnets move in relation to the circuit board. The magnetic field changes produce a voltage output which is used by a processor to generate weight calculations. The top of the flexure assembly is attached to the interior of the dialysis machine. The entirety of the reservoir unit is suspended by a first internal frame that is attached to the bottom of the flexure assembly. Having a single flexure assembly positioned above the reservoir unit provides more accurate weight measurements while also preventing damage to the assembly from water spillage.
US09841305B2
A sensor device for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a duct, e.g., an intake air mass flow of an internal combustion engine, includes: a sensor housing, e.g., a sensor plug that is placed or that can be placed into a flow tube, in which the duct is fashioned; and at least one sensor chip situated in the duct for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor chip has a sensor area. The sensor housing has an inlet into the duct that is oriented opposite a main direction of flow of the fluid medium, and has at least one outlet from the duct. The sensor area is covered at least partly by an electrically conductive layer.
US09841301B2
The present disclosure provides a sweep velocity-locked laser pulse generator (SV-LLPG) controlled using a digital phase locked loop (DPLL) circuit. The SV-LLPG is utilized for the interrogation of sub-terahertz-range fiber structures for sensing applications that require real-time data collection with mm-level spatial resolution. A laser generates chirped laser pulses via injection current modulation and a DPLL circuit locks the optical frequency sweep velocity. A high-quality linearly chirped laser pulse with a frequency excursion of 117.69 GHz at optical communication bands using a distributed feedback laser is provided.
US09841294B2
A rotor sensor target for magnetic bearings, the rotor sensor target comprising a ring-shaped assembly of magnetic material mounted on a generally ring-shaped assembly of non-magnetic material. The magnetic and non-magnetic ring shaped assemblies are coaxially arranged and mounted on a shaft having a longitudinal axis of rotation X′-X. The generally ring-shaped assembly of non-magnetic material comprises at least one ring-shaped slit having the longitudinal axis X′-X and may be made of a cheaper material, such as aluminum. The ring-shaped slit provides flexibility which permits operation over a wide range of temperatures without risking of damaging the ring-shaped assembly of magnetic material.
US09841278B2
A system and method for resolving the angular position of a rotor evaluates the real size of the stripes or gears on the rotor by an auxiliary device, such as a sensor shift device in a first embodiment or a camera in a second embodiment, at a fixed rotor, thus eliminating systematic errors and influence of rotor vibration during this calibration. By knowing the actual size or angular increment or produced sensor signal of each repeating element, a compensation of the error can be made and accuracy can be dramatically increased.
US09841272B2
A film thickness measuring device including: a terahertz wave generator; a prism that has an entrance surface, an abutment surface capable of abutting a surface of a sample including a first film on a side where the first film is formed, and an emission surface; a terahertz wave detector that detects an S-polarization component and a P-polarization component of a reflected wave from the sample, emitted from the emission surface of the prism; and a control section configured to determine a thickness of the first film formed in the sample, based on a difference between a time waveform of the S-polarization component of the reflected wave and a time waveform of the P-polarization component of the reflected wave.
US09841264B2
Disclosed is a rule assembly having a housing, a reel rotatably mounted in the housing, an elongated blade wound on the reel and extendable through an opening in the housing, and an end hook member attached to the elongated blade. A hook portion extends downwardly below a bottom surface of the housing when the blade is in a fully retracted position. The housing has an opening having an upper portion disposed above the blade, and a flexible cover overhanging the opening to inhibit or prevent penetration of debris therein. The cover is flexed by the end hook member upon impact by force (e.g., when dropped) and permits movement of the end hook member into the opening to reduce deformation of the end hook member. Optionally, a grip cover made of elastomeric material is provided on the housing and the cover is part of the grip cover.
US09841262B2
A linked round carrying bag having a flexible sleeve and a fastening is provided. The sleeve is sealed at a first end, has an opening at a second end, and has an openable closure, for example, a zip, extending substantially from the first end to the second end. A width of the sleeve is greater than the length of an individual round of the linked round that the bag is designed to carry but is less than twice the length of an individual round. The fastening is adjacent a closed side of an opening of the sleeve and is arranged to be tightly fastenable around the closed side of the opening and any linked round carried in the bag. The fastening can ensure that a linked round is held in its proper position within the bag, even when the bag is carried as a bandolier.
US09841260B2
A projectile 1 for ammunition is disclosed, said projectile 1 comprising an outer profile geometry on an ogive-shaped impact end portion 5 thereof, said outer profile geometry comprising two or more notches 2 extending in at least one of (i) an axial, (ii) parallel or (iii) slightly inclined orientation relative to a dissecting axis 3 extending longitudinally through said impact end portion 5 of said projectile 1, wherein each notch 2 (a) comprises notch surface portions 4,7 so as to increase (i) an overall outer surface area of said ogive end portion 5 of projectile 1, and (ii) a given length of an outer surface periphery Sp extending along a line within a plane normal to said dissecting axis 3, and (b) is surrounded by an outer side surface 51 of said ogive-shaped impact end portion 5 of said projectile 1. In other words, the presence of the two or more notches 2 increases a length of an outer surface periphery Sp extending along a line within a plane normal to said dissecting axis 3 relative to the same outer surface periphery Sp extending within the same plane normal to said dissecting axis 3 when a notch is not present.
US09841259B2
An electroshock system wirelessly delivers a shock to a subject. The electroshock system may include a launcher, a wireless projectile, a power source, and a wireless power transmitter. The launcher is configured to be grasped by a user. The wireless projectile is configured to detach from the launcher and adhere to a subject. The power source contributes power for the administration of a shock to the subject. The wireless power transmitter delivers said contributed power to the wireless projectile while the wireless projectile is detached from the launcher. The power source and the wireless transmitter may be co-located with the launcher, or may be separate (such as secured to a person or within a vehicle).
US09841258B1
A modular dovetail rail clamping assembly includes a polymer body and a metal fixed clamp component. A threaded fastener extends through the body and into the fixed clamp component to draw the fixed clamp component into engagement with the body. The fixed clamp component and the body have mating longitudinal ridge and groove structures which rigidly fix alignment of the fixed clamp component relative to the body when assembled. A metal movable clamp component opposes the fixed clamp. A threaded clamping fastener extends through the movable clamp component and the body, and is received into the fixed clamp component to draw the movable clamp component into engagement with the body. A removable, reversible crossbar extends transversely across the body between the fixed clamp component and the movable clamp component.
US09841255B2
A holster spacer adaptable for use within a holster assembly including a wearable component and a separable holster supported by the wearable component. The holster spacer includes a wearable component-facing surface, a holster-facing surface opposite the wearable component-facing surface, a mounting interface, an internal cavity provided between the wearable component-facing surface and the holster-facing surface, and a sensor operable to detect a parameter relating to an implement positionable within the holster.
US09841248B2
A heat dissipation assembly for use with a barrel forming a part of a firearm upper receiver. An annular shaped barrel nut is adapted to secure the barrel to the upper receiver. An elongated handguard is affixed to the barrel nut at a heat conducting location, the handguard adapted to surround a proximal extending portion of the barrel, the handguard having a plurality of apertures defined therethrough. At least one cooling element is located on an exterior of the handguard. A thermoelectric generator is incorporated into the handguard for transferring heat from the barrel nut to the cooling element. A fan component is integrated into the handguard and operated by the thermoelectric generator for drawing air through the apertures in order to provide additional cooling to the barrel.
US09841247B2
An ammunition management system for firing mixed ammunition in an automatic cannon. The ammunition management system includes a rotatable ammunition magazine including ammunition shot, a breech casing and an ammunition feed device for feeding of ammunition shot between the ammunition magazine and the breech casing. A drive device drives the ammunition magazine via a chain drive mechanism disposed in the ammunition magazine. A decoupling device engages and disengages the ammunition magazine with respect to the ammunition feed device, so that ammunition can be moved between different positions in the ammunition magazine, via an alternating process including: feeding of ammunition from the ammunition magazine to the ammunition feed device, disengagement of the ammunition magazine, rotation of the ammunition magazine, engagement of the ammunition magazine, and feedback of ammunition from the ammunition feed device to the ammunition magazine. A method for sorting ammunition in a ammunition magazine.
US09841242B2
Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for transferring heat between a first gas flow and a second gas flow, the heat exchanger comprising at least two sectors; a first sector that is operative to receive a combustion air stream; and a second sector that is opposed to the first sector and that is operative to receive either a reducer gas stream or an oxidizer gas stream, and a pressurized layer disposed between the first sector and the second sector; where the pressurized layer is at a higher pressure than combustion air stream, the reducer gas stream and the oxidizer gas stream.
US09841240B2
A heat exchange, which includes a casing having a cylinder; two connectors respectively attached to one end of the cylinder through the small opening; two convex heads respectively connected through the opening end to the large opening of a connector; a core disposed inside the casing; and two heat transfer medium passages. In this way, the space at the ends of the casing of the heat exchanger may be enlarged, thereby providing a space large enough to accommodate the construction personal and better working environment for two-side welding and future maintenance and wider selection range of material of the casing of the heat exchanger; a buffer area is provided for the flow of the heat transfer medium, and the auxiliary like baffles may be mounted inside the convex heads as required to further improve the heat exchange efficiency and reduce the cost.
US09841238B2
A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
US09841229B2
A process for cooling a hydrocarbon-rich fraction, in particular natural gas, against a refrigerant circuit. In this process, the compressed refrigerant is divided into three refrigerant substreams. Whereas the first substream is work-producingly expanded in a warm expander and the second substream is work-producingly expanded in a cold expander, the third substream is work-producingly expanded at the lowest temperature level. The result therefrom is that the operating point of the cold expander is shifted in such a manner that the refrigeration output of the two expanders is situated in a ratio between 40/60 and 60/40.
US09841228B2
A Dewar system is configured to liquefy a flow of fluid, and to store the liquefied fluid. The Dewar system is disposed within a single, portable housing. Disposing the components of the Dewar system within the single housing enables liquefied fluid to be transferred between a heat exchange assembly configured to liquefy fluid and a storage assembly configured to store liquefied fluid in an enhanced manner. In one embodiment, the flow of fluid liquefied and stored by the Dewar system is oxygen (e.g., purified oxygen), nitrogen, and/or some other fluid.
US09841225B2
A flipper mullion for an appliance includes an outer cover coupled to a hinge, wherein the outer cover is rotationally operable between an extended position and a folded position relative to the hinge. A gasket engages at least a fastening portion of the outer cover, wherein the gasket and the outer cover cooperate to define an outer surface, and wherein an interior surface of a flexible portion of the gasket defines an insulating space that is positioned opposite a front surface of the outer cover.
US09841223B2
A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body and having an open front side of the storage compartment, a door rotatably coupled to the main body and which opens or closes the open front side of the storage compartment, and a gasket coupled to a rear side of the door to maintain a seal between the main body and the door when the door is closed. The gasket includes a first gasket coupled to the rear side of the door to absorb an impact generated between the door and the main body when the door is closed and a second gasket provided as an integrated injection molded product and coupled to a rear side of the first gasket to maintain the seal between the door and the main body when the door is closed.
US09841220B2
A refrigerator and a method of controlling a refrigerator are provided. The refrigerator may include a machine room defined in or at one side of a storage compartment, a base that defines a bottom surface of the machine room, a compressor seated on the base to compress a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses a refrigerant compressed in the compressor, the condenser being disposed on or at one side of the compressor, a drain pan disposed on the base to store condensed water generated in the condenser, and a fan assembly coupled to the base to generate an air flow within the machine room. The fan assembly may include a plurality of condensation fans.
US09841219B2
An object is to provide a storage container including latent heat storage materials that provide a high cold insulation effect. A storage container 401 has an electric cooling function and stores an object. The storage container 401 includes at least one storage chamber 100 that stores the object; a first latent heat storage material A that is disposed in the storage chamber 100 and has a predetermined phase change temperature; and a second latent heat storage material B that is disposed in the storage chamber 100 and has a phase change temperature higher than the phase change temperature of the first latent heat storage material A.
US09841218B2
A refrigeration device has an ice maker with an ice cube container in which a conveying device for conveying the ice cubes is disposed. The conveying device is connected by way of a coupling to a drive of the ice maker for transmitting drive forces. The coupling is configured to transfer the drive forces of the drive to transform them partially into forces that are oriented towards the drive.
US09841201B2
This invention relates to methods and systems for limiting consumption, particularly power consumption, more particularly by appliances in a building, and is generally suitable for integration with building management systems. Embodiments of the invention provide arrangements in which the aggregated power load of a plurality of appliances is capped to a selected value (which may be arbitrary, or may be dictated by conditions) while seeking to minimize the deviation from target environmental conditions within the building through a combination of distributed decision making by the appliances themselves and centralized orchestration, which may be informed by real-time sensor readings and/or known properties of the building. The distributed decision-making by individual devices may be based on projected deviation from the target conditions after a period of activity or inactivity but with a central controller which determines which devices should be switched on.
US09841199B2
Disclosed herein is a self-cleaning evaporation type humidification apparatus. The self-cleaning humidification apparatus is a floating drop evaporation type humidification apparatus of a new concept using a super hydrophobic surface, which provides safe humidification and does not require maintenance and repair, such as cleaning, by naturally or forcedly evaporating floating drops through control of the floating drops in the super hydrophobic surface based on the self-cleaning function, virus reproduction inhibition function, and water-repellant function of the super hydrophobic surface.
US09841198B2
Air conditioner units and operating methods are provided. A unit includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and a compressor. The unit further includes a bulkhead disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The unit further includes a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead. The unit further includes a dehumidification system which includes an evaporator, a condenser, and an auxiliary compressor in fluid communication with the evaporator and the condenser. The unit further includes a humidity sensor disposed within the outdoor portion, and a controller in communication with the compressor, the auxiliary compressor and the humidity sensor. The controller is configured to deactivate the auxiliary compressor when the compressor is active and an outdoor humidity level sensed by the humidity sensor is above a predetermined humidity threshold.
US09841190B2
The present disclosure is directed to a treatment system for medical and toxic waste. The system comprises two parts, a heterogeneous gasification system, in which syngas is produced from non-homogeneous waste, and a pyrolysis system, in which medical and hazardous waste are pyrolyzed using the syngas produced from the heterogeneous gasification system. The heterogeneous gasification system comprises a gasifier reactor having a reactor zone connected with an ash distillation zone, a re-fueling structure, an open-top water tank that wraps around the entire bottom section of the gasification system, and a gasification-agent supply module having a supply-end connected to the bottom of the gasifier reactor and a demand-end connected to the pyrolysis system. The pyrolysis system comprises a rotatable pyrolysis reactor having a horizontal and hollow cylindrical shape, a pyrolyzed-ash precipitator, which is connected to the pyrolysis reactor zone, and a condenser connected to the pyrolyzed-ash precipitator.
US09841180B1
A combined type single stud illuminating building block includes a circuit board, an illuminating member and an outer housing. The circuit board includes a top side and a bottom side opposite to each other. The circuit board is extended to form at least one first connection portion. The bottom side includes an electrode circuit. The illuminating member is mounted on the top side and electrically connected with the electrode circuit. The outer housing includes a connection hole to receive the circuit board and the illuminating member. The outer housing is hollow and light transmittable. The outer housing includes at least one second connection portion connected with the at least one first connection portion, respectively. Thus, the combined type single stud illuminating building block can be connected with the building block having various numbers of engaging studs to enhance degrees of freedom and variability of connection.
US09841176B2
The invention relates to a lamp (1) comprising a lamp housing (2), a light source (3) disposed in the lamp housing (2), a reflection device (4) associated with the light source (3) for deflection of light emitted by the light source (3) in the direction of a light outlet opening (5) of the lamp housing (2), and a cooling device (6) associated with the light source (3) and/or with the lamp housing (2). In particular an inner side (7) of the lamp housing (2) is formed at least in some locations as the reflection device (4) and/or the cooling device (6) is formed in one piece with the lamp housing (2).
US09841173B2
This invention relates to mirror assemblies for vehicles and in particular to interior rearview mirror assemblies having touch screen inputs corresponding to elements representing a symbol. The symbols are located behind a reflective element and not visible until activated by selection of the corresponding input or other means.
US09841166B2
A lighting device, comprising a glow material; a light source, positioned to illuminate the glow material when the light source is activated; and a light source controller, for sequencing sufficient on and off activation of the light source to maintain activate the glow material over a period of time.
US09841165B1
A light emitting diode lamp is composed of a reflective mirror, a pillar and a plurality of light emitters disposed in radial arrangement about a focal point of the reflective mirror on the surface of the pillar. Each of the plurality of light emitters is composed of a light emitting diode and a lens forming a virtual image in a position of the focal point located behind the light emitting diode. Additionally, a plurality of light emitting diode elements composing the light emitting diode in each of the plurality of light emitters emit light rays with the same wavelength, and the light emitting diodes in the plurality of light emitters emit the light rays with at least two types of wavelength.
US09841164B2
A generic reflector comprises a light inlet end, a light outlet end with at least one substantially rectangular light outlet opening, an optical axis, and a reflector surface which extends between the light inlet end and the light outlet end, where the reflector surface in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis defines a polygon. The reflector surface is formed such that the polygon between the light inlet end and the light outlet end at least in sections rotates about an axis of rotation which is oriented parallel to the optical axis. The invention also relates to an arrangement comprising at least two reflectors and a luminaire with a reflector and a light source, comprising an LED.
US09841163B1
A luminaire includes a door frame assembly that comprises an end plate. The end plate includes a top edge and a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge, where the end plate extends from the bottom edge to the top edge. Further, the end plate includes a notch. Furthermore, the end plate may include a light redirecting flange that may be coupled to or integral with the end plate. The light redirecting flange may be positioned adjacent the notch in the end plate and at an angle with the end plate to redirect light from a light source of the luminaire that exits through the notch back towards a lens of the luminaire.
US09841153B2
An LED cove light system having a wall piece mounted to a back surface of a cove, the wall piece having a top edge which is at the same height as a top surface of a front wall of the cove. A light fixture component is removably attachable at an angle to the wall piece and carries one or more LEDs positioned to project light from the cove out into an adjacent space of a room.
US09841151B2
A belt-like LED light includes an LED unit with a plurality of LEDs, a belt-like insulating case having a space and a partition plate, and a light-diffusing portion. The LED unit is inserted into the space of the belt-like insulating case, such that at least a part of the light transmits through the partition plate. The light-diffusing portion is continuously installed outside of the belt-like insulating case. The light-diffusing portion includes an open space and a curved section surrounding the open space. The curved section is made of light-diffusive material and diffusing the light having transmitted through the partition plate and the open space. The LEDs of the LED unit are connected with the electric wires for light-emitting. The LED unit is formed capable of being folded standing laterally against the light-emitting direction. The belt-like insulating case and the light-diffusing portion are made of flexible material.
US09841147B1
In an embodiment, the gas storage device includes a cylinder with opposing ends. An endcap is present at each end. The cylinder and the endcaps form an enclosure. Each endcap includes a connector. A diaphragm is located in the enclosure. The diaphragm includes an annular sidewall. The device includes an inner chamber defined by an inner surface of the sidewall, and a storage space between an interior surface of the cylinder and an outer surface of the sidewall. A metal hydride composition is located in the storage space.
US09841141B2
A method includes providing a bearing housing configured to house a bearing, the bearing housing enclosing a free volume for receiving a lubricant and including a shaft in a shaft opening, filling the free volume with the lubricant, providing an exclusion seal between the shaft opening and the shaft, the exclusion seal being repeatably and non-destructively shiftable from a sealing state and a release state, the exclusion seal being shiftable from the sealing state to the release state by increasing a pressure in the bearing housing to above a first level and being shiftable from the release state to the sealing state by decreasing the pressure to below the first level; and continuously maintaining a film of the lubricant between the exclusion seal and the shaft by repeatedly causing the pressure of the lubricant in the free volume to rise above and fall below the first level.
US09841128B2
A tube fitting for sealing an end of a tube uses a notch formed in the exterior surface of the tube as a sealing seat. An internally threaded body is configured to receive an externally threaded end of a nut, while the body and the nut are mounted in a surrounding relationship to the tube end. A ferrule mounted between the nut and the tube is forced to plastically deform and move into the notch to thereby seal the tube end.
US09841121B2
Device and method are disclosed for transforming an angular movement changing linearly to a linear movement changing non-linearly with respect to the linear change of the angular movement. Embodiments of the device and method may be useful for on providing better and more accurate control of a user of the amount of fluid flowing from a faucet at the low flow rates. According to other embodiments a flow diversion plate is disclosed adapted to divert the flow entering the plate through one facet of the plate at a input location to an outlet opening diverted away from the input location by an angular diversion of between 90 to 180 degrees.
US09841120B2
An apparatus for controlling a flow of a fluid, such as a drilling fluid or drilling mud, is disclosed. The apparatus may include: a valve member; and a float member mechanically coupled to the valve member and configured to operate on the valve member when fully submerged in a fluid. The coupled float member is configured to increase flow through the valve member as a density of the fluid decreases and to restrict flow through the valve member as the density of the fluid increases.
US09841116B2
A double action directional fluid flow valve includes a stepped piston connected with a poppet valve and moveable by a controller between open and closed positions by applying a continuous pressure to a small diameter piston face and selectively applying and removing pressure from a large diameter piston face to move the poppet valve between an open position and a closed position.
US09841115B2
A thermostat valve includes a housing with several cooling fluid connections, at least two hollow valve elements mounted rotatably next to one another in the housing on a common rotational shaft, each having at least one opening selectively couplable to one or more of the cooling fluid connections by way of rotation of the valve elements, and a rotational drive for a first of the valve elements can be driven rotationally in the housing, a second of the valve elements can be selectively coupled to or decoupled from the first valve element, the second valve element driven rotationally, when it is coupled to the first valve element, and a coupling element mounted axially movably on the rotational shaft, and a coupling drive by way of which the coupling element can be moved axially on the rotational shaft between a coupling position and a decoupling position.
US09841104B2
Provided is a shaft sealing apparatus, which includes a seal ring that is installed in an annular space between a rotor and a stator surrounding an outer circumference side of the rotor, that is formed in a divided structure from a movable seal ring and a stationary seal ring whose circumferential ends are adjacent to each other, and that is configured so that the movable seal ring is biased toward a radial outer side thereof by an elastic body, a seal body that is formed by stacking a plurality of thin seal pieces, which extend from the seal ring toward a radial inner side of the rotor, in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and a communicating part that causes the low-pressure side region and the high-pressure side region to communicate with each other.
US09841099B2
In an apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission having gear engaging mechanisms installed to engage one of gears to establish n-th speed when supplied with hydraulic pressure discharged from an oil pump driven by a prime mover, an electromagnetic pressure-regulating valve installed to pressure-regulate the hydraulic pressure, an electromagnetic shift valve installed at a hydraulic passage to supply the hydraulic pressure to the gear engaging mechanisms, and a current supply circuit to supply current to the solenoid valve, cut-off of current supply to the solenoid valve from the current supply circuit is delayed by a predetermined time period, when the ignition switch is turned off.
US09841095B2
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine mounted in the vehicle such that a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine runs in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided with a flexible drive is provided that comprises a wheel, in particular a pulley, which is arranged such as to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and which is arranged in front of the internal combustion engine when viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle. The wheel has at least one weakened section which allows or facilitates a compression of the wheel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle upon a head-on collision. In addition, the wheel may be arranged to cooperate with a recess in the front of the engine to permit further displacement of the wheel toward the engine during a collision.
US09841092B2
An electric drive module for transferring torque to wheels of a motor vehicle a planetary gearset having a first member driven by the rotor and a second member. A synchronizer restricts a third member of the planetary gearset from rotation when the electric drive module operates at a first drive ratio. The synchronizer transfers energy from the rotating rotor to the third member during a shift between the first drive ratio and a second drive ratio to match the rotational speeds of the rotor and the second member. A reduction unit includes an input member being driven by the second member and also includes an output member driven at a reduced speed relative to the input member. A differential assembly includes an input driven by the output member, a first differential output driving a first output shaft, and a second differential output driving a second output shaft.
US09841084B2
Eleven or more forward speeds and at least one reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotation elements and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotation elements and a transmission housing.
US09841083B2
Nine or more forward speeds and at least one reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotation elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotation elements and a transmission housing.
US09841080B2
A power transmitting apparatus for a vehicle achieves seven forward speeds with a minimal number of input gears disposed on input shafts, since the second speed gear and the fourth speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the second input gear and the third speed gear and the seventh speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the third input gear, and distortion of step ratios at the high-speed region may be prevented.
US09841078B2
An energy absorber is controlled in an overload event to absorb potentially damaging energy. The energy absorber acts between a receiving unit for receiving objects for transporting and a carrier device that connects to a transporter. An absorber force can be influenced by an electrically controlled magnetic field unit. Measurement values of loads acting on the loading unit are captured sequentially and an overload event is determined if a measure derived from the measurement values exceeds a predetermined threshold value. After the onset of an overload event a prognosticated load curve of the loading unit is assessed from a multitude of measurement values captured from the onset of the overload event. A planned power flow curve for the magnetic field unit is determined and the load curve is damped time-dependent so that a planned load curve ensues which remains beneath a predetermined load limit.
US09841063B2
A multiple disc clutch apparatus configured to reduce the drag torque, the sticking torque, and simultaneously the weight of the multiple disc clutch apparatus. The apparatus can comprise substantially annular multiple clutch discs connected to an input-side from an engine; substantially annular multiple clutch plates alternately laminated with the clutch discs and connected to an output-side to a wheel; and frictional members secured on surfaces of the clutch discs opposing the clutch plates and adapted to press-contact with or separate from the clutch plates. A power from the engine can be transmitted to the wheel when the clutch discs and plates are press-contacted with each other; the power transmission being blocked by releasing the press-contacting force; wherein depressions are formed on each clutch plate along its periphery and radially inward therefrom; and wherein a part of the one or more frictional members is positioned within a region of the depressions.
US09841055B2
A vertical radial guide bearing of fixed circular bore construction surrounds a journal attached firmly to a rotating shaft, is lubricated via pot lubrication means, has a bearing bore surface that is shaped to include viscosity oil pumps that are situated below the surface of the oil in the pot, are adjacent the bottom of the bearing, have associated supply ports remote from the journal, and have associated discharge grooves that extend vertically up the bearing bore surface to a circumferential groove adjacent the top of the bearing, wherein the viscosity oil pumps are sized to pump oil quickly up the grooves so as to develop an oil film between the journal and bearing surfaces, this film generated by normal hydro-dynamic action having sufficient pressure and thickness to rapidly separate the journal and bearing surfaces and to keep them separated.
US09841054B2
A thrust bearing pad includes a relatively low wear and low friction contact layer disposed on a metallic substrate. The metallic substrate allows a manufacturer to couple the thrust bearing pad to a corresponding metallic thrust bearing in a relatively secure manner while the contact layer extends the operating life of the thrust bearing and minimizes maintenance.
US09841050B2
A connection device applicable to flexible display screen includes a joint assembly composed of main joints and subsidiary joints. Each main joint has a base section and a first arm and a second arm. The base section and the first and second arms define a first chamber, a first opening and a second chamber and a second opening. Each subsidiary joint has a connection section assembled with the flexible display screen and a first hand section and a second hand section extending from two ends of the connection section. The first and second hand sections respectively extend into the first and second chambers of two adjacent main joints and latch therewith. When an operator operates and opens/closes the display screen, the subsidiary joints relatively move within the first and second chambers of the main joints to drive the main joints to move.
US09841044B2
A grooved rotatably fastening structure includes, in top-to-bottom sequence, a head, a shaft connected to the head, and a fastening portion connected to the shaft. The fastening portion has a first groove and a second groove. The first groove is concavely disposed on a lateral surface of the fastening portion and extends upward from a bottom of the fastening portion. The second groove is concavely disposed on the lateral surface of the fastening portion and extends from the first groove transversely or obliquely. The first groove and the second groove are in communication. The rotatably fastening structure enables users to connect two objects together quickly without compromising the structural strength of the two objects and is applicable to thin objects.
US09841043B2
A cable tray support includes first and second rod openings each extending through one of first and second sides of a support body to allow first and second support rods to laterally enter the respective first and second openings. First and second lateral closure members are adjacent the respective first and second openings and are movable to closed positions to inhibit the respective first and second support rods, when received in the corresponding opening, from laterally exiting the corresponding opening.
US09841040B2
A clamping system that includes a first jaw, a second jaw—the second jaw being pivotally connected to the first jaw—a locking handle pivotally connected to the first and second jaws, an adjustment element, first and second lever arms, and a release lever secured to the locking handle and configured to move the locking handle away from the first jaw.
US09841033B2
A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13′B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
US09841030B2
The present invention claims a vertical self-priming pump which comprises a pump body, a motor and a medium backflow blocking device, the medium backflow blocking device comprises a static ring and a moving ring which are vertically and oppositely arranged, and an elastic supporting sleeve; the moving ring is embedded on the upper surface of the impeller, the elastic supporting sleeve is fixed on the upper surface of the flow guide body, and the static ring is embedded on the lower surface of an elastic supporting ring. During normal working, the elastic supporting sleeve of the present invention in the medium backflow blocking device generates a downward deformation under the action of liquid medium pressure, thus the moving ring and the static ring closely contact with each other and block the backflow gap channel, and the pump efficiency is improved.
US09841028B2
A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
US09841024B2
A compressor includes compression and drive mechanisms disposed in a casing having a cylindrical member. The compression mechanism includes a cylinder main body, an end surface member attached to the cylinder main body, a muffler main body attached to the end surface member, an intake hole communicating with the compression chamber and extending in a direction crossing the drive shaft, and a circular hole located radially outside the compression chamber and extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft. The circular hole opens to a space inside the casing. At least a part of the circular hole is located within an area defined by extending the intake hole in a plan view. A method of producing a compressor includes inserting a positioning pin into the circular hole of the compression mechanism and pressing an inlet tube into the intake hole from outside of the cylindrical member.
US09841021B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary vane actuator. A rotor assembly includes longitudinal vanes disposed radially on a central shaft, with each vane connected at their ends to a circular plates secured to the shaft. Each vane has an outer edge, wherein the shaft, a surface of each plate, and the vanes define interior pockets in the rotor assembly. A stator assembly includes two stator elements each having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge.
US09841010B2
Method and apparatus for furnishing process machines with liquid color from a supply thereof provides a loop conduit having respective ends receiving liquid color from the supply and discharging liquid color back into the supply, pumping liquid color through the loop conduit and discharging liquid color from the loop conduit at an intermediate position into a reservoir associated with a process machine upon liquid color level in the reservoir being at a low level limit.
US09841008B2
Solar and steam hybrid power generation system including a solar steam generator, an external steam regulator, a turboset, and a power generator. A steam outlet end of the solar steam generator is connected to a steam inlet of the turboset. A steam outlet end of the external steam regulator is connected to the steam inlet of the turboset. A steam outlet of the turboset is connected to the input end of a condenser, and the output end of the condenser is connected to the input end of a deaerator. The output end of the deaerator is connected to the input end of a water feed pump. The output end of the water feed pump is connected to a circulating water input end of the solar steam generator. The output end of the water feed pump is connected to a water-return bypass of the external steam.
US09841007B2
A wind turbine tower is provided with a plurality of tower segment which are placed one on top of the other in order to form the tower. A lower tower segment has a lower end face, and in the lower region of the lower tower segment, the lower tower segment has a plurality of recesses and through-bores between the lower end face of the lower tower segment and a base of the recesses. The recesses are designed to receive a leveling unit for leveling the lower tower segment. The recesses are preferably provided on the inner face of the lower tower segment and provide an effective possibility for receiving leveling units.
US09840991B2
A means to prevent the obstruction of fuel flow from the fuel source to the intake of an internal combustion engine by having an alternate and path for fuel to flow between the fuel source and the intake of an internal combustion engine. This invention takes advantage of prior art using existing manual fuel system primer to pump fuel from the fuel source to the fuel intake of an internal combustion engine then after the engine is primed with fuel an adjacent but connected fuel line is then available creating an additional fuel path from the fuel source to the fuel intake of the internal combustion engine.
US09840988B2
A separation chamber type anti-surge valve may include a valve body formed with a charge air passage inlet and a charge air passage outlet, and a valve cover coupled to the valve body by a fastening member to define an empty inner space between the valve body and the valve cover, in which the inner space is divided into a diaphragm chamber and a bypass chamber by a valve guide, one side tip of a valve rod being fixed in the diaphragm chamber, a valve disc fixed to another side tip of the valve rod, and the diaphragm chamber is divided into a control pressure chamber and a normal static pressure chamber.
US09840985B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing fuel vapor leaks due to un-latching of quick connectors in interfaces of a fuel vapor system. In one example, a method may include using positive pressure generated in the intake manifold by reverse rotation of the engine unfueled, to detect un-latching of quick connectors in the fuel vapor system. After the positive pressure test, a negative pressure test is performed on the fuel vapor system to confirm any un-latching of quick connectors.
US09840981B2
A method for adapting the injection characteristic of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine to production-related tolerances is described. In the method, an injection quantity correction value is determined from the deviation of the idle travel and the deviation of the injection quantity of the injection valve before the operating phase of the injector. This injection quantity correction value is used to determine the injection-specific deviation of the injection quantity during the operating phase at the start of the operating phase of the injector in conjunction with the current deviation of the idle travel which is determined in the system. The injector-specific deviation of the injection quantity which is determined is used to correct the injection characteristic. As a result, changes in the injection quantity of an injector can be detected and corrected particularly precisely on the basis of production tolerances.
US09840980B2
Additional approaches for the reduction of particulate emissions in gasoline engines using optimized port+direct injection are described. These embodiments include control of the amount of directly injected fuel so as to avoid a threshold increase in particulates due to piston wetting and reduction of cold start emissions by use of air preheating using variable valve timing.
US09840978B2
A control device for an internal combustion engine is provided that can detect the adherence of deposits to a cylinder pressure sensor without subjecting the internal combustion engine to an impact or the like. A control device for an internal combustion engine equipped with a cylinder pressure sensor detects changes in the sensitivity of the cylinder pressure sensor. If the control device detects a decrease in the sensitivity of the cylinder pressure sensor after detecting an increase in the sensitivity of the cylinder pressure sensor, the control device determines that deposits are adhered to the cylinder pressure sensor.
US09840971B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving the performance of a variable displacement engine. Split injection and spark retard may be used in active cylinder during a VDE mode to heat an exhaust catalyst and extend the duration of VDE mode operation. Split injection and spark retard may also be used in reactivated cylinders at a time of cylinder reactivation to improve restart combustion stability.
US09840969B2
A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine includes a gear system that provides a speed reduction between a fan drive turbine and a fan and a mount flexibly supporting portions of the gear system. A lubrication system supporting the fan drive gear system provides lubricant to the gear system and removes thermal energy produced by the gear system. The lubrication system includes a capacity for removing thermal energy equal to less than about 2% of power input into the gear system.
US09840968B2
A start inverter for an electric engine start scheme includes an inverter phase leg with solid-state switches and a pulse width modulator operatively connected to the solid-state switches of the inverter phase leg. The pulse width modulator provides command signals to the solid-state switches of the inverter phase leg to invert direct current into alternating current with less ripple than a start inverter with two solid-state switches per phase leg.
US09840951B2
An apparatus for the cleaning of crankcase gas from an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a separation chamber for the crankcase gas with a centrifugal rotor arranged for the cleaning of the crankcase gas in the separation chamber. The centrifugal rotor includes a drive shaft extending into a drive chamber of the apparatus. A turbine is connected to the drive shaft. A nozzle is arranged to receive pressurized liquid from the combustion engine and to direct the pressurized liquid in a jet from a nozzle opening against the turbine for rotation of the centrifugal rotor. An adapter element is configured such that the apparatus is mountable onto the combustion engine with a drive liquid passage in communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is integrally formed with the adapter element with a nozzle passage having a conical shape which converges in the flow direction towards the nozzle opening.
US09840948B2
A method and an apparatus for supplying inert gas into a poppet valve intermediate are provided that are capable of properly filling the inert gas without waste into the poppet valve intermediate of any size. After a negative pressure is achieved by suction in an internal space (Win) of a poppet valve intermediate (W) as compared to an ambient pressure (Pa) of the poppet valve intermediate (W), the inert gas is supplied into the internal space (Win) until a pressure (F) of the internal space (Win) reaches the ambient pressure (Ps) of the poppet valve intermediate (W).
US09840936B2
A case for a gas turbine engine includes a containment section with a plurality of unidirectional roving fiber layers and a plurality of non-crimp fabric layers. A method of manufacturing the case includes winding the plurality of unidirectional roving fiber layers around the plurality of non-crimp fabric layers.
US09840928B2
An axial flow turbine diaphragm is constructed without welding or other metal fusion or melting techniques. Static blade units are attached to inner and outer diaphragm rings by radially inner platform portions that engage the radially inner ring, and radially outer platform portions that engage the radially outer ring, the inner platform portions being elongate in the circumferential direction of the turbine diaphragm and the outer platform portions being elongate in a direction compatible with the stagger angle of the aerofoils. The outer circumference of the radially inner ring has a blade unit retaining feature of complementary shape and orientation to the inner platform portions of the static blade units, and the inner circumference of the radially outer ring is provided with a plurality of blade unit retaining features of complementary shape and orientation to corresponding outer platform portions of the static blade units.
US09840927B2
A method for the manufacture of a component having an internal cavity and an array of pedestals extending into the cavity includes; defining external and core geometries of the component; using a powder-bed additive layer manufacturing method, building the component from a plurality of layers laid on a first-plane; and removing excess powder from the core in a first powder extraction direction along the first-plane. The core geometry is adapted for improved powder removal; including a main core passage, an array of pedestals extending into the passage and passage wall extending from the first-plane, one or more pedestals coinciding with the passage wall, having a cross-section in a plane parallel to the first-plane which is altered with respect to the cross-section of non-coinciding pedestals to extend a face of the pedestal which faces away from the powder extraction direction to intersect the passage wall at an obtuse angle.
US09840919B2
A method for producing a run-in coating for a turbomachine for braking a rotor in the event of a shaft breakage, the run-in coating being formed as an integral, generative blade portion during a generative manufacture of a blade. A run-in system having an abradable ring that is configured circumferentially on a blade row and has a chamber-type material structure. A turbomachine having a run-in system of this kind, as well as a guide vane having such a run-in coating.
US09840915B2
A multi-stage turbine (16) is designed as an induction turbine with vapour induction in at least one intermediary stage. It is more particularly conceived as a radial-outward-flow type multi-stage turbine, with an axial main vapour inlet port (82) and an annular secondary vapour inlet port (84), which is arranged in the turbine (16) so as to annularly induce, in an intermediary stage of said turbine, a secondary vapour stream into an already partially expanded radial main vapour stream. The annular secondary vapour inlet port (84) comprises as a ring-zone (92) with through holes (94), which radially surrounds said axial main vapour inlet port (82) in a first turbine housing part (80). The axial vapour inlet port comprises a first tubular vapour inlet connection (82). The annular vapour inlet port comprises a second tubular vapour inlet connection (84) surrounding the first tubular vapour inlet connection (82), so as to define with the latter an annular space (86), wherein the ring-zone (92) with through holes (94) is arranged in this annular space (86).
US09840914B2
A method of localized repair to a damaged thermal barrier, the method including subjecting a part coated in a damaged thermal barrier to electrophoresis treatment, the part being made of an electrically conductive material, the damaged thermal barrier including a ceramic material and presenting at least one damaged zone that is to be repaired, the part being present in an electrolyte including a suspension of particles in a liquid medium, the ceramic coating being deposited by electrophoresis in the damaged zone in order to obtain a repaired thermal barrier for use at temperatures higher than or equal to 1000° C., the particles being made of a material different from the ceramic material present in the damaged thermal barrier.
US09840908B2
A completion system for use in a well includes a first completion section and a second section. The first completion section has a sand control assembly to prevent passage of particulates, a first inductive coupler portion, and a sensor positioned proximate to the sand control assembly that is electrically coupled to the first inductive coupler portion. The second section is deployable after installation of the first completion section. It includes a second inductive coupler portion to communicate with the first inductive coupler portion, to enable communication between the first completion section's sensor and another component coupled to the second section.
US09840903B2
A process for recovering oil is provided. The process entails recovering an oil-water mixture from an oil-bearing formation. Next, the process entails separating oil from the oil-water mixture and producing produced water having hardness and other scale-forming compounds, suspended solids, free oil and emulsified oil. A pre-treatment process is undertaken to remove hardness and other scale-forming compounds. This entails precipitating hardness and other scale-forming compounds. After the precipitation of hardness and other scale-forming compounds, the produced water is directed to a membrane separation unit for filtering the produced water and producing a retentate having suspended solids, hardness and other scale-forming compounds, free oil and emulsified oil. The membrane separation unit also produces a permeate stream substantially free of hardness and other scale-forming compounds, suspended solids, free oil and emulsified oil. Thereafter, the permeate stream is chemically treated to enhance the recovery of oil in the oil-bearing formation. After treating the permeate stream from the membrane separation unit, the treated permeate is injected into the oil-bearing formation.
US09840900B2
Processes and systems for inhibiting the flow of fracturing fluid through one or more subterranean wells offset from the subterranean well being fractured. A fracturing fluid is injected under pressure via a first well penetrating and in fluid communication with a subterranean region of interest so as to fracture the subterranean region. A second fluid is positioned within one or more second subterranean wells penetrating and in fluid communication with the subterranean region. Each second well is equipped with a standing valve that is seated by the second fluid in each second well. The pressure of the second fluid may be monitored and the pressure applied to the second fluid at the surface may be increased upon determining an increase in pressure during the monitoring step.
US09840899B2
A method includes a first injection phase that includes injecting a first gas-based fluid into a subterranean formation at a first pressure that exceeds a fracture pressure of the subterranean formation. The method also includes a second injection phase that includes injecting a second gas-based fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation at a second pressure that exceeds a minimum miscibility pressure of the second gas-based fluid, followed by a shut in period. The method further includes a third injection phase that includes injecting the first gas-based fluid or a third gas-based fluid into the subterranean formation at the first fracture pressure or at a third pressure exceeding the fracture pressure of the subterranean formation. The first gas-based fluid, second gas-based fluid, and third gas-based fluid include carbon dioxide (CO2).
US09840885B2
An apparatus that includes a chemical injection management system. The chemical injection management system may include an interface configured to couple the chemical injection management system to a mineral extraction system. In addition, the chemical injection management system may include an ultrasonic flow meter.
US09840879B2
Adjustment of the angle of a bent sub or other steering feature in a drill string relative to a reference angle of a downhole sensor is facilitated by a rotatable coupling between the bent sub and the sensor. The rotatable coupling may be rotated to align the high side with a reference indicium and locked at the set angle. Rows of ceramic balls retained in circumferential channels may be provided to permit rotation while carrying tensile and compressional forces. Calibration of the sensor is facilitated and opportunities for certain measurement errors are eliminated. An embodiment provides a mechanism for locking the rotatable coupling at a desired angle. The embodiment comprises a ring with teeth that engage a downhole portion of the coupling and depressions that engage an uphole portion of the coupling.
US09840869B2
A high-speed rolling gate comprising a door leaf in the form of a flexible curtain, lateral guides in which lateral edges of the door leaf are received, and a drive which generates a driving force for driving the door leaf, wherein the door leaf has an elastically designed terminating element on a forward edge which is tensioned between the lateral guides by means of laterally applied transverse force components. The driving force of the drive engages on the terminating element of the door leaf and provides the laterally applied transverse force components for tensioning the terminating element of the door leaf and a tension force component substantially directed in the movement direction of the door leaf for closing the door leaf.
US09840864B2
A damping device is applicable to a hinge. The damping device includes a damper and a blocking member. The damper includes a first movable member and a second movable member movable relative to each other. The first movable member has a first abutting part and a second abutting part. The first abutting part and the second abutting part are located at different longitudinal positions on the first movable member. The blocking member is movable relative to the damper and configured to abut against one of the first abutting part and the second abutting part of the first movable member.
US09840854B1
A barrier, such as fence panel, is formed from a plurality of channel-shaped rails and plurality of upright members. Each upright member traverses the rail channels of the rails forming the barrier and is mechanically connected to the rail, such that the upright member is selectively tiltable with respect to the rail within an angular adjustment range. The mechanical connection between rail and upright member may be formed by a weld, such as a resistance weld, by a permanent adhesive, or with a fastener such as bolt or screw. A tab that extends from the rail web may be used to connect a rail to an upright member. The tab may depend from a bracket installed within the rail channel, or may be cut out and bent into the channel from the web. The tab is rotatable about an axis situated at or adjacent the web.
US09840849B2
Building panels, especially laminated floor panels are shown, which are provided with a locking system and several core grooves at the rear side in order to save material and decrease weight. Building panels, each having a surface layer on a front side, a backing layer on a rear side and an intermediate core, wherein the intermediate core and the surface and the backing layer all comprise wood fibers and thermosetting resins, the building panels are provided with a locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of a first edge of a first building panel to an adjacent second edge of a second building panel.
US09840838B2
An anchor channel is provided, including a channel element that has a plurality of identical fastening points and a plurality of identical anchor elements that are attached to the fastening points on the channel element. It is provided that an additional element is attached to at least one of the fastening points, said additional element differing from the identical anchor elements.
US09840837B1
A variable shape three-dimensional structure includes: an upper frame; a lower frame; and a longitudinal coupling member that couples the upper and lower frames. Each of the frames includes cross units and an end coupling portion. Each cross unit is formed by two rigid members crossing each other and pivotally coupled together. The end coupling portion pivotally couples the ends of the rigid members of the cross units. The longitudinal coupling member includes a bent unit comprising a first and second bent rigid members, and a bent portion coupling shaft. The first and second bent rigid members are bent in a V-shape. The bent portion coupling shaft pivotally couples the bent portions of the first and second bent rigid members. The upper end of the bent unit is coupled to the upper frame and the lower end of the bent unit is coupled to the lower frame.
US09840835B2
A method for building a drainage well in a loose granular soil is disclosed. The method includes inserting a liner tube into a loose soil using an inserting device. The liner tube includes a housing and an internal shaft placed inside the housing and coupled to inside the housing via a locking mechanism. Subsequent to insertion into the soil, the internal shaft is unlocked from the housing and removed therefrom. Thereafter, a grooved pipe is inserted inside the housing using the inserting device. Subsequent to the grooved pipe insertion into the housing, the housing is removed from the loose granular soil using a mechanical excavator and a space between the loose granular soil and the grooved pipe is filled with a filling material.
US09840827B2
A control unit embedded in a work vehicle includes a clutch controlling unit and a motor controlling unit. The clutch controlling unit is configured to disengage a first clutch in a condition that the first clutch is engaged and a second clutch is disengaged, when a first moving direction inputted through a forward/rearward movement switch operating device as an instruction of the operator and a second moving direction determined based on a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detecting unit are different from each other, and in addition, when and the vehicle speed falls in a preliminarily set first range. The motor controlling unit is configured to control a motor to reduce a relative rotational speed of the second clutch after the first clutch is disengaged.
US09840822B2
An apparatus and system for drawing water from a water source into a flowing water body comprises a tubular member defined by a sidewall extending between an inlet and an outlet and a central passage therethrough and a drainage pipe having an internal passage therethrough. The drainage pipe passes through the sidewall of the tubular member and has an outlet located within the central passage. The drainage outlet is oriented in a direction towards the outlet of the tubular member and has an unobstructed continuous profile extending there through. The apparatus further comprises a frame adapted to support the tubular member within a body of flowing water at a height above a bottom of the body of flowing water below a top surface of the flowing water.
US09840819B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an interlock arrangement with a blocking feature and a locking feature secured to an interlock member. The interlock member can move between first and second interlock orientations. With the interlock member in the first interlock orientation, the blocking feature can prevent attachment of a power conduit to a power connection, such that the motor is not enabled to power a powered device, and the first locking feature can allow a first gate to open in order to provide access to the powered device. With the interlock member in the second interlock orientation, the blocking feature can allow attachment of the power conduit to the power connection, such that the motor is enabled to power the powered device, and the first locking feature can prevent the first gate from opening such that the first gate obstructs access to the powered device.
US09840815B2
In a texture curing machine for the subsequent treatment of freshly produced concrete layers of a predetermined width, in particular concrete roadways extending longitudinally in the direction of travel, comprising a machine frame supported by ground-engaging units, with no less than one texturing device movable transverse to the working direction for applying a texture, by means of multiple texturing tools, into the not yet hardened surface of the concrete layer, and with a controller unit for adjusting the travelling speed in the direction of travel, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the controller unit captures the travelling speed and/or the traversing speed of the texturing device and, during forward or reverse travel, controls the travelling speed and/or the traversing speed of the texturing device in transverse direction in accordance with a specified texturing angle, with the texturing angle ensuing from the relation of the speeds.
US09840814B2
A system for creating a durable seal between adjacent horizontal panels, including those that may be curved or subject to temperature expansion and contraction or mechanical shear. The durable seal incorporates a plurality of ribs, a flexible member between the cover plate and the ribs, and may incorporate a load transfer plate to provide support to the rib from below, and/or foams of differing compressibilities.
US09840811B2
A starch-based coating compound for packaging materials, in particular for paper, pasteboard or cardboard, wherein the starch has a molecular weight in the range of 800,000 to 50,000,000 g/mol, preferably in the range of 800,000 to 20,000,000 g/mol. The coating compound is used for surface-sealing packaging materials, to prevent the passage of mineral oil contaminants from the packaging material into packaged goods. The subject disclosure furthermore relates to a multi-layer packaging material, which is produced using the coating compound, and to a method for producing said packaging material.
US09840797B2
Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching. The method includes sensing, by a first sensor, a movement of a work piece relative to a sewing head. The method further includes sensing, by a second sensor, a movement of the work piece relative to the sewing head. The method includes determining, by a processor, a translational and rotational movement of the work piece relative to the sewing head based on the sensed movement of the first sensor and the second sensor. The method also includes altering, by the processor, a speed of a reciprocating needle in response to the determined translational and rotational movement.
US09840795B2
A method and the device for acquiring and processing measurement quantities in a sewing machine (1) using at least one camera (25), situated on a sewing machine (1), for the acquisition and processing of image data for sewing machine elements and sewing elements. An image processing unit connected downstream from the camera (25) processes the images supplied by the camera (25), taking into account data stored in a target quantity memory, and influences the behavior of the machine control unit dependent on the result of the processing.
US09840794B2
Nonwoven fibrous webs include elastic filaments such that the web as a whole exhibits elastic properties when stretched. The webs include a multiplicity of nonwoven fibers and at least one elastic filament entangled with at least a portion of the nonwoven fibers to form a self-supporting, cohesive, elastic nonwoven fibrous web. Methods of making such elastic nonwoven fibrous webs using hydro-entanglement, and uses of such webs to form articles are also described.
US09840789B2
A nanoporous metal structure is made by etching a metal alloy structure of two or more metals. Less than all of the metals are selectively removed (e.g., dissolved in solution) from the alloy in the presence of an alternating voltage profile, for example, a periodic voltage profile. The resulting nanoporous metal structure, having pore openings of about 20 nm to about 500 nm in diameter and a purity of at least about 70%, can be further treated to alter some or all of the structure, and/or to add, remove and/or modify properties thereof.
US09840783B2
A process for preparing or regenerating peroxodisulfuric acid and its salts by electrolysis of an aqueous solution containing sulfuric acid and/or metal sulfates at diamond-coated electrodes without addition of promoters is described, with bipolar silicon electrodes which are coated with diamond on one side and whose uncoated silicon rear side serves as cathode being used.
US09840781B2
An etchant for simultaneously etching NiFe and AlN with approximately equal etch rates that comprises phosphoric acid, acetic acid, nitric acid and deionized water. Alternating layers of NiFe and AlN may be used to form a magnetic core of a fluxgate magnetometer in an integrated circuit. The wet etch provides a good etch rate of the alternating layers with good dimensional control and with a good resulting magnetic core profile. The alternating layers of NiFe and AlN may be encapsulated with a stress relief layer. A resist pattern may be used to define the magnetic core geometry. The overetch time of the wet etch may be controlled so that the magnetic core pattern extends at least 1.5 um beyond the base of the magnetic core post etch. The photo mask used to form the resist pattern may also be used to form a stress relief etch pattern.
US09840776B2
Methods and apparatus for multi-station semiconductor deposition operations with RF power frequency tuning are disclosed. The RF power frequency may be tuned according to a measured impedance of a plasma during the semiconductor deposition operation. In certain implementations of the methods and apparatus, a RF power parameter may be adjusted during or prior to the deposition operation. Certain other implementations of the semiconductor deposition operations may include multiple different deposition processes with corresponding different recipes. The recipes may include different RF power parameters for each respective recipe. The respective recipes may adjust the RF power parameter prior to each deposition process. RF power frequency tuning may be utilized during each deposition process.
US09840773B2
The disclosure related to a method for making a nanowire structure. First, a free-standing carbon nanotube structure is suspended. Second, a metal layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotube structure. The metal layer is oxidized to grow metal oxide nanowires.
US09840771B2
A method of growing carbon nanotubes includes following steps. A reactor is constructed, wherein the reactor includes a reactor chamber and a rotating mechanism inside the reactor chamber. A carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is applied, the carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is configured to be rotated by the rotating mechanism in the reactor chamber, and the carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer includes a carbon nanotube layer and a number of catalyst particles dispersed in the carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube catalyst composited layer is positioned inside the reactor chamber. A mixture of carbon source gas and carrier gas is introduced into the reactor chamber. The carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is rotated. The carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is heated to grow carbon nanotubes.
US09840770B2
A method of generating a highly ionized plasma in a plasma chamber. A neutral gas is provided to be ionized in the plasma chamber at pressure below 50 Pa. At least one high energy high power electrical pulse is supplied with power equal or larger than 100 kW and energy equal or larger than 10 J, to at least one magnetron cathode in connection with a target in the plasma chamber. A highly ionized plasma is produced directly from the neutral gas in a plasma volume such that the plasma volume cross section increases during a current rise period. Atoms are sputtered from the target with the highly ionized plasma. At least part of the sputtered atoms are ionized.
US09840768B2
A workpiece having a coating, said coating comprising at least one TiXSi1-xN layer, characterized in that x≦0.85 and the TixSi1-xN layer contains nanocrystals, the nanocrystals present having an average grain size of not more than 15 nm and having a (200) texture. The invention also relates to a process for producing the aforementioned layer, characterized in that the layer is produced using a sputtering process, in which current densities of greater than 0.2 A/cm2 arise on the target surface of the sputtering target, and the target is a TiXSi1-xN target, where x≦0.85. An intermediate layer containing TiAlN or CrAlN is preferably provided between the TixSi1-xN layer and the substrate body of the workpiece.
US09840766B2
The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon. According to the invention the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and a carbon phase, the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic phase from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the crystalline ceramic phase and the carbon phase form a layer system of alternating individual layers (A, B), wherein the carbon phase has interstices that are filled with the crystalline ceramic phase.
US09840761B2
Extrudeable Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy with improved strength, corrosion resistance, crush properties and temperature stability, in particular useful in or close to the front part of vehicles. The composition of the alloy is defined within the following coordinate points of an Mg—Si diagram: a1-a2-a3-a4, where in wt % a1=0.60 Mg, 0.65Si, a2=0.90Mg, 1.0Si, a3=1.05Mg, 0.75Si and a4=0.70Mg, 0.50Si and where the alloy has a non-recrystallized grain structure in the extruded profile containing in addition the following alloy components in wt %: Fe up to 0.30 Cu 0.1-0.4 Mn 0.4-1.0 Cr up to 0.25 Zr up to 0.25 and Ti 0.005-0.15 incidental impurities up to 0.1 each and including Zn up to 0.5 with balance Al.
US09840752B2
A method of performing a localized post weld heat treatment on a weld seam in a thin wall metallic body may include attaching thermocouples to the outside surface of the weld seam and covering the weld seam with a thermal insulating blanket. Cooling bands are attached to the outside of the body on both sides of the weld seam. An inert atmosphere enclosure with inlet and exhaust ports is fitted over the weld seam, thermal insulating blanket, and cooling bands. A power supply and control system for an induction coil or coils situated in close proximity to the weld seam are actuated and the weld seam is subjected to a heat treatment without thermally affecting regions of the metallic body adjacent to the weld seam and external to the cooling bands.
US09840745B2
A variety of products may incorporate cultured leather, which is produced in vitro. Examples of products that may incorporate cultured leather include footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, furniture, handbags or any other consumer or industrial product that commonly incorporates conventional leather or synthetic leather.
US09840741B2
Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis, or management of liver diseases, e.g. hepatocellular carcinoma, using profiles of the miRNAs determined from cellular or acellular body fluids.
US09840738B2
The present invention relates to novel genetic markers associated with endometriosis and risk of developing endometriosis, and methods and materials for determining whether a human subject has endometriosis or is at risk of developing endometriosis and the use of such risk information in selectively administering a treatment that at least partially prevents or compensates for an endometriosis related symptom.
US09840735B2
A device includes a nano-structure made of electrically conductive material. The nano-structure is covered by a barrier coating comprising Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Sc, Y, Ge, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, Al, B, Ba, Bi, and/or Mg oxide in a thickness of at least about 1 nm. The barrier coating is deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD). A method of detecting a target compound uses the device for surface specifically creating an evanescent field, measuring the dielectric properties of a medium, detecting the presence or the concentration of a target compound, determining the primary structure of a target compound, determining a deviation of the target compound from a control value, amplifying a target compound, or monitoring the amplification of a target compound.
US09840734B2
The invention generally relates to methods for increasing the amount of DNA available for analysis when using partitioned samples and parallel processing. For example, double-stranded DNA can be dissociated into two single-stranded components, and the single strands partitioned into different droplets prior to analysis. The disclosed methods are useful for performing digital PCR analysis on samples where the target DNA is not in abundance, for example when the sample originates from a body fluid or an FFPE sample.
US09840733B2
An apparatus for monitoring amplification of a nucleic acid by providing a pH sensor or pH indicator, a nucleic acid in an amplification mixture, and an isothermal amplification enzyme.
US09840725B2
The present invention provides a method for producing L-amino acids such as L-amino acids belonging to the glutamate family by fermentation using a bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae, particularly a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, which has been modified to disrupt the putrescine degradation pathway by, for example, inactivation of one gene or several genes from the puuADRCBE gene cluster.
US09840707B2
The invention refers to an oligonucleotide consisting of 10 to 18 nucleotides of selected regions of the TGF-beta2 nucleic acid sequence, which comprises modified nucleotides such as LNA, ENA, polyalkylene oxide-, 2′-fluoro, 2′-O-methoxy and/or 2′-O-methyl modified nucleotides. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such oligonucleotide, wherein the composition or the oligonucleotide is used in the prevention and/or treatment of a malignant and/or benign tumor, an immunologic disease, fibrosis, or an ophthalmic disease such as dry eye, glaucoma or posterior capsular opacification (PCO).
US09840698B2
Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US09840690B2
An autologous cell concentrating system and method are disclosed. The system has a blood separation component, a first vessel, a second vessel, a first valve, a second valve, and a concentration and flow logic and control component. The concentration and flow logic and control component is configured to: determine a first volume of a target cell-poor fraction in the first vessel to mix with a target cell-rich fraction in the second vessel in order to form a target cell-rich concentrate having a concentration of target cells that is within a target concentration range; and control the second valve to transfer the first volume of the target cell-rich fraction from the first vessel to the second vessel to form the target cell-rich concentrate. The target concentration range is between 1.0 and 1.5×106 target cells/μL.
US09840687B2
An artificial aging apparatus for spirits and other alcoholic beverages to decrease the time it takes for alcoholic beverages to mature. The artificial aging apparatus includes an inlet, an outlet, a processing pipe, a pump, a housing, a plurality of electromagnets, a plurality of copper probes, an ultraviolet (UV) radiation source, and a power source. The alcoholic beverage is pumped through the inlet and then into the processing pipe. Subsequently, the alcoholic beverages passes through an electromagnetic field generated to expedite aging, past a plurality of copper probes to smooth the alcoholic beverage, and exposed to the UV radiation source for sanitization. Then, the alcoholic beverage is discharged from the outlet for storage or packaged for consumption.
US09840684B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions containing an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, alkoxylated alkyl sulfates, and mixtures thereof, and a solvent, particularly a solvent comprising one or more diols.
US09840682B2
The present invention relates to detergent or cleaning compositions with improved sudsing profile, which comprise a cationic polymer, an organomodified silicone and a siloxane-based diluent.
US09840665B2
Multi-phase polymer films of quantum dots (QDs) and their use in light emitting devices (LEDs) are disclosed. The QDs are absorbed in a host matrix, which dispersed within an outer polymer phase. The host matrix is hydrophobic and is compatible with the surface of the QDs. The host matrix may also include a scaffolding material that prevents the QDs from agglomerating. The outer polymer is typically more hydrophilic and prevents oxygen from contacting the QDs.
US09840661B2
Methods of stabilizing swellable clays in a subterranean formation and methods of reducing the formation of sludge in a subterranean formation using a biopolymer based cationic surfactant are described. The biopolymer based cationic surfactant includes a quaternary ammonium compound having an alkyl polyglucoside backbone and amino alcohol side chains.
US09840653B2
Methods and compositions are provided that relate to cementing operations. Methods and compositions that include pumice in geopolymer cement compositions comprising slag.
US09840649B2
A superabrasive material and method of making the superabrasive material are provided. The superabrasive material may comprise a superabrasive crystal having an irregular surface. The superabrasive material further comprises a plurality of structure defects within the superabrasive crystal. The plurality of structure defects may cause micro-chipping when used as grinding materials.
US09840648B2
A surface-treating article includes an organic matrix substantially engulfed by a binder that includes a reaction product of a blocked polyurethane prepolymer and a mixture of aromatic amines. The aromatic amines include polymethylene polyaniline having a functionality equal to or greater than 4.
US09840640B2
An article having antifouling properties and intended to be employed in aquatic uses, in particular marine uses. In particular there is provided an article having antifouling properties and intended to be employed in aquatic uses which comprises: a) a support, b) optionally, at least one primer coat on said support comprising at least one anticorrosive product, c) optionally, at least one intermediate primer coat promoting adhesion between the coats, d) at least one adhesion-promoting coat or tie coat, deposited on said primer coat or on said support when the primer coat is absent, and e) at least one antifouling coat or topcoat, deposited on said adhesion-promoting coat or tie coat.
US09840619B2
A process for producing a styrene-butadiene diblock copolymer-containing blend that is not an agglomeration, that involves mixing a styrene-butadiene multiblock thermoplastic elastomer solution with a styrene-butadiene diblock copolymer solution. Blends comprising a styrene-butadiene diblock copolymer and a styrene-butadiene multiblock thermoplastic elastomer, which blends are not an agglomeration.
US09840617B2
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising two or more poly(vinyl acetal) resins and at least one blending agent or haze reducing agent are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers exhibit enhanced optical properties while retaining other properties, such as impact resistance and acoustic performance.
US09840615B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a thermoplastic resin composition which exhibits excellent rigidity, while having excellent impact strength characteristics; and a method for producing the thermoplastic resin composition. This thermoplastic resin composition, wherein a polyolefin resin contains a polyamide resin that is dispersed therein, is characterized in that: the thermoplastic resin composition is obtained by melting and kneading a polyolefin resin and a mixed resin that is obtained by melting and kneading a polyamide resin and a compatibilizer; and the compatibilizer is a modified elastomer that is obtained by providing an elastomer (such as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer or a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer) with a reactive group that is reactive with the polyamide resin. The present invention also relates to a thermoplastic resin composition which is obtained by melting and kneading from 1% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive) of a plant-derived polyamide resin such as polyamide 11, from 5% by mass to 75% by mass (inclusive) of a polyolefin resin and from 1% by mass to 30% by mass (inclusive) of a compatibilizer that is an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer that is modified with an acid.
US09840612B2
A semiconductive roller according to the present invention includes a crosslinked product containing just the three types of rubber of butadiene rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber, and chloroprene rubber as rubber components, has a non-porous, single-layer structure, and has a compression set Cs (%) of not more than 10% as measured in accordance with the measurement method described in the Japanese Industrial Standards JIS K6262:2006 under conditions of a test temperature of 70° C., a test time of 24 hours, and a compression ratio of 25%.
US09840606B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising at least one estolide compound of formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; m is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R1, independently for each occurrence, is selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R3 and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched. Also provided are uses of the compositions described herein.
US09840602B2
A process for forming a conventional flexible polyurethane foam includes providing a polyol component including a PIPA polyol that is a dispersion having a solids content from 10% to 75 wt %, based on a total weight of the PIPA polyol, providing an isocyanate component that includes at least one polyisocyanate, providing an additive component that includes a catalyst, and forming a reaction mixture including the polyol component, the isocyanate component, and the additive component to form a flexible polyurethane foam with a resiliency value below 45%. The reaction mixture has an isocyanate index from 90 to 150. The PIPA polyol is a reaction product of a mixture including at least a low equivalent weight polyol having a number average hydroxyl equivalent weight of less than 80, a polyisocyanate compound having a number average isocyanate equivalent weight that is less than 225, and a liquid base poly ether polyol having a number average hydroxyl equivalent weight from 200 to 1500 and at least 80% of secondary hydroxyl groups based on a total amount of hydroxyl groups in the liquid base polyether polyol.
US09840590B2
A semi-crystalline biaxially oriented film comprising a copolyester which comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): (I) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, Z is C═O, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester and is present in an amount of at least about 4 mol % of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
US09840588B2
Disclosed are epoxy resins exhibiting a highly favorable combination of tensile strength and elongation with respect to prior art epoxy systems. The elastomeric epoxy resin systems of the invention are prepared utilizing a curing agent containing at least one monoprimary amine, and are particularly useful in applications such as, for example, castings, potting, composites, crack sealing, coatings, adhesives, roofing materials, flooring or reinforced membranes.
US09840572B2
An acrylic rubber contains (a) methyl methacrylate units, (b) ethyl acrylate units, (c) n-butyl acrylate units, (d) 2-methoxyethyl acrylate units, and (e) cross-linking site monomer units, in which the acrylic rubber contains 10 to 20% by weight of (a) the methyl methacrylate units, 15% by weight or less of (b) the ethyl acrylate units, 60 to 80% by weight of (c) the n-butyl acrylate units, 10 to 30% by weight of (d) the 2-methoxyethyl acrylate units, and 0.5 to 5% by weight of (e) the cross-linking site monomer units.
US09840560B2
The present invention relates to isolated monoclonal anti-EGFR antibodies, and to the use of such antibodies and antibody fragments to detect EGFR, particularly those expressed by cancer cells. The antibodies are useful in diagnostic as well as therapeutic indications. Methods, devices and kits for the immunodetection and immunotherapy of cells expressing EGFR is also encompassed.
US09840555B2
The present invention relates to methods of making human anti-HMGB1 antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions in HMGB1 associated-neuropathy.
US09840552B2
A monoclonal antibody, which recognizes at least two amino acids among amino acids located at position 69, position 79, position 81 and position 102 of human midkine, has been found to have excellent reactivity with and excellent neutralizing activity against human midkine. Moreover, the activity of suppressing the proliferation of tumor has been observed in the antibody having excellent neutralizing activity. The use of the antibody of the present invention makes it possible to treat cancer effectively and to detect or purify midkine efficiently.
US09840550B2
The present invention deals with innovative compounds and compositions for preventing and/or treating a newly discovered detrimental mechanism, which blocks the endogenous myelin repair capacity of the adult nervous system (NS) in diseases associated with the expression of HERV-W envelope protein (ENV), in particular of its MSRV subtype.
US09840547B2
The present invention provides methods of treating prediabetes, hyperglycemia, type 2 diabetes, AMIS syndrome, and obesity in a subject by administering to the patient HISS. The present invention also provides methods of diagnosing AMIS syndrome in a patient. Additionally, the present invention provides a method of shifting nutrient storage in meat-producing livestock to muscle rather than fat.
US09840543B2
The present invention relates to anti-BAFF antibody molecules, including novel humanized anti-BAFF antibodies, therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions for using the same.
US09840537B2
Disclosed herein is a selective delivery molecule comprising: (a) an acidic sequence (portion A) which is effective to inhibit or prevent the uptake into cells or tissue retention, (b) a molecular transport or retention sequence (portion B), and (c) a linker between portion A and portion B, and (d) at least one cargo moiety.
US09840513B2
The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y, and R1 have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated and modulated by CFTR, including cystic fibrosis, Sjögren's syndrome, pancreatic insufficiency, chronic obstructive lung disease, and chronic obstructive airway disease. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprised of one or more compounds of formula (I).
US09840512B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
US09840504B2
The present invention relates to pyrazolopyridine derivatives, which are useful as medicaments, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the pyrazolopyridine derivatives, and the use of one or more of the pyrazolopyridine derivatives in methods for treating and/or preventing a disease caused or mediated by a parasite of the family Trypanosomatidae.
US09840503B2
The present disclosure relates to heterocyclic compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the TAM protein kinases and are useful in the treatment of TAM-associated diseases such as cancer.
US09840502B2
Salts and crystalline forms of 4-(4-{[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl]methyl}piperazin-1-yl)-N-({3-nitro-4-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)amino]phenyl}-sulfonyl)-2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yloxy)benzamide are suitable active pharmaceutical ingredients for pharmaceutical compositions useful in treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer.
US09840496B2
Compounds of Formula I and methods of treating diseases of metabolism by modulating cellular NAD+ levels through the inhibition of the CD38 enzyme, are disclosed.
US09840492B2
The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of compound 1 or 1a and processes for preparing compound 1 and 1a polymorphs, which are useful as antifungal agents. In particular, the invention seeks to provide a new methodology for preparing polymorphs of compound 1 and substituted derivatives thereof.
US09840489B2
The present invention provides a compound of a general formula I, a stereomeride, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, a preparation method thereof, and usages in preparing medicines for preventing and/or treating diseases or symptoms caused by drug-resistant tumors or drug-resistant bacteria and in preparing medicines for preventing and/or treating diseases or symptoms related to tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, allogeneic transplantation rejection, and infection. Preferably, the diseases or symptoms related to tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, allogeneic transplantation rejection, and infection are diseases or symptoms caused by a heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70). The compound in the present invention is used for overcoming a difficult problem of drug resistance of tumors, improves the effect of tumor treatment, and provides a new medical strategy for clinical tumor treatment.
US09840484B2
An aryl compound terminated with at least three glycidyl groups and at least three (meth)allyl groups, having formula (1) wherein R1 is a C3-C20 hydrocarbon, R2 is hydrogen or methyl, and n is 3 or 4 is novel. It is prepared by reacting an aryl compound having at least three (meth)allyl-containing phenol groups with a 2-halomethyloxirane.
US09840482B2
Provided herein are sulfonamide derivatives or a stereoisomer, a geometric isomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a hydrate, a solvate, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, and their uses for treating Alzheimer's disease. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for managing or treating 5-HT6 receptor-mediated diseases, especially in the manufacture of a medicament for managing or treating Alzheimer's disease.
US09840479B2
The present disclosure provides polyamine-fatty acid derived lipidoids (e.g., compounds of Formula (I) or (II)) and methods of preparing the lipidoids. A described lipidoid includes R—C(═O)—O— moieties (where R is a lipid moiety), which may be hydrolyzed into non-toxic fatty acids. Also provided are compositions including a described lipidoid and an agent (e.g., polynucleotide, small molecule, peptide, or protein). The present disclosure also provides methods, kits, and uses that involve the lipidoids or compositions for delivering an agent to a subject, tissue, or cell and/or for treating and/or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, immunological diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory diseases, painful conditions, psychiatric disorders, and metabolic disorders.
US09840475B2
This present disclosure is related to the field of to N-(substituted)-5-fluoro-4-imino-3-methyl-2-oxo-3,4-di-hydropyrimidme-1(2H)-carboxamide compounds and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides. This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/746,837 filed Dec. 28, 2012, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein. Background and Summary of the Invention Fungicides are compounds, of natural or synthetic origin, which act to protect and/or cure plants against damage caused by agriculturally relevant fungi. Generally, no single fungicide is useful in all situations. Consequently, research is ongoing to produce fungicides that may have better performance, are easier to use, and cost less.
US09840472B2
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III and formula IV or its pharmaceutical acceptable polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III or formula IV and methods for the treatment of mucositis may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, oral solution, buccal mucosal layer tablet, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of mucositis and oral mucosal inflammatory or oral infectious diseases.
US09840469B2
Stable crystalline Form II and stable crystalline Form III of ivabradine hydrochloride and processes for their preparation are disclosed.
US09840463B2
This invention relates to novel substituted styryl benzylsulfones that are multikinase inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions beneficially treated by an agent that inhibits kinases, such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and polo-like kinase (PLK-1).
US09840460B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1-R5 and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
US09840455B2
A process for removing acetaldehyde from a mixture of methyl acetate, dimethyl ether and acetaldehyde comprising distilling mixtures derived from carbonylating dimethyl ether in the presence of a zeolite catalyst to generate an overhead stream depleted in acetaldehyde as compared to the feed mixture, a base stream depleted in acetaldehyde as compared to the feed mixture and a sidedraw stream enriched in acetaldehyde as compared to the feed mixture and withdrawing from the column the sidedraw stream enriched in acetaldehyde at a point above the feed point of the feed mixture to the column. Purified mixtures may be utilized as feedstock to processes for the co-production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether.
US09840449B2
The invention relates to Guerbet alcohol precursors and Guerbet alcohols, as well as to processes for synthesizing them.
US09840446B2
A process for producing a methane-containing gas mixture includes the steps of: (i) passing a first feed gas mixture including hydrogen and carbon dioxide through a bed of methanation catalyst to react a portion of the hydrogen with at least a portion of the carbon dioxide and form a methane-containing gas mixture containing residual hydrogen, (ii) adding an oxygen-containing gas to the methane-containing gas mixture containing residual hydrogen to form a second feed gas mixture, and (iii) passing the second feed gas mixture through a bed of an oxidation catalyst to react the residual hydrogen and oxygen to form a hydrogen depleted methane-containing gas mixture.
US09840437B2
A method of making a glass having antimicrobial properties and high compressive stress. The method includes a first ion exchange step in which potassium cations are exchanged for sodium cations in the base glass to provide a surface layer under compressive stress, followed by a second ion exchange in which silver cations are exchanged for potassium and lithium ions in the glass to produce the antimicrobial glass. In some embodiments, the antimicrobial glass has a maximum compressive stress that is at least 80% of the maximum compressive stress obtained by the potassium-for-sodium exchange in the first bath. A base glass and an ion exchanged glass antimicrobial having antimicrobial properties are also provided.
US09840432B2
One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a transfer molding assembly. The assembly includes a die having a molding cavity interconnected with a reservoir. The assembly further includes a heater operable to heat the die, and a load plate configured to move under its own weight to transfer material from the reservoir into the molding cavity.
US09840431B2
A glass forming apparatus may include a forming body comprising a first forming surface and a second forming surface converging at a root. The apparatus may also include at least one cradle assembly comprising a first contact surface and a second contact surface oriented in a V-configuration. The contact surfaces may be engaged with the forming surfaces. The contact surfaces may impart a holding force to the forming body, the holding force having an upward vertical force component. The forming body may also include at least one end block engaged with an end face of the forming body. The at least one end block may impart a compression force to the forming body in a direction parallel to a length of the forming body and perpendicular to the restraining force component.
US09840426B2
A water treatment assembly comprising a spiral wound hyperfiltration membrane module connected to: i) a feed line adapted for connection to a source of pressurized feed water, ii) a permeate line adapted for connection to a dispenser of treated water and iii) a concentrate line adapted for connection with drain; wherein the assembly further includes a pressurizable reservoir with valves for selectively diverting flow of pressurized feed water along the feed line, through the reservoir and returning to the feed line prior to passing through the hyperfiltration membrane module.
US09840421B2
When a disproportionated chlorosilane is to be produced by causing a starting material chlorosilane liquid to flow through a catalyst-packed layer which is packed with a weakly basic anion exchange resin as a disproportionation reaction catalyst to carry out a disproportionation reaction, before the disproportionation reaction is carried out, the disproportionation reaction catalyst is brought into contact with a processing gas obtained by diluting a chlorosilane with an inert gas to prevent the deterioration of the disproportionation reaction catalyst at the start of the reaction so as to carry out the disproportionation of the chlorosilane efficiently.
US09840419B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of making fancy orange synthetic CVD diamond material. Among other things, the method may involve (i) providing a single crystal diamond material that has been grown by CVD and has a [Ns0] concentration less than 5 ppm; (ii) irradiating the provided CVD diamond material so as to introduce isolated vacancies V into at least part of the provided CVD diamond material such that the total concentration of isolated vacancies [VT] in the irradiated diamond material is at least the greater of (a) 0.5 ppm and (b) 50% higher than the [Ns0] concentration in ppm in the provided diamond material; and (iii) annealing the irradiated diamond material to forming vacancy chains from at least some of the introduced isolated vacancies.
US09840414B2
This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. For example, one aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising: (a) providing boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon; (b) heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the aerogel; (c) mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide; and (d) converting at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. Another aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising heating boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon under flow of a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein boron oxide vapor and the nitrogen-containing gas convert at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride.
US09840413B2
A reformer assembly for a fuel cell includes a vortex tube receiving heated fuel mixed with steam. A catalyst coats the inner wall of the main tube of the vortex tube and a hydrogen-permeable tube is positioned in the middle of the main tube coaxially with the main tube.
US09840407B2
A beverage dispensing system includes a plurality of beverage sources each containing a beverage component, and at least one flow valve connected to one or more of the beverage sources and operable to control a flow of the beverage component therefrom. The system further includes a graphical display that presents a plurality of available beverages and a gesture capture device that receives a selection gesture input to select a beverage from the plurality of available beverages. A controller is also included that adjusts the at least one flow valve based on the selection gesture input to dispense the selected beverage.
US09840403B2
A lateral stability system for a telescopic handler (1), whose telescopic boom (11) is fitted with equipment (12) suitable for lateral translation of a load (10), comprising a processing unit which includes at least a first enabling module, configured to enable or inhibit movements of said boom (11), according to one or more safety parameters.The system comprises first sensing means for determining the position of the load (10) relative to a center plane (M) of said equipment (12), connected to the processing unit, wherein a first safety parameter is a function of a value of an imbalance signal produced by the first sensing means.
US09840398B2
Diverting pulley arrangement, more particularly a diverting pulley arrangement of an elevator, which arrangement includes an axle, at least one diverting pulley that rotates while supported on the axle, a faceplate structure, in relation to which and supported by which the diverting pulley is arranged to rotate on the first side of the faceplate structure, which axle is locked so that it does not rotate by the aid of a locking element that moves in relation to the faceplate structure, which locking element is on the second side of the faceplate structure. When it starts to rotate, the end of the axle forces the locking element to displace out of its position and to trip a safety switch.
US09840397B2
An elevator installation has a car at least partially supported by a support including several electrically conductive tension-bearing elements, which elements are arranged parallel to each other and which are substantially surrounded by a jacket. The support is fastened to fastening devices, wherein the fastening devices each include a housing and a clamping element. The housing and the clamping element each have clamping surfaces, between which surfaces the support is clamped. An electrically insulating material is arranged between at least one side of the support and the clamping surfaces arranged thereon. The electrically insulating material electrically isolates the support from the housing or the clamping element or both.
US09840396B2
Disclosed is a fall prevention brake buffering system for high-speed mine lift, including brake ropes (2) fixed on two sides of a car (5). One end of the brake rope (2) is fixed on the top part of a vertical well (6), and the other end is fixed on the bottom part of the vertical well (6). A linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). A buffer (1) is arranged at the top of the brake rope (2), and a tension connector (4) is arranged at the bottom of the brake rope (2). A brake rope safety tong (3) fixed on the brake rope (2) and connected with the linkage mechanism (11) is arranged at the bottom of the car (5). The buffer (1) includes an inverted brake rope gradual safety tong (8) with a buffering rope (9) provided therein and connected with the brake rope (2). A buffering rope clip (10) is arranged on the buffering rope (9). The system is convenient to install, and the buffering force of the brake rope is constant and adjustable. The system realizes reliable fall prevention brake function, greatly improves safety performance during high-speed operation of a lift with non-rigid rails, and increases safety performance during high-speed operation of a mine lift.
US09840382B2
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a body, a supporting portion configured to be held in an elevating manner by the body and to support a sheet, a sheet regulation portion regulating a position of the sheet supported on the supporting portion, a movement portion capable of moving between a first position where the sheet regulation portion regulates the position of the sheet supported on the supporting portion, and a second position where the supporting portion is regulated from elevating with respect to the body, and a movement regulation unit regulating the movement portion from moving to the second position.
US09840381B1
An auger transfer conveyor apparatus for granular material has a conveyor body defined by side walls, a front wall, and a floor comprising a substantially horizontally oriented front floor section and an upward and rearward sloping rear floor section. A plurality of substantially parallel auger assemblies are provided, each with a substantially horizontal auger section extending along the front floor section, an inclined auger section extending along the sloping rear floor section to a transfer discharge at a top edge of the rear floor section, and a flexible joint connecting the horizontal auger section to the inclined auger section. The auger assemblies are open such that during operation granular material moves from the front wall toward the transfer discharge above and between the auger assemblies, and an auger drive is operative to rotate the auger assemblies.
US09840379B2
Features for systems and methods for loading items into a tray are disclosed. The system may have an item conveyor configured to move the items towards a tray conveyor. The tray conveyor may be configured to move trays to receive items from the item conveyor into the tray. One or more sensors may detect the height of the items on the item conveyor and/or in the tray, and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor. A controller may receive data related to the one or more detected heights of the items and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor and correspondingly control movement of the item and/or tray conveyors for efficient loading of items into the tray and efficient movement of the trays for further processing. Tray conveyor movement sensors may detect movement of the trays or tray conveyors for further control or reliability of the system.
US09840378B2
A hopper loader having a hopper connected to a vacuum source for applying a vacuum to the hopper to convey material into the hopper through a material inlet. A material separator is disposed between the material inlet and the vacuum source for filtering the material. A material discharge assembly is connected to the hopper and disposed for controlling downwardly gravity flow of the material from the hopper, the material discharge assembly having a material outlet configured to be opened and closed to control the discharge of material from the hopper. A vacuum detector is disposed between the material separator and the vacuum source. A vacuum activated control operatively connected to the vacuum detector and configured to turn off the vacuum source in response to a signal from the vacuum detector.
US09840372B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a workpiece singulator with one or more movable stairs. A first one of the movable stairs may include an outer step member and an inner step member that is positioned between the outer step member and a second one of the movable stairs. The step members may be movable synchronously as a single stair to transport larger workpieces and asynchronously to transport smaller workpieces on the outer step member. Optionally, the workpiece singulator may further include a sensor configured to detect the size and/or position of a workpiece. In some embodiments, the workpiece singulator may be coupled with a controller configured to control the position of the outer step member independently of the position of the inner step member. In various embodiments, a workpiece singulator as disclosed herein may be operable to selectively singulate workpieces of different sizes.
US09840367B2
A multi-function closure is provided for a liquid containment tank. The tank has an upper wall with an inspection opening therein. The closure includes a ring attached to the upper wall and extending around the inspection opening. A pan is removably fastened to the ring, and has a bottom and side wall forming a reservoir for collection of spilled liquid. A lid is pivotally connected to the pan for movement between open and closed positions, and can be locked in the closed position. Multiple ports are formed in the bottom of the pan for filling the tank with liquid, and suctioning or pumping liquid from the tank for discharge.
US09840361B2
An orientation independent delivery device. The delivery device includes a gas chamber, a delivery chamber, a gas cell, and a delivery aperture. The gas chamber includes a gas-side rigid portion and a gas-side flexible barrier. The gas-side flexible barrier is sealed to the gas-side rigid portion. The delivery chamber includes a delivery-side rigid portion and a delivery-side flexible barrier. The delivery-side flexible barrier is sealed to the delivery-side rigid portion and is oriented adjacent to the gas-side flexible barrier. The gas cell is coupled to the gas-side rigid portion of the gas chamber. The gas cell increases a gas pressure within the gas chamber to expand the gas-side flexible barrier. Expansion of the gas-side flexible barrier applies a compressive force to the delivery-side flexible barrier allowing a delivery material to escape from the delivery chamber.
US09840360B2
An oxygen absorbent composition which comprises a polyester oligomer containing a constitutional unit derived from a tetralin ring-containing carboxylic acid and a diol, wherein the polyester oligomer has a number average molecular weight of 500 to 10000, and a transition metal catalyst comprising at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper.
US09840359B2
Provided are a novel oxygen-absorbing resin composition not responsive to a metal detector, producing no odor after absorption of oxygen and having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance, and a multilayer body, container, injection-molded article and medical container using these. Further provided are an oxygen-absorbing resin composition etc. having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance in a wide range of humidity conditions from low humidity to high humidity. The oxygen-absorbing resin composition of the present invention is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition containing a polyamide compound and a transition metal catalyst, wherein the polyamide compound has at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring. Moreover, the multilayer body, container, injection-molded article, medical container, etc. of the present invention are obtained by using the oxygen-absorbing resin composition of the present invention.
US09840358B2
A carton for containing at least one article. The carton comprises a plurality of panels at least partially forming an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel being in face-to-face contact to at least partially form the interior of the carton. The first panel comprises at least one article protection flap for protecting the at least one article. The at least one article protection flap is foldably connected to the first panel and moveable between a first position that is substantially parallel to the first panel and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the first panel. The second panel comprises at least one access feature for positioning the at least one article protection flap from the first position to the second position.
US09840348B2
A cargo pallet having parallel, spaced runners with parallel, spaced slats mounted transverse thereto by removable pins. Each of the slats is substantially identical and each has different opposing faces so that when the slats are reversed the different faces provide different cargo-supporting surfaces. There are slat grooves on the runners into which the slats are mounted, along with endwalls, to prevent something from extending between the slats and the runners to separate slats and runners. Blockers extend laterally from one or both sides of the slats to prevent a forklift from contacting the cargo, and when the slats are reversed the blockers interlace.
US09840341B2
A method and system for satellite control in space using an IP-based satellite bus and all-IP compliant subsystems and payload(s) and a corresponding T&C system. Specifically, the present method/system includes a satellite-based IP Bus (connected as a network) that relies on Ethernet, USB, WIFI, or Bluetooth to connect various satellite components, satellite components configured to communicate on the IP bus, and a T&C system that understands the IP bus and can read its telemetry and commands. The system permits operations control on-orbit, in near real time within a secure system environment, with a dramatic increase in mission efficiency, an expansion of how much and what can be done on-orbit, and cost savings on future missions using IP-compliant spacecraft and payloads.
US09840340B2
Disclosed herein is a drone docking station for deposit of items delivered by drone. Items may include food items, groceries, parcels and others. A secure porch, roof, window or otherwise building mounted box may be secured through to an existing edifice or may be configured to mount to an existing mailbox post. The basic elements making up the components of the box enable it to carry out efficient and secure delivery of goods to a container box located at a specific address and to securely hold those goods until they are picked-up regardless of duration, weather, or otherwise. The drone dock may employ different technological devices to provide for communication between the drone docking station and a drone to provide security and preservation of the delivered goods before during and after delivery.
US09840337B2
An activation device comprising a computation unit configured to compute a stall margin of the aircraft, an information reception unit configured to receive information indicating if an automatic angle-of-attack protection system of the aircraft is active or inactive, and an activation unit configured to activate the display of the stall margin indicator only if the automatic angle-of-attack protection system is inactive.
US09840334B2
An auxiliary power unit inlet assembly includes an inlet duct having a first end and a second end. The auxiliary power unit inlet assembly further includes a door associated with the second end of the inlet duct. The door moves between a first position and a second position. The door closes the second end of the inlet duct when in the first position and permits air to enter the second end of the inlet duct when in the second position. The auxiliary power unit inlet assembly further includes a sound absorbing component mounted to the door and disposed proximate the inlet duct. The sound absorbing component is positioned at a location on the door such that a noise generated by the auxiliary power unit will directly impinge on the sound absorbing component.
US09840330B2
An energy supply system for an electrical seat device in an aircraft or spacecraft comprises a control unit connected to the seat device, an energy supply which is configured to supply the control unit with electrical energy and an energy storage device which is configured to store electrical energy in a rechargeable manner and which is coupled to the control unit such that said energy storage device can be charged by the energy supply and such that the charging and discharging of said energy storage device can be controlled by the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to use, as required, the electrical energy stored by the energy storage device to operate the seat device.
US09840324B2
Aerial vehicles may include propulsion units having motors with drive shafts that may be aligned at a variety of orientations, propellers with variable pitch blades, and common operators for aligning the drive shafts at one or more orientations and for varying the pitch angles of the blades. The common operators may include plate elements to which a propeller hub is rotatably joined, and which may be supported by one or more linear actuators that may extend or retract to vary both the orientations of the drive shafts and the pitch angles of the blades. Operating the motors and propellers at varying speeds, gimbal angles or pitch angles enables the motors to generate forces in any number of directions and at any magnitudes. Attributes of the propulsion units may be selected in order to shape or control the noise generated thereby.
US09840319B2
A balloon apparatus is provided having (1) a cage structure that includes (a) a plurality of vertical tendons, where each of the vertical tendons includes a first end and second end, where the first ends of the vertical tendons are all connected to one another and where the second ends of the vertical tendons are all connected to one another and (b) one or more horizontal tendons, where each horizontal tendon is attached to each of the vertical tendons at a corresponding level of the cage structure and (2) a balloon envelope, where the balloon envelop is arranged inside the cage structure and inflatable within the cage structure.
US09840316B1
An outboard motor having an internal combustion engine that causes rotation of a driveshaft, a planetary transmission that operatively connects the driveshaft to a transmission output shaft, a band brake configured to shift the planetary transmission amongst a forward gear, neutral gear and reverse gear, a hydraulic actuator is configured to actuate the band brake, and a cooling water circuit that extends adjacent to the hydraulic actuator so that the hydraulic actuator exchanges heat with cooling water in the cooling water circuit.
US09840310B2
A seat module suspension system for a high-speed water vessel including a guide assembly for permitting a range of substantially vertical travel of the seat module, an air shock within the guide assembly for resiliently suspending the seat module; and a support assembly extending for impeding athwart movement of a forward projecting portion of the seat module. The support assembly includes a spar pivotally mounted at one end the base of the guide assembly and pivotally mounted at the other end to a mount attached to the underside of the forward projecting portion and configured to permit fore and aft movement, so as to accommodate substantially vertical movement of the seat module. The system also includes a second air shock connected to the support assembly to impede the fore and aft movement and thus support the forward projecting portion of the seat module.
US09840304B2
A hydraulic brake actuation device is provided that basically includes a housing, a master piston, a push rod, an actuation lever, a contact member and a support member. The housing includes a master cylinder. The master piston is slidably disposed in the master cylinder. The push rod is coupled to the master piston. The actuation lever is pivotally attached to the housing. The contact member contacts the actuation lever. The contact member also contacts the push rod that pushes the master piston. The support member is attached to the housing. The support member is a separate piece from the housing that guides the contact member.
US09840302B2
The present invention discloses a smart balance wheel with a bolt-shaft structure, comprising a fixedly connected bearing and shaft system, a balance control and drive system, a safety control and prompt system and a charging system. The fixedly connected bearing and shaft system comprises a main frame and a shaft system. The main frame comprises a left frame and a right frame symmetric to each other and rotating relative to each other. The shaft system passes through the left and right frames to realize relative rotation. The balance control and drive system is located under the fixedly connected bearing and shaft system. The present invention uses a bolt-shaft structure and a closed dustproof structure, realizes fixing of the left and right main frames, increases connection strength and bearing capacity of the frame, improves safety of balancing, controlling and driving and improves the service life.
US09840299B2
A vehicle includes a left front wheel, a right front wheel, and a rear wheel that tilt together with a body frame, wherein, while a large capacity of a fuel tank is ensured, a variation in the center-of-gravity position of the vehicle while driving is small. When viewed in a side view with the body frame in an upright position, the fuel tank is disposed between a first center and a second center, the first center being located between a third center and right and left front wheel ground contacting portions, the second center being located between the third center and a rear wheel ground contacting portion, the third center being located between the right and the left front wheel ground contacting portions and the rear wheel ground contacting portion.
US09840295B1
A bicycle bag includes a bag body and at least one adjusting belt assembly. The bag body is adapted to store bicycle accessories and includes a first penetration portion and a second penetration portion. The at least one adjusting belt assembly is selectively inserted through one of the first and second penetration portions to form a suspending portion attachable to a bicycle. Thus, the bicycle bag can be attached to an up tube or a seat post of a bicycle, or attached between the saddle and the seat post of a bicycle to meet user needs.
US09840294B2
A control device for controlling a bicycle component in accordance with a seat position of a bicycle seat is provided. The control device may comprise a transmitter configured to transmit a signal relating to the seat position of the bicycle seat, and a mounting structure configured to detachably mount the transmitter to at least one of a bicycle seat post, a bicycle frame, and the bicycle seat.
US09840289B2
A crush-tube assembly for securing a truck bed to a frame of a vehicle. The crush-tube assembly includes a first hole defined by the truck bed, a crush-tube defining an inner diameter, a cross-member defining a second hole, and a frame defining a third hole. A bolt extends through the first hole, the crush-tube, the second hole, and third hole. The inner diameter is smaller than the second hole and maintains pressure around a periphery of the second hole. The pressure applied by the bolt around the hole in the cross-member prevents abrasion of the e-coat previously applied to the cross-member and thereby reduces the potential for corrosion of the cross-member.
US09840286B2
A front end module of a vehicle, including a first side member having a first impact portion and a first other portion, a second side member having a second impact portion and a second other portion, and a lower cross member connecting the first side member with the second side member, is disclosed. The first side member and the second side member are each bent towards a front end of the vehicle, and each of the first side member and the second side member is J-shaped.
US09840271B2
A steering column assembly includes an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a pin, and a bracket. The inner jacket is configured to telescopically slide with respect to the outer jacket along a telescopic axis. The pin is engaged to and projects radially outward from one of the inner and outer jackets. The bracket is pivotally engaged to the other of the inner and outer jackets, and includes first and second surfaces that extend substantially axially and are generally opposed to one-another for selective contact with the pin to limit a pivoting range as a function of telescopic position.
US09840269B2
A steering system includes an insertion shaft that is movable in a tilt direction C along with a column jacket, a first tooth member including a plurality of first teeth aligned along a first linear direction, and a second tooth member including a plurality of second teeth aligned along the first linear direction. A first restriction portion restricts movement of the first tooth member in the first linear direction with respect to an upper bracket. A second restriction portion is movable in the first linear direction and immovable in a second linear direction, with respect to a linear slot in the first tooth member that extends along the first linear direction. The second restriction portion restricts movement of the second tooth member in the second linear direction with respect to the first tooth member.
US09840260B2
A railroad communication system includes a radio transmitter for generating radio communications signals and a length of railroad rail coupled to the radio transmitter. The length of rail is disposed on a set of nonconductive railroad ties to form a transmission line for radiating the radio communications signals to a radio receiver in a vicinity of the length of railroad rail.
US09840255B2
A method provides for operating a drive train having several drive assemblies, a transmission and an output A first drive assembly acts on a first transmission shaft of the transmission, and a second drive assembly acts on a second transmission shaft. The transmission includes several shift elements, whereas an output torque depending on a driver's requested torque is provided at the output. For the opening of a shift element the shift element is placed without load. The probability of a gearshift request is determined on the control side by a shifting strategy. If the probability of a gearshift request is greater than the defined threshold, a torque provided by a first drive assembly and the second drive assembly is changed on the control side in advance of an actual gearshift request, while maintaining the driver's requested torque at the output, in such a manner that a torque, which is transferred by a shift element to be opened for the gearshift that is detected to be probable, is reduced as much as possible in order to minimize the time required after the actual gearshift request for the execution of the gearshift.
US09840254B2
Various aspects of a system and method for an autonomous vehicle, based on detection and/or application of horn, are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits in an electronic control unit (ECU) used in a first vehicle. The one or more circuits in the ECU are configured to detect a horn sound emanated from a second vehicle. First sensor data associated with the first vehicle is captured based on the detected horn sound. The captured first sensor data indicates a first traffic scenario in a vicinity of the first vehicle. Second sensor data associated with the first vehicle is captured for an elapsed time interval prior to the detection of the horn sound. One or more control systems in the first vehicle are recalibrated to perform one or more functions associated with the first vehicle. The recalibration is based on the captured first sensor data and the extracted second sensor data.
US09840253B1
An environmental sensing system relating to vehicle lane position includes first and second sensors respectively configured to provide first and second signals indicative of a vehicle lane position. A steering system achieves a desired lane position in response to a command from a controller to keep the vehicle in its lane, for example, during autonomous control of the vehicle. The controller uses the first signal if the first sensor provides a desired lane marker confidence. The controller switches to the second sensor and uses the second signal if the first sensor cannot provide the desired lane marker confidence and the second sensor can provide the desired lane marker confidence.
US09840248B2
A method for preventing engine clutch hazard of a hybrid vehicle includes: transmitting, by a safety module of a controller, a signal which instructs an engine clutch to be engaged or released to a safety module of an actuator that drives the engine clutch that connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor; and controlling, by the safety module of the actuator, the engine clutch to perform a normal operation based on the signal.
US09840245B2
A brake cylinder device having a parking spring brake mechanism, provided with a clutch mechanism configured so as to transmit or block urging force of a piston to or from a brake force transmitting unit; a latch member for restricting displacement of the brake force transmitting unit relative to the piston by engaging with the clutch mechanism, and allowing displacement of the brake force transmitting unit relative to the piston by disengaging from the clutch mechanism; a latch lock member for engaging at an inclined part with a protruding part of the latch member; and a rotation-preventing part for preventing the latch lock member from rotating.
US09840240B2
A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer is provided herein. The system includes a brake system and a steering system of the vehicle. A controller is configured to output a brake torque request to the brake system and a steering command to the steering system, wherein the brake torque request and the steering command are each based at least in part on a trailer mass.
US09840238B2
An electric brake power conversion and distribution system for use in aircraft is provided. An array of DC-DC converters is interposed between a DC power source and a plurality of aircraft electric brake actuators. Each of the DC-DC converters has a characteristic output voltage. The DC-DC converters are interconnected in an additive series of connections to provide an output voltage to the plurality of aircraft electric brake actuators that comprises the sum of the characteristic voltages of the DC-DC converters that are enabled at a particular point in time. A controller manipulates an array of switches interconnected with the array of DC-DC converts, such that the controller can selectively enable or inhibit selected ones of the DC-DC converters, as desired. Accordingly different voltages can be made available for the electric brake actuators depending upon aircraft activity, such as landing, taxiing, parking, or in flight. The invention reduces the size, weight, cost, and associated heat buildup of prior power conversion and distribution systems.
US09840235B2
Vertical elongate support (2) for supporting a parked vehicle trailer (1), consisting of a top prop tube (21), an inner prop member (22) which can telescopically slide into the prop tube (21), and a threaded spindle (3) for moving the inner prop member (22) in relation to the prop tube (21), whereby the threaded spindle (3) meshes with a threaded bearing (31) that is secured to the upper end of the inner prop member (22). The upper end of the threaded spindle (3) is connected to a crown wheel (32), the upward-facing surface of which is part of a thrust bearing (33) or is designed to accommodate a thrust bearing (33). The thrust bearing (33) supports the vehicle trailer (1), either directly or via a cover (23) that is connected to the prop tube (21).
US09840232B1
An illustrative example embodiment of a device for detecting rain or a substance on a windshield includes at least one radiation source, an internal reflection sensor situated to detect at least some of a first portion of the radiation that reflects from the windshield. The internal reflection sensor provides a first output that has a characteristic that differs based on whether at least one raindrop is on the windshield. A scattered reflection sensor is situated to detect at least some of a second portion of the radiation reflecting from rain near the windshield or a substance on the windshield. The scattered reflection sensor provides a second output indicative of an amount of radiation incident on the scattered reflection sensor. A processor is configured to determine a condition of the windshield based on the first output and the second output.
US09840225B2
A child restraint harness system includes first and second shoulder straps that have button holes located on the y-axis of the straps and a chest clip device which consists of two separate connectors that join together to form the chest clip device. On each connector, there is an extension guard located on the inferior portion of the chest clip device. Also, on each extension guard, there is a button located inferior to the bottom shoulder strap slot. Once the first and second shoulder straps are threaded through the top shoulder strap slot and then threaded through the bottom shoulder strap slot, the extension guard located on the inferior portion of the chest clip device can be buttoned into the shoulder straps, which secures the chest clip device in the proper position so the child cannot move the chest clip in the downward position. Once the child grows to the next strap level on the safety seat, the chest clip can be unfastened and each extension on the connector can be unbuttoned and moved up to reach the proper placement of the chest clip on the child.
US09840221B2
An A-pillar grab handle attachment bracket configured to connect a grab handle to an A-pillar structure of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The bracket comprises a first flange, a second flange, and a body portion connecting the first and second flanges. The first flange is configured to couple to the grab handle and the second flange is configured to couple to the A-pillar structure of the motor vehicle. The first and second flanges are spaced apart and the body portion extends between the first and second flanges and at least partially defines a channel configured to receive an inflatable portion of a side air curtain bag of the motor vehicle, such that the inflatable portion of the airbag deploys through an open side of the channel between the first and second flanges.
US09840220B2
A wireless airbag control system includes a central master electronic control module having an RF transceiver. One or more slave nodes are provided, each slave node being associated with an airbag that is mounted to perform an operating function with respect to a mechanical device. Each slave node further includes an RF transceiver, a central processing unit and a CAN controller. Two-way communication is shared between the slave nodes and the master electronic control module on a prioritized message basis.
US09840213B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a micro power supply in a vehicle includes a processor on the micro power supply communicating with a processor on a microcontroller via a communication link. The communication includes a desired output voltage of the programmable micro power supply. In response to the communicated desired output voltage, the programmable micro power supply adjusts an output voltage of a power converter to be the desired output voltage.
US09840209B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery including a voltage-measuring apparatus, at least one reversible disconnection apparatus, and a circuit of electronic components. The voltage-measuring apparatus is configured to determine a battery voltage. The at least one reversible disconnection apparatus is configured to electrically disconnect the battery from an electrical supply system, such that the disconnection can be cancelled again, for charging or discharging the battery. The circuit of electronic components is a circuit configured to open the disconnection apparatus in the event of an undervoltage and/or an overvoltage of the battery.
US09840207B2
The present invention relates to a profile section molded by the multi-injection molding of thermoplastic materials having different hardnesses, and forming a seal or a molding for the body of a motor vehicle, as well as to a method for manufacturing said profile section. Said profile section (10″) includes at least: an antifriction coating (13″) tightly bonded to a longitudinal sealing surface (12a″) of the profile section and intended enabling the latter to sealingly contact a mobile element of the vehicle, said sealing surface ending, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two transverse sealing edge surfaces of the profile section; and/or a decorative film (14″) tightly bonded to a visible longitudinal surface (11c″) of the profile section and intended for enhancing the appearance of said surface, wherein said visible longitudinal surface is separate from the sealing surface and ends, substantially at a right angle at the respective ends thereof, in two visible transverse edge surfaces of the profile section, characterized in that said materials are overmolded: (i) either on said coating(s) or on said film(s), which is/are tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the visible edge surfaces; (ii) or on said coating(s) and on said film(s), which are optionally tightly bonded, in a continuous manner, to at least one of the sealing edge surfaces and to at least one of the visible edge surfaces.
US09840200B2
A mirror assembly includes attachments for connecting a mirror retaining plate and a connector assembly, and methods for connecting a mirror retaining plate and a connector assembly, are provided.
US09840191B1
A lamp assembly is provided herein. The lamp assembly includes first and second light sources disposed in a housing. The first and second light sources emit light at varied wavelengths. A badge is disposed on a vehicle and is operably coupled with the first light source. A photoluminescent structure is disposed on the badge and is configured to luminesce in response to receiving an excitation light emitted by the first light source.
US09840190B2
A hazard alert system includes a vehicle that has a back side and at least one door that is hingedly coupled to the vehicle. The at least one door is positionable in an open position having the at least one door extending outwardly from the vehicle. An alert is coupled to the at least one door. The alert issues a visual alert when the at least one door is in the open position. Thus, oncoming traffic is alerted to avoid the at least one door.
US09840182B2
A Class B motorhome has an interior layout which includes a bathroom at the rear of the motorhome with a toilet and a shower with the toilet on one side of the bathroom and the shower on the opposite side of the bathroom.
US09840177B2
An assist grip attached to an inside of a vehicle cabin of an automobile is provided with a grip main member including a pair of concave portions formed at both ends in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of groove portions formed at sections opposing in the longitudinal direction on respective peripheral walls of the concave portions; a hinge including a pair of upright portions housed in the concave portions, and separated by a predetermined interval, and a pair of round boss portions protruding from both outer sides of the upright portions, and formed to respectively pass through the pair of groove portions; a bearing concave portion provided in one groove portion and into which the round boss portion is inserted; and a stopper member preventing a disconnection from a state of rotational shaft insertion wherein the round boss portion is inserted into the bearing concave portion.
US09840175B2
A foaming die device for forming a headrest is provided, which comprises a lower die having a first protrusion and an upper die having a second protrusion. The lower and upper dies are used for accommodating a trim cover assembly with a headrest stay portion extending outwardly through a stay passage hole formed in the trim cover assembly. The first and second protrusions are adapted to press and turn over a projected area created about the stay hole into the inside of that trim cover assembly. Also, a foaming process for forming the headrest, using this foaming die device, is provided, in which the projected area is turned over by the first and second protrusions into the trim cover assembly when placing the trim cover assembly in the dies. Hence, conventional preliminary steps using cylindrical stick to turn over the projected area into the trim cover assembly are eliminated.
US09840172B2
A multipurpose armrest for a vehicle includes: a console box mounted on a guide rail to be slidable forward and backward along the guide rail; an armrest mounted on the top of the console box to be openable or closable; push buttons mounted on the top of the console box; tables mounted on both sides of the console box to be horizontally unfolded at the time of pressing the push buttons; and table locking devices mounted on both sides of the console box to interlock with the push buttons to lock and closely fix the tables onto both side surfaces of the console box at the time of keeping table or horizontally unfold the table at the time of using the table.
US09840169B2
A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell, and a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. Moreover, the anchor strap portion has one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location between the elongated slot and the retractor.
US09840168B2
A connection mechanism is used for detachably installing a carrier device to a supporting device. The connection mechanism includes a first base, fixed on the supporting device, a second base, fixed on the carrier device and detachably connected to the first base, a latch, movably disposed on the second base and corresponding to the first base, and an operating component, disposed on the second base and operably connected to the latch. The operating component selectively drives the latch to move to a locking position so that the second base is locked to the first base, or drives the latch to move to an unlocking position so that the second base is unlocked from the first base.
US09840167B2
A walk-in apparatus for a seat of a vehicle, including an upper rail connected to the seat; a lower rail connected to a floor of the vehicle; a lead screw connected to the lower rail; a male helical gear connected to the lead screw, the male helical gear including external splines; and a female helical gear connected to the upper rail. The female helical gear includes internal splines configured to engage with the external splines of the male helical gear, and the male helical gear and the female helical gear are selectively separable. A torque transferred between the internal splines of the female helical gear and the external splines of the male helical gear when connected moves the upper rail relative to the lower rail.
US09840163B2
A method of controlling cooling fans for a vehicle is configured to control operation speeds of first and second cooling fans depending on a running state and operation of an air conditioner of the vehicle in a cooling module including a stack radiator, an electrical equipment radiator disposed in front of the stack radiator, a condenser disposed in parallel with reference to a width direction of the electrical equipment radiator and the vehicle, and the first and second cooling fans being provided at positions respectively corresponding to the electrical equipment radiator and the condenser in the rear of the stack radiator, including: independently controlling operation of each cooling fan by comparing required speeds of the cooling fans of constituent elements when operating the cooling fans provided as a pair in the cooling module depending on the running state and the operation of the air conditioner in the electric vehicle.
US09840158B2
Provided is a current measuring relay device capable of measuring a current flowing in a relay and controlling an operation of the relay based on the measured result, without depending on a control operation of an external control device such as a battery management system (BMS) by integrating the relay with a current measuring sensor.
US09840153B2
A power supply device supplies power from a power transmission coil to a power reception coil of a vehicle in a non-contact manner. The power supply device has a communication unit that receives a startup signal for activating the power supply device. A notification unit notifies a state of the power supply device. A controller controls the notification unit based on a detection result of a detection unit. The detection unit detects a non-contact power supply possible state, in which power can be supplied from the power transmission coil in a non-contact manner. The controller sets a notification state of the notification unit to a first notification state, when the non-contact power supply possible state is detected, and sets the notification state of the notification unit to a state that is different from the first notification state, when the non-contact power supply possible state is not detected.
US09840142B2
A drive system includes: a first planetary gear unit, in which a carrier is connected to an internal combustion engine, a sun gear is connected to a first MG, and a ring gear is connected, via a first drive gear and a first driven gear, to a counter shaft; and a second planetary gear unit, in which a brake is provided to a sun gear, a carrier is connected to the internal combustion engine, and a ring gear is connected, via a second drive gear and a second driven gear, to the counter shaft. A gear ratio of the first drive gear and the first driven gear is larger than a gear ratio of the second drive gear and the second driven gear.
US09840138B2
A vehicle vibration suppressing structure includes a floor panel, a storage section, and a vibration suppressing section. The floor panel includes a general portion that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, and a floor pan that is provided contiguously to the general portion and that is formed in a concave shape indented toward a vehicle lower side. The storage section that covers the floor pan as viewed from a vehicle upper side is attached to the general portion, and is capable of storing a storage object. The vibration suppressing section is disposed between a lower face of the storage section and a bottom wall portion of the floor pan in a state of contact with the lower face and the bottom wall portion.
US09840133B2
A concave portion, that is concave in a direction away from a back door glass, is formed at a facing wall of an outer member at a facing region that faces a bus bar portion. Due thereto, a gap between a bottom surface of the concave portion and the bus bar portion that is disposed at the back door glass can be made to be large.
US09840124B2
The present invention relates to an electronic control system for a motor vehicle, including a control device, an actuator, and at least one sensor. The control system according to the invention is characterized in that it has a sensor board for reading the data detected by the sensor, wherein the sensor board has a memory for storing actuator-specific data and an interface between the sensor board and the control device for transferring the data stored in the sensor board to the control device. The present invention also relates to a method for operating this type of control system.
US09840122B2
A shock absorber comprising a generally tubular body defining a working chamber. A piston is slidable in the working chamber and separates a compression chamber from a rebound chamber of the working chamber. The working chamber contains damping fluid. The shock absorber comprises an electric generator fitted thereto. The generator comprises a turbine rotatably coupled to at least one magnet and coils adjacent the magnet. The shock absorber comprising a turbine flow path between the compression chamber and the rebound chamber, the turbine being supported for rotation in the turbine flow path driven to rotate by flow of damping fluid. Preferably the turbine flow path comprises a compression flow path and a rebound flow path and a turbine chamber, the compression flow path providing for flow of damping fluid from the compression chamber though the turbine chamber to the rebound chamber. One way valves are positioned in the compression and rebound flow paths so that flow only occurs in a respective flow path during compression and rebound of the piston. Movement of said damping fluid though either of said compression flow path or said rebound flow path causes the turbine to rotate in only one rotary direction to thereby generate an electric current in said at least one coil.
US09840114B2
Disclosed is a pneumatic radial tire for a passenger car having ultra fine steel cords for a carcass ply in which adhesive force between a carcass ply layer and a side wall or a rim flange rubber adjacent to a turn up portion on an outside and a stiffness of the rim flange rubber are larger than a bending stiffness of the carcass ply layer so as to improve durability of a bead part while reducing poor air inletting generated at a carcass turn up portion.
US09840103B2
The present invention provides a lightweight coated printing paper for an industrial inkjet printing press, having a base paper, and one or more coating layers being disposed on at least one surface of the base paper and containing a pigment and a binder, wherein the total coating weight of the coating layer(s) is 6 g/m2 or less per one surface, the at least one of the pigment in the coating layer(s) is ground calcium carbonate having an average particle diameter of 0.50 to 1.00 μm, wherein the amount of the ground calcium carbonate contained in the coating layer(s) is 50 parts by mass or more, relative to 100 parts by mass of the total of the pigment in the coating layer(s), the lightweight coated printing paper has an opacity of 92.0% or more, a Stöckigt sizing degree of 1.0 to 8.0 seconds, and a 10-second Cobb sizing degree of 30 to 80 g/m2, wherein the ratio of the 10-second Cobb sizing degree to the Stöckigt sizing degree is 10.0 to 40.0.
US09840100B2
A recording apparatus includes: a first transporting path which passes through a recording portion that performs recording on a medium fed from a medium accommodation cassette that accommodates the medium, in a straight line shape; a second transporting path which is connected to the first transporting path, and transports and switches back the medium in a reverse direction; a third transporting path which is connected to the second transporting path and allows the medium to bypass an upper side of the recording portion, to be reversed, and to be converged in the first transporting path; a fourth transporting path which is connected to a downstream of the first transporting path, reverses and discharges the medium, along an outer side of the second transporting path; and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged from the fourth transporting path.
US09840096B2
A tape cartridge is installed detachably on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus in a predetermined detachable direction. The tape printing apparatus includes a detection portion which detects closing of an opening/closing cover provided on the cartridge installation portion. The tape cartridge includes a displacement input portion. When the opening/closing cover is displaced from an open state to a closed state in a state where the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion, the displacement input portion receives displacement of a detection-target element provided on the opening/closing cover to be displaced according to the displacement of the opening/closing cover, and the displacement output portion actuates a detection element of the detection portion according to displacement of the opening/closing cover to be further displaced in the same direction from the open state to the closed state.
US09840089B2
An input unit receives first image data corresponding to a first print image of a first ink. A density acquisition unit acquires a density value of each pixel included in the first image data. A glossy image density decision unit sets a gloss density value to the minimum possible value of the gloss density value when the density value of the pixel is less than a predetermined value, and sets the gloss density value to a value larger than the minimum possible value when the density value of the pixel is equal to or greater than the predetermined value. A dithering processor performs dithering based on the set gloss density value to create second image data corresponding to a second print image of a second glossy ink. A transfer device transfers the first and second print images on a print body to form a glossy image on the print body.
US09840084B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid; a head flow path connected to the liquid ejecting head, that supplies the liquid; an attaching member that is attachable at a position adjacent to the head flow path; and an opening/closing mechanism that opens the head flow path when the attaching member is attached at the adjacent position and closes the head flow path when the attaching member is removed from the adjacent position.
US09840080B1
A tank for containing liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejecting apparatus which has a nozzle formation section where nozzles are formed, which performs printing onto a printing medium by ejecting the liquid from the nozzles toward the printing medium, and where a front end of the nozzle formation section and a rear end of the nozzle formation section are positioned along a discharge direction of the printing medium when a discharge opening of the liquid ejecting apparatus, which discharges the printing medium, is the front side, wherein the tank is disposed so that the liquid surface of the liquid which is contained in the tank is lower than the rear end of the nozzle formation section in a first posture where the nozzles face in the horizontal direction and the front end of the nozzle formation section is positioned above the rear end.
US09840079B2
A recording apparatus includes a carriage which is capable of moving along a first direction, a first sliding section that is provided in the carriage, on one side in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, a second sliding section that is provided, in an arm section, which extends from the other side, protruding in the second direction, a tube that supplies the liquid, which is delivered from a liquid accommodation section, to the carriage, extends in a direction that intersects the second direction by extending out from the carriage, and extends in an opposite direction by turning back in a vertical direction, in which the tube extends in the direction that intersects the second direction by passing at least one of above and below the arm section.
US09840077B2
An electronic device includes a capacitor that is configured with a first electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second electrode layer being formed in the order listed herein. At least one end of the capacitor is defined by an end of the second electrode layer. The insulating layer is provided so as to extend to a non-element region that is on the outside of one end of the capacitor. The insulating layer under the non-element region is formed thinner than the insulating layer under the capacitor. A difference between the thickness of the insulating layer under the non-element region and the thickness of the insulating layer under the capacitor is equal to or less than 50 nm.
US09840076B2
A liquid ejecting head includes driving elements and electrodes each extending a second direction for ejecting liquid of pressure chambers through nozzles. The driving elements are classified into a first element group and a second element group. The electrodes are arranged along a first direction intersecting the second direction and are classified into a first electrode group electrically connected to the first element group, a second electrode group electrically connected to the second element group and a third electrode group not contribute to the ejecting liquid.
US09840075B1
A method of printing an image with a printhead having spatially offset groups of drop ejectors, each group having a plurality of drop ejectors that are aligned substantially along a scan direction, includes enabling simultaneous firing of drop ejectors that are corresponding members of a first set of groups. Drop ejectors within each group of the first set are sequentially fired until each member of each group has had opportunity to fire. Corresponding drop ejectors of a second set of groups are simultaneously fired, and drop ejectors within each group of the second set are sequentially fired. Any additional groups of drop ejectors are likewise fired until all drop ejectors have had opportunity to fire during a first stroke. Drop ejectors are fired in subsequent strokes similar to the first stroke as the recording medium is moved relative to the printhead along the scan direction until printing is completed.
US09840067B2
A heat-shrinkable laminated film having: (A) layer mainly having a polyester series resin; (C) layer mainly having a polystyrene series resin or mixture of polyester series and polystyrene series resins; and (B) layer mainly having polyester series and polystyrene series resins and disposed between (A) and (C) layers, the film having excellent heat-shrinkability, transparency, and interlayer-adhesiveness at room temperature, not easily peeled in a high-temperature treatment, inhibited from whitening when bent during processing, and suitable for shrinkage-packaging, shrink-bond-packaging, etc., with (B) layer having: a hard polyester series resin or mixture of hard polyester series and soft polyester series resins; and soft styrene series resin, hard styrene series resin, or mixture thereof, or with a content of the (B) layer polyester series resin smaller than that of the (A) layer one, and a content of the (C) layer polyester series resin smaller than that of the (B) layer one.
US09840063B2
A method for producing, in a composite material, a component that has a re-entrant angle, includes stacking layers of fibers which have been pre-impregnated with a resin so as to obtain a preform and placing the preform in a tooling fixture in order to subject it to a polymerization cycle including a temperature cycle, with a temperature-increase phase and at least one soak at which the temperature is maintained, and a pressure cycle on the outside of the tooling fixture with a pressure-increase phase and a pressure-hold phase, with the layers of pre-impregnated fibers being able to slip against one another when the temperature of the temperature cycle is equal to or higher than a threshold temperature Tf dependent on the resin. The temperature-increase phase includes a soak at a temperature higher than or equal to Tf, the soak beginning before the end of the pressure-increase phase.
US09840054B2
A large number of green veneers for plywood respectively having high water contents and formed in a rectangular shape are vertically laminated to obtain a veneer laminate having a quadrangular prismatic shape. The veneer laminate is located between upper and lower platen members so that two opposite side faces of the veneer laminate vertically form cut face gathering planes. The upper and lower platen members are moved toward each other to apply a pressing force to the veneer laminate. The pressing force applied to the veneer laminate is released or weakened while the water drawn through the cut face gathering planes by the pressing force is dripping downward along the cut face gathering planes of the veneer laminate vertically formed.
US09840053B2
Apparatus (10) for vertical (72) slip forming of concrete walls and columns (55). The apparatus comprises an attachment portion (23) for a frame with a slipform assembly inside comprising an extrusion form providing side walls defining a cavity and actuators (20) to adjust the position of the side walls forms essentially arranged along the longitudinal axis of the slipform assembly. A concrete supply (45) is connected with the slipform assembly for delivering concrete (52, 53, 54) to that cavity through the top open surface. A mechanism (20) is provided for vertically displacing (72) that slipform assembly incrementally relative to the frame. Thus, a concrete structure (55) having a vertical orientation is continuously cast. The actuators (20) adjust the position of the side walls during the incremental vertical movement (72) of the slipform assembly to create new forms for a column or wall with variable diameter, variable form and/or twisted.
US09840047B2
There is described an apparatus and method for transporting contact lenses through dipping baths (2, 3, 4) for e.g. rinsing, extraction, coating or loading purposes. The lenses are individually accommodated in respective containers (5) which are capable of enabling a flow of treatment fluid (S) into and out of the container (5). During their automatic transport through the dipping baths (2, 3, 4) the containers (5) are held in carriers (6). Lifters (9) are provided for automatically lowering and raising the carriers (6) in a reciprocating manner along their travel through the dipping bath (2, 3, 4). The reciprocating lowering and raising of the containers (5) is accomplished such, that a portion of each container which accommodates a contact lens remains immersed in the treatment fluid (S) which is contained in the dipping bath (2, 3, 4) while the container (5) suspended from the carrier (6) is advanced through the dipping bath (2, 3, 4) from a starting end to a leaving end thereof.
US09840045B2
An example system includes: (i) a resin container defining a cavity; (ii) a plurality of rods extending from an inner base surface of the resin container and into the cavity; (iii) a plurality of light sources arranged to emit radiation into the plurality of rods, such that when the cavity contains liquid resin, radiation passing through a given one of the rods cures liquid resin that surrounds the given rod; and (iv) a control system configured to: (a) receive data specifying a three-dimensional structure; (b) determine a shape for a layer of a plurality of layers that collectively form the three-dimensional structure; and (c) determine one or more of the light sources that correspond to the shape of the layer; and (d) form the layer by operating the one or more determined light sources that correspond to the shape of the layer.
US09840042B2
A method of making a cabinet for refrigerators and the like. The method includes forming a liner and a wrapper. The method further includes providing a vacuum insulated core that includes a filler material disposed inside a substantially impermeable envelope that is evacuated to form a vacuum inside of the envelope. The vacuum insulated core includes a first wall and a second wall extending transversely relative to the first wall. The core is adhesively secured to the wrapper, and the liner is adhesively secured to the core. The wrapper and the liner are sealed together at the peripheries thereof.
US09840032B2
A method for making teat unit including providing a support body and a securing part, the support body including a plurality of recesses, forming a teat by overmolding the teat over the support body and over the recesses of the support body so that the teat covers the recesses, and overmolding the teat over an upper edge of the securing part, thereby forming a connection between the securing part and the support body which connects the securing part to the support body. In another method, the support body and the securing part are already one single piece and the teat is overmolded at least over the support body.
US09840026B2
For each of a plurality of production facilities, a series of operations is performed. For each of a plurality of batches of a concrete mixture produced at the respective production facility based on a formulation, a first difference between a measured quantity of cementitious and a first quantity specified in the formulation is determined. A first standard deviation is determined based on the first differences. For each of the plurality of batches, a second difference between a measured quantity of water and a second quantity specified in the formulation is determined. A second standard deviation is determined based on the second differences. A first benchmark is selected from among the first standard deviations, and a second benchmark is selected from among the second standard deviations. An amount by which costs may be reduced by improving production at the production facility to meet the first and second benchmarks is determined.
US09840012B2
In one embodiment, a selectable-rate spring comprises a flexure bar connected to a rotatable shaft, the flexure bar having at least one arched portion. The selectable-rate spring also includes at least one rotational contactor connectable to a link member, wherein the rotational contactor rotates about an axis while maintaining contact with the arched portion of the flexure bar. As the rotational contactor rotates, it changes the connection stiffness between the rotatable shaft and the link member.
US09840009B2
A hand intended for a humanoid robot comprises a palm and several fingers that are motorized relative to the palm. According to the invention, the hand comprises an actuator common to several fingers and a spreader making it possible to distribute a force exerted by the actuator toward the fingers.
US09840004B2
A transport apparatus including a drive; a first arm connected to the drive, where the first arm includes a first link, a second link and an end effector connected in series with the drive, where the first link and the second link have different effective lengths; and a system for limiting rotation of the end effector relative to the second link to provide substantially only straight movement of the end effector relative to the drive when the first arm is extended or retracted.
US09839999B2
An embedded element pulling apparatus, the apparatus comprises a pair of linear guides separated by a width, each linear guide having a length and an inner guide surface, the inner guide surface angled to form a closing ramp at the grasping end. A jaw is paired with each linear guide; each jaw is engaged to follow along the inner guide surface. Each jaw may have an interchangeable grasping tooth. A lock assembly is integrated to lock and unlock the jaws. A carriage cooperatively couples the jaws and the lock assembly. A positioning actuator engages with the carriage to position the jaws along the length of the linear guides and a drive actuator engages with the carriage to close the jaws, pull the embedded element, and open the jaws. A motive device may drive the positioning actuator and drive actuator.
US09839997B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic torque tool, a calibration fixture, and a method for calibrating the electronic torque tool. The calibration includes applying a torque to the torque wrench and releasing the applied torque once the applied torque reaches a full scale calibration torque. The calibration fixture holds and displays a peak value of the applied torque and the torque wrench holds and displays a measured peak value of the applied torque. The measured peak value on the torque wrench may then be adjusted, by incrementing or decrementing the displayed value, to match the peak value displayed on the calibration fixture.
US09839996B2
A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasteners. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.
US09839989B2
A cutting element for an earth-boring drill bit may include a thermally stable cutting table comprising a polycrystalline diamond material. The polycrystalline diamond material may consist essentially of a matrix of diamond particles bonded to one another and a silicon, silicon carbide, or silicon and silicon carbide material located within interstitial spaces among interbonded diamond particles of the matrix of diamond particles. The cutting table may be at least substantially free of Group VIII metal or alloy catalyst material. The cutting element may further include a substrate and an adhesion material between and bonded to the cutting table and the substrate. The adhesion material may include diamond particles bonded to one another and to the cutting table and the substrate after formation of the preformed cutting table.
US09839983B2
A machine tool of high-frequency vibration is provided. A main shaft structure of the machine tool comprises a rotating shaft, the end of which is provided with a tool holder chuck for fixing a tool holder; the upper portion of which is provided with a rotating coil portion; the main shaft structure is correspondingly provided with a stationary coil portion; and the tool holder is provided with a high-frequency vibration module. By non-contact coils, an external electric power/signal can be transmitted into the high-frequency vibration module to avoid a wear phenomenon in a contact-rotating electrode. Because the inductive coil is arranged outside of the tool holder, the manufacturing cost of the tool holder is reduced, and the convenience of changing the tool holder is increased. Moreover, the machining stability and efficiency of the tool holder are improved by a control method of sensing/feedback signals with wireless transmission.
US09839976B2
A thermal processing apparatus and method in which a first laser source, for example, a CO2 emitting at 10.6 μm is focused onto a silicon wafer as a line beam and a second laser source, for example, a GaAs laser bar emitting at 808 nm is focused onto the wafer as a larger beam surrounding the line beam. The two beams are scanned in synchronism in the direction of the narrow dimension of the line beam to create a narrow heating pulse from the line beam when activated by the larger beam. The energy of GaAs radiation is greater than the silicon bandgap energy and creates free carriers. The energy of the CO2 radiation is less than the silicon bandgap energy so silicon is otherwise transparent to it, but the long wavelength radiation is absorbed by the free carriers.
US09839971B2
A method of resistance spot welding a steel workpiece to an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece involves providing a workpiece stack-up that includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum workpiece and preheating the welding electrode that is meant to contact the aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece. The method further involves pressing the preheated welding electrode and another welding electrode against opposite sides of the workpiece stack-up, with the preheated welding electrode abutting the aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece, and passing an electrical current between the two welding electrodes at a weld site to initiate and grow a molten weld pool within the aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece.
US09839959B2
A number of variations may include at least one mold portion that may define a first cavity, a circular gating system, and at least one sprue. The circular gating system may surround the first cavity and define a continuous in-gate from the circular gating to the first cavity. The at least one sprue and at least one vent may be in fluid communication with the circular gating system and the first cavity.
US09839957B2
A ceramic core includes sintered ceramic powder and a hole opening on a surface of the ceramic core and having an opening portion with a maximum size of 100 μm or less. A manufacturing method for a ceramic core includes: preparing an injection molding composition by mixing ceramic powder and a binder; manufacturing a ceramic compact by performing the injection molding of the injection molding composition; and manufacturing a ceramic core by sintering the ceramic compact, wherein cumulative percentage of coarse powder with a particle diameter of more than 50 μm included in the ceramic powder is 30% or less on an integrated volume particle size distribution curve of the ceramic powder.
US09839951B2
A press-formed body (15) made of a high-tensile strength steel sheet of 390 MPa or more including a groove bottom part (15a), ridge line parts (15b, 15b) continuous to the groove bottom part (15a), and side wall parts (15c, 15c) continuous to the ridge line parts (15b, 15b), and in which an outward flange (16) is formed at an end part in a longitudinal direction is manufactured by a press-forming apparatus including a punch (11), a die (12), and a pad (14) which presses and binds a press-forming material (13) to the punch (11), thereby forming the press-formed body (15) without providing cutouts at a ridge line part flange portion of the outward flange, or generating lowering of material yield.
US09839940B2
A tool for depositing multilayer coatings onto a substrate. The tool includes a housing defining a vacuum chamber connected to a vacuum source, deposition stations each configured to deposit a layer of multilayer coating on the substrate, a curing station, and a contamination reduction device. At least one of the deposition stations is configured to deposit an inorganic layer, while at least one other deposition station is configured to deposit an organic layer. In one tool configuration, the substrate may travel back and forth through the tool as many times as needed to achieve the desired number of layers of multilayer coating. In another, the tool may include numerous housings adjacently spaced such that the substrate may make a single unidirectional pass. The contamination reduction device may be configured as one or more migration control chambers about at least one of the deposition stations, and further includes cooling devices, such as chillers, to reduce the presence of vaporous layer precursors. The tool is particularly well-suited to depositing multilayer coatings onto flexible substrates, as well as to encapsulating environmentally-sensitive devices placed on the flexible substrate.
US09839929B2
A dispensing pump (10) for liquids, viscous materials, foams, gels, etc. includes a resilient cup spring (18) so that the entire pump can be more easily recycled. The dispensing pump (10) includes a base portion (12), an inlet valve (14), a piston valve (16), a cup spring (18), a spring guide structure (20) and a pump actuator (22). When actuated, the cup spring (18) is elastically deformed over opposing spring ribs (39), and then upon release, the cup (18) elastically returns to its normal at rest shape, returning the guide (20) and pump actuator (22) to their normal at rest positions. The cup spring (18) includes structures which interact with the piston valve (16) to open the outlet valve.
US09839923B2
The showerhead has a hollow body (10) provided with an inlet nozzle (11) and with a sieve (C) perforated by holes (13) and a cleaning device (40) carrying a plurality of lower pins (41) and displaceable, in the interior of the hollow body (10), between an inoperative position, with the pins (41) spaced from the sieve (C), and an operative position, with each pin (41) introduced into one hole (13) of the sieve (C) and defining at least one water outlet with the hole (13). A driving element (50) is associated with the inlet nozzle (11) and is affixed to the cleaning device (40), in order to maintain it in the inoperative position, while the hydraulic pressure in the inlet nozzle (11) is less than a reference value and displacing the cleaning device (40) to the operative position, when the hydraulic pressure reaches the reference value. A biasing element (60) displaces the driving element (50) and the cleaning means (40) to the inoperative position, when the hydraulic pressure is lower than the reference value.
US09839922B2
Methods are provided for producing an intermittent liquid jet are provided that involve delivering a liquid through a gas dynamic nozzle, which includes an inner tube carrying the liquid, an outer tube carrying a focussing sheath gas, an exit channel and an exit aperture, injecting a stream of the liquid into the exit channel, wherein the liquid is enclosed by the focussing sheath gas in the exit channel, controlling emission of the liquid from the inner tube into the exit channel to produce a periodic, linear intermittent liquid jet including spurts of linear continuous jet sections separated by liquid-free gaps, and output of the intermittent liquid jet through the exit aperture. Furthermore, methods of scattering measurements on samples in a liquid using the method of producing an intermittent liquid jet and an injector device for producing an intermittent liquid jet are described.
US09839913B2
A container for storing a histological sample comprises a container housing having an open top end and a bottom end defining a container interior. The container interior is configured to hold a fluid and receive the sample. A removable lid encloses the open top end. A container insert engages the container housing so as to substantially inhibit leaking of the fluid from the container. The insert includes an aperture configured to permit a sample holder containing the sample passage therethrough so as to enable depositing of the sample within the fluid in the container.
US09839910B2
Fluidic cartridge including a liquid container having a reservoir configured to hold a liquid. The liquid container includes an interior surface. The fluidic cartridge also includes a transfer tube that extends from the interior surface to a distal end. The distal end includes a fluidic port that is in flow communication with the reservoir through the transfer tube. The transfer tube has a piercing segment that includes the distal end. The fluidic cartridge also includes a movable seal that is engaged to the piercing segment of the transfer tube and configured to slide along the piercing segment from a closed position to a displaced position during a mating operation. The movable seal blocks flow of the liquid through the fluidic port when in the closed position. The piercing segment extends through the movable seal when in the displaced position.
US09839909B2
A device for the processing of a sample comprises a location apparatus, a processing chamber for receiving the sample and a plurality of reagent chambers. The reagent chambers have openings defined in the location apparatus. The processing chamber is movable relative to the reagent chambers to enable sequential communication with each reagent chamber in turn.
US09839897B2
We provide a catalytic process to reduce an organic halide in a hydrocarbon, comprising: a. producing the hydrocarbon comprising the organic halide in a process unit; and b. contacting the hydrocarbon comprising the organic halide with a metal chloride under anhydrous conditions in a halide removal vessel to produce a contacted hydrocarbon having from 50-100 wt % of a total halide in the hydrocarbon removed. We also provide an apparatus for performing this process.
US09839896B2
A system and method for producing graphene includes a discharge assembly and a substrate assembly. The discharge assembly includes a cathode and an anode, which in one embodiment are offset from each other. The anode produces a flux stream that is deposited onto a substrate. A collection device removes the deposited material from the rotating substrate. The flux stream can be a carbon vapor, with the deposited flux being graphene.
US09839890B2
The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control, The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalised into the microcapsules.
US09839877B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining or diagnosing a reagent dosing system failure to provide sufficient reagent to an exhaust aftertreatment system that includes an SCR catalyst to satisfy a reagent dosing command.
US09839876B2
An air cleaning device using water as a filter comprises a water tank, a water pump, a pressure equalizer and air-inhale tubes. The water tank includes an accommodation space for containing water, air inlets and air outlets. A cover hoods the water tank and has a water storage tank and air inlets. The water pump is disposed inside the water tank and connected with the pressure equalizer. Jet pipes of the pressure equalizer respectively interconnect with the air inlets through the air-inhale tubes. The water pump sucks the water in the accommodation space. Through the air-inhale tubes, the jet pipes inhale air in a jet fashion from exterior of the air inlets disposed in multiple directions. The air cleaning device can filter out the impurities in the air and fast clean the air of a large space. The present invention uses water as the filter and favors environmental protection.
US09839873B2
The present invention concerns a breathable product for protective mass transportation and cold chain applications, in particular a reflective sheet for covering temperature sensitive products the reflective sheet having at least a first layer made of a highly reflective moisture vapor permeable substrate having an outer side and an inner side, wherein said inner side comprises in addition at least a metal layer deposited by a PVD process to provide a thermal insulation through high reflection low convection while providing controlled moisture vapor permeability.
US09839872B2
Indoor air is purified using a purifying solution in an arrangement capable of removing formaldehyde and other pollutants, such as, for example, particulates. The arrangement can prevent re-vaporization of volatile compounds and can generate air that has been humidified or dehumidified. In one approach, incoming air is contacted with the purifying solution in a packed bed.
US09839867B2
An auto-cleaning marination filter for a poultry injector system including an outer housing having a liquid inlet and outlet, a screen that allows passage of liquids and impedes passage of solid particles, and a wiper surrounded by said screen for removing solid particles attached to the screen by reverse flow of the liquid through a gap in the wiper.
US09839861B1
A swirl confetti blower is designed to create a conical swirl motion that would cause the confetti to blow down around and up/out the spouts. This blower consists of top that has the confetti loading doors, fan housing and fan blade guard, hanging bracket, the main housing body with the confetti snouts and the octagon vent bottom which is the confetti trough and the bottom air relief portion with the conical diffuser. Diversion of air flow is what helps the confetti to flow not only up and out but also out the bottom relief channel. This Vortex or Swirl is created by using a high velocity blower fan. The blower loads from the snouts or the doors on the top of the unit. This unit can be hung from a truss or positioned on a flat surface. This would be for either manual control or an external DMX unit that would be able to be controlled from a lighting console.
US09839859B2
A throw-and-catch based toy with free fall sensing, impact sensing, and speaker output which includes a system, method and device for detecting a pre-determined motion from an accelerometer, comparing a sensed accelerometer information to a pre-determined accelerometer signature information, producing a sound based on the comparison of sensed accelerometer information to a pre-determined accelerometer signature information.
US09839854B2
Methods of providing in-game virtual split screens with peer-to-peer video conferencing are described for use in online gaming, for instance. In one approach, a live video stream, a live audio stream, and a player viewpoint are sent from a first computer system for receipt by a second computer system. The first and second computer systems concurrently execute the online game. The live video stream, the in-game video stream, and locally rendered in-game content are combined to create a composite video stream, and the live audio stream, the in-game audio stream, and locally generated in-game audio are combined to create a composite audio stream. The composite video stream and the composite audio stream are operable to be presented at the second computer system in real-time.
US09839849B2
A software emulator for emulating a handheld video game platform such as GAME BOY®, GAME BOY COLOR® and/or GAME BOY ADVANCE® on a low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for airline or train use, a personal digital assistant, a cell phone) uses a number of features and optimizations to provide high quality graphics and sound that nearly duplicates the game playing experience on the native platform. Some exemplary features include use of bit BLITing, graphics character reformatting, modeling of a native platform liquid crystal display controller using a sequential state machine, and selective skipping of frame display updates if the game play falls behind what would occur on the native platform.
US09839842B2
A device directed to a combination computing and input device. The computing device providing a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides are disposed between an electronic display screen and a back of the computing device. The input device communicates with the computing device and provides a pair of control modules adjacent to and confining the computing device on at least two opposing sides of the computing device. The input device further provides a structural bridge securing the pair of control modules one to the other, a touch sensitive input module, and a transaction system configured for point of sale use. The structural bridge adaptively and snugly accommodate the length of the computing device. A first of the pair of control modules features a retention mechanism communicating with the structural bridge, which snugly accommodates the length of the computing device.
US09839834B2
Board rotating mounts, a kit containing board rotating mount components, and methods of making and using board rotating mounts are described herein.
US09839822B2
A putter-type golf club head is disclosed. When oriented in a reference position, the putter-type golf club head comprises a blade member and a central elongate member in communication with, and extending rearwardly from, the blade member. The blade member extends in a heel-to-toe direction and has a striking wall defining a substantially planar striking surface, and an upper surface of the central elongate member comprises at least one generally square-shaped alignment element.
US09839821B2
A golf club head having a high COR that is durable and has desirable acoustic qualities. The club head includes a body portion, a striking face and a crown forming a hollow cavity of at least 150 cc in volume. The body portion defines a front opening and an upper opening, and it includes a sole and a side section that extends rearward of the front opening. The striking plate is secured to the body portion, enclosing the front opening. While partially assembled, final weighting and/or other attachment of other members to the inner surface of the club head can be preformed, as desired. The crown is secured to the body portion, enclosing the upper opening. A surface veil may also be provided about a junction of the crown and body. The crown has a maximum thickness no greater than about 2 mm. The density of the crown is less than the density of the body portion. At least one of the striking plate and the crown is attached to the second portion by adhesive bonding, and the golf club head has a maximum coefficient of restitution of at least 0.80.
US09839813B2
A golf ball has a lower drag than conventional golf balls due to the arrangement of dimples on the outer surface of the golf ball, which arrangement produces a correspondingly lower percentage of outer surface area that is covered by the dimples. In particular, dimple coverage area may be less than 70%, and more specifically between about 18.6% and about 60.8%, of the outer surface area. Various combinations of dimple characteristics can be combined to produce the low dimple coverage, low drag golf ball, such as the number of dimples, pattern and spacing of dimples, dimple diameter, dimple depth, and dimple shape. The dimple characteristics can be selected so that the golf ball meets the requirements of the United States Golf Association and other golf organizations.
US09839808B1
A respiratory training device provides a method for assisting in training for a more effective breathing technique, particularly when performing exercises with the device. The exercise device is constructed similar to an exercise bicycle, and having movable handle grips that motion a rotating wheel. An abdominal pad is located at the rear of the device. The device is supported on a platform and having a bench seat. In use, the user practices a particular breathing technique while pressing their abdominal area against the pad and operating the handle grips.
US09839806B2
A clip having a cam and upper and lower curved sections with each upper and lower curved section having corresponding inner and outer curved wedges, the inner and outer curved wedges slidably engaging with each other and tightening about a barbell to secure a weight plate on a barbell upon rotation of a cam lever to a closed position.
US09839803B2
The present invention relates to an improved fitness device; specifically, the present invention relates to a stationary fitness machine designed to strengthen multiple muscle groups including the abdominal, chest, intercoastal, latissimus dorsi, rhomboid, deltoid, bicep, forearm, oblique and gluteus maximus muscles using a unique, advanced, combined pull-up, fly movement.
US09839802B2
A fire sprinkler system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a pipe having a first pipe portion and a second pipe portion. The first pipe portion includes a wall having a first wall thickness, and the second pipe portion includes a wall having a second wall thickness that is greater than the first wall thickness. The fire sprinkler system further includes structure coupled to the pipe and defining a sealed chamber between the structure and at least the first pipe portion, and a sensor for sensing a pressure in the sealed chamber. Example corrosion monitoring devices and methods for monitoring corrosion in pipe systems, including fire sprinkler systems, are also disclosed.
US09839801B2
A firefighting nozzle comprises an elongated barrel having a inlet opening at one end for engaging a source of fluid under pressure and a discharge opening at an opposite end for engaging a discharge element for dispensing the fluid under pressure. A valve arrangement includes a slide valve element slidably mounted within the barrel for reciprocating movement along the length of the barrel to adjust the flow of fluid through the barrel. The nozzle includes a pistol grip trigger assembly mounted on the barrel that includes a segment gear pivotably for engaging a toothed surface of the slide valve element so that rotation of the segment gear causes reciprocation of the slide valve element. A four-bar linkage arrangement is incorporated between a manually actuated trigger to translate depressing the trigger to controllable reciprocation of the slide valve element. The four-bar linkage provides a mechanical advantage that allows the firefighter to easily control the trigger and thus the fluid discharge from the nozzle.
US09839798B2
A safety hood (1), with a head strap (7) for fixation on the head (6) of a user of the hood, has features for adjusting the head strap (7) to different head sizes and/or head shapes. The respirator hood (1) has, further, a visor pane (4) and a flexible hood outer skin (8), which are connected with one another and of which the visor pane (4) is indirectly or directly fastened to the head strap (7). The visor pane (4) is fastened indirectly or directly to the head strap (7) exclusively in the area (10) of the forehead of the user of the hood.
US09839795B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for irradiating a target is disclosed. A proton beam is generated using a cyclotron. A first information is provided to an energy selection system. An energy level for the protons is selected using an energy selection system based on the first information. The first information comprises a depth of said target. The proton beam is routed from the cyclotron through a beam transfer line to a scanning system. A second information is provided to the scanning system. The second information comprises a pair of transversal coordinates. The proton beam is guided to a location on the target determined by the second information using a magnet structure. The target is irradiated with the protons.
US09839787B2
Systems and methods for making and using connector contact arrays for electrical stimulation systems
A connector for an implantable electrical medical device includes an elongated connector body; a connector lumen to receive a lead or lead extension; a non-conductive carrier disposed in the connector body and including at least two rails extending parallel to the connector lumen and pairs of contact holders spaced-apart along the rails; contacts with each contact disposed between one of the pairs of contact holders; and connector conductors coupled to the contacts. Instead of carrier and contacts, the connector can include contact assemblies, each contact assembly including a non-conductive contact carrier defining two nodes, and two contacts, each contact disposed in one of the two nodes, each contact including a coil and a sheath disposed around at least a portion of the coil. Another alternative includes a non-conductive carrier with contact openings; and contacts, where each contact is a rod disposed in one of the contact openings.
US09839764B2
Catheter and methods for designing, making, and using catheters are disclosed. An example catheter is a balloon catheter. The balloon catheter may include a proximal shaft. The proximal shaft may be a bare metal hypotube having a skew value of −1.0 to −2.5. A midshaft may be attached to the proximal shaft. A distal shaft may be attached to the midshaft. A balloon may be coupled to the distal shaft. An inflation lumen may be defined that extends from the proximal shaft, through the midshaft, and into the distal shaft. The inflation lumen may be in fluid communication with the balloon.
US09839759B2
A breathing assistance apparatus and method of controlling a breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed. Particularly, the breathing assistance apparatus is controlled such that it has a drying cycle to enable drying of the tubing that supplies gases to a user and prevent the harboring of pathogens within the tube. The drying cycle is preferably operated automatically by internal controllers in the apparatus. However, it may be manually activated by pressing a button on the apparatus. The drying cycle is preferably activated at the end of a user's treatment session.
US09839755B2
A pulmonary secretion clearing airway structure and related airway management system is disclosed that has a double lumen portion which each lumen of the double lumen portion operably secured to an airway management system so that inspiratory fluid (air/oxygen mixtures, with or without added water vapor) is delivered to the distal end of the ventilation catheter through one of the two lumens and expired inspiratory fluid, pulmonary secretions, and pulmonary fluids are removed from the patient through the other lumen. The expiratory fluid pathway preferably includes a secretion collection system for removing the pulmonary secretions and the like from the pathway, thereby improving operation and safety of the system. The airway structure can be a ventilation catheter or a supraglottic airway system such as laryngeal mask and the like.
US09839743B2
A fill adapter system for an infusion pump assembly. The system includes a reusable fill adapter base, the base including a volume control mechanism to adjust an available fill volume of a reservoir of the infusion pump assembly and a pump mechanism configured to pump air into a fluid vial. The system also includes a vial adapter assembly including a first needle configured to penetrate a septum of the fluid vial for fluidly coupling the pump mechanism to the fluid vial and a second needle having a first end configured to penetrate the septum of the fluid vial and a second end configured to penetrate a septum of the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly to allow transfer of fluid from the fluid vial to the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly in response to air being pumped into the fluid vial and a needle carriage adapted to carry the first needle and the second needle, wherein the needle carriage slidably attached to the interior of the vial adapter assembly, wherein the needle carriage adapted to slide from a vial end of the vial adapter to a receptacle end of the vial adapter.
US09839742B2
The stand is attached to a wheeled frame by a cylindrical post received in a frame receiver attached to the frame and a rectangular beam is received in a tapered slot in the receiver and extends horizontally from the cylindrical post. The beam terminates at the end opposite the frame receiver in a vertical post.
US09839732B2
A wireless power system capable of transmitting power through the skin over distances ranging from a few inches to several feet includes an external transmitting coil assembly and a receiving coil assembly. A transmitting resonant coil and a receiving resonant coil are constructed as to have closely matched or identical resonant frequencies so that the magnetic field produced by the transmitting resonant coil is able to cause the receiving resonant coil to resonate strongly also, even when the distance between the two resonant coils greatly exceeds the largest dimension of either coil. The receiving resonant coil then creates its own local time varying magnetic field, which inductively produces a voltage to provide power to an active implantable medical device or implantable rechargeable battery.
US09839727B2
A negative pressure (i.e., vacuum or suction) wound healing device and system incorporating the device. The device of the present disclosure is smaller, lighter, portable, and overall more managable by both the user and the medical personnel than the conventional systems. The device could be readily worn by the user.
US09839724B2
Disclosed are endovascular stents in which a portion of the stents have a bioactive coating for promoting repair of damaged vessels, systems comprising the stents, and methods of using the stents to promote occlusion of aneurysms and/or repair damaged vessels.
US09839718B1
The present invention includes a method for treating penile implant infections that uses a synthetic high-purity calcium sulfate mixed with antimicrobials, which is capable of providing prolonged exposure of antimicrobials to the infection site and capable of acting as an intracorporal filler preventing fibrosis and loss of phallic length. The technique is especially useful for high-risk patients, and provides another medium for which antimicrobial agents can be delivered to a surgical infection site while at the same time acting as a filler, preventing fibrosis, and loss of the space. The antimicrobial cast lasts 4-6 weeks, making timely re-implantation easier, and preventing intracorporal fibrosis and loss of phallic length.
US09839716B1
In a preferred embodiment, a method for closing a subcutaneous arterial wound is provided which utilizes a patient's whole blood by homogenously exposing the patient's whole blood to a porous matrix to initiate the clotting cascade of the patient's whole blood and situating the patient's whole blood at a position proximate the arterial wound as the patient's whole blood is clotting. The method may include holding a subcutaneous mass comprising the patient's whole blood in position proximate the arterial wound as the patient's whole blood continues to clot, whereby a hemostatic closure comprising the patient's whole blood is formed.
US09839698B2
Provided is a light-switchable gene expression system, comprising: a) a recombinant light-switchable transcription factor-encoding gene, said recombinant light-switchable transcription factor comprising a first polypeptide as the DNA bonding domain, a second polypeptide as the photosensitive domain, and a third polypeptide as the transcription regulatory domain; b) a target transcription unit comprising at least one reaction element recognized and bound by the first polypeptide, a promoter regulated by the third polypeptide and a nucleotide sequence to be transcribed. Also provided is an eukaryotic expression vector comprising said light-switchable gene expression system, and a method for regulating gene expression in a host cell by using the light-switchable gene expression system. Also provided is a reagent kit containing different elements of the light-switchable gene expression system. The light-switchable gene expression system has a quick, effective and powerful induction with little or no toxicity. It is safer than other inducers, and can spatiotemporally control gene expression.
US09839689B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treatment of HIV infection in a subject, utilizing a DNL® complex comprising at least one anti-HIV therapeutic agent, attached to an antibody, antibody fragment or PEG. In a preferred embodiment, the antibody or fragment binds to an antigen selected from gp120, gp41, CD4 and CCR5. In a more preferred embodiment the antibody is P4/D10 or 2G12, although other anti-HIV antibodies are known and may be utilized. In a most preferred embodiment, the anti-HIV therapeutic agent is a fusion inhibitor, such as T20, T61, T651, T1249, T2635, CP32M or T-1444, although other anti-HIV therapeutic agents are known and may be utilized. The DNL® complex may be administered alone or may be co-administered with one or more additional anti-HIV therapeutic agents.
US09839675B2
Stabilized pharmaceutical formulations of insulin analogs and/or insulin derivatives are disclosed.
US09839672B1
An interferon composition is provided for enhancing the platelet count, reducing the recurrence rate of hepatitis, and/or improving the social function of hepatitis patients. The method comprises administering a low dose of IFN (about 5 IU to about 2500 IU of IFN-alpha) to a patient in need thereof. In one embodiment the IFN is alpha IFN or beta IFN, and more particularly, in one embodiment the administered biologically active IFN is human alpha IFN.
US09839671B2
Provided is a method for treatment and/or prophylaxis of a condition associated with T cell mediated chronic inflammatory disease by administration, to a patient, of a peptide comprising N′-SVTEQGAELSNEER-C′ (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an analog thereof that inhibits T cell migration. Also provided is the peptide or its analog for use in the methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of said condition. Also provided is a method for the treatment of Sjogren's syndrome by administration of a peptide comprising N′-SVTEQGAELSNEER-C′ to a patient in need thereof.
US09839662B2
The invention provides a composition the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, wherein said composition compounds obtained from palm oil mill effluents, in particular from vegetative liquor from the milling of palm oil fruit.
US09839653B2
The disclosure is in the field of cell therapy, more in particular, stem cell transplantation therapy. The disclosure provides methods and compositions for improving the efficacy of stem cell transplantation therapy by reducing the inflammatory activity of a stem cell transplant. More in particular, the disclosure provides a method for preparing a stem cell transplant with reduced inflammatory activity comprising a step of suspending a composition comprising stem cells in a fibrinogen-depleted plasma and/or in a fibrinogen and C-reactive protein-depleted plasma.
US09839650B2
Described herein are chlorite formulations having a pH between about 7 and about 8.5, wherein the chlorite formulations are substantially free of deleterious non-chlorite components. Described herein are chlorite formulations, including pharmaceutical formulations, which are formulated for systemic, parenteral, or intravenous administration. Described herein are methods of preparing and methods of using the chlorite formulations described herein.
US09839647B2
The present invention relates to a processed food composition containing, as an active ingredient, psicose, which is a saccharide having the function of stimulating a daidzein conversion into equol by an intestinal microorganism in the human body.
US09839633B2
There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of rhinitis by, for example, nasal or ocular administration comprising zwitterionic cetirizine, a polar lipid liposome and a pharmaceutical acceptable aqueous carrier. The compositions are preferably homogeneous in their nature.
US09839629B2
Novel spirocyclic compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
US09839628B2
The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for preventing sternal wound infections, such as mediastinitis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an antimicrobial composition including at least one bioresorbable polymer, such as a tyrosine-derived polyesteramide, and at least one antimicrobial agent, in which the composition is adapted to be topically applied to an esophageal perforation in a subject or a median sternotomy incision site in the subject, and in which the at least one antimicrobial agent is present in an amount effective to inhibit development of mediastinitis in the subject.
US09839619B2
The invention relates to dosage forms that provide prolonged therapy. In particular, the invention relates to dosage forms including various pluralities of drug-containing resin particles. The invention also relates to methods of making these dosage forms and methods of treating using these dosage forms.
US09839617B2
Provided is a nanoparticle including a water-soluble protein, a glucan and a hydrophilic active agent, the glucan being at least partially cross-linked by a metaphosphate.
US09839614B2
Disclosed are methods of treating subjects having conditions related to angiogenesis including administering an effective amount of a polymeric nanoparticle form of thyroid hormone agonist, partial agonist or an antagonist thereof, to promote or inhibit angiogenesis in the subject. Nanoparticle forms of thyroid hormone or thyroid hormone analogs as well as uses thereof are also disclosed.
US09839608B2
A method for treating ear infections in animals includes forming a liquid composition having an antifungal agent, an antibiotic agent, a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an anhydrous organic acid, liquid dehydrated alcohol, and propylene glycol. The treatment method includes applying several drops of such composition inside the ear of the animal at least twice per day to the affected area of the animal's ear until the ear infection has been cured. The antifungal agent may include ketoconazole. The antibiotic agent may include ofloxacin. The steroidal anti-inflammatory agent may include triamcinolone diacetate. The anhydrous organic acid may include citric acid.
US09839585B2
The present invention relates to novel free-radically curable dental compositions, comprising chain-like and/or cyclic and/or cage-type polysiloxanes substituted by free-radically polymerizable groups and having at least 3 silicon atoms and/or mixed forms thereof, disiloxanes substituted by free-radically polymerizable groups, optionally one, two, three or more free-radically curable dental monomers having no silicon atom, fillers, initiators and/or catalysts for free-radical polymerization, and also further customary additives, to the cured dental products formed from the dental compositions of the invention, and to the respective use thereof as dental material, especially as flowable filling composites (called “flow materials”), core buildup materials and luting cements. The invention further relates to a method for producing the dental compositions and to a process for producing a respective dental product. Additionally claimed are inventive kits containing the novel free-radically curable dental compositions.
US09839579B2
The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, Victoza (liraglutide), Tresiba (insulin degludec), Ryzodeg (insulin degludec/insulin aspart), IDegLira (liraglutide and insulin degludec), NovoSeven (recombinant human coagulation factor VIIa), NovoSeven RT (recombinant human coagulation factor VIIa), or Turoctocog alfa (third-generation recombinant coagulation factor VIII).
US09839577B2
An auricular peripheral nerve field stimulator system includes an electrical stimulation device for generating electrical stimulation signals and a plurality of therapy electrodes each electrically coupled to the electrical stimulation device and each including a plurality of needles for percutaneous insertion into an auricle of a human ear near at least one neural vascular bundle located therein. In some embodiments, at least one reference electrode electrically is coupled to the electrical stimulation device and includes at least one needle for percutaneous insertion into or adjacent the auricle to provide a ground reference for the electrical stimulation device. The generated electrical stimulation signals are, in any case, delivered by the percutaneously inserted needles to stimulate an auricular peripheral nerve field within the auricle.
US09839572B2
A portable therapeutic apparatus is disclosed. The portable therapeutic apparatus may include a handle, a protrusion, a resistance element, and an adjustment element attached to the handle. The handle may include a first slot that houses the resistance element. The protrusion may include an indentation. The resistance element may include an elastic element.
US09839566B2
A wheel chair with several new and useful features is provided. Those new and useful features provide the wheel chair with enhanced lateral stability, automatic cocking of an automatic locking device whenever an occupant sits in the wheel chair, and a holding mechanism that enables the wheel chair to be freely wheeled about when there is no occupant, and automatically move to a cocked state as soon as an occupant sits on the chair. The result is an automatic locking system for a manual wheelchair that unlocks the wheels for intentional motion when the chair is occupied, and locks the wheelchair wheels immediately when it is unoccupied, yet in no way interferes with the typical locking mechanism of the standard manual wheelchair when so desired.
US09839562B2
Diapers, including infant diapers, training pants, and adult incontinence articles, and the like having a specific elastically stretchable transverse separator sheet for excrement separation and/or isolation away from the skin, and process for making the same.
US09839550B2
An orthopedic device includes a base shell having ankle and foot receiving portions. The base shell forms an opening over a dorsal aspect of the base shell. A dorsal shell is contoured to generally correspond to the opening in the base shell. At least one tightening member is connectable to the base shell and extendable over the dorsal shell to secure the base and dorsal shells together about a user's lower leg and foot. At least one inflatable bladder is provided in the ankle receiving portion of the base shell. A pump assembly is arranged to inflate the at least one inflatable bladder. The pump assembly is situated on the at least one tightening member such that the position of the pump assembly is substantially fixed relative to the base shell as a user walks in the orthopedic device.
US09839548B2
An orthopedic system includes an orthopedic device having ankle and foot receiving portions and defining a posterior aspect and an anterior aspect opposite the posterior aspect. A stability part positioned on the posterior aspect of the orthopedic device and sized and configured to avoid disruption of a gait of a patient wearing the orthopedic device. The stability part protrudes from the posterior aspect and defines an axis extending in a transverse direction across a width of the orthopedic device and at least one point of rotation about which the orthopedic device is rotatable along the axis. The at least one point of rotation is selectively positioned along the axis so that when the posterior aspect of the orthopedic device is resting on a resting surface the stability part stabilizes the orthopedic device against rotation on the resting surface about the at least one point of rotation.
US09839540B2
The invention relates to a medical device and a method of using it. The device is a stent which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The stent is configured to have a central portion defined by “open” cells and at least two end portions, defined by “closed” cells, spaced apart and directly connected to the distal and proximal ends of the central portion of the stent. The stent may also optionally have a covering or a lattice with openings.
US09839539B2
A stent having a main linear strut and at least two secondary struts. The main linear strut includes an outer member and an inner member. A distal end of one secondary strut may be attached to a distal end of the inner member. A proximal end of a secondary strut may be attached to a proximal end of the outer member. The ends of the secondary struts that are not attached to the inner and outer member may be joined. Methods of delivering such a stent and collapsing and withdrawing such a stent are also disclosed.
US09839532B2
A method for inserting an intervertebral disc prosthesis into a space between two vertebrae involves inserting the prosthesis partway into the space under constraint to prevent endplates of the prosthesis from articulating, releasing the prosthesis from constraint, and inserting the unconstrained prosthesis farther into the space. In some embodiments, the method involves grasping the prosthesis with a grasping device to insert the prosthesis partway under constraint, loosing the grasping device to release the prosthesis from constraint, and pushing the prosthesis farther into the disc space using the grasping device and/or one or more separate pusher devices. A system includes a grasping device, at least one separate pushing device, and optionally a vertebral spreading device and/or a vertebral midline indicator device.
US09839519B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for repairing heart valves through percutaneous transcatheter delivery and fixation of annuloplasty rings to heart valves. An annuloplasty ring includes an outer hollow body member including a plurality of regions. Adjacent regions cooperate with one another to change the body member from an elongate insertion geometry to an annular operable geometry. Adjacent regions are coupled by a biasing element or a stepped connector to allow expansion to an expanded state and contraction to a contracted state in the annular operable geometry. The annuloplasty ring also includes an internal anchor member located at least partially within the body member and having a plurality of anchors configured to attach the annuloplasty ring to tissue of a heart valve annulus. An angled ring closure lock allows coupling of the ends of an annuloplasty ring at an apex of a D-shape annular operable geometry.
US09839513B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to stents, valved-stents, (e.g., single-stent-valves and double stent/valved-stent systems) and associated methods and systems for their delivery via minimally-invasive surgery. The stent component comprises a first stent section (102) a second stent section (104) a third stent section (106) and a fourth stent section (108).
US09839511B2
A mitral valve replacement device is adapted to be deployed at a mitral valve position in a human heart. The device has an atrial flange defining an atrial end of the device, a ventricular portion defining a ventricular end of the device, the ventricular portion having a height ranging between 2 mm to 15 mm, and an annulus support that is positioned between the atrial flange and the ventricular portion. The annulus support includes a ring of anchors extending radially therefrom, with an annular clipping space defined between the atrial flange and the ring of anchors. A plurality of leaflet holders positioned at the atrial end of the atrial flange, and a plurality of valve leaflets secured to the leaflet holders, and positioned inside the atrial flange at a location above the native annulus.
US09839510B2
An endovascular stent-graft includes a generally tubular body configured to assume a radially-compressed delivery state and a radially-expanded deployment state. The body includes a flexible stent member, and a tubular fluid flow guide attached to the stent member. The body includes a compliance-restoration body portion extending axially along a portion of the body, and including portions of the stent member and fluid flow guide. When the body is in the radially-expanded deployment state, the compliance-restoration body portion characterized by a greatest diastolic outer radius when the body is internally pressurized by fluid having a pressure of 80 mmHg, and radially expandable to a greatest systolic outer radius when the body is internally pressurized by fluid having a pressure of 120 mmHg. The greatest systolic outer radius (RS) is at least 5% greater than the greatest diastolic outer radius.
US09839509B2
The invention relates to an implantable stomach prosthesis for surgically replacing or augmenting all or part of the antrum and/or pylorus of a stomach. The prosthesis controls the passage of food from the stomach to the small intestine. The prosthesis may be configured to churn ingested material and release it from the stomach through a prosthetic pyloric valve. At least one expandable member is arranged to be expanded to control the passage of food and/or to mimic the churning action of a patient's stomach. The prosthesis includes an outer support structure, a flexible inner member forming a conduit for the movement of material, and at least one expandable member located between the outer support structure and inner member. An implantable pump system is provided for inflating and deflating the expandable member(s).
US09839503B2
The present invention relates to an implantable apparatus for obtaining urinary control and emptying of the urinary bladder, thereby preventing from or treating involuntary urinary retention. In general terms, the apparatus comprises an expandable member adapted to be implanted inside the urinary bladder of the patient for discharging urine, and a control device for controlling the volume of the expandable member. The control device is adapted to be connected to the expandable member through the wall of the urinary bladder.
US09839500B2
An apparatus for treatment of teeth, including one or more dental treatment applicators having at least two walls and a floor, the walls and floor defining a well configured to accommodate at least one human dental arcade and an active agent, one or more energy-applying element located on at least one of the walls and wherein the improvement of the apparatus comprises paired dental treatment applicators configured to be applied to both upper and lower dental arcades concurrently and a number of dental treatment accelerating elements and fields.
US09839495B2
Self-ligating bracket for orthodontics has a base, an occlusal wall extending from the base and occlusal ligature wing, a gingival wall extending from the base and gingival ligature wing, a slot, which separates the occlusal wall and the gingival wall from one another and extends continuously in the direction from mesial to distal, and a slide, which is held in a guide provided in the occlusal wall and/or in the gingival wall. The guide can be shifted in the gingival-occlusal direction, between a closed position, in which the slide bridges the slot, and an open position, in which the slot is open in labial direction. A structure holds the slide in its closed position as well as in its open position.
US09839486B2
Surgical systems and methods are disclosed for creating a 3D model of a patient's affected area using an imaging device, using the model to determine an implant orientation and position, creating patient-matched instrumentation, placing the patient-matched instrumentation on the patient's anatomy, registering a computer-assisted surgical tool, and acquiring registration information. The methods and systems also include associating the surgical tool with a computer to perform a computer assisted surgery. Also disclosed are embodiments of patient-matched instrumentation to acquire registration information.
US09839479B2
A device that stores, secures, and disinfects hazardous materials introduced therein, comprising a container having at least one interior surface, wherein the at least one interior surface forms at least one chamber within the container for storing the hazardous materials introduced into the container; at least one port having an aperture and unidirectional access for introducing the hazardous materials into the container and preventing outflow of the hazardous materials from the container; an absorbent material for securing the hazardous materials introduced into the container, wherein the absorbent material is affixed to the at least one interior surface of the container; and a disinfecting substance for disinfecting the hazardous materials introduced into the container, wherein the disinfecting substance is affixed to the at least one first interior surface of the container.
US09839476B2
A hair removal and re-growth suppression apparatus (10) constituted of: a control circuitry (70); a removal and suppression head (20); an extender assembly (23) coupled to the head (20) and extending away from a wall of the head (20) towards an end thereof, the extender assembly defining an opening (17) at an end thereof removed from the wall of the head (20); an irradiating element (40) secured to the head (20) responsive to the control circuitry (70); a reflector (90) disposed on the head (20) between the irradiating element (40) and the head (20); and a cutting element (110) secured to the head (20) and arranged to cut hair when the opening (17) is juxtaposed with a skin portion (140) having a hair (150) extending outward there from, wherein the reflector (90) is arranged to substantially reflect the output electromagnetic radiation toward the opening (17). Optionally, the irradiating element (40) is regularly translated between a first and a second position to heat and cut the hair without damaging the skin.
US09839473B2
The tissue cutting device comprises an elongated assembly including both an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has a tissue-receiving window, and the inner sleeve has a distal end which cuts tissue as the inner sleeve is advanced past the window. The tissue is received into a lumen of the inner sleeve, and the inner sleeve lumen is typically enlarged in a proximal direction to reduce the tendency of resected tissue to lodge therein. The tissue displacement member is optionally provided at a distal end of the outer sleeve to further aid in dislodging tissue which becomes captured in a distal end of the inner sleeve of the lumen.
US09839461B2
The invention relates to an expansion device for bone expansion, wherein the expansion device has a proximal end and a distal end, between which ends the expansion device extends in a longitudinal direction, and extending apparatuses, which succeed one another in the longitudinal direction, wherein the extension apparatuses can be extended in order to exert force on a bone.
US09839456B2
A plate for treating calcaneal fractures comprises a first portion extending along a first longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of first openings extending therethrough extending along a second longitudinal axis from the a first end connected to the second end of the first portion to a second end, the first and second portions being angled relative to one another such that, when the plate is positioned along a desired portion of a calcaneus bone, the first and second portions extend parallel to a superior surface of the bone bordering a subtalar joint, the second portion including a plurality of second openings extending therethrough, wherein each of the first and second openings are configured to receive a bone fixation element therein at a user-selected angle relative to a central axis thereof.
US09839444B2
The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of compositions for occluding or of means for opening conduits. The implantable occlusive material may be delivered pre-formed or in situ cured and, may be a resorbable material that supports tissue ingrowth that eventually replaces the material leaving little or no original material in place. The delivery system is positioned to allow for placement of the occlusive material into the body conduit. Use of delivery systems, methods and devices for re-opening an occluded body conduit are also included.
US09839434B2
An orthopedic guide for preparing a particular patient's bone to receive a prosthesis using a milling tool with a rotating burr comprises a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface adapted to face the patient's bone. The platform defines an elongate milling track that extends through the platform from the top surface to the bottom surface of the platform, the milling track being sized and shaped so as to be adapted to guide the milling tool across the patient's bone with the burr of the milling tool rotating beneath the bottom surface of the platform to be adapted to remove a first bone portion from the patient's bone. A plurality of legs are coupled to the platform and each comprise a referencing end that is contour-matching fabricated as a function of the patient's bone data to be adapted to abut the patient's bone, the referencing ends of the plurality of legs adapted to cooperate to locate the orthopedic guide at a single predetermined location of the patient's bone.
US09839427B2
An end effector comprising a first jaw, a plurality of staple cavities, a first slot, a first longitudinal row of first staples, a second longitudinal row of second staples, a second jaw, an anvil comprising forming pockets, a staple driver, and a firing member is disclosed. The staple driver supports a first staple removably stored in said first longitudinal row and a second staple removably stored in said second longitudinal row. The staple driver and said anvil are configured to co-operate to deform said first staple to a first fired height and to deform said second staple to a second fired height. The firing member comprises a first portion configured to extend through said first slot and a second portion configured to engage said anvil. The anvil further comprises a second slot including a lateral portion extending behind a longitudinal row of said forming pockets.
US09839423B2
A method is disclosed for altering an implantable layer for use with a surgical instrument which includes the steps of obtaining an implantable layer comprised at least partially from a material including a glass transition temperature and a melting temperature, wherein the implantable layer includes a first shape, heating the material to a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature and lower than the melting temperature, manipulating the implantable layer to a second shape different than the first shape, allowing the material to cool below the glass transition temperature, and releasing the implantable layer.
US09839404B2
A method for extending initial image data of a subject for dose estimation includes obtaining first image data of the subject for dose calculation, wherein the first image data has a first field of view. The method further includes obtaining second image data for extending the field of view of the first image data. The second image data has a second field of view that is larger than the first field of view. The method further includes extending the first field of view based on the second image data, producing extended image data.
US09839400B2
An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The gantry supports an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector. The air inlet is provided in the gantry to draw air into the gantry from outside the gantry. The air outlet is provided in a lower section of the gantry to discharge air from the gantry through a path that houses a controller that controls the gantry.
US09839393B2
A force assessment device and a method for lead extraction are provided. A force gauge is configured to measure a traction force, and a strain gauge that is configured to measure a countertraction force. An interface is communicatively coupled to the force gauge and the strain gauge, and the interface is configured to present data regarding at least one of the traction force and the countertraction force.
US09839389B2
The present disclosure provides a device for testing the strength of a human foot. The device includes a substantially planar member having a top surface and a bottom surface. The device also includes a foot-engaging member moveable along the top surface substantially planar member from a first position to a second position. In addition, the device includes a force sensor fixed with respect to the substantially planar member, where the force sensor resists movement between the first position and the second position. Further, the device includes a tension bearing element connecting the foot-engaging member to the force sensor.
US09839388B2
The personality assessment and treatment determination system includes a facial recognition device for imaging a patient's face and receiving demographic and personality information from the patient, and a micro-lab device positioned in communication with the facial recognition device. The micro-lab device includes a body having at least one slot configured for receiving a slide holding the patient's bodily fluid, a scanner for analyzing the patient's bodily fluid, and a selector switch for selecting the bodily fluid to be analyzed. The information from the facial recognition device, each of the plurality of questionnaires, and from the micro-lab device is combined to determine the patient's psychological disorder and a treatment for the patient's psychological disorder.
US09839385B2
The present invention extends to a closed IV line draw system which may be used with a PIVC or another vascular access device to collect blood samples. The closed IV line draw system consists of various integrated components that allow the system to remain closed during the blood collection process. In this way, the closed IV line draw system simplifies the blood collection process and reduces the risk of contamination to the PIVC or other vascular access device.
US09839374B2
A load balance and alignment system is provided to assess load forces on the vertebra in conjunction with overall spinal alignment. The system includes a spine instrument having an electronic assembly and a sensorized head. The sensorized head can be inserted between vertebra and report vertebral conditions such as force, pressure, orientation and edge loading. A GUI is therewith provided to show where the spine instrument is positioned relative to vertebral bodies as the instrument is placed in the inter-vertebral space. The system can report optimal prosthetic size and placement in view of the sensed load and location parameters including optional orientation, rotation and insertion angle along a determined insert trajectory.
US09839368B2
Systems and methods of processing raw electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform data of a patient into estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The method includes sensing-at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, constructing a time domain computer model of the at least one physical, non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, and adaptively filtering the raw ECG waveform data in the time domain using the constructed time domain computer model of the at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data to form the estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The system can include an ECG device for collecting raw ECG waveform data, at least two ECG electrodes positioned on the patient and electrically coupled to the ECG device, and a processor coupled to the ECG device and configured to compute a time domain model of an artifact created by chest compressions.
US09839362B2
An apparatus and method for measuring at least two patient parameters is provided. A first cuff includes a first inflatable bladder, a first light emitting device and a first sensor that senses light data for use in calculating at least two patient parameters. A second cuff includes a second inflatable bladder, a second light emitting device and a second sensor that senses light data for use in calculating the at least two patient parameters. A controller is coupled the first and second sensors and when the controller causes the bladder of one of the first and second cuffs to inflate, the sensor of the one of the first and second cuffs sensing first light data used in determining a first of the at least two patient parameters and the sensor of the other of the one of first and second cuffs simultaneously senses second light data used in determining of a second of the at least two patient parameters.
US09839361B2
Imaging, testing and/or analysis of subjects are facilitated with a capillary-access approach. According to an example embodiment, a capillary is implanted into a specimen and adapted to accept an optical probe to facilitate optical access into the specimen. In some applications, the capillary is implanted for use over time, with one or more different probes being inserted into the capillary at different times, while the capillary is implanted. Certain applications involve capillary implantation over weeks, months or longer. Other applications are directed to the passage of fluid to and/or from a sample via the capillary. Still other applications are directed to the passage of electrical information between the sample and an external arrangement, via an implanted capillary.
US09839360B2
An end stage renal disease (ESRD) monitoring system may include an implantable sensor and a reader device with an optical sensor. The implantable sensor may be configured to detect a group of analytes relevant to ESRD, such as glucose, creatinine, urea, and potassium. The implantable sensor may be implanted into the dermis of an animal, and may exhibit color changes in response to the presence of the target analytes or reaction product(s) thereof. The reader device may be configured to capture an image of the implanted sensor and to determine the concentration of the target analytes based at least in part on the image. The reader device may be a personal electronic device such as a cell phone, PDA, or personal computer.
US09839344B2
A cannula assembly including a camera system to help provide multiple viewing angles of a surgical site. This added visualization provides the surgeon with more comprehensive feedback during the surgical procedure, leading to better patient outcome and a reduction in the surgical failure rate. The cannula has a main lumen and a smaller secondary lumen and is insertable into the surgical site for easy surgeon adaptation. The camera is coupled to the secondary lumen toward the side of the cannula. This allows the camera to provide visualization without obstructing the main lumen for the use of tools. The camera wiring runs through a long tube connected to the camera and through a handle at the end of the tube without blocking access to the surgical site.
US09839342B2
A dishwasher for treating dishes includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, the tub having a bottom portion with a sump opening therein, a liquid spraying system supplying a spray of liquid to the treating chamber, and a liquid recirculation system recirculating the sprayed liquid from the treating chamber to the liquid spraying system to define a recirculation flow path. A sump is positioned in the sump opening of the bottom of the tub within the recirculation flow path, the sump having an outlet therein located adjacent the forward portion of the sump opening. A pump has an inlet fluidly interconnected with the outlet of the sump, the pump configured to receive fluid from the outlet of the sump and impel the fluid along the recirculation flow path toward the treating chamber.
US09839337B2
An abrasive or cleaning pad includes a composite resin as a wear layer. A cleaning pad system for motorized floor cleaning or polishing applications includes a pad having a combination of two grades of melamine resin-based foam. A method of cleaning a floor surface is also provided.
US09839335B2
A vacuum cleaner nozzle having a rotatable member arranged around a longitudinal axis for picking up particles from a surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning arrangement for removing articles entangled on the rotatable member. The nozzle includes a nozzle cover that at least partly is made of transparent material such that the rotatable member may be visible through the nozzle cover.
US09839330B2
A shower track guide system for a shower enclosure may include an elevated track positioned above a base and at least one stand disposed between the base and the track. The track may be mounted to the at least one stand. A shower door may be movable along a top of the track to permit access to the shower enclosure. The stand may elevate the track above the base to permit water to flow underneath the track.
US09839326B2
A food-processing device for blending and mixing food comprises a mixing vessel, a blade holder, and a motor base. The motor is a high power motor. The device has various safety features designed for the high power motor. The blade holder comprises a safety mechanism that prevents the motor base from operating without the mixing vessel covering the blade. The mixing vessel also contains emitters that interact with detectors on the motor base that can allow a user to select an alternate blend speed according to the mixing vessel that is attached.
US09839319B2
An adapter for offset stacking of beverage decanters or dispensers in laterally offset relation, and more particularly, configurable for stacking the decanters in a forwardly and/or sidewardly arranged laterally offset relation, to allow dispensing individually from faucets, spigots, or other dispensing apparatus of the decanters without dripping directly onto lower faucets and without interference, and which can also serve as a decanter lid. The adapter can be configured for fore and aft, angular, and/or sideward offsets, and can include pass-through openings for brewing, and other optional features.
US09839314B2
A mailbox for preventing mail from contacting pooling water in the mailbox includes a mailbox body and a mailbox insert, including: a front section, including a slanted portion, a front support which is connected to the slanted portion, a middle support, and a front lateral adjustment component; and a rear section, including a rear support which is connected to a rear end of the rear section, at least one side hook, and a rear lateral adjustment component; wherein the front section is configured to be insertable into the at least one side hook such that the front section is slidably coupled to the rear section; and wherein the front lateral adjustment component and the rear lateral adjustment component are configured to expand and contract laterally.
US09839312B1
A wedding veil support and display for the transport and display of wedding veils and accessories includes a display body adapted to fit under a veil, maintain the shape of the veil when transporting the veil, and, in cases where the display body is suspended from a clothing rod or peg, support the veil in an upright position such that the veil and any displayed accessories such as jewelry, may be viewed or photographed in a natural state, e.g., the manner in which the veil is intended to be worn, adjacent a bridal gown.
US09839311B2
Serving trays configured to securely hold both stemware and/or non-stemware articles, such as glasses, are disclosed herein. The trays can comprise securing portions, which in turn can comprise channel and receptacle portions allowing for easy and secure holding of stemware by the tray. The tray can further comprise features for securing non-stemware articles and in some embodiments, can comprise features for securing both stemware and non-stemware articles. The trays can further comprise various features to improve the stability and handling of the tray.
US09839309B2
A supporting pillow structure for a user to sleep or to perform sedentary activity facing down toward the pillow structure with the user's hands and arms placed underneath their face. The pillow structure includes a top opening substantially on the top surface of the pillow structure for the user's face to lean into the pillow structure, at least two side openings in the side of the pillow structure for the user to insert the user's arms into the pillow structure and place the user's arms underneath their head or body comfortably and to increase airflow for the user to breathe comfortably while resting, and a cavity in the middle of the pillow structure for airflow between the openings and for placing objects within the pillow structure, allowing the user to perform tasks requiring minimal physical activity while remaining comfortable and sedentary for an extended period of time. Embodiments of the pillow structure may be configured to provide users with comfort and support while the user is seated leaning forward on an airplane or at a desk or table or while the user is lying facing down on a substantially level surface such as a bed.
US09839307B2
A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of securement pins in the frame legs are driven into the frame to secure the bracket in a right angle corner of the frame. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.
US09839306B2
A rotation and detent mechanism includes a body defining a cavity and having a travel limiter with two fixed faces protruding into the cavity. A detent plate nests and rotates within the cavity and has two limiting surfaces between which the travel limiter of the body is disposed. One of the limiting surfaces engages a respective one of the travel limiting faces of the body at each extreme of angular rotation of the detent plate. The detent plate includes recesses for engaging one or more spring loaded ball plungers mounted in the body. Each ball plunger engages a recess in the detent plate at certain angular detent positions of the detent plate within the body. The mechanism further includes an axle on which the detent plate rotates, and a coil spring that engages the detent plate, resisting rotation of the detent plate in one rotational direction.
US09839302B2
Embodiments described herein provide infant carrying devices. In particular, embodiments described herein provide infant inserts to carry an infant in a child carrier. Inserts according to various embodiments can comprise a flexible panel having a curved shape that narrows toward one end of the panel. The panel can define a front opening to an area to hold the infant. A cushion can be disposed at the bottom of the area to hold the infant. The infant insert can be adapted to support an infant in a wearer facing position with the infant's knees raised. In particular, embodiments of infant inserts can be adapted to promote a spread-squat-position.
US09839301B2
A process and apparatus for manufacturing a mattress generally includes an automated foam layer placement apparatus for accurately securing one or more foam layers onto an innercore unit and bucket assembly.
US09839292B2
A reclining and declining chair, preferably one that rotates with respect to its base, having a chair seat frame or plate and having a vertical or generally vertical member that extends beneath to support is reclined and declined by tilting at least an upper portion of the vertical or generally vertical support. Optionally the chair can also have a reclining backrest and a leg/foot rest that can be raised and lowered. The tilting, reclining, declining and raising and lowering motions are accomplished by drive mechanisms that can be manually powered, electrically powered, fluid driven, etc. with operator controls allowing increased range and ease of reclining, declining plus other desirable advantages with these types of chairs.
US09839286B2
A fold-out cabinet includes a folding back panel that is pivotably attached to side panels so that the back panel can be sandwiched at least partially between the side panels when in a folded configuration. When unfolded, top and bottom panels are attached to complete the cabinet structure. The fold-out cabinet can be rapidly assembled and takes up a minimal footprint when packaged for storage, shipping or merchandising. Optional accessories may be included with the cabinet, including a workbench type top surface, one or more shelves, one or more drawers, and one or more doors. When assembled, the cabinet is structurally stable and functional, but requires little time for complete assembly.
US09839283B2
An oral care implement with product application. In one embodiment, the implement is a fluid dispensing toothbrush having a body comprised of a handle, a head, and an internal cavity containing an oral care material. The head includes tooth cleaning elements and an applicator in fluid communication with the internal cavity. In one embodiment, the applicator includes at least one spring-actuated valve operable to dispense the fluidic oral care material upon engagement with a user's oral tissue. The oral care material is delivered from the internal cavity upon applying a pressing force to a moveable sealing element of the valve. In certain embodiments, a pressurizer may be provided to pressurize the oral care material for positive dispensing. In one embodiment, the applicator is disposed in a soft tissue cleaner on the toothbrush head.
US09839282B1
A cosmetic brush device utilizing a plurality of bristles mounted to a base holder. A first portion of the bristles are located adjacent the base holder and include a part having a narrow transverse dimension, a second part possessing a relatively wide transverse dimension, and an intermediate part positioned between the first and second parts possessing a transverse dimension of a value between the first and second parts. The bristles also extend outwardly to a second portion having a crest of curved configuration.
US09839278B2
A method is provided for preparing a hair dye color mixture. The method includes: providing a control system having at least a memory, input controls, and a display; storing in the memory at least one formula, the formula including one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials, and wherein each colorant and/or blending material is separately assigned to an initial product brand; receiving input from the input controls to change a colorant and/or blending material from the initial product brand to one or more subsequent product brands, and wherein the control system recalculates components of the formula using the one or more subsequent product brands in response to receiving input from the input controls; and matching the color of the hair dye color mixture made from colorants and/or dye blending materials of the initial product brand using colorants and/or dye blending materials of the one or more subsequent product brands, in response to the input.
US09839275B2
A parting comb that parts a user's hair in a straight line is provided. The parting comb may include a first comb and a second comb pivotally attached together. The parting comb may be placed within a user's hair and the first comb and the second comb may be pivoted away from each other to part the hair.
US09839274B1
What is presented is a multimedia system for incorporation with a consumer good. The system comprises one or more stereo speakers; a memory for the storage of one or more data files; a power supply coupled to power the one or more stereo speakers; and a switch coupled to temporarily cutoff power from said power supply to said one or more stereo speakers.
US09839273B2
There is provided a locking device including: a locking unit capable of performing locking and unlocking operations by rotation; an upper body part in which a first connection hole is formed; a body part which is inserted into the first connection hole of the upper body part and combined with one end of the locking unit; a lower body part in which a third connection hole into which the body part is inserted from below is formed; and a locking washer which is positioned between the upper body part and the lower body part and configured to fix and combine the upper body part and the lower body part.
US09839257B2
A flexible one size fits all overshoe that is placed over the shoe which covers all areas of the shoe damaged during skateboarding. This overshoe is made of a flexible material that conforms to the shoe in all areas in order to protect area of the shoe. This can be one or a combination of pieces to create the overshoe. The overshoe adds additional cushioning and traction to the heel and ball of the shoe. The mid foot of the overshoe is constructed in a way to allow stretching to fit and conform to an extremely broad range of shoe sizes. The upper and the sole also has added traction in the form of raised areas to allow the “grip” of the shoe to the skateboard for the efficient execution of tricks and stunts.
US09839244B2
An illuminated glove assembly includes a glove and an illumination data controller. The glove has a body portion, a longitudinal glove axis, a pointer extension, a pinky extension, a wrist strap and a pocket portion. The wrist strap is positioned at a proximal end of the body portion. A securing mechanism is connected to the wrist strap and the pointer extension and pinky extension extend from a distal end of the body portion. The pointer extension is positioned on a first side of the longitudinal axis and the pinky extension is positioned on a second side of the longitudinal axis. The pocket portion is secured to and defines a pocket with the body portion. An opening of the pocket is defined proximate the distal end of the body. The illumination data controller is configured for selective mounting in the pocket and includes a housing with a front face.
US09839236B2
An electronic cigarette case and an information acquisition method are provided. The electronic cigarette case includes: a case body; a microcontroller arranged inside said case body; a trigger module, used for generating a trigger signal, being arranged on said case body; said trigger module being connected to said microcontroller; said microcontroller being used for acquiring, according to said trigger signal, a user smoking signal from the electronic cigarette; a GPS transmission module connected to said microcontroller and used for transmitting said user smoking information to a preset database.
US09839222B2
The present invention refers to a process designed to increase the production of plant growth-promoting microorganisms of the Bacillus genus, using a culture medium poor in nutrients and with specific environmental conditions, allowing to obtain a greater amount of biomass and/or spores, which can be used to prepare solid or liquid compositions to be applied to plants, aiming to promote their growth and/or counteract the effect of phytopathogenic agents.
US09839220B2
The present invention provides aqueous alkaline, storage stable, abrasive containing hard surface treatment compositions which provide good cleaning to a treated hard surface, and concurrently a useful sanitizing or disinfecting benefit to such treated surfaces, wherein the compositions comprise: 0.01-15% wt. of at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant, and preferably wherein the amount of the at least one anionic surfactant is in excess of the amount of the at least one nonionic surfactant; 0.1-50% wt. of one or more inorganic abrasive particulate materials which are based on inorganic carbonate compounds; a thickener; at least one non-cationic germicide constituent, which preferably are one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of: parachlorometaxylenol, and halogenated carbanilides (e.g., 3,4,4′-trichlorocarbanilide (also referred to as Triclocarban® or TCC), 3-trifluoromethyl-4,4-dichlorocarbanilide, and 3,3,4-trichlorocarbanilide; and, water, wherein the compositions preferably exhibit a pH in the range of 7-10.5, a viscosity of 1000-3000 cPs, when measured at 25° C., and wherein the compositions provide an antimicrobial benefit to treated hard surfaces.
US09839218B2
Stable, single-phase pesticidal emulsifiable concentrates are provided which comprise (a) a pesticide mixture comprising a major amount of a water-insoluble pesticide and a minor amount of a water-soluble pesticidal salt; (b) a solvent system comprising (i) a major amount of an organic solvent comprising at least one non aqueous polar solvent; and (ii) a minor amount of water; and, optionally, (c) an emulsifying surfactant system enabling an oil in water emulsion to be formed when the concentrate formulation is diluted upon addition to water.
US09839211B2
Embodiments of a boom system for a work vehicle has a first boom member with a plurality of first boom segments aligned lengthwise to extend along a first boom dimension and a second boom member with a plurality of second boom segments aligned lengthwise to extend in the first boom dimension and spaced from the first boom member in a second boom dimension. The boom system also has a union spanning the second boom dimension to couple the first boom member to the second boom member and having a first coupling segment joining consecutive first boom sections together and a second coupling segment joining consecutive second boom sections together.
US09839208B2
The invention relates generally to compositions and methods of using transgenic non-human animals expressing human SIRPα that are engrafted with a human hematopoietic system. In various embodiments, the human hematopoietic system engrafted, human SIRPα transgenic non-human animals of the invention are useful as systems for the in vivo evaluation of the growth and differentiation of hematopoietic and immune cells, for the in vivo assessment of an immune response, for the in vivo evaluation of vaccines and vaccination regimens, for in vivo production and collection of immune mediators, including human antibodies, and for use in testing the effect of agents that modulate hematopoietic and immune cell function.
US09839202B2
The invention provides for a brooder having a cylindrical emitter and a burner head. The cylindrical emitter is formed from a flat piece of stainless steel which is manipulated in order to secure one end thereof to another end thereof, thereby allowing for reduced costs in packaging and shipping of the brooder and for easy assembly of the emitter after shipping. The burner head is formed of top and bottom plates which are secured together by port spacers of the bottom plate having tabs which extend through apertures of the top plate, and which are folded downwardly toward the top plate.
US09839198B2
A animal grooming tool employs a substantially rectangular body having a top surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end and two sides. The body is composed of flexible material with a hardness of between 20 and 60 Shore A for enhanced attraction of hair for removal.
US09839197B1
An infrastructure and methodologies to support automated lost and found pet alerts based on geo-proximity and other criteria. In various embodiments, a pet/dog owner initiates a lost pet alert by entering location and lost pet report information via a downloadable application. This information is processed and stored in a database maintained by a cloud/remote server. The server identifies potential recipients for a lost pet alert and transmits alerts for display on user devices meeting select criteria such as proximity thresholds. Upon receiving a found pet report, the server sends an automated found pet notice to the owner of the animal and other users meeting predetermined criteria. Curated listings of lost and found pet notifications may also be maintained for selective presentation on user devices.
US09839190B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2F3Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2F3Z with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2F3Z 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 PH2F3Z or a locus conversion of PH2F3Z with another maize variety.
US09839189B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2T2B and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2T2B with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2T2B 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 PH2T2B or a locus conversion of PH2T2B with another maize variety.
US09839188B1
A soybean cultivar designated 52001307 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 52001307, to the plants of soybean cultivar 52001307, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 52001307, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 52001307. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 52001307. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 52001307, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 52001307 with another soybean cultivar.
US09839186B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB16J15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB16J15R, cells from soybean variety XB16J15R, plants of soybean XB16J15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB16J15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB16J15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB16J15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB16J15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB16J15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB16J15R are further provided.
US09839185B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB12J15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB12J15R, cells from soybean variety XB12J15R, plants of soybean XB12J15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB12J15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB12J15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB12J15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB12J15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB12J15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB12J15R are further provided.
US09839181B2
The disclosure relates to a harvester control system that allows for the operation and control of a bottom floor assembly by an operator of a harvester, such as a round baler. The harvester control system generally comprises at least one rotation sensor configured to measure the rotation angle of the bottom floor assembly during the harvesting process, a controller that receives information from the rotation sensor(s), and an operator interface configured to display warning information to the operator if the bottom floor assembly meets certain rotation and time parameters.
US09839176B1
An accessory mount comprises: a lateral bar having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first arm connected to the first end of the lateral bar and terminating in a distal end; and a second arm pivotally connected to the second end of the lateral bar and terminating in a distal end. The first and second arms of the accessory mount are configured to engage respective frame portions of a mower or other turf or grounds care equipment, and the pivoting or movement of the second arm relative to the lateral bar adjusts a distance between the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm. A first clamping assembly may be connected to the first arm, and a second clamping assembly may be connected to the second arm to engage the respective frame portions of the article of turf or grounds care equipment.
US09839174B2
A work vehicle cooperation system includes: a master traveling track calculation unit that calculates a traveling track of a master work vehicle (1P) based on a detection position at which the master work vehicle (1P) was detected; a slave traveling target calculation unit that calculates a target traveling position of the slave work vehicle (1C) based on the traveling track of the master work vehicle (1P); a master parameter generation unit that generates a master work/driving parameter relating to work/driving executed by the master work vehicle (1P), the master work/driving parameter being linked with the detection position; a slave parameter generation unit that generates a slave work/driving parameter for the slave work vehicle (1C) based on the master work/driving parameter, the slave work/driving parameter being linked with the target traveling position for the slave work vehicle (1C); and a navigation control unit that navigates the slave work vehicle in an unmanned manner based on a detection position of the slave work vehicle (1C), the target traveling position, and the slave work/driving parameter.
