US09926769B2
A method of conducting multiple stage treatments. The method includes running a string into a borehole. The string having at least a first sleeve assembly and a second sleeve assembly. The first sleeve assembly in a position closing a port in the string; communicating from a radial exterior of the string or from a location downhole of the first and second sleeve assemblies to a first electronic trigger of the first sleeve assembly to trigger the first sleeve assembly into moving longitudinally relative to the string to open the port. Performing a treatment operation through the port; communicating from the radial exterior of the string or from a location downhole of the first and second sleeve assemblies to a second electronic trigger of the second sleeve assembly to trigger the second sleeve assembly into moving longitudinally relative to the string to close the port.
US09926764B2
Described are a molded product having an effective thickness of 1 mm or more, the molded product being formed from an aliphatic polyester resin composition containing from 1 to 30 parts by mass of a carboxylic acid anhydride and preferably further containing from 1 to 50 parts by mass of at least one type of a short fiber reinforcing material, a thermoplastic elastomer, or an acrylic rubber core-shell polymer per 100 parts by mass of an aliphatic polyester resin containing not less than 50 mass % of a polyglycolic acid resin, the effective thickness being 1 mm or more; a downhole tool for hydrocarbon resource recovery formed from the molded product having an effective thickness of 1 mm or more; an aliphatic polyester resin composition for the downhole tool member for hydrocarbon resource recovery; and a well drilling method.
US09926757B2
A valve system for an inner tube assembly is described. The inner tube assembly is arranged to be used in a drilling system to retrieve a core sample, and is arranged to be insertable into a drill string of the drilling system at a first end of the drill string. The valve system is arranged to be configurable in a first closed configuration, an open configuration, and a second closed configuration. The valve system moves to the first closed configuration when fluid is pumped along an interior region of the drill string towards the inner tube assembly in a direction from the first end of the drill string to the inner tube assembly. The valve system is arranged such that, when in the first closed configuration, a pressure of the fluid increases to facilitate deploying the inner tube assembly towards a second end of the drill string. The valve system moves to the open configuration in response to the inner tube assembly reaching a vicinity of the second end of the drill string and being prevented from moving further towards the second end of the drill string. The valve system is arranged such that, when in the open configuration, fluid can flow to a drill bit located at or near the second end of the drill string. The valve system moves to the second closed configuration when fluid is pumped along the interior region of the drill string towards the inner tube assembly in a direction from the second end of the drill string to the inner tube assembly. The valve system is arranged such that, when in the second closed configuration, the pressure of the fluid increases to facilitate retrieving the inner tube assembly from the vicinity of the second end of the drill string.
US09926756B2
Methods of compensating pressure differences between interiors and exteriors of inner barrels of coring tools may involve advancing a coring tool into a wellbore, the coring tool comprising an inner barrel for receiving a core sample cut by the coring tool, a first fluid being sealed within the inner barrel. A second fluid may flow along an exterior of the inner barrel. A pressure difference between the first fluid and the second fluid may be reduced. A volume occupied by the first fluid may be compressed by moving a compensating member. The volume occupied by the first fluid may be expanded by moving the compensating member.
US09926754B2
A polymeric rod guide for a sucker rod, said polymeric rod guide having a body surrounding and coaxial with the sucker rod and molded in fixed contact with the rod. The body having a polygonal cross-section and a plurality of blades longitudinally disposed and extending from the body, each blade having a pair of planar longitudinal side walls and an exterior longitudinal edge, each of said blades having a first blade face disposed between a first terminal end of the blade and the exterior longitudinal edge and a second blade face disposed between a second terminal end of the blade and the exterior longitudinal edge, and an area of the body between the longitudinal side wall of a first blade and the longitudinal side wall of an adjacent second blade defines a trough having a plurality of planar surfaces.
US09926751B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a ram-style riser tensioner system includes a plurality of cylinders for applying a desired tension to a riser, a support structure coupled to the riser, and a plurality of gas accumulators. Each of the cylinders is coupled to the support structure, and each of the gas accumulators is configured to provide pressurized gas to a corresponding one of the cylinders. The ram-style riser tensioner also includes a plurality of support rods coupled to the support structure for reducing bending moments on the plurality of cylinders.
US09926743B1
The ladder convertible to a scaffold is a self-standing ladder that is able to convert into a scaffold. The self-standing ladder is constructed of two ladder members that are able to attach to and pivot with respect to one another via a removable cap. The two ladder members also attach to one another via a foldable platform, which provides support when the two ladder members are pivoted away from one another in a self-standing configuration. The two ladder members may be disconnected to one another, and held in parallel arrangement with respect to one another via the foldable platform. The foldable platform is able to span a scaffold length between the two ladder members in order to form a scaffold. A pair of guar members attach to the two ladder members to provide guide rails on opposing sides of the scaffold.
US09926735B2
A sliding door assembly comprises a plurality of door panels for coordinated movement along an upper guide track. A bracket is mounted to the upper end of one of the door panels. The bracket comprises an elongated member and defines a plurality of openings for receiving fasteners and roller mechanisms. At least one roller mechanism is secured to each of the door panels and slidably received within the upper guide track. A pair of pulleys is secured to the bracket for carrying an endless cable and the door panels are secured to the cable. In a fully open position, a first outer door panel of the door panels is secured to the cable of the immediately adjacent door panel at a side of the immediately adjacent door panel opposite to the lead edge.
US09926727B2
A latch release device for a vehicle door is provided which includes an electric actuator that can exert power for latch release for releasing a latched state of a door, a latch mechanism that releases the latched state of the door in response to actuation of the electric actuator or input of a mechanical latch release operating force, and an operating member for latch release that enables normal operation by a vehicle user so as to actuate the electric actuator and emergency operation by a vehicle user so as to input a mechanical latch release operating force into the latch mechanism, wherein the emergency operation of an operating member for latch release is restricted and emergency operation restriction means restricts emergency operation of the operating member for latch release when an operating member for restriction release that a vehicle user can operate is in a non-operated state.
US09926723B2
A locking mechanism including a plunger, a plurality of locking elements, a cage including apertures in which the locking elements are housed, and a sleeve, with the sleeve moveable with respect to the cage between an unlocked position and a locked position, and when the sleeve is in the locked position, the sleeve maintains the locking elements in engagement with a recess on the plunger to restrict movement of the plunger.
US09926721B2
This disclosure pertains to a post driver apparatus of simplified and compact construction. The apparatus can be easily attached to a vehicle equipped with a universal quick attach hitch and having auxiliary hydraulics, for example a farm or construction vehicle. The apparatus includes a hydraulic motor that is driven by the auxiliary hydraulics of the vehicle to which the apparatus is attached. The hydraulic motor rotates a drive wheel of the apparatus which is operatively connected with a weight piston of the apparatus. Rotation of the drive wheel lifts and then drops the weight piston on each rotation of the drive wheel. With the apparatus positioned on the top end of a post, each time the weight piston is dropped it impacts the top of the post and drives the post downwardly. The apparatus is equipped with a safety feature that prevents rotation of the drive wheel from operatively raising the weight piston until the apparatus is positioned on top of a post and exerts a force on the top end of the post.
US09926717B2
This invention relates to lattice tower for actuate under high load conditions, more particularly to lattice towers utilized for wind turbines and other applications comprising three metallic legs arranged in a triangular configuration around a vertical axis of the lattice tower, wherein each metallic leg has a closed cross-section profile, a distance between the center of metallic legs in a bottom portion of the tower is greater than 4 meters, an angle of inclination of a central longitudinal axis of each metallic leg in relation to the vertical axis of the tower is between −1.7 degree and +1.7 degrees, and the height of the lattice tower is greater than 60 meters, a plurality of bracing members and auxiliary bracing members and a support platform disposed at a top portion of the tower.
US09926704B1
The invention is a roof system having panels attached by battens and adjustable hangers. The hangers have a leg, a tail and a hook. The hanger is supported by a batten strip material, typically made of metal with slots. These hangers are permanently secured within the battens and are non removable once the batten is fastened to a roof deck. The hangers themselves are adjustable to different lengths by sliding them within the slot with a predetermined amount of force to accommodate staggered panel edges. This dramatically reduces the labor and costs required to install roofing panels.
US09926701B2
A method of fabricating a concrete slab system places bed of a first concrete on a base. The bed has a top surface, a bottom surface, and edge surfaces. The bed is exposed to a drying environment such that the top surface develops shrinkage cracks and portions of the bed separate from the base. A force applied to the top surface induces non-shrinkage cracks in the bed that extend to the bed's bottom surface. Non-concrete material is placed on the bed's top surface and on each of its edge surfaces. The non-concrete material and bed are covered with a second concrete having stretchable fibers mixed therein.
US09926699B2
A retention clip for use with a panel system has a base plate having a pair of opposing flanges at least one of which is configured for attaching to a support structure. An upright extends between the base plate and a top plate having a pair of opposing flanges and defines opposing first and second surfaces that in use are dimensioned to engage opposing first and second ends of a pair of first and second adjacent panels. At least the first surface supports a spacer element that is configured to prevent mutual abutment of opposing ends of the first and second panels at least during construction of the panel system.
US09926697B2
A panelized complex polyhedron structure can be constructed quickly and inexpensively from a plurality panels. According to one embodiment, the structure includes a plurality of panels, wherein a first panel comprises an integrated connecting feature formed unitarily with the first panel and including a faceted feature connected to a plain end of a second panel. According to another embodiment, the first panel includes integrated connecting features including a plurality of planar faceted features, wherein one of the faceted features is connected to a plain end of the second panel. The plurality of planar faceted features are oriented at angles selected to enable a plurality of panel connections necessary to construct the structure. In one embodiment, the panel comprising the integrated connecting features is formed unitarily.
US09926693B2
A water-saving accessory for a toilet includes a basin, a three-port valve, and first and second lengths of tubing. The basin has inlet and outlet ports and is configured to be coupled to the toilet bowl or toilet seat. The valve is configured to be coupled to a fluid supply line. The first length of tubing is configured to be attached at a first end to the valve and at a second end to the basin inlet port. The second length of tubing is configured to be attached at a first end to the basin outlet port. The valve can be configured to be coupled to a flush line for the toilet bowl such that fluid is normally supplied from the fluid supply line to the flush line, and to be actuatable to divert fluid from the fluid supply line to the first length of tubing.
US09926690B2
A dispensing arrangement for water comprises a tap, in particular a kitchen tap such as a boiling water tap, provided with a shut-off valve and an operating element, such that the dispensing arrangement is operable with a compound movement of the operating element. For dispensing of the water at least a portion of the compound movement serves to release the shut-off valve prior to operation and comprises at least one of a movement to-and-fro, a repeated movement and a movement of at least a predetermined duration and wherein a subsequent portion of the compound movement serves to operate the shut-off valve.
US09926684B2
Roof runoff water control systems for a building with gutters and a downspout and buildings without gutters. Both systems employ a swale in the ground that is lined with rock filled bags that are opened and laid overlapped end-to-end. For the downspout, a closed bag filled with rock is placed under the downspout with open bags filled with rock laid overlapped end-to-end in the swale and overlapped downstream from the closed bag. For a building without gutters and having a drip line in the ground, open bags filled with rock are laid overlapped end-to-end in the swale. The swale and the open bags are aligned with the drip line.
US09926683B2
A method of elevating the deck area of a marine platform (e.g., oil and gas well drilling or production platform) utilizes a specially configured sleeve support to support the platform legs so that they can be cut. Once cut, rams or jacks elevate the platform above the cuts. The sleeve support is then connected (e.g., welded) to the platform leg and becomes part of the structural support for the platform. In one embodiment, two sleeves are employed. In another embodiment, the jacks or rams elevate in two stages including a first stage wherein one sleeve elevates and the other sleeve does not elevate and a second stage wherein both sleeves elevate together.
US09926659B2
A washing machine having a plurality of tubs includes a cabinet having a first tub disposed therein, a first door, having a second tub disposed therein, to open and close a laundry introduction opening formed at the cabinet, a second door to open and close a laundry introduction opening of the second tub, a first water supply part and a second water supply part to supply washing water to inside of the first tub and the second tub, respectively, and a first water discharge part and a second water discharge part to discharge washing water from the first tub and the second tub, respectively. This configuration allows a washing process to be performed at a plurality of spaces.
US09926655B2
Nonwoven textile fabrics in accordance with the present invention include a web of entangled polymeric fibers with substantially pectin-free, individualized bast fibers having a mean length less than 9 millimeters (mm). A method of making a nonwoven fabric includes forming a web of polymeric fibers, forming a randomly arrayed fiber web of the substantially individualized bast fibers having a mean length less than 9 mm, disposing the web of the substantially individualized bast fibers onto the web of polymeric fibers, and entangling the polymeric fibers with the substantially individualized bast fibers to form the nonwoven fabric. In addition, laminates include the nonwoven fabric, a film, and an adhesive disposed between the fabric and the film to bond the nonwoven fabric to the film.
US09926644B2
A lasing medium having a tailored dopant concentration and a method of fabrication thereof is disclosed. The lasing medium has a single crystal having a continuous body having a selected length, wherein the crystal comprises dopant distributed along the length of the body to define a dopant concentration profile. In one embodiment, the dopant concentration profile results in a uniform heating profile. A method of fabricating a laser crystal having a tailored dopant concentration profile includes arranging a plurality of polycrystalline segments together to form an ingot, the polycrystalline segments each having dopant distributed, providing a crystal seed at a first end of the ingot, and moving a heating element along the ingot starting from the first end to a second end of the ingot, the moving heating element creating a moving molten region within the ingot while passing therealong.
US09926638B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrical Al plating bath that poses little danger of exploding or igniting as a result of contacting air or water, and contains no benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, or 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, which have detrimental effects to humans. The present invention provides an electrical aluminum or aluminum alloy fused salt plating bath that is obtained by heat treatment of an electrical aluminum or aluminum alloy fused salt plating bath containing (A) a halogenated aluminum as the primary component and (B) at least one other type of halide after adding (C) one, two or more reducible compounds selected from the group consisting of hydrides of elements in Group 1 Periods 2 through 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements and/or hydrides of Group 13 Periods 2 through 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements and amine borane compounds.
US09926632B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing hydrogen water, and more particularly, to a portable apparatus for producing hydrogen water including: a container held at an upper side to store water; a hydrogen generating unit positioned at a lower part of the container, and for dissolving hydrogen generated by electrolyzing water stored in the container in the water stored in the container, and converting the water in the container to hydrogen water; and a power supply unit for applying power to the hydrogen generating unit. The portable apparatus for producing hydrogen water of the present invention may enable a user to conveniently drink hydrogen water regardless of the time and the place.
US09926624B2
There is provided a method of forming a sealing film to seal a device formed on a substrate, including: supplying a mixture gas including a silicon-containing gas and a halogen element-containing gas or a mixture gas including a silicon-containing gas and a gas containing a functional group having an electronegative property stronger than that of nitrogen, as a first mixture gas, into a processing container; generating plasma of the first mixture gas within the processing container; and forming a first sealing film to cover the device using the first mixture gas activated by the plasma.
US09926622B2
A method for making a pitting resistant carbon coating that includes a hydrogenated diamond-like coating (“H-DLC”). The H-DLC is relatively soft and elastic. Unlike hard and/or inelastic coatings in the prior art, the present coatings do not exhibit a loss of adhesion (delamination). A bonding layer may be deposited on a metallic substrate and the deposited H-DLC on the bonding layer.
US09926618B2
The present invention discloses an extracting agent for separating lithium isotopes and an organic extraction phase containing the extracting agent; the organic extraction phase easily enriches 7Li and achieves the separation of lithium isotopes. The present invention also discloses a high-efficiency method for separating lithium isotopes in an aqueous solution, in which the organic extraction phase of the present invention is used, said organic extraction phase being suitable for single-stage and multi-stage extraction processes.
US09926616B2
A heating apparatus, a heat treatment apparatus, and a heating method are provided. The heating apparatus includes a workpiece support on which a ring-shaped workpiece is placed, a rotary drive assembly, and a heater configured to heat the workpiece. The workpiece support includes a plurality of rotating rollers arranged in a circumferential direction. The rotary drive assembly is configured to rotate the plurality of rotating rollers to rotate the workpiece placed on the workpiece support along a ring shape of the workpiece. The heater includes a heating coil configured to induction-heat the workpiece on the workpiece support at a heating position, and an actuator configured to move the heating coil at the heating position relative to the workpiece to adjust a distance between the workpiece and the heating coil.
US09926610B2
A gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric assay kit for nucleic acids from viral, bacterial and other microorganisms that detects unamplified or amplified polynucleotides in clinical specimens using unmodified AuNPs and oligotargeter polynucleotides that bind to a pathogen's nucleic acids. A method for detecting a pathogen comprising contacting a sample suspected of containing microbes with a polynucleotide that binds to pathogen nucleic acid and with gold nanoparticles, detecting the aggregation of nanoparticles, and detecting pathogen polynucleotides in the sample when the nanoparticles aggregate (solution color becomes blue) in comparison with a control or a negative sample not containing the virus when nanoparticles do not aggregate (solution color remains red).
US09926586B2
The present specification discloses methods of detecting a pathogen of interest, components useful in carrying out these methods, including a pre-enrichment media, and enrichment media and a detection solution and kits thereof.
US09926583B2
Polypeptide preparations having target levels of glycans, and methods of producing such polypeptide preparations using DMSO, are described.
US09926574B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods, in particular to methods based on systemic injection of rAAV, for delivering genes to cells of the central nervous system in mammals, such as brain neurons or glial cells, and in particular to motor neurons or glial cells of the spinal cord The invention also relates to methods of treating motor neuron disorders in mammals by expression of therapeutic genes. The invention stems from the unexpected discovery that peripheral injection of AAV vectors leads to a bypass of the blood brain barrier and a massive infection of motor neurons. The invention may be used in any mammal, including human subjects.
US09926573B2
Disclosed is a glyphosate-tolerant gene. The nucleotide sequence of the gene is SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 5, and a mutant form of the gene that maintains the glyphosate-tolerant activity. The amino acid sequence of a protein encoded by the gene is respectively SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, or SEQ ID NO: 6, and a mutant form of amino acids in a conserved region 1 of positions 280 to 294 and in a conserved region 2 of positions 416 to 433. Also disclosed is the use of the gene and the mutant form thereof in the production of a glyphosate-resistant/tolerant plant.
US09926569B2
The invention discloses a promoter which can be induced to express in acidic conditions, and relates to the field of bioengineering technology. The promoters of the invention are separated from A. niger and can actuate and/or regulate the expression of the effectively connected nucleic acids in A. niger. In the invention the expression of the promoters is studied in A. niger, and it is indicated that some promoters show weak expression, and some show strong activity. The invention provides an effective method and new thought for organic acids production by fungi or other products produced by fermentation under acidic conditions.
US09926568B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for clostridial bacteria that have been engineered to produce and/or to improve efficiency of production of industrial bioproducts.
US09926563B2
The invention refers to an oligonucleotide consisting of 10 to 20 nucleotides of selected regions of the TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2 or TGF-beta3 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 selected regions are preferably the region of nucleic acid no. 1380 to 1510, no. 1660 to 1680, no. 2390 to 2410, or no. 2740 to 2810 of the TGF-beta2 nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, specific regions of the TGF-beta1 nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 149, or specific regions of the TGF-beta3 nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 267. 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, glaucoma, etc.
US09926560B2
Rich tooling is provided for REST application development that integrates the exploration of a REST API, modeling of data types and the REST API, and the generation of artifacts using the modeled REST API and data types.
US09926557B2
The invention relates to a method for inducing or promoting skipping of exon 45 of DMD pre-mRNA in a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient, preferably in an isolated (muscle) cell, the method comprising providing an isolated muscle cell with a molecule that binds to a continuous stretch of at least 21 nucleotides within said exon. The invention further relates to such molecule used in the method.
US09926552B2
The present invention relates to a microfluidic device for extracting and isolating DNA from cells. The device includes a support having an inlet port for receiving a sample containing a cell, an outlet port for dispensing DNA isolated from the cell, and a microfluidic channel disposed within the support and extending from the inlet port to the outlet port. The microfluidic channel includes a micropillar array, an inflow channel disposed between the inlet port and the micropillar array, and an outflow channel disposed between the micropillar array and the outlet port. The micropillar array includes micropillars spatially configured to entrap, by size exclusion, the cell, to immobilize DNA released from the cell, and to maintain the immobilized DNA in elongated or non-elongated form when hydrodynamic force is applied to the microfluidic channel. Systems and methods of making and using the device are also provided herein.
US09926550B2
The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US09926544B2
The invention relates to improved alkaline phosphatases, pharmaceutical compositions comprising improved alkaline phosphatases and the use of improved alkaline phosphatases for preventing, treating or curing diseases.
US09926543B2
A new method of RNA-PAP was developed that can directly amplify RNA template without additional treatment. RNA-PAP brings in a new mechanism for amplification of RNA template in which RNA-dependent DNA pyrophosphorolysis and RNA-dependent DNA polymerization are serially coupled using 3′ blocked primers. Due to this serial coupling, RNA-PAP has high selectivity against mismatches on the RNA template, providing highly specific amplification of RNA template. In addition, mutant polymerases were genetically engineered for higher efficiency of RNA-dependent DNA pyrophosphorolysis and RNA-dependent DNA polymerization.
US09926535B2
The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes at least five internal genes from an influenza virus isolate that replicates to high titers in embryonated chicken eggs or MDCK cells.
US09926533B2
The present invention provides for identification and use of small molecules to induce pluripotency in mammalian cells as well as other methods of inducing pluripotency.
US09926529B2
The present invention is based in part on a chemically defined method of generating neural stem cells (NSCs) and dopaminergic (DA) neurons from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). The DA neurons of the invention can be derived from hPSCs and NSCs. The present invention also provides reagents and kits useful for the derivation of neural stem cells and dopaminergic neurons from human pluripotent stem cells.
US09926525B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for optimising the usage of laboratory and cell culturing space for cell culture and biomanufacturing. The invention provides a system and method that can be used to provide a plurality of workstations and/or storage bays for bioreactors in cell culturing and/or biomanufacturing facilities.
US09926519B2
Self-adhesive detergent compositions are described including a pH-sensitive color-changing system. The color-changing system is useful with certain acidic compositions and certain alkaline compositions. The compositions have a given color upon application to a hard surface, e.g., a toilet bowl. In one embodiment, when the self-adhesive composition is exposed to a water-based rinse, such as on flushing a toilet, the color-changing system provides the released cleaning portion of the composition, and thereby the water, with a color different from the color of the composition to indicate cleaning is occurring. In another embodiment, following exposure to a plurality of rinses, the color-changing system changes the color of the composition when the composition is near depletion to provide an “end-of-use” cue. In another embodiment, the color-changing system indicates dual functions by changing the color of the composition to another color when the composition is physically mixed with a rinse to provide manual cleaning.
US09926508B2
A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B+) and a conjugate base (X−), and is protic, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the conjugate base is represented by the following general formula (1): where n is an integer of from 0 to 6 in the general formula (1).
US09926501B2
An entrained-flow gasifier reactor includes a vessel and a first liner within the vessel. The first liner extends around a reaction zone in the vessel and has an inlet end and an exit end with respect to the reaction zone. The first liner includes a drip lip at the exit end. An isolator is arranged near the drip lip. The isolator is operable to thermally isolate the drip lip from a quench zone downstream from the reaction zone such that molten slag at the drip lip remains molten.
US09926499B2
The invention relates to a process for refining a heavy feedstock of the vacuum residue type. Selective deasphalting of the feedstock is conducted in a single-stage liquid/liquid extraction in an extractant. Extraction is carried out by means of a mixture of at least one polar solvent and at least one apolar solvent, to obtain an asphalt phase and a deasphalted oil (DAO) phase. The proportions of polar solvent and apolar solvent in the solvent mixture are adjusted according to properties of the feedstock, desired yield of asphalt and/or desired quality of the DAO. Deasphalting is implemented under subcritical conditions. At least a part of the DAO is subjected to hydrotreatment. At least a part of the effluent originating from the hydrotreatment is subjected to catalytic cracking in at least one fluidized-bed reactor under conditions allowing a gasoline fraction and/or a light olefins fraction to be produced.
US09926494B1
A method for the recovery of hydrocarbons from oil-bearing resources comprising diatomite entails a process that treats a material comprising diatomite resulting from a resource extraction process. The material comprising diatomite is treated using a solvent extraction process from which the oil, diatomite, and water are separated. The water and solvent extracted from the process are reused to continue the separation and resource extraction processes and the oil is collected and sold.
US09926493B2
A process for the removal of heavy oil/bitumen from oil/hydrocarbon wet and/or water wet tar sand. The tar sand is mixed with an inorganic liquid such as water or a treated effluent and an inorganic solid which is a silicate or metasilicate for a period of time sufficient for the inorganic liquid and the inorganic solid to interact and strip the heavy oil/bitumen from the tar sand. The process includes additional steps to produce clean heavy oil/bitumen and clear effluent.
US09926485B2
Nano-sized mixed metal oxide carriers capable of delivering a well treatment additive for a sustained or extended period of time in the environment of use, methods of making the nanoparticles, and uses thereof are described herein. The nanoparticles can have a formula of: A/[Mx1My2Mz3]OnHm where x is 0.03 to 3, y is 0.01 to 0.4, z is 0.01 to 0.4 and n and m are determined by the oxidation states of the other elements, and M1 can be aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), or thallium (Tl). M2 and M3 are not the same and can be a Column 2 metal, Column 14 metal, or a transition metal. A is can be a treatment additive.
US09926481B2
Systems and methods for drilling in a subterranean formation are disclosed. A method comprises providing a drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid comprises an aqueous fluid; a first polymer comprising 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, vinylpyrrolidinone, pentaerythritol allyl ether, and methylenebisacrylamide; and a second polymer comprising acrylate, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, methacrylic acid, and allyloxy 2-hydroxy propane sulfonic acid. The method further comprises placing the drilling fluid into the subterranean formation and drilling a wellbore in the subterranean formation.
US09926474B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a polyvinyl ether polymer. The polyvinyl ether polymer comprises 2-alkylalkoxyethylene monomeric units independently represented by the formula wherein R1 and R2 represent alkyl groups, and wherein taken together R1 and R2 have from 8 to 30 carbon atoms. An adhesive article comprises a layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition on a substrate.
US09926470B2
A two-phase adhesive composition and selective debonding agent are described. The adhesive composition comprises a substantially continuous first phase comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive and a discontinuous second phase comprising crosslinked silicone gel microparticles. When applied, the selective debonding agent is absorbed by the gel microparticles. The gel microparticles change size or shape and facilitate debonding the adhesive from a substrate by decreasing the contact area between the adhesive and the substrate. Methods to selectively debond pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, methods of making the pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, articles that utilize the pressure sensitive adhesive composition, adhesive systems, and kits that include an article containing the pressure sensitive adhesive composition and the selective debonding agent, are also described.
US09926469B2
Described herein is an adhesive composition comprising: (a) a (meth)acryloyl polymer; and (b) greater than 1 parts of a tackifier per 100 parts of the (meth)acryloyl polymer, wherein the tackifier comprises a substituted oligomeric quinoline.
US09926455B2
A solder mask ink for aerosol jet printing includes a metal oxide and a propylene glycol-based solvent; the solder mask ink has a viscosity from about 50 cps to about 1,000 cps at shear rate of 10 1/s at 25° C., and a shear thinning index from about 1.0 to about 2.0.
US09926453B2
A method for coating a surface comprises applying a layer of coating composition onto the surface, mechanically forming parallel ribs on the layer, and simultaneously polymerizing the layer with ultraviolet radiations. The coating composition comprises a mass percentage of urethan-acrylate oligomer, with an average molar mass in number between 1000 and 5000 g·mol−1, between 35% and 75%. The coating composition further comprises a mass percentage of a diluting agent, copolymerizable with urethan-acrylate oligomers, between 15% and 60%, and a mass percentage of pyrogenic silica between 0.5% and 5%.
US09926450B2
The present invention provides a compound capable of improving the dispersibility of color pigments in a water-insoluble solvent; and a pigment-dispersing agent. The present invention also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, which have satisfactory tinting strength. The present invention provides the compound containing a polymer having a monomer unit having a specific chemical structure, the compound having a moiety also having a specific structure.
US09926446B2
A phenolic resin composition for friction materials includes a high-ortho novolac phenolic resin, a novolac resorcinol resin, and hexamethylenetetramine.
US09926443B2
Provided herein are membranes including a blend of a propylene-based elastomer and an ethylene copolymer, a thermoplastic resin, a flame retardant, and an ultraviolet stabilizer.
US09926437B2
Provided are a rubber composition for tires, capable of improving discoloration resistance and tire appearance while maintaining good handling stability, crack resistance, and ozone resistance or improving these properties, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires including a rubber component having a combined amount of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 90% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of a rubber component; sulfur; a pluronic nonionic surfactant in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and carbon black in an amount of 2 to 70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US09926433B2
A polyolefin composition comprises (a) a polypropylene polymer, (b) 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dimethylphenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol, and (c) 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol. A method for producing a polyolefin composition comprises the steps of (a) providing a polypropylene polymer; (b) providing 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dimethylphenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol; (c) providing 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol; (d) mixing the 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dimethylphenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol and the 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol with the polypropylene polymer to produce a mixture; (e) heating the mixture to a temperature equal to or greater than the melting point of the polypropylene polymer; and (f) cooling the heated mixture to a temperature below the melting point of the polypropylene polymer, thereby producing a polyolefin composition.
US09926431B2
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin that includes residues of an aldehyde other than n-butyraldehyde are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers can exhibit enhanced or optimized properties as compared to those formulated with comparable poly(vinyl n-butyral) resins.
US09926430B2
The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescing agents. Monoesters and diesters according to the present invention were obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched.In particular, the invention is directed to a composition of coalescing agents comprising: (i) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters; and, (ii) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters obtained from the ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or transesterification, wherein the monoesters are present in an amount of 90 to 10 mass % and diesters are present in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %.
US09926416B2
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) polymers that have an average molecular weight of at least 500,000 g/mol and an enthalpy of at least 190 J/g is provided. The UHMWPE polymer may include at least one comonomer. The UHMWPE polymer is used to form a membrane, that, when expanded, has a node and fibril structure. The UHMWPE membrane has an endotherm of about 150° C. associated with the fibrils in the membrane. The membrane has a percent porosity of at least 25%, and in exemplary embodiments, the percent porosity is at least 60%. Additionally, the UHMWPE membrane has a thickness less than 1 mm. An UHMWPE membrane may be formed by lubricating the UHMWPE polymer, subjecting the lubricated polymer to pressure at a temperature below the melting point of the UHMWPE polymer to form a tape, and expanding the tape at a temperature below the melting temperature of the UHMWPE polymer.
US09926413B2
Methods to make a silica elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion of a never-dried, or as-produced, precipitated silica are described, along with silica elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.
US09926412B2
Solid-state shear pulverization of semi-crystalline polymers and copolymers thereof and related methods for enhanced crystallization kinetics and physical/mechanical properties.
US09926409B2
The present invention relates to a organopolysiloxane graft polymer including an organopolysiloxane segment as a main chain thereof and an unsaturated monomer-derived polymer segment as a side chain thereof, in which the unsaturated monomer-derived polymer segment contains a repeating unit derived from N,N-dimethyl acrylamide in an amount of not less than 50% by mass and not more than 100% by mass, and a content of the organopolysiloxane segment in the organopolysiloxane graft polymer is not less than 10% by mass and not more than 70% by mass.
US09926395B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid supported metallocene catalyst. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hybrid supported metallocene catalyst using two or more different types or more of metallocene compounds, among which one type of the metallocene compounds shows a high polymerization activity even when it is supported, and thus the catalyst has an excellent activity and can be utilized in the polymerization of olefinic polymers having ultra-high molecular weight. Based on the hybrid supported metallocene catalyst of the present invention, an olefinic polymer having high molecular weight and the desired physical property can be prepared.
US09926389B2
A fluid dynamic model having at least 5,000,000 cells of the portion of a gas phase reactor from the exit of the condenser to a half a reactor diameter above the bed plate is useful in determining the design of the bottom surface or support structure for a bed plate to minimize liquid pooling below and above the bed plate when operating in condensing mode.
US09926380B2
The specification describes the sequences for antibodies that recognize the HLA-A2-restricted peptide PR-1 in the context of HLA presentation on the surface of cancer cells. Use of these antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases are also provided.
US09926375B2
The present application relates to compositions of humanized and deimmunized anti-endoglin antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. One aspect relates to antibodies having one or more modifications in at least one amino acid residue of at least one of the framework regions of the variable heavy chain, the variable light chain or both. Another aspect relates to anti-endoglin antibodies which inhibit or treat fibrosis.
US09926361B2
Disclosed is a method for producing proteins having factor VIII procoagulant activity in serum-free medium by in vitro culturing of mammalian cells, wherein the serum-free medium contains an inhibitor against the protease released from cultured cells. In accordance with this invention, the inhibitor can protect the cleavage of a target protein during cultivation and increase homogeneity of a target molecule, wherein the inhibitor can be a dextran sulfate. This invention also relates to a method of purifying target molecules from the culture medium containing both a target molecule and selected inhibitors by affinity chromatography.
US09926357B2
The invention relates to truncated BMP-7 growth factors and variants thereof. The invention also relates to methods of making and using the truncated BMP-7 growth factors.
US09926355B2
The present invention relates to a chimeric protein that includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes a portion of a paracrine fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion of an FGF21 molecule. The portion of the paracrine FGF is modified to decrease binding affinity for heparin and/or heparan sulfate compared to the portion without the modification. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including chimeric proteins according to the present invention, methods for treating a subject suffering from diabetes, obesity, or metabolic syndrome, and methods of screening for compounds with enhanced binding affinity for the βKlotho-FGF receptor complex involving the use of chimeric proteins of the present invention.
US09926347B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for transporting xylose, arabinose and other monosaccharides, into a yeast cell.
US09926346B2
Recombinant Mycobacteria (rMyc) which contain sequences encoding a heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) fusion protein are provided, as are methods of making and using the rMyc and the fusion protein. The fusion protein includes an amino terminal mycobacterial antigen Ag85B leader peptide and transcription of the fusion protein is driven by an Ag85B promoter sequence. The recombinant fusion protein is produced in abundance by the rMyc, is post-translationally methylated, and is highly antigenic.
US09926343B2
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a mutant fragment of an outer surface protein A (OspA), a nucleic acid coding the same, a pharmaceutical composition (particularly for use as a medicament of in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection) comprising the polypeptide and/or the nucleic acid, a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection and a method of immunizing a subject.
US09926339B2
A novel fluorine-containing silane compound is provided. The fluorine-containing silane compound is capable of providing excellent water repellency and oil repellency, and is useful as a fluorine-containing silane coupling agent with applicability to a wide variety of applications, even if it has a chemical structure, which is free of a perfluoroalkyl group of 8 or more of carbon atoms; and has no risk of formation of PFOS or PFOA causing bioaccumulation potential and environment adaptability problems. A fluorine-containing silane compound containing at least one of each of a nitrogen-containing perfluoroalkyl group and an alkoxysilyl group in the molecule is selected.
US09926332B2
Compounds of formula (I) having a selective dual action on the central GABAergic system, and a process for their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US09926330B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of IRAK4 of Formula I and provides compositions comprising such inhibitors, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK4-mediated or -associated conditions or diseases.
US09926327B2
Described herein are improved processes for the preparation of the 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compound, N-methyl-1-{trans-4-[methyl(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino]cyclohexyl}-methanesulfonamide, intermediates thereof, and veterinary acceptable salts thereof.
US09926326B2
Autophagy inhibitors useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases are described. The autophagy inhibitors are a compound of formula: I wherein R1 is a group selected from lower alkyl, lower alkyl amide, lower alkyl ester, lower alkyl ketone, and lower alkyl ether; R2 and R3 are H or a group selected from cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, lower alkyl amide, lower alkyl ester, lower alkyl ketone, and lower alkyl ether; R4 is a heteroaryl group; and L is a —(CH2)n—X—(CH2)n— group, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, or 4, X is absent, O, S, or N—R5, wherein R5 is H or a lower alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09926320B2
The invention relates to the use of compounds of general structure (I) in modulation of the Wnt pathway [Formula should be inserted here] wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, H or an alkyl group; D is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and dialkylamino, each (other than H and halogen) being optionally substituted; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group, optionally substituted; Cy is an aryl, heteroaryl or a saturated ring containing at least one heteroatom, each being optionally substituted; and n is an integer from 1 to 3.
US09926319B2
The invention provides novel substituted pyridyl piperidine compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammatory or degenerative diseases.
US09926313B2
A series of substituted 3H imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
US09926312B2
4-Azaindole derivatives which are modulators of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) M1 and which may be effective for the prevention or disease modifying or symptomatic treatment of cognitive deficits associated with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer-type dementia (AD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 4-azaindole derivative as an active ingredient.
US09926305B2
Salts of 1-(3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazol-6-yl)-2,4-dioxo-3-[(1R)-4-(trifluoromethyl) -2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid of the formula (I), in particular amino acid salts such as the lysine salt and alkali metal salts such as the sodium salt and the potassium salt, processes for their preparation, medicaments comprising them and their use for controlling diseases.
US09926301B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that inhibit the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09926295B2
The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
US09926287B2
A method of crystallizing docetaxel is disclosed. The method comprises (a) combining docetaxel and at least one solubilizing solvent to obtain a solution, wherein the solubilizing solvent is selected from the group consisting of acetone, methyl-tert-butyl ether, tetrahydrofuran (THF), and acetonitrile and (b) adding an anti-solvent to the solution to obtain a crystalline docetaxel, wherein the anti-solvent is water.
US09926278B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, including all stereoisomers, (N-oxides), and salts thereof, wherein A and R are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula I, comprising reacting a compound of Formula II with an aroyl enolate salt of Formula III in the presence of an acid in an aqueous solvent mixture, wherein A, R and M are as defined in the disclosure.Also disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula IV, comprising reacting a compound of Formula I with an aldehyde of Formula V in the presence of a secondary amine salt, wherein A, B and R are as defined in the disclosure
US09926272B2
This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
US09926271B2
The present invention provides Octahydrocyclopentapyrrole compounds having the structure: (structurally represented) wherein psi is absent or present, and when present is a bond; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF, or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is absent or present, and when present is H, OH, or halogen; A is absent or present, and when present is C(O) or C(O)NH; B is substituted or unsubstituted monocycle, bicycle, heteromonocycle, heterobicycle, benzyl, CO2H or (C1-C4 alkyl)-CO2H, wherein when B is CO2H, then A is present and is C(O); and when psi is present, then R6 is absent and when psi is absent, then R6 is present, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treatment of diseases characterized by excessive lipofuscin accumulation in the retina.
US09926262B2
Described herein are compounds that are EP4 agonists and antagonists which are useful for treating a variety of pathological conditions associated with activity of EP4 receptors.
US09926261B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I: and salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions comprising of compounds of formula I and methods using compounds of formula I.
US09926250B2
The present disclosure provides a system (100) for regenerating MEG, the system (100) comprising at least one flash drum (101) adapted to increase the temperature of rich MEG. At least one settling tank (102) is fluidly connected to the flash drum (101) where low solubility salts in the rich MEG are precipitated. Further, at least one filter unit (103) is fluidly connected to downstream of settling tank (102), and is configured to separate low solubility salt precipitates from the rich MEG. Furthermore, at least one storage tank (104) is positioned downstream of the filter unit (103), which is configured to receive and accumulate filtrate containing rich MEG. A reclamation column (105) is fluidly connected to the storage tank (104), which comprises a distillation chamber (106) and vane-mesh assembly (107) configured to produce lean MEG. The system (100) also has water handling capacity from 400 m3/day to 450 m3/day.
US09926245B2
Methods to synthesize fuels and chemicals from natural gas liquids are described. Higher alcohols are synthesized starting from natural gas liquid compounds by converting an alkane from a NGL to an olefin, dimerizing said olefin, and, hydrating said olefin product to form a higher alcohol. Higher alcohols are synthesized starting from natural gas liquid compounds by converting an alkane from a NGL to an olefin, oxidizing the olefin to form a ketone or aldehyde and, hydrogenating the aldehyde or ketone product to form a higher alcohol. Thus, NGL component butane may be dehydrogenated to form butane, butylene is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst to form methylethyl ketone and methylethyl ketone hydrogenated to form butanol.
US09926243B2
The present invention relates to a process for separating isomers by simulated moving bed (SMB) adsorption, comprising separating the raw materials comprising isomers by SMB adsorption, said SMB comprising many adsorption beds each of which is equipped with grids, each of the grids being equipped with the feedstock inlet and outlet pipeline of the bed, the feedstock charged into and discharged from SMB at least comprising feedstocks, desorbent, extract, and raffinate, the extract being enriched with the target product, characterized in that the extract is used as a flushing liquid and respectively charged to first or second bed at the upstream of the feedstock charging position and to one of second to fourth beds at the downstream of the extract withdrawing position. Such process is used for separation of C8 aromatic isomers by adsorption, and can improve the capacity of the device while effectively increasing the purity of the target product separated by adsorption.
US09926240B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing chemical grade BTX from a mixed feedstream comprising C5-C12 hydrocarbons by contacting said feedstream in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst having hydrocracking/hydrodesulphurization activity. Particularly, a process for producing BTX from a feedstream comprising C5-C12 hydrocarbons is provided comprising the steps of: (a) contacting said feedstream in the presence of hydrogen with a combined hydrocracking/hydrodesulphurization catalyst to produce a hydrocracking product stream comprising BTX; and (b) separating the BTX from the hydrocracking product stream. The hydrocracking/hydrodesulphurization catalyst comprises 0.1-1 wt-% hydrogenation metal in relation to the total catalyst weight. The hydrocracking/hydrodesulphurization catalyst further comprises a zeolite having a pore size of 5-8 Å and a silica (SiO2) to alumina (Al2O3) molar ratio of 5-200. The hydrocracking/hydrodesulphurization conditions include a temperature of 450-580° C., a pressure of 300-5000 kPa gauge and a Weight Hourly Space Velocity of 0.1-10 h−1.
US09926225B2
Described herein are aqueous acidic glass etching solutions or media comprising HF and H2SO4, wherein HF is present in concentrations not exceeding about 1.3M. The etching solutions are used to treat glass articles such as thin glass sheets at above-ambient temperatures to etch slight thicknesses of surface glass therefrom, the etching solutions exhibiting improved stability against dissolved glass precipitation and rapid glass removal rates at slightly elevated temperatures.
US09926223B2
A method of bonding a high-strength zirconia post serving as a core in a glass-ceramic block, a method of bonding a metal link fastened with an implant fixture to the zirconia post, and glass-ceramic bondable to the zirconia post and a preparation method thereof, when preparing artificial teeth through a CAD/CAM processing method by using the glass-ceramic block as an artificial-teeth material. The lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing cristobalite crystalline includes glass-ceramics composition including 10 to 15 wt % Li2O, 68 to 76 wt % SiO2, 2 to 5 wt % P2O5 working as a nuclei formation agent, 0 to 5 wt % Al2O3 to increase glass transition temperature and softening temperature and increase chemical durability of the glass, 2 to 3 wt % ZrO2, 0.5 to 3 wt % CaO for enhancing a thermal expansion coefficient of the glass, 0.5 to 5 wt % Na2O, 0.5 to 5 wt % K2O, and 1 to 2 wt % colorants, and 0 to 2.0 wt % mixture of MgO, ZnO, F, and La2O3.
US09926221B2
To provide a near infrared cutoff filter glass which is excellent in optical properties such that the transmittance of visible light is high, and the transmittance of near infrared light is low. A near infrared cutoff filter glass comprising components of P, F, Al, R (R is at least one member selected from Li, Na and K), R′ (R′ is at least one member selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn) and Cu, wherein (Cu+/the total amount of Cu)×100[%] is within a range of from 0.01 to 4.0%.
US09926218B2
A glass sheet forming system (10) has two parallel forming lines (12) that can utilize any two of three forming stations (18) to provide versatility in use for forming different glass sheet jobs of different sizes and shapes while reducing switchover time from one job to the next.
US09926217B2
Systems and methods for controlling the flow of vitrified material. In at least some embodiments, a vitrified material control system comprises a melt chamber (8) configured to contain a molten material (27) during operation of the control system; a siphon valve (11) configured to facilitate a flow of the molten material from the melt chamber; and a vacuum-generation system (26, 15, 16) configured to controllably deliver a vacuum to the molten material in the melt chamber and to thereby regulate a flow of the molten material from the melt chamber. In other embodiments, methods of controlling a flow of molten vitrified material from a heating device are disclosed. The methods may include, for example, applying a vacuum to the molten material to control a dwell time of the molten material in a vessel of the heating device and regulating the vacuum based on a measured temperature of the molten material.
US09926207B2
An apparatus for controlling chemical properties of a body of water, the apparatus comprising: a housing, said housing comprising: a water sample collecting subassembly; chemical reagent dispensing subassembly; a water diagnostic subassembly; and a control module, said control module disposed on the housing, said control module comprising: a means for inputting desired functional parameters and water chemical properties into the apparatus; a means for measuring the actual physical conditions of the water; a means for comparing the actual physical conditions of the water to the desired physical conditions of the water; and a means for instructing the system to dispense chemical reagents to the water at a rate and dosage necessary to cause the water to generally achieve the desired physical conditions within a desired period of time and for a desired time period; and a means for displaying the apparatus parameters and water chemical properties in human readable form.
US09926203B2
A compound that is 2,2,4,4-tetrasilylpentasilane, chemical compositions comprising same, methods of making and purifying 2,2,4,4-tetrasilylpentasilane, the purified 2,2,4,4-tetrasilylpentasilane prepared thereby, and methods of forming silicon-containing materials using 2,2,4,4-tetrasilylpentasilane as a precursor.
US09926201B1
A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating buckypaper or similar sheets of nanostructures having relatively high aspect ratios. A dispersion of nanostructures such as nanotubes is subjected to fluid dynamics/forces which promote alignment of their axes of elongation while in suspension in the flow. An agglomeration of better aligned nanostructures is isolated from the carrier fluid into a useable form. In the case of nanotubes, one form is buckypaper. One example of alignment forces is Taylor-Couette flow shear forces. One example of isolation is filtering the flowing dispersion to collect better aligned nanostructures across the filter into a sheet or film. The degree of alignment can produce anisotropic material properties that can be beneficially used in application of the sheet or film.
US09926199B1
An ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure and a methods for forming the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure capable of greatly improving the carbon yield (remaining mass % after carbonization) of an open-cellular polymer material. In one embodiment, the method starts with providing an ordered open-cellular polymer template material. The polymer template material is immersed in a reservoir containing a liquid monomer solution, wherein the liquid monomer solution swells the polymer material. Then the polymer template material is removed from the reservoir containing liquid monomer solution. Excess liquid monomer solution is removed from the polymer template material. The liquid monomer solution absorbed into the polymer template material is polymerized forming a copolymer material by irradiating the template material with ultraviolet (UV) light in a nitrogen environment. The copolymer material is heated in an inert atmosphere, wherein the copolymer material is carbonized resulting in the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure.
US09926195B2
The present teachings provide methods for providing populations of single-walled carbon nanotubes that are substantially monodisperse in terms of diameter, electronic type, and/or chirality. Also provided are single-walled carbon nanotube populations provided thereby and articles of manufacture including such populations.
US09926186B2
A beverage dispensing system includes a point of sale and one or more free-pour and/or controlled-pour spouts. The system receives data at the point of sale that includes a beverage selection entered at a user interface and determines the ingredients in the beverage selection. A dispensing instruction is sent to one of the controlled-pour spouts to dispense a quantity of the ingredient based at least in part on the beverage selection. For the free-pour spouts, a quantity of the ingredient is measured as the ingredient is dispensed from a container through a free-pour spout. The point of sale receives data that includes the identity of the ingredient and the measured quantity. A price of the beverage selection is calculated based at least in part on the ingredients dispensed and the quantities thereof. The price may be automatically calculated upon dispensing of the beverage selection.
US09926184B2
An apparatus and method for collecting drips from a spout on a beverage dispenser has a table top base that is held in place by the weight of a beverage dispenser. The table top base supports a drip catch reservoir, and drips hit a back plate with guides before washing into the drip catch reservoir. The drip catch reservoir has an outlet allowing drainage into a disposal tank without moving the apparatus.
US09926183B2
A refrigerator with a single lever switch for a user to control dispensing both water and ice. A water/ice dispenser includes a main body, an ice discharge port disposed on one side of the main body, an ice guide coupled to the outlet of the ice discharge port, a water discharge port disposed on the other side of the main body, and an integral lever. The integral lever is coupled pivotally to the ice guide through its middle portion. One end of the integral lever serves as a water discharge button for a user to request dispensing water and the other end of the integral lever serves as an ice discharge button for a user to request dispensing ice.
US09926167B1
A mobile wire dispenser apparatus includes a base frame to which an upper frame is releasably lockable. The apparatus further includes a primary spool mounting assembly for supporting a first spool of wire and a secondary spool mounting assembly for supporting a second spool of wire. To facilitate mobility, the apparatus includes a plurality of wheels and an elongated handle.
US09926163B2
An adjustable tray includes a first board, a second board and an adjustment component. The second board is pivoted on the first board, and the second board has at least one first position section and at least one second position section. The adjustment component includes a main part and at least one abutted part connected to each other. A first distance is between the first position section and the first board. A second distance is between the second position section and the first board. The first distance is different from the second distance. The main part is movably disposed on the first board for positioning the abutted part at the first position section or the second position section to pivot the second board with a first angle or a second angle between the first board and the second board, and the first angle is different from the second angle.
US09926160B2
A web unwind stand for obtaining, loading, splicing, and unwinding convolutely wound rolls of web material and forwarding the web material unwound from each of the convolutely wound rolls uninterruptedly to a downstream apparatus is disclosed. The unwind stand comprises splicing means, a first positionable roll grasping apparatus for obtaining and disposing a first of the convolutely wound rolls proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means, and, second positionable roll grasping apparatus for obtaining and disposing a second of the convolutely wound rolls proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means.
US09926158B2
A bag dispensing device comprises a box and a roll of bags, the bags being connected together in the roll. Each bag defines a closed bottom end and an upper end that is closed while the bag is part of the roll but that becomes open once the bag is detached from the roll. The roll of bags is located in the container with at least one leading bag thereof extending out of the container so as to be grasped by the user and detached from the roll when a bag is needed by the user for receiving therein a sample or the like.
US09926157B2
A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus and an image forming system, includes a sheet loader on which a sheet bundle is loaded, an air blower to blow air to the sheet bundle loaded on the sheet loader and float upper sheets of the sheet bundle, a loader elevation device to lift and lower the sheet loader, a reflective optical detector including a first reflective optical detector to detect the upper sheets floated by the air blower and a second reflective optical detector to detect multiple floating sheets located below the floating sheets detected by the first reflective optical detector, and a controller configured to control the loader elevation device to perform a lifting operation of the sheet loader based on a combination of an output value of the first reflective optical detector and an output value of the second reflective optical detector.
US09926154B1
A paper feeding device includes a pickup mechanism, a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism, a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism, a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism, a transmission mechanism driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism. The ultrasonic circuit unit includes an ultrasonic detecting module, an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module, a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit, an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit, a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter, and a driving unit electrically connected with the processor and the transmission mechanism.
US09926143B2
An apparatus for supplying spout attachment bags including a first transfer device for transferring a spout attachment bag in a horizontal orientation, a positioning device for receiving and horizontally positioning the spout attachment bag transferred from the first transfer device, a second transfer device for transferring upward the spout attachment bag positioned by the positioning device and changing the spout attachment bag from the horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation so that the spout attachment opening faces upward and is horizontal, and a detection device. The position of the spout attachment opening on the positioning device is detected by the detection device and is compared to a preset reference position, so that any amount of deviation between the two positions is corrected, thus keeping the height positions of the spout attachment openings of the spout attachment bags changed to a vertical orientation steady.
US09926133B1
The trash bag holder includes a substantially rectangular two-part frame assembly for clamping the trash bag in an open position, the frame assembly including an upper frame member and a lower frame member. A pair of latches releasably secure the upper frame and the lower frame to each other with the open mouth of the bag clamped between the members. The holder may include a telescoping handle rotatably attached to the frame assembly, the handle being pivotal between an extended position for holding the open mouth of the bag while sweeping trash into the bag with a broom and a retracted position against the frame assembly when not in use. The trash bag holder may include a vertical, open frame stand, which may have casters for portability, the stand having parallel arms defining a ledge for supporting the frame assembly with the bag hanging open between the arms.
US09926129B2
A single hole single action aerosol can comprises, a can body having a lower portion and an upper portion, a valve housing, an inner sleeve having a suction tube and a plurality of plastic wings arranged around the suction tube, a detachable unit, a dip tube configured to discharge a mixture from the can body. The upper portion of the can body comprises a stem, an outer gasket, an inner gasket, a mounting cup, a spring and a nozzle. The inner sleeve having a chemical A and the can body having a chemical B. Further, the mixture configured to include chemical A and chemical B. Also, the inner sleeve is integrated with the suction tube for mixing the chemical A and chemical B and discharging the mixture from the can body with single action.
US09926124B2
A liquid storage container which can be securely inflated within an external container. The liquid storage container includes a bag body and an ejection outlet. The bag body includes a plurality of bellows portions formed by accordion-folding the bag body along longitudinal crease lines, and has a double-folded portion formed by folding the bag body along an upper lateral crease line and a lower lateral crease line. With reference to the bag body, the following relations are satisfied: 10%
US09926123B2
A method of hydrating a human can include: providing a bicep hydration sleeve; attaching the hydration sleeve to a bicep region of the human; lifting the hydration sleeve to the mouth of the human by moving the bicep toward the chin; inserting the mouthpiece of the hydration sleeve into the mouth; and drinking from the hydration sleeve, wherein the lifting, inserting, and drinking are performed without handling the hydration sleeve with either hand of the human.
US09926113B2
A container is provided. A main body has a barrel body and a cover body, the cover body is normally in a first position and optionally movable to a second position. An electronic processing unit is arranged on the main body. A sensing device, a power connecting device and a driving device are arranged on the main body and electrically connected to the electronic processing unit. When the cover body is in the first position, the cover body covers the placement opening, the cover body and the barrel body are in a fixed relative position; and when the cover body is in the second position, the cover body is remote from the placement opening. When the cover body receives an external force to move away from the barrel body, the driving device actuates the cover body to move from the first position to the second position.
US09926110B2
A shotgun shell novelty caddy, comprising: a removable cap(s) element; a shotgun shell brass head end member; a shotgun shell crimp end member; a built-in accessible storage chamber element; a attachment member(s) area; and a non attachment area, a shotgun shell novelty caddy configured so that it is attachable and non-attachable, wherein when a cap is openable and closable via a user, a stored item is easily accessible to the user.
US09926100B2
A pallet-sized shipping and display tray includes a base portion having an interior space and opposed sides ends. The respective spaced-apart first and second vertical columns each of which is configured to be positioned in the opposed ends of the interior space of the base portion. Each of the respective first and second spaced-apart vertical columns includes two shoulder panels, two coterminous spine panels, and two arm panels all of which are foldably joined to one another. At least one deck is configured to be attached to the respective spaced-apart first and second vertical columns to form a bridge. The at least one deck includes a supporting panel having two side depending flanges and two end depending flanges, the flanges foldably joined to one another so as to adequately support a weight of one or more upper display trays when they are stacked upon one another.
US09926099B2
A cup sleeve formed from a blank having a body portion and a coaster portion extending therefrom. The coaster portion being press fit against the body portion in an in-use orientation forming a generally multi-sided sleeve the coaster forming a bottom portion of the sleeve.
US09926090B2
An apparatus for processing bales, for agricultural machines provided with a chamber for forming a substantially cylindrical bale. The apparatus includes at least one structure for supporting a reel of banded material, of the type of a net, a polymeric film, and the like, designed to wrap the bale. The apparatus includes means of movement of a device for the transfer and delivery of an end flap of the reel to the forming chamber; such device is provided with an end blade which can move along a work path, from a first limit position, in which the blade is proximate to the reel supported by the structure, for the withdrawal of the end flap, to a second limit position, in which the blade is facing toward the chamber, for the delivery of the flap to the chamber, and vice versa, such limit positions having substantially the same height from the ground.
US09926086B2
An apparatus for managing aircraft health data includes a wireless network server disposed onboard an aircraft, and at least one wireless condition monitoring device disposed onboard the aircraft, wirelessly connected to the wireless network server and configured to transmit respective health data to the wireless network server based on a communication scheme that maintains an availability of an aircraft wireless network.
US09926081B2
An aircraft turbopropeller includes two coaxial contra-rotating unducted propellers, upstream and downstream respectively, each propeller including an annular row of blades. The blades of the downstream propeller have a reverse sweep in relation to that of the blades of the upstream propeller. The leading edges of the blades of the downstream propeller extend radially outwards from downstream to upstream, at least over a radially outer portion of the blades.
US09926074B2
The invention relates to landing gear of an aircraft, the landing gear having skids and cross-members. The landing gear has at least one damper device arranged on at least one of the cross-members referred to as a “damped” cross-member. The damper device includes two stroke-transfer means hinged to the damped cross-member and to a fuselage of the aircraft. Each stroke-transfer means comprises a crank hinged to the damped cross-member and a link rod hinged to the crank and to the fuselage. A damper is hinged to each crank.
US09926071B2
A configuration and system for rendering an aircraft spin resistant is disclosed. Resistance of the aircraft to spinning is accomplished by constraining a stall cell to a wing region adjacent to the fuselage and distant from the wing tip. Wing features that facilitate this constraint include but are not limited to one or more cuffs, stall strips, vortex generators, wing twists, wing sweeps and horizontal stabilizers. Alone or in combination, aircraft configuration features embodied by the present invention render the aircraft spin resistant by constraining the stall cell, which allows control surfaces of the aircraft to remain operational to control the aircraft.
US09926068B2
A window for a vehicle includes at least one transparent pane suspendable within a frame. The transparent pane comprises a deformable material. The transparent pane defines a first surface position h1 when not subjected to a pressure differential thereacross and a second surface position h2 when subject to the differential pressure thereacross. The first and second surface positions are defined with reference to an outside mold line. The first surface position h1 defines a reverse curvature with respect to the outside mold line. In response to the differential pressure ΔP, the second surface position h2 includes bulging of the transparent pane by a predetermined distance Δh. The frame is constructed to be positioned within the vehicle such that the transparent pane presents a surface, when subjected to the pressure differential ΔP, that is substantially consistent with the outside mold line of the vehicle.
US09926067B1
A method and apparatus are provided. The apparatus comprises a composite stringer having a flange configured to contact a composite skin. The flange comprises a first region comprising tapered plies, a second region comprising tapered plies, and a first end. The first end is configured to extend to an edge of the composite skin.
US09926066B2
A corner fitting may include a male fitting having a convex portion and a female fitting having a concave portion configured complementary to the convex portion. In addition, the corner fitting may include a strap having a strap radius portion and a pair of strap planar portions extending from opposite ends of the strap radius portion. The strap planar portions may be parallel to one another when the strap radius portion is clamped between the convex portion and the concave portion and the corner fitting is viewed from a side, and non-parallel to one another when the corner fitting is viewed from an end.
US09926061B2
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a first support mounted on a boat body, a second support that rotatably supports the outboard motor body, a linkage that couples the first support and the second support to each other such that the second support is movable in a vertical direction and rotatable with respect to the first support, a first drive that rotates the second support coupled to the first support through the linkage with respect to the first support while moving the second support in the vertical direction with respect to the first support, and a second drive that rotates the outboard motor body with respect to the second support.
US09926059B2
A ship comprising a hull having a transom and a bottom, and an azimuthing propulsion unit arranged to the bottom of the ship hull, which azimuthing propulsion unit comprises a propeller. The azimuthing propulsion unit comprises an exposed operation mode in which the propeller sets, behind the transom of the hull and that the azimuthing propulsion unit is rotatable and comprises a protected position mode in which the azimuthing propulsion unit stays below the hull of the ship.
US09926053B1
An electric powered auxiliary drive operates the elevator of a boat lift via the lift's hand wheel.
US09926042B2
A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames are spaced apart and connected to the vessels in a configuration that spaces the vessels apart. The first frame connects to the first vessel with a universal joint and to the second vessel with a hinged connection. The second frame connects to the second vessel with a universal joint and to the first vessel with a hinged or pinned connection. Each of the frames extends upwardly in an inverted u-shape, providing a space under the frame and in between the barges that enables a marine vessel to be positioned in between the barges and under the frames.
US09926038B2
A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, and at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance. The sprocket body is configured to be rotatable about a rotational center axis. The plurality of sprocket teeth extend radially outward from an outer periphery of the sprocket body. The at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance is configured to limit axial curvature of a bicycle chain engaging with an independent neighboring bicycle sprocket which is adjacent to the bicycle sprocket without another sprocket between the bicycle sprocket and the independent neighboring bicycle sprocket. The axial curvature is curvature of the bicycle chain relative to the bicycle sprocket when viewed from a radial direction perpendicular to the rotational center axis. The at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance is disposed on at least one of an outward facing side and an inward facing side.
US09926036B2
This device is a reverse mechanism for a motorcycle with a sidecar. It is related to a motorcycle conversion assembly whereby the sidecar is outfitted with a mechanism to allow the motorcycle and sidecar combination apparatus to move in a rearward direction. The device is comprised of a retractable wheel, a drive system, a control mechanism, a battery power source and a structure to removably connect the drive and wheel to both the motorcycle and sidecar.
US09926034B2
A replacement shifter peg is easily stored and allows for broken shift levers to quickly be repaired while requiring minimal tool use. The replacement shifter peg includes an adapter arm, a pedal, and a fastener. The adapter arm receives a broken shift lever, while the pedal is connected to the adapter arm in order to serve as new shifter peg. The adapter arm is formed from a tubular body (with a shaft-receiving region defined inside), a mount end that receive the broken shift lever, and a free end to which the pedal is connected. Fastener receptacles traverse through the tubular body to provide multiple position choices for fastening the replacement shifter peg relative to a broken shift lever. The fastener is a set screw that creates a vise by pressing against a shift lever positioned within the shaft-receiving region.
US09926032B1
A convertible bicycle has separable front and rear wheel units. The convertible bicycle can operate in individual or in tandem mode as a tricycle unit. The rear wheel unit has a vertical interlocking gear which can interface with a frontal interlocking gear of the frontal wheel unit. The front wheel unit of an auxiliary bicycle can be detached and the remaining rear wheel unit attached to the rear wheel unit of another bicycle in order to form a tandem tricycle.
US09926023B2
A rectifying device includes: at least one front rectifying member that is disposed adjacent to projecting components on a rear side of a vehicle with respect to the projecting components to extend substantially along a vehicle width direction and project downward; and a rear rectifying member that is disposed at a center in the vehicle width direction on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the front rectifying member to extend substantially along the vehicle width direction and project downward. The projecting components are disposed to at least partly project from an underside part of a vehicle body and provided as a pair apart from each other in the vehicle width direction.
US09926016B2
A load bearing panel member having a first portion, a second portion, and an appearance surface portion is formed by injection molding such that the first portion includes a plurality of ribs forming a grid pattern on the first portion and another plurality of ribs extending toward the periphery of the first portion which may be non-orthogonal to each other and to the ribs forming the grid pattern. An internal channel may be formed within each of the non-orthogonal ribs by injecting a gas into the rib during the molding process forming the panel. An appearance surface portion attached to the first portion and second portion of the panel member forms an integral hinge between the first and second portions of the panel member. The panel member may be configured as a floor panel of a vehicle.
US09926011B2
A method for steering assistance in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle comprises identifying an upcoming curve, detecting an inner lane boundary and an outer lane boundary of the upcoming curve, determining a safety distance between the vehicle and the outer lane boundary, and controlling a position of the vehicle in the curve with respect to the inner and outer lane boundary such that the vehicle is at a distance from the outer lane boundary which is equal to or larger than the safety distance. A steering assistance system is also described capable of performing the method for steering assistance.
US09926000B2
An adjustable steering column assembly comprises a telescopic shroud which comprises an outer tubular portion and an inner tubular portion where the overall length can be adjusted by relative movement of the two portions, a support bracket secured to a fixed part of a vehicle and a releasable clamp assembly which is movable between an unclamped position in which the shroud can be adjusted telescopically and a clamped position in which the outer tubular portion clamps onto the inner tubular portion thereby preventing telescopic movement of the shroud during normal use of the assembly. The outer tubular portion includes an elongated slot and two clamp rails, each located on a respective side of the slot and including an elongated opening through which a clamp bolt of the clamp assembly passes. At least one of the rails varies in cross-section at the various positions at which the rails may be clamped such that, in use, the rails resiliently deform when the assembly is in the clamped position by an amount dependent on the relative telescopic position of the inner and outer tubular portions.
US09925982B2
A method for operating a vehicle drive train includes operating the vehicle drive train with a drive unit switched on, with the drive unit connected to an output by a transmission, and with a positive-locking shifting element open. In response to a coasting operating state request for the vehicle drive train and a rotational speed of a transmission output being greater than a threshold, the drive unit is switched off and power flow between the drive unit and the output is interrupted by opening at least one of a plurality of frictional-locking shifting elements. The method also includes closing the positive-locking shifting element during the coasting operating state and no later than a leave coasting operating state request.
US09925976B2
A hybrid electric vehicle drive apparatus has a setting portion for setting a limit value of a driving torque that a motor outputs when driving a hybrid electric vehicle by the power of the motor only, based on a maximum torque that the motor enables to output and a starting torque used to start an internal combustion engine by the motor. The setting portion sets the limit value to a first value and sets the limit value to a second value which is greater than the first value when a vehicle speed of the vehicle does not increase even though an accelerator pedal position degree increases while the vehicle is being driven only by the motor.
US09925967B2
Disclosed is a brake actuator which is able to adjust the operational states of a brake connection to the lower end of a push rod disposed movable upward or downward while passing through the lower end of a service brake housing in such a way that a diaphragm moves upward or downward a pressure plate in response to the elastic force of a compressive spring in a spring chamber and the adjustment of an air pressure in a pressure chamber.
US09925966B2
A brake master cylinder arrangement includes a housing with a cylindrical recess, a pressure piston moveable in the cylindrical recess along a longitudinal axis and guided in a sealing manner, and a reservoir for storing brake fluid that is fluidically connected via a fluid channel to the housing. The pressure piston and the housing enclose a pressure chamber that is connected to a fluid circuit of the brake system. Depending on the position of the associated pressure piston, the pressure chamber is either fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir or disconnected therefrom. In a region that axially spans the sealing arrangement in a starting position of the pressure piston, the outer circumferential surface of the pressure piston has profiling that provides a fluidic connection between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber.
US09925963B2
Disclosed herein are an autonomous emergency braking system and a method of controlling the same, capable of autonomously performing emergency braking using information detected by a radar sensor. The autonomous emergency braking system includes a radar sensor and an ECU. The radar sensor transmits a radio wave and receives a wave reflected from an object in front of a vehicle, so as to detect the object in front of the vehicle. The ECU receives object detection information from the radar sensor, and stops or puts off autonomous emergency braking when the number of times the object is detected within a predetermined distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times, based on the received object detection information.
US09925960B2
A portable electric car washer is mainly formed by a soft water bag (1), a change valve (2), a belt wheel outer box, an electronic water pump, a water gun, and a water discharging pipe (5). The soft water bag (1), the water discharging pipe (5) and water feeding and discharging openings of the water pump are all connected to the change valve (2). The switching of the change valve (2) can make water pass through the water discharging pipe (5), is filled into the water bag (1) or ejected out of the water bag (1). After all water is discharged from the soft water bag (1), the soft water bag (1) can be placed in the belt wheel outer box. The belt wheel outer box is provided with a castor to movably support the soft water bag (1). The belt wheel outer box is mainly formed by a box body (3) and a cover plate (4). The castor is mounted below the cover plate (4), and the cover plate (4) can be taken off and is cushioned and fixed on a bottom of the box body (3) to movably support the box body (3). The cover plate (4) can cover the box body (3), so that the castor can be placed in the box body (3) and after being placed in, the box body (3) is like a suitcase. The portable electric car washer of the present invention is small, delicate, and portable, needs less power to take water, is easy to be placed in, is well compatible with a water source, has low requirements on cleanliness of the water source, does not require manually injecting water to start water pumping, and can also be used for rescue if a vehicle is trapped in water.
US09925950B2
Active airbag vent systems and associated systems and methods are described herein. An airbag system having an active vent configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, a first inflator operably coupled to a first hose for inflating an airbag in response to a rapid deceleration event. The airbag system can further include a second inflator operably coupled to a second hose configured to release a vent or seam on the airbag to rapidly deflate the airbag after initial deployment of the airbag.
US09925945B2
An airbag assembly in a vehicle is provided. The airbag assembly comprises a base and a housing to be inserted into the base. The housing includes a first connection part protruding from an outer wall of the housing and a second connection part extending from the first connection part and facing the outer wall and the base includes a first slot extending in a first direction and a second slot extending from the first slot at a second direction different from the first direction, and the first slot includes an open end to receive the first connection part. The housing is connected with the base when first connection part is received in the second slot.
US09925938B2
Metallic grille inserts and methods for installing metallic grille inserts are disclosed, which are configured to protect air-cooled radiators of motor vehicles. The metallic grille inserts can be installed and disposed between an air-cooled radiator and front-end grille of an automobile without the need for drilling or using screws, bolts, or mounting frames to fixedly secure the metallic grille insert in place.
US09925933B2
A vehicle is disclosed comprising a pre-charge circuit, including a resistor, that selectively connects a traction battery to an electrical impedance. A controller is programmed to inhibit pre-charging for an amount of time when a predetermined number of pre-charge cycles have occurred within a preceding predetermined period of time. The predetermined number of pre-charge cycles may be based on a voltage or current magnitude across the resistor during the previous pre-charge cycles. The predetermined number of times may be modified based on prior successful and failed pre-charge cycles. A method of limiting a temperature increase of a pre-charge resistor is disclosed comprising counting a number of prior pre-charge cycles and inhibiting pre-charging when the number of prior pre-charge cycles within the preceding period of time exceeds a threshold.
US09925929B2
An apparatus for ejecting an electric DVD deck may include a housing fixedly disposed in an internal space of a vehicle body trim panel, the DVD deck disposed in a lower portion of the housing, an actuator disposed between the housing and the DVD deck such that the DVD deck is ejected from the internal space of the vehicle body trim panel by upward and downward movement of the DVD deck, a sensor to detect upward and downward movement of the DVD deck, and a control module to control the actuator, in which, when a signal of the sensor is not received within a reference time during operation of the actuator, the control module may allow the DVD deck to return to a movement start position.
US09925927B2
A console box includes a console body including a pair of right and left side-walls, a storage container accommodated in the console body, a lid part openably placed in contact with upper edge parts of the console body, and an inwardly-bent part formed on the upper edge part of each side-wall of the console body, the inwardly-bent part being overlapped with the corresponding side-wall in an inside-and-outside direction so as to form a space part between the inwardly-bent part and the corresponding side-wall. The console box further includes an outwardly-bent part and a space-inserted part that are formed near an upper edge part of the storage container, and a rupture expected part provided at the outwardly-bent part, the rupture expected part being configured to be broken when an emergency load is applied to the lid part from above.
US09925924B1
A step includes an integrated mud scraper and storage. The step may be part of a vehicle and, therefore, may be coupled to a vehicle body of the vehicle. The step includes a step body. The step body defines a stepping surface. The step body defines an opening extending through the stepping surface. The step includes at least one scraper extending from the stepping surface, wherein the scraper is obliquely angled relative to the stepping surface. The scraper is configured to scrape mud on a shoe, and the opening is configured to receive the mud scraped by the scraper. The scraper has a first scraper end and a second scraper end opposite the first scraper end. The first scraper end may be directly coupled to the stepping surface. The second scraper edge defines a scraping edge, and the scraping edge is aligned with the opening.
US09925923B2
Provided is a vehicular door mirror capable of configuring an engagement structure for holding a folded storage position of a door mirror unit without design problems. When a door mirror unit is rotated from a deployed use position to a folded storage position, a protrusion portion disposed on a groove upper surface of a rotation regulating groove of a bearing portion on the door mirror unit side slidably contacts and rides over, during the rotating process, a protrusion portion disposed on the upper edge of a rotation regulating piece of a shaft until the protrusion portions fall into a mutual engagement, whereby the folded storage position of the door mirror unit is held.
US09925922B2
A mirror assembly includes a stem attached to a mirror head. The stem includes a first portion directly attached to the mirror head. The first portion includes a catch. The second portion is attached to a support structure, and includes a retention portion. The catch of the first portion is engaged with the retention portion of the second portion for supporting the first portion and the mirror head relative to the second portion. Once the first portion is supported by the interaction between the catch and the retention portion, fasteners may be installed to fixedly attach the first portion to the second portion.
US09925916B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a linear projection of a route. In one embodiment, route information is received and parsed. Supplementary route data is received. A linear route is generated and provided to a user, the linear route comprising a straight line and one or more segments extending form the straight line, where ends of the straight line represent a starting point and destination of the linear route, and the one or more segments represent turns.
US09925914B2
An adaptive headlight system for a vehicle uses an adaptive headlight controller which controls one or more headlights so as to illuminate a scene visible to a vehicle driver. The controller causes the headlights to generate a frame-region within the scene which outlines an object detected by an object-detection system carried by the vehicle. The frame-region is illuminated at a reduced level relative to the areas of the scene inside and outside the frame-region, thereby creating a dark/light contrast, visible to the driver, between the frame-region and the scene. If the object-detecting system indicates that the object is a living being, the frame-region is located to cover a head of the living being so as to avoid visually dazzling the being.
US09925913B2
A tractor headlight device according to the present invention is configured from a pair of high-beam units and a pair of low-beam units, wherein the high-beam units and the low-beam units are respectively disposed at top and bottom. High-beam lamp lenses configuring the high-beam units are formed extending from the front to the sides of a hood. Low-beam lamp lenses configuring the low-beam units are formed along a front grill under the high-beam units.
US09925907B2
A vehicle restraint system includes a strap assembly configured to be positioned on a portion of a tire of a vehicle to secure the vehicle to a track assembly. The strap assembly is also configured to be coupled to the track assembly on a first side of the tire. The system also includes a mandrel assembly operable to be coupled to the strap assembly on a second side of the tire, opposite the first side of the tire. The mandrel assembly is configured to engage the track assembly through a first hole in the track assembly. The system further includes a latch assembly configured to be coupled to the mandrel assembly. The latch assembly is also configured to create a coupling between the mandrel assembly and the track assembly.
US09925900B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat pad. The seat pad includes a foam cushion and a cushion cover arranged to extend around and cover the foam cushion.
US09925899B2
There is provided a seat pad 10 including a pad body 12 formed of a foam resin molding and a breathable cushion body 14 formed of a three-dimensional net structure made of linear bodies and provided in a pad surface side of the pad body 12. In the pad body 12, pulling-in grooves 22, 24 for pulling in a skin material 20 are provided on a pad surface, wires 26 are embedded along the pulling-in grooves, and locking holes 28 exposing part of the wires 26 are provided. The locking holes 28 are provided so as to pierce the pad to a pad reverse side and the breathable cushion body 14 is provided in a state where side surfaces thereof abut on the pulling-in grooves 22, 24 so as to communicate thereto.
US09925893B1
An infant seat assembly that greatly reduces the incidences of contact sores, balding and/or cranial deformations on an infant's head. The assembly includes a seating unit. A backrest is connected to the seating unit. The backrest defines a relief having an area of at least seven square inches so that it can cradle the back of an infant's head without concentrating the point of contact. The relief is positioned at a height above the seating surface that is manually adjustable. In this manner, an infant can be seated and the infant's head supported without concentrating contact forces at the center of the infant's head. The seat assembly can also be made to be a bouncer seat by interconnecting the backrest to the seating unit using torsion springs. A unique angle of inclination adjustment mechanism is provided that enables the backrest to be reclined relative the seating surface.
US09925891B2
A method for reducing vibration of a drive shaft of an eco-friendly vehicle includes calculating a model velocity of the drive shaft, obtaining a vibration component based on a deviation between an actual velocity of the drive shaft and the calculated model velocity, and generating a vibration reduction compensation torque for reduction in vibration of the drive shaft from the vibration component.
US09925880B2
A vehicle includes a power electronics unit for converting energy between a DC circuit and a polyphase machine, wherein the power electronics unit has a power module, a driver board, and a control board. The power electronics unit has two DC current rails, wherein the DC circuit can be connected to the same, and the power electronics unit has phase current rails, wherein the polyphase machine can be connected to the same. The number of the phase current rails corresponds to the number of the phases of the polyphase machine. The arrangement of the power module, the driver board, and the control board corresponds to a stacked or sandwiched construction, the phase current rails are electrically connected to the power module, and the control board has a passage for each of the phase current rails, wherein one phase current rail is fed through each passage.
US09925870B2
A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes a driving source, main driving wheels, auxiliary driving wheels, a power transmitting member, a first mesh clutch, and a second mesh clutch. Meshing teeth on the driving source side of the first mesh clutch each have, along an entire tooth width thereof, an inclined surface in which a length in a rotational axis direction increases in a direction in which the meshing teeth on the driving source side rotate when the four-wheel-drive vehicle is traveling forward. The meshing teeth on the power transmitting member side of the first mesh clutch each have, along an entire tooth width thereof, an inclined surface in which a length in a rotational axis direction decreases in a direction in which the meshing teeth on the driving source side rotate when the four-wheel-drive vehicle is traveling forward.
US09925865B2
A fuel fill pocket mounting system includes a mounting bracket having an inboard surface and an outboard surface. The outboard surface is bonded to an interior surface of a sheet molded composite body panel. A filler housing is attached to the inboard surface of the mounting bracket. The filler housing includes a wall defining an interior space. A snap in bezel is attached to the filler housing within the interior space. The bezel includes an outer lip disposed against the wall of the filler housing. The bezel includes a rubber material in sealing engagement with a fuel inlet pipe to limit fuel leakage between the bezel and the fuel inlet pipe.
US09925855B2
An apparatus, including a sheet for placement over a vehicle window and portion of the roof adjacent the window when deployed. The sheet includes a main portion having a first, second, third, and fourth, side, wherein the first and second sides are positioned opposite one another, the third and fourth sides are positioned opposite one another, the first side extends a first length, the second side a second length, the third side a third length, and the fourth side a fourth length, and each of the first and second lengths are longer than the third and fourth lengths; at least two end portions configured to be closed within a door of the vehicle; and a top portion extending from and along the first side portion. The top portion contains a cavity or passageway extending along a portion of the first side configured to receive a portion of a shaft.
US09925843B2
A rear suspension system for a laterally tiltable, multitrack vehicle may include first and second trailing arms. The rear suspension system may further include first and second balancer systems acting between the first and second trailing arms. The first balancer system may create a torque to influence a leaning angle of the vehicle when the suspension system is in use. The second balancer system may suppress a resonant vertical motion of the vehicle when the suspension system is in use.
US09925839B2
A suspension bump stop device that provides an upper bearing cap that contacts an upper bearing seat outside of the device, and a lower support cap and at least one bearing arranged between the caps. The upper bearing cap provides a latching means that cooperates with the upper bearing seat to axial secure the bearing seat.
US09925834B2
A tire (10) for driving on ice, comprising: a tread (20) having a rolling surface with a groove, a stud (30) with a part (31) thereof projecting from the rolling surface and having a minimum cross section Sm; a conduit (200-205) that forms, on the rolling surface of the tire, two opposing edges (211, 221; 212, 222; 213, 223), the conduit opening into the groove and/or onto a lateral face of the tread; wherein, for each stud, the sum of the mean cross sections Sn of the conduits, each mean cross section Sn being measured at right angles to one of the opposing edges formed by the conduit, is greater than or equal to half the minimum cross section Sm of that part of the stud that projects from the tread.
US09925832B2
An alerting device, which alerts a driver of a vehicle when the driver is looking at a display unit of a mobile terminal equipped with a camera, includes a gaze determination portion, an alert command portion, and a circumstance determination portion. The gaze determination portion determines whether the driver is looking at the display unit based on an image captured by the camera of the mobile terminal. When the circumstance determination portion determines that a current circumstance is not a gaze allowed circumstance and the gaze determination portion determines that the driver is looking at the display unit, the alert command portion outputs a command to alert the driver of the looking at the display unit. The circumstance determination portion determines that the current circumstance is the gaze allowed circumstance when the vehicle is halted at an intersection by a red traffic light.
US09925828B2
A bicycle wheel rim having a circular base portion including a proximal surface and a distal surface, and a pair of integral sidewalls extending generally radially outward from an intersection region of the proximal surface and the distal surface. The distal surface of the rim has a central hump, a trough contiguous with the central hump extending axially outward from the hump, and a flat shelf immediately adjacent, contiguous with, and extending axially outward from the trough. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a bicycle wheel including the embodied rim, a plurality a spokes engaged at respective ends thereof with the rim and a hub engaged with the plurality of spoke members at opposite ends thereof. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a bicycle wheel assembly comprising the embodied wheel and a tube and/or tire mounted on the rim.
US09925827B2
The present disclosure provides devices related to aircraft wheel assemblies and aircraft wheel air pressure release channels. In various embodiments, an inboard aircraft wheel half may comprise an inboard flange portion disposed on an inboard end of the inboard wheel half, a bolted flange portion disposed on an outboard end of the inboard wheel half, and a tubewell portion disposed between the inboard flange portion and the bolted flange portion. In various embodiments, the bolted flange portion may comprise an o-ring seat, an inboard bolt hole, a register, and a release channel disposed in the register.
US09925825B1
A portable carry case that securely holds paint tubes for storage and transport with the added use of hanging the carry case on an easel for ease of use during painting sessions. The carry case brings organization and efficiency to the artist while also reducing stress, both physically and mentally, on the artist as the paint tubes are readily available for use, organized to eliminate searching for particular colors and being housed in the case they can easily be put away for transport by simply securing the straps and removing the entire carry case from where it is hung for placement in a pack or other carrying device by the artist.
US09925819B2
The present invention provides a post process control apparatus including a post processing unit configured to perform post processing on a printed sheet printed in accordance with a job, and a method for controlling the same, where the post process control apparatus and the method of controlling the same obtain a number of sheets in one copy of printed sheets instructed by the job, control the post processing unit to, if the obtained number of sheets in one copy is singular, execute the post processing in one batch on printed sheets corresponding to a plurality of copies, and to control the post processing unit to, if the obtained number of sheets in one copy is plural, execute the post processing individually by printed sheets corresponding to one copy.
US09925817B2
An erasing apparatus of embodiments has a color erasing device, the color erasing device has: a first heating member; a second heating member provided at a position facing the first heating member so as to form a nip portion therebetween through which the sheet is passed; a halogen lamp configured to heat the second heating member from outside thereof; and a reflector provided at a position opposite to the second heating member with the halogen lamp interposed therebetween and having a reflective surface configured to reflect heat received from the halogen lamp toward the second heating member, the reflector forming a guiding section configured to be in sliding contact with the sheet being conveyed so as to guide the sheet to the nip portion, the guiding section being heated by the halogen lamp.
US09925797B2
Printing apparatus (20) includes a donor supply assembly (30), which provides a transparent donor substrate (26) having opposing first and second surfaces and a donor film formed on the second surface so as to position the donor film in proximity to a target area (28) on an acceptor substrate (22). An optical assembly (24) directs multiple output beams of laser radiation simultaneously in a predefined spatial pattern to pass through the first surface of the donor substrate and impinge on the donor film so as to induce ejection of material from the donor film onto the acceptor substrate according, thereby writing the predefined pattern onto the target area of the acceptor substrate.
US09925794B2
In a print data generation apparatus, a print data generation apparatus generates print data. The print data includes post-replacement data obtained by the color replacement on pre-replacement data. The post-replacement data includes a plurality of post-replacement pixel values. Each post-replacement pixel value includes a plurality of post-replacement color components. In a case where a first residual amount of a first colorant is smaller than a second residual amount of a second colorant and a first consumption amount concerning the first colorant is larger than a second consumption amount concerning the second colorant, the color replacement on the pre-replacement data is performed so that a second post-replacement component corresponding to the second colorant is set to a first pre-replacement component value corresponding to the first colorant and the first post-replacement component corresponding to the first colorant is set to a pre-replacement component value other than the first pre-replacement component value.
US09925793B2
A pressure adjusting device includes a housing with a cylinder. A piston moves within the cylinder in an axial direction. A pulse motor is fixed to the housing. A switch provided on a surface of the cylinder is actuated by movement of the piston in the cylinder in the axial direction. The switch includes a fixed contact point and a moveable contact point. The piston presses the movable contact point to abut against the fixed contact point when the piston moves from a position other than the initial position to the initial position so that the movable contact point electrically contacts the fixed contact point.
US09925785B2
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a common circulation liquid chamber, and a filter portion. The common liquid chamber includes a first portion disposed side by side with the common circulation liquid chamber in a direction perpendicular to a nozzle array direction in and a second portion not disposed side by side with the common circulation liquid chamber in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. In a plan view, the second portion partially overlaps the common circulation liquid chamber in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. A width of the second portion in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction is greater than a width of the first portion in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. In the plan view, the filter portion is disposed in the second portion.
US09925784B2
A liquid cartridge includes: a casing including a liquid chamber; a liquid supply portion; a deformable member; a movable member; and an urging member. An internal pressure of the chamber is reduced as liquid flows out of the chamber. The deformable member protrudes from the casing in a cross direction crossing forward and rearward directions and has an internal space in communication with the chamber. The deformable member has such an elasticity that a dimension thereof in the cross direction becomes smaller as the internal pressure of the chamber is reduced. The movable member includes a detection portion, and a contact portion contacting the deformable member. The contact portion is in contact with the deformable member and disposed at one of positions further forward and further rearward relative to the deformable member. The urging member urges the movable member to move the contact portion toward the deformable member.
US09925753B2
The present invention provides a self-collapsing, moisture curable one component polyurethane foam (1K PU) composition from moisture curable polyurethane prepolymers and to methods of making weather resistant barriers and formed in place gaskets therefrom. The foam compositions are packed under pressure with a blowing agent. In the methods, the foams are applied to gaps in the exterior (sheathing) of a building under construction and collapse on cure to enable application an aqueous weather barrier coating thereover within an hour. The foams also cure when applied on or adjacent a structure to form a foam gasket that enables installation of additional structural elements over or adjacent the foam gasket without bowing or damage to the structure treated.
US09925745B2
A multi-layer thermoplastic film include a first film of thermoplastic material, a second film of thermoplastic material bonded to the first film, and an odor control component disposed between the first film and the second film. A method of manufacturing a multi-layer thermoplastic film coextruding a plurality of layers to form a first film, coextruding a plurality of layers to form a second film, disposing at least one odor control component on at least one of the first film and the second film, and bonding the first and second films together such that the at least one substance is disposed between the first film and the second film.
US09925739B2
The present invention is directed to a nonwoven fabric made from a composite of nonwoven and pulp where the nonwoven has a high loft derived from a heat set three-dimensional relief structure and/or hydroengorged fiber structure. A nonwoven web is hydraulically treated to create a hydroengorged material having an increased loft. Alternatively a nonwoven web is treated to have a heat set three-dimensional relief structure. The treated web is then hydroentangled with pulp to form a cotendered nonwoven/pulp composite fabric.
US09925737B2
A multi-layer panel is provided, which may eliminate local portions having low strength and low rigidity and may suppress a stress concentration to increase rigidity and strength. The multi-layer panel includes a core panel; a pair of face plates sandwiching the core panel from both sides; and a beam member. The core panel has a standing portion extending in a direction intersecting with a surface of the multi-layer panel, and a flange formed in a manner of extending from a most outside end of the standing portion along a first one of the face plate. The beam member includes a portion with the rectangular cross section disposed so as to clamp the flange of the core panel with the first face plate.
US09925734B2
A bag machine includes input, drum, and output sections. The drum has at least one seal bar. The sections are mounted to side frames that are single metal plates, not coated after being formed, and/or are comprised of galvanized steel, galvannealed steel, stainless steel or aluminum. The drum has opposing pairs of rotatable zinc plated steel plates. The distance from the seal bars to the drum center responds to the plates rotating. One plate has non-radial (such as curved and/or spiraled) grooves, and the other radial slots, with fixtures having seal bars in the slots and grooves. The winder has a rotatable turret with center and surface wind and center wind only positions. When one collapsible spindle is in the center and surface wind position, another is in the center wind only position. A push off palm mounted in a push off position.
US09925729B2
A method for making a composite structure with a surfacing film thereon. The surfacing film is co-cured with fiber-reinforced resin composite materials. The surfacing film is formed from a curable resin composition containing an epoxy novolac resin, a tri-functional or tetra-functional epoxy resin, ceramic microspheres, an amine-based curing agent, particulate inorganic fillers; and a toughening component. The surfacing film exhibits high Tg and high cross-linked density after curing, as well as high resistance to paint stripper solutions.
US09925728B2
The present invention relates to method of manufacturing an aircraft interior panel comprising a core sandwiched between first and second skins, wherein both of the first and second skins are formed from natural fibers containing non-halogenated fire-retardant and set within an inorganic thermoset resin, thereby forming a fire-resistant sustainable aircraft interior panel. The method comprises impregnating the natural fibers with non-halogenated fire retardant and an inorganic thermoset resin, and laying up the resin-impregnated natural fibers to sandwich the core. This stack is then cured by raising the temperature of the stack sufficient to initiate curing but without reaching the boiling point of water in the stack, holding the stack at that first temperature before raising the temperature again to reach the boiling point of water in the stack, before cooling the stack.
US09925724B2
A method of operating an additive manufacturing system utilizing a layer-by-layer thermo-mechanical analysis system includes the steps of pre-modeling a structure or workpiece into a plurality of slices stacked from a bottom slice to a top slice of the plurality of slices, assuming a second slice modeled immediately below a first slice is a rigid substrate, and run a response force analysis for the first slice. The analysis system may reiterate this process for each slice calculating a force distribution map for each slice, and adding the force distribution maps to a total response force map of the entire structure. The additive manufacturing system may then use the total response force map to optimize material properties for selected regions of each slice to a sacrificial support structure and/or the final product.
US09925708B2
A novel tubular or profile shapes of co-extruded multilayer polymers. These materials contain tens to thousands of layers of micro- to nano-polymer layers. These new shapes contain contiguous layers of milli- to nano-polymer layers in three dimensions and these contiguous layers may be twisted or turned to further expand the potential microlayer geometries.
US09925699B2
Printable magnetic receptive composite sheets are made by calendering a thin layer of a magnetic composition and bonding it to a top printable layer on one or both sides of the magnetic layer wherein the calendered layer has a thickness up to 10 mils.
US09925697B2
A system and method of a method of sealing a leak in an internal bladder within a hollow uncured composite part during cure thereof. The method may include placing a rescue bladder within the internal bladder and sealing an impermeable membrane and/or rigid forming tool to the rescue bladder, such that the uncured composite part is sealed within a chamber cooperatively formed by the impermeable membrane, the rigid forming tool, and the outer surface of the rescue bladder. A vent opening of the rescue bladder and/or a vent opening of the end fitting may remain located outward of the chamber. The method may also include curing the hollow uncured composite part, introducing a pressure differential causing the rescue bladder to inflate and press the internal bladder against an inner surface of the hollow uncured composite part.
US09925696B2
The invention relates to an irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled for curing light-curable polymer compositions, a method for preparing cured polymer moldings or articles coated with cured polymers by using the irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled, as well as the use of such irradiation unit for preparing polymer moldings or polymer coated articles.
US09925683B2
Table saws with safety systems are disclosed. The safety systems detect and react to dangerous conditions, such as contact between the blade and a person. The table saws may include a switch, a first light that illuminates to indicate the safety system is operable, and a second light that illuminates to indicate that the safety system is inoperable. The switch may not power the saw when switched on if the second light is illuminated.
US09925680B2
A method of cutting a wafer of composite core from a bulk composite core includes stabilizing the bulk composite core with a fixture, the bulk composite core having a plurality of tube members. The method also includes cutting through each of the tube members to create the wafer while the bulk composite core is stabilized by the fixture.
US09925673B2
A power supplying module that can be reduced in size is provided. The power supplying module includes a module body, and a lead-in unit provided on one surface of the module body. The lead-in unit includes a plate unit that fixes at least one sealing tube to the one surface of the module body, and at least one circumference holding unit that holds a circumference of the corresponding sealing tube. The plate unit is provided with, in a longitudinal direction of the one surface of the module body, a plurality of cable insertion holes, and a plurality of positioning portions that position the plurality of circumference holding units to the corresponding cable insertion holes.
US09925666B2
An operation system of a robot arm includes the robot arm disposed in a work box which is sealed, an operation apparatus disposed outside the work box and including an operation device which is operated by an operator to input an operation command of the robot arm, a control apparatus moving the robot arm based on the operation command from the operation apparatus, and a reaction force controller. Based on movable region information which indicates a movable region of the robot arm in the work box, as the robot arm approaches the limit of the movable region, the reaction force controller increases a reaction force which is against a force of moving the operation device by the operator in a direction approaching the limit of the movable region.
US09925664B2
A robot simulation device for automatically generating a practical interference avoiding motion path, regardless of the level of skill of an operator. The device includes: a motion path obtaining part which obtains a first motion path by simulating a robot motion program; a teaching point specifying part which detects whether a robot interferes with a peripheral object on the first path, and specifies first and second teaching points immediately before and after the interference occurs, respectively; a motion path generating part which automatically inserts a third teaching point between the first and second points and generates second motion paths for avoiding the interference, based on a search direction and distance determined by a random number; an evaluating part which evaluates each second path based on a predetermined parameter; and a motion path selecting part which selects an optimum motion path from the second paths based on an evaluation result.
US09925661B2
The method for controlling the wearable robot according to one aspect of the present invention is attached to a joint part of the user, the robot joint being controlled in such a way that, when an angle θ1 of the robot joint (joint part 4) exceeds a predetermined allowable angle range R, the angle θ1 of the robot joint is made to go back within the allowable angle range R. When the robot joint is controlled to make the angle θ1 of the robot joint back within the allowable angle range R and the angle θ1 of the robot joint reaches a predetermined angle θ2, torque is generated in the robot joint to keep the angle θ2 of the robot joint at the predetermined angle θ1 for a predetermined period of time T.
US09925658B2
A magnet sandwiching storage tray for retaining a plurality of articles, especially tools formed from a ferrous metal. The magnet sandwiching storage tray has a top tray member, a bottom tray member, and a plurality of magnets positioned therebetween. The top and bottom tray members each have a plurality of channels formed therein. Each of the plurality of channels, formed in the top tray member, is sized to temporarily retaining an article, such as a wrench, a socket, or some other tool. The plurality of magnets is positioned within the channels of the bottom tray member and is retained therein by the interior of the top tray member. The magnets exert a sufficient force through the top tray member to attract and temporarily retain the articles in the channels formed in the top tray member. The bottom tray member is secured to the underside of the top tray member so that the plurality of magnets is retained therebetween.
US09925646B1
A cutlery sharpener is disclosed for conditioning a cutlery edge. The cutlery sharpener comprises a sharpening shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end and defining a sharpening surface for engaging the cutlery edge. A line of symmetry extends through the proximal end and the distal end of the sharpening shaft. A handle extends between a proximal end and a distal end and defining a handle surface for engaging a hand. A non-line of symmetry extends through the proximal end and the distal end of the handle. A couple links the proximal end of the sharpening shaft with the proximal end of the handle. The non-line of symmetry maintains a thumb and a plurality of fingers of the hand in a safe orientation and safe distance from the cutlery edge during displacement of the handle relative to the cutlery edge and engagement between the cutlery edge and the sharpening shaft.
US09925639B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for cleaning a ceramic article using a stream of solid carbon dioxide (CO2) particles. A method includes flowing liquid CO2 into a spray nozzle, and directing a first stream of solid CO2 particles from the spray nozzle toward a ceramic article for a first time duration to clean the ceramic article. The liquid CO2 is converted into the first stream of solid CO2 particles upon exiting the spray nozzle. The first stream of solid CO2 particles causes a layer of solid CO2 to be formed on the ceramic article. After the layer of solid CO2 has sublimated, a second stream of solid CO2 particles is directed from the spray nozzle toward the ceramic article for at least one of the first time duration or a second time duration to further clean the ceramic article.
US09925637B2
The porous polyurethane polishing pad includes a porous polyurethane matrix having large pores extending upward from a base surface and open to a polishing surface. A series of pillow structures is formed from the porous matrix that include the large pores and the small pores. The pillow structures have a downward surface extending from the top polishing surface for forming downwardly sloped side walls at an angle from 30 to 60 degrees from the polishing surface. The large pores open to the downwardly sloped sidewalls and are less vertical than the large pores. The large pores are offset 10 to 60 degrees from the vertical direction in a direction more orthogonal to the sloped sidewalls.
US09925634B2
A seaming station and method of seaming utilizing two robot arms with seaming heads coupled thereto to seam a large lite by working in conjunction with one another or simultaneously seaming two lites independently of one another.
US09925633B2
The invention relates, on the one hand, to a machine element (6), for example a motor spindle or an electromechanical drive unit, with integrated, internal cooling system (8) and, on the other hand, to a closed cooling circuit (24) with corresponding machine element (6). According to the invention, the cooling takes place with a special coolant (4). The coolant (4) is a dispersion containing at least one Phase Change Material (PCM).
US09925631B2
In a machine tool having at least one tool spindle which is displaceable in relation to a device for holding workpieces in at least one of three spatial directions and in which the tools (W1-W7) for processing the workpieces can be chucked, there are provided a machine magazine (36) in which tools (W1-W7) provided for exchange in the tool spindle (23) are kept in store and a background magazine (31) in which tools (W1-W7) provided for exchange in the machine magazine (36) are kept in store. In the machine magazine (36), not more than four storage places (42, 43, 44, 45) for accommodating tools (W1-W7) are provided (FIG. 2).
US09925619B2
A hexagonal single crystal wafer is produced from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. A separation start point is formed by setting a focal point of a laser beam inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to a thickness of the wafer to be produced. The laser beam is applied to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and form cracks extending from the modified layer along a c-plane, thus forming a separation start point. The wafer is separated by immersing the ingot in water and then applying ultrasonic vibration to the ingot, thereby separating a plate-shaped member having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the wafer from the ingot.
US09925618B2
A laser processing apparatus is provided wherein a laser beam of a wavelength which passes through a wafer having a surface on which a plurality of devices are disposed is irradiated along a schedule division line to separate the adjacent devices from each other to form a modification layer which continuously extends in a given length in the inside of the wafer. A mark portion is displayed in an overlapping relationship with a picked up image obtained by image pickup of a wafer on a display unit. If the mark portion is moved to a desired position of the picked up image displayed on the display unit, then coordinates which correspond to the desired position of the picked up image are stored as a start point or an end portion of a scheduled division line, along which the modification layer is to be formed, into a storage unit.
US09925613B2
A system includes an engine configured to drive a generator to produce a first power output, and a first inverter communicatively coupled to the generator. The first inverter is configured to convert the first power output into a second power output. The system includes a second inverter communicatively coupled to the generator. The second inverter is configured to convert the first power output into a third power output. The third power output includes a welding power output.
US09925610B2
A method for installing a first machine part into a second machine part includes press fitting the first machine part into the second machine part in its intended final position. The method also includes disposing an exothermically reactive substance on or in the first machine part and activating the exothermically reactive substance to cause a thermal structural change, stress relief, for example, in a part of the first machine part.
US09925608B2
A die stock comprising a holder, which is symmetrical to a centric holder longitudinal axis, wherein the holder has a plurality of receiving grooves each of which is configured for receiving a cutting insert and a clamping wedge, each of the receiving grooves extending from a first end face of the holder in the axial direction, the first end face running transversely to the axial direction, and wherein each of the receiving grooves extends from an inner side of the holder in a radial direction, the inner side facing toward the holder longitudinal axis. The die stock further comprises a plurality of cutting inserts, wherein each cutting insert has, on a front side that faces substantially toward the holder longitudinal axis, at least one cutting edge. The die stock further comprises a plurality of clamping wedges arranged detachably in the receiving grooves.
US09925600B2
A center locator is operated with a hole center for enlarging a round opening and includes a center seat having a through hole centrally defined therein, wherein the through hole is adapted to allow a centering drill of the hole cutter extending through the center seat. At least one adjusting device is longitudinally mounted to the center seat and formed with an engaging portion, wherein the at least one adjusting device is expandable relative to the center seat for adjusting a distance between the engaging portion of the at least one adjusting device and a center of the center seat.
US09925588B2
A method includes providing a subassembly having a circuit carrier with a first metallic surface portion, a first joining partner, which is integrally connected to the first metallic surface portion by means of a first connecting layer, and a second metallic surface portion. In a heat treatment, the second metallic surface portion is held uninterruptedly at temperatures which are higher than a minimum heat-treatment temperature of at least 300° C. Moreover, a second joining partner is provided. A fixed connection is produced between the second joining partner and the subassembly in that the second joining partner is integrally connected to the subassembly following completion of the heat treatment on the second surface portion.
US09925581B2
A processes of manufacturing wrenches is provided with preparing a cylinder of raw material; cutting the cylinder of raw material into cylindrical first half-finished products; increasing volumes of two one ends of each first half-finished product 10-18% by compressing to form a second half-finished product having two spheres at two ends respectively; pressing each sphere to form top and bottom flats on the ends of the second half-finished product respectively; sintering the second half-finished product; placing the second half-finished product in a die; forging the second half-finished product to form a third half-finished product; and punching the third half-finished product to form a finished wrench having an open end and a box end.
US09925578B2
A method for reducing springback in a press-formed part according to the present invention includes an analytic model forming step including forming an analytic model of the part from plane elements and/or solid elements; a stressed-state setting step including setting each of the elements of the analytic model to a stressed state that causes a springback; a rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step including performing an optimization analysis for shape on the analytic model with the elements set to the stressed state in the stressed-state setting step to detect a portion of the part that highly contributes to the rigidity of the part; and a rigidity improving step including applying a rigidity improving means to the part on a basis of the portion detected in the rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step.
US09925576B2
A shaving die for cutting the surface layer of a wire is provided with a circular cutting blade and a plurality of protrusions. The wire is inserted into the circular cutting blade so that the surface layer of the wire is cut. The protrusions are provided at positions around the cutting blade so as to come into contact with the surface layer of the wire that has been cut by the cutting blade.
US09925574B2
In one implementation, a direct-push oxidant candle apparatus for the treatment of contaminated groundwater through direct-push installation methods includes: a drive tip positioned at a bottom end of the apparatus, the drive tip having one or more front surfaces that are shaped to create a bore as force is applied to an opposite base surface of the drive tip; a structural pathway that is connected to and extend upwardly from the base surface of the drive tip; one or more oxidant delivery devices that are enclosed within the structural pathway; and one or more fluid supply lines that extend from one or more locations outside of the bore and that terminate at or near a bottom end of the structural pathway so that fluid supplied through the fluid supply lines travels through the structural pathway and along the one or more oxidant delivery devices.
US09925572B2
Provided are washout devices for cleaning the interior of a frac tank. In embodiments, the devices may comprise (i) a wand comprising a first pipe and a second pipe; wherein the second pipe is positioned in parallel below the first pipe; wherein one or more trusses connect the first pipe and the second pipe; (ii) a support member in communication with a proximal end of the wand such that the wand is suspended above and at a desired angle relative to the ground; (iii) one or more washout nozzles disposed along the length of the first pipe. Embodiments may also include a system and a process for cleaning the interior of a frac tank.
US09925568B2
A method for removing an organic ligand from a surface of a particle including: obtaining a particle having an organic ligand disposed on a surface thereof; contacting the particle with an alkylammonium salt represented by Chemical Formula 1: NR′4+A− Chemical Formula 1 wherein groups R′ are the same or different and are each independently hydrogen or a C1 to C20 alkyl group, provided that at least one group R′ is an alkyl group, and A is a hydroxide anion, a halide anion, a borohydride anion, a nitrate anion, a phosphate anion, or a sulfate anion; and heat-treating the particle to carry out a reaction between the alkylammonium salt and the organic ligand.
US09925563B2
A vibration exciter for a soil compacting device, comprising a first unbalanced shaft, a second unbalanced shaft, which is arranged axially parallel to the first unbalanced shaft and which is contra-directionally rotatably coupled to the first unbalanced shaft in a form-locked manner, and a drive device for rotatably driving one of the two unbalanced shafts. The second unbalanced shaft has a first unbalanced shaft half and a second unbalanced shaft half, which is arranged coaxially to the first unbalanced shaft half and which can rotate relative to the first unbalanced shaft half. At least one respective unbalanced mass is arranged on the first unbalanced shaft, on the first unbalanced shaft half, and on the second unbalanced shaft.
US09925562B2
A vibrator includes a piezoelectric element deformed when power is applied thereto, an installation member having the piezoelectric element installed thereon, and a plurality of elastic members connected to the installation member and changing a displacement direction through deformation of the installation member. The plurality of elastic members are disposed to oppose each other.
US09925557B2
The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing a nanostructured composite material and to an implementation device associated with this process. The device (100) comprises a chamber (3) for synthesizing said material comprising a system (13, 13a, 13b) for depositing the matrix on a target surface (15); a system (1, 4, 5, 9) for generating a jet of nanoparticles in a carrier gas comprising an expansion chamber (1) equipped with an outlet orifice (7) for the nanoparticles toward the synthesis chamber (3, 3′) and, in addition, means (21, 22, 23) for adjusting the distance L between the outlet orifice (7) of the expansion chamber and the target surface (15).
US09925550B2
A dispenser comprising a first reservoir in liquid communication with a first pump; a second reservoir in liquid communication with a second pump; exit orifice; and an actuator; wherein the first and second pumps are in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein the second pump is in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein said first and second pumps are in communication with the actuator; wherein the first reservoir comprises a first composition, comprising a volatile solvent and a first fragrance; wherein the second reservoir comprises a second composition, comprising a carrier and a plurality of microcapsules; wherein the exit orifice dispenses a first dose of the first composition and a second dose of the second composition; wherein the microcapsules have a volume weighted fracture strength from about 0.1 Mpa to about 25 Mpa, and a median volume-weighted particle size from about 2 microns to about 80 microns.
US09925548B2
A container for powder, a method for marking of the containers for the powder and an apparatus for use of a powder. There is at least one RFID Chip provided in the container, wherein the RFID chip stores at least one set of parameters for material characterization of the powder in the container. A unique key is assigned to every type of powder by means of which the data in the RFID chip located in the container are readable, writeable and updateable via an antenna arranged outside the container.
US09925547B2
The electrospray generator system described herein uses a soft X-ray source instead of a radioactive source to generate bipolar ions for the neutralization of the initially charged particles. In one example, the soft X-ray source is directed at an orifice from which the charged particles emanate, thereby allowing the neutralization of the particles to happen faster than in prior art configurations and, in some instances, even neutralization occurring immediately on a droplet before it passes through the electrospray orifice.
US09925535B2
A cylinder tip mounting head includes: a shaft member; a first cylindrical rod having a cylindrical space, which is mounted to a lower end of the shaft member, which is configured to move in the up-down direction integrally with the shaft member; a stationary second cylindrical rod, which has a housing space for housing the first cylindrical rod so that the first cylindrical rod is movable in the up-down direction, the stationary second cylindrical rod including a syringe mounting portion; and a discharge rod housed in the cylindrical space in the first cylindrical rod, the discharge rod including a plunger mounting portion. The discharge rod is configured to coordinate with the movement of the shaft member in the up-down direction so that the plunger mounted to the discharge rod reciprocates in the tubular passage in the syringe to suck the object into the tubular passage and discharge the sucked object.
US09925533B2
The invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst comprising a) preparation of a support comprising 0.2 to 30 wt % of zeolite NU-86 and from 70 to 99.8 wt % of a porous mineral matrix, the percentages by weight being expressed relative to the total weight of said support, b) impregnation of the support prepared according to step a) with at least one solution containing at least one precursor of at least one metal selected from group VIII metals and group VIB metals, used alone or as a mixture, c) at least one ripening step, and d) at least one drying step carried out at a temperature below 150° C., without a subsequent calcining step. The present invention also relates to a process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon feeds using the catalyst prepared according to the method of preparation according to the invention.
US09925532B2
There is provided a process of treating a heavy hydrocarbon-comprising material, comprising: contacting a feed material with at least a catalyst material within a contacting zone to effect generation of a total product such that a contacting zone material is disposed within the contacting zone and consists of the catalyst material and a feed/product-comprising mixture comprising the feed material and the total product, wherein the feed/product-comprising mixture includes a Conradson carbon residue content of at least 12 weight percent, based on the total weight of the feed/product-comprising mixture, and also includes an asphaltene content of less than two (2) weight percent, based on the total weight of the feed/product-comprising mixture, and wherein the feed material includes deasphalted heavy hydrocarbon-comprising material. A heavy hydrocarbon-containing feed for a catalytic hydroprocessing or catalytic hydrocracking process is also provided, wherein the feed comprises a deasphalted heavy hydrocarbon-comprising material having a Conradson carbon residue, CCR, content greater than about 12 wt % and an asphaltene content less than about 2 wt %. The feed results in reduced catalyst deactivation or catalyst coking during the catalytic hydroprocessing or catalytic hydrocracking process.
US09925528B2
The invention provides simple small molecule, non-heme iron catalyst systems with broad substrate scope that can predictably enhance or overturn a substrate's inherent reactivity preference for sp3-hybridized C—H bond oxidation. The invention also provides methods for selective aliphatic C—H bond oxidation. Furthermore, a structure-based catalyst reactivity model is disclosed that quantitatively correlates the innate physical properties of the substrate to the site-selectivities observed as a function of the catalyst. The catalyst systems can be used in combination with oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide to effect highly selective oxidations of unactivated sp3 C—H bonds over a broad range of substrates.
US09925520B1
A method and composition of matter for detecting and decontaminating hazardous chemicals, the composition of matter including: a magnetic material for any of chemisorbing, molecularly dissociating, or decomposing a hazardous chemical, wherein the magnetic material changes its magnetic moment upon any of chemisorption, decomposition, and molecular dissociation of the hazardous chemical and the change in magnetic moment is used to detect the presence of the hazardous chemical, and wherein the hazardous chemical includes any of toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents, and chemical warfare agent related compounds.
US09925513B2
An integrated process simultaneously removes the diluent and reduces the TAN, resulting in cost savings from the diluent recovery and increasing the value of the produced heavy crude stream by removing the acids and other contaminants, while reducing the overall energy requirements when compared to performing the two processes separately.
US09925508B2
A gas assisted spray nozzle assembly having a nozzle body in the form of a hollow tubular member, such as a single cylindrical pipe section, which defines a mixing zone and a downstream barrel extension zone. A liquid inlet and an impingement pin are supported by the tubular member in opposed relation to each other at the mixing zone, and a pressurized gas inlet is provided at an upstream end of the tubular member. An annular dispersion ring is fixedly supported within the tubular member downstream of the impingement pin for defining an annular ledge for directing a peripheral portion of pressurized gas stream and liquid atomized in the mixing zone radially inwardly for facilitating continued intermixing of the liquid and pressurized gas stream as they proceed through the barrel zone for discharge from the spray nozzle.
US09925504B2
The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalizing 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-compartmentalized into the microcapsules.
US09925501B2
The invention describes a method for isolating one or more genetic elements encoding a gene product having a desired activity, comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising genetic elements into microcapsules; and (b) sorting the genetic elements which express the gene product having the desired activity; wherein at least one step is under microfluidic control. The invention enables the in vitro evolution of nucleic acids and proteins by repeated mutagenesis and iterative applications of the method of the invention.
US09925499B2
Systems and methods for isolating a filtration module are provided. The systems and methods may utilize a removable end cap comprising an isolation valve. In certain systems and methods, the isolation valve may be configured to selectively allow fluid communication between a port and a filtrate passageway of one filtration module in a plurality of filtration modules.
US09925488B2
A system for removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide laden gas mixture, the system comprising two groups of carbon dioxide removal structures, each removal structure within each group comprising a porous solid mass substrate supported on the structure and a sorbent that is capable of adsorbing or binding to carbon dioxide, to remove carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, the sorbent being supported upon the surfaces of the porous mass substrate solid; an endless loop support for each of the groups of the removal structures, the endless loop support being so arranged as to move the support structures of each group along a closed curve while being exposed to a stream of the gas mixture; and a sealable regeneration box at one location along each of the endless loop supports, in which, when a porous solid mass substrate is sealed in place therein, carbon dioxide adsorbed upon the sorbent is stripped from the sorbent and the sorbent regenerated; each removal structural supporting a porous substrate in a position to be exposed to a flow of carbon dioxide laden gas mixture so as to allow for the removal of CO2 from the gas mixture; the number of removal structures to the number of regeneration boxes being directly determined by the ratio of the time to adsorb CO2, from a base level to desired level on the sorbent, to the time to strip the CO2 from the desired level back to the base level.
US09925485B2
Filter cartridge arrangements, features thereof and assembly for use therewith, are provided. Selected filter cartridge features disclosed are particularly well adapted for use with a safety or secondary filter cartridge, usable with media thereof projecting into an open interior of a main filter cartridge, in use. An example filter cartridge is described, with a non-pleated end and a pleated end, although variations are also described. Advantageous main cartridges are also described. Methods of assembly and systems for use are described.
US09925484B2
A method for separating solid and liquid components from gas components in a hydrocarbon production stream. The method includes the steps of: conveying the production stream into a cylindrical vessel having an inner cavity; creating an initial drop in velocity of the production stream; directing the production stream to flow around the inner cavity; collecting the gas components from the production stream at a top end of the vessel; and collecting the solid and liquid components at a drain in a bottom end of the vessel.
US09925480B2
Provided is a filter assembly including at least one end cap and at least one retainer mechanically locked to the end cap in a cavity and defining a region into which the bonding agent can flow to form a mechanical interlock with the retainer. Even if the bonding agent does not fully adhere to the end cap, the filter media will be secured in the end cap via the mechanical interlock of the bonding agent and retainer, thereby preventing end cap separation from the element.
US09925476B2
Processes and systems are provided to compress vapors produced in distillation and recover the heat of condensation through mechanical vapor compression and to derive mechanical and electrical energy from a combined heat and power system, while maintaining the plant's original ability to operate. The plant's existing distillation system, steam generation, and electrical demand determine the design basis for the retrofit system that is targeted at an optimized combination of energy usage, energy cost, and environmental impact. Mechanical vapor compression minimizes the total energy usage. Combined heat and power provides a means of converting energy between fuel, electricity, and thermal energy in a manner that best complements plant requirements and energy economics and minimizes inefficiencies and energy losses.
US09925472B2
A track for a toy vehicle and a track section for forming the same. Each of the track sections has first and second edges and an upper surface extending therebetween. Furthermore, the track sections have a first connector extending from the first edge and a second connector extending from the second edge. The first connector of one of the track sections receives the second connector of another one of the track sections to detachably couple two of the track sections together to form the track. Furthermore, when coupled together the first and second track sections are movable relative to one another to adjust the inclination of the upper surfaces so that the track created using the track sections is modular and adjustable.
US09925468B2
A snapshot of an emulated game may be generated by a client. At some point during the emulation of the emulated game, a snapshot initiator delivers a suspension request to an emulator. Once the suspension request is received, the emulator will suspend the emulated title. The emulator generates a snapshot of the emulated game by recording the current state of all devices being emulated. The snapshot is then delivered to the client. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09925465B2
A method including generating, by a terminal, a creation request containing game information, sending, by the terminal, the creation request to a game server, receiving, by the terminal, a graphic information code generated by a management server according to the game information, and displaying the graphic information code on the terminal.
US09925462B2
A drill unit 111 expands a dungeon based on a parameter in two directions from the starting point X and selects a start S and a goal G from each area expanded in two directions. Thus, it is possible to generate a path from the start S to the goal G passing through the starting point X. Moreover, it is possible to determine a board form of the whole dungeon by determining expanding directions with the parameter.
US09925452B2
Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.
US09925451B2
An apparatus for playing games is envisaged. It includes a structure that defines boundary of the apparatus. There are multiple elements placed on the apparatus that define player locations. The apparatus can of any size and shape and can be used by players for playing various games. The players can use movable devices separately or the devices can be associated with players for the purpose of playing different games. Multiple lanes are placed at pre-defined positions on the structure for forming junctions in order to control and guide movement of players or moveable devices or movable devices associated with players. These junctions and lanes together form a number of turns that change direction of movement of players during the game play. The apparatus includes transparent bodies, speed regulators, marking units for marking the players and counters for counts number of markings for the purpose of playing different games.
US09925437B2
A divot repair tool includes a main body having an internally located prong assembly having one or more prongs. The prongs selectively transition between an extended and retracted position. At least one of the elongated prongs include a top end having a generally teardrop shape.
US09925433B2
Golf clubs according to at least some example aspects of this disclosure may include a golf club head and a shaft configured to engage with the golf club head which includes a grip engaged with the shaft. Further, the golf club may include a monitoring device, which includes a sensor and a transmitter. Additionally, the monitoring device may be configured to determine data related to the characteristics of a golf swing. Further, the monitoring device may be configured to transmit the data related to the characteristics of a golf swing to a remote computer.
US09925424B2
Disclosed herein are multilayer golf balls having a layer with a higher Shore C hardness and a lower Shore D hardness than another layer.
US09925422B2
A golf ball has an inner core layer including a thermoplastic highly-neutralized ionomer and having a geometric center hardness less than a surface hardness to define a first positive hardness gradient. An outer core layer is formed about the inner core and includes a homogenous thermoset composition. The outer core has an interior hardness less than an outer surface hardness to define a second positive hardness gradient. An inner and outer cover layers are disposed about outer core layer. The first and second hardness gradients each have a slope and the slope of the second hardness gradient is less than the slope of the first hardness gradient such that a ratio of the first and second slopes is 0.8 to 0.85.
US09925415B1
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112) and normally appears along it as a principal color. An impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by temporarily appearing along a print area (118) of the zone as generic changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location. The colors are chosen to accommodate persons who are color blind. One of the principal and changed colors is usually restricted from being any color from green to red in the visible light spectrum or any color having a non-insignificant component of any color from green to red in the light spectrum for accommodating persons having the predominant red-green color blindness.
US09925414B2
This invention relates to training apparatuses for the trunk musculature. The training apparatuses are characterized in particular in that the spinal erectors and the abdominal muscles can be trained. To this end, a frame has a sitting device with a seat for unrestrained sitting without contact with the floor, at least one backrest, a first fixing device for the pelvis, and at least one second fixing device for an arm or a hand. Furthermore, the seat including the coupled first fixing device is movable relative to the backrest including the second fixing device. The movable seat including the first fixing device and the backrest including the second fixing device advantageously result in the pelvis being movable while the upper body remains steady. The frame is configured so that the feet or the legs cannot support the upper body.
US09925412B1
An exercise device includes a linkage assembly that links a driving member to a driven member such that circular rotation of the driving member causes generally equal circular rotation of the driven member. The linkage assembly includes a linking member, a first crank arm that connects the driving member to the linking member such that rotation of the driving member causes motion of the linking member, and a second crank arm that connects the linking member to the driven member such that the motion of the linking member causes rotation of the driven member. At least one additional crank arm connects the linking member at a rotational axis that is laterally offset from a straight line through the first and second crank arm rotational axes.
US09925404B1
A retractable exercise band system is described. The retractable exercise band system may include at least one strap configured to be worn around a user's limb, a tube connected to the at least one strap and comprising a hollow interior, and an elastic band. The elastic band extends through the tube interior and may include a band top end connected to a handle configured to be grasped by a user's hand, and a band bottom end located below the tube bottom end. The retractable exercise band system is configured to remove from a collapsed position in which the handle is located a first distance from the tube top end to an extended position in which the handle is located a greater distance from the tube top end.
US09925401B2
A passive fire suppression system including at least one tapered cellular glass block and having a cap with a tapered shape disposed on the top of the at least one cellular glass block. The passive fire suppression system allows drainage from the upper surface to the bottom of the system. The drainage is beneficial for both environmental conditions such as rain as well as for incidents where combustible liquids are spilled on the top surface of the system. Therefore, the system will not only shield any combustible materials that are under the system but will also quickly drain any combustible liquids that may spill onto the top of the system to the lower surface.
US09925395B2
A system includes a patient support and an outer gantry on which an accelerator is mounted to enable the accelerator to move through a range of positions around a patient on the patient support. The accelerator is configured to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient to reach a target in the patient. An inner gantry includes an aperture for directing the proton or ion beam towards the target.
US09925392B2
Disclosed is a medical data processing method of determining a transformation for determining a breathing state-dependent geometry of an anatomical body part of a patient's body, the method comprising executing, on at least one processor of at least one computer, steps of: a) acquiring, at a processor, planning image data describing a set of tomographic medical planning images describing each a different part of the anatomical body part in the same respiratory state called reference planning respiratory state (y), wherein the anatomical body part is subject to respiratory movement and wherein the planning images comprise a planning image called reference planning image describing a part of the anatomical body part which is called reference planning body part; b) acquiring, at a processor, breathing image data describing a set (1) of tomographic medical breathing images of the anatomical body part, wherein the breathing images comprise a reference breathing image (A) describing the reference planning body part in a respiratory state called reference breathing respiratory state (a), which is different from the reference planning respiratory state (y), and a target breathing image (C) describing at least another part of the anatomical body part, wherein the other part of the anatomical body part is called target body part, in a respiratory state called target respiratory state (c) which is different from the reference planning respiratory state; c) determining, by a processor and based on the planning image data and the breathing image data, reference transformation data describing a transformation, called reference transformation (R), between the geometry (Factor A) of the reference planning body part in the reference planning respiratory state (y) and the geometry of the reference planning body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a); d) acquiring, at a processor, scaling factor data describing a scaling factor (sf) which describes a relationship between the geometry (Factor A) of the reference planning body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a) and the geometry (Factor C) of the target body part in the target respiratory state (c); e) determining, by a processor and based on the reference transformation and the scaling factor data, derived transformation data describing a transformation called derived transformation (T) between the geometry of the target body part in the reference planning respiratory state (y), and the geometry (Factor C′) of the target body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a).
US09925391B2
A system for facilitating creation of a patient treatment plan includes components configured to receive at least one feature associated with patient data and search a database of previously planned radiation treatments to identify one or more matching plans from the database based on the at least one feature. Parameters corresponding to the identified matching treatment plans may be used to facilitate creation of the patient treatment plan.
US09925384B2
An implantable neural stimulator method for modulating excitable tissue in a patient including: implanting a neural stimulator within the body of the patient such that one or more electrodes of the neural stimulator are positioned at a target site adjacent to or near excitable tissue; generating an input signal with a controller module located outside of, and spaced away from, the patient's body; transmitting the input signal to the neural stimulator through electrical radiative coupling; converting the input signal to electrical pulses within the neural stimulator; and applying the electrical pulses to the excitable tissue sufficient to modulate said excitable tissue.
US09925382B2
A computer implemented system and method facilitates a cycle of generation, sharing, and refinement of volumes related to stimulation of anatomical tissue, such as brain or spinal cord stimulation. Such volumes can include target stimulation volumes, side effect volumes, and volumes of estimated activation. A computer system and method also facilitates analysis of groups of volumes, including analysis of differences and/or commonalities between different groups of volumes.
US09925378B2
Methods and systems for electrical stimulation can include obtaining a biosignal of the patient; altering at least one stimulation parameter of an electrical stimulation system in response to the biosignal; and delivering an electrical stimulation current to one or more selected electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one stimulation parameter. In some embodiments, a power spectrum is determined from the biosignal. In some embodiments, the biosignal is at least two different biosignals measured at the same or different locations on the patient and a coherence, correlation, or association between the two biosignal is determined.
US09925376B2
Techniques using electrical stimulation for treating an Autoimmune Disease by means of an implantable pulse generator and at least one electrode. An electrode lead is surgically implanted in a region of the insular cortex to deliver electrical stimulation. The at least one electrode lead and implantable pulse generator contain features that allow the electrical stimulation to be directed to specific volumes of the insular cortex, and ensure that non-therapeutic volumes do not receive electrical stimulation.
US09925371B2
A system is provided to determine whether an insulating layer of an implanted lead is damaged.
US09925370B2
The invention relates to a bipolar myocardial pacemaker electrode (1) consisting of a plug (2), a supply line (3), a cathode (4), an anode (5), surgical thread (7) and a fixation member (8), whereby the electrode (1) has an internal lumen and is freely movable on the thread (7); the thread (7) can be guided through the inner lumen of the electrode including the supply line and plug thereof, and distally supports the fixation member (8) in the form of a knot; the supply line (3) is externally insulated and has a distal cathode pole (4) tangentially arranged on the surface of the heart in the heart tissue (myocardium) in the usage position, wherein the cathode pole consists of a conically tapering coil and the supply line (3) has an anode pole (5) arranged proximally underneath the heart in the usage position.
US09925366B2
Methods and devices for separating an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from tissue surrounding such object in a patient's vasculature system. Specifically, the tissue separating device includes a handle, an elongate sheath and a circular cutting blade that may extend from the distal end of the sheath upon actuating the handle. The elongate sheath, particularly its distal end, includes a non-uniform wall thickness having one or more thicker portions in the outer sheath, particularly the outer cam member, and/or one or more thicker portions in an inner member disposed radially inward of the blade.
US09925357B2
Disclosed is an assembly of parts for an endourological procedure, including a tubular sheath and an introducer, the tubular sheath being removably mounted on the introducer. The introducer comprises a security channel that is openable to shift a guidewire from a position inside the security channel to a position outside and next to the tubular sheath. Disclosed are also access sheaths and a method of performing an endourological procedure.
US09925352B2
A method of making a ready-to-use catheter assembly and a ready-to-use catheter are provided, which avoids any degradation of the catheter during sterilization. The method comprises: placing a catheter with a hydrophilic coating and a wetting fluid in a catheter package made of low moisture transmission material while the package is in a first condition wherein an insertable length of the hydrophilic coating of the catheter is not in contact with the wetting fluid, sterilizing the catheter package with the catheter and the wetting fluid by radiation sterilization while the catheter package is kept in a condition in which the insertable length is not in contact with the wetting fluid, transferring the catheter package with the catheter and the wetting fluid into a second condition, bringing the wetting fluid into contact with at least the insertable length and activating the insertable length via gravity and/or via inertia.
US09925351B2
An aromatherapy device includes a housing forming two annular wells for retaining a scented fluid therein. Each well includes an insert positioned in the well to assist the retention of the fluid in the well by providing a second contact surface for the fluid to contact. The shape of the annular well and the viscosity of the fluid discourage the fluid from leaking out of the housing if laid on its side.
US09925332B2
An improved elastomeric pump for an infusion assembly. The pump includes a generally cylindrical mandrel body with first end, an opposed second end, a length, an outer diameter corresponding to a first radius (Rmandrel), a central bore extending through the length, a first port extending from the outer diameter to the bore to provide a fluid passageway, a fill port and an exit port in fluid communication with the bore. The pump includes an inflatable elastomeric tube disposed concentrically about the mandrel, the tube being sealingly secured on the mandrel near the respective ends of the tube and having an original inner diameter that corresponds to a second radius (r) so that it approximately matches the outer diameter of the mandrel (Rmandrel), a length (L) less than the length of the mandrel, a wall thickness (t) such that: (0.4225×r)
US09925328B2
The present invention relates to a balloon catheter. The invention comprises: a first shaft; an expandable balloon which is attached to the front end of the first shaft; an expandable lumen which is formed inside the first shaft and to which a liquid required for expanding the balloon is provided; a second shaft which extends from the front end of the first shaft to which the balloon is attached and has a wire hole through which a guide wire passes; and a guide wire lumen, which is formed inside the second shaft and through which the guide wire passes. According to the invention, the first and second shafts are coaxially connected and the expandable lumen and the guide wire lumen are respectively formed in each shaft in order to reduce the overall diameter of the shaft, thereby facilitating surgery and improving pushability.
US09925327B2
A medical device package includes a medical device including a first end surface and a second end surface; and a medical device storage container configured to store the medical device, the medical device storage container including a container main body and a holding unit located in the storage space, and configured to hold the medical device such that the first end surface faces upward; and a sheet-like sealing member adapted to be glued to the container main body to seal an opening of the container main body. A surface of the sealing member that faces the container main body includes an adhesive applied area on which an adhesive is applied and an adhesive non-applied area on which the adhesive is not applied, the adhesive non-applied area being an area facing at least the first end surface of the medical device held by the holding unit.
US09925321B2
It is disclosed an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment (1) having a control unit (15) connected to an ultrafiltration device (20) and to a fluid preparation section (30) of fresh dialysis liquid. The control unit (15) is configured to receive measured values of the change of blood volume, the amount of ultrafiltration volume, and conductivity or to the concentration for at least one substance in the blood (BV %mes(t); UFmes(t), WLmes(t); Cbmes(t)); the control unit (15) is also configured to receive prescription values for the same parameters and to control ultrafiltration and adjust conductivity in the fresh dialysis liquid based on the difference between said measured values and said prescription values.
US09925318B2
An implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle is provided. The device comprises at least one pump device having a pump. The pump comprising: a piston adapted for reciprocating movement, an operating device for operating the piston, a heart contacting organ. The movement of the piston assists the pump function of the heart through said heart contacting organ.
US09925310B2
The invention relates to biocompatible, bioabsorbable derivatized non-crosslinked chitosan compositions optionally crosslinked to gelatin/collagen by 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl] carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) for biomedical use and methods of making and testing such compositions, including a modified acute systemic toxicity test. The compositions comprise derivatized chitosan reacetylated to a degree of N-deacetylation (DDA) of between about 15% and 40%. The compositions are typically bioabsorbed in about 90 days or less and can be made to bioabsorb at differing rates of speed. The compositions are initially soluble in aqueous solution below pH 6.5. The compositions have an acid content that can be adjusted between about 0% (w/w) and about 8% (w/w) to customize the composition for uses that require and/or tolerate differing levels of cytotoxicity, adhesion, composition cohesion, and cell infiltration into the composition.
US09925298B2
The present invention relates to the synthesis of porous polymer scaffold from polyethyleneglycol-polyurethane having castor oil linkages under controlled conditions and their use as stem cell delivery vehicles thereby accelerating the tissue regeneration process. The present invention further studies the biodegradability, stability and biocompatibility of porous polymer scaffolds in various cell lines and primary bone marrow stem cells. Particularly the present invention further relates to the physio-chemical characterization of the porous polymer scaffolds.
US09925296B2
Described is a heart valve leaflet manufactured from a mesh material. The mesh material may have an ability to capture circulatory/stationary/migratory cells of the body to become biologically active. In some cases, the mesh material is coated with a bioactive material, such as a molecule that binds to a cell adhesion molecule (CAM), a growth factor, an extracellular matrix molecule, a subendothelial extracellular matrix molecule or a peptide. The mesh has a stiffness that is comparable to a native heart valve leaflet, such that it functionally mimics a native heart valve.
US09925287B1
According to one implementation an assembly is provided that includes an end emitting optical that is configured to end emit bacterial disinfecting light. A portion of the length of the end emitting optical fiber resides in a lumen of a body. The body has an internal disinfecting target area. The end emitted bacterial disinfecting light is configured to impinge on one or more surfaces disposed on or in the body, the one or more surfaces being configured to alter the trajectory of the bacterial disinfecting light so that the bacterial disinfecting light is directed toward the disinfecting target area via a designated disinfecting light pathway.
US09925284B2
Nanoparticle coated with ligand introduced with long hydrophobic chain and method for preparing same
The present invention relates to a nanoparticle having a linker connected to a long alkane or alkene chain, and a method for preparing the nanoparticle. The alkyl chain of C10-30 introduced with a ligand of the present invention can be coated on a hydrophobic nanoparticle through a noncovalent bond, enabling easy introduction of various ligands to the nanoparticle, and the nanoparticle having various functional groups prepared using the method can be applied to fluorescent detection, MRI, raman spectroscopy, optical detection, PET, SPECT, or gamma image device, and the ligand of the visualization agents can be modified to be used for new vessels detection, cancer cell detection, immunocyte detection, hepatocyte detection, cell death detection, and gene detection.
US09925283B2
It is disclosed herein that that certain alkylphosphocholine analogs are preferentially taken up by multiple myeloma tumor cells. The alkylphophocholine analogs are compounds having the formula: or salts thereof, wherein n is an integer from 12 to 24; and R2 is —N+H3, —N+H2X, —N+HX2, or —N+HX3, wherein each X is independently —CH3 or —C2H5. The compounds can be used to treat multiple myeloma or to detect multiple myeloma. In therapeutic treatment, R1 includes a radionuclide that locally delivers therapeutic dosages of radiation to the multiple myeloma tumors cells that preferentially take up the compound. In detection/imaging applications, R1 includes a detection moiety, such as a fluorophore or a radiolabel.
US09925281B2
An imaging nanoparticle comprising a plant virus particle having an interior surface and an exterior surface, an imaging agent that is linked to the interior and/or exterior surface, and a layer of biocompatible mineral such as silica coated over the exterior surface, is described. The imaging nanoparticle can be used in method of generating an image of a tissue region of a subject, by administering to the subject a diagnostically effective amount of an imaging nanoparticle and generating an image of the tissue region of the subject to which the imaging nanoparticle has been distributed.
US09925257B2
The present invention relates to a new vaccine delivery system. In particular, the present invention includes compositions and methods of integrally transformed non-pathogenic, commensal bacteria that can express a nucleic acid molecule of a foreign polypeptide, wherein the nucleic acid molecule that encodes the foreign polypeptide is stably integrated into genomic DNA of the bacteria. The foreign polypeptide includes a vaccine antigen that elicits an immunogenic response, an inhibitor of a pathogen, or an immune booster or modulator.
US09925250B2
A therapeutic agent for the treatment of toxemia, preeclampsia and eclampsia and a method for preparing the therapeutic agent are disclosed. The therapeutic agent is a stable pharmaceutical preparation containing, but not limited to, digestive/pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic agent may be manufactured by a variety of encapsulation technologies. Delivery of the therapeutic agent may be made orally, through injection, by adherence of a medicated patch or by other methods. Further, a method of using the presence of chymotrypsin in the maternal GI tract as a biomarker, to determine the likelihood of developing preeclampsia, a pregnancy induced hypertension, and eclampsia/toxemia is disclosed.
US09925248B2
A method of inactivating a proviral DNA integrated into the genome of a host cell latently infected with a retrovirus by treating the host cell with a composition comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease, and two or more different guide RNAs (gRNAs), wherein each of the at least two gRNAs is complementary to a different target nucleic acid sequence in a long terminal repeat (LTR) in the proviral DNA, and inactivating the proviral DNA. A composition for use in inactivating a proviral DNA integrated into the genome of a host cell latently infected with a retrovirus including isolated nucleic acid sequences comprising a CRISPR-associated endonuclease and a guide RNA, wherein the guide RNA is complementary to a target sequence in a human immunodeficiency virus.
US09925243B2
The present disclosure provides chimeric proteins having an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, wherein the N-terminus comprises an N-terminal portion of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 2 and the C-terminus comprises a portion of an FGF1 protein, wherein the chimeric protein comprises at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules that encode such proteins, and vectors and cells that include such nucleic acids. Methods of using the disclosed molecules to reduce blood glucose levels are also provided.
US09925232B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for use of desmopressin in combination with a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. The methods and compositions are useful in the treatment of nocturia and other urinary frequency disorders.
US09925231B2
The invention provides low-dose formulations of guanylate cyclase-C (“GCC”) agonist peptides and methods for their use. The formulations of the invention can be administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents, preferably an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase or a laxative.
US09925228B2
Pharmaceutical extracts from Egyptian broomrape have proven efficacy against HCV and NAFLD. Compositions and method of making and using same are provided.
US09925217B2
The present invention provides a stabilized hypohalous acid solution (or formulation thereof), which may be conveniently packaged for sale, or stored for later use on demand. The invention further provides methods of making the stabilized hypohalous acid solutions, as well as methods of use for disinfecting mammalian tissue, including wounds and burns, and treating skin irritations, among other uses.
US09925209B2
Compositions containing conjugates of heparosan polymer with at least one drug are disclosed, along with methods of production and use thereof.
US09925208B2
Provided herein are compositions and formulations comprising S-adenosyl-L-methionine (“SAM-e” or “SAMe”) and one or more gallic acid esters. Also provided herein are methods for improving the delivery of SAMe. Compositions and formulations provided herein increase SAMe plasma concentrations and area under the curve (AUC) values. Also provided herein are methods of treating a disease or disorder in a subject by administering compositions or formulations comprising exogenous SAMe and one or more gallic acid esters.
US09925192B2
A method for the treatment of cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor with a therapeutically effective amount of a B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2 inhibitor (“B Cell CLL/Lymphoma 2”, or “BCL-2”). Administration of the CDK inhibitor and BCL-2 inhibitor can be simultaneous, successive or separate.
US09925191B2
Fumarate compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the fumarate compounds, and methods of using fumarate compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating neurodegenerative, inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, irritable bowel disorder, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are disclosed.
US09925188B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
US09925181B2
A method of producing a drug-loaded Poly (Glycerol Sebacate) (PGS) comprising providing PGS; dissolving at least one drug in a solvent; incubating the PGS in the solvent; and evaporating the solvent.
US09925175B2
The present application describes deuterium-enriched pioglitazone, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
US09925172B2
Provided, inter alia, are methods for treating an epilepsy disorder using clemizole, a clemizole analog, or pharmaceutical salts thereof.
US09925171B2
Disclosed are a compound of Formula I, having higher inhibition of protein kinase G (PKG) activity and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In Formula I, R1 and R2 are the same or different, each being independently chosen from the halogens, the C1-C6 alkoxyl group, the C1-C6 alkyl group, the C2-C6 alkenyl group, and the C2-C6 alkynyl group; R3 is chosen from H, the halogens, the substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl group, C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, C2-C6 alkenyl group, and C2-C6 alkynyl group, aryl group, and heteroaryl group; and n is an integer between 0 and 15. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound, the use of the compound in treating pains, in particular chronic pain, a preparation method for the compound, and a new intermediate.
US09925159B1
D-serine is used to treat a neurological disorder, such as epilepsy, that cases seizures. A composition comprising D-serine is artificially administered to a patient in an effective amount by selectively contacting a region of the patient's brain with the composition. The region of the brain selectively contacted with the composition has cells expressing GluN3 subunit-containing triheteromeric NMDARs.
US09925155B2
The present invention relates to an acid concentrate dialysis composition comprising a mixture of citric acid and citrate, having pH of less than 3.0, wherein the total concentration of citrate is between 35 mM and 450 mM, and wherein the amount of citric acid is more than 50% of the total concentration of citrate. The acid concentrate dialysis composition is to be combined to form a dialysis solution having a total concentration of citrate of between 1 and 6 mM.
US09925152B2
This disclosure provides generally for antimicrobial compositions and methods of use comprising an anthocyanin, an anthocyanidin or metabolites thereof. Methods for promoting healing of a wound using these compositions are also disclosed. These compositions have broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and are safe for human and animal uses. Further, these compositions are safe for medical uses and industrial uses as antiseptic preparations to reduce or prevent microbial growth.
US09925150B2
The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing rotigotine, the method comprising providing a solid dispersion comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone and a non-crystalline form of rotigotine, wherein the weight ratio of rotigotine to polyvinylpyrrolidone is in a range from about 9:3.5 to about 9:6. The present invention also relates to a solid dispersion comprising a dispersing agent and a dispersed phase, said dispersed phase comprising rotigotine and polyvinylpyrrolidone, wherein the weight ratio of rotigotine to polyvinylpyrrolidone is in a range from about 9:3.5 to about 9:6, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a solid dispersion, in particular a transdermal therapeutic system, as well as a method for the preparation thereof.
US09925138B2
The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical dosage forms and methods for preparing the solid pharmaceutical dosage form that contains fingolimod or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, conjugates or complexes thereof. The solid pharmaceutical dosage forms may rapidly disintegrates in a patient's oral cavity.
US09925135B2
According to the present invention the extract of plant origin of the Globularia genus is used for a non-therapeutic cosmetic treatment of the skin and/or appendages. Preferably the species is Globularia cordifolia and the extract is obtained by in vitro plant culture. The extract can be used in particular for preventing and/or treating skin ageing by stimulating the 10 reactions of detoxification and cellular regeneration through a hormetic type response, for improving the transparency and radiance of complexion, for preventing or treating sensitive and reactive skins, for preventing or treating rednesses, for preventing protein glycation, for increasing and/or maintaining the number of dermal stem cells, for increasing and/or maintaining the dermal macromolecules, in particular collagen and elastin, for increasing the volume of the dermis, for 15 preventing and/or treating fines lines and wrinkles, for firming skin, for preventing hair loss and/or stimulating hair regrowth. The invention also proposes an original method of obtaining the extract by in vitro plant culture of undifferenciated cells of Globularia and an extract of plant origin that can be obtained by such method.
US09925133B2
A method for dyeing keratinous fibers, in particular, human hair, in which, after a thickened pre-treatment agent (M1) containing no oxidation dye precursors has been applied and allowed to react, a coloring agent (M2) is applied and allowed to react immediately thereafter and without rinsing. By carrying out said method, hair can be colored in a dyeing step and simultaneously multi-tonal dyeing with highlights or lowlights can be achieved.
US09925129B2
Provided is a cosmetic in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion unckuding (A) a salt of higher fatty acid component containing a liquid higher fatty acid and (B) an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber, being substantially free of a hydrophilic surfactant other than the (A) component and having a pH of 7.1 to 9.5 and a method for production thereof. The cosmetic having ultraviolet protection efficacy is excellent in fresh feel, water resistance and rinsability using water with soap when applied to the skin and storage stability. The cosmetic is suitable for sunscreen cosmetics and is also useful for makeup cosmetics such as foundation and makeup base, skin care cosmetics such as milky lotion, cream and serum and hair cosmetics.
US09925127B2
A personal hygiene towelette includes a consumable cleaning solution that includes a cleaning agent and a flavoring agent, as well as a textile fabric body, for example a nonwoven textile fabric body, impregnated with the cleaning solution. A personal hygiene assembly including the towelette may further include a sealed housing that houses the personal hygiene towelette.
US09925121B2
A rotary die system that includes first and second axially aligned, coacting rotary dies positioned adjacent one another. Each die includes a working surface having a plurality of recesses defined therein. The recesses in the first die are each configured to align with a recess in the second die to form a product cavity upon coaction of the first and second dies. The product cavity is configured to receive a product. Each recess in at least one of the first or second dies includes a pin therein that is configured to puncture a film that at least partially surrounds the product.
US09925118B2
The invention is related to a manifold comprising at least two valve receptacles, further comprising a fluid groove arrangement comprising at least two fluid grooves, wherein a first fluid groove of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point near a first valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles and an end point near a second valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles and wherein a second fluid groove of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point near a second valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles. The invention is further related to an apparatus comprising a manifold of the aforementioned kind and further comprising an inner body of a dispense interface.
US09925116B2
A child proof closure including an outer cap having a set of spaced apart apertures extending through a top surface of the outer cap, an inner cap dimensioned and configured to be assembled within the outer cap having a set of spaced apart receivers corresponding to the at least one set of spaced apart apertures of the outer cap, and a key having a set of spaced apart projections dimensioned and configured to be inserted through the spaced apart apertures of the outer cap to engage the spaced apart receivers of the inner cap when the spaced apart apertures of the outer cap are vertically aligned with the spaced apart receivers of the inner cap for unscrewing the assembled closure from the container by turning the key.
US09925113B2
The disclosed embodiments provide skin stimulating devices and methods that address the aging effects of skin at a protein level. Particularly, cyclical mechanical strain is used to regulate specific proteins within the skin, so as to produce specific effects. As a non-limiting example, the disclosed embodiments can be used to increase the production of certain proteins (e.g., hyaluronan synthase 3 (HAS3); fibronectin; tropoelastin; procoll1; integrin, etc.) in the skin, which results in anti-aging effects by increasing epidermal cohesion.
US09925110B1
A plurality of skin-contacting instruments for the manipulation of soft tissue adhesions are disclosed. Each of the instruments comprises a plurality of curvilinear edge surfaces having different radii for contacting the skin in a plurality of locations.
US09925106B2
A caregiver's helper lift utilizes a unique hoisting apparatus, a lifting harness worn by a patient, and a control apparatus to allow a caregiver to raise and lower a patient into/out-of a wheelchair and into/out-of a vehicle, down to or up off a floor, or to any other position/location that a patient needs to be moved. The lifting harness can clip to a lift attachment which is affixed to a helper lift suspension cable/rope/etc. The caregiver's helper lift utilizes a crane arm to suspend the patient and allow him or her to be repositioned by simply rolling/turning the lift. By actuating the hoisting apparatus control system, the patient can be controllably raised and lowered as desired. The crane arm can be adjustably attached to a power T upright which is itself attached to an H brace base. At least two beam extensions extend laterally from the H brace and provide stability.
US09925105B1
A wheeled device for mechanical lifting, and in particular a device, system and method for transferring an object, such as a human patient, from one position and location to another position and/or location.
US09925101B2
The invention relates to a recliner device for supporting a lying person, the recliner device having a foot and arranged thereon (i) a first movably mounted thigh support for supporting the first thigh of the person, (ii) a movably mounted second thigh support for supporting the second thigh of the person, the second thigh support being independent of the first thigh support and being combinable with the first thigh support to form a complete support, and (iii) a movably mounted back and head support that is independent of the first and second thigh supports.
US09925091B2
A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to be placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer.
US09925080B2
A method of implanting a prosthesis in a patient at a treatment site within a blood vessel includes advancing an outer catheter of a prosthesis delivery system in the patient distal to the treatment site, the outer catheter defining an inside diameter and advancing an inner sheath, having greater flexibility than the outer catheter and an outside diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the outer catheter, and a guidewire lumen of the delivery system from the outer catheter to the treatment site along a guidewire while the outer catheter remains stationary relative to the patient, whereby advancing the inner sheath delivers the prosthesis to the treatment site. The inner sheath is retracted to deploy the prosthesis from within the inner sheath and at the treatment site after which the delivery system from the patient.
US09925075B2
Provided is a stent of a novel structure with which deflection of a line-shaped body during expansion is prevented and a substantially uniform expansion is achieved over an entire length thereof, and with which, after implantation, stent fracture and damage of body tissue can be prevented by the stent exhibiting a superior pliability and conformability to a shape of a somatic lumen. A stent having a cylindrical peripheral wall formed with a line-shaped body that extends in a helical form in a circumferential direction while reciprocating in an axial direction at a given amplitude. In the stent, connecting parts are formed to link portions of the line-shaped body that are adjacent in the axial direction, and a friable part is provided to rupture itself by being implanted in the somatic lumen and release a link made by the connecting parts.
US09925071B2
Prosthetic and/or orthotic devices (PODS), control systems for PODS and methods for controlling PODS are provided. As part of the control system, an inference layer collects data regarding a vertical and horizontal displacement of the POD, as well as an angle of the POD with respect to gravity during a gait cycle of a user of the POD. A processor analyzes the data collected to determine a locomotion activity of the user and selects one or more control parameters based on the locomotion activity. The inference layer may be situated between a reactive layer control module and a learning layer control module of the control system architecture.
US09925070B2
This invention relates to a technique for hermetically sealing an artificial leg including a cylinder device. A rod member of the cylinder device extends from the inside to the outside of a shell structure of the cylinder device. The rod member is hermetically sealed at the periphery thereof by a bellows packing member. The bellows packing member comprises an inner bead, an outer bead which concentrically surrounds the outside of the inner bead, and a bellows packing body part which connects the inner and outer beads. The bellows packing body part includes corrugations, and each corrugation is less curved than an imaginary circle which is concentric with the inner bead and the outer bead. Both ends of each of the plurality of corrugations extend to the outer bead or are located at positions closer to the outer bead than the inner bead.
US09925069B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing a series of images of a patient's anatomy to determine a cut plane for use during a hip replacement procedure. To determine a cut plane for use during the procedure, the computer program determines a best fit line through the center of the neck of the femur, as well as a best fit line through the femoral shaft. In one particular embodiment, a cut plane through the femur may then be determined as perpendicular to the center line through the neck of the femur. Further, the location of these features in the images may be determined by analyzing the gray scale value of one or more pixels around a selected point on the image. The pixel with the lowest gray scale value may then be assumed to be the edge of the cortical bone in the 2D image.
US09925063B2
Systems, methods and devices for providing stabilization between first and second vertebrae are provided. More particularly, in one form a system includes an implant configured to be positioned in a disc space between the first and second vertebrae and a freestanding plate for engagement with extradiscal surfaces of the first and second vertebrae. The system also includes an insertion instrument with an engaging portion configured to releasably engage with the implant and the plate such that the implant and plate can be positioned together relative to the first and second vertebrae. In one aspect, an angular orientation of the implant relative to the plate is adjustable when the implant and the plate are engaged by the instrument. In this or another aspect, the implant and plate are held in a contiguous relationship when engaged by the instrument. However, different forms and applications are also envisioned.
US09925056B2
Arcuate fixation members with varying configurations and/or features are provided, along with additional components for use therewith in provided intervertebral implants. The arcuate fixation members may be of different lengths, cross sectional geometries, and/or cross sectional areas. Applications of intervertebral implants utilizing arcuate fixation members are particularly suitable when a linear line-of-approach for delivering fixation members is undesirable.
US09925054B2
A prosthetic ankle comprising a talar component and a tibial component. At least a portion of top surface of the talar component has a convex curvature, relative to a location above the top surface, in the anterior to posterior direction as viewed in a sagittal plane cross-section, a concave curvature relative to a location above the top surface, in the medial to lateral direction, and an average radius of curvature of at least a major portion of the medial side of the top surface of the talar component is larger than an average radius of curvature of at least a major portion of the lateral side of the top surface of the talar component as viewed in sagittal plane cross-sections on the lateral and medial sides. A bearing component for location between the tibial and talar component is also described.
US09925051B2
Systems for joint arthroplasty include prostheses which are secured to bone with sliding anchors. Examples include unicondylar and bicondylar knee prostheses for hemi-arthroplasty and total arthroplasty. Instruments guide the anchors into proper engagement with the prosthetic components. Methods of using the prostheses and instruments are disclosed.
US09925050B2
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with surface features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee throughout a wide range of flexion. More particularly, the tibial bearing component provides an anterior relief space disposed between the dished lateral and medial articular compartments, in which the relief space is convex as viewed from a sagittal perspective across the medial/lateral extent of the relief space.
US09925049B2
The invention relates to surgical guides which are of use during reconstructive bone surgery for guiding a surgical instrument or tool. More particularly, the guides are characterized in that they are fitted to the implant rather than to the bone.
US09925032B2
A stent graft (40) for treating Type-A dissections in the ascending aorta (22) is provided with a plurality of diameter reducing suture loops (56-60) operable to constrain the stent graft during deployment thereof in a patient's aorta. The diameter reducing loops (56-60) allow the stent graft (40) to be partially deployed, in such a manner that its location can be precisely adjusted in the patient's lumen. In this manner, the stent graft can be placed just by the coronary arteries (26, 28) with confidence that these will not be blocked. The stent graft (40) is also provided with proximal and distal bare stents (44,52) for anchoring purposes.
US09925030B2
Stitching patterns overlap to produce a corner-locked stitch pattern. The corner-locked stitch pattern includes one or more thread interlace points, and one or more overlays of threads from overlapping patterns. A network of corner-lock stitch patterns produces a mesh, which may be embroidered into a substrate, such as a medical textile or biotextile. Corner-lock stitch patterns resist puncture-induced and tension-induced deformation of mesh pores between corner-locked stitch patterns, and may be used to modulate compliance and enhance strength properties of a substrate into which they are sewn.
US09925028B1
A surgical device for assisting in the placement of a prosthetic implant within a surgical pocket of a patient such that placement minimizes tissue stress along and inside the surgical pocket. The surgical device comprises a bag shaped as a conical frustum in which a proximal end of the conical frustum is sealed and a distal end of the conical frustum is open, with an elongated slit extending from the distal end towards the proximal end. An opening formed by the distal opening and the elongated slit is sufficiently large enough to accept the prosthetic implant into the bag. According to one embodiment, an adhesive is affixed along a portion of the elongated slit to seal the elongated slit such that the distal end remains open, thereby allowing for egress of the implant from the bag and placement into the surgical pocket.
US09925025B2
Provided packaged orthodontic assemblies and methods compressively retain an orthodontic appliance in a container along opposing sides of the appliance adjacent the bonding surfaces of its base. This can be done using a mechanism that limits contact between the appliance and the container while accommodating a substantial range of transverse base dimensions. This engagement mechanism allows an adhesive-coated appliance to be retained in a consistent orientation for convenient dispensing, while limiting potentially adverse interactions between the adhesive and the container. By avoiding loss of the adhesive components during storage, these assemblies and methods can extend shelf life and provide consistent adhesive handling properties.
US09925020B2
The invention provides an improved method of indirect positioning of orthodontic brackets wherein a positive tooth model is utilized which comprises a model tooth, a mock bracket and a place holder for the mock bracket. The positive tooth model can be used for making a transfer tray for accommodating and transferring a bracket onto a tooth of a patient, wherein said transfer tray comprises a form-fitting cavity for the distal portion of the bracket. Further provided are transfer trays and positive tooth models for use in said method.
US09925015B2
An automated, manual or semi-automated donning system may be used to mechanically don wearable protective articles, such as gloves, without human contact with the outer surface of the wearable article. Thus, the system can be used to render wearable protective articles less capable of transferring disease organisms. In the donning system, a vacuum device can prepare a donning article for use in the donning system by inflating the article using negative pressure to the article's outer surface. Packaging of the wearable protective article may maintain sterility of the article and allow preparation of the article for donning without human contact. In addition, wearable protective articles used in the system may be subject to treatments to destroy potential pathogens. Alternatively, or in addition, a body part of the user may be subject to treatments to destroy potential pathogens during insertion into a wearable protective article prepared for donning by the system.
US09925011B2
The invention relates to a surgical robot system comprising a robot arm (8) installed on a substructure (1), a first control instance (16) for producing control commands for the robot arm (8) on the basis of user inputs, and a second control instance (18), which receives the control commands from the first control instance (16) and checks the control commands with respect to whether the execution of the control commands by the robot arm (8) requires the robot arm to leave a specified occupied space (21, 22) of the robot arm (8) and releases a control command for execution by the robot arm (8) at most to the extent to which the control command can be executed without the robot arm leaving the specified occupied space (21, 22, 30).
US09925010B2
A technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or abnormalities or bone marrow lesions or all has the step of positioning the localizing pinning member onto cartilage or subchondral bone to define a virtual pathway through the cartilage or subchondral bone towards or into or through the lesion or abnormality or a desired target to create the virtual pathway utilizing an intra articular localizing pinning member to determine a location of the lesion or abnormality wherein the utilization of the localizing pinning member includes the step to locate or stabilize or both and thereafter using the virtual pathway to create an entry access.
US09925006B2
A dermatologic treatment device having a source of electromagnetic radiation beneficial to a dermatologic treatment, and a contact element facilitating conveyance of at least some of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the source to a skin surface. The contact element includes a hydrophilic portion that facilitates movement of the contact element to the skin surface.
US09925000B2
A device carries a use monitoring element that possesses a state or condition that changes in response to use of the device and that is sensed when the device is presented for use. Reuse of the device is not permitted, if the use monitoring element indicates a prior use.
US09924998B2
A method and apparatus for ablating tissue are disclosed that comprise positioning two or more bidirectional ablation energy sources in spaced-apart relation in sufficient proximity to the tissue to be ablated so that, upon activation each energy source creates an energy field in the tissue to be ablated. The energy sources are spaced such that the energy fields created by at least one of the activated sources partially overlaps with the energy field created by one or more of the other energy sources. The energy sources are alternately activated and deactivated, so that a substantially constant energy field results where the energy fields created by at least two of the energy sources overlap. While the energy sources are preferably RF energy sources, other energy sources, such as microwave, may be used.
US09924992B2
An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe outlet to provide a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue to thereby apply ablative thermal energy delivery.
US09924988B2
A method for locating a material having thermoplastic properties in pores of bone tissue includes providing a pin having the material having thermoplastic properties and a core, wherein the material having thermoplastic properties is arranged on the circumferential surface of the core constituting an outer region of the pin. An opening is provided in the bone tissue, and the pin is positioned at least partly in the opening. The outer region of the pin is then impinged with mechanical vibration energy for a time sufficient for liquefying at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties, and, in a liquefied state, pressing it into the pores of the bone tissue surrounding the opening. The vibration energy is stopped for a time sufficient for re-solidification of the liquefied material, and then the core is removed.
US09924987B2
An orthopedic bone plate constructed from shape memory material provides the ability to move from an open shape to a compressed shape and create compression on two bones or bone fragments to encourage healing. The plate may be any number of shapes, with two or more screws anchoring the plate to bone. The plate is affixed to bone in a sequence of steps that involve first placing the plate on an insertion tool, attaching drill guide tubes, placing the plate over bone, drill holes in bone, and then attaching the plate to the bone via screws. The insertion tool can then be removed at the surgeon's convenience allowing compression on the two bones.
US09924973B2
A polyaxial pedicle screw includes a housing, a bone screw member, and an anvil. The bone screw member includes a head and a threaded shaft extending from the head. The head is selectively securable within the housing. The anvil is positionable within the housing adjacent to the head of the bone screw member when the anvil and the head of the bone screw member are positioned within the housing. The anvil may define one or more grooves in an outer surface of the anvil. The groove defines a flap that is flexibly attached to the anvil to enable the anvil to flex an amount sufficient to maintain the head of the bone screw in constant contact with the anvil when the bone screw member is moved relative to the anvil. A rod reducer may be secured to the polyaxial pedicle screw to secure a spinal rod within the housing.
US09924970B2
The present invention generally relates to methods and device for treatment of spinal deformity, wherein at least one tether is utilized to maintain the distance between the spine and the an ilium to (1) prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, (2) slow progression of abnormal curvature, and/or (3) impose at least one corrective displacement and/or rotation.
US09924954B2
The power handpiece for orthopedic drilling and sawing according to the present application at least includes a handle housing, a clamping assembly for clamping a cutting tool assembly, a power motor for outputting power and driving the cutting tool assembly to perform drilling and sawing operations, and a switch assembly for controlling power output of the power motor, wherein the power motor is connected to an external power source. The power machine utilizes an external power source which can be a large-scale accumulator or city electricity, thereby avoiding the situation of power failure or low power which is prone to occur in the operation, and ensuring the smooth performance of the operation, reduce the quantity of heat of the handle, reduce the overall weight of the device, make the device portable and easy to operate, and improve the efficiency of the operation.
US09924951B2
Provided is a cutting instrument including: an elongated member including a tubular portion 105 and a shaft-like portion 101 inserted in the tubular portion 105; a blade 201 including two edges, the blade 201 being provided at an end of the elongated member and being pivotable between a housed position and a projected position; and a motion mechanism that converts a relative movement of the tubular portion 105 and the shaft-like portion 101 resulting from an operation of an operation portion 102 to 104 into pivoting of the blade between the housed position and the projected position, wherein the cutting instrument moves toward the operation portion while rotating in its entirety with the two edges of the blade 201 projected on opposite sides of the tubular portion 105, thereby drilling a hole with a diameter larger than an outer diameter of the tubular portion 105.
US09924946B2
Devices and methods for applying sealants to surgical instruments. In one embodiment, a surgical device is described that can include at least one nozzle formed at a proximal end of the device that is configured to receive a sealant, as well as an applicator formed at a distal end of the device that is configured to deliver the sealant received by the at least one nozzle. The applicator can be configured to interface with at least one of a first and second jaw of a surgical stapler such that the sealant delivered from the applicator can be deposited into a plurality of openings formed in the surgical stapler.
US09924941B2
A cartridge of a surgical instrument includes a housing, a lead screw mounted for rotation in the housing, a drive member operatively coupled with the lead screw, and a knife member. The knife member is driven distally by the drive member and is configured to cut when moved distally. During an initial distal movement of the drive member, the knife member is coupled with the housing to restrain the knife member from moving distally. Subsequent to the initial distal movement of the drive member, the drive member drives the knife member toward the distal end.
US09924936B2
A method for knotlessly securing suture in a bone tunnel including securing a suture to a tissue to be fixated by a suture anchor; preloading a proximal threaded component of an anchor onto a drive shaft; preloading a distal component of the anchor onto an actuator shaft, passing the suture through an eyelet of the distal component of the anchor, inserting the distal component of the anchor and then the proximal component of the anchor into the bone hole; confirming the placement of the proximal component of the anchor relative to the distal component of the anchor by viewing an indicator on the driver handle; and pivoting a trigger device about a pivot axis to translate the actuator shaft to a second position to compress the suture at the distal end of the proximal anchor and to lock the distal anchor to the proximal anchor.
US09924934B2
The present invention relates to a surgical anchor delivery system (10) including a delivery device (11) having a shaft (14) and a handle (13), an advancer (15) for advancing a surgical anchor (12) distally along the shaft (14); and a plurality of surgical anchors (12) loaded upon the shaft (14).
US09924932B2
A lumbar spine fusion system includes a probe and a retractor blade. The probe includes a shaft, a pointed tip, and a collar. The pointed tip is configured to puncture tissue in a disk space of a disk and anchor the probe to the tissue. The collar is configured to act as a stop to control a distance through which the shaft of the probe traverses the tissue. The retractor blade includes an end portion and a slot. The slot is configured to receive at least a portion of the shaft of the probe. At least a portion of the end portion is configured to rest upon one or more of the disk and the collar when the retractor blade is mounted on the probe.
US09924923B2
Ultrasound apparatus or techniques can include obtaining reflected ultrasound echo information, which can be used to construct a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of an at least approximately specular reflected target, such as bone. In an example, echo information can be obtained from spatially-overlapping tissue regions, such as using one or more of an array of ultrasonic transducers, or mechanically-scanning one or more ultrasonic transducers. In an example, one or more of a deformable housing or a deformable coupling pad can be used, such as to couple ultrasonic energy between one or more transducers and a tissue region.
US09924922B2
Disclosed is a process for displaying ultrasound data representative of a rotationally symmetrical contractible chamber or vessel within a patient which involves obtaining ultrasound data from the ultrasound imaging of the vessel or chamber through at least a phase of one cardiac cycle and virtually sectioning the vessel or chamber into multiple circumferential segments, each extending its own longitudinal distance from a common reference point. The data is used to obtain rotational parameters representative of an entire circumferential segment of the chamber or vessel. The process is repeated until a rotational parameter for each entire circumferential segment along a desired distance of the longitudinal axis of the chamber or vessel has been obtained. The rotational parameters are displayed in a two dimensional format having annular rings with each annular ring being representative of a given circumferential segment.
US09924909B2
A method for image acquisition includes selectively concealing and exposing an x-ray source to a target object while the x-ray source travels along a first path, virtually moving an x-ray detector along a second path in a first direction while the x-ray source is exposed to the target object, and virtually moving the x-ray detector along the second path in a second direction generally opposite the first direction while the x-ray source is concealed from the target object.
US09924908B2
A patient monitor system (10) includes a signal processor (30) which analyzes signals from physiological parameter sensors (20) to derive physiological data values, plots, and alarms. A display (12) displays physiological values and plots (42). An advisor engine, routine, or processor (34) is connected with the signal processor to analyze at least alarm occurrences, also in combination with user interactions, and provide directly actionable advice for reducing alarm frequency which is displayed unobtrusively on the display. The directly actionable advice includes specific actions or adjustments which are specific to a current patient, a present situation, or a present mode or setting of the patient monitor system. The unobtrusively displayed directly actionable advice is displayed without the use requesting it.
US09924906B2
A method and system for cancelling body movement effect for non-contact vital sign detection is described. The method begins with sending on a first electromagnetic wave transceiver a first electromagnetic signal with a first frequency to a first side of a body, such as a person or animal. Simultaneously using a second electromagnetic wave transceiver a second electromagnetic signal is sent with a second frequency to a second side of a body, wherein the first frequency and the second frequency are different frequencies. A first reflected electromagnetic signal reflected back in response to the first electromagnetic wave on the first transceiver is received and a first baseband complex signal is extracted. Likewise a second reflected electromagnetic signal reflected back in response to the second electromagnetic wave on the second transceiver is received and a second baseband complex signal is extracted. The first baseband complex signal is mathematically combined with the second baseband complex signal to cancel out a Doppler frequency drift therebetween to yield a periodic Doppler phase effect.
US09924898B2
A safety needle device includes a housing including a passageway with a needle cannula extending therefrom. A shielding member is movable between a first position in which a puncture tip of the needle cannula is exposed therefrom and a second position in which the puncture tip of the needle cannula is encompassed therein. The shielding member is maintained in the first position against a biasing force which biases the shielding member toward the second position. A fluid and/or a temperature activation material is associated with the shielding member and is adapted to deform upon contact with a fluid medium and/or a certain temperature or temperature range. The fluid medium flowing through the needle cannula causes the fluid activation material to deform, such as through expansion, thereby releasing the shielding member from the first position and allowing a drive member to bias the shielding member toward the second position.
US09924897B1
Methods of reprocessing physiological sensors may include applying heat to a physiological sensor so as to efficiently remove adhesives, adhesive layers, and/or other disposable components of the sensor. Heat may be applied to the physiological sensor efficiently via a medium, such as an aqueous solution (for example, water). Reusable components of the physiological sensor may then be reassembled with new disposable components and/or adhesives to produce a reprocessed sensor. The methods may further include testing and/or replacement of various reusable sensor components, testing of the reprocessed sensor, cleaning of the reprocessed sensor and/or sensor components, and/or sterilization of the reprocessed sensor, among other steps.
US09924896B2
Device, system and method for determining the concentration of a substance in the blood of a subject
A device for determining the concentration of a substance in the blood of a subject, such as the oxygen saturation, which device reduces or removes the influence of specular reflection and/or subject motion, comprises an input unit for receiving detection signals reflected back or transmitted through a skin area of the subject in response to irradiation of the skin area by a radiation signal, a signal extraction unit for extracting at least three photo-plethysmography, PPG, signals at different wavelengths from said detection signals, a processing unit for normalizing said at least three PPG signals and forming a first difference signal between a first normalized PPG signal and a second normalized PPG signal and a second difference signal between a third normalized PPG signal and one other of the at least three normalized PPG signals and for forming a ratio between said first difference signal and said second difference signal, and an concentration detection unit for calculating the concentration of a substance in the blood of the subject based on said ratio.
US09924887B2
There is provided a medical image display apparatus comprising a storage unit which stores data of a plurality of different types of medical images including the same region of a subject to be examined which are generated by the same type of image generating device, and a display control unit which displays the plurality of medical images at substantially the same position on a screen while sequentially switching the medical images one by one.
US09924881B2
A pulse wave signal expressing a pulse is obtained by detecting a pulse of a measurement subject using a pulse wave sensor. The pulse wave signal is stored in a storage unit. A frequency spectrum of the pulse wave signal is found by converting the time-domain pulse wave signal stored in the storage unit into the frequency domain. It is determined whether or not the measurement subject is at rest by finding a frequency range, within a predetermined total frequency range the pulse rate of a person can take on, in which an intensity of a frequency component of the frequency spectrum exceeds a first threshold, and finding whether or not a ratio of the frequency range with respect to the total frequency range is less than a second threshold. A pulse rate from the point in time when the measurement subject has been determined to be at rest is found as the measurement subject's at-rest pulse rate.
US09924872B2
A computed tomography apparatus capable of confirming the positional relationship of an imaging region and a field of view in a real space at the time of determining the position of the imaging region. The computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a couch that moves a top board on which a subject is placed. A gantry comprises an opening into which a top board is inserted. A light projection part is provided in the gantry. A setting part sets a field of view with respect to the subject. A controller causes light indicating the set field of view to be projected by controlling the light projection part.
US09924862B2
A scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) for imaging the retina of an eye comprises a source (12) of collimated light, a scanning device (14, 16, 1328, 1319), a scan transfer device (20) and a detector (1310). The scan transfer device has a first focus (16) at which an apparent point source is provided and a second focus (24) at which an eye (524, 1324) may be accommodated. The scan transfer device transfers a two-dimensional collimated light scan from the apparent point source into the eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system (900) is combined with the SLO, the OCT system providing OCT reference and sample beams. The OCT sample beam (902) propagates along the same optical path as of the SLO collimated light through the scan transfer device. An aberration compensator (1204, 1316) automatically compensates for systematic aberrations and/or changes in wavefront introduced by scanning elements and the scan transfer device as a function of scan angle.
US09924859B2
A surgical access system comprising a tissue dilation assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures.
US09924857B2
An endoscope reprocessor includes a medicinal solution tank configured to store a medicinal solution; a first detachable portion provided in the medicinal solution tank and configured to detachably hold the concentration meter such that a measuring surface of the concentration meter is placed in the medicinal solution tank; a preserving fluid tank configured to store a preserving fluid of the concentration meter; and a second detachable portion provided in the preserving fluid tank and configured to detachably hold the concentration meter such that the measuring surface of the concentration meter is placed in the preserving fluid tank.
US09924856B2
An endoscope includes: a first fiber provided with a first flat surface from which illuminating light is emitted; a pipe including a through hole to which a distal end portion of the first fiber is fixed and including a first surface that can be a flat surface identical to the first flat surface and a second surface which is a flat surface orthogonal to a central axis of the through hole; and a distal end component in which a stopper hole in which an end portion on the distal end side of the pipe is disposed is formed, the stopper hole including an abutting surface on which at least part of the second surface of the pipe abuts, on a bottom side, a concave portion which constitutes for obtaining a predetermined light distribution and is located closer to the front end side than the abutting surface.
US09924850B2
A lock and a home appliance having the same are disclosed. The lock includes a holder provided at one selected from between a cabinet and a door, a housing provided at the other selected from between the cabinet and the door, a first stopper provided at the housing, an actuation unit configured to reciprocate in the housing, the actuation unit being moved away from the introduction port by the holder when the door to the introduction port is closed, a fastening unit supported by the first stopper, the fastening unit being separated from the first stopper and coupled to the holder when the actuation unit is moved away from the introduction port, a first elastic member for providing force necessary to move the fastening unit away from the introduction port, and a second elastic member for providing force necessary to move the actuation unit toward the introduction port.
US09924847B2
A self-propelled working device is provided with a housing and a pivot bearing arranged on the housing. At least one operating element is arranged on the housing. At least one lid is pivotably supported on the housing and is provided with a bearing section interacting with the pivot bearing. The at least one lid has a closed position and covers in the closed position the operating element. The lid has a first part and a second part connected to the first part. The bearing section is formed on the first part of the lid. The second part of the lid covers the operating element. When a constructively predetermined pulling force is applied to the second part, the second part detaches from the first part.
US09924844B1
An industrial floor scrubber includes a solution tank and delivery system for applying the solution to the floor, and one or more rotating brushes for removing dust and debris from the floor and respectively directing same to a squeegee and to a debris hopper. The trailing squeegee removes the remaining solution from the floor and, in combination with a vacuum system, directs the recovered solution to a cleaning solution recovery tank in the scrubbing mode of operation. In a sweeping mode of operation, the use of a dust filter is eliminated as the dust-laden air is directed past the debris hopper and onto the upraised squeegee which confines and directs the dust-laden air into a spray of fine water particles which adhere to and transport the dust-bearing water particles to the recovery tank via an applied vacuum. The heavy dust-bearing water particles drop into the recovery tank, while a demister removes the remaining water vapor with the dry air discharged to the atmosphere via a vacuum impeller.
US09924831B2
A grill cover that is rain-impermeable and reversibly stretchable, and formed of a dual-layer sheet. The cover is substantially stretchable to a size sufficient to cover a grill, such as a gas grill. Rain runs off of the installed cover, while condensation on the grill evaporates through the sheet without absorbing to the sheet.
US09924830B1
A counter top cooking appliance has an enclosure defining a cooking chamber arranged to receive a cooking pan. The cooking chamber includes a lower heating element arranged so that the cooking pan may be supported thereon to receive conductive heating there-from, and an upper heating element disposed above and spaced from the cooking pan to provide radiant heating to food there-within. The enclosure includes an upper portion including the upper heating element, and a lower portion including the lower heating element, and a hinge connecting the upper portion to the lower portion. The hinge enables the upper portion to rest atop the lower portion to define the cooking chamber, and alternatively enables the upper portion to be swung relative to the lower portion so that the upper and lower portions are in a parallel side-by-side relationship and both heating elements are arranged so that the cooking pan may be supported on either thereof to receive conductive heating there-from.
US09924826B2
A sous-vide circulator cooker for home or small restaurant sous-vide cooking. The sous-vide circulator cooker is particularly suited for use in home kitchens and on small countertops. The sous-vide circulator cooker can be fully submersed into water and not be adversely affected. The sous-vide circulator cooker includes a detachable skirt which allows for cleaning the skirt itself and cleaning of a heater and ring clamp that can adjust the optimum output location of the pump and account for shallow pots. In at least one embodiment, the sous-vide circulator also contains electrodes that can detect water level.
US09924823B2
Disclosed herein are cords comprising two live wires and a ground wire, wherein the ground wire terminates in a probe configured to be placed in a water basin at the base of a Christmas tree. Also disclosed herein are cords comprising two live wires and a ground wire, wherein the ground wire terminates in a probe configured to be placed in a trunk of a Christmas tree. Also disclosed herein are bases for a Christmas tree, the base comprising a GFI socket, wherein the GFI socket is in electrical communication with a ground wire, wherein the ground wire terminates in a probe; wherein the GFI socket is in electrical communication with a three-wire cord, configured to be plugged into a wall socket.
US09924820B2
A dimensionally stable universal floor covering includes a tufted textile having stitches and a reinforcement layer operatively connected to the stitches to provide dimensional stability for the entire floor covering. The reinforcement layer is made of fibers that are initially contained within a composition of adhesive and fibers. Mixing of the adhesive/fibers composition and/or injection of compressed air, assists in preparing the adhesive and fiber composition to be in the preferred condition and position prior to the forming of the reinforcement layer. Multiple sources of pressure, including vacuum, are applied in a controlled manner for moving the adhesive and fiber composition to form a reinforcement layer of fibers that is operatively connected to the stitches and/or to form a layer of fibers and adhesive that is contained within the stitches. The universal floor covering is selectively cut and transported in a roll for installation, and it can be conveniently recycled if necessary.
US09924818B2
Hanger for hanging garments, provided with a support part (2, 3) intended to support a garment, and a suspension part (5) for suspending the hanger from an external structure. Suspension part (5) comprises an attachment element (4) that consists of an adherent element that constitutes a flat surface for removably attaching said suspension part (5) to the external structure. Also, said suspension part (5) comprises a first portion (7), integral to support part (2, 3), and a second portion (8), which comprises at one free end said attachment element (4), and which at the other end is joined to said first portion (7) by articulation means (10) that allow rotation of said second portion (8) with respect to said first portion (7).
US09924812B1
An infant safety mattress pad, for providing comfort and safety to an infant, using a mattress pad having a mattress pad body and a skirt, for use upon a bare mattress. The mattress pad body contains a padded absorbent layer, and has a pillow pocket, which contains a pillow. The bare mattress is covered with the mattress pad, and the mattress pad is fully covered by a standard bed sheet. Access to the pillow and its potential hazards are prevented by the full covering with the bed sheet.
US09924804B2
Mattress foundations and foundation corners, methods, and kits include a first side rail, a second side rail, a first end rail, and a second end rail. In one example, the rails join at corners to form the frame of the foundation and the rails may include at least a partial overlap between the rail the corners. The foundations and kits further include a plurality of slats. The slats may be of varying lengths. The invention may further include a method of assembling a foundation kit.
US09924803B2
A modular bed foundation to support the weight of a mattress and eliminate the need for a box spring. The bed foundation has a pair of end sections, a pair of side sections, and a plurality of horizontally extending mattress support slats detachably connected to the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. First and second sets of legs are detachably connected to respective leg receivers at the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. An improved corner assembly enables each of the pair of end sections to be detachably connected to an adjacent one of the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. The improved corner assembly includes a corner post having a pair of corner inserts projecting therefrom to be slidably and removably received within hollow rails of one of the pair of end sections.
US09924802B2
A resting apparatus comprising two independent telescoping legs having two longitudinal rotatable leg anchors. The telescoping legs are attached to a locking mechanism that uses a bracket having a clip that fits into various holes depending on the user's desired sleep angle. The bracket is integrally formed in the body of the substantially u-shaped pillow. The telescoping legs also have a height locking system primarily comprising of two separate channels, a first channel allowing for vertical movement and side channels used to lock in the desired height. The resting apparatus can be broken down such that the rotatable leg anchors form a handle for ease of use while traveling.
US09924801B1
An inflatable lounge chair with an integrated water misting system includes a chair configured to float on water, and a misting system integrated within the chair, wherein the misting system is configured to draw the water upon which the chair floats and dispense misting water onto the chair.
US09924797B2
A utility rack includes a pair of end supports for supporting one or more shelves there between. Each end support includes a first vertical support having one or more cross members mounted thereto and a second vertical support. The cross members may be mounted to one or more cross member mounts of the first vertical support and are configured to be movable relative to the first vertical support between a stored position in which they are disconnected from the second vertical support and are collapsed inwardly towards the first vertical support for storage or transport and an extended position in which free ends of the cross members may be attached to the second vertical support using fasteners.
US09924793B2
An adjustable desk platform can include: an upper platform defining a substantially planar work surface; a base located beneath the upper platform, the base defining a bottom surface without legs that is adapted to sit on an existing desk; first and second sets of arms coupling the upper platform to the base, wherein the first and second sets of arms are adapted for movement of the upper platform substantially in parallel with the base between a fully raised position and a fully lowered position; and a user-operable locking mechanism associated with the upper platform, the locking mechanism adapted to releasably lock the upper platform in the fully raised position, and in at least one intermediate position between the fully raised position and the fully lowered position. Other features and embodiments are discussed.
US09924788B2
Hair brush with an array of bristles which are fastened on a flexible pad of bristles which yields during combing so that the position and/or location of the bristles is changed as a result, the bristles being composed of plastic, wherein the pad of bristle and the bristles are composed of a single piece and wherein the pad of bristles has the configuration of a flexible membrane.
US09924785B1
A waist wearable holding device for pivotally coupling items to a user includes a panel that is substantially conformable to a hip of a user. A belt is coupled to the panel. The belt is configured to couple to the user with the belt positioned around a waist of the user and the panel positioned proximate to the hip of the user. A tube is pivotally coupled to the panel. The tube is open ended. The tube is configured to selectively insert tubular elements of items, such as a handle of a fishing rod and a pole of a fishing net. The item is pivotally coupled to the user, freeing hands of the user for other activities.
US09924781B2
The systems and processes described herein correspond to a device that is to be detachably coupled to a hydration system, such as a backpack-based hydration system. The device may receive fluid from a reservoir included within the hydration system via a reservoir hose coupled to the reservoir. The device may include a pump and one or more valves that control the extent to which the fluid flows in and out of the interior of the pump. The fluid may exit a mouthpiece of the device based at least partly in response to a user applying pressure to the exterior surface of the pump, such as by the user squeezing or otherwise compressing the pump. The user may consume or otherwise use the fluid without having to apply suction to the mouthpiece of the device.
US09924775B2
The present invention relates t o a powder-discharging container comprising an air passage and a powder passageway, which are formed on the inside of a stem, so that air and powder can pass through separately, thereby enabling spraying of powder passing through the powder passageway by means of air passing through the air passageway, when a button portion is pressed.
US09924774B2
Disclosed is a French artificial nail including an artificial nail body and a French part. The artificial nail body includes a cuticle edge facing the root of a fingernail and a free edge extending towards the tip of the fingernail and is curved downward toward both lateral sides thereof to form a curved surface. The French part is formed on the upper surface of the free edge of the artificial nail body. The artificial nail body is attached to a user's fingernail or toenail through glue and has a lower modulus than the French part. This flexibility of the artificial nail body prevents the formation of bubbles, the incidence of pain and the occurrence of pop-off resulting from glue shrinkage, contributing to an improvement in the wearability and reliability of the final product.
US09924769B1
A case for an electronic device with upper and lower housings wherein the electronic device has an eject button to release the lower housing from the upper housing, includes an upper part wherein the upper part covers the upper housing; and a lower part wherein the lower part covers the lower housing. The upper and lower parts have a coupling structure to couple the lower part to the upper part by a fricition fit. A friction between the upper and lower parts is strong enough to retain the upper and lower parts together and weak enough to allow separation of the upper and lower parts when the lower housing is released from the upper housing. The upper part includes a button corresponding to a location of the eject button such that pushing the button results in pushing the eject button and thereby releasing the lower housing from the upper housing.
US09924768B1
An umbrella has a vertical pole extending downward from the fabric region, but it also has horizontal poles extending outwards from this vertical pole. In addition, it has a plurality of further vertical poles extending downward from the horizontal poles. In this manner, the umbrella is supported by four, six, or more vertical poles. Any or all of the poles can be telescoping poles, such that they can be increased or decreased in length. The connection of the horizontal poles to a vertical pole above and/or below can also be rotatable connections which lock into place at 90 degrees, but through human force, can unlock to place the horizontal poles in parallel with a vertical pole above or below itself. In this manner, one can fold the umbrella over the poles and shorten the length and/or width of the device.
US09924761B2
An article of footwear may include an upper incorporating a knitted component. An inlaid strand extends through the knitted component. A combination feeder may be utilized to inlay the strand within the knitted component. As an example, the combination feeder may include a feeder arm that reciprocates between a retracted position and an extended position. In manufacturing the knitted component, the feeder inlays the strand when the feeder arm is in the extended position, and the strand is absent from the knitted component when the feeder arm is in the retracted position.
US09924760B2
An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
US09924758B2
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. The textile element may also have a first area and a second area with a unitary construction with varying stitch configurations. The upper may also incorporate non-textile elements, including non-textile elements on the lateral side and in the heel region. Various warp knitting or weft knitting processes may be utilized to form the textile element.
US09924755B2
The present invention relates to a device that stabilizes and/or protects the head and spine from injuries. An immobilization device includes one or more pillars with multiple segments that protect the head and spine of a user. The pillars typically run along the part of the head and spine and pelvis that the device protects. A cable or wire runs through these segments in the pillars. By design, when the pillars of the invented system are not activated and the system is in normal use, the pillars are designed to be as flexible as possible and allow full physiologic motion of the protected body part. Activation of the system confers rigidity to the system and prevents or lessens harmful, non-physiologic motion of the body part intended to be protected. The present invention also encompasses a immobilization device with cables used to guide the deployment of rigid tubes to stabilize and protect the head of the user. The present invention further includes segments with flat guide protrusions for increased stability of the pillars. The immobilization device can further include rigid tubes that extent to receivers when they are activated, and which can also be used to stabilize and protect the head or neck of the user.
US09924754B1
A helmet attachment device includes an attachment device for a helmet, the attachment device comprising a clamp including means forming a “u” shaped lower section for receiving a portion of the helmet, wherein the clamp includes an exterior; and a cam pivotally mounted to the clamp for movement between a released and clamped position to respectively disengage and engage the attachment device to the helmet.
US09924747B2
A fabric is provided having a defined pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions that extend entirely through the thickness of the fabric so that the defined pattern is identical on the inner and outer surfaces of the fabric. The defined pattern is configured so that the hydrophilic regions are all in communication or interconnected so that moisture, such as perspiration, can wick not only from the inner to the outer surface of the fabric but also throughout the surface of the fabric and in several directions on the fabric so that the surface area of the wetted hydrophilic regions increases. The defined pattern may be further configured so that none of the hydrophobic regions are in communication.
US09924742B2
A soft atomizer connector fixing structure includes a connector, an atomizing sleeve, a connecting ring, a protection sleeve and an adhesive tape, the connector includes a connecting front end configured to connect the atomizing sleeve and a connecting rear end configured to connect a battery assembly. The connecting front end includes a stepped connecting portion having first and second connecting portions; the second connecting portion is located between the first connecting portion and the connecting rear end, and the first connecting portion has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the second connecting portion; a limiting groove is provided at one side, connected to the second connecting portion, of the first connecting portion; the atomizing sleeve is sleeved on the first connecting portion; the connecting ring is sleeved on the atomizing sleeve and the second connecting portion; and the protection sleeve is sleeved on the atomizing sleeve.
US09924741B2
The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device, an input for such devices, and methods of preparing such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of forming an aerosol delivery device, which can comprise providing a fibrous substrate, providing a shell, wetting the fibrous substrate with a wetting liquid, and inserting the wetted fibrous substrate into the shell. After the inserting step, the shell further can comprise one or more of a heater, a liquid transport element, and an electrical connection. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an input that can comprise a liquid transport element, a heater in a heating arrangement with the liquid transport element, and a wetted fibrous substrate wrapped around at least a portion of the liquid transport element.
US09924739B2
A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within the coating for the duration of the use of the product. The moist tobacco product is soft and flexible so as to fit comfortably in an oral cavity when placed therein.
US09924731B2
A method for printing a three-dimensional crystalline structure such as a chocolate layer wherein, after printing, the material has a desired crystal structure. An embodiment can include printing a liquid first layer of material with a printer onto a second layer of mate al having a crystal structure. Subsequently, the printed liquid first layer is processed to solidify. The first layer. During the processing of the printed liquid first layer, the second layer functions as a crystal seed layer through physical contact with the printed liquid first layer and the second layer crystallizes with the crystal structure.
US09924730B2
The invention relates to an edible fat powder comprising at least two natural fats wherein the natural fat has a N10 of at least 10% and wherein the fat powder is a co-crystallized fat powder. The invention further relates to the use of said fat powder to prepare a fat containing emulsion. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said edible fat powder wherein the edible fat powder is prepared from a molten mixture comprising at least two natural fats.
US09924728B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions including casein, and methods for making these compositions.
US09924723B2
The present invention provides concrete-containing compositions, and methods of making and using the same, that allow for the prevention of microbially induced corrosion in concrete. In certain embodiments, the concrete-containing compositions comprise a cementitious substrate, and a formulation of heavy metal-laden, carbon-based sorbent.
US09924716B2
Molecules having pesticidal utility, and intermediates, compositions, and processes, related thereto
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules and compositions against such pests. These molecules and compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
US09924713B2
This application is directed to methods of making a binder. In one embodiment, the method comprises mixing guar gum with water at a temperature greater than 145° F. A guar gum-water mixture is formed and then cooled to approximately 135-145° F. Ammonium sulfate and water are mixed with the guar gum-water mixture to form an ammonium sulfate-guar gum-water mixture. Urea is then mixed with the ammonium sulfate-guar gum-water mixture, forming a urea-ammonium sulfate-guar gum-water mixture. Water and methyl acryloid are added to the urea-ammonium sulfate-guar gum-water mixture to form the binder.
US09924707B2
The bird deterrent comprises a substantially flat tilting surface, having a substantially elongated shape and a substantially curvilinear profile, which can be positioned in a balancing position and oscillating, as a consequence of a bird or the like perching on it, around at least an axis of rotation substantially horizontal and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tilting surface, and support means associable with a perching surface and supporting the tilting surface.
US09924703B2
Reconfigurable pet toy products and releasable twist-locking interfaces which may be used in connection with the reconfigurable pet toy products are disclosed. Some example reconfigurable pet toy products may comprise at least one middle piece, a first end piece, and a second end piece. The different pieces may couple with one another in multiple different configurations. The middle piece may include an internal cavity and a chew access window. The end pieces, when coupled with the middle piece according to one configuration, may provide closures for the internal cavity. In another configuration, the first and second end pieces may be coupled directly together, without the middle piece. In still further configurations, multiple middle pieces may be coupled together, and a variety of different middle pieces and/or end pieces may be mixed and matched.
US09924698B2
An anti-slip bowl is described herein. A bowl can include a rigid first shell including a base and an outer wall continuously attached to the base, a rigid second shell including a base and an outer wall continuously attached to the base, and an anti-slip material positioned between the rigid first shell and the rigid second shell and protruding through a number of openings on the rigid second shell.
US09924697B1
A cat perch has a first set of suction cups. Each of the suction cups has a nipple with a hole extending through the nipple. A shelf has a first edge and a second edge. The first edge has a pin that extends through the hole in the nipple of one of the first set of suction cups. A set of straps extend from the second edge of the shelf to a second set of suction cups. Because the shelf is connected to the suction cups by a pin extending through the hole in the nipple of the suction cup, the shelf can be folded up and out of the way.
US09924696B2
The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Izabita and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US09924695B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV749310. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV749310, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV749310 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV749310 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV749310.
US09924683B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1463369 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1463369 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1463369 in a breeding program.
US09924676B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057057. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057057. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057057 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057057 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09924671B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH889417. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH889417, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH889417 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH889417.
US09924662B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH426084. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH426084, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH426084 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH426084.
US09924661B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH429191. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH429191, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH429191 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH429191.
US09924658B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV093813. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV093813, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV093813 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV093813 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV093813.
US09924645B2
A valve body has a piston that slides within the body through four successive positions. The piston has a head, and an upper and lower skirt, with a port in the upper skirt. In the first position, a bias force urges the piston to the first of four positions, in which the piston port is closed. In a second position, the piston port aligns with a low pressure port in the valve body, when a low pressure supply of water is connected. In a third position, greater pressure again closes the piston port. In a fourth position, at a still greater pressure, the piston port aligns with a high pressure port in the valve body. The bias force or a location of the piston port can be varied for valves along a supply line, whereby varying supply pressure opens different valves, thereby enabling addressing of valves according to supply pressure.
US09924641B2
A plant support comprises two or more vertically elongated closed looped members which are rotationally spaced around a common vertical axis and connected to each other at the upper end and the lower end of the plant support. The plant support comprises an above-ground section and a relatively shorter in-ground section which is inserted into a planting hole or plant pot before soil is added and a plant is placed inside the plant support. The vertically elongated closed looped members are made of a rigid band material, such as e.g. stainless steel band having a width which is significantly wider than the band is thick.
US09924640B1
A method of lowering the temperature of the Earth comprises placing particles of sand into the upper atmosphere, wherein the particles are selected on the basis of size and refractive index such that the particles will scatter and reflect incoming sunlight having a wavelength in the near-IR back into space. The average diameter of the particles may be selected based on the index of refraction and the Mie scattering intensity for dielectric particles, to maximize the amount of light scattered at wavelengths between 0.8 μm and 2 μm. The average diameter of the particles may be selected based on the index of refraction and the Mie scattering intensity for dielectric particles, to minimize the amount of light scattered at wavelengths between 5 μm and 20 μm.
US09924638B1
A threshing drum has a cylindrical exterior, and a cuttings intake end having a seating surface. A helical auger flight, affixed to the cylindrical exterior of the threshing drum at the cuttings intake end, extends helically outward from the cylindrical exterior of the threshing drum from the inner edge to the outer edge and rearward from the leading extremity adjacent to the seating surface to the trailing extremity. The outer face faces forwardly toward the cuttings intake end. The inner face faces rearwardly away from the cuttings intake end. A wear plate includes a front extremity having a nose. The wear plate is connected to the inner face of the helical auger flight, the front extremity extends forwardly of the leading edge of the helical auger flight, and the nose of the wear plate is in direct contact against the seating surface of the cuttings intake end.
US09924637B1
A helical auger flight has an inner edge, an outer edge, an inner face, an outer face, and a leading extremity that includes a prominence and a leading edge that extends from the outer edge to the prominence. The prominence extends outward from the leading edge of the leading extremity to an outer end having an upturned jut. A wear plate is releasably connected to the inner face of the helical auger flight. The wear plate extends from the outer edge of the helical auger flight to the prominence. A front extremity of the wear plate extends forwardly of the leading edge of the helical auger flight so as to be in a shielding relationship with respect to the leading edge of the helical auger flight, and a nose of the front extremity of the wear plated is seated in direct contact against a contact surface of the jut.
US09924631B2
A trimmer head for use with either clockwise or counterclockwise trimmer heads, including the use of a bidirectionally dispensing spool. Various locations of passages straight through the trimmer head and spool are shown along with various locations of components of the ratcheting mechanism to allow for winding of the trimmer line on the trimmer head and for limiting the amount of line dispensed during “bumping” of the trimmer head knob on the ground. Additionally, an extended funnel into the passage can be provided to facilitate entrance of trimmer line into the funnel even when the line is not perfectly straight. Also, spokes can be used in place of the flanges of the spool to save material and cost, while still providing a guide and barrier between the line store areas.
US09924626B2
A system and method for the automated or semi-automated imagining and orienting of seeds to prepare the seeds for transformation and transgenic engineering.
US09930809B2
An electrical device includes a printed-circuit board which is fitted with heat-generating components, the printed-circuit board being disposed in a housing of the device, the housing having a housing part, particularly a cup-shaped housing part, and a cooling plate connected to the printed-circuit board being pressed by a wedge against the inner wall of the housing part, in particular, being pressed such that heat from at least one heat-generating component, especially a power module having power semiconductor switches, is able to be dissipated at a contact surface to the housing part.
US09930803B1
A vibration-proof mounting apparatus device is provided for mounting a memory card. The main mounting apparatus comprises a mounting member, a windshield, and an elastic element. The elastic element connects the mounting member and the windshield. The windshield drives the mounting member to move. The windshield presses down against the mounting member and securely holds the memory card for correct connectivity at all times.
US09930798B2
A metal enclosure has a surface region which is coated with cladding material using a laser cladding process. The metal enclosure can form at least a portion of an electronic device housing. All or part of one or more surfaces of the enclosure can be coated with cladding material. The coating of cladding material can be varied at selective regions of the enclosure to provide different structural properties at these regions. The coating of cladding material can be varied at selective regions to provide contrast in cosmetic appearance.
US09930793B2
Generally discussed herein are systems and apparatuses that can include a flexible substrate with a hermetic seal formed thereon. The disclosure also includes techniques of making and using the systems and apparatuses. According to an example a technique of making a hermetic seal on a flexible substrate can include (1) forming an interconnect on a flexible substrate, (2) situating a device on the substrate near the interconnect, or (3) selectively depositing a first hermetic material on the device or interconnect so as to hermetically seal the device within the combination of the interconnect and first hermetic material.
US09930771B2
A trace route including a first signal route to couple a first signal transmitter to a first signal receiver. The first signal route including a first signal route section coupled to the transmitter and configured in a first zig-zag pattern, the first zig-zag pattern including a first unit cell having a first unit cell length, and a second signal route section connected to the first signal route section and coupled to the receiver, and configured in a second zig-zag pattern, the second zig-zag pattern comprising a second unit cell having a second unit cell length, the first unit cell length is less than the second unit cell length.
US09930765B2
In an X-ray generator an X-ray tube includes an anode and a cathode and is energized with at least a first high voltage potential. A dynamic damper with a frequency dependent impedance is interposed between the X-ray tube and a source of the high voltage potential. The impedance of the dynamic damper increases with an increase in frequency associated with tube-spit. In an X-ray generator with resonant switching to provide a first kV level and a second kV level to the X-ray tube, the impedance of the dynamic damper is low at the operational frequency of the resonant switch to promote energy recovery when the resonant switch operates to provide a first kV level to the X-ray tube.
US09930763B1
A method includes retrieving a current lighting state of at least one luminaire. The lighting state includes light intensity of the at least one luminaire. The method also includes retrieving a sensor state of at least one sensor and determining a next selectable lighting state available for the at least one luminaire and an illumination adjustment for a user interface element of a lighting control device configured to control the luminaire. The determining of the next selectable lighting state available includes comparing the current lighting state and the sensor state to a set of intelligent backlighting rules, and based on the comparison, determining an indicator state corresponding to the illumination adjustment to the user interface element of the lighting control device. The illumination adjustment produces visible output to the user via the user interface element as a visible cue to guide the user to select the next lighting state.
US09930762B2
A controller included in a lighting control device causes a transmitter to transmit a dimming rate which is determined by schedule information stored in a storage when power saving is not instructed via a power saving instruction signal. When power saving is instructed via the power saving instruction signal, the controller calculates a dimming rate for causing a luminaire to emit light at a brightness lower than in the case of the dimming rate determined by the schedule information. When the calculated dimming rate is a dimming rate which causes the luminaire to emit light at a brightness lower than a predetermined dimming rate, the controller causes the transmitter to transmit the predetermined dimming rate.
US09930756B2
Provided are apparatus, methods and systems for providing lighting and communication. An apparatus may include a solid-state lighting panel including multiple solid-state light emitters and an input module that is configured to receive an input signal from a lighting panel group controller that is configured to collaboratively control multiple solid-state lighting panels.
US09930745B1
An light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for controlling a leakage current comprises: an input circuit; a rectifying circuit connected to the input circuit; a power supply control module comprising a positive electrode connection terminal, a signal receiving terminal, a positive supply terminal, and a negative supply terminal; wherein the positive electrode connection terminal is connected to the rectifying circuit; an anti current leakage control module connected to the rectifying circuit and the power supply control module, the anti current leakage control module comprising a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of control terminals; wherein each input terminal comprises a positive electrode accessing terminal and a negative electrode accessing terminal; and each control terminal comprises a current leakage adjustment terminal; and an LED load module connected to the power supply control module.
US09930744B2
Described are various embodiments of an integrated fish diversion system, and lighting device used therein. One embodiment provides a system for diverting approaching fish from a predominant water flow path and toward a bypass. The system comprises a structural diversion assembly to be disposed across the predominant water flow path to guide the approaching fish along the structural diversion assembly to the bypass, while allowing passage of water through the structural diversion assembly along the predominant water flow path. The system further comprises one or more lighting devices to be cooperatively disposed in relation to the structural diversion assembly to further guide the approaching fish toward the bypass; and a controller operatively coupleable to the one or more lighting devices and operable to select an output spectrum thereof to optimize fish guidance thereby.
US09930741B2
A light control and data interface module (LCDIM) is used to control an LED based illumination device. The LCDIM includes a transceiver that receives communication signals from one or more sensor modules. The signals may include an indication of an identity of the one or more sensor modules and elapsed time since a triggering event was detected. One or more processors are configured to receive the communication signal and to determine a delay time to trigger a lighting control response. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmission of a command signal to a power converter coupled to the LCDIM to implement the lighting control response.
US09930739B2
Techniques and corresponding circuitry are disclosed for providing active current sharing in lighting applications. In some embodiments, an active current sharing circuit is provided that includes a series-pass sub-circuit, such as a transistor or transistor circuit (or other active series-pass circuit), for each LED string. In addition, each string has a current sense sub-circuit for sensing current of that string. A monitor and control sub-circuit operates in conjunction with the series-pass sub-circuit to maintain the sensed current equal to a common reference level. In some embodiments, the common reference level is controlled to maintain the lowest series-pass element voltage close to or equal to zero volts (−0.25 VDC to +0.25 VDC).
US09930736B2
An LED converter (3) comprises a converter circuit (11) with potential separation (12). The converter circuit (11) has at least one controllable switching means (15). A control device (16) for switching the at least one controllable switching means (15) in a clocked manner is configured to modulate a switching frequency of the at least one controllable switching means (15) in order to transmit information across a potential barrier (12).
US09930732B2
A microwave heating apparatus and a method of operating a microwave heating apparatus are provided. The microwave heating apparatus comprises a load receiving cavity, at least one microwave source, a plurality of feeding ports connected to the microwave source and the cavity for feeding microwaves to the cavity, a measuring unit and a control unit. The measuring unit measures, for at least one frequency or within a frequency range, the power of microwaves reflected back to the microwave source for at least part of the plurality of feeding ports. The control unit selects at least one of the feeding ports based on the measured powers of the reflected microwaves in order to feed microwaves to the cavity via the at least one selected feeding port during operation of the microwave heating apparatus at the at least one frequency or within the frequency range.
US09930729B2
Described herein is a method of forming a heat-treated material includes positioning the heat-treated material between first and second susceptors. Each of the first and second susceptors includes a tool face shaped according to a desired shape of the heat-treated material. The method also includes applying a low-strength magnetic field to the first and second susceptors to heat the first and second susceptors. Further, the method includes compressing the heat-treated material between the first and second susceptors to form the heat-treated material into the desired shape. The method additionally includes applying a high-strength magnetic field to the heat-treated material before compressing the heat-treated material between the first and second susceptors.
US09930726B2
A heating device and a heating method are disclosed, by which an irregularly shaped object can be evenly and efficiently heated by a plurality of conductive pins smoothly sliding inside through holes so that their tips sufficiently follow the irregular shape of the object, while damage to the conductive pins or the object is prevented. The heating device 100 heats an object M placed between opposing electrodes 101 and 102. At least one of the electrodes 101 includes a retention plate 130 for retaining a plurality of conductive pins 110 supported in an electrode plate 120 in a state in which the conductive pins 110 are slid away from an opposite electrode 102, and a release mechanism 140 for releasing the plurality of conductive pins 110 from retention by the retention plate 130.
US09930725B2
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. An application processor may generate wireless data that is to be transmitted using the wireless circuitry and may process wireless data that has been received using the wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple baseband processors, multiple associated radios, and front-end module and antenna circuitry. Sensors may be used to provide the application processor with sensor data. During operation, the application processor and the baseband processors may be used to transmit and receive wireless communications traffic. A multiradio controller integrated circuit that does not transmit or receive the wireless communications traffic may be used in controlling the wireless circuitry based on impedance measurements, sensor data, and other information.
US09930713B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may encode a multi-band element for transmission using a first interface of one or more interfaces to a first device. The device may cause to send a first link aggregation setup request to the first device including at least in part the multi-band element. The device may identify a first link aggregation setup response from the first device. The device may cause to establish a multi-band link aggregation session with the first device using the first interface.
US09930712B2
Systems, methods, and devices use a wireless device's capability to transmit and/or receive data over multiple communication pathways to improve data transmission quality. In the various embodiments, the same continuous data stream may be transmitted and/or received via different communication pathways. Different communication pathways may be established using different antennas of a wireless device, different wireless networks, different wireless communications protocols, and/or additional wireless devices. The continuous data stream may be transmitted and/or received via different communication pathways in a manner that enables the continuous data stream to be reconstructed from one or more of the different communication pathways. Additional communication pathways may be established based on user input indicating a voice call is high priority and/or approving the expenditure of additional resources.
US09930710B2
An access node cooperates with a primary modem-router in a packet switched network. The access node comprises communication hardware configured to enable communication through the network by sending and receiving data packets, and encapsulates the data packets in a tunneling data protocol for sending the data packets to the primary modem-router using a data communication tunnel through a further modem-router. The communication hardware is also configured to retrieve, from the tunneling data protocol, data packets received from the primary modem-router.
US09930698B2
There is provided a method for random access procedure. The method may comprise: determining, by a user equipment (UE), a first subframe on which a first random access preamble is to be transmitted to a first node; determining, by the UE, a second subframe, on which a second random access preamble is to be transmitted to a second node, except for the first subframe; and transmitting, by the UE, the first random access preamble on the first subframe and the second random access preamble on the second subframe.
US09930693B2
Wireless network, access point, and terminal are disclosed. A method for determining a size of an access window performed in an access point in a wireless network may comprise estimating a number of terminals attempting to access uplink (hereafter, uplink access attempt terminals) in a first access window including at least one uplink slot which is allocated to the terminal or is randomly selected by the terminal so as to transmit uplink data; and determining a size of a second access window next to the first access window based on the estimated number of the uplink access attempt terminals.
US09930677B2
A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) on a user equipment (UE) is described. A collision of multiple channel state information (CSI) reports corresponding to multiple component carriers (CCs) that are scheduled to be reported in the same subframe is detected. A highest priority CSI report of the multiple CSI reports is determined using a prioritization scheme. The highest priority CSI report is transmitted.
US09930672B2
The present invention discloses a service data scrambling method, a service data descrambling method, an apparatus, and a system, and relates to the communications field. The service data scrambling method includes: receiving service data; using a service characteristic corresponding to the service data as a part of a scrambling parameter; generating a scrambling sequence according to the scrambling parameter; scrambling the service data according to the scrambling sequence; and sending the service data. According to the present invention, it is resolved that relatively great interference is generated when multiple pieces of different service data are simultaneously transmitted in a same service area, and achieving an effect that interference between different service data sent simultaneously in the same service area can be reduced to a great extent.
US09930670B2
The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically directed to device location confirmation based on a geolocation proxy. One embodiment includes an exemplary device location confirmation component configured to implement a device location confirmation algorithm using a cloud database configured to comprise device information including location information from the geolocation proxy. Another embodiment includes a device configured to operate in a reduced functionality radio frequency mode until a location can be confirmed through a trusted cloud service.
US09930667B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for communication on unlicensed spectrum in a UE and a base station. In view of PUCCH resource waste and transmission delay increase that are caused by configuring too much unlicensed spectrum, in the present disclosure, logical information is configured so that PDSCHs transmitted through different sub-frames on different physical carriers form one logical carrier, and an HARQ operation is performed on the logical carrier. As an embodiment, HARQ_ACK resources are reserved according to the number of logical carriers currently configured, and a system uses dynamic signaling to indicate an index of an HARQ_ACK corresponding to a scheduled PDSCH in the reserved HARQ_ACK resources. The solution provided in the present disclosure saves PUCCH resources and reduces the HARQ delay. Besides, the present disclosure reuses as much as possible the PUCCH resource allocation scheme and HARQ transmission scheme in the existing LTE, and has good compatibility.
US09930665B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for communication between a UE and a Node B in a communication system. The UE receives a control signal including one bit of frequency hopping information, a resource allocation type, a resource allocation, and a cyclic shift for a reference signal from the Node B. It is determined that the frequency hopping information is used as a part of resource allocation information, if the resource allocation type indicates that two sets of resource blocks are allocated. The UE transmits data based on the frequency hopping information, the resource allocation type, and the resource allocation included in the control signal. Each of the resource blocks comprises one or more resource block groups, and a size of each resource block group is determined based on an uplink bandwidth.
US09930663B2
Logic may implement a restricted access window association scheme that uses information provided in traffic indication map (TIM) bitmap and restricted access window (RAW) parameter set (PS) to determine stations associated with RAWs. The TIM information element (IE) may comprise a bitmap indicating paged and unpaged stations. The RAW PS IE may comprise a range of station association identifiers (AIDs) and possibly other station selection data. Logic may determine a range of stations associated with a RAW based upon AIDs for the first and last stations in the range based upon a position for the station in the TIM bitmap. And the range of stations associated with a RAW may be independent of block associations of the first and last stations in the TIM bitmap.
US09930659B2
Embodiments of a HEW device and method for communicating in a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) network generally described herein. In some embodiments, an HEW frame may be configured to include an HEW long-training field (HEW-LTF) and the HEW-LTF may include an HEW long-training sequence (HEW-LTS) that is orthogonal on a block-by-block basis to a legacy LTS (L-LTS). The HEW frame may be transmitted as part of a data unit for reception by one or more HEW devices. In some embodiments, an HEW device and method for packet classification is provided. A packet classification may be determined from the HEW-LTF by determining which of a plurality of HEW-LTSs are included in the HEW-LTF.
US09930656B2
Technology described herein relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media to enable a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC) devices to receive a handover of a user equipment from a universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access node B (eNB). In particular, systems and methods are described for user equipment (UE) association with a MCSC operating as a booster for an eNB in a time division duplexing (TDD) system, including identification of and communication on preferred cell sector between the UE and the MCSC. Protocols for concurrently performing a beam search and time and frequency synchronization for downlink communication are also described. Several sub-frame designs to facilitate these protocols are also described.
US09930651B2
Disclosed are a downlink control information configuration and acquisition method, a base station and a terminal, wherein the base station configures a plurality of sets of receiving information for the terminal via a terminal specific high-layer signaling, and the base station indicates, to the terminal, which set in the plurality of sets of receiving information to use to perform a DMRS and/or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception by using at least one of the following information: a localized virtual resource block/distributed virtual resource block assignment (LVRB/DVRB) bit in the DCI Format 1A; a control channel mode where the DCI Format 1A is located, PDCCH and ePDCCH; an ePDCCH transmission mode where the DCI Format 1A is located, diversity transmission mode and localized transmission mode; and an ePDCCH cluster where the DCI Format 1A is located.
US09930640B2
A method for receiving feedback information by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving scheduling information from a base station through a first downlink component carrier linked with a first uplink component carrier; determining resources on a second uplink component carrier other than the first uplink component carrier using said scheduling information, wherein said scheduling information allows cross-carrier scheduling which schedules the resources on the second uplink component carrier; transmitting data to the base station through the determined resources on the second uplink component carrier; determining a PHICH (a Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel) resource to receive feedback information for the data transmitted on the second uplink component carrier, wherein the PHICH resource is predetermined as that of the first downlink component carrier in which the scheduling information was received; and receiving the feedback information from the base station through the determined PHICH resource.
US09930639B2
Since OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), which is a downlink access scheme used for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication system, is weak at interference, it is preferable that the number of base stations for transmitting the same E-MBMS (Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) data base not excessive.Thus, the mobile terminal performs: processing of obtaining measurement quality values by measuring reception quality of each base station; processing of deciding on whether the measurement quality value of a serving base station exceeds a certain receiving level; processing of adding measurement quality values of other base stations to the measurement quality value of the serving base station until the sum exceeds the certain receiving level; and processing of notifying the serving base station of the serving base station and other base stations as candidates for an active set for E-MBMS. This makes it possible to select as the active set for E-MBMS an appropriate number of base stations that make it compatible to maintain good reception quality and to prevent interference.
US09930629B2
A method and an apparatus for wireless communication with dual connectivity are described. The apparatus supports dual connectivity with a first cell and a second cell and the apparatus comprises a radio frequency (RF) and a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit. The second cell is an overlaid virtual cell which is formed by collaborating the first cell and cell ID of the second cell is different from physical cell ID of the first cell when the processor uses primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronization signal (SSS) or cell-specific common reference signal (CRS) as synchronization signal for the second cell.
US09930628B2
Method and apparatus for attaining device-to-device synchronization in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a terminal attaining device-to-device (D2D) synchronization in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a sub-frame containing a D2D synchronization signal; and attaining time/frequency synchronization on the basis of the sub-frame, wherein if an apparatus for transmitting the D2D synchronization signal is a D2D terminal, then the sub-frame may include information regarding the frequency stability.
US09930620B2
Power management scheme for portable data collection devices utilizing location and position sensors
A data collection device (DCD) is placed in a first low power mode after the DCD has been in a first predetermined position, and placed in a second low power mode after a first predetermined period of time. In another embodiment the DCD includes a wireless telephone, and a proximity sensor which detects when the DCD is close to a user's face, wherein the telephone is automatically put in a handset mode when the DCD is close to a user's face, and automatically put in a speakerphone mode when the DCD is not close to a user's face.
US09930619B2
A method for operating of an electronic device includes: connecting communication with an external electronic device; identifying state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device; and selecting at least one communication method based on the state information and the service information. An electronic device includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to select at least one communication method from a plurality of communication methods based on state information and service information of the electronic device and the external electronic device.
US09930612B2
A smart home accessing a main server providing a service, by using a local network is provided. The smart home includes: at least one first electronic device accessing an access point connected to the main server and having preset AP information and preset authentication information; and at least one second electronic device connected to the access point and the at least one first electronic device to perform wireless communication and having AP information matching the preset AP information, wherein the at least one first electronic device transmits the access point information and the preset authentication information to the at least one second electronic device, when the at least one second electronic device having the AP information matching the preset AP information is found.
US09930610B2
A method for generating a geographically-bound mobile ad hoc network identification. The method may include receiving, by a processor, a mobile ad hoc network request. The method may also include determining a plurality of geographic coordinates of a device associated with a current location of the device. The method may further include generating a mobile ad hoc network identification based on the determined plurality of geographic coordinates. The method may also include processing the received mobile ad hoc network request using the generated mobile ad hoc network identification.
US09930608B2
Method for operating a network node of a wireless digital data network based on broadcast layer-2 periodic frames, wherein said network is composed by a plurality of network nodes, wherein each network node is either a mobile node equipped with an on-board unit (OBU) node, or is a static node equipped with a road-side unit (RSU) node, said method comprising a current network node of the plurality of network nodes carrying out the following steps: periodically broadcasting a Network Status Information (NSI) frame which comprises: the node identifier and a type of node of the current network node; receiving broadcasted NSI frames from neighboring network nodes of the plurality of network nodes reachable by the current network node through wireless communication; for any one received NSI frame, storing the received NSI frame in an entry in a NSI table (NSIT) if the received NSI frame was the first received NSI frame from a neighboring network node, or otherwise, if the received NSI frame was not the first received NSI frame from the neighboring network node, updating a previously stored NSIT entry with the received NSI frame; marking as expired or deleting any previously entered NSIT entry after a predetermined period of time has passed after receiving or updating said any previously entered NSIT entry. Also an electronic network node of a wireless digital data network, wherein said network node is programmed to carry out the method.
US09930607B2
The present disclosure relates to a base-station-to-base-station (BS-BS) gateway in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular communication network and methods of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway receives information from a first base station which includes a hostname and a network address of the first base station. The BS-BS gateway then stores a mapping between the hostname and the network address. Thereafter, in one embodiment, the BS-BS gateway enables a second base station to address messages to the first base station using the hostname of the first base station. In this manner, changes in the network address of the first base station will not affect the ability of the second base station to address messages to the first base station. In some embodiments, the first base station is a low-power base station (LP-BS) and the second base station is a high-power base station (HP-BS).
US09930606B2
Provided is a method of expanding beacon service coverage, more particularly, a beacon service coverage expanding method that may expand beacon service coverage by using a user terminal to perform a beacon function to transmit a beacon signal within a certain coverage, and an apparatus and system therefor. The method of expanding beacon service coverage using the terminal may include receiving a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon device, measuring signal strength of the beacon signal to determine whether to perform a beacon function, and transmitting the beacon signal within a certain service coverage when the terminal determines to perform the beacon function.
US09930600B2
Performing cell re-selection by a device. A first cell on which to camp may be selected. The device may camp on the first cell in an idle-mode. The device may be configured to perform searches for neighboring cells according to an idle-mode timeline while camping on the first cell. The device may transmit a connection request to the first cell in order to transition the device from the idle-mode to a connected-mode via the first cell. One or more searches for neighboring cells may be performed according to a connected-mode timeline after transmitting the connection request, in response to transmitting the connection request. The one or more searches may be performed before the device establishes the connected-mode with the first cell.
US09930595B2
A system and method for providing a seamless transition between access points for mobile devices. The method comprises associating a unique identifier for a plurality of mobile stations with a unique identifier for a first network in an acknowledgment table, then, upon receiving a frame from a mobile station, acknowledging the reception of the frame if the frame includes the unique identifier for the mobile station and the unique identifier for the network. The transfer of operation between access points is effectuated through the use of control circuitry which transfers portions of the contents of the acknowledgement table between various access points. This has the effect that the mobile stations does not sense a change in access points and thus the roaming from a first access point to a second access point is seamless.
US09930593B2
The present invention relates to a method of selecting a public land mobile network (PLMN) for network sharing, and a method of communicating at a base station according to one embodiment of the present invention may include: receiving from a core network a handover request message including information on whether to support network sharing of user equipment (UE); selecting a PLMN identification (ID) by using information on whether to support network sharing of the UE; and transmitting the selected PLMN ID to the UE. According to one embodiment of the present invention, since a source base station, a target base station or a core network node may select a correct PLMN depending on the situation of UE when carrying out a handover, it is possible to decrease unnecessary signaling and errors in a network sharing situation.
US09930587B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for establishing one or more Distributed Gateways located close to a location of a UE to facilitate faster packet delivery to said UE during transitions. Such transitions can include the UE transitioning its state, for example from being idle to connected to the network, but also includes operations in which the serving AP(s) for the UE changes. The method includes establishing at least two virtual network function (VNF) components (VFNCs) of a distributed gateway (D-GW), each VNFC associated with an access point (AP). Each VNFC buffers packets directed to the wireless device. The method further includes selecting at least one AP for serving the wireless device, and forwarding the buffered packets from the VNFC associated with the selected APs to the selected APs for forwarding to the wireless device. Packets buffered at the VNFCs of non-selected APs are discarded.
US09930586B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for enhancing measurement in a wireless communication system. The method includes: obtaining, according to a measurement period or triggered by an event, a measurement amount, where the measurement amount includes a ratio of a valid signal based on a reference signal to a non-valid signal based on the reference signal measured based on the reference signal; reporting the measurement amount to a base station; or performing cell selection or cell reselection according to the measurement amount.
US09930575B2
A scalable medium access control (“MAC”) module is provided that avoids conflict resource reservation so that network performance does not degrade as the number of hops or nodes in a wireless network increases. The MAC also provides different access schemes for traffic with different quality of service (“QoS”) requirements such that QoS is guaranteed and network resources are efficiently utilized. Furthermore, the resource allocation scheme determines the routing path as resources is allocated for data traffic, thereby achieving more robust layer-2 routing at the MAC layer. Finally, the scalable MAC is compliant with both WiMedia MAC and IEEE 802.15.3 MAC.
US09930573B2
Dynamic grouping of cell site devices to network devices that include a group of baseband processing devices is facilitated. One method includes determining, by a device including a processor, respective load information for cell site devices of respective cell sites associated with a network; and determining, by the device, interference information associated with the cell site devices. The method also includes determining, by the device, configuration information of a switch device communicatively coupled between the cell site devices and network devices that include a group of baseband processing devices. The determining the configuration information is based on the respective load information of the cell site devices and the interference information associated with the cell site devices.
US09930572B2
A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time.
US09930570B2
To compress headers efficiently, headers may be differentially encoded. In one embodiment, a difference between a current field and a reference field can be used in a reduced header. In another embodiment, the least significant bits of the current field can be used to represent the current field. When such a field is received, the most significant bits of a reference field are needed to de compress the field. In addition, the present principles determine the typical usage scenarios that may benefit from header compression and further determine that some fields can be removed in a reduced header or be represented by fewer bits. Header compression may impose constraints on the representation of the current field. The present principles recognize constraints on using reduced headers and provide rules and guidelines on applying header compression.
US09930564B2
A method of and an application server and user equipment for providing at least one of chat and Voice over Internet Protocol, chat/VoIP, services to the mobile user equipment in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile user equipment comprises a chat/VoIP client for accessing a chat/VoIP service application interfacing the mobile telecommunications network. The chat/VoIP service application interfaces a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP clients for accessing a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP communication environments operated by a plurality of chat/VoIP service providers, for providing chat/VoIP services to the chat/VoIP client of the mobile user equipment. The chat/VoIP client and the chat/VoIP service application may be arranged such that privileged use of the mobile telecommunications network is enabled, providing a session between the user equipment and a communication environment with a predetermined or agreed Quality of Service.
US09930558B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement a method for radio environment, measurement (REM) scheduling, information extraction, storage and processing to generate terrain and object mapping/identification using higher frequency radio signals, directional transmission techniques and external database information. Described are wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) comprising a processor configured to, when the WTRU is in an idle state, receive a common control channel from a millimeter wave base station (mB), decode a measurement schedule included in the common control channel, wherein the measurement schedule includes one or more slots during which sounding signals will be sent, and, determine a slot during which the WTRU is available to measure a sounding signal, and, when the WTRU is in a connected state, receive a dedicated control channel from a millimeter wave base station (mB), decode a measurement schedule and a receiver configuration included in the dedicated control channel, wherein the measurement schedule and the receiver configuration are specific to the WTRU, and wherein the measurement schedule includes one or more slots during which sounding signals will be sent, and determine a slot during which the WTRU is available to measure a sounding signal.
US09930555B2
Methods and systems of measuring communication quality in a communication via a mobile communication network are provided. A connection status of a communication terminal apparatus to a mobile communication network is confirmed when a timing of transmitting a measurement data of the communication terminal apparatus side from the communication terminal apparatus to a server comes. The measurement data is transmitted from the communication apparatus to the server when determining that it is a status capable of transceiving the measurement data, based on the confirmation result of connection status, and the measurement data is not transmitted from the communication terminal apparatus to the server when determining it is not a status capable of transceiving the measurement data. A communication quality in the communication via the mobile communication network is measured based on the measurement data received by the server from the communication terminal apparatus.
US09930550B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a modem of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating at least one modem control information determined based on information related to a wireless communication environment, when at least a portion of the wireless communication environment is changed, updating a priority stored in a database of the UE based on the changed wireless communication environment and controlling the modem of the UE using the priority-updated modem control information.
US09930547B2
An apparatus is configured to detect a predetermined physical amount and relay communication between a network and a terminal. The apparatus calculates a communication disabling risk based on the predetermined physical amount, and notifies another apparatus of takeover of a process of relaying the communication between the network and the terminal when the communication disabling risk is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.
US09930546B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a terminal for position guidance based on radio signal quality. The method includes, when it is determined that signal quality in a first position does not meet a preset condition, acquiring a target position in which signal quality meets the preset condition, where the first position is a position in which a first terminal is currently located; and displaying an indication icon on a status bar of a user interface of the first terminal, where the indication icon is used to instruct a user to move to the target position, and the user interface includes the status bar and a user operation area.
US09930539B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may select a repetition level for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) based on system configuration parameters. A user equipment (UE) may identify the system configuration. For example, the UE may assume a system bandwidth, assume a control region size, and determine whether the cell is a time division duplexing (TDD) or frequency division duplexing (FDD) cell. The UE may then determine a PBCH configuration based on the system configuration. For example, the PBCH repetition level may depend on the system configuration, such as whether a TDD or FDD scheme is employed. The UE may then receive a PBCH transmission according to the PBCH configuration. If a different cell has a different system configuration, the UE may determine a different PBCH configuration and receive PBCH using a different repetition level and different resources.
US09930538B1
An apparatus includes a first port and a second port operably coupled to a format conversion module each of which is at least partially disposed within a housing. The first port is operably coupled to a cable configured to transfer a first data unit having a first format associated with a first communication medium to the first port. The format conversion module receives the first data unit from the first port and converts the first data unit from the first format to a second format associated with a second communication medium to produce a second data unit. The second port is operably coupled to a wireless access point that is physically distinct from the housing. The second port is configured to receive the second data unit and send the second data unit to the wireless access point.
US09930537B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed for determining dynamic positioning of mobile cells. Dynamic positioning provides for navigating a mobile cell, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle or the like, to a location suitable for offloading current network traffic, such that the suitable location maximizes offloading capabilities. The methodology describes takes into account both the current traffic load on the network and the location of the highest system capacity-intensive mobile terminals in determining an initial position for deploying the mobile cell. Additionally, the location of the deployed mobile cell is optimized, over time, based on tracking the direction of movement of the highest capacity-intensive mobile terminals, and, in some embodiments, service quality indicators provided by the mobile terminals and/or contextual information captured by the mobile cell apparatus.
US09930506B2
A communication device (100) comprising a controller (210), a radio frequency interface (230) and a memory (240), wherein the controller is configured to identify at least one receiving communication device (100B, 100C); present content (510); receive one user input (U) indicating a share; and share the content (510) with the at least one receiving communication device (100B, 100C) through the sharing network over the radio frequency interface (230); wherein the communication device (100) is characterized in that the controller (210) is further configured to identify the receiving communication device (100B, 100C) by the controller (210) being configured to detect a presence of the receiving communication device (100B, 100C) being in close proximity and then initiate a connection with the at least one receiving communication device (100B, 100C) and wherein the controller is configured to share content upon initiating the connection thereby establishing a sharing network (400) automatically.
US09930482B2
Signals to be used for receiving a service according to position are appropriately selected from a plurality of positioning signals received by a moving device.A device capable of being used while moving and of receiving a service according to a position to which the device has moved comprises: positioning means for, based on positioning signals for location identification separately received from a plurality of positioning devices, determining their respective positional information; holding means for holding positional information determined by the positioning means for each type of the plurality of positioning devices; and notification means for, regarding positional information newly determined by the positioning means, determining with reference to the holding means whether to provide notification of the position in order to receive the service or not, and providing the notification according to the determination.
US09930480B2
A system for mapping a signal distribution network containing a central communication unit and preferably, a plurality of communication nodes installed at known locations, a method related thereto. The central communication unit and the plurality of communication nodes are capable of requesting and sending mapping information over known frequencies to map signal distribution networks at the known locations.
US09930479B2
A self-reporting mobile device can allow a user to local the mobile device, regardless of whether the mobile device is reachable via a wireless or wired network. During operation, the mobile device can read one or more local data sources to obtain contextual information corresponding to a state of the mobile device. The mobile device can analyze the contextual information based on a condition for capturing location-identifying information for the mobile computing device to determine whether the contextual information satisfies the condition. If so, the mobile device may collect location-identifying information from one or more sensors of the mobile device, and can upload the location-identifying information to a server. Making this location-identifying information available on the server can facilitate a user to locate the mobile computing device.
US09930476B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses of providing content data and accessing content data. The method for providing content data comprises: receiving a first request for content data, the first request being originated from a first user equipment and comprising an indication of the requested content data and an indication from where the requested content data is accessible; identifying a local equipment that is in proximity to the first user equipment and has pre-stored the requested content data; and returning a first response directed to the first user equipment, by which the first user equipment is informed to access the requested content data from the local equipment via a first device-to-device communication with the local equipment. With the proposed solutions, network loads can be reduced.
US09930472B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal capable of seamlessly performing a same function in a manner of being synchronized with an external device and a method of controlling therefor. A method of controlling the mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention can include the steps of establishing a data path with an external device, receiving application execution information of the external device from the external device, displaying a lock screen corresponding to the application execution information on a touch screen and if the lock screen is cancelled corresponding to a first application among the application execution information, executing the first application.
US09930470B2
An example implementation involves a first device receiving, from a sensor, first location data that is associated with the first device, and, from a second device, second location data that is associated with the second device. The first device determines a first location of a listener relative to the first device based on the first and second location data. The first device generates a first sound field during media content playback based on the determined first location. The first device receives, from the sensor, third location data that is associated with the first device, and, from the second device, fourth location data associated with the second device. Based on the third and fourth location data, the first device determines a second location of the listener relative to the first device. Based on the second determined location, the first device generates a second sound field during media playback.
